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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1908)
Under Which Flag, Mr. Union Man? J. W. Van Cleave Says: "The injunction's purpose is to head off injury for which, if allowed to be committed, the victim can secure no adequate rem edy by the courts. It is the promptness, the certaintly, and the justice of the punishment in contempt cases which renders the injunction so effective in preventing attacks on property and life. Jury trial would bring delay and uncertainty. Thus it would give a license to vio lence, xaould make industry and property insecure, voould increase the number and the destructiveness of labor contests, and would assail legitimate trade of all sorts. "It is the duty of American business men, regardless of their party, to bury Bryan and Bryanism under' such an avalanche of votes in 1908 that the work will not have to be done over again in 1912, or ever." Statement by J. W Van Cleave, President National Association of Manufacturers, and President of the Buck Stove Co., St. Louis. What Samuel Gompers Says: "I am very well satisfied with the democratic platform as promul gated at the Denver convention, and I will do everything to support these declarations, and of course that means we will work for the elec tion of the men who stand for our principles. "I have never expected defeat in any undertaking, never hoped for defeat, and never have given up fighting for an idea or principle that I firmly believed to be right and just I will always be found fighting for what I believe is right, no matter what the temporary results may be. I believe that in this fight we now have on hand, that we will win; and I shall work for Mr. Bryan's election and for the ratification of the principles that we have advocated as officers and as an organization." Statement by Samuel Gompers, President American Federation of Labor, and now charged with contempt of court at the instigation of J. W. Van Cleave. 8 The Best Place in the Gty to Buy Your GROCERIES AND MEATS IS AT Gortons, 1541 O St. Bell 180 Auto 2541 THE LABOR PRESS. I CityStove Repair Co. I o All Kinds of Stove and Furnace Work, Cornice Work g j Electric Wiring and Gas Fitting. 9. J. A. Stone, Proprietor 1 119 South 19th St. e4 I Auto 4731 BellA930 PHONES & 'X II - II X Dierks Bell 13 v Automatic 3013 9 L.uiuiJGr aim vuui I s Company Good Grades and Prompt Delivery to Any Part of the City. DON'T FAIL TO FIGURE WITH US WHEN YOU CONTEMPLATE BUILDING. All Kinds of Building Material. 12S SOUTH EIGHTH STREET LINCOLN, NEBRASKA ? o -:-0-::::y::-0' o 9 u - . . o 8 S I DECORATORS ALL GRADES ? WALL PAPER What Union Papers Are Saying About the Great Contest. Organized labor knows and knows only to well, that Taft in all his of ficial career has shown that he is an enemy to organized labor. While on the bench as a federal judge, he s.arted a fight on organized labor ani the common people, which he has kept up unrelentingly. He was the first judge to ever issue an injunction against men to prevent them from striking. He issued the injunction to prevent the engineers from striking and gaining their demands. This was the first injunction ever issued in America, a proceeding now used daily to persecute labor unions and working men, and Mr. Taft, today, is a firm be liever in government by injunction and centralization of power. Taft as governor of the Philippines, took away from the citizens of the island the right of trial by jury, a right that has never been restored. Taft, also while in the Philippines, made the remark that a Filipino was better than, an American soldier at any time. While secretary of war, Taft refused to al low the federal eight-hour law to ap ply to employes in the ship yards and persisted in standing by his refusal, nntil the matter was brought to the notice of Roosevelt, who granted the eight-hour day over Taft's protest. Reading (Pa.) Labor Advocate. Judge Taft as an injunction presi dent will be placed in a position to inflict even greater injury to orga nized labor. Piano Workers' Journal. Workingmen are beginning to see that when they want anything politi cally, and want it bad, from the re publican party, they are exceedingly liible to get it in the neck. Labor Compendium. Taft is the father of the injunction movement, Bryan the father of the irtl-injunction movement. Would you i at her trust Taft to lead the fight for anti-injunction legislation as laid down by the labor leaders, or Mr. Bryan, who has always been in sym pathy with the laborer. Sioux City Union Advocate. The New York World's poll of the delegates at the meeting of the Cen tral Federated Union resulted in find ing one delegate who would vote for Taft, 11 for Debs, and 51 for Bryan. It is probable that the same ratio would pertain in the majority of Cen tral Labor Unions throughout the country and proves how the active workers in the labor movement feel towards the inaugurater of injunctions. Kansas City Labor Herald. 138 South 13th Street is 3 o-;o-:o-:k:-oxx-o:x When You Want Quality Groceries GOTO SEITZ'S "GOOD LUCK" GROCERY 129.133 South 12th Street LINCOLN, NEBRASKA 0000009000OSOSOSO0OeO000000000 The issue is clear and decisive and so far as labor is concerned there can be but one choice, and all loyal union men know which is the proper one, and they propose to follow it regard less of the intrigues of political man agers or subsidized newspapers. Du luth (Minn.) Labor World. of the cause of labor, and who have always the interests of the workers it heart in preference to the advice of chose who are avowed enemies of organized labor at all times hut just a few weeks before election. Duluth (Minn.) Labor World. A labor union that is satisfacory to capitalists will be useless to work ingmen. New York Daily Call. Jimmy VanCleave, Post, et al., have placed Bryan as one of the undesir able citizens. 'Nuf sed. Jackson (Mich.) Square Deal. Look here, Mr. Union Man! Under which banner: Gompers, Morrison, Mitchell, or Post, VanCleave, Parry, or Cannon? Washington Trades Unionist. . Laboring men when they cast their votes next November may rest as sured that they will not go far wrong In following the advice of men who have grown gray in the service IT'S DIFFERENT. The Ownership of the Ox Cuts a Big Figure Always. A Lincoln newspaper that is insinu ating that the Railway Employes' Pro tective Association is being engi neered by railroad managers, and fur ther insinuating that the railroad em ployes are not honest, should put a poultice on its logic. The Protective Association is seeking to prevent legislation! that will result in de creased wages. For this it is being denounced by a newspaper that helped lobby a bill through the legislature compelling the state to pay for ad vertising constitutional amendments at a high figure. It gladly takes ad vantage of a law that specifies a rate for legal printing that is in excess of its regular rates for advertising. It is a member of a national association that was organized to protect its members from unscrupulous adver tisers and benefit its members, yet il charges the railroad employes with dishonesty in organizing to protect themselves from unscrupulous political demagogues. The ownership of the ox cuts a remarkable figure, always. In the meanwhile this same paper is boosting the County Option League, which, was organized to advance the ideas of its members. But it charges with dishonesty the railroad employes who have organized to advance their ideas. Just why the railroad employes should be charged with political dis honesty for organizing to protect tlieir interests is a mystery to one who has failed to see in the organ mentioned any charge of dishonesty against the beneficiaries of an unjust tariff who have long 'since organized to protect their interests. In such matters, however, the title to the bovine cuts a big figure. CIVILIZATION'S SHAME. An Indian was recently conducted through New York and the marvels of the white man's science and the tri umphs of invention were paraded to excite his admiration and his awe. As the extended tour drew near to its end the guide complacently inquired of him which of all the wonders he had seen had most impressed him. "Lit tle children working," said the red man solemnly. The practice of de riving profit from child labor Is un known among those tribes we call barbarous. Journal of Theosophy. "JOSHING" THE GOVERNOR. What a woefully obtuse man Ne braska has for a governor to be sure! In that magnificent concourse of peo ple who listened to Mr. Bryan's speech of acceptance last week, he was the only person who could not see the telling points made by the eloquent speaker. He never applauded once. Western Laborer. il workers union i Vw -wv. v W By Insisting Upon Pur 'chasing Union Stamp Shoes Y6u help better shoemaking conditions. You get better shoes for the moneu. You help your oton Labor Proposition. You abolish Child Labor. DO NOT BE MISLED Bg Retailers toho sag: "This shoe does not bear the stamp, but it is made under Union Conditions." THIS IS FALSE. No shoe is union mads unless it bears the Union Stamp. BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNION 246 Sumner St., Boston, Mass: jonn r. room, rres. unas. L. Kaine, Sec.-Treas. 6 0000KSS020OffiO0OffiO00GOffiO000000 1 n " SPECDAL MOYOCE To Out of Town Patrons We must remind you that we cannot prepay delivery charges on our famous 17-jewel watches in 20-year guaranteed case at $10. There is no money profit in these watches for as. 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