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ink a second. Is it econ
omy to buy anything else but
Superior Qualities
We know that it is not.
us demonstrate this fact
to you.
In our showing for men you will find Clothing
made by the "Creajn" of the leading manufacturers; the leaders of
leaders. Such makers as Rogers Peet, etc. Styles, Quality and
Workmanship being Superior for prices quoted.
Boys' Clothing. In our showing you will find
all that can be desired in wearables. The durable, stylish Clothing,
EVERY GARMENT BEING SUPERIOR.
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The Store TJ?al
Never Disappoints
admits that, negotiations are under
way, but declines to discuss the sub
ject. Fred Ihringer went to O'Neill this
week to take a chance in Uncle Sam's
land lottery. ''
--George -Tracey, president of San
Francisco union, has been nominated
tor Congress by the Democrats of his
district and endorsed by the Union
Labor party.. The chances for his
election are said to be bright.
Omaha Typographical Union is pre
paring to ask for an increase of 50
cents per day in the newspaper scale.
The appearance of the Omaha dailies
indicates that they can well afford to
grant the increase
H. C. Peate offers a reward of $30,
000, fifty cents of it in cash, for the
apprehension, of the miscreant who
poisoned the;Peate family dog.
Has your chapel voted on proposed
amendments to the constitution? If
not, get busy.
Pittsburg, Kas., union is mourning
the sudden departure of A. E. Gates,
financial secretary. He took all but
fire cents of the local's money, and
left that on deposit, in a bank in his
cwn name, and the local can not get
it.. He also left a wife and several
children, one of them a baby only a
few weeks old. Keep your eyes peeled
for Gates, and when you see him' shut
bim up.
this principle, is grossly unjust and
has wrought great ' hardship "and ""op-;
pression on hosts of law-abiding and,
industrious citizens 'whose loyally tp
the country and respect fori its insti
tutions is equal to that of any ottaer
class of our people.-Advocate.
-Minnesota Union
THE ELECTRICAL WORKERS.
Officers
Witt
2.
Judge Us,. Please, by Little Incidents
of This Kind. -. .
A few weeks ago the little city of
Fernie, B. C, was totally- destroyed
by fire. Among the victims of the fire
were eight members of the Interna
tional Typographical Union who were
affiliated with Cranbrook Union No.
450, some distance away. Five of the
eight were heads of families, and all
were left homeless and destitute, and
no work in sight, because every news
paper and job office in the town was
wiped out. The facts were wired to
international headquarters, and before
the ruins had quit smoking the execu
tive council of the International Typo
graphical Union wired $500 for the
relief of the stricken printers.
This is only one of a thousand cases
that are taken care of in a smilar way
every year by the trades unions of the
country. Why not judge trades union
ism by this standard a while?' And
can anything offered by Post, Parry
and Van Cleave beat it?
Head to Foot Clothiers
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The Advertisers in The Wageworker are
Worthy of the Patronage of all Unionists
r"7 O II HARDWARE, STOVES, SPOBT-
In XvOll KG GOODS, RAZORS, RAZOR
U J J OOII STROPS AND CUTLEBY -
At Low Prices
Hoppc's Hardware. 100 North 10th
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF .
LABOR,
A Few of Its Declarations Upon Which
It Appeals to All Working People
.' To Organize, Unite, Federate, and
. Cement the Bonds of Fraternity.
1. Tae Abolition of all Forms of In
voluntary Servitude,- except, as : a pun
ishment for crime. - r t
2. Frwd Schools, Free Text-Books,
and Compulsory education.
3. ' Unrelenting Protest Aguinst the
Issuance and Abuse of Injunction Pro
cess in Labor Disputes.
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4. A' workday of. not more than
Eight Hours in the twenty-four hour
day.
5. A strict recognition of not over
Eight Hours per day on all Federal
State or Municipal Work and at not
leis than the prevailing Per . Diem
Wage Rate of the class of employ
ment in the vicinity where the work
Is performed..
.. 6. Release . from employment . One
. 7. The Abolition of the Contract
System on Public Work. : ' ' " .
8. The Municipal Ownership of Pub
lic Utilities.
, D. The Abolition of the Sweat Shop
System. ' '
10. Sanitary Inspection of. Factory,
Workshop, Mine, and Home.' '.
11. Liability .of Employers, for in
jury to body or loss of life. '
- , 21, The -. Nationalization of Tele
graph and Telephone.-
13. The passage of Anti-Child Labor
Laws .in States where they do not ex
fat and rigid defense of them .where
they have been enacted into law. '
'. 14. Woman Suffrage coequal with
Man Suffrage.
15. The Initiative and Referendum
and the Imperative Mandate and Right
of Re-?p.!l.
16. Suitable and Plentiful Play
grounds for Children in all cities.
17. Continued agitation for the Pub
lic Bath System In all cities.
18. Qualifications In permits to build
Day in Seven.
of all cities and: towns that there shall
be Bathrooms and Bathroom Attach
ments in all houses or compartments
used for habitation. .
19. We favor -a system of finance
whereby money shall be issued exclu
sively by the Government, with such
regulations and "Testrlctions - as will
protect it from-manipulation -by the
banking interests- for their own pri
vate gains.
. The -above is a- partial statement of
he demands which organized labor,
in the interest of the workers aye.
of all the people of our country
makes iJpon modern society.
Higher wages,-' shorter workday,:
ttlter labor conditions, better homes,
better sud safer -workshops, factories,
mills, and mines. ; In a word, a better,
higher, and nobler life.
Conscious of the justice, wisdom anl
nobliity of our cause, the American
Federation, of Labor appeals to all
men and women of labor to join with
us in the ' great movement for its
achievement.
More than two million wage-earners
who have reaped the, advantages of
organisation and federation appeal to
their brothers and sisters of toil to
participate In the glorious movement
with its attendant benefits.
There are affiliated to the . Ameri
can Federation of Labor J 18 Interna
tional Trades Unions with their 27,
000 Local Unions; 36 State Federa
tions; 537 City Central Bodies aAJ
G50 Local Trade and Federal Labor
Unions having no Internationals.
We have nearly 1,000 volunteer and
special organii.ers as well as the offi
cers of the ui '.ons and of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor itself always,
willing and an.ious to aid their fellow
workmen to organize and in every
other way bet1r their conditions.
For informs .Jon all are invited to
write1 to the American Federation of
Labor headquarters at Washington,
D. C.
IN OLD DAYS WORKMEN USur
TO -ADVOCATE CERTAIN LIMIT
OF OUTPUT IN ORDER TO PRO
LONG THE WORKING SEASON.
THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE ARE THE
HARDEST WORKED AND PRODUCE
MORE TO THE MAN THAN ANY
OTHER, AND, THEREFORE, WHEN
OUR OPPONENTS SAY THAT WE
WANT TO RESTRICT OUTPUT
THEY TALK IN BAD GRACE. SAM
UEL GOMPERS.
THE PRINTERS.
Items of Interest Culled From Local
and Foreign Sources.
Now comes the rumor that the Con
key Company, Hammond, Ind., is ne
gotiating with Chicago Typographical
Union with a view to "getting good'
again. The Conkey plant was moved
from Chicago across the state line
into Indiana about ten years ago, but
Chicago at once secured jurlsdictior
and kept up the fight. Mr. Conkey
THE LABOR MOVEMENT WAS
30RN OF HUNGER HUNGER FOR
3READ IN THE BEGINNING. IT IS
5TILL A HUNGER, BUT NOW IT IS
-OR THE BETTER THINGS OF
-IFE BETTER EDUCATION, BET
TER IDEALS, HIGHER POSSIBILI
TIES AND A HIGHER PLACE IN
THE SCALE OF CIVILIZATION.
3AMUEL GOMPERS.
THIS IS UNIONISM.
Deposed International
Fiaht to Retain Jnlv
The international officers1 ;of the
Brotherhood "of Electrical ' Workers
who were deposed by the special con?.
Mention at St, Louis a few weteks aga
are not going to give up rwithout a:
fight. Grand Secretary Collins la it
Friday secured a temporary injunction
against Grand President Reid, Grand
Secretary Murphy, Grand Treasureif
Sullivan and othc- officers recently
elected at St. Lot is to restrain them'
from taking possession of books and.
records. Collins charges an ; attempt
to usurp his office; claims "be is the'
duly elected grand secretary; that h
has $90,000 of the brotherhood money
on deposit and vouchers for--100,00
expended. He charges that Grand
Treasurer Sullivan obtained certain
records by fraudulent means. The ofr
ficers claim the charges are ground?
less. , ,
The Electrical Workers are very
close-mothed about their recent con
vention and the causes that brought
it about, but it is now evident that t
was called for the purpose of takinK
drastic action against officials charged
with dereliction of duty. Most of the
international officers were -; deposed
and new officers elected. Getting tke
new officers installed is another mat
ter, and it now looks like a long legal
tattle. " ' " 1
It is claimed by those who stan4
by the old officers that the St. Looie
convention
therefore its action is
members will not discuss the matter,
but they declare the convention legal
and have no fear about the result of
the legal fight, i
THE LIGHT IS BREAKING.
was illegally called, and . -fj.
action is void. Locj?
A Court Has at Last Decided in Favor
of Organized Labor.
One ray of light has 'recently shot
into the sky - of midnight blackness
which has overhung organized labor
because ; of the attitude of the courts
toward the movement and the trend
of their decisions where it was in
volved. The supreme court of Mon
tana, in a late decision in the case of
Lindsey & Co. vs. The Montana State
Federation of Labor, held that the
distribution of a circular urging all
laboring men and persons in sym
pathy with organized labor to with
hold patronage from plaintiffs was not
illegal because the plaintiffs i had. no
property right in the' trade of any
particular, person; and that although
decisions have been rendered which
make the same act, which is lawful
when done by several, on the theory
that concerted action amounts to a
conspiracy, an individual clothed with
a right: when acting alone does not
lose such right merely by acting with
others, each of whom has the same
right; and that if a labor organization
employs a boycott, the means of its
enforcement being legal, the courts
can not assist the persons boycotted.
This is the common sense of "the
matter, and therefore ought to be
everywhere in this country . what th'.
supreme court of Montana has made
it for that state the governing legal
rule. It is the very essence- and sub
stance of what labor has claimed, and
the fact that it now has high official
sanction in one great state gives hope
that it may soon ' have the same in
many others and in the country gen
erally, in spite of all the opposition of
self-interested corporations and self
seeking politicians. The decision em
bodies a basic principle of human
freedom, which even the partisan
courts have universally recognized in
all cases except those in which organ
ized labor has been a party. That
he labor movement alone, of all the
combinations of men in the land, has
been excepted from the application of
CAPITAL AUXILIARY.
Capital Auxiliary, No. 11, held a
very pleasant meeting at the home of
Mrs. Sayer,' on Wednesday, October 14.
A report of the proceedings of the
Women's International convention at
Boston, . was given to . each . member,
present and the amendments to the
constitution were discussed and will
be voted on next Tuesday, October 20.
Mrs. O. C. Jones,, 1219 K SL, has In
vited us to come to her house to vote
on these amendments and it is hoped
that a large number will be interested).
Tuesday October, 20, 1219 K SL, any
time from 2 until 5, p. m. -
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
A. L. Compton, 2029 N St., Wednesday,
October 28. 1
Two new members, Mrs. H. F. Rood
and Mrs. R. E. Kennedy have been add
ed to our list in the last month. ' ' -
Mrs. Hoffmeister's sister of St
Louis, who , has been spending the
summer in Lincoln returned home last
week. '.
We are" pleased- to hear 'that Mrai
Bustard will return" to "Lincoln before
long. -
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: 'KEEP AWAY. I
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Bricklayers are requested to kec
away from Crawford, Xebr. Ad3 ii
ropers all over the country are stat
ing ; that bricklayers are needed ai
the 'fort, claiming that board is only
$5.00 per week. In reality board is
$7.00 per week, and the work at the
fort is practically finished. There i
no other work to be had and the towi
is being overrun with bricklayers
who go out there on the strength of
these newspaper ads, and have' it
go away without having obtained any
work.- ' ' ' : ' i it
CONVENTIONS IN 1908.
Where and When Trades Union Gath
erings Will Be Held. '-
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October 20, Cdhoes, N. Yi Unite
Textile Workers of America. 1 -
November 9, Denver, Colo.-, Amerl
can Federation of Labor.
November 10, Bangor, Pa., Interna
tional Union of Slate Workers. ' i
November 12, Vinalhaven, Me., Lob-
i
ster Fisberfmen's International Protec
tive Association.
' December 7, New Orleans, La, In
ternational Brotherhood of Matoteif-ance-of-Way
Employes. ..I;
December 7, Brooklyn, N. Y, Na
tional Alliance of Bill Posters and
Billers of America, j -
f - . ?
" , Made It a run Day. " b
Here is one man who does) not HasA
himself to eight hours of work av day.
A farmer in the Bedsworth district,
Warwickshire, England, created
local record in - connection with
the hay harvest by working in oae
Held for 21 hours in a single day. He
began cutting at 1:30 a. m. and ceasfd
at ten o'clock at night, when the grass
was turned.
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