The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, November 21, 1908, Image 5

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    Ladies' Suits,
Skirts
Jackets
Our stock of Ladies Suits, Jackets and
Skirts is very heavy at present. A num
ber of delayed shipments have arrived and
as the time to sell is getting short now, we
are offering extra inducements to move them
quickly. Barely time now to get your Suit
for Thanksgiving if you have any alterations
made.
The Skirt Store
131 North 11th Street, Little Block Tel.. Anto 7290
We offer a handsome assortment of
Suits, $1 7.50 and $20.00 values, sale
price, $10.00; 200 Chiffon Panama
and Voile Skirts, regular $ 1 0.00 and
$12.00 values, $7.98; Women's Long
Coats in assorted colors, $5.00, $7.50,
$10.00 and up to $20.00; 300Heath
erbloom Underskirts, $1.75 up to
$2.98; fine assortment Shirt Waists
in all colors, 95c up to $8.00; 75
assorted Women's Skirts, $5.00 and
$6.00 values, $3.75.
THE SKIRT STORE
121 North 11th Street, Little Block
,
l""7 O II HARDWARE
UO SOll STOOPS"
At Low Prices
HARDWARE, STOVES, SP0BT-
RAZORS, RAZOR
AND CUTLERY
I
Hoppe's Hardware, 100 North 10th
HOME INDUSTRIES WORTH FOSTERING.
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bound to render prompt .and efficient service in return for
valuable rights and franchises.
Ordinarily a dual street railway system is a nuisance,
but in Lincoln's case it has proved to be a blessing. Today
Lincoln has a street railway service that it would never
have secured had it depended upon the old company. The
Citizens Railway company, however, has forced the old
company to spruce up and brace up, and not only replace
some of the antedeluvian relics with modern and up-to-
date cars, but to raise some of the low joints, replace some
of the flat wheels, and give an increased service on prac
tically every line.
Decause of its enterprise, its accommodating spirit and
the fact that it is a home institution, pushed by home
men and dividing its receipts with the general public,
the people of Lincoln should look with kindly eyes upon
the Citizens "Railway company and patronize it whenever,
possible. In fact, they should go to some little trouble
to reach one of the "White Line" ears. '
Not the least, by any means, of the reasons why the
Citizens Railway company deserves well at the hands of
the hands of Lincoln people, is the fact that it was this
company's action that forced the six-for-a-quarter fare
and "school children's tickets" at an even lower rate,
A GOOD EXAMPLE.
Opponents of "High Due" Should
Learn Letson from Printers.
Some of tbe "cheap ones" who be
long to unions that nave low dues
should cease to complain If their-craft
is in bad condition. Cheap dues in it
self is enough to put any union in bad
condition, for cheap dues, means a
low reserve fund and a low reserve
'fund means that in case of trouble
or misfortune the union is not in a po
sltlon to help Its members.
Some of the union men who are pay.
ing 76 cents or $1 a month dues should
compare their condition with the print
ers. The printers pay $1.75 to $2.50
per month dues, according to position;
the union has a large membership,
plenty of money on hand; pays sick
and death benefits; maintains a home
for aged and broken down members;
pays an old age pension, pays strike
benefits promptly in short, the Typo
graphical Union treats its members
royally.
And you never hear a complaint
from the members about their dues.
Remember, ,Mr. Union Man, that
your union must have money to pay
all these things and the only way
to get that money is from high dues.
Paste this in your hat and quit kicking
if your union wants to "raise" you a
little. International Bookbinder.
For Union Workers
Important Happenings in
Industrial Circles in This
Country and Europe $ $
n
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Lowell, Mass. A number of new,
unions are being organized in Lowell.
Indianapolis, Ind. Typographical
unions have been formed in the col
onies of Darbadoes, British Guiana
and Trinidad.
Glascow, Scotland. A dispute hav
ing arisen in the plumbing trade, the
master plumber decided to issue no
tices of a lockout.
New York. For strike benefits,
$118,332.70 was paid oat by tbe United
Brewery Workmen of America for the
two years ending August 13.
Edinburgh, Scotland. Coopers, who
are on strike are to ask trade union
ists the world 'over to boycott the' beer
of the brewers who will not agree to
the demands of strikers.
London, Eng. In several London
printing establishments women . are
employed as compositors, folders, nu
merical printers, perforators, wire
stitchers and book sewers.
Sedalia, Mo. Effective November 2
all section men employed on tbe Mis
souri, Pacific, Iron Mountain system,
will receive an increase in wages of
from $1.25 to $1.35 a day.
Memphis, Tenn'. ' An industrial
school for this city and Shelby county
is the probable outcome of a move
ment which has been Bet on foot by
the builders' exchange, of Memphis.
San Francisco. American ' and
French laundries of Oakland, Berke
ley and Alameda are organizing anti
Japanese leagues. Stockton laundries
are also said to be working along sim
ilar lines.
London, Eng. After being ! Out on
strike nr some weeks, the ' Kilton,
north of England, ironstone miners
have resumed work on the terms that
were offered to them before they
ceased work. The whole matter Is to
be submitted to arbitration.
Fort Wayne, Ind. The big Pennsyl
vania shops began to work 75 hours a
week to get ready for the rush of traf
fic that is expected to ' make a car
shortage before another month. In
addition over 100 men were added to
the pay-roll. The force bad been
working only 55 hours a week. Or
ders were also issued increasing the
hours in the Wabash shops to 65 a
week.
WastUogton.--About 85. per cent. ,of
the employes of tbe cotton mills in
Japan are women' and girls, and they
receive, on an average, 12 cents a
day, for 11 hours' work. The men av
erage double what the women get.
While there are no labor unions in
this..-industry, there.- is ; a c&an.ce that
before very long unions will be formed,
as they now exist in other branches
of industry.
. Boston, Mass. The 1,800 machin
ists, boilermakers, blacksmiths, steam
fitters, and their helpers and the men
of the other crafts at the big locomo
tive shops of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad at Read
ville started on a full-time schedule.
The men have been working on a
five-day basis for two months and
during the early summer were em
ployed but four days a week.
New York. During tbe three
months from June, 1 tbe Bureau of Me
diation and Arbitration of New York
received copies of 94 formal trade
agreements between organized wage
workers and employers, either indi
vidually or in association, entered into
since the first of last January, and
not heretofore listed. It is a notable
fact that more than one-third of the
whole number contain some provision
for the settlement of any disputes that
may arise during the life of the agree
ment, London, Eng. Changes in the hours
of labor in the. United Kingdom in
1907 were almost all in favor of the
work-people. They affected a total of
36,200 operatives, of whom 35,400 had
their hours reduced. Of .the latter,
14,400 were in the building trades and
12,100 in the textile industries. The net
effect of the cbanges was an aggre
gate reduction of working hours of 79,
000 hours a week of all the persons af
fected. The preceding figures do not
relate to agricultural laborers, rail
way servants or seamen.- '
Washington. Notwithstanding ef
forts of labor leaders to have tbe
question decided before the general
elections. Justice Wright, in the dis
trict supreme court, postponed until
November 10 consideration of tbe case
of Samuel Gompers, president; John
Mitchell, a vice-president, and Frank
Morrison, secretary, of the American
Federation of Labor, . who were
charged with contempt of court. The
case grew out of a suit for injunction
Instituted against tbe labor officials by
the Bucks Stove and Range Company
of St. Louis.
Madrid. It is reported that the cop
per miners in the Rio Tinto district
will go on strike. Detahments of cav
alry and infantry and gendarmes have
left Huelva for the district to maintain
order.
London, Eng. The General Federa
tion of Trades Unions has issued a
manifesto declaring that there are
1,500,000 unemployed in the United
Kingdom, with 7,500,000 suffering de
pendents. The federation recommends
the creation of a minister of labor
and a permanent "unemployment"
board, and that all members of labor
unions refuse to work overt! me.
London,' Eng. There are" signs of a
revival in the lead and slate Indus
tries of Wales.
; San Francisco. A union labor club
was formed at the last meeting of the
laundry workers.
Berlin. No one in Saxony is al
lowed to shoe horses unless he has
passed a public examination and is
duly qualified.
Elmira, NVY. The Elmira Heights
rolling mills, which have been idle
nearly two years, started fires with
large orders ahead.
, Washington. The trades In the
building industry of Jamaica, West
Indies,' are organizing into unions ' af
filiated with the American Federation
of Labor. , . ; .
i Newark, N. J. The 5,000 operatives
in two great thread mills in this city
were' notified that full time work
will be resumed at once. Since last
April the mills have been running on
part time.
- Manchester, England. At a meeting
here of the representatives of the cot
ton .strikers it was decided to ask the
employers to meet the representatives
with a view to settlement of the ex
isting dispute. :
DAroit, Mich. The Burroughs Add
ing Machine Company announces that
it will at once start all its ' depart
ments on full, time, 54 hours a week.
Of late most of the men have been
getting in only 48 hours.
Pittsburg, Pa. The importance of
iron, steel and tin-plate, textiles and
silk to the people of Pennsylvania can
be seen when it is stated that the
wage roll for these aggregated last
year $144,964,634, distributed among
more than 500,000 people. - , ,
Seattle, Wash. Seventy-five per
ent. of the lumber and shingle mills
of Washington are now operating, and
their annual payroll is approximately
$75,000,000, according to the estimate
of Victor'-H. Beckman, secretary , of
the Pacific Coast Lumber Manu
facturers' association. The value of
the output of Washington lumber and
shingle mills now operating will reach
approximately $85,000,000 in a year.
1 Berlin. The annual report of the
Krupp works, Essen, states that the
firm now employs 70,000 persona, and
is thus the world's greatest' employer
of labor. The total is made up of 4,
000 workmen and 6,000 engineers, in
cluding the members of the designing
and commercial , staffs, i Tbe Krupp
works devote $2,500,000 yearly to pre
miums for old age, disability and sick
ness insurance for the employes. "
Niagara Falls, N. President
Cary of the Paper Makers' union, aft
er an all-day conference with the local
union, ordered the employes of the
Olieff and Pettibone Companies, the in
dependent mills, to return to work.
The strike in the mills of the Inter
national Paper Company will be con
tinued. " The paper makers in the in
dependent mills went out to aid the
strike of the International Paper Com
pany's men. ,
Chelsea, Mass. C. A. Walton Shoe
Company, whose lasters and some
of the other employes struck three
weeks ago, reopened its factory
and invited all to return. , The re
quest was not complied with. An ef
fort to organize tbe strikers under
the banner of the Boot and Shoe
Workers' union was not immediately
successful. Some of the more radical
of the strikers declared for the "Work
ers, of the World" form of organiza
tion, i , '
Washington. Secretary Loeb stated
that there was absolutely no founda
tion for the publication of stories to
the effect that Maj. Morrow, the en
gineer commissioner, would shortly
vacate his office, and that Public Print
er Leech would be succeeded in a
short time by Samuel Donnelly, a
member of the general arbitration
board of the builders' trades. There
is no intention. It is said, to relieve
Mr. Leech, and Maj. Morrow has not
made application to be removed from
the district commission. ,
Wilkesbarre, Pa. All the collieries
of the anthracite region were closed
October 29, the 180,000 mine workers
remaining idle to. celebrate Mitchell
day. Former president of the Mine
Workers' union, John , Mitchell, spent
the day at Scranton and addressed the
miners at two meetings there, while
President Thomas L. Lewis made an
address in the morning at Shenan
doah, where there was a big parade,
and at night presided at an eisteddfod
in this city. There were parades at
Lansford and Shenandoah, while in
other towns and cities of the region
the mine workers held meetings and
were addressed by their leaders. 1
Fall River, Mass. James Tansey,
president of the Fall River , Textile
council, has notified the affiliated
unions that under the agreement be
tween the unions and manufacturers
there will be a further reduction of
about eight per cent, in wages next
month. .
Boston. Massachusetts supreme
court, in a decision in a case involv
ing the Bricklayers' union, declared
that unions can be restrained by 'i
junction from imposing fines on mvi
bers where such fines are for the sole
purpose of compelling workmen . to
obey orders to go out on strike.
Low One -Way Rates
TO MANY POINTS IN ,
CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON
V TICKETS ON SALE
E V ERY DA V
September I to October 31, 1908
to Pendleton and Walla, Walla.
to Spokane and Wenatchee, Wash.
to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
and many other California points,
to Everett. Bel'ingbam, Vancouver, Vic
: toria and Astoria. - ,
to Weed, Calif., Ashland, Rosebnrg, Eu
gene, Albany and Salem via Portland,
to Portland, Ta'coma or Seattle.
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UNION . PACIFIC
' i , ENQUIRE OF ' ' , . ' .... - , ,
i E. D. SLOSSON, General Agent
cA Cheerful Home
cTWaketh fon
Comfort
Arid the home illuminated by gas is always bright
and cheerful. And, too', t,he economy adds to the smiles
of content. .If your house is not piped for illuminating
gas, let . us show you some figures that will convince
you that it should be. . ;
Taking Off the Chill
; Little early for the furnace but not too early for
chilly mornings and evenings. A gas radiator will, take
the chill off and save coal bills. - Mighty fine for the
bath room about this time o' year. .
Pretty Fixtures ,
For modest Homes
If you haven't already investigated you will be sur
prised to find how cheaply you can install some modern
and pretty gas fixtures fixtures that will add a whole
lot to the cheer and brightness :of the little-' cottage. . We
i are showing a fine line of these new and up-to-date fixtures.-
Using Gas
Better get over . the unfounded notion that gas is
expensive for lighting or heating.; It is, the cheapest
illuminant adn the cheapest fuel. . We" will prove this
if you will let us. Brightest and cheapest light Hottest
and cheapest heat. Here are two facts susceptible of
easy demonstration. r
How About Coke?r
Ever use it in the furnace or baseburner 1 It is "fine -business."
Cheaper and better than hard coal or semi
anthracite. We sell the coke. -, - r
Lincoln Gas and Electric Light
Company. Open Evenings
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chasing
Union Stamp Shoes
You help better shoematting
conditions. You , get better:
shoes - for the money. You '
help your oton Labor Proposition. You abolish
Child Labor. 1
DO NOT BE MISLED
By Retailers toho say: "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:
John F. Tobin, Pres. Chas. L. Baine, Sec.-Treas.
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are truely wonderful stones nothing at all like the
ordinary immitation diamonds as brilliant as the real
diamonds. See them, you'll be surprised and delighted.
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