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A WORKINGMAN'S CHURCH.
Rev. Charles 8telzle Discusses a Mat
ter That Interests the Workers.
Recently an earnest and, I believe,
thoroughly sincere trades unionist ad
vocated the plan of organizing a
church within the ranks of organized
labor, which should be composed ex
clusively of working people who made
a profession of Christianity. The min
isters, the officers, the teachers, the
singers all who had anything to do
with this novel organization were to
come from the ranks of the toilers.
Repeatedly has it been suggested
to me that I organize the Christian
trades unionists in the labor move
ment to separate trades unions. But
always have I declined to become the
advocate of such a scheme for practi
cally the same reasons that prompt
me to disapprove of the organization
of working people Into separate relig
ious organizations of any kind.
Perhaps the strongest objection to
such a plan Ib the fact that working
men themselves do not believe in
"class" churches. I once wrote to 300
of the prominent leaders of labor
asking their opinions concerning the
organization of a distinctively "work
ingmanV church. Only three of the
300 were favorably disposed toward
the proposition. Among the reasons
given for opposing; it were the follow
U g: "It true religion means anything
It means the fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man, and an ex
clusive church would be contrary to
thnt doctrine." "Whil'e workingmeu
are poor, they are also proud, and
they would be slow to connect them'
selves with an exclusive institution
which might possibly be dubbed 'a
poor man's church.' " "A church es
tablished exclusively for the work-
ingman would deteriorate. There
would ultimately arise a secluded, iso
lated and forsaken spirit that would
eventually end in strife and Kdissatis
faction." One of the reasons given for the
organization of this "worklngman's
church" is that the church is making
"manv ereat and srrievous mistakes."
But Isn't that also true of the labor
union? Must we therefore pull out
of the labor union all of the Christian
men and those of high moral princi
ples and place them into a separate
organization? Is It not better to keep
them where they are, so that through
their Influence they may correct the
errors which are now being made?
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This is equally true of the church. We
need every loyal Christian trades un
ionist in the church just as we neel
the loyal Christian trades unionist in
the labor union.
Such a process of seclusion as has
been suggested would also result in a
sort of pharasaical spirit which would
practically destroy the Influence of
the Christian men who would engage
in such an enterprise. The "I am bet
ter than thou" attitude makes few
converts.
What we really need today is a
straightforward, manly, Christian life,
lived out both in the church and In
the labor unions, without much flour
ishing of trumpets. That kind of liv
ing will soon rectify the mistakes
both in the church and the labor un
ion, and It will also usher in the day
when there will exist a truer spirit
of real .brotherhood.
BOTH HAPPY.
The workingmen who are so elated
over the election of Taft, should bear
In mind that his success Is also in
tensely gratifying to that noted friend
But then, his Interests aretaoshrdlu
of the working . class Van Cleave.
But then, his interests are in common
with yours, you know. Kansas City
Labor Herald.
THE BARBERS.
Omaha Artists Will Hereafter Have
to Stand Rigid Examination.
The Omaha city council has decided
to retain and enforce the ordinance
which calls for the maintaining of an
examining board to inquire into the
competency and healthfulness of all
tarbers. Mayor Dahlman will ap
point a board within the week. The
ordinance has been on the city's stat
ute books a number of years, but of
late it has been a dead letter and
there has been no examining board
The mayor has not a-s yet decided who
he will appoint, but applications for
membership on the board of three
qualified barbers have been made by
Anton Gross, John W. Light and John
Konvslin.
AN IMPORTANT MOVE.
Railway Employes Organize a Depart
ment Under A. F. of L. Auspices.
Immediately after the adjournment
of the A. F. of L. convention at Den
ver the first step was taken towards
securing an affiliation between the va-
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Federation of Labor. The Idea of the
promoters of the plan is to have the
railway brotherhoods organize coun
cils similar to the building trades
councils and the councils of the allied
printing trades, the whole to form a
department of the Federation.
H .B. Perham, president of the
Order of Railway Telegraphers, called
the first session to order and business
was immediately taken up. The ses
sions were held behind closed doors
and no report has been made. No
report will be made in the near fu
ture. But the promotors of the plati'
believe that success will attend their
efforts.
DO NOT
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THE MUSICIANS.
Will Have to Stand for the Competi
tion of the Marine Band.
That the Marine Band may play for
compensation, without regard to the
statute providing that navy bands or
'members thereof shall not receive re
muneration for furnishing music out
side the limits of military posts, when
in competition with local civilian mu
'sicians, is the effect of a decision
rendered by the attorney general
Wednesday, November 11. Organized
labor has taken the position that gov
ernment bands should not compete
with union musicians, and the ques
tion was as to whether the Marine
'Band is strictly a "navy band" in the
meaning of the law. The attorney
general cites many decisions to show
that while the marine corps is a part
of the navy it frequently has been
held to be a separate institution, so
far as legislative enactments are con
cerned. LABOR TEMPLE MEETING.
The Directors Will Meet Monday
Evening, This Time For Sure.
President Dickson has issued a call
for a meeting of the directors of the
Labor Temple Building Association
next Monday evening at Chaplin &
Ryan's barber shop, 134 North
Twelfth. It is imperative that a meet-
detail. We will
ing be held on this date, and the di-
lector who fails to be present will
be seriously neglecting an Important
duty. The very life of the association
may depend upon this meeting.
Speaking of Labor Temples, the fol
lowing dispatch from Sioux City ap
peared in the daily newspapers of
November 20:
"Sioux City, la., Nov. 20 Special
Sioux City trades unions last, night
dedicated the finest labor hall in the
state, with President A. L. Urick of
the Iowa State Federation of Labor
as principal orator. The entire sec
ond floor of the new Richardson block
has .been leased by the united labor
unions.
"There are ten rooms in all. Two
large assembly rooms, the largest of
which -will seat 200 people, will take
care of the mass meetings. Overlook
ing Fifth 'street there are four small
rooms which will be used for office
rooms and headquarters for the
smaller unions. The hall is fitted with
two thoroughly modern retiring rooms.
The flooring and woodwork is all
"highly polished hardwood. The ceil
ing and walls are rough finish." .
Sioux City is no larger than Lin
coln, and the trades unions are no
stronger, either in membership or in
finance. , Certainly what Sioux City
has done Lincoln can do.
BEFORE AND AFTER.
Moses was the first strikebreaker,
and he made old Paroah look like a
monkey. Watch how the working
men of America put "Little Willie" of
Cincinnati in the Pharoah class on No
vember 3. Lincoln Wageworker.
Well Moses must have been a grand
old leader. Schenectadyf Leader.
Aw, cheese it, Bo., What's the use
of rubbing It in?
AT LEAST CONSISTENT.
Cabinet builde' are at work, but no
two agree. The ijincoln Wageworkers'
list comes nearest to Taft's ideas as it
I deludes VanCleave, Post, Parry and
Otis Sioux City Union Advocate.
UNPROFITABLE BUSINESS.
"Brush Burning" behind Gompers
is an unprofitable business. Sioux
City Union Advocate.
The International Cotton. Spinners'
union has presented Samuel Ross of
New Bedford, its veteran secretary,
with a silver service of fifty pieces.
News from All Parts of
the World, of General
Interest to the Worker
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Pittsburg, Pa. The United States
Steel corporation partly uncovered its
hand in the Pittsburg district when it 1
showed that, with , .Independent con
cerns, it had foii' several months been
planning to make the year 1909 the
biggest in the history of iron and
steel. Startling figures were produced
to show that all records for carrying
iron ores into the Pittsburg district
are being shattered and there is al
ready piled up in the district above
10,000,000 tons of ore, or enough to
run most of the blast furnaces at their
full capacity for a year. In addition
to this, about 3,000,000 tons of ore
will yet be brought in, which will give
the mills more material than they ever
used in any year, and arrangements
have been made for using , it all in
1909. ' . ,. , ' .-
Pittsburg, Pa. The Republic Iron
and Steel Company announced from its
Pittsburg offices that it would soon
have in operation 100 per cent, of its
furnace capacity in the Birmingham
districts of Alabama. Orders have been
issued for the blowing in of furnace
No. 1, in the Pioneer group. The
company has three big furnaces at
Birmingham, and this will be the first
time in ten years that all have been
in operation at once. It is expected
that the New York Central railroad
will place an order for 1,000 cars in
the Pittsburg district early next week.
The order has been hanging fire for
some time, but Vice-President J. M.
Schoonmaker, in charge of the Pitts
burg district, has been called to New
York to consult over the matter.
Boston. Frank J. McNulty of New
York, international president of the
Electrical Workers' Brotherhood, was
in Boston and spoke before a special
meeting of the executive board of the
New England council and a mass meet
ing of the Boston unions. The mem
bers learned from him quite a differ
ent version of the international troub
les, and he had affidavits and corre
spondence to substantiate his state
ments. The ' international has called
a special convention for January 15
at Springfield, 111., to permanently set
tle all controversies. The New Eng
land executive board decided to put
special organizers In the field at
Stamford, Conn., and at Gardiner and
Holyoke. . '
, Watertown, N. Y. The paper-
makers' strike against the Interna
tional Paper Company, which has been
on since August 1, has been officially
declared oft by the officials of ; the
union, under the same conditions as
provided for in the agreement of Sept
tember 24 between President Carey of
the union and the International Com
pany, which was not ratified by the
locals. The International will take
the men back as fast as needed, but
they must apply as individuals and the
mills will be run "ORen." The men
struck against a reduction of ten per
cent. The September agreement is a
compromise calling for a reduction of
five per cent.
Portland, Ore. Ralph ; Blaisdell
auditor for the Harriman system of
railroads in the northwest has, "for
the good of the service," issued an
order forbidding employes in his de
partment visiting .saloons or liquor
houses for any purpose whatsoever.
The order affects about 500 employes.
Several months ago ' Blaisdell dis
charged all the women clerks', and
stenographers in his department and
replaced them with rT.m. The women
were dismissed on the ground, as as
signed, that men are more efficient.
New York. There is a movement in
the east on the part of a number of
labor . unions to eliminate from their
respective constitutions, the clause
which bars the discussion of politics
at meetings of the organizations. The
leaders in this direction assert that
they are moved to this action by the
changed conditions in the country, and
demand that such a step must be tak
en for the better protection . of or
ganized labor. . ,
Newark, N. J. The H. R. Worthing
ton Company announced that .its, full
complement of more than 5,000 men
will be at work in the plant in Harri
son by January 1 next. ' The Lldger-
wood Manufacturing Company made a
similar announcement, which affects
2,000 men. Both have been running
on part time and had received many
big orders contingent upon the elec
tion result.
Chicago. A school for wives is the
latest undertaking of Chicago club
women. Courses will be given in the
making of clothes, cooking, household
economics and general housekeeping.
The idea is to make good housewives
and to make them through organized
and unified effort. ' ;
Boston. Efforts are on foot to have
the Order of Railway Clerks, the mem
bership of which is mainly on several
sections of the B. & M. railroad,
amalgamate with the big general or
ganization of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Clerks. Organizer Reynolds of
the Brotherhood is. now in this section
endeavoring to bring about the desired
result.
Bostonr-Pres. Edward J. McCriven
of Boston Plasterers' union has been
elected a member of the international
executive board of the union. " The
international has voted to affiliate
with the A. F. of L.
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New Haven, Conn. A revival of in-i
dustrial activity will be felt in Con
necticut in nearly every branch of
trade, and more particularly along the .
Naugatuck valley; which is the center
of brass and copper goods making.
The increase in orders to electrical
equipment" concerns will immediately
be followed by active resumption on
full time of many plants in Waterbury
and Bridgeport, which tnrn out fit
tings of copper used in electrical mar
chinery. In all the metal trades a
busy winter is expected,. Interviews
with manufacturers, at Waterbury in
dicating that inquiries for estimates
on contracts have begun. The Nauga.
tuck valley was hit hard by the in
dustrial depression for more than 25,
000 highly skilled workers in copper
and brass have been on partial time
for months. The industries of this
compactly settled valley furnish some
thing in the metal line to every corner
of the United States. The hardware
and silverware concerns are preparing
for a good season. Heavy machinery
makers think the improvement will
reach them late in the winter.
' Galveston, Tex. From the lumber
regions of east Texas comes the an
nouncement that seven lumber mills
which have been shut down since last
May will resume operations between
the middle of this and the first of next
month, giving employment to ' about
1,400 . men. Four other mills which
have been running on half and three,
quarter time will be put on full time
and increase their force with about
250 men. The mills report that or
ders, aggregating 340,000,000 feet of
lumber, which had been held up for
two months, are now coming in. The
most favorable sign ' of the times Is
the reopening of the railroad shops
in Texas on full time. It is estimated
that over 10,000 men will be restored
to work. . i
Richmond, Va. In a telegram re
ceived ' by Joseph Bryan, announce
ment "was made that the Virginia,
railroad, controlled by H. H. Rogers,
had ordered 19 engines of the latest
model from the Richmond branch of
the American Locomotive Company,
which will necessitate ' the. .operation
of the plant, so long. practically idle,
at full blast for months to come. Oth
er industries throughout the state are
noting improved business, and employ
es are being reinstated in many fac
tories. , Local retail and wholesale
houses report Increased trading for the
last two days, some houses having
sold more goods in this time than
within the same period for i the last
six months.- . v ..'''."
Pittsburg, Pa. As a result of the
revival in industrial activity there is
a remarkable scarcity of laborers in
the Cpnnellsville coke district. An
appeal is made in this week's issue of
the Connellsville Courier for 1,000
men. According to the operators, the
foreign workipen who went home last
fall when the . financial ' stringency
came on have not returned. Thou
sands who did return to America, fear
ing that the Connellsville coke region
would not be as good as; before, con
tinued on their way. to the far west.
A positive famine of coke workers is
threatened. , , '. .J "
" Cleveland, O. Printers who went
on strike in the two Hungarian daily
newspaper offices to increase ; the
wages of machine . operators to $18
per week for day men and 19 for
night workers, organized a union Fri
day evening. .They', had previously
sustained a social and beneficial club.
Boston.- The wage question of the .
street carmen's unions of the Boston
& Northern and Old Colony street
railway systems has gone to arbi
trate for a decision. Each side ap
points one member of the board, and
they select an umpire if an agreement
cannot be reached. . There can' be' no
strike,, . the general , agreement , still
having two years to run. -The men
Voted against renewing the existing
scale and want an increase. The
companies suggest a reduction of one
cent an hour for every man... '
Pittsburg, Pa. It was announced
here that ten glass plants in Pennsyl
vania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland
and Indiana will be put in operation
within two weeks. They are the 'prop
erty of the National Glass. Company,
now in the hands of a receiver. ': All
have been idle for months and bond
holders will endeavor to purchase
plants at the trustee's sale with a
view of putting them in operation so
as to get the money back.
Mobile; "Ala. The shops of the Mo
bile & Ohio railroads at Whistler, Ala.,
which have been running on half time,
started on full time for the first time
in several months. .
Chicago. Chicago's contribution to
the prosperity is 18,000 jobs by the
following concerns: Western Steel
and Car Foundry, 500 men and 1,000
more within a month; Pullman . Car
works, 2,500 and 2,500 more soon; In
land Steel Company, 1,800 and 1,000
more soon; Illinois Steel Company,
1,500; United States Steel Corpora
tion, 500.
New (Orleans, La. On December. 7
the International Brotherhood of
Maintenance-of-Way Employes, and at
Brooklyn, N. Y., the National Alliance
of Bill Posters and Billers of Ameri
ca will meet here in convention.