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When You Stop to Think!
Xmas Is Not Far Off
A practical gift is always appreciated most, nothing could be more acceptable
than a nice piece of furniture. It will last for years and be a . constant source of
pleasure.
We have made special preparation this year to meet your needs. You will find
our store teeming with beautiful and useful presents.
We offer below a few practical suggestions: .
Ladies' Writing Desks Brass and Bronze Jardiniers
Piano Benches Rockers
Cheval Mirrors Brass Beds
Brass Candlesticks Princess Dressers
China Closets Rugs
Buffets Couches
Hand Painted Vases and Plates Bookcases Lamps
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The A. D. BEN WAY GO.
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feeling as If a favor had been con
ferred upon him by giving hint an op-'
portunity to register a complaint.
' Mr. Honeywell has private business
interests to which he will in future
devote his attention. Among them
is ;a large interest in the Fremont Gas
&j Electric Light company. And
something like 60,000 peopla in Lin
coln will unite, in wishing him abuni
?int success in. his every business
venture. The . audience will now
please arise and sing: -,
"For he's a joliy good fellow,
' 1 Which nobody will deny."
ENGINEERS COMPLAIN.
HOMER HONEYWELL RESIGNS.
Popular Manager of Gas Company
Will Engage In Private Business.
Homer Honeywell, manager of the
Lincoln Gas ft Electric Light com
pany, has tendered his resignation,
to take effect January 1. Mr. Honey
well has been in the company's serv
ice eighteen years, beginning as a
collector and advancing through all
the grades of promotion to the posi
tion of manager, which position he
has occupied five years. The man
agement of a semi-public utility busi
ness is -difficult enough at best, but
Mr. Honeywell "made good" with
both stockholders and consumers.
His genial personality, his good fel
lowship., his keen business judgment
and his executive ability made a
happy combination, and he was a
most valuable man to his employers.
It was really a pleasure to have a
"kick" against the company if one
could only make it to Mr. Honeywell.
He sent the dissatisfied patron away
Pennsylvania Men Present' Grievance
to Commerce Commission.
A serious controversy has arisen
between the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers and the Pennsylvania
railroad, affecting particularly the
lines west of Pittsburg. The details
of the differences between the mem
bership of the order and the railway
eompany were presented this week
to Chairman Knspp, of the Interstate
Commerce commission, and Prof.
Charles P. Neill, commissioner of
labor, who constitute the general
board of meditation under the Erd
raan act.
The engineers desire official recog
nition of their general board of ad
justment in the settlement of any
grievances that may arise between
the members of the order and the
railroad company. The men complain
that when they take up grievances
with the division superintendents thy
get no satisfaction, and as a rule their
complaints come to naught.
So serious has the difficulty become
that a strike vote now is being taken
by the engineers of the lines west
ot Pittsburg. With a view of avert
in 5 the impending trouble the mem
bers of the general board of adjust
ment of the order, headed by Grand
Chief Warren S. Stone and .Assistant
Grand Chief Fred A. Burgess, came to
Washington to lay their case before
the board of meditation. The com
mittee's conference with Chairman
Knapp and Commissioner Neill lasted
about two hours. Following this con
ference General Manager G. L. Peck
pi '. the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg, presented to the board or
mediation the railway side of the
controversy.
5 Neither the members of the board
of mediation nor the engineers' were
at liberty to make the details of the
conference public at this time. It is
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"THE GRAND OLD MAN."
Good Words for Gompers, Who Hao
. Made Good Always.
Gompers is the one ' man of labor
who, having to stand the brunt of
the criticism of the capitalistic press
and ' some so-called labor leaders,
comes out of the battle greater,
stronger and more influential with
the rank and file of trade unionists
than he ever was. Sioux City Union
Advocate.
For nearly half a century Samuel
Gompers has been laboring for the
working classes. He has given the
best that was in him for the better
ment of the condition of those who
toil. Indianapolis Union.
The tribute paid to Sam Gompers
in the twenty-eighth annual conven
tion at Denver should forever set at
rest the selfishness and personal
wishes of a class that have attained
the stage of big-headedness without
the necessary amount of brains and
honesty to fill the space under thu
brim of the hat. It requires more
than warfare, knifing, machetes, or
whatever you wish to call it to de
stroy a ' man or his work. His past
actions and his deeds, like Banquos
ghost, will not down, .and will ever
rise to point the finger of righteous
ness to the wicked ones and defeat
them in their nefarious work. San
Antonio Dispatch. (
SQUEALING AGAIN.
Once more the daily press contains
Another paid for roast,
Denouncing union workingmen
'Tis signed by Grape-nuts Post.
The "Saw-dust King" is wrathy
'Tis believed he's going daft
For he plainly sees that Bryan
Will defeat "Injunction Taft."
Kansas City Labor Herald.
ONE YEAR OLD.
The Missouri Trades Unionist, pub
lished at Joplin, Mo., by Charley Fear,
has just celebrated its first annivar
sary. The Unionist has made good
in a difficult field because It is edited
by one of the hardest working and
most loyal union men in the country.
Here's hoping that Fear and his paper
will prosper as they deserve and
that will be a lot.
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Springfield, 111. Charles S. Deneen, i
governor of Illinois, has appointed
Peter W. Collins, grand secretary of
the International Brotherhood of Elec
trical Workers; Edwin Wright, presi
dent of the Illinois State Federation
of Labor, and William M. Russell of
the Chicago Federation of Labor to
be members of the commission to in
vestigate and report on necessary leg
islation for the health, safety and com
fort of employes of the state f Illi
nois. The appointment of this com
mission was authorized by the last
legislature, and its .duties will be to
investigate and advise the enactment
of remedial legislation for the pro
tection of the health and lives of -the
workers. ' -
Washington. "Any action by con
gress that would permit labor organi
zations to apply the boycott at will
would be unwise and to the disadvan
tage of the whole people." This reso
lution was adopted by the Knights of
Labor, In convention here. That or
ganization is in a fight to the finish
with the American Federation of La
bor on several issues, leading among
them being the boycott. The Ameri
can Federation is urging upon con
gress an amendment to the Sherman
anti-trust law, so that its provisions
would not apply to labor organizations.
The Knights of Labor unqualifiedly de
clared in favor of the Sherman law as
it stands. .
Washington. Considered in regard
to the number of-deaths for every
1,000 men employed, the United States
occupies a less favorable position than
any other of the coal-producing coun
tries, more, than three times as many
men out of each 1,000 employed being
killed as in some of the European
countries that are much less favored
in natural conditions. With regard
to deaths for every million tons of
coal, the United States hot only oc
cupies a position worse than that of
most European countries, but is also
showing an increase in the rate,
whereas every other country is- show
ing a decrease. -' :. ' v
Pittsburg. After a conference with
presidents of subsidiary concerns, W.
E. Corey, president of the United
States Steel Corporation, has an
nounced that another big steel wheel
plant will be erected in the Pittsburg
district. The new mill cost about $3,
000,000. Improvements involving $1,
500,000 will be made on the Schoen
steel plant, recently acquired by the
steel corporation and the capacity of
the Homestead mills will be greatly
increased.
Manchester, Eng. After being on
strike seven weeks the cotton spinners
in the Lancashire district have ac
cepted the proposition of their , employ
ers for a reduction of five per cent, in
wages on March 1, 1909, and returned
to work. Nearly '500,000 persons were
directly and indirectly involved in the
strike, the end of which greatly re
lieves conditions in the district, where
many thousands besides the cotton
spinners were out of work.
Berlin, N. H: The mills of the In
ternational Paper Company in this
city, which have been idle since Au
gust 1, Then the paper makers went
on a strike against a reduction in
wages, have started up., The mills will
be run on the "open" plan. ,
Norfolk, Va. The Virginian railway
announced the awarding of contracts
aggregating $1,000,000 for the con
struction of its Winding Gulf branch
from Mullins, W. Va., where the Vir
ginian crosses the Guyandotte river, to
Pemberton.
St. Louis. Frank Kamapell applied
to the circuit court to have the mem
bers of the executive board of the In
ternational Union of the United Brew
ery 'Workers of America restrained
from interfering with his obtaining em
ployment and for damages for his hav
ing lost a position in a brewery in
Granite City, 111. He charges that the
defendants caused him to be dis
charged. ' Chicago. The Illinois Steel Com
pany announced that work would , be
resumed in at least four of their
plants after a shutdown of front four
to six months. Seven hundred men
alone will be put back to work in the
plate and slab mills of the main plant
at South Chicago.
New York. Bakers' and Confection
ers' International union has adopted a
plan to fully organize all the large
cities of the United States, with the
idea of having a membership of 100,
000 within a stated time. The present
membership is 14,582. .
' Gary, Ind. It was announced that
three new blast furnaces of the Indi
ana Steel Company will be put in op
eration about December 15, giving
work to 600 men.
New Hartford, Conn. The Mount
Vernon and Woodbury Cotton Duck
Company, whose mills have been
closed and its industrial colony de
serted, decided to open with 1,000
hands.
Passaic, N. J. The Passaic Print
works resumed a six-day schedule, and
in addition will run four nights a
week until nine p. m. Business in
hand . will sustain this schedule all
winter.
New York! -United Brewery Work
men of America have a cash surplus
on hand of f97.622.41 and an invest
ment in municipal bonds of $300,000.
Detroit. Arrangements are being
made for the opening this month of
the local "Peninsular" plant of the
American Car & Foundry Company.
About 2,000 men. will be put to work
at first and this number will be gradu
ally increased to the full strength of
4,000. Orders for 850 structural steel '
cars have been received, principally
rrom the Harriman lines. The local
plant of - the -same company, known as
the "Michigan" plahf , already has
started with about 760 men working
on contracts for repairing 5,000 cars
for the Michigan Central and other '
railroads.
Melbourne, Australia. The govern
ment having failed to bring forward in
the Australian parliament measures
sufficiently radical to please the labor
element, members representing that
party in the house withdrew their sup
port from the Deakin ministry and the
government was defeated on a ; divi
sion. Mr. Fisher, a radical labor lead-;
er, will form a new cabinet. This is,
the second time the labor party has
been placed In power in the Australian'
federal parliament. J. C. Watson, an
other of the labor leaders, was premier
for a short time in 1904.
Washington. The Marine band will
be free to play for competence with
out regard to the statute providing
that navy bands or members thereof
shall not receive remuneration for
furnishing music outside the limits of
military posts when in competition
with local civilian musicians. This is
the effect of a decision rendered by
the attorney general and received by
the .secretary of the navy. Represen
tatives of organized labor have taken
the position that the government
bands of the navy should not compete
with union organizations.
Deaver Col. John Mitchell will
seek to be elected president of the
United Mine Workers, but Intends to
retain his position with the National
Civic Federation. Thomas L. Lewis,
who succeeded Mitchell as head of the
mine workers, is .making a hot fight to
get Mitchell's place as vice-president
of the American Federation. - Gomp
ers Is certain of re-election, but a num
ber of the other offices will be hotly
contested, the Mitchell-Lewis con-'
troversy holding the lead in Interest
as well as bitterness.
Denver, Col. At the close of the
session of the twenty-eighth annual
convention of the American , Federa
tion of Labor President Samuel Gom
pers, In thanking the speakers of the
day, said that he had heard since com
ing to Denver that it was intended by
the present session of congress to pass
a bill amending the Sherman -antitrust
law in a way detrimental' to the
labor movement He said if such an
attempt were made he would fight it
in the halls of congress. '
' New York. The validity of that sec
tion of the labor law providing that
no workmen upon public work shall be
permitted or required to work more
than eight hours in one calendar day
is upheld by the New York court of ;
appeals. ' The court in substance holds
that a violation of this law is Justi- ,
fication for the withholding of pay
ments for such work from contractors.
Fall River, Mass. The textile Indus''
try in southeastern Massachusetts is
almost recovered from the effects" of
the depression. Full time, has been
resumed in Taunton and New Bedford
mills, and nearly all of the 2,600,000
spindles here .are in operation. About
40,000 hands were sufferers from the
policy of curtailment a year ago. The
number now is less , than 1,000. '
Denver, Col.-MPresident James
Lynch of the International Typograph
ical union told the' American Federa
tion of Labor convention the history of
the establishment of the union print
ers' home at Colorado Springs. He
said that it now costs $75,000 a year to
maintain the institution.
; Washington. Paper mills, of which
there are eight in India, employ 4,700
persons, but this is not at present a
progressive industry, as European
wood pulp paper is largely Imported.
There is a prospect of the establish
ment of wood pulp manufacture In
India. ?
Winnipeg, Man. On demand of the
executive of the Canadian Pacific Me
chanics' unions, Bell Hardy, chairman,
resigned, owing to the dissatisfaction
of the men over the settlement of the
' strike a few weeks ago.
Greenville, N. J. James Chadwick
& Bro., Ltd., put on a full "force of
200 operatives in their cotton mill.
They have orders booked to last many
months. . ' i
New-York. It has been decided by
the leather workers to make a uni
versal demand for the eight-hour. -day
within the next two years.
Winnipeg, Man.- The Canadian
Northern railway has arrived at a new
agreement with its engineers through
the board of conciliation at Ottawa
whereby the engineers get a' readjust
ment of hours and an increase in pay.
Rumford, Me. Between 800 and 900
employes of the Oxford. Paper Com
pany struck and closed the paper mill
because two of their union officers
lost their positions by a change ; in
hours. " " ' ,
Buffalo, N. Y. A reorganization of
the building trades unions has been
brought about after many years of
warfare. -
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