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Fifty Thousand Dollars in Premiums To be divided among: exhibitors from the different States at The National! CORN EXPOSITION OMAHA, NEB. DECEMBER 9-19, 1908 See especially Union Pacific exhibit of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Old Mexico product. Yon cannot afford to miu this interesting and instructive Exposition. Come to Omaha via dJ ouodDmi Pacoffo Electric Block Signal Protection. The Safe Road to Travel. E. B. SLOSSON, General Agent, Lincoln, Neb. I 1 ? o4 Cheerful Home cTWaketh for Creature Comfort " And the home illuminated by gas is always bright and cheerful. And, too, the 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 omes 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 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. How About Coke? Ever use it in the furnace or baseburner? It is "fine business." Cheaper and better than hard coal or semi anthracite. We sell the coke. Lincoln Gas and Electric Light Company. 900000000000000000000000000 H WORKERS UNION J UKIONjJ STAMP factory No. help your otcn Labor Proposition. You abolish Child Labor. 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., John P. Tobin, Pres. Chas. L. Baine, Sec.-Treas. O0QObOC9eOCOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO & aro 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. Henderson Sc Heild, lOth Street. Opposite Post Office Open Evenings 1 1 i By Insisting Upon Pur chasing Union Stamp Shoes You help better shoemahing conditions. You get better shoes for the moneu. You Boston, Mass: DAN KEEFE'S TREACHERY. A Few Hot Roasts of the Man Who Played Judas. None Envy Him. Daniel J. Keefe, formerly an offi cial of the American Federation of Labor, has been appointed commis sioner general of immigration. None in the labor movement envy Mr. Keefe for his position. Washington Trades Unionist. Been Paid His Price. The expected has happened, that which -was denied by the republican press all over the country during the political campaign, has been proven to be the truth, Dan Keefe, the arch traitor to the American Federation of Labor, has had his price delivered to him by the powers that be. the appoint ment of commissioner of immigration of the United States. Reading Advo cate. - Will Live to Regret. It is hard to decide what position to take on Dan Keefe's treachery whether to condemn him, or to stand in admiration at the brazenness and gall of this man who accepts his 30 pieces of silver without even waiting tor the campaign's echoes to die But Dan Keefe can have his job- he can enjoy his $5,000 a year, but we tell him he'll live to regret. He will find that money is not every thing as tire doors of American trade unionism are barred against him, and when the men who have profited by his treachery discard him as they would a broken-down race horse. Toledo Union Leader. Hide Too Thick. Keefe saw the handwriting on the wall and withdrew his name as candi date for a place on the executive council. Now his wounds have been healed. The president has fulfilled his part of the deal. Taft has been elected. The interests ere again in the saddle. A little thing like demo cratic charges of bribery and deceit will not disturb either Roosevelt or Keefe. Colorado Springs Labor News, Perfidy Rewarded. Dan Keefe, ex-vice-president of the American Federation of Labor, who concurred in all the deliberations of the executive council of the A. F. cf L. on the political policy to be pur sued during the last campaign, and who at the eleventh hour, betrayed the confidence reposed in him as an officer of the Federation, by taking is sue against his fellow-workmen, their desires, their hopes and their aspira tions has been rewarded for his perfidy by being appointed to a government position a position he may possibly hold for four short years, provided he does not prove fa'se to this trust, as he did to the trust reposed in him by the men with whom he was associated for years and years Reading Advocate. His Name Wjll Be Execrated. Daniel J. Keefe gave his endorse ment to the proposed policy of the executive council before it became public. As a member of organized labor he had taken an obligation to abide by the decision of the majority; as a member of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor, the highest recognition that labor can give to one of its members, he was expected to either acquiesce in the findings of the majority, or finding '.his impossible, to resign from the loard. It is because of these things that his name will be execrated. The honor that goes with the holding of public office is supposed to far out weigh any financial remuneration. It can safely be said that the honor that attaches to this official will not be great. Daniel J. Keefe can never re gain the respect of those whom ne has betrayed. Indianapolis Union. Well Rid of Him. The price which Dan Keefe bar gained for as a reward for his treason to organized labor has been paid. The president has appointed him commissioner general of Immigration to succeed the late Frank P. Sargent who was an honest man. Thus Keefe gets one of the best jobs in the gift of the government. But he gave for it that which no HONEST MAN would part with. Keefe accepted a bribe to betray the cause of 2,000,000 American working men and working women who had trusted him and honored him and em ployed him and who had made it possible for him to wear the diamonds that he sports. No hungry, , ragged hobo on the docks who takes a two-dollar bill for his vote ever touched that depth of degradation nor merited half the tcorn of his fellow men! Sam Parks sold labor out for the price and went to prison. Dan Keefe told labor out to the president and received as his reward a $5,000 job and an invitation to break bread at the White House table! But never mind. Labor is well rid of him, and the lowest-paid, most work-worn scooper who toils deep down in the hot, dust-laden, disease breeding vessel's hold is richer by far than Dan Keefe for undoubtedly be neath his sweaty shirt he keeps his self-reBpect. Buffalo Republic. TEAMSTERS ARE UNITED. Warring Factions Make Peace and Come Together in Harmony. Chicago, Dec. 4. Peace in the ranks of organized teamsters is to be as sured by the amalgamation, after a Split of two years' duration, of the International Brotherhood of Team sters of America, announced today. The news came in the form of a let ter to the press, signed by W. H. Ash ton, general secretary-treasurer , of the United Teamsters , ' and Thomas L. Hughes of the Iaternational Brother hood. The division Of the old organization occurred In 190C, principally on ac count of the action of President Shea in not allowing seats to the New York delegates. The underlying cause, how ever, lay further back in the great strike of teamsters in Chicago in 1905. The New York delegates disapproved of some of Shea's policies during that strike and their unseating at the en suing convention, at which Shea pre sided, followed. The New York men later formed a separate organization, BRICKLAYERS AND MASONS. The last semi-annual report of the Bricklayers and Masons' International Union shows a total membership in good standing of 64,557. The financial reports of subordinate unions show that less than $6,000 was paid out to sustain strikers, $3,471 of which was given to unions of other trades. The individual amounts in the treasuries of the various unions, says the report, show a total of $220,738. Compared with the report for the corresponding period of the preceding year this shows a decrease of about $125,000. Although the report shows a loss in membership, it shows a gain in the number of unions. A HANDY BOOK. It Tells You Just What Publications t Are Union Printed. We have received a pamphlet con taining a list of magazines and period icals of general circulation, published under union and non-union conditions, for the guidance of friends and sup porters of "fair wages, fair hours and fair conditions," , and issued by : the International Typographical Union. We wiH be pleased to send ' a copy of this pamphlet to any trade unionist or citizen who is a supporter of "fair wages, fair hours and fair conditions." The pamphlet contains a list of union and non-union publications, and it is for the supporter of "fair wages, fair hours and fair conditions" to make his choice from the classification in such manner ' as in his judgment will best represent his principles. ( Those desiring a copy of the pam phlet in question will please address James M. Lynch, 635-639 Newton Claypool Building, Indianapolis, Ind. THE FEDERATION'S AIMS. President Gompers Explains Them in a Very Few Words. s Gompers was asked some time since to tell a newspaper man what was the ultimate aim of the Federation. "My boy," he said, "the end sought by the Federation is the simplest in the world. We are trying to obtain for the workers the hired men and women of the country the best pos sible working conditions and the best possible returns for their labor. How we will achieve the desired result is something that no one can foretell. It is a process - of evolution and the conditions will be met and difficulties surmounted as. they are presented." , The economic evolution of which Gompers speaks is responsibe largely for the change of sentiment that has come over the people of the country toward the labor leader. Today the big men of the labor movement are among the most highly respected men in the country. Denver News-Times. BILLIARD AND GOWLING TOURN AMENT. An enteresting contest of billiards and bowling is now being played at M-emmen's "Acme" parlor, 934 P St., between Lincoln amateurs, the prize on billiards being divided as follows: Five dollar cue to highest score, and entrance money into aoque prize, and the prize for highest score in bowling a handsome silver trophy to the league representing a regulation sized ten pin suitably engraved. , In the billiard contest twelve players are pitted in pairs and at bowling five teams take part. The plays are made evenings and draw large crowds of people who love these pastimes. GOD'S TRUTH. Capitalism is a cannibal, living at the expense of the children. It kills one-half the race before It is 12 years of age, puts the babes to turning its mills until it slays another third in their teens, and then pleads with the women to bear it more children to be consumed. Pueblo Label League Bulletin. tLJMEDM Berlin. Although the outlook for the unemployed was bad in the au tumn it is more serious now that the winter has come. The situation seems -I to be growing worse, especially in the building trades. Attempts are being made to settle with some degree of ac curacy the number of unemployed in Berlin. School teachers in the com munal schools are to be engaged as counters, and visitors and the munici pality are also giving assistance,, with 'the object of obtaining accurate statis tics. It is estimated that 40,000 per sons are seeking work. In the large suburb of Kixdorf 3,500 are out of employment, some for more than a iyear. , I Washington. At a cabinet meeting Secretary Straus announced the com pletion of a plan by him for relieving the unemployed. In a way hiB pro posal is a national transportation bu reau for carrying laborers, mechanics and farm hands from places where they are not wanted to places where their services are in demand. . The .secretary said it is not at all unusual for a particular trade to be dull in one part of the country while in another it may be booming. . He thinks the federal government might well employ some of its agents to bring the unem ployed and the employers into prox imity. He says the free transporta tion plan will assure such a result. Denver, Col. Practically unanimous re-election of Samuel Gompers as president, the withdrawal - of Daniel J. Keefe as a candidate for. office and a declaration for an .old-age pension law in this country were the chief features of the closing session of the American Federation of Labor conven tion here. The convention instructed the executive council to secure good legal advice for the purpose of draft ing a bill for an old-age pension, to be introduced either in the legislatures of the several states or in congress. Toronto was selected as the meeting place for the twenty-ninth annual con vention of the federation. Washington. Letters are being sent out by the navy department to about 1,000 employes of navy yards through out the United States, notifying them of an increase in salaries ranging from four to ten per cent. These em ployes include draughtsmen, ' clerks and assistant inspectors and the in crease in compensation is provided for by the lump appropriation for the various classes of work in the several yards. The effect is to bring the rate of pay up to that of similar kinds of work in other branches of the government-service. Cleveland, O. Fred Zepp, president of the United Trades and Labor Coun cil, told the council that the breweries of Cleveland no longer- intended to recognize union labor except under the open-shop system. At time of making this assertion Mr. Zepp, who is the representative of the Brewery Workers' unions, intimated that his organizations would withdraw from the central body unless the affiliated unions ceased to work for prohibition. Fall River, Mass. Fall River textile operatives are happy. A further re duction of more than eight per .cent was expected to take place on Decem ber 7, under the sliding scale-selling price agreement between the mill own ers and operatives' unions The manu facturers, at a meeting recently,- de cided that the present scale, . which has been in effect since last . May, would continue without change. The announcement caused general rejoic ing. New York. The arival of the Hamburg-American liner . Amerika might be said to mark the return of confi dence in industrial conditions here among the laboring class of Europe. ,Bver since the week following the election there has been, a gradual in crease in the number of arriving steerage passengers. The Amerika brought more than any one liner for the last year. She had 1,322 passen gers in her steerage. Marion, 111. After having been out on a strike for weeks, the miners In the employ of the Hart-Williams Coal Company, near Benton, have resumed work. The men struck because the operators would not employ shotfirers, but after remaining out for some time resumed work under the former con ditions. The employes of the Jeffrys mine, north of this city, are now out on a strike' and have been for several days. i Vancouver, B. C. Members of the Canadian Pacific , railway mechanical unions have decided to extend finan cial assistance to the union men on the eastern division who have not 'been taken back to their former em ployment following the machinists' strike. Every union man in the local shops gave a dollar as the nucleus of a fund to be contributed to needy workers. v Springfield, 111. Word has been re ceived at the national headquarters of the electrical workers in this city that a temporary, agreement has been reached between the warring factions ,and that the troubles in the union 'will be put up to a special convention to be held in St. Louis in January. San Francisco. State Labor . Com missioner Harris Weinstock is investi gating labor conditions in the princi pal cities of Europe and collecting data, with a view to beginning legisla- , tion In California which shall do away j with strikes and labor disturbances I generally. . Denver, Col. It is learned that there has been in Denver a. powerful '; railway employes' organization, to fee -known as the railway employes' de partment of the American Federation -' of Labor, with ten affiliated organiza- , tions as members. H. B. Perham Is j elected chairman and John FlanBery, j secretary. The object is to brink " t about , a closer , union of all railroad j employes and to seek to affiliate, with I it all railway organizations. '.The first 1 ' convention is to be held in Denver, and 600,000 employes will be repre-- sen ted by the officers of their organ! zations, which are as follows: Order ; .; of Railroad Telegraphers, Brotherhood ' of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders' v. of America, International Freight , Handlers' union, International Asso-' ciatibn of Machinists, International " Association of Car Workers, Interna tional Brotherhood of ' Blacksmiths, ; ' Brotherhood of .., Railway r Clerks, Switchmen's Union of North America, International Brotherhood of Main tenance of Way Employes, and Inter--' national Association of Steamfltterss ' of America. ' , - V New York. The officers of local 77 of New York of the International I' Brotherhood of Bookbinders reported that the national strike of bookbind ers which began in the fall of last ) year for a national eight-hour work- ?, , day and Is still lingering here and ' there is now being settled. President Mahoney of local 77 said that the de- mand for more bookbinders since the election , had brought the employers -and the strikers .together. The strike -continued in force in some small west ern cities and against isolated firms in larger cities after the majority of the firms had come to some kind of -settlement. President Mahoney said 1 ' that the increased demand for men , still continues. South Chicago, 111. The announce- ment is made that the big mills of the , Illinois Steel Company will, soon re sume active operation. This revival , ' means that some furnaces in the mills which have been practically idle for' more than a year will again be put to . , use. For the last six months the total number of men employed by the con- , cern did not exceed 5,500, and of these many were only working partial time. . It is stated' that sufficient orders for steel rails have been booked since the election to keep the plant in operation for an indefinite period, . even If no more are received. - -: , New York. The National Civic Fed- '7 eration, it is announced, will hold it. annual meeting in this city December ! 14 and 15. At the same time the women's department of the federation will' meet. ' The first day, according to the program, will , be devoted to dls-? , cussioss of "Trade Agreements Among Employers and Employes as a Means, of Promoting Industrial . Peace and . Commercial Prosperity." On the sec- - ond day "Industrial Insurance," "Em- : ployers' Liability" and "The Salary . Loan Evil" will be discussed. Washington. "William D. Huber, . general president of the United Broth- . erhood of Carpenters and Joiners of . America, who has been nominated to ." succeed himself, has made a splendid , record during the administration of the order," says the Trade Unionist. "One -to be proud of,' and not surpassed by .' any executive officer- in the national labor organizations of the world. Under his administration the United Brother hood has made wonderful strides, both . financially and in membership.' i , Montreal, Que. The Canadian Fa cific railway is officially stated to have , placed orders for $2,000,000 worth of new passenger coaches and baa freight cars in course of construction , at the rate of 20 a day to keep the company shops busy for six months. , The locomotive department has or ders totaling $600,000, and lq turning: out one new locomotive a week. The Canada Car Company has an order for 10,000 box cars for the Grand. . Trunk Pacific. -. ' ' ..-'',. Cleveland, O. Announcement was'; made that the Union rolling mills at s once will put on its full force and ran ; seven days in the week instead of s . . four. The American Steel & Wire . Company will also put on many addi-- -tional men this week. , The Empire rolling mills, which employ about 1,500'; .men, have been running full blast the last week for the first time since last fall. ' ' y London, Eng. In both England and - Scotland several rescue stations have" been organized in connection with ex--, perimental galleries devised for the-, purpose of training colliers in the- - -methods of effective rescue, work in the event of explosions, pit fires andd -all other underground accidents, r'- Washington. The 1 most 1 recent ao- . quisition of membership of the A. F.;i ' of L. is from Jamaica and the neigh-i boring colonies of Trinidad, Barba-; dos and British Guiana.. , ' , Boston. Bricklayers ' and Masons' International union has notified Bos-, " ton Bricklayers' union No. 3 that it will finance an appeal to the United ' States supreme court of the recent , decision of the Massachusetts so-. - ' preme court, which enjoined the union, from fining several members for re fusing to strike, declaring the union '' had no such right. , Fitchburg, Mass. The plant of Iver '' Johnson Company, ." manufacturers of ' firearms and bicycles, will be operated . -six days a week. It has been running five days weekly for several months. -Six hundred hands are affected,