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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1909)
ra thieriginee8Jwhp'stepiea vijpwn frjm was ""V I o QKEATf BARKjAINSs IN MEN'S 8 -.M. SUITS We have bought the entire surplus stock of Men's' Suits of Hirschberg Co. of New York. These Suits were made to sell for $16.50, $18.00, $20.00 and $22.50. By taking the whole lot we got them at a price.. that enables us to. give, you ... x . . v' X V- --':'v, - --.r -?" : ' ' CHOICE OH THESE GRADE SUITS FOR We feel entirely confident in saying that these are the very best Clothing values that will fee offered you this winter. Some of these very patterns are in some of the other stores priced as high as $25.00. We haven't cut the price. - We simply tot ght this surplus stock for so much less than we would have had to pay 3 months ago that we can afford to sell them for a uniform price of $12.85 a St it. We give you the Benefit of our lucky purchase. COME IN RIGHT AWAY WHILE THE RANGE OF SIZES AND PATTERNS IS COMPLETE. YOU R HIGH given. 'And he has never gone back. Soon rafter' .the -strike, work, was- begun on the court house and . Wiggenjost got the job ' of running the donkey engine that operated - the hoist. When the building was completed he was installed as manager of the heat ing apparatus and given the custody of the grounds. "He. has. been on tha job ever since.-j-Kow. he Is going to Ret a promotion. with an --increase-In wages. It has - fieen nearly twenty -years since-he ran a locomotive, but Wiggenjost has remained an active member of the Brotherhood, and has been an official of the local division for: nearly a quarter of a century.- ' THE PRESSMEN. See tlie Window display PAINTERS Speier & S WE SAVE YOU MONEY 1 HTBOH1 rc a Gr. to & o st. ENJOY THEMSELVES. Hold One of Their Pleasant "Ranaka boa" Receptions and Smokers. The union painters and decorators of Lincoln gathered at Brush's hall on the evening of Wednesday, December 23, adn enjoyed their annual "ranaka boo." They were assisted by several of the "boss" painters who accepted their hospitality, and by a few other invited friends, among whom the ed itor of The Wageworker Is proud to be numbered. Several short and In teresting talks were made, but the chief Interest of the evening centered around the refreshment tables. These tables were loaded down with all the delicacies ' of the season,7 and the painters and decorators were right there with appetites unimpaired. After the feast union-made cigars, male right here in Lincoln, were passed around, and then the real "ses sion" began. For a couple of nours mirth and jollity reigned supreme. Once a year the union painters 'and decorators get together in a' session from which business Is barred, and enjoy themselves like the good fellows they are, and he who is privileged to be their guest has a right to congrat ulate himself. The good fellowship that is cultivated at these "ranaka boos" is worth a thousand times what it costs to hold them, and there ought to be more of them among the unions all over the country. Here's hoping the union painters and decorators of Lincoln will enjoy a happy and lYos perous new year, and may we -all of us be present at the "ranakaboo". of 1909. ' ' ' AD CLUB DINNER. Advertising Men of Lincoln Will Have a New Year Feast. The Lincoln Ad Club, made up of live ones who buy, sell or write ad vertising, will hold its first annual "Social Night" at the" Lincoln hotel next Tuesday evening, beginning the affair with a fine dinner and winding up with a program mat seems to do the real thing. ' William J. Bryan, honorary president of the club, will officiate as toastinaster. The speak ers will be H. T. Folsom, Miss Addie Tucker, R. J. Sknkey of Omaha, Ed. A. Higgins of Omaha, and Will M. Maupin. Several ' musical numbers will be on the bill. This Is the club's first 'social night, and wives and sweethearts will be in evidence. THE BARTENDERS. Now Boast of a "One- Hundred Per Cent Union" in Lincoln. The Bartenders' Union of Lincoln is rejoicing over the fact that every bar in the city is now displaying a union bar card. This is something that has not . happened - for many months. But recently the Lincoln hotel bar came into line and received a card, and that rounded up the whole of them. .-. The work of the general organizers cf the Hotel and Restaurant Em ployes 'International Alliance and Bartenders International League of America, which they took up in Chi-, cago three months, ago, has resulted in four new branches of that organization- being formed in Chicago. Two more will soon be in existence. Over 1200 new members have been Initiated. During the year just closed the local union suffered a loss in mem bership, owing to the decreased num ber of licenses issued. Several of the members secured work elsewhere at their trade, and others took up a new line of business: ; But save in point of membership - the union has prospered during the year, and begins 1909 in better shape financially and ir. point of thorough working organiza tion, thane ever before:". MRS. M'KNIGHT IS FREE. Secures Divorce From Husband Who Long Since Deserted 'Her. Last Tuesday Mrs. M. E. McKnighi secured a" divorce" from her husband Annual P pHseoysM s re Inventory iratere ther grounds being desertion. -' She was given the custody of the seven minor children, one of whom has been blind from birth. She alleged-that her' husband became infatuated with another woman and wandered away in her company. McKnight was formerly president and business manager of the Team sters' Union in this city, and members of that now defunct organization as sert that it was McKnight's fault that the union became defunct.- He mis managed the finances, to put it mild ly, an d things' finally became' so in volved that the charter was surrend ered. "At one time the union gave McKnight $25 to pay The Wageworker on subscription, and McKnight showed up a week later with a story of hav ing been "touched" for the amount. At any rate The Wageworker never saw it.- Later McKnight was put on the police force, but he did not last long. Mrs. McKnight set forth in her r.etition that she had been married for twenty-five years. ,.V Me of jrur We will discount at this time drop patterns and broken sets, samples slightly shop worn and a new lot of goods just purchased from a manufacturer at tremendous reductions. All goods are marked in plain figures so you can see the regular prices, and the discounts.' This is a' great opportunity to furnish your home, or brighten it with a few new pieces at a big saving to you. , BELOW WE LIST A FEW OF OUR MANY BARGAINS: - 50PerCentOff 33 1-3 Per Cent Off $120 Mahogany Tailor Suite JQ QQ $12 Bird's Eye Maple House Desk : $8 00 $20 Mahogany Parlor Rocker $ 1 0 00 Bird's Eye Maple House Desk " j J Q gjj $6 Mahogany Parlor Chairs $3 00 $18 Mahogany Chair $12 00 $6 Mahogany Pedestal QQ" $" Mahogany Dressing Table $50 00 $85 Pair Brass Twin Beds $42 50 $20 8 fo'oV Oak Table ' " " 7 ' ' 5Q $14Mahogany Parlor Table - $7.50 5 ' ' $10 00 saving;-' $6!oo ; at ' ;T; : : ' ! 20 Per Gent Off 25 Per Cent Off ; $,l ak L . : . : ; $60.00 $10 Bird's Eye Maple Desk $7 50 $60 Mahogany Divan , . $48 00 $60 Oak Hail Tree ' ' " " ' 2.25 Oak Top Arm Rocker " " ' " ' J j 80 $20jahogany Chair $15 00 $50 Set Dining Chairs $40 00 Irm Rockers J j 2g $40 Golden Oak Buffet $32 00 ire also making a discount on drop patterns of rugs, all sizes, carpets and draperies. A line of oak heat- it 20 por cent off. All we ask is an opportunity to show you goods and quote prices, and we will got r-ss. .... t leeway Co. Lincoln, Nebraska CAPITAL AUXILIARY. Capital Auxiliary, No! 11, will meet with Mrs. B. A. King, 2135 South Tenth street, Wednesday, January 13, at 2:30 p. .in. Installation of officers. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. Due First Meeting of the New Year Sunday, January 3. The fir3t meeting of Lincoln' Typo- giaphical Union No. 209 in the year 2 909 will be held Sunday (tomorrow) afternoon at Fraternity hall, and be cause, of its being the new years initial meeting, and also because there are ' some things of vital Im portance to be considered, the meet; ii;g will doubtless be a record-breaker u point of attendance. There are several important com mittees due to make report, and there ; a lot of business "on the hook" to lake caie of. ' Some plans for the en filing year will come up for discussion. Mrs. F. M.. Coffey has been in Lin coln for a couple of weeks, making glad the heart of her husband. ' Mrs' Coffev will return shortly to the Coffey ranch in Oklahoma. 1 lion Coblentz collided with some hing or other a week or two ago and thereby contracted a severe bruise on hii leg! As a -result of the bruise blood poisoning was threatened and lioniainhi wore a worried look.1 The injury is now healing. Preside'uL Ingraham, who has been off duly for the past month for the purpose of attending- to private bust t'ess, is expected to resume his duties in (he Star ad alley next week. A n;;vv job shop has been started i!) town, Suafe Kautzman being the proprietor. It is not yet inside the fold. ' '' NEW JO 3 FOR WIGGENJOST. Cfd Tims Engineer' Will Get a Boost With the New Year. . The county commissioners have decided to establish the position of custodian cf the county court house una put II. Wiggenjost therein. And it' ever a public building needed som'i cne to hare full charge of it, that building is the Lancaster county coin t house. The old system of hav ing a halt-dozen janitors, each one a iaw unto himself, hasn't panned out well. When Mr. Wiggenjost 4ake3 charue he will fee to it that the bniidiris Is always In shape to pass a sanitary examination. - Ilemy Wiggenjost has been at the court house ever since the first stone jn the foundation was laid. It hap j.ened that the court house was begun shortly alter the tig Burlington strike. ' and Wiggenjost was one of Will Get Reduction in Assessment as - - New Year's P.'ft. . -The union 'pressmen of Lincoln will 3tart off the new year with a gift' In the -snap; of a reduced strike assess ment. This will be hailed with joy by the "boys not only oh account of the saving but on account of its be ing " notice that the long battle : for the eight-hour, day is practically won. Only five big .pities remain, outside . and President Berry says the battle will be continued there until victory is won. Beginning with January the strike - assessment -:. will be f reduced one half. ' -, -..' ;- -..I- Since , the battle opened the press men have raised and expended the enormous sum of $900,000 in financing the struggle. ' -It has been a bitter fight, but the courage and determina tion of the men never wavered It cost , money, but it made ; the- union stronger :.by reason of making every member realize . fully- that he had bometbing at stake. - " . The local union has come through the year In good shape. - It was one of the first to secure the eight-hour day, and without any contest what ever. . Beginning with the new year the local will strive to tighten up some loose places. ' - THE BRICKLAYERS. Some Items of Interest to. Knights of Trowel and Level. s The strike of the bricklayers of Louisville, which had been on since March 1, 1907, has been settled: The 200 skilled men' comprising the organ ization are now working in harmony with the various cowHting. firms with whom . they . havef Jr -a,t outs during that time. it f number of stipulated that only union man should oe employed, and ' thisfr resulted in most of these who remained having steady employment.' During tho, strike about 100 members left the.city, but most of those will return. ;'. The. fixed scale of 65 cents per hour .'for an eight-hour day will be maintained and only union men employed. Bricklayers are hereby notified, to stay away from Berwick, Pa., open shop fight; Williamsport, Pa., union men, are locked out, - r: . . Stay 'away from Seattle, . Wash. Is the advice, .given to -union bricklayers. Trouble on and more men on hand than can find "work. , ., . , Among the many questions settled at the Denver convention of the Build ing Trades was the affiliation of the Bricklayers. This organization will probably affiliate in the near future. - The bricklayers of Boston have been enjoined from ; collecting fines from members of the union who have been, fined for violation of union, rules. State conferences of ' bricklayers have recently been, held in the states of Colorado, Ohio, Indiana and Mich igan. -. , . , SAME TO YOU, MARQUIS! For the 'steenth time the editor of The Wageworker is in receipt of a postal card from Easton, Pa., bearing (he handsome .phiz pf Marquis le LaFayette Shrope, editor of the Easton Journal, and the season's, greetings. It is always a pleasure to gaze, upon i he . countenance of the . Marquis, either in the flesh ( or by .. portrait. And here's hoping that- "Shrope : and his lively little union paper will enjoy a happy and prosperous new year.;.: UNION VOTES DID IT. . Complete returns from the eleven counties of the Eighth ' congressional district of Iowa shows that '-William 1. Hepburn, who has served in con gress for the,-last tweiityJ-yci,B't-,j more, . was -defeated for re-election by 439 votes. . It will be remembered that Hepburn opposed the telegra phers' nine-hour law. in congress. Nashville Trades. Advocate. ONE ON POST. Fort Worth, Texas, trade unionists .ire laughing at 'the trick turned oa CJrape Nuts Post In that cT?y. - It ap pears that . the Battle Creek "open shopper" loaned a large sum' of money to Texas parties for building purposes, and the trades unionists got busy and secured a union clause In the contracts