WAGEWORKER
WILL M. MAUPIN, EDITOR
Published Weekly at 137 No. 14th
St., Lincoln, Neb. One Dollar a Year.
Entered as second-class matter April
21, 1904, at the postofflce at Uncoln,
Neb., under the Act of Congress of
March 3rd, 1879.
THE REVISED CHARTER.
The proposed charter as it finally
conies from the committee Is an im
provement on the bill as originally
drawn, but it still lacks a bit. The
Vageworker believes that it voices
the sentiment of practically every
union man in Uncoln when it enters
objection to the May election date.
It is true that one of labor's repre
eentatlves on the " committee voted
for the May date, but this was be
cause he was led to believe that it
was too late to fix the date In April
and htvc the bill passed at the present
sessioji. Personally he favors the
April date. The objection to the April
date may be well founded so far as it
applies to this year, but it can cer
tainly be arranger! to hold the election
in May this year and in April here
after. The April date is unfair and
injust, and unless provision is made
for an April election after 1909, organ
ixed . labor will be warranted in op
posing the measure.
The proposition to have the com
missioners serve for a nominal salary
is a ptpe dream of a lot of idealists,
and The Wageworker i-s opposed to
any plan that does not provide for an
adequate Balary for the commissioners.
Frank AI. Hall 8 reniam mat me iaDor
Ing classes woult) be adequately repre
sented under any conditions sounds
good, but the chief objection to it is
.that it Is untrue. The men who toil at
mechanical trades for a livelihood can
never be adequately represented by
lawyers, by art experts or by men
who openly declare their opposition
to unions and Insist that they would
Just as soon buy convict-made goods
cs to purchase products made by free
labor. Mr. Hall is a good citizen ac
cording to his lights, but what he does
not know about the needs and desires
of the wage-earners would make "a
much larger library than the legal col
lection he now has on hand. The
commissioners should be paid good
wages, aut! they ought to give their
entire time to the work. , If they are
' going to be figureheads we might ju?r.
as well continue the present unsatis-
- factory system.
The tax levy amendment la a goo-1
one, and so is the amendment putting
the park system In the mayor's de-
r partment. As a whole the charter bill
is probably as near satisfactory as It
is possible to draw any instrument of
the kind.
NO YELLOW 8TREAKS.
' "Better men , than either of in
three nave been sent to Jail," says
President Gompers. "They may de
mand their pound of flesh, but they
won't find any yellow streaks in it. '
That Is tiie kind of talk we like to
hear. Let us have an end to this talk
about executive clemency. Let va
fight the thing to a finish. Gompers,
Mitchell and Morrison have nothing
to apologize for, and nothing which
calls for pardon. They are making a
fight for principle, and they are will
ing to fight It to the bitter end. It
now remains to be Been whether their
friends will go the route with them.
The United Mine Workers have come
to the front with $2,000 because their
fellow-worker, John Mitchell, is one of
the convicted leaders. What have
the Clgarmakers done to show their
faith in Samuel Gompers? What has
the Typographical Union done to
show Its fidelity to Its staunch mem'
ber, Frank Morrison. These three
men have appealed for financial aid
to help them fight the battle in which
every union workman Is vitally inter
ested. What are we going to do
about it? Every trades union In North
America ought to come across with
a contribution immediately. ' Every
international union ought to come
across with a handsome contribution
This humble little labor paper has its
receipt for Its mite, and It will come
across a?:. In If the need arises.
But now is the time for the unions
and the internationals to get busy.
It ought to be no task at all to raise
a million dollar' before March 1 in
order to perfect and finance that ap.
peal from Justice Wright's infamous
decision.
Come ou, brothers! What are you
going to do about it?
. LABOR'S PROTEST MEETING.
The workers of Lincoln should not
forget the "proiest meeting" to be
held on Friday, February 12, under
the auspices of the Central Labor
Union. This meeting will adopt suit
able resolutions of protest against the
unjust, sentences passed upon Gom
pers, Mitchell and Morrison, and will
at the same time" endeavor to fairly
give to the public labor's side of the
present controversy. Every union
man who can should attend this meet
frig and store his mind with facts
with which, to back up his claims for
rcc ignition as a worker. Every union
man ouht to be able to defend his
unionism at any time and in any
place. The trouble with organized
labor as a whole Is its Inability or its
failure to defend its cause when at
tacked in the forum of debate.
At the Lincoln protest meeting
every union mar. can get some valu
able weapons for the equipment of his
mental armory. And every union man
ought to be there.
Fire Chief Clements wants the fire
men of Lincoln to have a little time
oft and a little more money1. There
Is no more reason why a fireman
should work twfuty-four hours a day
than there is that a policeman should
walk a beat twenty-four hours a day.
The firemen are entitled to better
wages, an! they ougltt to. work in two
shifts. If the city can not afford it
the city ought to do without fire pro
tection. 1
Johnnie Pringle, the Pittsburg labor
editor who Dan Keefed on the Amer
ican Federation of Labor's political
plan during the last campaign, has
landed outside the breastworks. Presi
dent Roosevelt has recalled his po
litical appointment.
'Ringing resolutions" may be all
right in their way, but they don't
weigh much. A cheer, for a goodly
amount will do Gcmpers, Mitchell and
Morrison more real good than resolu
tions long enough to reach from Alpha
to Omaha.
The miners have put up $2,000 to
help Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison.
What will the printers do? They
have an interest as printers in Frank
Morrison. And the clgarmakers have
.a
an interest in Gompers.
"Draw on me for $1,000" was what
Jore Sullivan, secretary-treasurer of
the Partenders' League wired to Sam
uel Gompers. Jere always was in. the
hurry-up column when it came to
boosting for unionism.
It's all right to stand around and
holler about the injustice of. sending
Gompers, . Mitchell and ,. Morrison to
jail, but what ai.e you doing towards
keeping them? It takes money to pay
legal expenses.
Send your mite to Frank Morrison,
secretary American Federation of
Labor, Washington, D. C, and then
you can go out and "cuss" Judge
Wright with a ciear conscience.
A year ago only a few thousand
people knew that Buck's stove and
ranges were unfair. Now millions
know' it, and that's what is hurting
Brer VanCleave.
A pardon imples the commission of
an offense. Men who stand for liberty
commit no offense save that of stand
ing out against tyrants judicial and
otherwise.
The Union Musicians have set a
record for annual balls in Lincoln,
and now we'll see some of the other
unions going some to equal or excel it.
Perhaps Judge Frank Hall will
agree to represent for nothing any
wage-earner who may happen to have
occasion to engage in litigation.
Workingmen have got about a belly
ful of this thing of being "represented"
by lawyers, merchants; doctors, manu
facturers and political idealists.
When Sam Gompers accents a nar-
don for doing what he believes he has
a rlgnt to do, Hades will have boilsd
down to a poultice.
You can buy a Buck stove If you
want to, but if you want to it is be
cause your unionism is suffering from
paralysis.
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS.
Division No. 98 Planning Big Things
for the Organization.
The annual ball of Division 98, B,
of L. E., will be held In the Auditorium
at Lincoln, on the evening of Febru
ary 2, 1909, to which all members
of the Brotherhood, 'their families and
their friends are cordially invited.
Each member of Division 98 is ex
pected to lend his efforts to make
this ball a' success by purchasing at
least one ticket, and endeavoring to
sell others. The proceeds of this ball
will be devoted tp promoting a unioa
meeting to cover two days, the latter
part of June, 1909 at which Mrs. M. E.
Cassel, Grand Vice-President of the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the B. of L. E.
will be present with her noted Euter
pean chorus of thirty ladies from Co
lumbus, Ohio, giving exhibitions in
minstrelsy, songs and other diversions.
Grand Chief Stone and other grand
officers, are expected to be present
at the union meeting.
Tickets for th ; ball will be $1 per
couple, and may be applied for
through J. H. Hyder, or through other
members of the committee.
J. F. DUFFY,
Chairman.
H. WIGGENJOST, '
Secretary.
DEATH AND DISABILITY ROLL OF
RAILWAY EMPLOYES. ;
(Continued from page 1.)
safe operation. Freight trains are
dangerously short-handed. Two men
for almost, a mile of cars, and some (
of cur trains reach almost that dis
tance, is not a safe way to run freight
trains, yet it is done. The men can
not work safety when switching. One
man must do the work, one man must
be back with the flag, and if anything
out of the ordinary demands attention,
the man who gives it his care must
take a chance of neglecting something
else. Railway managers will not ad
mit this statement, but it is true and
every railroad man in train . service
on slow or way freight will confirm' it.
Expert neurologists do not hesitate
to declare that long hours in positions
of great responsibility are likely to
result in brain strain, paralysis, epi
lepsy and nervous prostration. Men
who are worn out, mentally and
physically, cannot be trusted 'safely
to perform the responsible work pe
culiar to the train and engine service.
The railroads, aware of these facts,
start men out on trips they know
will consume anywhere from twenty
four or more hours. A law limiting
railway men to sixteen hours, continu
ous service was bitterly opposed by
the railroads an though passed it'will
be fought by them through the courts
before it becomes fully operative.
The railways of Europe operate; with
a yearly casualty list that ought t$
make us realize what can be done.
They employ three times as many
men to the mile as our roads do, and
no one can deny they contribute to
safety. With our railways, it is the
practice to meet every increased cost
of operation by a reduction in the
operating force. - '
We have had many wrecks; we will
have many more, but if the public will
rouse itself to demand the employment
of more men for engine and train
operation, more men for track and
equipment inspection the adoption of
a block system, safety in speeds ac
cording to the condition of track, a
corresponding degree of safety allow
ance between the weight placed on
the rail and the rail itself, and the
employment of as many practical men
as arc really needed, the results will
certainly show in safer railway opera
tion. The American railway managers
are, as a rule, practical railway men.
They are capable and understand their
business, and it is not entirely their
fault that affairs are as they are. It
is the fault of the financial system
that demands dividends first, for if
the managers cannot get financial re
turns that experts theoretically show
the boards of directors they ought ti
get, they will be sidetracked to make
room for the men who think they can.
The railroads' have made money.
They ought to be made to use some
of it in practices and appliances that
promise safety In train operation and
the minimizing of railway disaster.
D. L. Cease, Editor The Railway
Trainmen, In Charities and Commons.
. UNFAIR PUBLICATIONS.
A Handy List That Good Unionists
Should Carry About.
Trade unionists and their friends
should remember that they are not
obliged to purchase the publications
contained in the following list. They
are produced under non-union condi
tions, the shorter workday being re
fused their union printers:
The Reliable Poultry Journal, Quin
cy, Illinois.
,A11 works of the Werner Company,
of Akron, Ohio.
The Saturday Evening Post and
Ladies' Home Journal, the product of
the Curtis Publishing Company, of
Philadelphia. .
Century Magazine, Bookman, Smart
Set, St. Nicholas, World's Work, Black
A Good Time
Winter Goods
We will have lots of cold
weather yet and you can BUY
THEM CHEAP.
Special
Offering in
Winter
Goods
Special
Showing
of New
Spring
Goods
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MAILORDERS
Cat. Monthly Magazine, Men and
Women, the Housekeeper, and Lippin
cott's Magazine.
All of the Butterick patterns and
publications are produced by non
union labor.
Good Housekeeping, Farm and
Home, Orange Judd Farmer, New
England Homestead, American Agri
culturist and Current Events, printed
by the Phelps Publishing Company,
of Springfield, Mass.
UNION BARBER SHOPS.
Information as to Where You Can Get
Your Work Done Fairly.
. Following Is a list of the union bar
ber shops' of Lincoln, the nitme and
location being given: . '
- Gus Petro. 1010 O street.
W. A. Jackson, 1001 O street.
W. E. Myers, Capital Hotel.
C. A. Green, 120 North Eleventh.
Geo. Shaffer, Lincoln Hotel.
J. B. Ramer, 1501 O Street.
E. A. Snyder, 1206 O Street
A. L. Stern! 116 South Thirteenth.
A. L. Kemmerer, Lindell Hotel.
Chapman & Ryan, 127 North
Twelfth.
Knight and Parmenter, 122 South
Twelfth.
H, C , Leopold, Fraternity Building.
Frank Malone, Havelock.
E. A. Wood, Havelock.
C. B. Ellis, Havelock.
Windsor hotel, C. B. Lewis, Prop.
Apex Barber Shop, J. J. Simpson,
Prop., 1001 O Street.
J. V. Masully barber shop, 1014 A St.
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your sore lungs and cough. It
cures chronic or fresh colds by
healing the irritated mucous
membranes and allaying' conges
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RECTOR'S
12th and O Sts.
Havelock car tickets on sale.
DISEASES OF WOMEN
All rectal diseases such as
Piles, Fistulae, Fissure and Rec
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and successfully.
DR. J. R. HAGGARD, Specialist.
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