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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1909)
0oeoooeo Your Cigars Should Bar This Labei MSB ADE IN LINCOLN ; LINCOLN MONEY EFT IN LINCOLN E BY FRIENDS union ISIS Crrtffw. w.oa made C3ars. w funis ToroMMntni i i K 8 tsMMJ- fin USER rrrJ HQ WORT n Mil Is I No better flour sold on the Lincoln market. Every sack warranted. We want the trade of Union men and women, and we aim to deserve it. If your grocer does not handle Liberty Flour, 'phone us and wc will attend to it. Ask your neighbor how she likes Liberty Flour. We rely on the recommendation of those who use it. is H. 0. BARBER & SON Cincinnati. O. The lons-fought case of the Typothetae cf America against the International Printing Pressmen's pal" on wastes. This in spite of the union by the luiled Slates circuit court of appeals. The decision estab lishes an eight-hour day. The court rulw that no contract exists between the union and the Typothetae to main tain the uine-hour I:iy. as alleged in the complaint. It was he'd in the court below thai no Injunction could lie to restrain the officers of the union from advising the union men to keep or break a contract. The legal princi ple recognized is the common law right of interested parties to inter vene. This status is left unaltered. A case similar to the one decided is pending in the supreme court of the I'nited States. The typothetae attacked the union, alleging that the officers were contract breakers. The officers here fought against what the Typo- 9:lIHi"- I t hcl ;u alleged to be a renewal of a The Dr. Benj. F. Baily Sanatorium Lincoln, Nebraska 6 o o 6 I i For non-contagious chronic iliseases. Largest, Wst equipped, most beautifully furnished. A Suit or Overcoat r.lado,to Ordor for D HO MORE HO LESS ' i From Shecps Back to Your Back ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF Ugpp j gr REGISTERED nr VJcrtftt Crcctcct 145 South 13th Strett LINCOLN UEC3ASKA printing pressmen for the eight-hour day began in 1905. New York. The workmen in the terra cotla factories of the National Fire Proofing Company at Perth Am boy. who struck for higher pay just after the November election, received a seven per cent, advance. A notice was posted at the Raritan works in forming the men that beginning April 1 they would receive ten cents more per day than they now receive. The men who quit work in November said they understood from somebody they would obtain a raise if Taft were elected. There was disorder and troops were called. -The strikers went back to work after having obtained an advance of four per cent, and the promise of another advance later. Chicago. Organized labor is in tensely interested in the railway em ployes" department, which has been formed by the American Federation cf Labor. Among the organizations in terested in the department are tbe Order of Railway Telegraphers, Broth erhood cf Boiler Makers and Iron Shin Builders. International Association of Car Workers. International Brother hood of Blacksmiths. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes, Inter national Association of Steanifitters. Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and the Switchmen's Cnion of Norih America. Pittsburg. Pa. The monster inde pendent iron and steel concerns of the Pittsburg district the Jones, & I.aiigh- Netv York. Judge Gary of the United States Steel corporation again issued a denial of the persistent rumors that a cut in the wages of the corporation's 240.000 employes on or about April 1 had been decided upon. The proposition had not even been considered, he repeated. As to the situation in the trade. Judge Gary said that no considerable business had resulted s far from the price cuts. He declined to venture any predic tions, and stated emphatically that the corporation had no agreements of any kind with its competitors, not even -as to the price of rails. If any of the manufacturers wanted to reduce the price of rails there was nothing to prevent them from doing so. He thought that the present price was low enough, however. Judge Gary de clined to say whether, in his opinion, wages would ultimately have to come down as a result of the recent price cut. Brussels. Belgium. The tenth con gress of the Belgium trade unions was held during the Christmas holidays, in Molenbeck, a suburb of Brussels, 243 delegates being present, represent ing 43 societies or branches. An in dustrial census, taken in 1907, showed that there were 576,000 men. women and lxys and girls employed in Bel- giu mindustries. Of this total there are now 139.000 organized in unions affiliated to the Soclalist-Iabor party, say. 24 per cent.; 10.087. or 1.75 per cent., belong to "neutral" imions affili ated to the party; while 30.664, or 5.3 per cent., belong to the so-called "Christian" unions. Pottstown. Pa. A sweeping reduc tion in the scale for puddling iron in the Schuylkill Valler went into effect at the plant of the Glasgow Iron com pany. From $4.50 a ton for puddling, which had been the wages for the past three or four years, the price is reduced to J3 per ton. Several hun dred men are affec-Ted. Other iron companies in eastern Pennsylvania have not yet taken action. The reduc tion is the greatest that has ever been made at one time in the history of he iron trade in Potstown. 1-on.ion. Eng. Four hundred and sixty employes of the Gas Light and Coke company, representing more tban 11,000 men, unanimously adopted at a special meeting a co-partnership scheme drawn up by the directors. At the present price of gas, 68 cents, it is calculated that the bonuses to the men will total nearly $100,000 a year. C. O - O ? 1 I g Tenth and O Streets lin Steel company. Ltd.: the Pittsburg woodaH. governor of the company, ex Advanced Vaudeville Week of Monday, March IS BYERS AND HERMANN In "The Clown's Dream" Max Witt's Four SINGING COLLEENS THE KINSONS In "Going It Blind" JAMES AND PRIOR In "Captain Barnacle's Courtship EARNIE AND MILDRED POTTS Singing. Daucing, Bag Punching INNESS AND RYAN Vaudeville's Classy Entertainers HAYES AND WYNNE Expe Dancers Mat. Daily Except Monday 15 and 25c Every Night Prices 15, 25, 35 and 50c Steel company and the Midland Steel company, representing in all more thau $100.000.Arto derided to "stand pat on wages. This in spite of the fact that the big l-ackawanna Steel company at Buffalo, one of the strong est independents, has declared a flat 10 per ceu,. reduction in wages. Wheeling. W. Va. George Rush. president of local union No. 459, United Miue Workers of America, at Baunock. O., was probably fatally stabbed by Italian members of the union. The union was holding a meet ing when Rush made a ruling that dis pleased the Italians present, and in an instant he was the target for the stilet tos of several of the foreigners. Chicago. Members of the Chicago Teamsters and Helpers' union re sumed work for the Wisconsin Lime and Cement company. A settlement of the jurisdictional differences with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters was made. Coatesville. Pa. Owing to the re duction of prices by the I'nited States Steel Trust Coatesville mills are feel- iug the effect. None of the mills have been running regularly and several hundred men have been laid off. Will iam P. Worth, of the Worth Bros, firm. and A. F. Huston, president of the Lukens Iron and Steel company, have had several conferences. Columbus. Ohio. The Ohio State Federation of Labor is trying to obtain the passage of the following laws by the state legislature: The initiative and referendum anti-injunction law. employers' liability law. free school book kvw, law prohibiting the employ ment of women where there is dust creating machinery, and an eight-hour law for women. Lyndonville, R I. After running ou a short-time schedule for 16 months the Boston & Maine railroad shops here have gone on a 54-hour week basis. At one time the employes worked onry 18 hours weekly. Melbourne. Australia. A claim has been made by the Melbourne Typo graphical society for an increase - of wages aud shortened hours of work for band composition by day. Washington. International unions affiliated with the A. F. of I- paid out the following benefits during the last year: Death benefits, $1,257,000; sick benefits. $593.00; unemployed bene fits. $295,000; traveling benefits. $51, 000; death benefits account of mem bers' wives. $31.4vHt; total insurance, $2,441,000; strike benefits, $4,584,000. Boston. The educational authori ties have definitely determined to add vocational courses to the city school Isystetn next fall.. Either the Boston trade school will be taken over or the city will build and equip . a trade school. It is insurance against sweat shop and tenement goods, and against disease, . . . O9oeo9ooceooo0aaofioeo3ioo0om First Trust Savings Bank Owned by Stockholders of the First National Bank THE &ANK FOR THE WAGE-EARNER INTEREST PAID AT FOUR PER CENT Lincoln, Nebraska AITIO "PHONE 2.5 J7 BELL THOSE 24 O. cA. FULK GENTS'. FURNISHINGS, HATS 1325 O Slzeet ! Made in Lincoln Not Just as Good but a Little Detter Try A S a c k JOHN BAUER WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER g Distributor of Dick & BrosQaincy Brewing $. Cekfcratel 9 Lager Beer. plained the scheme to the men. "'It will give you a closer interest in your work; he declared. Buffalo, X. y. A reduction of ten per cent, in the wages of employes of the Lackawanna Steel Company has gone into effect. The Lackawanna is one of the largest independent con cerns, and this is the first announce ment of a cut by the independents since the war of prices with the United Steel eoiiioration began. The reduc tion affects all classes of employes and the office force. Stockholm, Sweden. The great lock out which was threatening in the en gineering and metal-working indus tries of Sweden seems to have been averted by the majority of the mem bers in the unions affected agreeing to a renewal of the existing agreement for a period of five years. There are some differences yet to be settled; but it is unlikely that a conflict will be forced. Winnipeg. Man. All talk of another strike of Canadian Pacific shopmen owing to the fact that the schedule established by the board t f concilia tion August 1. 1908, would expire Au gust 1, 1909, has been set at rest by the posting of an official notice in the local shops of the company saying that its schedule would continue in force until April 1, 1910. The men are sat isfied. New York. National Secretary Lawlor of the United Hatters of North America reported that about $62,000 was paid in strike benefits the past week. He said that the question of which side won was now one of endur auce, that the strikers were prepared to make many sacrifices to win and needed the co-operation of the other labor organizations. Indianapolis. The annual report on the sick, disability and death benefits paid during 1908 by the Boot and Shoe Workers" unioD shows that the total amount thus paid out wa? $82,792.08. Of this aggregate, $68,917.08 was paid out in 13.783 2-5 weeks of sick bene fits: $575 was paid out in six disability benefits and $13,300 was paid out on 155 death benefits. Columbus. Ohio. Statements have been made that Ohio operators are now considering making inspection of their mines daily. They believe the effect will be more satisfactory- than a dozen model mines. Since the Ma rianna disaster some nave grown weak in their belief of the reliability of the model mine. SL Paul, Minn. The wage scale of the SL Paul Painters union has been approved by the international execu tive board. It will bring the St. Paul scale up to that of Minneapolis, there being a difference last year of two and one-half cents an hour. Office and Warehouse 827-29-31-33-35 Soeth 8th St. Auto Phone 1817 Lincoln, Neb. Bell SI - 9 Uo Soli HARDWARE, STOVES, SP03T-; DIG GOODS, RAZORS, RAZOR L STROPS AND CUTLEBY - At Low Prices Hoppe's Hardware, 103 fcrft (C3 WORKERS UNIOKJ UHION STAMP By Insisting Upon Pur- chasing Union Stamp Shoes You help better shoemafcing cond -lions. You get better shoes for the raoneu. Yjxx help your otcn Labor Proposition. You abolish Child Labor. DO NOT BE MISLED By Retailers tcho say: This shoe does not bear the stamp, but it is made under Union Conditions." THIS IS FALSE. So shoe is union mads unless it bears the Union Stamp. BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNI0X V X 246 Sumner St., Boston, Mass: a John F.-Tobin, Pres. Chas. L. Baine, Sec-Treas. o NEBRASKA'S SELECT HARD-WHEAT FLOUR Wilbur and DeWitt Mills THE CELEAKATES LITTLE HATCHET FL0UD RYE FL0VS A SPECIALTY soil TJuto ,49 1 SOUTH 9TH, LCICOLH, EEL A