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TRAVELS OF BIG
LEAGUE TEAMS
NATIONAL AND AMERICAN CLUBS
WILL PAY OVER $217,250 IN
FARES THIS YEAR.
AGGREGATE DISTANCE IS LONG
Cleveland Must Travel 14.094 and
Pittsburg 14.673 Miles and Head Re
spective Organizations Two New
York Teams Are Tail Enders in Re
gard to Mileage.
in trrnnpius the major leagues' team
dates for this season the schedule
makers managed to dicrease the mlle
se a. trifle. Probably the railroads,
hoteikeepers aud baggage haulers will
drsw just as much money out of the
baseball clubs' treasuries, as it is
likely the number oi plajers and camp
followers that will be carried ou the
various trips will be larger than ever
be Pore.
The National league clubs in order
to till their championship dates during
19419 will hare to so over a distance or
W.SiS miles: the American league
teams. S5.S2S. The clubs of the elder
organization will travel 2.100 fewer
miles than they did last yetr. the ju
nior leasuers mileage having been de
creased by 441.
If the National and American league
soktas hung up prizes for the clubs
that traveled the greatest number of
miles durns the chase for ihe gon
falons Cleveland and Pittsburg would
be the next entrants in the world's
championship series. The Naps are
abued to make 37 trios, covering 14.094
miles; the Pirates 33 jaunts, covering
14.(73 miles. The tail enders in the
mileage league would be the two New
York combinations. The Highlanders
are down to travel 9.64S miles, the
Giants $.732.
The reason for the Naps and Pi
' rates having such a large mileage is
that they cannot play Sunday games at
home, and often have to beat it to St.
Louis and Chicago.
Of the two Chicago clubs the White
Sox will have to do the most travel
ing. The South sijers are down to
make 33 trips and to cover 13.030
Miles. The Cubs will go on 29 jour
neys and pay tribute to the railroads
far 12.4SI miles.
The world's champion Cubs will be
busy individuals between S; 23 p. nt.
en Friday. September 3. and 5:30 a. ni
oa Monday. September i- In this in
terval of time they wilt be riding on
the rail for almost 30 hours, having to
jump l.-on Brooklyn to Cincinnati,
from Cincinnati to Chicago, and from
Chicago to Pittsburg, a total distance
of 1.531 miles. The lougest jump on
the major league circuits is from SL
Louis to Boston 1.229 miles. This
leap will be takeu this season by the
Itaston and Brooklyn National league
teams and by the St. Louis American
league club.
The Cubs greatest hop this season
will be from New York to St. Louis.
l.a$ mi' and the liidess wonders,
from Chicago to Boston 1.03S miles.
The cost of moving a team around
the circuit, assuming that on an aver
age of 20 persons are carried, amounts
lo 91.17 a mile. This is no guess,
an American league magnate, having
allowed access to his books so that
the exact cost could be determined.
This mogul's team traveled 10,524
rules last year, and the expenses
amounted to just J12.3ti0.Sl. divided as
follows: For hotels. 95.672; for rail
read Tares, 94.757.76: for sleepers and
Pullmans. 91.273: for buses and bag
wagons. J6S5.05. As the big
leagne teams will travel during this
season's championship campaign
TVS.6S4 miles, the bill for moving
them around will be just 9217.250.28.
The number of miles each club will
have to travel aud trips to be made
follow:
AMERICAN L.E.VOCK.
Trips.
THE HATTERS' STRIKE.
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New York ....
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...34
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MiW
1V4
11.377
13. (KM
126
11.721
10 74a
S.MS
Total
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NATIONAL LBACHK.
1tv Trips.
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-New York 54
Si. 3
Mitm.
I4.S73
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liias
1I.25S
10.73
M.M2
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8.73
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Secretary Lawlor Says Outlook for
Success Was Never Brighter.
Most of the manulacturers who
now use the label sell their product
through jobbing houses, and their
names would be of no use to either hat
stores or labor organizations. A few
of the larger manufacturers who now
use the label are as follows:
The John C. Wilson Company,
South Norwalk. Conn.
Union Hat Co., New York City.
Diamond Hat Co.. New York City.
I'nion Hat Co.. Bethel. Conn.
Judd & Dunning Hat Co., Bethel.
Judd & Co., Bethel. Conn.
Shelton-Davenport Hat Co., Dan
bury, Conn.
The fight never looked better.
After several weeks' trial of the open
shop it's a complete failure. The
manufacturers say now that they will
keep their factories closed until we
get ready to work without the label.
NEW A. F. OF L HEADQUARTERS.
The offices of the American Federa
tion of Labor In Washington. D. C,
have been moved into new quarters.
The Federation's work is becoming
of so vast a character that larger
quarters were absolutely necessary.
The entire floor at S01-S09 G street
is now occupied.
GOMPERS CANNOT COME.
Will Not be in America When Ne
braska Fair is Going.
The effort to secure President
Samuel Gompers for the Labor Day
celebration in Lincoln this year "died
a borninV It was hoped that he
could be prevailed upon to come
through co-operation with the man
agement of the Nebraska State Fair.
But President Gompers writes that he
is about to sail for Europe, and that
he will not be in this country on
Labor Day this year.
t ne state f air management wants
to get a speaker of national reputation
for Labor Day. and hopes to co-operate
with Lincoln unionists in an effort
to make Labor Day this year the
biggest thing of the kind ever pulled
off. To this end correspondence will
be had with John Mitchell. Raymond
Robins and other men whose ability
is too well known to need advertising
at this time.
Basketball in Danger in East
Wheu the election of a basketball
captain was held recently at Harvard
it was mentioned as very doubtful
whether or not there would be a team
at the Cambridge university next sea;
ud. This doubt on the subject of the
jtante, as has been said, has spread
through the New England colleges.
Basketball will have a hard fight for
existence in a great many places here
after. Much depends, of 'course, as
far as the larger colleges are con
cerned, whether the old intercollegiate
league is revived. At the same time'
.when it was dropped it was suggested
tnai inis step was taxen lor a year.
only in order to give things a chance
to settle down a bit, because up to that
time basketball had been very rough
and had earned a bad name for itself
la almost all the colleges.
Rheinschild to Coach on Coast.
Walter Rheinschild. the former
Michigan tackle, has been chosen as
'roach for St. Vincent's team, at Los
Angeles, Cal. "Eddie" Cochems. who
is now. officiating as coach at St. Louis
-university, was also mentioned for the
tplace. but It was decided to offer Um
THE MUSICIANS.
The Musicians Protective Associa
tion will meet in regular session- at
Bruse's hall next Sunday morning at
the regular hour. Every member
should make it a point to be present
and participate in the business trans
CAPITAL AUXILIARY.
Met in the Country and Had a De
lightful Pastoral Visit. j
Capital Auxiliary met with Mrs.
George Locker near Normal last Wed
nesday. Mr. Locker, according to
promise, locked up his chickens so
they could not bite the visitors.
Mr. and Mrs. George Freeman are
visiting In York. Mr. Freeman has
been suffering from heart trouble for
some time.
Plans are not fully completed for
the April social, no decision having
as yet been reached as to where It
shall be held. But when it is held it
will be something worth while. The
proceeds will be devoted to" defraying
the expenses of a delegate to the St.
Joseph convention.
The March social was a success.
After paying all expenses a neat sum
was added to the treasury.
The Auxiliary decided to accept the
proposition to secure pledges for
"Labor Temple Day" and just as soon
as the pledges are provided the mem
bers will start out. They expect to
earn a neat commission.
THE TRADE AGREEMENT.
Men of Intelligence Join in Proclaim
ing Their Great Value.
Fair-minded employers have given
convincing testimony to the value of
trade agreements between organized
laborers and themselves, not only in
maintaining industrial peace, but in
preventing the baneful competition of
sweatshop products with goods made
under fair working conditions. Gov
ernment officials, national and state,
have borne witness to the beneficient
power of. organized laborers in aldin
the enforcement of school, factory.
sanitary and health regulations. En
lightened ministers of the gospel and
teachers of morals have testified to
the Inherent strength of- the union
among laborers in strengthening and
defending the morality of the Indi
viduals within the organization. Upon
this high consideration for the social
welfare, let me submit a case in point
that will illustrate the moral signifi
cance of this very organization that
the supreme court has found to be "a
conspiracy in restraint of trade."
In a city on the Atlantic coast are
two hat factories within two blocks
of each other. In one of these fac-
A Big Importation of Fine Hosiery
Men s Lisle Hose in New Colors
Six Pair for Seventy-Five Cents
Here is an opportunity that may never come your way again. After
this season Imported Hose will be higher priced, put in a year's sup
ply of Imported Hose in advance. Men's Fine Lisle Imported Hose,
all the new colors such as Violine, Virelor, serin, tarte, jaspe, perse, gjj
nature, DiacK, marco tan ana no ian, a dox or an one iSft
color or assorted colors, 6 pr. in box, Friday and Saturday . . . U CJu
Mens Neckwear at Fifty Cents
A display in a variety of styles and colors second to none in the state
A showing of Men's Plain and Fancy Four-m-Hands will stand the
inspection of the most critical. In fancies the color blendings are most
harmonious. See our big window display. Make your choice.
Step in and get them at each 50c.
MAYER BROS.
LINCOLN'S LEADING CLOTHIERS
2
tories the girls in the trimming de
partment are organized as a local of
the United Hatters of North America,
In the other factory the girls in the
trimming department are not organ
ized, A little over a year ago the
foreman of the floor where the trim
mers work in the unorganized fac
tory insulted one of the girl trim
mers. She stood her ground and told
him in plain language what she
thought of him. She was discharged
for insubordination. This girl wrote
to the owner of the factory and had
a registry reecipt purporting to be
signed by him. She never received
any reply, and was out of work for
some weeks. Some months after this
incident a similar insult was offered
to a girl by the foreman on the trim
ming floor of the organized factory.
The girl, who was "shop woman" on
that floor for the United Hatters of
North America, went to this foreman
and said: "You cut that ouL We
won't stand for anything like that in
this shop." He replied: "You go to
hell! What have you got to do with
it, anyhow? She answered: "I've
got a whole lot to do wttn it, and if
you don't go to that little girl and
apologize I will call a shop meeting
right new." He replied: "If yon do,
111 fire you." She said: "Xo, yon
won't, either!"
Then this little woman, who Is less
than five feet tall, "called shop," and
170 odd girls laid down their work.
She told the girls what the trouble
was, and they agreed that they would
starve before they wonld go back to
work if the foreman didn't apologize
to the little foreign girl he had in
sulted. Here the general superin
tendent came into the controversy,
and after a conference in the office
the foreman was discharged, and that
little woman is still shop woman on
that trimming floor, and there isn't
any foreman in that factory who
thinks he can insult a girl while she
is at work just because ah is m. for
eigner 2nd poor.
Now, I submit that the organiza
tion of labor known a the United
Hatters of North America, kad more
power on that trimming floor, mot
only to prestrre their wage and boor,
but to preserve individual virtue and
the hope and BdelHy of the home for
poor and sorely tempted working
girls, than all the churches and uni
versities within the limits of that
city. Yet this is the orgaaizatioo
that, in extending its benefits to other
workers in other factories, im con
demned as "a conspiracy ia restraint
of trade!" Raymond Robins.
Important Sale Mow In Progress
The sale of Geo. Borgefeldts Fancy China Samples -Special Rug Sale
98c Lace Curtain Sale The remaining Stock of the American Shoe Co.
Stock that we purchased at 70c on the Dollar.
New Dress Goods At One-fifth Off
We have just received a shipment of 50 pieces of new Spring
Suitings which should have been in our stock in time for Easter
shopping. Owing to their late arrival we wish to dispose of
them quickly, and in order to do so will place them on sale for
three days only, beginning Thursday morning, at a discount of
20 per cent. Sale begins promptly at 8 o'clock Thursday morning.
See Window Displays
Continues
SPECIAL silk: sale
Continu
We have just received another lot of Satin Foulards making our line more varied and most complete. They are neat
geometre and braided designs also polka dots in a very comprehensive line of colors. The assortment of novelty
weaves, while broken, is still very good. Every yard is perfect in fabric and in finish. Worth to $1.25 a Qp
yard. Special while they last, per yard Ufl
Extraordinary Val
In Bed Spreads
Hemmed Crochet, Bed Spreads, good
heavy quality, large size
76x86, Special at
$1.00
Fringe Crochet Bed Spreads, square
or cut corners, goodqual- !C
ity, Special at ...J)I-JJ
Hemmed Satin Quilts, pretty new pat
terns, a very good quality QQ
4 New Patterns
of Wall Paper at
3 cents a Roll.
THE DAYLIGHT STORES
rThe STORE That SATISFIES
GalvanizedWash
Tubs regular 55c
values at
39 cents.
fawt to the Michigan man.
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