UNIOH MADE STUFF.
Ground Out By a Card Man in The
Wageworker s Own Shop.
The Real Thing.
1 care nt for the man who spouts
Of aaionistn daily.
Nr for the man who loudly shouts
And tells about it gaily.
. Give me the man whose card is clear.
And who is there with greetings
Of folio ship and kindly cheer
At all the union meetings.
There". lots of men who pay their
dues
. Who never sweat their collars
B;Mtins unions, but never lose
A chance to raise loud "hollers."
Small ise have we for such as they;
They fail us in foul weather.
Give us the man who's there each day
His fellows meet together.
Heir's to the true blue union man
.Of courage tried and steady;
Who'll help in every union plan.
Whose boost is ever ready;
Who's always "Johnny on the spot"
At v'ry union meeting
Whose uuion record bears no blot
We bid him kindly greeting!
However.
" 'Reading maketh a full man. "
quoted Gibberly.
""Majbe it does." snorted Bibberly.
"but I'm not going to ever offer no
such fool excuse to my wife."
Explained.
"I understand that Slimnierly told
you he had the itch."
"No he dida't. What he told me was
that he had to scratch like th devil
to make his wages cover his family ex-
' peases."
Cards.
Talk about "protecting hides the
workingnian's hide is free property.
Everybody takes something out of it
If you rent from another man you
are not a free agent.
Organised labor suffers quite as
much from ignorance as it does from
oppression.
A whole lot of men use the words
"personal liberty" when they think
about '"personal license."
The man who opose6 trades unions
Is either ignorant or selGsh perhaps
both.
God pays no attention to the man
who claims to love Him. but fails to
exhibit any love for his fellowmen.
A clear card and a clear conscience
work well together.
on Horse Goods is reported good in
this city, and the local union is re
ported to be prosperous. T. XKelsey
has been elected delegate to represent
the local at the State Federation of
Labor.
A SWEEPING INJUNCTION.
A Chicago Judge Prohibits Everything
He Can Think About.
Judge Julian W. MVick in the Chi
cago circuit court Thursday issued
a blanket injunction against the As
sociated ' Building Trades at the re
quest of the Chicago Mosaic & Tiling
Co., and fifteen other concerns.
The Judge considered the still fur
ther extension of his order to prevent
any union organization or officials
from levying any fine against members
who might refuse to obey strike or
ders or other orders issued by labor
officials. It was finally concluded, how
ever, that no ruling of any sort by a
supreme court as yet offered a pre
cedent for such order, and the clause
was stricken from the writ.
The order specifically forbids any
attempt to induce other firms or in
dividuals to refuse to furnish material
or labor to the employers whose men
are on strike, or calling upon any em
ployes for the purpose of inducing
them to leave the employ of the complainants.
was one of the . first, to concede the
eight-hour day to the carpenters, and
has never worked the longer day since
the shorter day was instituted. He
employs only union carpenters, and
has steadfastly adhered to that rule
ever since the carpenters asked for
the closed shop. . It is up to anion
men to say whether they will vote
for Tyler, the oponent of the eight
hour day, or for Tom Harrison, the
man who observes the eight-hour day
and employs union labor. . The result
ought not to be in doubt for a minute.
Tom Harrison ought to poll the votes
of all the workingmen and especially
all of the union men in the city. If
he does he win win in a walk.
GENERAL. MENTION.
JUDGE FAVORS UNION LABOR.
THE BARTENDERS.
"Sitting Tight" and Waiting to See
What the Result Will Be.
The Bartenders are merely holding
on and saying nothing. They are tak
ing no active part in the campaign. If
:So closing carries they will still be
in the game it prohibition carries
they will have to make the best of it
If prohibition wins, about fifty men
will be thrown out of employment,
four-fifths of them heads of families
and many of them home owners.
Charley Benson, who will represent
the local at the Minneapolis conven
tion, is figuring on a private car. He
has offered to share it with W. T. Pin
ney, who will represent the Musicians
at Minneapolis at the same time Ben
son represents the Bartenders in the
same city. Benson will furnish the
car if Pinney will furnish the motive
power.
G. A. Walker has been elected dele
gate from the local union to the State
Federation of Labor.
Orders That None Other Be Employed
By Receiver.
FORT SMITH. Ark., April 22.
Judge J. V. Bourland issued an order
of court here yesterday that is probab
ly without precedent. In appointing
R. A. Young receiver for the Hiawatha
Smokeless Coal company of Coaldale,
Ark., he ordered that the receiver em
ploy none but union men in the mine,
or sell it. Judge Bourland is judge
of the chancery court, and at a ban
quetf the Arkansas state federation
of labor here some months ago stated
that he would never grant an injunc
tion against a labor union in the in
terests of a corporation.
BACK FROM COLORADO.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd McKinney have
returned from a pleasant visit of a
month in Colorado. The Colorado
Springs Labor News' correspondent
irom tne t'nion rnnters Home re
ports a visit from Mjr. and Mrs. Mc
Kinney. ,
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
i
It
A vote for W. T. Pinney for alder
man ia a vote for a union man who
will not forget his unionism if elected
to office.
OMAHA GARMENT WORKERS.
Seem to Have Won Their Contention
After a Long Struggle.
The Garment Workers' Union will
hold a mass meeting at Labor Temple
on Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p. m.
All persons employed in the garment
making industry are cordially invited
to attend.
All locked-out members of the local,
excepting two. are now working and
this practitally finishes the contro-
rsy between the anion and the Nov
elty Skirt company, so far as the ami
atei unions are concerned. The lo
cal will, however, continue to prose
cute their cause until they have
gained every contention for which
tbey were fighting.
The demands which the union made
have now become the establised cus
tom, not only with the Novelty Skirt
company, but with every firm in Omaha-
employing this class of labor. So
that within a few days the union
will announce one of the grandest vic
tories that has ever been accom
plished in the local movement Om
aha Labor Advocate.
Sunday's Meeting Important and
Should be a Big One.
The meeting of Lincoln Typographi
cal Union Monday afternoon will be
one of the most important held in
months. Candidates for local offices
and for delegate to the annual conven
tion at St. Joseph will be named. The
election will be held about the middle
of the month. Because of this it is
expected that the meeting will be
one of the largest in recent months.
The Freie Presse has ordered an
other machine and it is expected to ar
rive almost any day.
The Claflu shop at University Place
has received its machine and the same
is now in position.
W L. Ford is working at the State
Printing Co., shop.
Will M. Maupin has bought a home
at Thirty-third and Q streets.
Mrs. Will Bustard is recovering
from her recent illness.
Sam Webster is back after a month
or six weeks of rusticating in the
wilds of Council Bluffs. He indignant
ly denies that he was a "Mike" for
the Maybray gang.
Among other business to come be
fore Sunday's meeting is that of ap
pointing a committee to make ar
rangements for the proper observance
of Printers' Memorial Day. which will
be the last Sunday in May. "
Mrs. Frank Coffey is expected to
arrive in Lincoln the latter part of
this week, and Mr. and Mrs Coffev
will make their home at 115 South
Seventeenth.
THE LEATHER WORKERS.
Business among the Leather workers
Brief Bits of Local and National In
terest for Busy Readers.
Vote for the high school bonds and
assure the payment of $200,000 of
wages to Lincoln workingmen.
A vote for the high school bonds is
a vote for Increased opportunities for
labor.
Robert Malone never loaned money J
to unfortunate men and women and
charged them 10 per cent a month.
Can another candidate for mayor say
the same thing?
And that proposed prison labor con
tract was "squelched."
A vote for Fred Kind in the Sixth
ward is a vote for a man who is a
friendly "Injun."
W. M. Maupin is in North Platte to
day on business for the state. He was
in Kearney Friday evening and ad
dressed the Sixth district Federation
of Women's clubs.
Labor's Memorial Sunday services
at the First Baptist church next Sun
day evening, week. Sermon by the
pastor. Rev. Mr. Batten.
Pittsburg street-Tail way men have
voted to strike unless their request for
an increased wage and recognition of
the union is granted.
Butterick's patterns are the product
of "scab" labor. This ought to be
sufficient reason to wives .of union
men.
Fifteen years ago the average wage
in the steel' mills was s-i.2u per day
and the average wage of bitumin
ous miner was $2. Then the steel
workers were organized and the miners
were not Today the average wage of
steelworkers is $2.10 and the average
wage of the bituminous miners is
$2.S0. Now the miners are well or
ganized from the union standpoint and
the steel workers have been all shot
to pieces. Find the moral.
Omaha Teamsters Union is taking
on new lite. Lieven members were
initiated last week. The teamsters of
Lincoln ought to get busy and reor
ganize.
The new cells in the Chicago city
jail will be constructed by union la
bor.
A Cincinnati manufacturer was re
cently fined for unlawful use of the
blue label c the cigarmakers' union.
He paid.
Baltimore garment workers are on
strike in the Schoneman shop.' Schone
nian poses as the "pants king" of the
country.
Chicago piano movers have won
their strike for an increase of $1 a
week.
The Scranton (Pa.) Bolt & Nut Co..
has posted a notice of a 10 per cent
reduction in wages. Three hundred
men are affected.
The Carpenter Steel Co., Reading,
Pa., has given notice of a 10 per cent
wage reduction.
McConway & Torley car coupler
manufacturers at Pittsburg, are work
ing their factory half time.
The Saturday Evening Post and the
Ladies Home Journal are unfair to
organized labor. You know what to
do
CONCERNING JAMES TLYER.
Candidate for Water Commissioner
Opposed to Eight-Hour Day.
When the union carpenters of Lin
coln were trying to establish the eight
hour day, one of their most strenuous
opponents was James Tyler, present
water commissioner and candidate for
re-election. At that time he was su
pervising architect of the Funk build
ing, and he fiercely opposed the Idea
of making it an eight-hour job. He
said ten hours was not too long to
work, and he further said that the
eight-hour move was an obseacle in
the way of prosperity. The commit
tee from the carpenters finally went to
C. O. Wheedon, trustee of the estate,
and laid the matter before him. Mr.
Whedon listened courteously, investi
gated the claims of the carpenters,
and then made it an eight-hour job.
T. P. Harrison, who is a candidate
for water commissioner, and who is
a republican, as Is Mr. Tyler, is one of
the fair contractors of the city. He
THE AD CLUB.
At its regular meeting at- the Lin
den hotel last Tuesday evening the
Lincoln Ad Club went on, record
against the proposed prison labor con
tract Suitable resolutions of pro
test were drawn and a committee
presented them to Governor Shallen-
berger Wednesday morning.
CENTRAL LABOR UNION.
Enters Emphatic Protest Against Pro
posed Prison Labor Contract
The Central Labor Union met Tues
day evening and went on record as
vigorously protesting against any fur
ther extension of the prison labor
contract system in this state. A com
mittee was appointed to submit the
protest to the board of public , lands
and buildings, and did so Wednesday
morning.
The high school bond proposition
was discussed pro and con. and con
siderable time spent in talking about
the site.
It was decided to elect a delegate to
the State Federation of Labor at the
second meeting in May.
Labor's Memorial Sunday will be
observed on the evening of the sec
ond Sunday in May. The services
will be held at the' First Baptist
I
An
InportiK Tin
. If one time is more opportune than another to furnish the home, that time is
now. Spring goods are in and from the Window Shade to the Parlor Suite we
have for your approval select designs in the most pleasing finishes of all lines of
house furnishings.
Price is a primary object with you. This has not been forgotten. We pride
ourselves on the low price at which we can furnish you the best quality of goods.
One visit will convince you. Our prices talk for themselves and you can see
them they're in plain figures.
(Our new passenger elevator is now installed in front part of Carpet Department a weeded improve
ment and one which we hope will meet with your appreciation.)
A China Closet of Merit
A most extensive line of dining-room furniture is shown at our
store Tables, Buffets, China Closets and Chairs at most reason
able prices.
A China Closet of solid oak, quartered frame, 34 inches wide, GO inches high, nicely
finished in golden oak, and an ornament as well as a necessity in C-l O 7
every dining room. Price, with plain foot P
Others from. $15 to $75
EXTRA SPECIAL
54 Mahogany Rockers
A beautiful, stylish rocker, splendid quality and exceptional merit
Purchase?! as a clean-up from a large eastern factory at 50 per
cent discount.
A regular $10 rocker, which we anticipated selling as a special at $i.50, bat bare
- decided to put on sale tomorrow at less than factory cost. Cushion of chase
leather, with best steel springs; back of chair is a genuine mahogany veneer.
three-ply; front and back posts one-piece construction. QC
pxss
(Not over two to one person.)
Our price tomorrow
Carpets and Draperies
This week has seen the arrival of new patterns in the famous Artloom Hugs. If you
anticipate the purchase of something extra good in a Wilton, this make will appeal
to you. Woven of finest worsteds, in harmonious colors and Ct4.? II A
designs, it cannot be equalled at the price. 9x12 at tPxJAi
BRENLIN
The best shade cloth manufactured. A Brenlin shade keep
out all light.
Does not crack or wrinkle.
ACsouTEtr me MEAT.
KNVtSTKiATK IT.
Hardware Dept. Specials
Broken Line of Enamel Ware at One-Half Off
40c Coffee Pots -. 20c I 2oc Stew Pans
50c Coffee Pots 25c j 30c Stew P;
40c Tea Pots.
50c Tea Pots.
.20c
.25c
35c Stew Pans.
40c Stew Pans
13c
15c
18c
20c
Also ice-water pitchers, rice boilers, deep pans, cuspidors, cups, etc., all at One
Half Off. This line is a pretty blue and white, and is cheap at regular price.
BEMfWAY
church, and the memorial sei-mon 'will
be delivered by Rev. Samuel Zane
Batten, fraternal delegate from the
Ministerial Union to the central body.
It is probable . that a member of a
trades union will also speak on that
evening from the pulpit of the church.
The label and home industry com
mittees are framing up a "stunt" that
promises to make a lot of people sit
up and take notice of the label game.
Several candidates for office who are
known to be unfair to organized labor
were named in the meeting, and it will
be seen to that their records are
made known to the union men of the
city.
James Van Cleave has resigned as
president of the Union Busters' organi
zation. His partners evidently did not
like the kind of advertising Jeems
was getting for the Buck stove outfit.
LABOR'S MEMORIAL DAY.
Rev. Charles Stelzle Offers Good Sug
gestions for Its Observance.
The American Federation of Labor
has decided that the second Sunday in
May shall annually be observed as
labor's memorial Sunday. For five
years the Presbyterian department of
church and labor has been observing
''Labor Sunday' on the Sunday pre
vious to Labor Day, but in order to
bring the celebration of this day in
to harmony with the general plan of
organized labor, the day was changed
to the second Sunday in May. This
year labor's Memorial Day falls on
on Sunday, May 9th, and I have just
written to the ministers of the 11.000
Presbyterian churches in the United
States requesting them to discuss
some phase of the labor question up
on this occasion.
Labor Sunday has been made a
calendar day by our department. We
believe that, just as Memorial Day
and the several "birthdays'" show
our appreciation of those who ren
dered patriotic service, and just as
the church's "holy days" do honor
to those who served mankind spiritu
ally, so labor's Memorial Day should
be observed by the churches in hon
or of the millions of toilers who
daily serve mankind in the humbler
places of life. It should be given a
wider scope than the recognition
merely of those who have passed
away. The day should be made of
such significance that tt win encour
age those who are today engaged fa
the task of uplifting oar coam hu
manity. Workiiwrnwn wfH tiros have
an opportunity on this occasion !
demonstrate their interest ia the great
labor movement which may swas so
nitich to the working people of Ameri
ca. A special souvenir pragma has
been prepared by the Presbyterian de
partment of church and labor, of
which thousands of copies have al
ready been sent, upon request, to
those who expect to observe the day.
In many cities the central labor bodies
have accepted invitations to march
to the church to listen to the address
and to take part in the special ex
ercises which have been prepared.
The plan has the hearty endorse
ment of some of the most prominent
labor men in America.
May I snggest that the workingrnen
in every city respond to the appeal of
the ministers who expect to observe
this day and if no Invitation has. as
yet, been Ltsued to tbem by the local
minister, it might be a good plan to
encourage him to observe the day by
requesting him to conduct such a service.
