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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1909)
V TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. Annual Election of Officer Brings Out a Large Vote. The vicinity of Eleventh and il streets looked like the scene of a na tional election Wednesday afternoon. It was the regular annual election of Lincoln Typographical Union No. 09, and a total of 11 votes was cast the largest in the history of the anion. The warmest fight was waged over the delegateship. there being four can didate to choose from and twj to elect. Lynn Freeman won out with the high vote, his vote being one that he has every reason to be proud of. He received a total of 94. his closest competitor being G. E. Locker, wUo received 74. These two were elected. George Bostrom and August Rade baugh were elected alternates with out opposition. Henry Binga man's long and faithful service to the anion was rewarded by an election to the presi dency by a Tote that ought to make him feet good. Without at all dispar aging the qualifications of his oppon ent and his oponent was a good man It may truthfully be said of Binga man that he has given the union faith ful service, has proved himself a safe uu to depend upon and is thoroughly qualified to preside over the union tor the coming year. F. H. Hebbard was re-elected secretary-treasurer without opposition. Everybody was too wise to go up against him tor the Job. W. H. Moyer was elected recording secretary and 4. G. Sayer was continued In the po sition of sergeant-at-aruis. a position he has ably filled ever since the first flood in the Antelope valley. Gear Bostrom. and John Zu- bridge were elected to the ex ecutive committee. Bustard. Eckert and Locker were elected delegates to the Central Labor Union and Bain. Kckert and Kennedy, were elected delegates to the Allied Printing Trades Council. H. C Peate was re-elected vice-president without opposition. The anaual convention meets in St. Joseph next August, and already there are indications that the print shops of the city will have to work, short handed during convetnion week. Every printer is figuring on being a conven tion visitor. Th job shops are crying for men. The six-day law is being shot full of holes, and all because there are not enough "subs' In sight. Overtime has been the rule for the last two or three weeks. It anybody imagines that the printers are glad to get In overtime they ought to listen to the "holler' the men are putting up. The Jackson. Mich.. Square Peal tells a chicken story that will make George Locker go some to beat. It re lates that W. A. Maxlett. a Jackson - printer, who raises chickens, missed a fat hen six weeks ago. Three weeks later he started to move to another part of town, and In picking up a piece of stovepipe was astonished to dis cover the missing hen wedged tightly usual, but otherwise all right. She celebrated her release by laying two eggs before suudown. Come on. Lock er! C. B. Righter has spent the past week looking up the law relating to the Injunction, the mandamus, the quo warranto and the right of search and . seixure. swers that it will call out all of the machinists on the entire line of the road if necessary. The indications are that there will be a big strike of machinists on - the Baltimore & Ohio, from Jersey City to St. Louis. The Lincoln-Havelock Machinists Union promises to have a "live one representing it at the State Federation meeting. THE SWITCHMEN. In Annual Convention in Peoria and Lincoln Is There. The Railway Switchmens Interna tional convention is on at Peoria this week, and as The Wageworker goes to press it looks as if Lincoln stood better than a fair show to capture the next convention. The movement to land the convention for Lincoln was started by the delegates from Ne braska early in the week, and at the time of going to press there appears, to be nothing else to it but Lincoln dry as she is. The local union has been "going some during the last three montns. It has more than doubled its member ship, and the old members have, had a revival of unionism. As a result they local is to be classed among the "liv est live ones." Recently the local issued a hand some souvenir number in which ap pears the portraits of its officials, views of Lincoln and Lincoln men, and a fine lot of Juicy advertising patron age. But up to date the local has not re ported the election of a delegate to the State Federation meeting. to $2.50 per month dues, according to position' the union has a large mem bership, plenty of money on hand; pays sick and death benefits; main tains a home for aged and broken down members; pays an old age pen sion, pays strike benefits promptly in short the Typographical union treats its members royally. And you never hear a complaint from the members about their dues. Remember. Mr. Union Man, that your union must have money to pay all thees things and the only way to get that money is from high dues. Paste this in your hat and quit kick ing if your union wants to "raise you a little. International Book binder. THANKS, MARQUIS! Good Old Pennsylvania Scout Has a Few Kind Words. About every month since we have published the Journal we have had sontoething "nice" to say about Old Man Bill Maupin, associate editor of Bill Bryan's "Commoner" and gen eral boss and roller boy of the "Wage- worker," and by this time our read ers should be aware of the fact that Bill Maupin is not a nincompoop in Nebraska Journalism. He's one of those boys that stands out in the sunlight bareheaded without fear of being sunstruck. and every time he has a chance to boost Ne braska and Bill he lets loose with a bang that knocks Sadie Maguire from his chair and opens up the old "red apple" sore. Bill feels his oats these days, since he has been appointed labor commis sioner of his adopted state and he wants everybody to sit up straight and take notice. His latest "splurge' is that he has been able, with the assistance of Lin coln irades-unionists to land the Wageworker on the outer edge of six hard years of exposition, and con sequently feels proud. Bill says that he does not care a damn for politics or ward heelers and that he is not looking for charity. Happy Billiam. The "Wageworker" is always wel come at this office as we know the honest unionist that is back of it. Here's to you, old man. Marquis De La Fayette Shrope in Easton, Pa., Journal. THE MACHINISTS. Big Strike on Baltimore 4L Ohio Prom ises to Spread Rapidly. The strike of machinists at the Bal timore shops of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad may spread throughout the system. The strike began on May ?, when 350 machinists laid down their tools and refused to resume work un til such time as the company rescind ed its order changing from the time system to the piece system. The piece system was Introduced May 1. a tew men only being affected by the change. They objected, but the foreman con tinued to add a tew men each day to the piece work force, and it is claim hounded those who objected, going so tar as to lay off some of them. The company has anounced that it will import strikebreakers from other cities to take the vacated places in Its Baltimore shops. The union an- HERE'S A SOLUTION. The Federation of Churches has discovered by its canvass in Har lem, that the chief reason why New Yorkers do not go to church is that the people are too tired and need rest. The remedy: Lift the burden from the workers. New York Call. A MATTER OF DUES. COME ON! An Albany, N. Y, dispatch says thousands of men in New York are deserting their families because they cannot find work. Come out here to God's country where we vote for Bry an and eat. Western Laborer, Omaha. GENERAL MENTION. Brief Bits Picked Up Here, There and Also Elsewhere. The ice wagon drivers in Chicago have accepted the compromise offered by their employers of $10 a month in crease for seven months in the year. The painters in Fort Worth. Texas. have secured an increase of 25 cents a day. Custom pantsmakers in Greater New York have gained their strike. me oasers striKe will soon De a thing of the past in Greater New York, most of the bosses granting shorter hours, higher wages and improved sanitary conditions. The Federated Trades Council last Monday called a general strike of the building trades crafts in Milwaukee breweries, affecting about 300 men. A refusal to sign a new scale brought about the trouble. If you smoke smoke union made cigars; taey cost no more and are better than any others. If you are earning enough to allow yourself the purchase of a new hat. see that the union label is sewed un der the sweatband. The Barnum & Bailey shows employ over 150 members of the bill posters union and Miller Bros. 101 Ranch carry about eighty to do their work. Mayor Crawford and other Mont clair (N. J.) officials had their salaries increased, so the street and park la borers are on a strike for an advance in wages from $1.50 to $1.75 per day. THE UNORGANIZED WORKER. Why He Should Join the Union of His Craft. Do you know that when wages are reduced in times of panics they never rise again among unorganized work ers T Do you know that each succeeding panic has left the wages of the un organized worker smaller than they were before? Do you know that in spite of all panics the wages of organized labor have steadily advanced and hours of labor shortened? Do you know that if the wage-earn ers were all organized panics would be less frequent and less severe? Do you know that the recent cut in your wages will never be recovered until your organize? Do you know that the long hours of labor lessens your pay? How will you increase it? Do you know that it is the duty you owe family and your fellow crafts men to Join the union of your craft? Do you know that the longer you delay joining the union of your craft the longer you will be in bettering your present conditions, shortening your hours of labor per day, and in creasing your pay? Duluth Labor World. hour work .day. There is only one strike now on for the shorter work day. That is a large shop at Akron, O., and President Glockling declares that the union will keep up that fight until its efforts are crowned with Victory. DO NOT PATRONIZE BUCK STOVES AND RANGES! ber of the label used by each shop: Jacob North. Me. Co, No. 1. -C S. Simmons, No. 2. Freie Presse, No. 3. Woodruff-Collins, No. 4. Graves & Mulligan, No. 5. State Printing Co, No. 6. Star Publishing Co., No. 7. Western Newspaper Union, No 8 Wood Printing Co., No. 9. George Bros, No. 11. McVey Printing Co, No. 12. Ford Printing Co, No. 16. VanTine & Young, No. 24 Dairyman Pub. Co, 130 Na. 14th. Graves Printery, No. 5. New Century, 213 South Thirteenth. FAIR BARBER SHOPS. You Will Find the Union Card in the Following Places. When you enter a barber shop, see that the union shop card is in plain sight before you get into the chair: If the card is not to be seen, go else where. The union shop card is a guarantee of a cleanly shop, a smooth shave or good hair-cut, and courteous treatment. The following barber shops are entitled to the patronage of union men: George Petro, 1010 O. J. J. Simpson, 1001 O. George Shaffer, Lincoln HoteL C. B. Ellis, Windsor HoteL D. S. Crop. Capital HoteL M. J. Roberts, Royal HoteL" A. L. Kimmerer, Lindell Hotel. C. A. Green. 120 North Eleventh. C. A. Green, 1132 O. E. A. Wood. 1206 O. Chaplin & Ryan. 129 North Twelfth. E. C. Evans, 1121 P. Bert Sturm. 116 South Thirteenth. J. B. Raynor, 1501 O. Muck & Barthelman, 122 South Twelfth. J. J. Simpson. 922 P. Frank Malone, Havelock. C A. Hughart, Havelock. UNION PRINT SHOPS. Printeries That Are Entitled to Us the Allied Trades Label. Following Is a list of the printing offices in Lincoln that are entitled to the use of the Allied Printing Trades label, together with the num- CONVENTIONS OF 1909. Where and When the Clans Will Gather to Boost the Cause. June 7, Toronto, Canada, Pattern makers League of America. June 7, Milwaukee, Wis, Interna tional Association of Steam and Hot Water Fitters. June 7, Washington, D. C, Interna tional Association of Marble Workers. June 21, Omaha, Nebr, International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union. June 21, Syracuse, N. Y, Boot and Shoe Workers Union. June 23, Philadelphia, Pa, Interna tional Union of Pavers, Rammermen, etc July 5, Milwaukee, Wis, Internation al Broom and Whisk Makers Union. July 7, Milwaukee, Wis, Glass Bot tle Blowers Association. July 12, Chicago, III, International Jewelry Workers Union of America. July 12, Galveston, Texas, Interna tional Longshoremen's Association. July 12, Springfield, O, Internation al Alliance of Theatrical Stage Em ployes. July 17, Newark, N. J, Wire Weav ers Protective Association July 19, Philadelphia. Pa, Interna tional Steel and Copper Plate Printers Union. July 22, Louisville, Ky, Retail Clerks International Protective Asso ciation. July , Atlantic City, N- J, Nation al Brotherhood of Operative Potters. August 2, Denver, Cola, Amalgamat ed Sheet Metal Workers' International Alliance. August 2, Buffalo, X. Y, Journeymen Tailor Union of America. August 3, Detroit, Mich.. Interna tional Glove Workers Union of 'America. August 9, SL Joseph, Mo, Iaterca tional Typographical Union. August 19, Indianapolis. lad, S&irt Waist and Laundry Workers' later national Union. August 12, Kansas City, Mol. later national Stereotypers and Eleetrot ers Union of North America. August IS, Boston, Mass, Metal Pol ishers. Buffers, Platers, etc September C, Eureka, Horn!) Co, Cat International Brotherhood of Woods men and Saw Mill Workers. September , Springfield. Hast, T ble Knife Grinders National Unic Eeptember 6, SL Louis. Mo, NatMHal Federation of PostofSee CJerka. September 7, Milwaakee, Wis. I- ternatiooci Photo-Fn gravers UrJcs of North America- September 9, Boston. Vasa, Iieraa- tional Spinners' Union. September 13, Boston. !Is7 . Wood. Wire, and Metal Lathers Tnternatioaa Union- September 13. DenTcr. Colo-, Inter national Association of Ttfachftiists. September 12, Elmira, X. T, later- national Hodcarriers and Building Lab orers Union of America. September 13, Chicago, HX. Interna tional Brick, Tile, and Terra Cotca Workers Alliance. September 14, Denver. Coto, Amer ican Brotherhood of Cement Workers. September 17, New York, Pocket- knife Blade Grinders and Finishers' In ternational Union. September 20, . . Trar elers Goods and Leather Novelty Workers International Unioo at America. September 29, Minneapolis. Minn, International Association of Bride e and Structural Iron Workers. October 4. Milwaukee. Wis, Interna tional Union of Shipwrights. Joiner?. Caulkers, Boat Builders and Ship Cab inet Makers of America. October 4, Toronto, One, Amalga mated Association of Street aad EJeo tric Railway Employes of America October 5. Milwaukee. Wis, Jour neymen Barbers' International Union of America. October 19. Detroit. Mich . Interna tional Association of Car Workers. October 19, Charlotte, N C United Textile Workers of America. November 8, Toronto, Can , Ansert can Federation of Labor. November 29, Near Tork. X. T, In ternational Seamen's Union. December . India napois. lad. In ternational Alliance of Bill Posters HI America. THE REAL REASON. Results Depend Upon the Financial Backing at Hand. Some of the "cheap ones who be long to unions that have low dues should cease to complain if their craft is in bad condition. Cheap dues in it self is enough to put any union in bad condition, for cheap dues means low reserve fund and a low reserve fund means that in case of trouble or misfortune the union is not in a position to help its members. Some of the union men who are paying 73 cents or $1 a month dues should compare their condition with the printers. The printers pay $1.75 EVERY SHOE "UNION MADE" HERE Thompson Shoe $3.50 s $4 Handcraft Shoe $5.00 IIM.w-."F0R KEM"--AII Niw en's Bootcry 12th & P Sts. WhaVs the Use of Blaming It On the Weather Conditions? The Indianapolis Union, referring to the lack of union men at the "Labor Memorial Day" services in the Indiana metropolis, says, "This may be ac counted for, perhaps, by the disagree able weather." Xow what's the use of putting it that way? The Union knows better. It knows that weather conditions had nothing to do with it. The real cause was the indifference of the union men Here iu Lincoln the weather was ideal couldn't have been better if made to order. The memorial services were widely advertised, and the sermon was delivered bv a staunch friend of union ism. A fellow unionist was to occupy. the pulpit with the pastoral friend of unionism. The services were held in one of the most conveniently located church in Lincoln within three blocks of the most distant car line. Yet. despite all these favorable con ditions there were fewer than one dozen union men in the congregation. What's the use of trying to gloss over the indifference of the union men? Let's tell the truth about it BOOKBINDERS HAVE WON. President Robert Glockling and Sec retary James W. Dougherty, of the Bookbinders" Internation Union, say that ninety-eight per cent of the mem bership of the union throughout the country is now enjoying the eight Future Bargains of Others Our Bargains of Today This means, in short, that we are offering' you clothing bargains today that other stores will be offering a couple of months later in the season. We use a different system our own. It is to give our customers the benefit now not hold them off until some future time. Goods Union Men Make are Goods Union flen Should Buy And we assert without qualification that we handle more union-made goods for men than any other Gentlemen's Furnishing House in the West. We are prepared to equip the union man with union-made goods from head piece to footwear. Mr. Union Han, come in and let us equip you with a union-made hat, a union-made shirt, a union-made collar, a union-made suit, a pair of union made suspenders, a union-made necktie and a pair of union-made shoes. To protect these well sell you a pair of union-made overalls. From Ten to Twenty Dollars, and Worth the Money, too That's how we can fit you out with a suit of clothes that will give you complete satisfaction. Well be glad to fit you out with a complete union-made outfit, hat to shoes, inclusive suit, shirt and collar, for $22, and guar antee that you will be more than satisfied with your investment. Why not try it? ON THE CORNER SPEffiR & SIMON TENTH AND 0 STBEETS ON THE SQUARE