Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1909)
GENERAL MENTION. Brief Bits of Newt Picked and Pil fered from Manywhere. A Jewish labor hall Is about to be erected in Leeds, England. The female clerks in Leavenworth, Kan., have formed an organization. Eau Claire, Wis., is now said to be nractlcally a closed-shop for carpen ters. Go von i v thousand neonle are em' nlnvoH in the linen industry in Ire land. The cloak makers in Baltimore, Md, have won their strike after a long contest. Painters in San Antonio, Texas, have secured agreements with every large contractor. The Illinois State Federation of La bor has taken a decisive stand in op' position to lccal option. About BOO ladies' tailors are locked nut in Chicago, the proprietors re pudiating their contracts. Internntlonal Longshoremen have inrrp.iHpd their membership in 11 years from 8.01)0 to 50,000. The French railway men are taking the first steps in a movement for an all-around Increase of wages. The Bakers' Union is one of the Denver. Colo., unions that has made great progress the last year. The riveters, helpers and heater beys of Cramp's shipyard, near Phila delphia, have formed a union. Elevator constructors and hod car riers and building laborers have formed unions in Denver, Colo. Steam-engine Makers' Society of Great Britain has 13,000 members, with a bank balance of $12.,000. Every union barber in Lincoln, Nob., will close at 10 o'clock on Sat urday evening. Instead of 11 as here tofore. The worker who is a member of a union has some chance of having his wrongs righted the non-union man has ncne. The Granite City Daily Record, for merly a non-union plant in St. Ixwis, moved over the river and became a un'on plant The Chicago Federation of Labor is doing good work in undertaking to limit woman's working time to ten hours a day. Bishop Parker, in an address at the annual convention of the Episcopal diccese nt Concord. X. H., last week, declared hat low wages, especially to women, was the greatest cause of crime. The long-standing differences be tween the Xew York local and the In ternational Theatrical Stage Em ployes Union have been adjusted to their mutual benefit. In the recent Xew York City elec tion Edward J. Gavegan, who holds a card in the Musicians' Union of that city, was elected to the supreme court bench for a term of fourteen years at a salary of $17,500. The union printers at Flint, Mich., tiave been successful in organizing that town and a charter has been or will be issued shortly. Organizer Brown peddled the propaganda and the result is a lot of happy, well sat isfied "prints." At the recent glass bottle blowers' convention it was decided not to pub lish an official trade journnl. The or ganization has a system of keeping the members posted, and fears that the publication of a journal would tend to give important information to outsiders for whom It is not intended. LOBOR AND THE SALOON. Rev. M.. Stelzle Writes of the Big Temperance Meeting at Toronto. Four thousand men and women crowded Massey hall on the first Sun day of the American Federation of Iabor convention in Toronto, to hear discussed the question of labor and the saloon. Probably one-half of the delegates to the convention were pres ent, besides large numbers of trades unionists from Toronto and nearby towns. Addresses were made by John Mitchell, John B. Lennon, Thomas L. Lewis and James Simpson, all of them peaking from the standpoint of labor, and every one of them giving testi mony that the saloon . is one of the worst enemies the trades union move ment has to contend against. It was an unusual meeting in every way unusual in the nature of the audience and especially unusual in the nature of its piutform. Not one of the speak ers was a temperance agitator In the ordinary sense. All of them were men ,who have achieved distinction in the labor movement. They did not speak - as novices. Every man who spoke has bad national experiences in the labor movement, and could Bpeak with au thorlty concerning the question under discussion. Among other things, John Mitchell aid: "I am not at all impressed with the argument that if you close down the liquor traffic, you bring about a calamity; for when you shut up a die Ullery, a factory goes up In its stead and when you close down a saloon, you Install a grocery store. No man has a right to spend a cent upon him self until he has first provided for his family. The average worktngman does not yet earn enough to give his family all the comforts they deserve. I believe that, as the labor movement grows, so will the temperance move ment grow. The labor movement was not formed merely for the purpose of getting more wages and shorter hours, The purpose of the labor movement is to secure a better standard of living and to make the lives of men, women and children happier and brighter. Following is a quotation from Treasurer Lennon's address: "The labor movement stands for equal opportunities for men and wo men; for the abolition of child labor for the Increase of wages; for a higher moral standard. But what is the ef fect of the liquor traffic on the stand ard of living? Is there any influence going out from the saloon that is helping to make men and women bet ter? Who can deny that the liquor traffic is driving women to work in factories, in shops and at wash-tubs who ought not to be there? Who can deny that the liquor traffic is driving into industrial life boys and girls who should be in school or on the play ground? The liquor traffic tends to decrease wages, never to increase them. The use of alcohol makes work men less skillful and drives them to lower scales of employment and re ward. Every cent spent in the liquor business is wasted. It brings no so clal benefit and no moral uplift. 1 will fight the saloon so long as the saloon rights the people. Too many men and women are going down the stream to degredation for me to keep sileut. To the trades unionist there is no redeeming feature in the saloon. Never a foul plot is organized to in ure public rights ana social well-be- ng but the saioon is used for the job." Tom Lewis, of the United Mine Workers, declared: "In our constitu tion we have a clause which forbids any member to sell intoxicants even at a picnic. That is what we think of he liquor traffic. Because the liquor traffic tends to enslave the people, to make them satisfied with improper ondlticns, to keep them ignorant, the leaders of the trades union movement are called upon to light the saloon. We believe that the trades unious are doing more for the cause of temper ance than any other institution in the world." Mr. Simpson, who is one of the most prominent labor men of Canada, said that the labor leaders of Toronto were alive to the menace which the saloon s to the workingmen. When the To- cnto Labor Temple was founded, a clause was put into its constitution prohibiting intoxicating liquor upon the premises. I lor Fortrthinl iarieiin Friiat? I A TARIFF-MADE CITY. But the Workers Get No Share of the Tariff Swag. -Miss Ida M. Tarbell says Pittsburg is a tariff-made city." Secretary Frank Morrison, of the American Federation of Labor, de clares tnat there is sufficient evidence to warrant the statement that the stel trust has been guilty of keeping to itself the share of the tariff bene fits that was meant to be passed on to its workers. The Pittsburg Survey found that the actual amounts paid as compensa tion in Pittsburg to twenty-seven workmen permanently injured were as follows: For the loss of an eye, 0 to 200; for the loss of an arm, 0 to $300; for the loss of two fingers, 0 to flOO; for the loss of a leg, 0 to $223. Pittsburg a "tariff-made city." Nothing for the less of an eye! Noth ing for the ioss of an arm! Millions for the owners of the steel trust! Does this tell the story of the high tarilT 'benefits' to American industry? CORN EXPOSITION UNFAIR. Omaha Show Would Not Use Mem bers of Carpenters' Union. Local No. 427, Brotherhood of Car penters and Joiners of America, Om- :iha, has adopted the following reso lutions concerning the National Corn Exposition now on in that city: Whereas, The management of the National Corn Exposition, which is to be held at Omaha, Nebraska, (during the next week) has seen fit to employ non-union labor in the preparation of the buildings for the Corn Exposition, and whereas the said management has refused to pay carpenters employed on said buildings the regular wage for such work, we wish herein to state our reasons why we think the said Na tional Corn Exposition unfair. There have been employed at the buildings about thirty men, all non union, at an average wage of about 25 cents per hour for 8 hours work each day. The above wage of 25 cents per hour is only a trifle over one-half of the regular pay for such work. Our grievances were laid before the management of the Corn Exposition, but were disregarded. The result was the employment of non-union labor. Carpenters of the Omaha Union who sought employment at said Corn Ex position buildings were refused such We are still keeping up the enthusiasm by giving you better bar gains and greater values. These bargains are not on goods especially bought for this purpose but bargains from our regular stock. Reductions are quoted on Suits, Goats, Dresses and Gapes Every garment is fresh. This seasons stock. Although odd lots and broken sizes make up part of these assortments the selection is re markably complete. $75.00 Suits - $37.50 $50.00 Dresses - $25.00 50.00 Suits - 25.00 45.00 Dresses - 22.50 45.00 Suits - 22.50 40.00 Dresses - 20.00 40.00 Suits - 20.00 37.5d Dresses - 18.75 35.00 Suits 17.50 35.00 Dresses - 17.50 30.00 Suits - 15.00 30.00 Dresses - 15.00 25.00 Suits - 12.50 27.50 Dresses - 13.75 20.00 Suits - 10.00 25.50 Dresses - 12.50 $50.00 Coats - $25.00 45.00 Coats - 22.50 40.00 Coats - 20.00 35.00 Coats - 17.50 30.00 Coats - 15.00 25.00 Coats - 12.50 20.00 Capes - 10.00 15.00 Capes - 7.50 12.00 Capes - 6.00 39c GREATER BASEMENT BARGAINS FRIDAY NICKLE PLATED COPPER Tea Kettle, good size H 7 Friday only - - - - iOL ENAMEL WARE DISH PANS 14 qt. gray enamel ware J 1 r Dish Pans only - - 17 qt. gray enamel ware Dish Pans only 17 qt. Blue and White Enamel Dish Pans regular 95c AQc kind each - - - - nr7 OAS LIGHTS AND MANTLES Magic inverted gas lights 2Qr complete Friday only - Magic inverted gas mantles each Fulvalue inverted gas mantles each Mantle for Block light each - - - - - 6c 10c 25c THE SHOE DEPARTMENT OFFERS Women's Sample Shoes $1.50 But sizes 2 1-2, 3, 3 1-2, 4, 4 1-2 only and widths A, B, C, D, E of course if all sizes were here they'd cost $3.00 and $3,50, an offering of unusual interest to women with a small foot; which we know you'll not be able to find at any other store. They come in all styles and leathers, hand turned and goodyear welt, flexible sewed soles, high and low heels, standard $3.00 and $3.50 values but in the above CI L( sizes, only for Friday - - - - - - Misses and Children's Black Jersey Leggins with nice warm fleece lining, sizes 11 to 2 - 48c, sizes 3 to 10 38c Mens and Womens bath room slippers made of fancy toweling with carpet soles all sizes fully worth $1 special 48c Ladies Black 6-button gaiters in all sizes while they 'JZy last - - - - - - - - OC theI) DAYLIGHT STORE m I.I 3 I I ' Ml employment by the management, the result being that the work in the preparation for the buildings for the Corn Exposition was done by non union men. In view of these facts we consider that an injustice has been done to organized labor by the management of the Corn Exposition, and that the same is unfair to us. All friends of laboring men will please bear this in mind. Yours for justice, By the CARPENTERS DISTRICT COUNCIL. SLIGHTLY SARCASTIC. A Little Roast Delicately Handed Our Mighty Teddy. A certain Bwana Tumbo, very suc cessful as a hunter of big game in the Uganda regions of Africa, who had re peatedly posed in front of the camera beside the bodies of numerous lions that he had shot, so that pictures could be taken and forwarded for re production in the home magazines, had a new experience recently. The pho tographer who accompanied him, and whose duty it was to take these snap shots, was dozing In his kraal one day during the absence of his chief, when he was suddenly brought to his senses, and the door, by loud shouts In the immediate distance. Looking out he saw his chief rushing toward him with his hat gone, and close be hind him and gaining upon him with mighty bounds, was a full-grown Hon. The photographer gazed spellbound at the strange and exciting picture. His chief, perceiving him, shouted: "Quick, quick! Open the door, George! I'm bringing him home alive!" Ma chinists' Monthly Journal. AN OMAHA DECISION. The barber business is not common labor and may be carried on on Sun day under the provisions of the law that forbids "coiumtin labor," -decides Police Judge Crawford of Om aha. He therefore dismissed the cases brought by D. M. Copas, barber, and chairman of the barbers' Sunday clos ing committee, against fifteen other members of the same calling. Johnny Reagan, attorney for the, accused bar bers, set up the defense that barbers could not be amenable under this law, as theirs was a profession. While Crawford did not use the word "pro fession," he took this general view of the case, maintaining that the su preme court had never ruled that bar bering was common labor. IN BROKEN BOW. W. H. Carson, a member of Lincoln Typographical Union, is now con nected with the Republican at Broken Bow, Neb. Carson is a good printer and a newspaper man of many years' experience, and he is capable of giv ing good service to the owners of the Republican. Here's hoping. AMONG THE PRINTERS. The Journal job room chapel held a meeting Monday evening, at wMch time Chairman C. J. Leonard was re elected. At the same time a motion was carried Imposing a fee of fifteen cents per month per member to pay the chairman for his services. GREGORY, The Tailor Knows how to dress you up and has the finest line of fall and winter goods in the city. , : : : : : : : : Pressing a Specialty Your Business Solicited FORMERLY A UNIOIT MAN LEON E. CLDFFOTO PIANO TUNER WITH PRESCOTT MUSIC CO. UNION-MADE PIANOS Artistic and High-Qrade Let Ted Dye for You. 235 N. Bell FI609 or clean, repair and press your clothes Uth Street E. V. MAPQINPP Cleaner - Presser - Hatter Auto 4876 Special Equipment' for Ladies'.Wear