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
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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.
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