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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1909)
Farmers & oMezchants Bank ADE IN LINCOLN LINCOLN MONEY EFT IN LINCOLN DE BY FRIENDS EAD0 UBEBT? 'Mm f No better flour sold on the Lincoln market. Every sack warranted. We want the trade of Union men and women, and we aim to deserve it. If your grocer does not handle Liberty Flour, 'phone us and we will attend to it. Ask your neighbor how she likes Liberty Flour. . We rely on the recommendation of those who use it. H. 0. BARBER S SON IC-0tfOOCJeOOQ O O SJ000e000C0 GREEN GABL. E S 8. R J Foi non-contagious cnropie diseases. Largest, & ft The Dr. Benj. F. Baily Sanatorium Lincoln, Nebraska lest equipped, most beautifully furnished.- ,;KfrO000000 O O 00000000000000 p & ( r There is a Reason For Every Thing The reason we can make you a Suit or O'coat for to your order and measurements is that WE OWN and operate our own mills. We have a beau tiful line of Fall and Winter Woolens. We extend an invita- tion to YOU. As to the style you can DECIDE THAT. We take your measurements and positively guarantee to fit OR NO PAY. Everv garment is tailored bv Ex- y I perienced Union Tailors. SCOTCH WOOLEN MILLS "133 South 13th Street j. ri. iv.icMUL.JL.raN, manager. All orders placed before the 16th can be had for Christmas. NEBRASKA'S SELECT HARD-WHEAT FLOUR Wilbur and DeWitt Mills THE CELEARATED LITTLE HATCHET FLOVfi RYfc FLOVfi A SPECIALTY Boa hoerJ!to ,49 1 SOUTH 9TH, LINCOLN, NEB. oooooeoeodo09o3&3 Your Cigars Should Bear This Label.. $ . union-mam ugars. It is insurance against sweat shop and tenement goods, and against disease. . . . oo WORLD Indianapolis, Ind. It is possible ' that an effort will be made to have re moved to this city the national head quarters of the Brotherhood of Paint ters. Paper Hangers and Decorators of America. At present the headquar ters are in Lafayette, Ind., but it is regarded as probable that at the ap proaching convention of the organiza tion an effort will be made to capture the headquarters for Indianapolis. There are at present in this city the international headquarters of the miners, the carpenters and joiners, the teamsters, the bargers, the typograph ical union, the bricklayers and masons and the bridge and structural iron workers. Indianapolis, Ind. Notices have been sent out from national head quarters in this city of the Bricklay ers' and Masons' International union of the forty-second convention of the organization, which will be held in Boston beginning January 10. The rules governing the election of dele gates, deputies and alternates are set forth at some length in the notices, and the hope is expressed that each local union of the international will be represented at the convention by at least one delegate. Cincinnati. About the most impor tant questions to be handled by the forthcoming convention of the paint ers, decorators and paperhangers, here, will be that of the establish ment of a" home or old-age pension, or both ; whether they shall increase ex isting benefits or add new ones; whether it would be expedient to es tablish a national sick benefit, or a fixed strike benefit. New York. The necktie workers of New York, most of them girls hardly past school age, to the number of 5,000, went on strike recently, having demanded a ten-hour day, sanitary shops and an increase of two cents on each dozen ties for each class of help. Most of the neckties of the country are made in New York, and it takes quite a number of workers to make one tie. Salisbury, N. C One hundred and fifty machinists and 30 apprentices walked out of the Southern railway shops at Spencer. The strikers con tend that the foreman of the round house is unnecessarily severe, and after presenting their grievances to the officials and insisting upon his dis charge without a satisfactory answer, .walked out. Pittsburg, Pa. Puddlers of the Re public Iron and Steel Company are to receive increased pay for December and the remainder of November. The scale will be based on a $1.40 card. It will net puddlers $5.50 per ton in comparison with the last rates of $5.37 Vi. Finishers will receive an ad vance of one per cent, during the next ten months. London, Eng. The Railway Clerks' association, an important trade union organization of the clerical workers of British railways, has decided to affili ate with the Labor party by a majori ty of moire than three thousand. At the previous biennial periods 1907 and 1905 the clerks voted against joining the Labor party. New York. A report issued from the executive board of the United Brewery Workers of the United States shows that there are under the juris diction of the general body 45,233 members, distributed in 36G locals and 167 branches. Boston. John Philip Sousa has vol unteered his services to again lead the monster band at the annual con cert of Boston Musicians' Protective Union 9, A. F. of L., February 6. i Four hundred members of Boston Musicians' union will form the concert band. Boston. Boston branch of the Amal gamated Society of Engineers has voted to co-operate in every way in the organizing work of Boston machin ists' lodge 264 and its intention to ask for a general 20 per cent, wage in crease for all men on May 1 next. Washington. Report comes from Australia that the striKe of the coal miners there has practically stopped the shipment of wool to the market points, the' railroads refusing wool shipments owing to the congested con ditions on their lines. Cleveland. O. Frank Krug, .presi dent of the local Iron Molders union, died from a bullet wound in his head. He was waylaid and shot outside a Su perior avenue saloon. The pclice say they know who shot him. Krug leaves a wife and three children. Concord, Mass. Bi&hop Parker, in an address at the annual convention of the Episcopal diocese here, declared that low wages, especially to women, was the greatest cause of crime. New York. The striking pie makers of New York are carrying on their war for better wages and working con ditions by means of a co-operative bakery which is meeting with consid erable success. . - Barre, Vt. The Granite Manufac turing association has locked out 5,000 men because 150 cutters refused to use the pneumatic hand surfacer, a new machine which the workers say raises too much dust for their health. ' Boston. The annual state conven tion of the Steam Engineers' unions of Massachusetts will be held Decem ber 12. Pittsburg, Pa. Because western In dustrial centers have stolen 10,000 coke workers, a raise of between 15 and 16 per cent, in wages for the year 1910 for 30,000 workers of the H. C. Flick Coke Company, fuel end of the Steel Corporation, is announced. The need of a full quota of men in the coke region is apparent now, as the coke concern cannot make all the coke it needs to fill orders of the cor poration mills, and blast furnaces. The high price of coke for the com ing year has made this raise possible the scarcity of men makes it im perative. At least 50,000 men will be affected by the raise by January 1, as the Independent concerns making coke will be forced also to grant the advance in wages, and another 20,000 will be thus helped. Wilkesbarre, Pa. The general com mittee of the Railroad Switchmen's union met in this city. It was an nounced that request for better wages and conditions would be made on all roads operating in Pennsylvania and New York. Private information re ceived in Boston would indicate that the switchmen have decided to co operate with the engineers, firemen, conductors and trainmen in the gen eral request for a wage Increase and equalization of hours on May 1. The system boards of the several brother hoods of the local roads are beginning to gather to discuss the requests of each. The requests will be submitted to the management before Decem ber 15. Chicago. A demand for a wage in crease was made by locomotive fire men and trainmen on 42 railroad sys tems west of Chicago. Advances rang ing from 20 to 40 per cent, are in cluded in demands of members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Brotherhood of Railway Train men. Rumors of the concerted action on the part of the employes of the western roads had been afloat for some time, but nothing definite has been given out by union officials. Equal reticence has been manifested by railroad officials. At present only roads west of Chicago are affected. Toronto, Ont. After unanimously re-electing Mr. Samuel Gompers pres ident, Mr. John Mitchell vice-president and Mr. Frank Morrison secre tary, and other executive officers, and selecting St. Louis as the place for holding the next meeting, the twenty ninth annual convention of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, which was in session here for two weeks, ad journed. Shouts of approval and vo ciferous cheering greeted the re-election of the officers. New York. Some machinists are said to have withdrawn from the In ternational Association of Machinists and formed themselves into a new In ternational union, to be known as the Brotherhood of Machinists. The in surrection is said to have been caused by the Denver convention very prop erly refusing to seat delegates from New York locals in bad standing from various causes. Boston. Edward J. Duffy of Chica go, general organizer of the plumb ers, gas and steamfitters ; W, H. Pom eroy of Chicago, former International vice-president of the bartenders, and Rudolph Modest of New York, general organizer of the A. F. of L., and of the Meat Cutters and Butcher Work men's union, were among the official visitors to Boston unions within the last few days. Toronto, Canada. At the recent convention of the Amalgamated Steel and Electric Railway Employes' union, President William D. Mahen was re elected president without opposition. The convention voted to raise his sal ary to $5,000 a year, which makes him about the highest salaried executive in the labor movement of this country. Pittsburg, Pa. Machinists' interna tional has submitted to the subordi nate lodges a proposition to create a superannuated feature, so that a mem ber who has attained the age of 65 and has been in good standing for a stated period shall receive $500. This wlil be decided, by referendum vote. Portland, Me. The Machinists' lodges of New England have joined in a request that the international send to New England additional organizers so as to absolutely organize the craft for the general demand for a wage in crease of 20 per cent., to take effect on May 1 of next year. Boston. The textile unions of the state are considering a plan for meet ings of representatives in Boston dur ing the session of the legislature, to discuss the progress being made on matters desired enacted into law, and also general trade matters. Boston. An official effort for the erection of a monument over the grave of the late Frank B. Monaghan of this city as a tribute to his work from the entire membership of the International Union of Steam Engin eers of the United States and Canada was begun recently. New York. National politics is again about to make its appearance In the Journeymen Tailors' union. On December 13 all of the lodges in the United States will vote for a general secretary and general treasurer, two of the most active and remunerative offices in the organization. Established 1 901 l5th a"d Ss' V This proves your friendship. Deposits under call of Nov. 27, 1908, 1142,183.02 Deposits under call of Nov, 16, 1909, 8186,460.11 A gain of 31 per cent. We thank you. We invite every reader of this paper to call. You will like our Bank. Open Saiurdav E-oenings 6 to 8. THE EAS7 O STREET VANK I H W0RKERS UNIOrl n I I UNIOp STAMP I j i J3gtorylo. 8 1 Named Shoes are Often Made in Non-union Factories. DO NOT BUY ANY SHOE no matter tohat its name un less it bears a plain and read able impression of this Union Stamp. All Shoes toithout the Union Stamp are Altcays Non-Union Do not accept any excuse for the absence of the UNION STAMP. BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNION 246 Sumner St., Boston, Mass: John F. Tobin. Pres. Chas. L. Raina fWi..Trn $ " ' . fj ooo!;aoaoffiOffiooooooooooooooo pffiOOffi000Offi000 O O O000000000 9 First Trust II Savings Bank g o Owned by Stockholders of the First National Bank3 9 THE ''BANK FOR THE WAGE-EARNER INTEREST PAID AT FOUR PER CENT I Tenth and O Streets Lincoln, Nebraska O0000000000000000000000000 The Long Winter Nights May be made bright and cheerful by illuminating the home with either Gas or Electricity. And the disposition of the housewife may be sweetened by relieving her of the drudgery of filling "smelly" kerosene lamps and cleaning smoky chimneys. Nothing is so well calculated to make home happy as bright lights and cheerful dispositions. We will furnish the illumination and the cheerful dis positions will follow as a natural result. H It's a Question of Cost Let us prove to you -as we can that it is cheaper, more convenient and far better to illu minate with gas or electricity than it is to illumin ate with kerosene amps. Counting cost of kerosene and chimneys, to say nothing of the drudgery connected therewith-it costs no more to use gas or electricity. And as for the results -dollar for dollar you get immensely more and better light-always ready, no cleaning, no break ageby using our illuminants. Equipping a Modern Kitchen Mr. Mechanic, you insist upon having the best and most up-to-date tools. Why deny your good wife the same conveniences for her trade. If you think hocsewifery is not a trade, just try it. Equip the kitchen with labor saving devices -first a gas range, then electric irons, toasters, etc. Come in and let us show you a jf ew things. Lincoln Gas and Electric Light Co. OPE N E VENINGS ,c3
