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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1910)
Phones Bell 936 Auto 1528 Week Starting January 2Ath Arthur Dunn & Marie Glazier Frank Tinney Howard's Musical Shetlands Constant Arkansas Witt's airls From Melody Lane . Mankin Mildred Morris & Co. Matinee at 2:30 15c and 25c Evening at 8:30 J5c, 25c, 35c, 50c RECTOR'S White Pine (ou$h Syrup la a quick and positive remedy for all coughs. It stops coughing spells at nlsht, relieves the soreness, sooths the irritated membrane and stops the tickling. It is an ideal preparation for chil dren, aa it contains no harmful ano dynes or narcotics. 25c per bottle. RECTOR'S 12th and O streets. Lincoln Printing Co. 124 South Eleventh Auto. Phone 8062 Will Suve You Money on Any Kind of Printing Cull us. DR. GHAS.YUNGBLUT DENTIST ROOM 202, BURR BLK. AUTO H41 DELL. (KM. LINCOLN, NEB. Wage workers, Attention AVe have Money to Loan on Chattels. Plenty of it, too. Utmost secrecy. , KELLY & NORRIS v I29 So. Ilth St. DISEASES OF WOMEN All rectal disease such as Piles, Fistulae, Fissure and Rec tal Ulcer treated scientifically and successfully. DR. J. R. HAGGARD, Specialist. Office, Richards Block. Herpolslieimei 's . . Cafe . . ft EST 25c MEALS IN THE CITY -T - " " 11 " V. limifch, Prop. MONEY LOANED on household goods, pianos, hor ses, etc.; long or short time, No charge for papers. No interest in advance. No publicity or til- -papers. We guarantee better terms than others make. Money Eaid immediately. COLUMBIA iOAN CO. 127 South 12th. - . - ! i ' ', v'' I : a mafrT r jj. J OFFICE OF Dr. R. L. BENTLEY . SPECIALIST CHILDREN Office Hours 1 to 4 p. m. IHBee 2118 O St. Both Phom LINCOLN. NEBRASKA CARPENTERS After a long siesta which is a Greaser word meaning somnolence the local Carpenters' Union No. 1055, has wakened up, and there is some thing doing in carpenter circles. An active propaganda for membership is being waged, with the result that applications are coming in every day. The nrenarations . for the big "open meeting" on February 7 are progres sing at a lively rate, and on that date there will be some mighty , lively do ings at the Temple. While there will be some "speechifying" on that occa Kion the talkfest end of the program will be short and to the point. Men vrhn can sav a lot about unionism in a very few words will speak, and there will be several amusement stunts, re freshments, etc. Just as fast as the hustling committee can get hold of the names of non-union carpenters person al invitations to attend the open meet ing are being mailed them, and then comes a follow-up system of personal rails for the purpose of extending a cordial invitation than can be' extend ed in cold type. If you know any non union carpenters just report the name to any union carpenter you may hap pen to meet. "Billy" Emberson is again a member of 1055 and Just as "pestiferous" as ever. He came back on transfer from Denver. The Wageworker man ran across "Dad" Callahan the other day and was mighty glad to see him. The Wage- ELECTRICAL The Lincoln local has a committee at work on a new agreement and scale, and the committee is working quietly but effectively. . There is nothing to give out at this time. Work continues fairly good, and shows signs qt improv ing as the weather moderates. The electrical workers of El Paso, Texas, have won their strike. They THE BRICKLAYERS & MASONS The thawing weather the flrstof the week was not overlooked by the brick layers. They took advantage of it and rushed work on a number of Jobs that were left, uncompleted' when the coid snap struck this section of the moral vineyard. All the men that could be used to advantage were put on the scaffolds ,and as a result two new buildings on East O street were rushed up in record time. Several other and THE PAINTERS v The Brotherhood of Painters, Decor ators and Paperhangers is now the third largest union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and the second largest in the organization of building trades. George B. Helrick, of Albany, N. Y., is the newly elected president of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers. The big, Job of remodeling at the THE OPERATIVE PLASTERERS The Plasterers' Union of Lincoln is now permanently organized and offi cered, and formal application for a char ter has been sent to the international officers. The permanent organization was effected at the Labor Temple Mon day evening, at which time D. W. Bay less was elected president and George Wright secretary. There are eighteen names on the charter list, and before the charter arrives it is expected that this number of members will have been increased to upwards of twenty five. BUILDING LABORERS. Will Make an Effort to Revive the Or ganization In Lincoln. Lincoln used to have a livei organi zation of 'building laborers, but owing to internal troubles in the internation al it petered out. These international troubles have all been healed, how ever, and now the local building labor ers are getting ready to get buck into the game. With this end in view a call has been issued for a meeting of hod carriers and building laborers at the Labor Temple next Monday even ing, at which time preliminary steps looking towards organization will bo taken. If the building laborers succeed in organizing this will conclude the thor ugh organization of the building trades carpeuters, bricklayers, plumbers, painters, electrical workers, plasterers, ! & JOINERS worker man and "Dad" became ac quainted in Kearney during the boom days of that little city, and the ac quaintance has been a most pleasant one ever since. Carpenters who may want to sub scribe for The Wageworker and all of, them ought to be subscribers may leave their names, addresses and mon ey with Manager Kudy at the Temple. The Carpenters' Union of Minneapo lis claims to be the largest trades union west of Chicago. Stay away, from Salt Lake City. The city is overrun with, carpenters and the situation is growing worse every day. Until recently there were five locals of Carpenters in San Antonio, Texas. Recently two united, leaving three in the field. They either have that town wonderfully well organized or a lot of jealously among the craftsmen. Which? A. J. Conkhite, ex-business agent of the Cedar Rapids, la., Carpenters' Union, has been arrested on the charge of embezzling several hundred dollars belonging to the union. , r 7 Council Bluffs carpenters who have been employed on the new C. & N. W. round house in that city, have had their wages cut 5 cents per hour. How ever, they get the scale after the cut. April 1. 45 cents and the Saturday half-holiday will be enjoyed by Coun cil Bluffs carpenters. They are well organized. See! WORKERS were out but a few days. They will hereafter work eight hours a day and receive $4. The electrical workers of St. Paul. Minn., are having a revival. The char ter has been opened until February 1 and new men are coming in rapidly. After February 1 the Initiation fee will be $15. smaller jobs were pushed to comple tion as far as the trick work was con cerned. ' International Treasurer Bowen re ports that he now has on hands in the strong box of the organization the tidy sum of $325,000. Charles Kyle of Ev erett, Mass., aged 92 and a member of the Bricklayers' Union since its or- gabization in 1854, was an honored guest of the international at its re cent convention. & DECORATORS Lindell hotel is responsible in large measure for the unusually good situa tion in Liucoln for this time of the year. That job furnishes employment for a large number of the local union's members. " It has been some time since the painters were represented by a full delegation to the C. L. U., and it is to be hoped that hereafter the record will be changed. At the meeting next Monday even ing a full list of officers will be elected and the new union put into shape to get into the union game. At the meet ing last Monday evening President Coffey of the State Federation, T. W. Parker, president of the Central La bor Union, and others spoke briefly and congratulated the operative plasterers on their having organized. The meet ing was enthusiastic, and the new union starts off with every prospect of being a big factor in the work of unionism in this community. lathers, building laborers. The teams ters might propel ly be included under this heading. The next step taken, and taken speedily, should be the .organi zation of a live building trades council. A MIGHTY GOOD IDEA. Now Proposed to Have Sunday Educa tional Meetings at Temple. What The. Wageworker considers a mighty good plan is now under discus-' sion, with every likelihood that it will be put into effect. It is to have a series of Sunday afternoon meetings at the Labor Temple, at which time speakers of ability will deliver ad dresses on topics of an educational na ture along industrial lines. The mat ter is being discussed in all its phases, and the idea Is meeting with approval. Several well known friends of organi zed labor have already agreed to speak on topics suggested to them. If the plans are carried out "Church and La bor" will be discussed by a well known Lincoln minister and a. well known lay man. Professor Howard of the state university w?ll be asked to speak on "direct Legislation," and a prominent physicianwill be invited to speak on the subject of "Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis." The subject of "Need ed Labor Legislation' will also be one of the subjects discussed. There is no doubt that such a series of meetings would be profitable and attract good-sized audiences of union men. It is to be hoped that the idea will be put into practice. GENERAL MENTION. i Brief Bits of News Picked and Pilfered ' From Manywhere., Plumbers in Charleston, W. Va., have organized. Prospects bright. The old age pension fund of the In ternational Typographical Union has risen to $218,000. "Popular Mechanics" that cater to the iron industry, is printed under non union conditions. Every employe of the Citizens': Tel ephone company at Havana, 111., struck for higher wages. Brotherhood of Operative Potters have purchased a $6,500 lot in East Liverpool, Ohio, on which to erect a building for the brotherhood officials. Shirtwaist makers and pressers in Cleveland are getting organized as they never were before, despite the efforts of the manufacturers to pre vent it. i The Gleaners, a farmers' organiza tion, at their convention held in Sag inaw, Mich., adopted resolutions fa voring parcels post and postal savings banks. 1 ! ' Gertrude E. Curtis of Bradford, Pa., is the first colored woman dentist. She passed the final examinations in the College of Dental Surgery in Philadel phia, The laborers on the railroads in and about Spokane are paid in time checks that are not payable for as long as sixty days. This creates a horde of grafters who shave the checks. A telegraphers' strike on the Big Four has been averted by an agree ment to arbitrate their differences. Ar bitration makes it way slowly, but it saves a heap of trouble wherever tried. In Denver girls are worked in the non-union laundries 12 to 16 hours a day for ten cents an hour. In Port land all the laundries are non-union and probably the girls are getting rich the same way. - . Four hundred men are out on strike at the Standard Steel Car Works in Hammond, Ind., because of the dis satisfaction with the wage-scale. Rivr eters and machinists are the trade: figuring in the strike. Taxicab chauffeurs and those of the sight- seeing automobiles, business houses and private families have per fected a union in Washington and will work under a charter of the Interna tional Brotherhood of Teamsters. . The struggle between the Western Federation of Miners and mine owners which started with the lockout at the Homestake mine near Lead, now in cludes 13 of the largest mining proper ties in the Black Hills. Eight hundred of the 1,200 quarry- men who struck in Amherst, Ohio., two weeks ago, because of a wintei1 wage cut, returned to work Monday, saying that the necessities of their families forced them to give in. The Keystone Coal & Coke Com pany, Irwin, Pa., says that because of the increased cost of Hying, etc., the 4,000 employes will receive 10 per cent increase. It is expected other mining companies will take similar ac tion. The proposition recently submitted to the Sailor's Union of the Pacific to extend further aid to the striking comrades on the Great Lakes was voted upon on the 10th inst., and adopted by practically unanimous vote. Let the good work go on. It is understood in Washington that an omnibus claims bill will be passed at this session of congress containing claims amounting to $30,000 which will go to the employes of the Brooklyn navy yard for overtime work per formed many years ago. Railway mail clerks waited on Sir Wilfred Laurier in Ottawa, Canada, and asked that the maximum be in creased from $1,200 to $1,500, and that a flat increase of $150 be granted all round as was given to the inside ser vice last year. They claimed that the mileage they received in addition to salary is all taken up in expenses on the road. The premier's reply was regarded as encouraging. A similar request was made last year. RAILWAY CARMEN PROSPERING, The report of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen for the quarter end ing December 31, 1909, shows an in crease of fifteen hundred in the mem bership. During that' period nine lodges were organized, and three more have been added since the first of the year. Five organizers are at work in different sections of the country and from present indications the coming year will be the most prosperous one in the history of the brotherhood. By the way, whatever has become of the carmen's union organized in Lincoln two or three years ago? It has been so long since it was heard from that there is a well founded suspicion that it is a dead one. TO AID CAPITAL AND LABOR. Washington. The international as sociation of government agencies deal ing with industrial disputes has been organized here representing more than half of the states of the union. Next year's meeting will be an international conference between capital and labor to which representatives of both classes will be credited. Frederick Lump, chairman of the Michigan state board of arbitration, was elected pres ident. ; . - O, EDGAR! When a man is close to his fiftieth birthday anniversary he is always gratified by receipt of words or other evidence from friends that they be lieve he is wearing his years grace fully, and that he has not outlived his nRFCOR Knows how to dress the finest line of fall in the city. : : Pressing a Specialty Working Men and Friends of Labor Hear , Clyde J. Wright State Secretary Socvilist Party on The Disgrace of Labor and The Dignity of Graft at A. O. U. W. HALL 1107 O STREET Sunday, Jan. 30 3:00 O'clock p.m. .) , . . - " ' Admission - - Free L y ric TH eatre Matinees Wed, ettici Sat. 2;3Q AN INNOCENT SINNER ' A Four Act Drama THE LYRIC STOCK COMPANY Evening 8:30; 15c, 25c and 35c. Matinee 15c and 25c r KOTVY O G OJ L, The best coal in the market for ; the money LUMP, EGG OR NUT $6.50 For Furnace, Heating Stove or Kitchen Range. Try' it. Bell 234 Auto 3338 Farmers and Merchants BanK 1 1 iiiHiiii.il-,, ... i ja W-sa sir Open Saturday evenings 6 to 8 usefulness. That's the way I felt last Friday night when I won the booby prize at the Bowers'-Schram five hun dred . party, receiving as reward a baby's . nursing bottle, loaded with fresh Jersey milk, and all ready for ac tion. I know several good men in that company who viewed with feelings of envy the compliment paid to a more competent companion. Edgar Howard in Columbus Telegram, GENERAL MENTION. Brief Bits of Newa Picked and Pilfered From ' Manywhere. The shirtwaist girls are being or ganized in Cleveland. . Brooklyn Rapid Transit company announces the adoption of a pension -plan to fool its poorly-paid employes: Lockout of the cloakmakers' union at the Fabian Cloak and Suit com pany in Cincinnati has been settled. Eugene Brais of Cleveland has been elected general secretary of the Jour neymen Tailors union over John B. Lennon. ' The Tailor you up and has and winter goods : : : : : : Your Business Solicited it ' - M A l 1 WHITEBREAST COAL CO. HOB O STREET THE BANK HABIT "I have been a wageearner, foreman, and employer. I have a thousand men on my pay roll at a time and I'll tell you this: The man with the "Bank Habit" is the one who never gets laid off, he's the one who can get along without you, but you cannot get along without bim." ELBERT" HUBBARD F. & M. bldg. 15th & O Sts.