TYPOGRAPHICAL TIPS
We aire at Yomf Service
SECRETARY F. H. HEBBARO
Typographical Union
The state printing board will let
contracts tor several thousand dollars'
worth of state printing next month.
The contracts will Include the reports
of vnrious depariinents and the ses
sion laws of the next legislature. The
requisitions of the various depart
ments are supposed to be in the hands
of Secretary Thomas April 10.
Heretofore the contract for printing
the session laws has been given after
the legislature As a result the ses
sion laws have been available several
month!; after everybody had lost in
terest in then1.. By letting the con
tract before the session, it is expected
that the printer will put the laws in
type as fast as they reach the office
of the secrcTHiy of state and that the
beck c;in be issued within a com
paratively short time after the close
of the session.
This notice puts it up to the proper
authorities to get busy and see if it is
not possible to stop this "phat" work
from going to non-union shops filled
with incompetents. A lot of mission
ary work among the state officials
whose duty It -is to prepare the copy
for these state publications might help
a lot.
Charley Fear of Joplin, candidate
for delegate to the American Federa
tion of Labor, is pushing his candidacy
with vigor and Is meeting with great
encouragement. If the rank and file
really wants to be represented in the
councils' of the A. F. of L., It ought
to get behind the candidacy of Fear
and DeXedry. Both of them are work
ers in the ranks. They are opposed
to further centralization. They are
both committed to a more equitable
representation of the rank and file in
both the A. P. of L. councils and the
ERSTINE KING
Typographical Union
councils of the I. T. U. Neither one
Is the mere "echo" of any administra
tion official, but both have convictions
of their own and do not hesiiate to
express them. Both of them are well
known to western printerdem and
ought to receive hearty support in this
section and in all sections.
(Joke!)
The New Century shop will soon be
located in the new Pythian Temple,
where it will have light, commc2-.ous
quarters. The change is made to bet
ter sevve some of the shop's largest
customers. The W'cods-Hebbard lino
tyre, it is said, will be installed in
the New Century shop when it
changes its location.
Fred ihiingcr's aged faiher is still
very low, with small chances of recov
ery. His illness is due to che weak
ness of advanced age.
Col. Pine says: "I actually have
bought three new suits of clothes and
a new overcoat during the last twelve
months." Now ask Col. Pine the rea
son why.
We know of a country position for
a good, capable all-'round printer;
twelve bones a week, nine hcurs a
day. Now, don't all come at once or
you'll bust up the office furniture.
Somebody advertises in the West
ern Publisher, official organ of the
Western Newspaper Union, for a first
class non-union linotype machinist
operator who is also good on display
ads and can operate a cylinder press.
The wage offered is $15 a week. It
required a riot gun and a platoon of
police to keep Lincoln linotype oper
ators from deserting their $21-a-week,
seven-and-a-half-hour jobs and taking
up this remarkably generous offer.
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CORNELL ENGRAVING CO. CHAPEL
Lincoln, Neb.
THE UNION MUSICIANS
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WILLIAM QUICK
Musicians' Union
Every arrangement has been com
pleted for the annual ball and concert
of the Musicians' Union, which will
be held at the Auditorium on March
29. Governor and Mrs. Shallenbersrer
and General and Mrs. Hartigan will
lead the grand march, which will be
gin at 9:30, immediately after the
great concert program has been com
pleted. The concert by a band of
forty pieces under the direction of
Professor Hagenow will .be a fine
musical treat deserving of the patron-
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Y E WANT the working people of Lincoln and vicinity to know that it is a
V pleasure for us to serve them. We want you to think of our store as your
headquarters. We are constantly on the lookout for bargains to offer you, so
that you will have a better opportunity not only to make both ends meet, but to make
them lap over a little. We want you to come in and see the goods priced below, and we
know that you'll agree with us that they are great values. Come in and let's get ac
quainted anyhow. No trouble to show goods, and you are under no obligation to buy.
We Close Promptly at 6:00 p. m.
In tho Shoe Department
Ask for our $0.15 heavy tan work
Shoe, with which we give you a written
guarantee for six months. In fact we
rmsirjiTit.fi a pvptv nnir nf slmpis wo sell.
v and will sew them if thev rin.
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Big lot of men's black and tan work shoes $3.00
for $1.98
Big lot men's dress shoes, all sizes $2.00 and
$2.50 values for $1.49
Big lot men's patent leather box calf and vici
kid shoes $2.50 values for $1.98
Big lot men's high-grade patent and velour leath
er shoes $3.50 and $4.00 values $2.98
Lot of men' stan and black oxfords $3.50 to $4.00
values for 1 $2.39
Lot of men's oxfords for ' $ .98
Lot of ladies' tan and black oxfords, $2.50 to
$3.50 value for.... $1.49
Lot of ladies' tan and black oxfords, all sizes
$3.00 to $4.00 values for .' $1.89
Lot of ladies', all sizes for $ .98
Lot ladies' high grade shoes, $3.00 and $3.50
values at $1.98
Lot misses' shoes 11$ to 2, $1.75 values for $1.39
Lot of misses' and children's shoes, tan and blajk
oxfords for . . . , $ .98
Lot of misses' and children's tan and black ox
fords $2.00 values at ... $1.49
flen's Furnishings
We carry a full line of Men's Furnishings
Men's 50c work shirts , .39c
75c dress shirts 1 49c
Overalls, values from 05c to $1, now. ........... .49c
Boys' overalls for 25c
Summer underwear, $1 union suits for 69c
Two-piece underwear, per garment 27c
Porosknit union suits Si suits for 69c
A few boys' suits left, sizes 12 to 10, at . .98c
Big discount on all work gloves. .
A complete assortment of men's hose at prices that
will please.
It will Pay You to Visit our Furniture Department
THE GRAND DRY GOODS COMPANY
Successors to SutterHenry Co. Corner Tenth and P Streets
at the Cincinnati convention.
The musicians of Fremont have or
ganized with every prospect of having
a strong, influential organization. W.
T. Pinney was in Fremont several
weeks ago and while there sowed
some good seed which has since grown
and ripened.
Professor Hagenow is confident that
band concerts will be even more fre
quent this summer than last. He has
not yet undertaken the task of raising
the money necessary, but says a num
ber of business and professional men
have voluntarily offered to give, and
give more liberally than last year.
The local will meet at the Labor
Temple next Sunday morning at 10
o clock. Business of importance js
slated for transaction and all members
are requested to be present.
Having moved over to the Labor
Temple, the members of the local are
feeling good about it. And it is un
necessary to' say that the Temple
management rejoices over it.
YOU'RE ANOTHER.
ALBERT J. BRUSE
Musicians' Union
age of every lover of fine music. The
dance music will be furnished by an
orchestra of fourteen pieces, and the
committee guarantees that the danc
ing floor will be in the pink of condi
t'on. Tickets are on sale at the Labor
Temple.
The annual convention of the Musi
cians will be held at Cincinnati during
the week of May 9. The , Lincoln
local was represented .at the ".conven
tion last ear, and ihwe-' awe- some
aspiring candidates for representative
Called by Telephone and You Were
Not on Deck.
Will Maupin, editor of the Wage
worker at Lincoln and Labor Commis
sioner for the state of Nebraska, was
in the city the early part of this week
attending the "Ad Men's convention."
He was a caller at the Unionist sanc
tum nit. But we're glad to hear that
he was a visitor to the city anyway.
Des Moines, la.. Unionist.
Did, too. Made the call by 'phone,
and you were not there. Leave it to
Larry Pouchot. He undertook to take
us around to three or four appoint
ments behind his fiery Arabian steed,
promising to get us back in time to
call in person. Guess you've ridden
behind the aforesaid A. s. Didn't get
back in time to eat before taking the
train for home, and even then we'd
have missed the Rocky Island train if
the thing hadn't been about two
hours late, as usual. If this apology
and explanation will not suffice, we'll
try it over.
PRINTERS JUBILANT.
Oklahoma, printers are jubilant over
the new state printer bill, passed at
the present session of the legislature.
This act requires candidates to have
at least eight years' experience as a
journeyman printer, and the term
"journeyman printer" is defined as a
printer who-oas served an aprentice
sbip of at "least four years.
A UNION MADE BUNCH
THE LEATHERWORKERS
Talk about quiet strikes, that of
the Leatherworkers on Horse Goods
is it. Last Monday morning every
union leatherworker in Lincoln de
clined to go to work, the employers
having refused to grant the eight-hour
day. About sixty men are out. The
employers say they will never yield
because they can not and keep going.
The union men simply say nothing and
refuse to consider anything but the
eight-hour day at a 15 per cent in
crease in piece work.
A special meeting of the Lincoln
local was called at the Labor Temple
last Monday evening, but compara
tively few members put in an appear
ance and no business was transacted.
Harpham Bros, declare that they have j
simply gone out of the manufacturing
business, and that so far as they are
concerned the matter is ended. But
at the same time it is noticeable that
the firm members have not announced
their withdrawal from the manufac
turers' organization. The manufac
turers have a union of their own which
is strictly "closed shop," but at the
same time they insist on the "open
shop" so far as the workmen are concerned.
The strike of Leatherworkers on
Horse Goods was general all over the
country. There are perhaps 200 men
out in Omaha and double that number
in Kansas City. The strike order was
obeyed in all cases. The headquarters
of the Brotherhood is in Kansas City.
PRESSMEN & ASSISTANTS
A peculiar and fatal accident oc
curred in the press room of the Nor
folk News last Monday afternoon. The
News press is a flat bed perfecting
press. Frank Kayl, the pressman in
charge, stopped the machine and
crawled under to make some minor
repairs. In some way the belt shifted
from the "lazy wheel" and as the
motor was going full speed the press
suddenly started, catching Kayl's head
and crushing It almost to a pulp. He
lived but a few minutes after being
extricated. Kayl was twenty-eight
years of age and unmarried. It is not
and the local is growing In strength
daily.
The Pressmen are rejoicing over
their international representative,
Charles B. Cronley, coming to Lincoln
the 26th to take up their case and see
if he can not settle it favorably to all
parties. The Pressmen have done all
they could along these lines and the
International has decided to come and
bring the artillery and hospital. Mr.
Cronley has done a great deal for the
International lately and fias a reputa
tion of being very brief. It was the
fight of the Pressmen on the famous
Werner Co. of Akron, Ohio, that
busted them and through them the
Second National Bank of Cleveland,
Ohio.
JOHN A. MAGUIRE
Congressman from First District of
Nebraska.
No. 153.
known in Lincoln pressmen's circles
whether or not he was a member of
the union. ,
Jess Mickel flew through town last
Monday en route to Harvard for a
visit with the wife and kiddies. He
will return to the City of Mexico in
about ten days and finish up his fifth
year of "peonage." He has charge of
the presses in the biggest .daily news
paper shop in the Mexican republic.
The local union is preparing a new
scale and trade agreement and ex
pects to open up negotiations in a
short time. A lot of new ' glngei' has
been injected into the membership,
SOUNDS LIKE A ROAST.
Labor Commissioner Fletcher is out
with a knock on the employers liabil
ity law. He is also reported as saying
that working-men would deliberately
cripple themselves In order to secure
damages from their employers. "The
workingman would rather be crippled
than poor,", says this politician. Tet
it is just such fellows as Fletcher that
are kept in office to see that the labor
ingmen of the state get a square deal.
What Michigan's labor commissioner
don't know about the workingman and
his wants would make an encyclopedia
of the 45 volume variety. He Is placed
in office to play the game of politics,
and he is doing it to a nicety. Lan
sing Square Deal.
The employing pape'rhaogera of Buf
falo have '"granted 'anadvance of 10
rer cent in wages.