TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
Nominees For Whom the Printerman
May Vote This Month.
Following are the nominations for in
, ter national and local officials from
which the members of Lincoln Typo
graphical Union No. 209 may mak's
their choice at the election to be held
. on May 18: . .
For President.
Lynch, James M., of Syracuse No. 55.
Reilly, William M., of Dallas, No. 173.
For First Vice-President.
Tracy, George A., of San Francisco
No. 21.
Oovan, Charles II., of New York, No. G.
For Secretary-Treasurer.
Hays, J. W., of Minneapolis No. 42.
Albrook, Robert C, of Denver No. 49.
For' Delegates to Federation of Labor
(Four to be Elected.)
Morrison, Frank, of Chicago No. 16.
Hayes, Max S., of Cleveland-No. 53.
Stevenson, Hugh, of Toronto No. 91.
McCullough, T. W., of Omaha, No. 190.
Perl-ins, Edgar, of Indianapolis No. 1.
De Nedrey, Sam, of Columbia No. 101.
Fear, Charles W., of Joplin, No. 350.
MacLean, Alexander, of Waterburv
No. 329.
For Trustees Union Printers Home
(Three to be elected.)
Powell, Michael, of Ottawa No. 102.
Daniel, V. W., of Nashville No. 20.
McKee, Walter II., of New York No. 6.
Fennessy, T. D., of Los Angeles No. 171.
McCafferty, Thomas, of Colorado
Springs, No. 82.
White, William J., of San Francisco No.
21.
Williams, L. S., of Annapolis No. 114.
For Agent Union Printers Home
Nichols, George I, of Baltimore No. 12.
Bastian, Charles W., of York No. 242.
Ilitehens, Ed. L., of Cincinnati No. 3.
The candidates nominated for local
offices are as follows:
For Delegate.
(Vote for one)
O. C. Jones. "
John Zurbriggen. ,
For Alernate.
II. T. Hood.
For President.
Henry Bingaman.
For Vice President.
II. C. Peate.
For Secretary-Treasurer.
F. II. Hebbard.
C. S. Iloyt.
For Recording Secretary.
' W. C. Moyer.
For Sergeant-at-Arm3.
J. O. Sayer.
For Exocutivce Committee.
(Vote for two.)
Fred Ihringer.
A. C. Roberts.
John Zurbriggen.
G. E. Locker.
Samuel Webster.
For Delegate C. L. U.
(Vote for three.)
II. C. Peate.
F. M. Coffey.
A. C. Roberts.
L. E. Williams.
Delegate Allied Trade3
(Vote for three.)
II. C. Peate.
James J. Bain.
O. C. Jones.
A. C. Roberts.
In mentioning candidates for the lo
cal executive offices last week we un
intentionally omitted the name of C. &
Iloyt, candidate for financial-secretary.
Brer Iloyt will please accept our apolo
gies. In the excitement over the labol
agitation the editor man neglected to
take down a list of candidates, and in
writing up the meeting he had to trust
to a somewhat treacherous memory.
The oversight was not intentional.
At the special meeting last Sunday
afternoon the local wiped both of the
"we won't patronize" resolutions from
the slatfi. That was all.
The Wageworker is in receipt of the
following letter from President Lync!,
which is gladly given a place in this de
pi'rtmtmt at this time:
Tndanapolis, Ind., May 9. To the
Ec1 itor of the Wageworker : In the be
lie I that your paper has endeavored 10
be fair in the present campaign for I.
T. U. officers, and knowing that yoa
would not intentionally print an un
truth, notwithstanding the statements
have appeared in The Wageworker, let
me say: .
George A. Tracy did not make his
recent trip at the expense of the Inter
national Typographical Union.
Superintendent Deacon is not making
his lecture. tour at the expense of tho
Intenational Typographical Union. The
expense is paid by the local unions d
siriug the lecture given in their juris
dictions. Vice President Tracy's difficulty
with the San Francisco Allied Printing
Trades Council was not caused by any
greivance that the Bookbinders had
against the vice president.
I know it is not possible to follow up
and nail all of the lies that have been
circulated about the I. T. U. officers in
this campaign, but it is a pleasure to
nail a few.
Fraternally,
JAMES M. LYNCH.
While cheerfully giving President
Lynch space in which to "nail a few
lies," we very much regret that he did
not take occasion to refer to several
other matters appearing in The Wage
worker at the same time. For instance,
the assertion that the general fund s
being depleted and the fact covered up
by carrying the old age pension and the
general fund together. We do not re
member charging that Tracy's diffi
culty with the San Francisco Allied
Printing Trades Council was caused by
any grievance that the bookbinders
had against the vice president. Without
taking the trouble to refer to the files
we believe the statement was mads
that the executive council withdrew
the printer delegates from the council
because the bookbinders showed that
their organization was not being given
a square deal. The grievance seems t
have been on the part of Tracy, who
resented having his actions criticised.
But be that as it may, if the rank and
file takes no more interest in the pres
ent campaign that the printer-editor
of this humble liyle labor paper, it
won't take long to count the votes for
international officers. About all w-j
are interested in is the election of Gov
an for vice-president, and De Nedry
and Fear for delegates to the A. F. of
L. We'll come out of this international
campaign without a single rent in oar
nether garment.
At the coming election the members
of No. 209 will vote "yes" or "no" on
the proposition to continue the local's
subscription to The Wageworker. Per
haps a word or two will be pardoned.
In the six years that The Wageworker
has been published the Typographical
Union has paid it about $450. Durinej
that time The Wageworker has paid
out considerably over $10,000, more
than 90 per cent of it going into tho
pockets of members of the Allied
Printing Trades. During that same per
iod of time the members of what now
constitutes The Wageworker chap-l
have paid into the union in the shape
of dues about 25 per cent as much as
the union has paid for The Wagework
er. We cheerfully acknowledge that
The Wageworker 's policy has not al
ways been acceptable to every member
of No. 209, and we are glad of it.
That fact is proof that The Wagework
er is not trying to carry water on both
shoulders. But as a financial proposi
tion The Wageworker insists that it
will pay No. 209 to continue its sub
scription, because for every dollar the
union pays for the paper, the pap ;r
will pay out twenty to printers and
their allied tradesmen. There are some
who do not like the editor and of that
number there are a few whose enmity
is rather to be courted than otherwise.
Some object to the expensb, and of that
number there are a few who are win
ing to accept all possible benefits at r.o
cost to themselves. The Wageworker
wants the union of its editor's and its
publisher's craft to stand by it, but
further than the above few remarks no
effort will be made to influence any
member either for or against.
"Printer's Memorial Day" will hi
observed this year as usual, on the last
Sunday of the present month. Tha
committee has not yet completed the
program, but it will include a memor
ial sermon at one of the down towu
city churches in the morning, and the
usual decoration services at the Typo
graphical Union Burial Plot in Wyukf.
in the afternoon. A special car will con
vey the printers and their wives to Wv
uka in the afternoon. Full details will
be given in the next issue.
men who are sacrjicing a lot of their
time to make the Labor Temple a
"go."
PRESSMEN AND ASSISTANTS.
THE MUSICIANS.
Some Little Notes About the "Uin
Pahs" and "Rata-a-Tats."
The national convention of the Amer
ican Federation of Musicians convened
in Cincinnati last Wednesday. The at
tendance is the largest in the history of
the organization.
Ex-Mayor Eugene Schmitz of San
Francisco has been reinstated in tho
Musicians' Union and is about to re
sume his 'former occupation as orches
tra leader. Schmitz was one of the cen
tral figures in the graft prosecutions,'
was convicted of extortion and sen
tenced to San Quentin, but is now out
on bail.
The closing of the Orpheum for thi
season throws six men out of steady
employment.
Park concerts are beginning. The
Lincoln Park concerts are proving pop
ular, and in due time the city park con
certs will offer employment. Capital
Beach will open up soon, and thr.t
means steady work for a number of
musicians.
Secretary Owen Miller of the nation
al organization is organizing an anti
prohibition society in St. Louis.
LABOR TEMPLE BENEFIT.
Lyric's Generous Offer Not Properly
Appreciated This Time.
The benefit proffered to the Labor
Temple by the Lyric management last
Monday night was not properly appre
ciated by the workers of the city. The
audience was only fair in size, taking
the occasion into consideration, and on.
well acquainted with the rank and file
of organized labor in this city had dif-.
ficulty in recognizing more than a doz
en or fifteen union acquaintances. The
Lyric company appeared in "Brown of
Harvard" and gave a highly pleasing
rendition of a very clever comedy.
The matinee benefit Wednesday af
ternoon was also poorly patronized by
organized labor. The two benefit pei'
formances netted the Labor Temple
about $50 which is about $150 less
than should have been realized. But
Manager Gorman and the members of
the company performed their part, and
they have the undivided thanks of the
Local Committee Now Has Charge of
the Situation Hereabouts.
Since the departure of Organizer
Crowley the local committee has beea
in charge of the situation, and without
any assistance whatever from the inter
national in the way of advice. The Ne
braska Printing Co., after wrestling
for a couple of years with "rat"
pressmen finally admitted that it was
a losing proposition, and last week
called back two of its former employes,
both out-and-out union men. One mem
ber of the local got as weak in the
knees as he was in the head and went
back to work, taking a job in the North
press room. But the rest of the bunc.i
is standing pat. One big office has dis
covered that it is the "goat" in the
whole "inner circle" deal, and as a re
sult a break, is looked for over there
before very long.
The Pressmen and Assistants have
been busy with label agitation for the
past two or three weeks, and as a re
sult a lot of beneficial work has bean
accomplished.
The officers of the International
Printing Pressmen's and Assistants'
Union are making satisfactory prog
ress in the work of establishing a sana
torium for sufferers from tuberculosis
and. a home for the superannuated. It
will be erected at Royerville, Hawkius
County, Tennessee, on a tract of 519
acres. This is one of the most beauti
ful situations in the Alleghany Moun
tains and has been famous as a health
resort for fifty years.
The new scale of wages of the Tren
ton, N. J. Pressmen's Union, which was
to become effective April fourth, has
been finally adjusted and all pressmen
will receive an advance of one dollar,
with back pay dating from April
fourth, and also an increase . in ' the
rate of overtime.
MINERS FIGHTING DRINK.
The United Mine .Workers at thjir .
international convention adopted a res
olution that "if any international dis
trict, subdistrict, or local union officer
be seen in a state of public intoxication
while on duty he shall upon conviction
be removed from said office at once by
the officers or union having proper jur
isdiction over Che officers.'' This dis
cipline was extended to any organizer,
agent or appointee in the employ or
working for any branch of the organiza
tion. At the Illinois state convention cf
miners its president, John H. Walker,
said: "I hate drink, and the liquor
sellers know I hate it." Survey.
A Lincoln Lot in Boulevard
Heights for only
ONE DOLLAR PER WEEK
The Big, New Addition southeast, high and sightly,
cornering with the City Park t 33 rd and A Streets,
then running north to D street and from 33 rd east to
37th street Fine view in every direction. One block
to band stand and Boulevard, 3 blocks south to car
line, city water 2 blocks, sewerage I block- Tract is
nicely laid out with graded streets that are lined with
Elm trees. Entire tract seeded down, a fine location
for home or investment Sold on the wonderful
easy terms of
$1.00 Down
$1.00 a Week
No Interest no Taxes, no payment required
during Illness. Who could ask for more?
Priced from $100.00 up. This is your chance.
The best Lots ever sold on these terms. Bring
your dollar and select your lot. too busy to
come during the day come in the evening. Free
transportation from our office.
Hall Land Company
118 No. Fourteenth St.
His Mission.
It was In tbe surgeon's reception
room, and the little man near the
door wlm bad been waiting for a half
bour or more began to Ret fidgety.
"I can't wait bere all day." be
growled.
"Waiting for an operation?" the
man nest to him sympathetically In
quired. "No." snapped the little man: "I'm
waiting to perform one."
The other man ma red at him.
"Are you a surgeou?" be asked.
"No." replied the little man. "I'm a
bill collector." -New York Journal.
What Ho Is Called.
A teacher iu one of tbe lower grade
schools was instructing a class in tbe
departments of tbe national govern
ment recently aud came tinally to tbe
customs department. "When an ocean
liner readies Philadelphia." said tbe
teacher. a man all dressed up In uni
form meets the passengers aud takes
all tbey have and Inspects It. Now.
cau any one In tbc class tell me what
that man is called?" A ready bund in
tbe lus.t row flew up. "Well. Tommy?"
"I'leuse. ma'am, he's called a pirate."
Argonaut.
The Dinner Horn.
Details In regard to tbe manner In
which meals were served during tb
dark ages do not abound. It is only
toward tbe twelfth century that w
begin to have a little light on this in
teresting subject. When a meal was
ready In tbe thirteenth century tbe
guests of a castle, wltb tbe vassals,
were assembled to tbe sound of a born,
a method of summoning that uppeurs
to have been tbe privilege only of tbe
greatest lords. Some hundreds ol
years later a bell was used for tbe
purpose.
SEEKING HAPPINESS.
All men seek happiness. To this
there is no exception. What dif
ferent means soever they employ, all
tend to this goal The reason some
men go to the wan and others avoid
them is but the same desire attend
ed in each with different views.
This is the motive of every action
of every man, even of him who
hangs himself. Pascal.
Fatso Hair In Elizabeth's Time. I
Queen Elizabeth bad eighty wigs In
ber collection, aud ber cousin. Mary,
queen of Scots, bad "as many s a
hundred." aud among the incongruous
presents made ber while confined a
prisoner in gloomy Locbleven previous
to ber being beheaded wigs were nu
merous, (ientiemen who particularly
wished to please tbelr lady friends pre
sented tbem wltb wigs of the latest
shade of hair aud newest style of coif
furing. Fancy a gentleman of today
presenting bis sweetheart the last idea
In back hair!
Early History of Rubber.
Rubber is first known to history as a
plaything. It was during Columbus'
second voyage that Herrera observed
that tbe Inhabitants of Haiti played a
game with balls "made of tbe gum of
a tree." ISreu as early as tbe begin
uiug of tbe seventeenth century, how
ever, tbe Spun lards used rubber to
waterproof their cloaks, but the fact
attracted uo utteutiou iu tbe old world,
aud it was not until tbe eighteenth
century that tbe rubber industry be
gan. Early writers uieutiou an oil ex
tracted from rubber which was takeu
medicinally with cocoa. Chicago Mews.
Tho Winning Appeal.
Tbe Intrepid general (in tbe new o
den was rallying ber wavering troops
"Woineu." she cried, "will you give
way to tuuuulsh fears?"
A murmur of Indecision ran tbrougb
the ranks, whereupon the leader shot
the last arrow in ber quiver.
"Will you." sbe fiercely demanded,
"show the white feather In a seasoD
when feathers are not being worn?"
The effect was electrical. "Neverr
roared tbe soldiery, and. forming quick
ly In battle array, tbey or. re more
burled themselves on tbe enemy.
Puck.
Henry Clay.
Many able men have preferred to be
in the bouse of representatives rather
than in the senate. Henry Clay liked
the turbulence of the lower chamber
better than the solemn stillness of the
other brunch. He began bis real po
litical career there iu 1811. although
he was iu the senate as early as 18UU.
Clay's servl.-e iu national office ex
tended to bis death in 1852. while be
was a member of tbe senate. It cov
ered a period of forty-sis years In all.
though part of, the time be was in
private life. Argonaut.
Practical Particular
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Author's Poor Memory.
Tbe late Sir Theodore Martin when
asked wbicb be wrote of tbe famous
"Bon Gaultier Ballads." among . tbe
wittiest poems In English literature,
confessed that he bad forgotten wbicb
were bis and which were the work of
bis collaborator. Prof. Aytoun.
8ure of One Thing.
AH day be had tried to convince th
agents of Dun and Bradstreet that bo
waa eligible to be listed by tbem.
Finally be gave up in despair. "N
use," be sighed "My only hope Is tm
return home to my wife. I know shel
give me a aound rating."
