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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1910)
Mighty Money Raising Sale . Now In Full Blast Forced to Raise a Cash Relief our Only Salvation SALE NOW GOING ON Sale Opens Wednesday, Sept. 28th LOOK FOR BLUE FRONT WITH OUR NAME The Entire $25,000 Stock Of High Grade Tailor-Made Clothing, Shoes, Furnishings, Hats and Caps, at the mercy of the Public for V TEN DAYS, BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, SEP. 28, at 8:00 THE UNC0LN WORKERS UNION PNjP STAMP UNON of shoes at ten cents' a pa"if profit rather than sell one. , pair at 75 cents profits." ; We carry a Large Line of Union Made Shoes. Call arid irispecfour1 Shoes arid Prices. . ; ' See Our Show Windows ., Shoes, for Everybody L iinco Dentist 'Tgci' J- I J! INJ -- P.Ht. we j ' have tention Hcn& on plenty of it. Utirtost Secrecy l'29 So. J I th St. Kelly & Norris Ms j; . OFFICE OF. . . I.v - DR. R. L. BENTLEY, SPECIALIST CHILDREN Office Hour I to 4 p. m. Office 21 IS O St. Both Phones LINCOLN. NEBRASKA Large Amount of Instant Cash Relief at any Cost SALE GOING ON NOW LOOK FOR BLUE FRONT WITH OUR NAME Men's Fleeced Lined Underwear, OA 50c values, Forced Sale Price CtuC Men's Suits and Overcoats, $7.50 values, Forced Sale :. . . . d o QC Price p?t) SHQE CO. - M"Ha 6peried at' 1144 O St. with a complete line of the Best Made. shoes for Men, '-Women, . Boys and Girls. . .-; 4 Our Policy is Economical.' ' , '.We perfer to sell ten pairs ... J. RECTOR'S f White Piriev 'aquitk arid posltiya, remedy ivr all cougns. k sioqs, cougpiag spelts m mgni relieve the soreness, soothes the Hrrita ted membrane an4 stoqs the tickling. It is an ideal preparation for children a it containea no harmful anodynes or narcotics'.' ' ' J, 25c per bottle . RECTOR'S 12th end O'St. ; . MONEY LOANED , on household goods, pianos, hor ses, eto. ; long or sborr'time, No ohargn for papers. No interest in advance. No publicity or ftl papers, We guarantee better tei ma than other make. Money paid immediately. COLDIBIA LOAN CO.- 127 South 12th. Cash in Ten Days! p j AND WORK FOR NOTHING. The Kind' of Organization Work? the .". Federation Allows. Us. .t 'The'' newly .elected vice' presidents of tHe State Federation are in receipt of their commission 'us organizers in the American .Federation, of Labor. Manager Fox of the 'Review," 'first, vice "president, of fhfe Federation,., holds a commission for this district and will soon be getting busy among the various locals". Miss Bessie. Miller of, Denver, 4th vjc'e president; Vill" confine her en-' ergies largely 'to' "the organization of the women and will fill a long felt want in' this"directiou. Pueblo, Colo., Labor rife view., , To be sure,!- That's the kind of; or ganization work the. America Fedora tti6:vha.bjfe.en,.gi'ing usj:fo arsrbut"4:ii 3teton J',800 Painters .ha.ve been xl". -'..:'' i' ' 't- ..-'lA.. I - --i ' r a Art ' " i -e&tjall the 'timie; We, can jiifour pei iM'ns.oJ any yiiizatip-ii. vyDtk..dDi, in our section or tne countrv. inose fr .VV.' '', V.' '.V' if , co:nmissions as ' volunteer organizers rjllf . " w. . tv iVVjo' .w Bfare'veryprctty. JThey Iodb fn'e when :tf ramd"nd' iiung-'on-'thp waH' -But' What' Mlis .section :ot h--ijuitr.y weds i.aa' ili:Cre'ie3s W'ihtpd'ttdf'biiinw'a?iiicr fjsouie'j.Jwal .helj. r ni f'Jlieift rffyrart e rs g A fev? ofithese ijftoiru?i eastern : organi 4),: Zeis' firighb hay .to' wprk: tfttla, livi'ife 'it sep't" out t6. hi lQr(rg-ne'glii('t.ed''ecfion. : -v- V 'rHOW-.BE loves US.' r ' t f ' "'"a. : But His ZHttle Scheme Tailed to Work, ::r ' ' ftsusuai; f : Uuderithe. laws pf the ; State- Hurftjyne !, Soc iety . the .deputy labor commission,ex is ex ptticio a director or the society. When the society met in Lincoln the first of the jweek L. Q. Jones, endeavor ed to. have the deputy labor commission-, er removqd and. the secretary of state substituted.. Mr. Jones gave what he was pleased to call his-reasons for his motion, carefully concealing St! real reasons. But he lost out. No one supported his, motion and seveAl opposed it. When put to a vote the "Mary Jane" .motion was defeated by an overwhelm ing majority. , . SUNDAY MEETINGS . The Tj-pographical Union will meet at the Temple Sunday afternoon at Z o'clock. The Musicians' Protective Associa tion will meet at the Temple at 11 o'clock Sunday morning. Theatrical Stage Employes will meet at the Temple Sunday morning sit 10:30 o'clock. BRICKLAYERS - Five local unions of Bricklayers in New York City have voted to call off the strikes ordered by their interna tional and 'the other eight unions have voted to continue the etrike. The five rebellious unions will be suspended by the international. LATHS3S ADOPT REFERENDUM The completed canvass of the returns on the proposition submitted at the lawt convention of the Lathers, whereby the referendum is to 'be substituted for the convention system of eleeting officers, shows that the- new plaritqyfe j lied by a majority of 80. GENERAL MENTION. A Little Bit of Everything From Pretty - Near Everywhere. The Stationary Firemen of Spring field, Mass., have organized a union. A new labor party is likely not to be formed in the state of Washington. The Harbor Boatman's Union- of New York city has a membership of 3,000. In Me-xk-o it is found cheaper to feed sick convicts to sharks than to keep hospitals. I'll ion printers in Hajjerstown, Tnd., have- siMMin1'! nil increase in waes of &I.. per week. In the railroad office in Winnipeg, Canada, a large force of clerks work a continuous six-hour day only. Walla Walla union labor men are considering the proposition of establish ing a union label store. Theree cities are now in the hands of union labor men politically, Milwau kee, San Francisco and San Jose. The Central railroad of New Jersey has raised the wages of its employees on its ferry boats 6 per cent. After ten weeks' strike, Suitcase Makers in New York have compelled a number of large manufacturers to sign up. The employing bakers in New Or leans demand the "open" shop with its usual aceompanyment of low wages and long hours. The actual construction of the San Francisco .municipal railroad is delayed by the lawyers. No dirt flies tout the ink and injunctions. Buffalo, X. Y., Plasterers have been granted a substantial increase in wages and; 'are now- receiving 55. cents per hour. ., . r . The Mouon, Ind., Railway Trainmen .will' receive, an increase in wages. The increase is gradual from 10 to 50 pgr cent. - All yrorkingmen in the Federation of' Trades, of the Seaboard Air Line, rail-, way system are to receive a wage in crease of 3 1-2 cents per hour. An industry that seems peculiar is f oHowedrirt New York Citv,; b"y. several l t rr.i . . - . i . i ; people.' That is, as- .spies to..jf atchj Bus- siaji revolutionists and'.agitaors. : An organization of the "Sheet Metal Workers has been formed in Madison, Wisconsin, which includes fully, 90. per, cent of all the men enjployed in .ijhjat line. . , In' South Africa the British, fought the 'Boers partly because they abused the native inhabitants. Now they unite with "the Boers to treat the natives worse, than ever. "' ThV'opeii" shop advocates say they are opposed, -to unions . because they want industrial peace; yet: 40 per cent; more strikes occur in open shops than lttnnioflu. shons,) jaccoJ&ed an increase of $1.96 a week, making a wage of $20 per week for Parntie'rs- 'aWt"$22;5la f or' Decorators ,or-vourty-fout , honi,!-vwor.k. . i "'.,-' Detroit.. Mich., Iron Molders have es tablished a flat minimum scale of $3.25 per1 day, -wli it'll is r an mc-reise-of -25 cens -per .wy for molders and, uO ents Athol. '.Mass-,. Machinists Union re ceiitly signed new agreements with all the contract shops whereby the men are benefited by &n "infr.etse . of- ' 25 cents per'Aay in the wage scale. . ' , arpeflWrs in" W'est 'PolntryT, Kave" succeeded in negotiating. new. scae whereby the men get an advence of 2 1-2 cents per. hour, The new scale was signed without any trouble whatever. " Conrt Tinjiinctiona n . Los Angeiees hawforbiaaeta tke;lln1W holtrrteelf--ings or to !tak 'over' their strike." They threaten itoiwithdra'w front the city aiMt.ifon k twn of .their own. "' V .In . Boston. -S 30. men. have formed a company,- to .publish the Boston Com mon, as a paper devoid: of iany hifkience of special: dntei.sts. It is issued v)BeklJr. and has prospects of becoming a daily. A Seamen 's Church Institute is viO latig every human and divine .law in dealing -with sailors in New "Vork, and has become a crimping agency ithat is a disgrace to humanity. The Iron Molders ' Union of Little Pock. Ark, has signed a minimum' scale (of -$:5.r0 for molders and' $3.15 for core-makers, this being an advance of 25 cents per day for' molders and 40 cents per day fpr core-makers. The order of Railway Telegraphers, has just purchased the property at the corner of Walnut and Eighth streets, St. Louis, and will, in the near future, erect a fifteen story office building there. . . ; . A large majority of the contractors of Milwaukee who are employers of union labor have, signed the. new wage scale of the Carpenters, which provides for an advance in wages from $3.25 to $3.60 per. day . of. eight, hours, witlj., the half holiday on Saturday, the. year round. ., ",.'. .. . ' , f . . ( : Between' 3,000 and 4,000 employees of the American. Tobacqo Co'mpany, in Louisville, Ky., have been granted an increase in wages of, 10 i,erceri,tv.'"Th'is is the outcome of a.strike of the stem mers some weeks ago,, i,-. , ..."j" - ... A?. II. Bemiss, of San Francisco, sec retary .ati'd manager of the San Frameis'- eo.;.BKwld4fg-XidS'.-Tera unanimously indorsed by organized la- "A Penny Saved Is A Penny Earned." This is a very old and a very trite proverb but men are apt to dis regard it because the penny is the smallest of our coins. It takes one hundred of them to make a dollar, but it only takes one to break a dollar. . A penny an hour is not much, but a penny for each working hour means 8 cents a day, 48. cents a week, $25.44 a year. That much saved each working day ,for twenty years would build you a comfortable home, or establish a nice little business. And every dollar thus deposited works day and night, every minute of the time, earning more money for the depositor. Interest takes no vacations and knows no limitations of working hours. Customers dealing with this bank ac quire the saving habit, thus insuring them a competence for old age, or a com fortable home in the near future after beginning the habit. Scores of Lincoln homes are due to the savings habit acquired by systematic dealings with this bank. Call and let us explain the system to you. We pay 4 per cent interest on deposits. . , AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK 732 North 11th St. mmmmammammmtlmmmmmmmmmmmmlimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm bor of that city for clerk of; the state, supreme court. V Members of the Sheet Metal Wtorkers Unioa at Birinin wham,' Ala.,; are; highly elated- oyer,.the fact of .having establish-, ed a. 'minimiini wag sedle 9f , ; .50 cents per . hut kia fdrty-for. hovjir week,, which 'places it aniohg' the front ranks of -Southern unions. ' " k -The Iron Molders' Union Of Jersey City,N. J., New Yqrk and Brooklyn, have secured, ajminimum scale f $3.50 f 05 molders;ahdr$3.2j5 for core-makers, by. the ""terms ' of the new agreement. The, agreement, also, provides that thhe minimum for .core-makers shalli be in creased fo $3.50 per "day on January, 1, i9u: . . Afifer a-alirike which only lasted nine days, the Painters of Bar Harbor, Me., have succeeded in forcing' the employ era -to -sign 'a new agreement which provides for an increase of wagis of 44 cents per day. ' . The Plumbers obtained an increase of 50 cents per day Without any - trouble,' and the Carpenters , in creased' their 'wage scale 25 cents per day. ... . . . - Typographical Union No. 6 bf New' Yory Oity; 1inown as "Big Six,' have taken jneasures -to help. the. striking' bakers, by attempting to plac union bread- in all saloons and restaurants that are patronized by the members'-of that nnion: -President Tole has",p-:. j:oivied ,j. commjjtea,olf threej..io. ??n-, vusthese.. places and. sea to, it,..that. BP if scffb; !S,e,ajj,.sti!((agI(fc!' ', - Tlfe' Barbers VTTnion' of .' Boston' "is ineMng ' 'vfti"s'flccess'in As"-"?oric of securing sa,n.ewT stanclard t nrtnirhiflrn: wage rate and working rules agree? tnent for all shops on August A Last- week - aH; "the ;.dps, pff.Eoxbliy rn'd Sput TgpttQit two Exceptions afid aff feut' one in'tTTelSea had agreed. TB down toWn ' and South End tjtlstricts are now being covered. ' ''--' " "mahia";; Neb'r.rSept?:28, 1910.' """ ""- "' " ,i. To the, Wage Earners,.,; ': v - ' , Lincoln, Ssfebraska.' " Gentlemen: . j;'.I Vould ask:. for a- littlq space - m your -valuable, pper to.siotify the wage earners of Iowa and Nebraska to stay away fronl"Omah'a,''more especially the Plumbers and -. Iinemen who are out for better conditions. The far famed show known as the Ak-Sar-Ben is strictly a ' Non Union show, , ,. .;.".... ' - Vired by Non Union Electricians. Piped by Xon Union Plumbers, Built by Non .U.nion Carpenters, and we hope will be attended by only Non ' Union men. Bui this is only a sample of the methods used. 'by the Omaha Business Men 'a- Association to, crush organized labor. yThey are importing all the floating riff raff that they can get in the United States, and will not arbi trateany grievance or condition with home mechanics, hut tell them if they do not like it to get out. And now, Brothers, the linemen formerly with the Omaha Light & Power Co. are out, arid they are' going to stay out until they get living conditions. .. IV: A. ' Nash, Oeneral Western. -Agent for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, is also President $f the Omaha Light & Power. Co., and this 'Combination of interests' is 'bringing in men (?) from all over the ..'United States. : Now, Brothers, we wnt your moral support, ,$q. .help win, fc,&-ip' td'&H organize'et labof and theifrjknds of-rlowa 'ajbisliblW) I Vw the Business Men's Association )f Omaha that organized labor stands for a square deal. This U all the wage earners of Omaha ask. The men imported in here are work ing under police- 'protection. Why?' To get the sympathy of the public for one .thing, but the most important thing is to ' see-that they work." They are., not only.--worked under 'ian officer, but are guarded at night at the Boquet ' Hotel. 5 Why? To protect them? No! " But to" see that they do not desert,-' or even italk to some one tita,i could tell them. the facts' in the case., Th.e Omaha Business. Men 's Association- make a big cry for. to patronize home in&ustry. Do tfiey patronize " tome ;' labor? ' No." Therefore, we ask our- friends to cut ;Ojriaha off their visiting list tratil the famous Omaha Business-Men's Aaso-- "ciation realize that the .working men have a right to 'organize and -to sell their labor collectively, and that arbi tration is more' profitable than the" human. crusher. i '." - ? v .'. In closing, 'we ask all wage earners, union .and npn union, net to come to Omaha on false advertisements or. false '" " ''- . . promises;." - . . . ' .,'...? Yours .respectfully, . i " - 3.-.. - WILLIAMS, t : V . i- .' E".C..,' BENNETT, ,'. r:V ' ', '.- -:.. PEED. DEW,' fV. ..." V '- r .. , .. ,-. i r '': ,-.',- - . r-OoBimittee. ;. approved bV;. --.'i. ":- , ' ' T " "' A- R E.-'Pei:rin, 'Pres. Bistriqt' ! :oi1nc'u''.No- 6, if -nd'Bist: 'oi. the- L'-Sl.-; W''f-Vr;-r,. ., ; -BETTER LAWNEEDfiO. 9tate .1yiust: AW UijiorK td0t4ct the V.-;"-;- i Workiogma'''-. ', :'-1,J' V John" Mitchell, "fouiBer pre&ident of the -Upited MtaS "Workers,-. ip Labor dajr .address at . Terre Haute .spoke In (ayor o better, laws for Jhe protection or , -worKingmen. a. . weii kuowu Viiiter," said, 'Mr. ' Mitchell'. " "asserts that 50O.CV00 wortingmen are killed or ' maimed aifnually.'ki the United States. .. "That means that. more, lives are sac-,'-riflced and nuJjre workmen are, injured , aeh year in the peaceful conduct . of our industries than - were sacri flced in any'one. year during the pe1 rlpd of the civil war. It means that more men have been killed 'and maimed in the coa.1 mines of the United States alone during the last seven years, than were, killed or, died" as a" result of. Wounds in the Continental army dur- . ing the seven years of. the American . Revolution." .. Referring to measures for the protec tion of workmen In this connection.' Mr. Mitchell said: "Our unions have, done much in this direction. They have rendered yeoman service in pro . tecting the wage earners.' but without the aid of the state they "cannot carry on to full fruition their objects and ideals In this respect.'V ' . ,. . A Union. Warehouse. Upon the suggestion of President , John F. Tobln of the Boot and Shoe Workers' International union, nineteen of the local labor unions of Brockton, Mass.. are laying out the preliminaries for establishing a distributing ware house from which to sell, slightly above cost, shoes, groceries and other necessaries of life. The warehouse is to be located near the center of the city, and shoes, food and clothing are to be purchased in large quantities' for cash and sold directly 'to the consum ers.' '--'.'' Strike Cost Huge Sum. ' According to a report recently sub mitted to the directors of the Philadel phia Rapid Transit company, the two months' strike of its,, men early this year cost the company $2,000,000. The loss In fares was $1,500,000, and e- tfaordinary esrpenses Incurred- because, Of the difficulty amounted to $800,000. A deficit of $-1,300,000 for the last fiscal year is reported. . v.