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LABOR TEMPLE DIRECTORS.
Decide Upon Plan to Take Up Indebt
edness on the Property.
The directors of the Labor Temple
Association met at the Temple Monday
evening and decided upon a plan hav
ing for its object the taking up of the
indebtedness Against the property.
Hrierly stated the facta are these:
The pioperty originally cost $20,000,
upon which $3,000 has been paid. While
paying v-.iis $5,000 another $5,000 has
been added to the property in the
way of improvements, making the prop
erty worth, at tjie lowest calculation,
$25,0M. The indebtedness of $15,000
is represented by two mortgages, one
of $7,000 now due and one for slightly
more than that amount due in 1913.
Tho mortgage due is drawing 6 .per
cent, while the other mortgage is draw
ing 4 per rwt. The plan as adopted by
the directors is one proposed by a
leading lawyer whose friendship for
organized labor is well known, and it
is so hedged about that it will be im
possible for any man or set of men
ever to get control of tho property
and alienate it from the uses to which
it ia now dedicated. Business men and
others will be asked to take stock in
the . association to the amount of the
indebtedness, receiving one-half the
utoclt in their own names and the re
maiising half to remain in the hands
of trustees appointed by the board of
directors and by them voted. No divi
dends are guaranteed on this stock, but
the board undertakes to retire the
stock as rapidly as possible, first tak
ing vn the stock held in trust.
The articles ot incorporation are
Mich that it is impossible for control
of the Temple to pass out of the hands
of the board of directors.
There have been some who have put
up a cry that it ia all a -scheme to let
business men get control of the prop
erty, but this (ry is put up ty men
who have not a dollar invested in the
property. The plan meets with the
approval of the men who have sacri
need their time for three long years
and who have invested their own sav
ings in the Temple.
A committee was appointed to take
charge of pushing the plan, and an
other one was appointed to arrange fo
a refunding of the mortgages an case
the other plan should be abandoned.
Bits of News t Deftly Picked and Pil
fered ijrom Manywhere.
Several officials of the San Francisco
labor movemt'i; have brought suit for
I'iminal libell against Harrison Gray
Otis of the ILos Angeles Times.
The Iron Aolders' union of Jersey
City, N. New York and Brooklyn
have secured a minimum scale of $3.50
for molders aiid $3.25 for core-makers,
by the terms of a new agreement.
Charles Fear, editor of the Missouri
Trades Unionist published at Joplin,
has been unanimously nominated for
the legislature in his district by the
republicans.
Of the 30,0(10 miners affected by the
strike order in the Missouri district
about 9,500 lire in Kansas, about 8,500
in Missouri, H.000 in Oklahoma and
about 3.000 in Arkansas.
The Bavarian diet has appropriated
$2,380,000 for building, houses for the
employes of the state railways. Since
1890 about $3,GS!),000 hasSien nppio-
empToyes. The maximum contribution,
printed for this purpose. '"N
New South Wales parliament has
passed a bill establishing a superannu
ation fund for railw.iv and tramway
THE CARPENTERS
Rejoice Over tbe News Brought Back
by Delegate Eissler.
Fred Kissler, who represented the
Carpenter's Union, made his report at
the meeting "held last Monday evening.
. snd the reuiW-jKa such as to make
the. members raise right up and holler.
Delegate Eissler brought back the
good word that the convention had ap
propriated $500 Tor the' purpose of
pushing the work of organization in
thtst vioiii'Ity, the money to be furnished
to the local union and by it expended
with the advice of the international
This means that the carpenters are
going to make greater progress than
ever, and that during the dull winter
months the work of organization will
bn pushed to the limit.
"It was a great convention," sai
Delegate Kisaler. "I heard some of
the finest speakers I ever heard, and
I wouldn't be afraid to put that bunc
of delegates up against the congress
of the United Statese for oratory am
looks and I 'd bet my head it would
'have congress skinned a mile for horse
sense. es Moines treated us fine.
The convention worked day and night
and transacted an immense amount of
business. It donated u thousand dol
lars to the striking garment workers
in St. Louis."
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thejr presen.trle has been sanctioned
by the international organization. It
is expected ihat the officers of the
feeders will iswirt negotiations with the
Printers' Ltlgue at once, and that
verything will be peacefully settled.
GENERAL MENTION.
UNION BENEFITS.
Amazing Progress of the Broth
erhood of Teamsters. .
SUNDAY WORK ABOLISHED.
Wages Increased and Men Are No
Longer Forced to Labor Overtime
Without Pay A Convincing Argu
ment In Favor of Organization.
The International Brotherhood of
Teamsters has perhaps done more for
Its membership within the past five
years than any other organization of
labor, writes President Tobin in the
American Federationist. It is a well
known fact that before the teamsters
of this country became organized the
life of the average individual working
at that craft In the large cities and
towns was perhaps the hardest kind
of an existence for a workingraan.
Unusually hard work, long hours and
small pay were the conditions that
surrounded the life of, tbe teamsters
up to within a few years ago. Sunday
work was almost as common us em
ployment during any other day-of the
week, because if the teamster was not
working on the street or around the
warehouse on Sunday he was usually
busy around the stable taking care of
horses, harness, wagons, etc.
Naturally this kind of work Is hard
work anyway, because of the hard
ships nnd privations which men of this
craft have to endure ard are subjected
which is compulsory, is U2 per cent , to. especially in tun cold and inclement
of the wages of the beneficiaries.
Denmark has the strongest trade
union movement in the world. In Cop
enhagen there are 100.000 unionists
alone. There is not a non-union printer
to be found in Denmark.
The Iron Molders' union of Little
Bock, Ark., has signed a minimum
st-ale of $3.50 for molders and $3.15
for core-makers, this being an advance
of 25 qents per day for molders and
40 cents for core-makers. ,
Toledo policemen wear caps and uni
forms bearing the union label. So thor
oughly does the union sentiment pre
vail in that town that even the fire
department horses wear shoes with the
union label.
Official notice has been given that
thirteen of the forty-six mills in the
two plants of the American Steel &
Tin Plate Co. at Martin 's Ferry, Ohio,
are to be started after being idle since
July, 1909, on account of the strike.
At the recent Des Moines conven
tion of the Brotherhood of Carpenters
the delegates adopted a resolution pro
viding for the establishment , of libra
ries in every local union. The libraries
will have boons on economics, politics
and history, and will be of such a na
ture as to be not only ornamental, but
useful to the workers.
I HOW COST OF LIVING WORKS
THE PRESSMEN
Widely Advertise the Fair Position
Taken by The Star.
The Pressmen and Assistants' Union
has been busy for the past week adver
tising the fact .that the Daily Star is
again fair towards organized labor.
Five thousand notices were printed
nnd circulated throughout the crity. No
one familiar with the new management
of the Star was surprised at the an
nouncement that the pressroom had
been squared. Mr. Tobin merely asked
for time to get his chair warm, and
when that came to pass he cleaned out
the pressroom. Within an hour after
the announcement that Mr. Tobin was
to be the new manager the "rat"
pressmen had their tools all packed.
Union men should benr in mind the
fact that the Daily Star is the only
thoroughly union daily newspaper
printed in Lincoln.
Pressfeedors' Union No. 1, of New
York city, has demanded from the
Printers' League a new scale calling
for an increase in wages of $2.00 per
week. There has been a movement
Amnncr t. H c nrflssf rfri r f annua fim.
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to have their wages raised from $10
to $12 per week. The Printers' League
was notified that, according to the
loci si on of tbe union, the increase Is
to go. into effect on October 3.
The feeders are affiliated' with the
International Printing Pressmen and
Assistants' Union of America, and
Everything Goes up and Poor People
, No Longer Get Merry.
' Mellville and Miggins, vaudevilili
ans, have prepared a few little observa
tions on the high cost of living, which
seems well worth presenting to a long
suffering and down-trodden community.
Here they are:
"If the price of pork continues to
advance, even the street car hog will
have a value..
Mutton has advanced so in price
that the poor man can't even look
sheepish. .
"Beef is following the trend of
other meats and soon the Irishman
will be deprived of his 'bull.'
"The market basket is now often
naught but an aching void.
"The old motto, 'Eat. drink and be
merry,' is wrong nowadays. How can
yon be merry when you figure up the
price of a dinner?
"The only thing that is cheap now
adays is human1 life.
"By and by the trusts will be. put-
toing aerometers on our noses and
charging us by the cubic foot for the
air we breathe." Minnesota Advo
cate.
weather, nnd it is almost .Impossible
for any person to realize the nature of
this employment without personally
experiencing those conditions. But
since organization has taken place
among the men a complete change has
been brought about. Wages have been
increased within the past six years
perhaps from 30 to 60 per cent in all
the large industrial centers. The hours
of labor have been regulated, and over
time Is now being paid in nearly every
section of the country where men work
over a certain number of hours. Usual
ly the work performed on Sunday is
merely the stable work, talcing care of
horses, etc.. and this Is done by men
employed specially for this task, and
the rank and file of the teamsters are
not required to put in an appearance
nt all at the stable on Sunday.
Tbe carriage and automobile branch
of our trade we have regulated as to
hours and gained increases In wages
and generally bettered conditions. It
s impossible to dispense with the
work of those men on Sunday, but we
are now endeavoring to regulate this
class of employment so that a man
can have at least one Sunday In four
with the members of his family and
for the purpose of attending church
service if he so desires.
Comparing the present with tbe past.
It is hard to realize that such a com
plete change has taken place within
a few years, but this condition has
unquestionably been brought about
through organization of our craft and
our allilialion with the American Fed
eration of Labor Very true, there is
plenty of room for improvement, but
we are movlujr slowly, conservatively,
but surely onward every day.
At first It was rather a bard task to
make the teamsters of the country
believe that nny good could be gained
by tbe formation of a labor organiza
tion, but as time went on those men
became slowly convinced that their
only protection was in banding togeth
er Into an organization.
Today the membership of the inter
national Brotherhood of Teamsters
would perhaps give up anything they
have in the world rather than surren
der their labor union, which has done
so much for them and their families.
The teamster has been made a better
man, a better feeling exists among the
individuals working day after' day on
the streets of our great cities, as tbe
teamster has been somewhat educated
through bis meetings and through the
labor Dress. Be feels more like a man
than Before.
k HOW ABOUT IT?
Do Modern Ministers Dare Tell Truths
to Parishoners?
Wouldn 't it be fine to hear some elo
quent minister get up and denounce
sortie of the abuses that exist right here
iri Lincoln, and instead of doing it in
general terms do It -specifically, point
ing ministerial finders straight at the
pews and saying "thou art the man!'
Lincoln Wageworker.
.-. The early doctTine of Christianity,
only top often' in recent years, has
given way to policy. It is not the
laboring man directly, who supports
certain aenomin
the expounders
the bald and i
the teeth of tho
pews, he would
was preaching t!
tianity. Bitter
iions. Were some of
f the gospel to hurl
(adulterated truth in
who sit in the front
.speedily . find that hie
wrong kind of Chris
pis it is, the average
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preacher works for wages, and modern
Christianity does not pay for an ex
coriation when it drops its tithes into
the hands of ciiireh wardens. Cincin
nati Chronicle
Chicago Telegraphers Waking Up. .
Telegraphers emplyoed by tbe Post
al Telegraph company in Chicago at
a recent meeting embodied resolutions
calling on the company to grant its
employees tbe right to join labor
unions. More than 200 applications fjr
membership In the Telegrapners .union
were made at the meeting. : The recelit
discharge of three operators by the
company officials for alleged assistance
to a strike of "f-hei-U" boys was the
reason for the meeting. The operators
have not been affiliated with a uuiau
since the telegraphers' strike of 1907.:
Indiana Liability Law Upheld.- '
The Indiana employers' liability law
has been upheld in a decision ren
dered by the United States supreme
court- The Louisville and Nashville
railway tested the law. It appears
that under this decision not only is
the employer liable for damages for
injuries sustained by a workman, but
where a contractor does work for a
corporation the latter can be made a
party to a suit for' damages if the
worker Is Injured.
A; Law of Life.
It Is a law of life that men of one
occupation or calling seldom improve
any calling but their own. This will
be found true of labor. College presi
dents and others have tbe weakness
of thinking that they know another
man's business better than he (tbe
other man) knows It himself, but the
truth is that all advance that ,has been
made for the working masses vhas been
accomplished by labor unions."
Aooiver
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Sale
In The Shoe Department
A splendid opportunity to buy high grade, seasonable Shoes at special reduction.
It will pay you to visit this section early and choose liberally of unusual valuee offered.
Ladies' Shoes
LOT 1 Includes a special assortment of $5.00 and
$600 shoes, in patent kid, gun metal, tan, calf,
vici kid, and a few Hanan & Sons.' and E. C.
Burt 's shoes, good range of sizes.
Anniversary Sale Price Pair. . . . .
LOT, 2 Includes $3.50 and $4.00 values a large'
number of the late styles in all the popular .
leathers, button or lace, welt or turn soles good
range of styles and sizes.
Anniversary Sale Price
3.95
as & large
he popular .
soles good
2.95
Men's Shoes
LOT 3 $3.50 and $4.00 values includes a good
assortment of desirable styles and dependable
qualities in all leathers hand and welted
soles.
Anniversary Sale Price Pair. . .
LOT 4 35.00 values includes a large assortment
. of up-to-date models in all leathers button or
lace good range of sizes very exceptional
valuee.
Anniversary Sale Price Pair....
2.95
assortment
button or
exceptional
395
LOT 5 Regular $6.00 values a liberal assortment
of highest grade shoes in patent colt, gunmebal,
calf, tan and wine calf, with quite -a
HANAN and STETSON shoes included "
Anniversary Sale Price Pair...
gunmetal, I
number of
435
Children's Shoes
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LOT 6 Includes Misses ' and Children 's service
able shoes in a good range of styles and size,...
Child's 5 to 11, regularly $1.35. Sale Price ... 95c
Misses' 11 to 2. Regularly $1.65. Sale Price 91.33 .
Larger Girls, 2 to 6. Beg.' $2.00. Sale Price $1.65 .'
LOT 7 $2.50 values in boys' solid school shoes, in
gun metal, calf, bluclier, double soles, broad -and J'
medium toes good range of sizes. 4 AfJ.'..
Anniversary Sale Price Pair.--. . I T
LOT .8 Boys' $1.65 and $2.00 shoe? good sid
calf skin shoes good styles and gocd range of
sizes. Little Boys, 9 to 2, reg. $1.65. Sale Pr.1.35
o 1 - ilu 72- -u-ugu tarry
$2.00. Sale Price. .
1.65
BARGAIN TABLES FOR SHOES !
We have taken all samples, broken lines and discontinued numbers out of our regular stock and have
placed them in SIX LOTS on the BARGAIN TABLES in the Basement. These shoes are seasonable styles in'
good dependable qualities, offered at remarkable reductions during the Anniversary Sale.
LOT 1165 PAIR WOMEN'S SHOES Regularly
$2.00 and $3.00 pair in patent or vici kid but
. ton or lace high or low heels good serviceable
shoes in which sizes are broken or styles dis
continued not all sizes in this lot.
Anniversary Sale Price Pair.;,...
TABLE NO. 2249 PAIR LADIES ' SHOES Regu
larly $2.50 and $3.00 pair good serviceable shoes,
lace or button, mostly - narrow widths, with a
fair range of sizes in the lot every pair a real
bargain.
Anniversary Sale 'Price Pair.
TABLE NO. 3197 PAIR LADIES' SHOES Regu
larly $3.00 and $4;00. pair lace or button shoes
.' in all leathers good styles and reliable makes
' about all sizes in the lot but not all sizes in
98c
1.49
each style. -;
Anniversary Sale Price Pair. . .
1.98
TABLE NO. 4263 PAIE LADIES SHOES Regu
larly $3.50 to $5.00 pair lace and button shoes
in all leathers about all sizes in the lot but
not all sizes in each style. a i
Anniversary Sale Price Pair. ZLM
TABLE NO. 5137 FAIR MEN'S SHOES Regu
larly $3.00 and $3'.50 pair good dependable shoes
in-a good run Of sizes iand styles this is an
especially f,ood -time to buy school shoes 1 for
larger boys. 4 fAO
Anniversary Sale Price Pair. I Mf4
TABLE NO. 6188 PAIRS MEN'S SHOES Regu
. larly $3.50 to $5.00 pair includes gun metal tan
- calf and vici kid priced to close. r f M
. f Anniversary Sale x-rice Pair. . i t'mHfi3
Anniversary Sale of Hosiery and Men's Furnishings
There are many unusual bargains in Women's and Children's hosiery for this sale-it
will pay you to lay in a season's supplyNOW.
WOMEN S .HOSE Regular 25e quality medium :
weight cotton hose, full Tegular made fast black
high spliced heels and toes welt top tf)
Anniversary Sale Price Pair. .........
WOMEN'S HOSE Regular ;' 35c quality medium
weieht fast black fine gauge full regular
made.
Anniversary Sale Price Pair.
WOMEN'S SILK LISLE HOSE Regular 50c qual
ity look like silk fast black full regular made
garter tops.
Anniversary Sale Price Pair.
WOMEN'S EMBROIDERED HOSE Regular 50c'
quality a large range of new designs to select
from. '
Anniversary Sale Price Pair.
WOMEN'S BLACK SILK HOSE Regular 50c
value lisle top fast black seamless. Sizes
8 to 10.
Anniversary Sale Price Pair.
CHILDREN'S FINE RIBBED HOSE Regular 25e
value double heel, knee and toe seamless-
excellent for service all sizes.
Anniversary Sale Price Piar. . ,
CHILDREN'S FINE RIBBED HOSE Regular 50c
quality fine ribbed full' regular made fast
black. Sizes 6 to 9.
Anniversary Sale Price Pair. .
25c
50c qiial
llar made
42c
gular oOc
to select
42c
jular 50c
;s. Sizes
42c
gular 25e
jamless
21c
jjular 50c
ade fast
35c
MEN'S HALF HOSE Regular, 25e quality feed
ium weight cotton fast black, full regular maA
Sizes 10, 10, 11. -' t y , o 4 pa
Anniversary Sale Price
MEN! You. will find many chances to save in.
buying your supply of winter underwear," -hosiery,
etC. ' ' . '. ' - 1 - 1-- . v- .
MEN'S SHIRTS AND DRAWERS Regular 50c
; values good weight-fleeced cotton in ecru only.
Ail sizes.. ' ' .
Anniversary Sale Price Each. . , .-.
MEN'S SHIRTS AND DRAWERS Regular $1.00
value wool mixed jersey rib-oed gray only-
- -all sizes ... ' . -. ; '
Anniversary Sale Price Each
. MEN'S HALF HOSE Regularly 35c pair medium
weight eotton, very fine gauge crow foot half
hose Hermedorf fast black. Sizes 10, 10V,
.. ii ' r : - : : v ; :...-
Anniversary Sale Price Pair. . . . .
, SOFT BOSOM SHIRTS Regular $1.00 quality
. assorted colors in stripes cuffs attached. I
T Anniversary Sale Price.
OUTING FLANNEL'; NIGHT SHIRTS Regular
$1.25 value made extra large full heavy weight
-with "V" neck. - . V
Anniversary Sale Price . i ... .
40c
ilar $1.00
,y only
75c
medium
foot half
10, ioya,
25c
quality
70c
Regular
.y weight. i
95c
Main Floor.
ANNIVERSARY SALE of UNDERWEAR
WOMEN'S UNION SUITS Regular $1.00 quality
-.medium weight, fine ribbed white .cotton, with
high neck, long sleeves and ankle length Stret
ton make, open down front. .Sizes 4,' t .:. . OA
Anniversary Sale Price. . .V ' OUC
WOMEN'S UNION SUITS Regular $1.00 quality
"MUNSING" jersey ribbed light weight cot
ton, in white only high neck, long sleeves, an
kle length open half way down front. Sizes
4. 5, 6. 7 ft
Anniversary Sale Price. - ( ut
TrCUtE'S UNION SUITS Regular $1.00 quality,
.medium weight, tine ribbed white cotton, with
low neck, no sleeves, and ankle length a gar
ment that is one of our most popular sellers.
Sizes 4, 5, 6. , OA
Anniversary Sale Price Out
WOMEN'S UNION SUITS Regular $1.00 quality
fine qribbed cotton, fleece lined', in white only
high neck, . long sleeves, ankle length. Sizes
5, 6, 7, 8. 7ft
Anniversary Sale Price...... wt
WOMEN'S UNION SUITS Regular $1.25 value
medium heavy, fine ribbed white cotton high
.i neck, long sleeves, ankle length a verv ser
viceable garment. Sizes 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. QCj.
Anniversary Sale Price 7JC
WOMEN'S UNION SUITS Regular $1.50 quality
-, wool mixed, winter weight in white or gray ,
hi"h neck, long sleeves, ankle length. Sizes
'1. 5. 6. I OA
' Anniversary Sale Price J..iV
WOMEN'S UNION SUITS Regular $2.00 value
Merode, medium weight about 2-3 wool, in
white orily. Sizes 4, 5, 6. C
Anniversary Sale Price .... lOJ
WOMEN'S UNION SUITS Regular $2.50 quality
. silk and wool mixel white only winter weight
high neck long sleeves, ankle length. Sizes
. 4, 5, 6. QC
Anniversary Sale Price: X
WOMEN'S VESTS AND PANTS Regular 50c.
: ; qualitymedium weight cotton high neck, long
sleeves; pants, knee or ankle length. Sizes, 4,
5, 6. ilO
Anniversary Sale Price Each. fXiC
WOMEN'S VESTS -AND PANTS Regular 50c
quality cotton, fleece lined, jersey -ribbed col
ors white and gray. Sizes 4, 5, 6. Aft
Anniversary Sale Price Each ffaC
WOMEN'S VESTS AND PANTS Regular $1.00
quality medium weight cotton vests high neck,
long sleeves j pants, ankle length white or gray.
Sizes 4, 5, 6. - Oft.
Anniversary Sale Price Each . OUC
CHILDREN'S VESTS AND PANTS Regular 25e
value fleece : lined cotton. Sizes 18 to
.30. ' "I O-
Anniversary Sale Price Each. ....... X Ov
CHILDREN'S SLEEPING GARMENTS Regular
50c quality made of a good grade of outing
flannel in pink and blue stripes with or with
out feet
Anniversary Sale Price Suit ttti,
CHILDREN'S MUNSING UNION SUITS Regu
lar $1.00 quality cotton and wool mixed. Sizes
1 to 8. - ' ' OA
Anniversary Sale Price Suit., Out
YOUTHS SWEATERS Regular $1.25 value-r-in
gray, with blue,' gray and red trimmings. Sizes
20 to 34. AC-
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