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Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-04

the laborcrs of the world desire eight hours
as a day and intend to get it, They have no
other object in view. There is no desire to
strike. prostrate business or destroy
property, but eight hours must and
will come, though it takes years to bring
about the desired reform"
Other prominent labor leaders in the city
view the matter in the same light, and, to
illustrate its popularity, point to the demon
stratons held in Chicago, New York, Boston,
st. Louis and most of the other prominent
cities of the United States. They not only re-
gard the course one of justice, but one OF hu-
manity, in which employers and employees
will be united before the end of another year.
In regard to the predicted strike, these
same men openly declare that such move
ment has never been discussed in the secret
meetings, except as last resort OThey fur
ther state that should strike be ordered it
undoubtedly would not take effect inside of
ten days, thus giving the bosses every oppor-
tunity to close up their contracts and get in
shape for the issue. The contractors feel
precisely as do the men in this particular.
They do not anticipate strike, though
should it come in the course of thirty,
sixty or ninety days their affairs
will be in better shape than in
any other city on the continent,
affairs and the unsettled labor question, but
but few contracts have been made that could
not be completed within the time agreed
upon between the men and bosses.
Iherc are some men among lne contractors
who predict these results, put the majority of
them are hopeful and will cheerfully and
patiently await and abide by the final result
of the difficulty in Chicago. If eight hours
should win in Chicago, where the
6sS SrsSt battle bait dsDcaSa is being to fought then Sa
mands of the mechanics and
grant them eight hours in this city. Should
the workingmen in Chicago fail to carry the
day, in that event, the contractors of this
city will demand that their employees work
the same number of hours as now. This rule
not only applies to the carpenters, but it
reaches beyond taking in the bricklayers, the
masons, the plasterers, and in fact most OF
the tradesmen who labor by the day.
The change, whatever may be the result,
will come so quietly that parties outside of
labor circles will hardly realize that anything
has happened, as both classes are willing to
accept the situation and remain submissive
until the time comes when victory shall be
declared.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-04
Heating MausoIeums.

An innovation which will doubtless
give rise to considerable amount Of
discussion is that of heating mauso-
leums. Those of the late Emperor Fred
erick of Germany at Potsdam and of his
father-in-law, the late prince consort, at
Windsor, are both being heated with an
elaborate system of radiators and steam
pipes. This, however, is fashion
which is not likely to become popular.
For the number of persons who can af-
ford to maintain steam engines and boil
ers for the purpose of keeping their fans
lily tombs warm is necessarily limited.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-04

The knights of Labor are increasing in
number at a rapid rate. Flourishing as
semblies are found in nearly every city and
hamlet in the land. Last month, the grand
assembly issued charters to tifty-six new
local assemblies. These the assemblies of
miners at Meyer, Youngstown, Williamsburg,
Amsbey, Smithton and Ashcroft, Pa; Farms
worth, Ind; Pineville and Music coal
mines, Ky; Pana and Colfax, ILL.,, and War
rior, Ala. Mixed assemblies at Moran, st.
John, Uniontown, Columbus, HallOwell, Bax-
ter Springs and Cairo, Kan; Sheperdstown
and Romney, W, Va; Fort Bragg, Cal; Elk
horn and Phillipsburg, Mont; Sleeth, Ark. ;
Seward, Neb.; Castleton, VT; Rosinton.
Ala; Cedar Keys and Tampa, Fla; Auck-
land, New Zealand. Railroad employees at
Rhinecliff, Rochester and Lyons, N Y;
La Grand, Ore. Painters at Middle
town, N. Y; Brunswick, Ga Carpenters
at Brunswick, Ga; statesmen at Savannah,
Ga; clerks at Fostoria, o.; block PAYERS at
Brooklyn; brewery employees at Boston,
Mass. Jersey City, N. j.; traction employees
at Pittsburg, Pa; glassbowers ut Fairmount,
Ind. pottcrs at New Cumberland, w. Va.
chine workers at St. Paul, Mimi; mixed
Cadics) assemblies at Nevada, Mo-; Column
bus, Kan; Rutland, Vt; shoe operators at
Hayerhill, Mass. miners at Platt Common,
near Barnsley, England; saddletree makers
at Wasall and Birmingham, England.
During the same time twenty-three assem-
blies were reinstated and reorganized .Hhcy
were as follows: Miners at Perth and Hoos-
ierville, H.; coopers and freeman, w. Va,
Percy and Hopewell, Pa; Pocahantas, Va.
gearmentcutters ut Cleveland, o. mixed as
sembles at Beloit Saratoga and Mcpherson,
Kas.; Whitesburg and Plantersville, Ala,
Excelsior Springs Mo; WahOo and Lincoln
Neb; Anaconda, Mont. Frankfort, Ind.
Wayeron, Ga, New York city. N. Y. Engi'
neers at Baltimore, Md; ladies at Chicago
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-04
The Eight-IIour Move.

Although no attempt was made in this city
to accept the invitation of the American con-
federation of labor and observe May l as
labor day the sympathy of the working men
was with the movement. The thousands of
men who earn their bread by daily toll,
at noon lifted up their voices, praying that
in Chicago where the great struggle was
going on, success might crown the effort. AT
their homes that night, many of them clothed
themselves in their best raiment and devoted
the latter hours Of the day 10 holiday enjoy
ment.
The president OF the Central Labor union
in this city is not only hopeful of the outcome,
but feels assured that the eight hour plan is
bound TO win in the end. In speaking upon
the subject, he said
''When the convention OF the
American confederation of labor was
held in st. Louis in December 1883,
stand and declare for eight hours At the
in Paris in 1889, which was held in conjunc-
tion with the exhibition, the trades and labor
organizations Of the world were represented,
but owing to some political questions which
arose, they split upon every issue excepting
the eight-hOur movement Samuel Gompers
president Of the American federation Of labor
was in attendance, and IL was by his efforts
that they united upon this question. The
final result was success, as will be noticed
by the fact that all over the civilized world
In America, England, Russia, Austria and a
score of other counrties-at the same hour
public demonstrations, not, however, in con-
tlict with the laws of the land, were held,
which, TO my mind, fully demonstrates that
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-04
Hashers.

During the past week II chop house WATERS
union has been one of the labor organizations
to be conceived and die in its infancy, One
year ago n similar attempt was made at or
ganization, but it met with the same dismal
failure, none of them having interest enough
TO push the matter through. Unions of this
class are in existence in Chicago, Kansas
City, st. Louis and many of the larger towns
and are in fourishing condition. In Omaha
the arm walters number about two hundred,
and the wages range from 81 TO 50 per week,
which includes board. In the cities where
unioIrs are in operation the wages average
about s3 per week more, with preference
always given TO the union men.
Here the idea Of organization has practl-
cally been given up though the knights of
Labor will make one more effort TO get the
men TO take hold of the matter and organize n
union and come in as knights Many of the
walters are in favor OF such a movement,
while others oppose it, on the grounds that
they would lose their positions and they
would be filled by non-union men.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-04
Car Men.

While there are no indications of an open
rebellion, there is a feeling of great dissatis-
faction existing among the street car con-
ductors, motormen and gripmen. There is
an iron-clad rule with the company that If a
man is even one minute late he loses his
train for the day, and as the men are only
allowed ten and one-half hours of running
time per day under the present system, they
claim they cannot even make a living and
support their families. In addition to this,
they claim that frequently they are compelled
TO make extra trips without compensation,
as a few minutes Of the run goes on the ten
and one-half days work.
Several months ago the conductors, motor
men and gripmen organized a union, which
today is one Of the strongest in the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-04

They have frequently talked this matter over
in secret and open session, but have never
made any decided stand, though they have
several times sent committees to arbitrate
with the street car company In each in
stance the committee has been refused hear
ing and the men have returned to report and
nursed their grievances. A few months ago
the matter was called to the attention of the
grand assembly, but rs yet no advices have
been received from that body
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-04

rich scholars. From this great university
goes forth annually small army of fanatics
whose whole influence is entirely and con.
stantly cXerted against progress and reform.
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-04
Inbor LepisIatIon,

OMAHA, Neb., May ITO the Editor OF
THE BEE.-As your paper is advocating that
which is 10 the interest Of the laboriug men
Of Nebraska, TO him who, like myself, labors
Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-04
Rest on Saturday Afternoon.

The wholesale houses of the city are drop
ping into line and the early closing on Satur-
day afternoons promises to become popular.
For several weeks the proprietors have been
considering the matter and yesterday it was
put into effect for the first time. The follow
ing firms locked their doors at o'clock
p. IN. and gave their employees the
benefit of the rest of the afternoon: The
American hand-sewed shoe company; William
Van Aeram Il Hart; w. V. Morse Il Co.;
Robinson notion company; Gate City hat
company; Darrow .& Logan NJ. e. Smith Il
Co.; Charles A. Coo & Co.; Schneider Il
LOOMS; Kirkendall, Jones Il Co.. Fitzpatrick,
Koch & Co.: II. II. Lindsay; Rector, Wilhelmy
& Co.; Omaha hardware company; Lee,
Clarke Andreesen Il Co.. Kohn & Wells.
The above firms state the new order of
things has come to stay and that early closing
will continue at least during the summer
months.
Many of the other wholesale firms of the
city will follow suit and by June it is I'M
derstood that none of them will make an eff
fort to transact any Saturday afternoon bust
ness.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-09-25

physician who oficiated at his birth is
responsible for the condition of his arm,
The Emperor rarely shows himself
Invested of his uniform. He is wise
in this, for his good looks are much en-
HANGED by his military trappings.
He rises early, takes a very light
breakfast and goes for little exercise,
after which he takes a second break
fast, this time of an omelette, ham
and eggs, mutton chop or chicken.
He dimes at half-past one on bouillon
or broth, boiled meat with vegetables,
followed by roast meat and pudding,
and if there is company present an
entree and AN ice His supper is of
meat or fish and pudding. His favor
tie dishes are poulets sautees, with
potatoes or baked fish, especially perch,
pike, sole or turbot.
When not in uniform he dresses in
English style, and a marked predilec-
tion for English costumes and manners
has been apparent in his dress and
demeanor for sometime past, although
he is intensely Prussian in sentiment.
His conversion to English ideas in
minor matters is striking, because for
lorg time before his fathers death he
was intensely hostile even to the name
of England. There was period when
he seemed estranged from both father
and mother, not long before Emperor
Fredericks death, but the reconcilia-
ton was complete, so far Frederick
was concerned, before that noble and
generous spirit passed away.
The new advisers by whom he has
surrounded himself are not likely to
interfere with the Emporor's theory OF
being his own Bismarck. General Won
Caprivi bears striking resemblance
to the old Chancellor, but he has none
of the mental hardness of Prince Bis
marck; he may be expected to yield to
the imperial policy when it differs
from his own.
General Count Alfred Won Valdez
see, who about year ago was made
the successor of the venerable Moltke
as Chief of General Staff and who
was long favorite of the old Emperor,
was looked on by many as likely to
succeed Bismarck He is a man of
talents, and his policy which is ag-
gressive, is quite popular with Will
helm Second.
Count Won Waldersee's wife is an
American lady, who has much social
tact, and is very justly popular.
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Evils of Civilization.

Civilization abounds In artificial, alb
normal conditions, many OF which must
be more or less unfayorable to health.
To some extent, the same thing is true
of the lower animals and even of the
vegetables. The domesticated horse is
far more delicate than his wild pro-
genitor, and the wild potato probably
has no such tendency to rot as is
manifested by the cultivated progeny.
Modern civilization makes all the
nations neighbors- not only of
each others blessings, but of each
others vices and diseases. Yellow fe-
yer, dengue. cholera, typhus fever and
la grippe all reached us from abroad.
Meantime the progress of the United
States as nation is not without it's
bad side. Young. me abandon the
quiet and invigorating life of the farm
for the exciting and in some respects
demoralizing and enfeebling life of the
city. The young women leave the
normal and healthful work of the
home for the exhausting toll of the
workshop and the beggarly life of the
boarding house.
If manufactures give us cheaper
goods. they do so at large expendi-
ture of human health and life. At
the same time they crowd the great
centers with q population hard to as
simulate and pervaded with it's own
unhealthy and vicious tendencies.
Even our schools, of which we are
Justly so proud, greatly aid in propa-
eating the diseases of childhood, be-
sides producing a general tendency to
defective vision, and letting down of
the general health.
The increasingly minute division of
labor, so beneficial in some respects,
must have belittling effect upon The
laborer AS one said many years ago,
the manufacture of pin by the diyid-
ed labor of several different persons
gives US excellent pins, but poor mo-
chanics, and worse yet, poor men and
women.
Among other ills of civilization are
overworked brains; valious forms of
nervous exhaustion; the worries of do
nestle and social life; the ruinous
greed of wealth: the disastrous re-
suits of excessive business competition !;
the diseases and vices naturally attend
ant upon luxury; the crowding togeth-
er of the ignorant and depraved in
large cities.
Let every enc do his best to guard
himself and help his brother against
the evils of humanity at its best estate.
-YoutRs Companion.
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Berlin, their home life is singularly

Berlin, their home life is singularly
free from luxury.
Prince Wilhelm learned the value
Of simplicity from his father, and he is
teaching it to his officers, by laying
down certain cardinal rules about
plsin living, which they all find it
prudent to observe
When he thinks any garrison town
is becoming too sleepy lie makes it a
visit and has all the troops turned out
by an alarm at night-a proceeding
which sometimes causes much 1exa-
ton and damage.
Emperor Wilhelm is fond of residing
in the "Schloss," the picturesque old
castle which, with it's massive portals
and bread courts, looms up not far
from the bridge near which stands the
colossal equestrian bronze statue OF
the Great Elector.
All the Prussian Kings and Emper-
ors, nine in number, have at times re-
sided in the Schloss, except Frederick
the Third and the mighty Fritz, who
liked Potsdam best.
The Emperor entertains we'll; he
loves his children, and brings them up
strictly. and in all the traditions of
the Hohenzollerns. He allows them
to take on no airs because of their
princely position.
The heir-apparent, Grown Prince
Frederick William, was born in May
of 1882. He is pretty boy, of prom
Using disposition. very fond of directing
mimic war operations with his little
brothers
Kaiser Wilhelm has developed into
handsome andeimposing man.
He is in the full flush of strength
and has kept his youth very well. In
his 3lst year he still has the fresh--
ness and vigor OF d BOY, and the elias
ITCHY of his temperament is dis
played whenever he is with intimate
friends.
He is more than six feet tall, we'll
put up; not of so athletic build as
the Anglo-Saxon, but strong, wiry,
and supple. Since he has become EN-
peror he has grown tride stouter
His left arm is his most palpable
physical defect. 1T hangs istlessly.
says one biographer, "and is, l should
say. about an ir>~A and half higher
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natural than the lives the Princes
lived. Whether in their schoolrooms,
at their meals, or the manner in which
thew were treated, there was but httt
to distinguish them from the children
of any gentleman of good fortune. The
words Royal Highness" were never
used, but sthe "du," which naturally
belongs to the German scnoolbov. was
replaced by the more respectful Isle.
The tutor used to shake hands uncere-
moniously with his royal pupil every
day, and Prince William would chat
about what he had been doing that
Professor Helmholz had told him this,
or that Count Moltke had explained to
him that. He was very fond of fairy
stories.
The Young Princes English rela-
tives took care to fill his mind with
ominently conservative notions. One
ny he came to his teacher with this
lather startling question:
"Uncle - says that Oliver Crom-
we'll was horrid beast; what do you
think?" The tutor hardly knew what
to answer.
On the whole, his youth was serious,
earnest. and eminently indu~ trious.
He rarely laughed, and always seemed
to bear about with him the conscious
ness that he had mighty mission to
fulfill Even as boy" says one of
his biographers, cit was he. and rot his
father, who was pointed out as the flu
ture hope o. Germany.
The evident seriousness with which
he regarded himself sometimes caused
smiles. Anecdotes in point were freely
circulated, as, for instance, that he
borrowed a penknife from one Of his
attendants, and returned IL with the
solemn remark: Keep this. It has
now become a historic relic" But this
absence of any sense of humor is now
shown to be only the diverse side Of
splendid and princely characteristics.
Young Wilhelm's military career be-
gan as soon as he returned from the
University, in the First Guard Regi-
ment of Infantry at Potsdam, the old
garrison town haunted by memories of
Frederick the Great.
The First Guards is Prussia's crack
regiment. and in this the Prince le-
NAMED with the infantry until he rose
to be Major. when he was transferred
to the Potsdam Hussars, cavalry regi-
men. V hose uniform he is very fond of
wearing.
Hunting and athletic sports have a
large part in the young Emperor's life.
This is not merely because the EN-
peror is fond of the mere sport OF
knocking over small or la ge game,
but because hunting expeditions offer
an excellent pretext for assembling
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know and appreciate the masses. to I'M
derstand their dialect and enter into
their humor.
The two often made excursions to-
gether among the toilers.
When he was seven years old the
young Prince was placed under the
instruction of DR.. Hinzpeter, for whom
he conceived a friendship which has
grown with his years, and which has
caused much jealousy of the tutor IN
recent times.
Major General Won Stolberg was
the P rince's military governor, and the
young mans marked prediction for
military studies received great i'm
petus from this able soldier.
After his confirmation in 1874, the
Prince was sent with his brother,
Prince Henry, who is now the Adj
MIRA, to the Gymnasium at Cassel,
where he passed his examinations In
1877. This was tho first time that any
German prince had ever been sent to
public school.
He continued his studies in the Uni
versity at Bonn, and there, as at Cas-
sci, he was treated exactly like the
other students and formed the habit of
close application which has stood him
in such good stead since he came to the
throne.
An English tutor who was employed
by the Crown Princess to superintend
the English side of the future Emper-
or's education has given some interest
ing glimpses of the royal household.
When he first saw the Grown Princess
she told him she was anxious that her
son should acquire good English ac-
cent.
Reviews and similar state functions
we're the OILY Interruptions to the
work of the young Princes.
Prince William, as he was univers-
ally called, except by his governor,
who generally said "Lieber Pri1z,
soon mastered English, and speaks it
as well as he does German. It took
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reror, for several Yeas before his ac-
cession to the throne. was accustomed
to make excursions into Lithuania, In
winter, and spending week or two on
the estates of his intimate friends, the
Radziwills, in Russia.
On this great demesne of Nieswies
vast forests filled with wild game
stretch away for leagues, and afford
hunters all the perils and excitements
Of the wilderness.
Since he has become Emperor, VIII
helm has continued his pleasant rela-
tons with the Radziwills, and now
and then gives them grand hunting
party as return for their hos
pitality.
In 1881 Prince Wilhelm was married,
at the age of %. to Princess Victoria
of Schleswig- Holstein Augustenburg
and their first-born son is the fourth In
the series of "four kings, as the old
Kaiser remarked in the year following
when photograph was taken at Pots
dam of himself, his son, grandson, and
the infant prince, borne in the old
mans arms, thus presenting in group
the first four generations of the new
imperial German house.
The Princess, his wife, is not of royal
blood, and by her he has family OF
five boys, the eldest of whom has al
ready military rank in the army. and
is generally attired in uniform and
boots, a veritable "Puss in Boots" to
whom the soldiers have to present