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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28

Clothing Co. and the other at the New
Century printing office.
The ladies decided to have a
Halloween party and the following
committee was appointed: Mrs. C. H
Bowers, Mrs C. B. RICHTER, Mrs.
Frank O'Dell. Mrs. w. H. Creal ana
Mrs. Erstine King.
Arrangements are being made to
celebrate that eventful day on Octobe..
81. All members of the Auxiliary
with their husbands, are expected TO
bring a sheet and pillow-case and as
M. at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. C.. B.
Righter. A good time is assured and
the committee has many surprises in
store for the guests.
Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Sayer are
the visiting committee for the COM
ing month. If there are any printers
wives who are not members Of this
Auxiliary and should receive visit
from these ladies', it is earnestly hoped
that they will consider now, the ac-
cepted time," and avail themselves OF
the opportunity to belong to one OF
the best and most useful organizations
in existence. Until you have joined
us, you may never realize the as
sistance you will be able to give, not
only to your husband, but to the craft
at large. --.,. 2 :
1t is a blessed privilege to be able
to belong to an organization which is
auxiliary to the International Typo
graphical Union. The men need en-
couragement and because we are the
wives OF laboring men we should be
proud to realize that their brain and
Drawn is the most useful capital ana
must be protected most carefully.
The time is not far Off when an aux
iliary to all trades will be found to be
for union-made goods on every side
Rave you studied the label pictures? ?
| Until the time comes when there will
be q universal label, which We hope
| will be so distinct in character and
construction that there will be no mis-
taking it at any time. and that it will
be stamped indelibly in our very
minds. we must study these various
| labels which mean so much.
| What woman is sweeping her home
with a non-union broom, a Lee broom
| for instance? If you do not know,
ask your husband why we should not
use the convict-made brooms.
When you buy your boy a suit OF
do you insist on seeing the label? Do
not allow a peak-headed clerk to lam
poon you. Educate yourself 50 that II
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28

they do not know what the label looks
like, you may be able to describe it..
There are several stores in town hand
ling a union-made starch, Monarch.
Insist on having it or ask your grocer
to send for it.
Another good reason for joining the
auxiliary is this: Like the printers,
their wives should have common
tond CT sympathy and peculiar inter-
est in each other. Nothing brings this
lesult like a companicnsbip brough:
on through this medium. Personally.
VIC had lived in Lincoln more than
twelve years and had never known nor
even met 10 exceed five or six print
er's wives or mothers. until Capital
Auxiliary was organized. Now, moth
sweet affections formed and the pleas
ures enjoyed through associations so
liberal and congenia!.
Capital Auxiliary meets every first
and third Friday in the month The
initiation fee is fifty cents and dues
per quarter, twenty-five cents. We
were pleased to have Mrs. Erstine
King with us again after an absence OF
nearly two months, visiting in Mis-
souri,. Twenty-Five of the ladies had
their pictures took for Mr. Leaden )
labor directory and most of the ladies'
Will buy one or more of the pictures
for keepsakes. The Auxiliary bougk:
couple to be sent to our international
president and secretary. Come and
zine us.
MRS. C. E. BARNGROVER.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28

Trees. The age of these colossi is from
1.5OO to 1900 years. The Mariposa
Grove, which can be visited while en-
route to the Yosemite, contains some
of the largest. In the Calaveras Grove
are from ninety to one hundred OF
huge size. Near Santa Cruz is a beau
tiful grove of redwood Big Trees whicI,
will we'll employ a days visit. These
can be best reached by the Union Pa
cific whose fast trains from Missouri
river reach California 16 hours ahead
OF all competitors.
Pamphlets and maps describing the
wonders of California, and full infor-
nation about the most comfortable and
direct route to the Pacific Coast, can
be obtained OF
E. B. SLOSSON,
Gen. Agent.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Two burlington Men Killed In a Unique
Road Disaster.

Hoao Disaster.
Engineer John E. Parkinson anG
Fireman Charles T.. Lasher OF the
Burlington are dead as the result OF d
horrible and unique accident that befell
them Thursday between Aurora and
Phillips. In the thick OF heavy fog
the engine struck an oil wagon, and
the heat of the engine exploded a large
quantity OF gasoline. The blazing
fluid was thrown in torrents all over
the train, and especially upon the en-
gine. Engineer Parkinson saw the
wagon in time to reverse the engine,
but not in time to avoid hitting it.
The train stopped short distance
from the scene of the collision, and
the frightened passengers poured from
the train The predicament OF the en-
gineer and fireman was not noticed
for several moments, and by that time
Lasher was dead Parkinson was re-
moved to Aurora, but died later in th2
day
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28
GET INTO THE GAME.
Have Your Laundry Work Done by Unio
Laundry Workers.

Have Your Laundry Work Done by Union
Laundry Workers.
Ii union men and women in Lincoln
want their laundry work done by union
laundry workers. they now have that
opportunity and should lose no time
getting into the union game.
Pending the establishment of a
union laundry in Lincoln, the Lincoln
Union Laundry company will have its
work done by union laundry workers
in Omaha. This, however, will be tenn
porary, for it is the intention OF the
company to put in a plant OF it's own
at an early date. Mr.. J. W. Lower IS
the manager of the new company, and
an Office has been opened at 1894 U
street, where laundry orders should be
left. Good work and complete salts
faction is guaranteed.
The Lincoln Union Laundry COM
pany has already one wagon in the
field, and the patronage shows such
signs OF growth that arrangements
have been made for another the first
OF the month.
AS reason why union men ant.
union sympathizers should encourage
this new enterprise little history is
cited.
Less than two months ago Labor
Day was observed in this city. On that
day the non-union laundrieS OF this
city-and they are all non-uniOn-ran
at full blast the usual hours, not even
closing down to permit the employees
to participate in or watch the parade.
The laundry managers have opposed
the organization of the laundry work
ers, and there is evidence to support
the statement that certain of the EN-
ployers were primarily responsible for
the early collapse of the union or
ganized some years ago.
Hundreds of Lincoln people have
reason to believe that there is iaun
dry trust in the city
Wages paid by Lincoln laundries are
|ridiculously low. A case in point will
illustrate this. One girl employed in
a Lincoln laundry recently worked
this she received the muniticent wage
of 81. The laundry collected upwards
OF $50 for the work this girl performed
The laundry workers who will do the
laundry collected by the Lincoln Union
Laundry company work a 9-hour day
and receive 33 1-3 per cent for over
time. They average over IS week for
their nine hours a day. They are all
members OF the International Union or
Shirt, Waist and Laundry WORKERS.
Every laundry list sent out by the Lin
coin Union Laundry company will bear
the unions label. Every member OF
the new company is union man.
These are some OF the reasons why
union men should give their patronage
to the new company
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28
is THE EXCUSE GOOD?
Why the WaoeWorker Comes Out Slim Z
This Particular Time.

Why the WaoeWorker Comes Out Slim at
This Particular Time.
If The Wageworlxer is not up to the
standard this week 1t is because the
editor and the business manager were
gallivanting around st. Louis early in
the week. They left Monday evening
as the guests OF Governor Mickey and
party, who went to st. Louis to par
ticipate in the Nebraska Day festivi-
ties, and returned Thursday evening.
II any of The Wageworker's readers
have undergone a season of festivity
under similar circumstances they will
understand why The Wageworker's
staff is feeling unable to do any par
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28
NEW ADVERTISER.
The HerpoIsheimer Store Secures the
vices Of An Expert.

The Herpolsheimer Store Secures the Ser
vices Of An Expert.
Robert Herpolsheimer has taken
charge of the advertising department
OF the firm of H. Herpolsheimer 4 Co.,
succeeding Mr.. Lee, who has gone to
Kansas City. Mr.. Herpolsheimer has
made an especial study OF the scienc.,
of advertising, and already his work IS
attracting attention throughout this
section of thee ountry. He believes in
systematic and thorough advertising.
and is following we'll devised plans
that are sure to increase the trade OF
the popular store with which he Is
connected.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28
TROUBLE IN BEATRICE.
Cigsrmakers Strike Against a Reduction
in Already Low Wages.

Cigsrmakers Strike Against Reduction
in Already Low Wages.
Union cigarmakers employed by I'm
derwood Bros. at Beatrice went on
strike last week against reduction in
wages. Underwood Bros. announced
that they could not pay the scale and
that hereafter they would conduct an
"open shop" A committee from the
Lincoln union. under which jurisdic-
tion the Beatrice members work, went
down to see if the matter could be
2mlcably adjusted. No agreement was
reached, however One man returned
to work and was promptly find SIS by
the union.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28
BUILDING LAeoRERs.

Special Meeting Called to Discuss Several
Questions Of Moment.
A special meeting of the Hod Car
riers and Building Laborers on the
evening of November l. The meeting
will be held at the regular meeting
place, Marshalls hall, 829 o street
Every member is urged to be present
and take part in the discussion of the
important questions that will be pre-
sented at that time.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28
GENERAL MENTION

Lincoln Union Laundry Co., 1924 .
street.
For Union Made Shoes go to Rogers
& Perkins.
Have your work done by the Lin
coin Union Laundry company.
Street and Pattern Hats, from 81
ZIP, Sadie Puckett. 124 South 18th
Get ready fer the G. l.. U. enter
tainment. Full particulars next week.
Mrs. F. G.. GreenIey has been quite
iii for some time, but is reported muc.,
better
Ladies own material made over on
new shapes. Reasonable prices Sadie
Puckett, 124 South 18th
We have large stock of Union
Made Shoes and we want your trade.
Rogers Hc Perkins Co.
When you shave any news tina. will
interest union men and woclcn. call
autophone 2277 and tell it.
Bert Fredericks is visiting in town.
He is employed on the New Orleans
item, and has "stiddy job.
If you think best to buy suit this
fall, visit Paine's Clothing House
"a good place to buy good clothes
Union engineers in the Illinois coal
mines have been locked out and as a
result general strike may take place.
Have you noted the Lincoln Stars
presidential Dot Contest?" If not.
get next to it. There's money in it for
.s0u
H. W. McQuittie is raising mus.
tache This is news item You'd
never know it by looking at Macs
upper lip.
Ted UShea is back after an ex-
tended tour OF the west and has, de-
cided that henceforth Lincoln will be
his domicle.
Fresh Eureka (Ark.) Hard Coal for
base burners, SO. Lasts as long az
Pennsylvania hard coal and is just as
hot. Ed F. Reddish
Fred Schmidt & Bro. have a new
advertisement in this issue. 1t will
pay you to read it and then take ad-
vantage OF some OF the bargains Of
fered
Peabody carries an armed guard with
him on mis- stumping tours. He need
not be afraid. It's his crowd that does
all the woman beating, and Peabody is
not man.
It's cinch this time-Jess Nickel
has found his cocker spaniel, "Nigger.'
This is the fourth time he has been
found, but the other three times It
wasn't Niger"
Charley Bowen's patrons declare that
since he came back from Louisville he
talks with a southern accent and in
sists on quoting speed records and
blue grass statistics.
A Wisconsin farmer relates that he
was attacked by eighteen rattlesnakes
and that he killed them all with a
small cane. He ought to drink union
made liquor and cut out the dope
s3 Sam Best, secretary-treasurer of the
Teamsters, says that his union has
taken in more new members in the
past sixty days than any other union
In the city. And Sam was on the
water wagon when he said it.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28

ticular amount of hustling. Banquets,
tally-ho rides, invitations to visit con-
cesions, an attempt to cover 1,2OO acres
OF exhibits and about 1,2UO miles OIL
travel, all crowded into three days and
three nights is enough to take the
starch out OF any but the most sea-
staff is yet young and unaccustomed to
so much gaiety. Is the excuse good?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28
COOKS AND WALTERS.

The New Union viii Hold Its First Meet.
inc in November.
The Cooks and Walters have organ
lied again, and will hold the first meet
ing under the new charter on the first
starts off with good membership, and
with the experience of the past as a
guide will doubtless develop into one
OF the strong and conservative locals
OF the city.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28
CCOCOOOOOCOOCOOOOOOOO
WISELY WILL SPEAK.
Socialist Leader Arrannes For An Oper
Meeting Sunday Evening.

On Sunday evening next Mr.. j. q.
l.. Wisely will conduct an open meet
ing at C.. l.. U. hall, and invites all
workingmen to be present and join in
free and full discussion of the issues
Of the day. Mr.. Wisely will address
the gathering, and stands ready ~
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28

answer any questions that may be pro-
pounded in good faith An invitation
is extended to every workingman anG
working woman in the city to be pres
ent, and to bring their friends.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28
THE BIG TREES.

Wondrous and Awe-Insprine Product
of Nature, Found Only in California.
California's attractions are mostly
of it's own kind, peculiar to the state,
and of none is this SO emphatically
true as that unique product the Big
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28
IN A NUTSHELL.

The union is the only instrument
that the laborer has for enforcing
q division of the fund given to the
employer in trust and now the en-
Dloyers have organized to destroy
the uniOn.-William ]. Bryan.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-10-28
AUXILIARY NOTES.
An Interesting Communication From Cap
itaI Auxiliary No. II.

Capital Auxiliary No. II met with
Mrs. Charles Simmons on October 81.
Most of the members were present and
AZ interesting meeting was enjoyed.
Mesdames Bustard and Bowers. the
present label committee, reported that
our label pictures have been placed,
one in a window of the Armstrong
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-14

dreadful drought Here. See that grass
ss,tllefe, it's.tass short and dry-and the
ground 4looksSb Sburneder and crackeder
than itsdoes IN Kansas
< .'Um. yes" replied the colonel. Il
had noticed that myself. Yet crops
seem. a pretty fair yield this year.
Asssthe buggy in which the two fami-
lies Were riding rumbled over the
bridge the colonel. who was sitting in
the front seat. turned to the woman in
tfle- back seat and said:
Z, Loolzfe,f there, mother, they've got
az new -smaller'n the old mill.
too" 49, sstttss
sTo WHICH his cousin aresponded.
Bill. fIslelSs. whats got into you, any
way. ?e'Th9ts the same old MILF where
ME and4yopau used to steal pigeons"
HTheSecolonel Hooked closer and
drawIed .obt, t.sweIfiE:F be doggoned!
Whatsmakes it 1ooxr sossmaI? Amt
it smaller, mother 2" ghesSsked, as they
crossed the 3milfrace. 4that tsseemed to
the colonel to be a dImfputiyes affair.
compared swith the roaring millrace
inrwhieh asa boy he had caught min
nows. ~
The party. rode on thus for half an
hour. .chattplg. leisurely, .wheni Mrs.
Hucks, whoAhad been keenly watch
ing the, scenery for five minutes.
pinched her husband and crieda ems
Enthusiastically, as the buggy was yde-'
scending a little knoll:
Here tits. father. This is the
place!'f .F'Ssss wv
What placer" asked the colonel
who was. head over heels in the tariff.
= Don't you know, William" replied
his wife with a tremble in her voice.
which the woman beside her noticed.
Every one in the buggy was listen
ing. The colonel looked about him:
then, turning to the woman beside his
wife on the back seat. he said:
This is the place where / mighty
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-14

nigh; gotf tipped over trying to drive
two horses 1to saSsfeigh with the lines
between my knees. Mother and me
haxeStremembered it, someway, ever
since"
And the old man stroked his griz-
zTeAfbeard and tried to smile on the
wroaAg side of his face that the women
might, see his joke. They exchanged
meaning glances when the colonel
turned away, and Mrs. Hueks was
proudly happy. Even the dullness Of
: the color Of the grass. which she had
remembered as a luscious green. did
not Sudden her for half an hour.
g when the kansas people were
alone that mSht1the colonel asked:
Don't its seem kind of dwarfed
hereto what you expected it would
be I? II Seems to me like it's all shriv-
seled and worn out, and old. Every
things got dust on it. The grass by
the roads is. dusty. The trees that
usedttos seem so tall and black with
shade are just nothing like what they
used to be. The hills I've thought OF
asSyoung niountains don't seem to be
so big1a as odr blum back--back home"
Kansas was home to- them now.
: 'Forthirty years the struggling couple
onSthe prairie had kept the phrase
back honleH sacred to Ohio. Each felt
a ,theill at the household blasphemy.
and both were glad that the colonel
SliAd safd'rback home" and that II
nheant kansas.
"AreFyou sorry you come. father?"
said Mrs. Hucks. as the colonel was
about to fall into doze.
II don't know arc, ,you?' he asked.
'Well. yes. guess 1 am. 1 haven't
no heart fort-this. the way it is. and
I've some way lost the picture I had
fixed in my mind OF the way it was.
l don't care for this. and yet it seems
like do. too. oh. I wish hadn't come,
to find everything so washed out-like
il is."
And so they looked at pictures OF
youth through the eyes Of age. How
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-14

from borrowing money with which to
go on dozen different occasions. n,
The day which Colonel and Mrs.
William Hucks set apartzfor starting
upon their journey was one of those
perfect Kansas days in early, October.
The rain had washed zthe summers
dust from the air, clearingsa it, and
stenciling the lights and shades very
sharply. The woods alonga the little
stream which flowed through the
farm had not been greenerc at any
time during the season. The second
crop Of grass on the hillside almost
sheened in vividness. The yellowaof
the stubble in the grain fields. wass all
but a glittering golden.4 The sky was
a deep, glorious blue, and the big.
downy clouds which numbered lazily
here and there in the depths of II ap-
peared near and palpable. The old
couple paused outside the front door
while Colonel Hucks fumbled with the
key.
Think of it, father" said Mrs.
huchs as sne turned to descend from
the porch. Thirty years ago-and
you and have been fighting SO hard
out here-since you let me out of your
arms to look after the horses. Think
OF what has come-and-andzgone.
father, and here we are alone, after
ALL"
Now mother, T." but the woman
broke in again with:
do you mind how looked that day t?
Oh. William, you were so fine and 30
handsome then! What's become Of my
sbey-rny young, sweet, strong. glorious
boy7"
Mrs. Hucks' eyes were wet and her
voice broke at the end Of the sentence.
Mother" cried the colonel. as he
went around the corner Of the house.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-14

Just wait minute u.i / see II this
kitchen door is fastened" -
y When he came back he screwed up
1.-THE corner of his mouth into a droil,
one-sided smile and said, with a twinllle
f. in hisEeyes, to the woman emerging
from the handkerchief: ~
7; .'Mother5; for woman of your age.
, shouId}says you had mighty7cfose can
to- Sbeing. kissed just then. .Thatskitchen
doorswas allthat saved you.
Now, pa, don't be silly was all that
Mrs. sHueks had the courage to. attempt
] as shesplimbed. .into.the buggy.
) Colonel Hucks and his wife went
J down the road, each 10th to go and
leave3t home place without their
care. nTheir ragged ssuneyen flow. of talk
was filed with more Sanaaety about the
!: place which they were leaving thansit
was with the joys anticipated at their
Journeys. end, The glories of Ohio, and
the;wondetful green of its hills and the
cool Of sits meadows. .veined with purl-
ing brooks, was picture, that seemed
10 iaoe IN the mental vision or this old
pair when they turned the corner that
hid their Kansas home frem view.
Mrs. Hucks kept reverfing in. her
mind to her recollection of the bed
room, which she had left in disorder.
The .parlor and the kitchen formed
mentallpicture in the housewives fancy
which did not leave place for specula-
ton about5-the glories into which she
was about to come. In the cars Colonel
Hucks found himself leaning across the
aisle. Dragging mildly about Kansas for
the benefit OF a travelling man from
Cincinnati. When the colonel and his
wife spread their supper on their knees
in the Kansas City Union depot the
recollection that It was the little buff
Cochin pullet which they were eating
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-14

made Mrs. Hucks very homesick. The
'A.eolonel, on being reminded of this.ewas
meditative also. =
!. They arrived at their destination in
! the night. Mrs. Hucka and the women
of the homestead refreshed old fac-
quaintance in the. bedroom and in the
kitchen, while the colopeI and the men
sat stiffly in the parlorSand called the
roll of the dead andtabsent In, the
morning, while he wasSwaiting for his
breakfast. Colonel HuaRs went for a
'phowl down in the .cowslot. 1t seemed
to shim that the creek which ran
through the lot twas dry and ugly. He
found stone upon which as boy he
hadsstood and fishedf, He.remembered
it as a huge boulder andshe had told
hisschiIdren wonderful tales about its
great.size. 1t seemed to him that it
had worn away .fone-half in thirty
years. The moss ons the river bank
was>faded and o1ds andtthee beauty for
which he hadSlooked was marred by
a thousand irregularities which, he did
not recall sin the picture of the place
that he had carried in his memory
since he4leftsit..
Colonel HICKS trudged UP the bank
fromg the Stream with. his hands
clasped sfbehlnd Z him :swhistling, 30
Lord1s Rememg Me = and trying to
reconcile the Things he had :seenEwith
those i. he.had itexpecteds to flnd.v At
breakfast he Ssaids nothing of his puz-
zle, but as9Mrs. sHucks and the colonel
sat in the parlor alone during the
morning. while their cousins were ar
ranging to take the Kansas people
over the neighborhood in the buggy.
Mrs. Hucks said:
Father, I've been lookin' out the
window and 1 see/they've had such
Seward gateway., 1904-08-19
Provide 3 SchoOlroOm.

No better attraction for a town and one that draws people, especially families toward it, could be devised by man than first class school.
 For sometime Judge HilIreth has been making an effort to supply Stewards $ need in this direction. There are now about 30 children of school age n the town and many more will gravitate this way with the ir parents when d school is an assured fact.
 Dr. Sheldon Jackson, agent for educa. tion in Alaska, has notified Judge Hil- dredth ttat he will furnish a teacher and the necessary text books but the citizens here must supply the building, seats and fuel
 The Gateway urges that active steps be taken at once to meet Dr. Jackson's requirement.
 Seward hes never yet been canvassed for any scheme of public nature, but The Gateway is confident that wh9h B committe makes the rounds Il school building will soon be erected. Cash, material or labor can be donated.