The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1904-07-01
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Is me IdIIy CrOWu dlIeduy dC WOIh
lii Lincoln? That is the question that
is worrying Lincoln unionists.
There is no doubt that Parry agents
have already laid the foundation for
active work in Lincoln, but The Wage
worker is reliably informed that moth
ing will be done until after the ma
tional election. Several employers in
the city, however, are little uneasy
at the delay and manifest DISPOSE
ton to rush things little. But they
managers of the Parry crowd who are
not quite ready to take chances OF
solidifying the labor vote against
their schemes.
But the Parry poison is at work, all
right, and it behooves unionists to be
preparing the antidote. Unionists
should be searching out It's friends and
be preparing to stand by them when
the fight opens. UnionIsts shouis be
strengthening their defenses and lay
ing their plans Of campaign. The
fight is coming, and while it will not
be Of the unionists' seeking. union
lists will have to fight.
Pretending to be opposed to the boy
colt, the Parryites will boycott any
business man or newspaper that re-
fuses 10 side in with them. Pretend
ing, to have nothing against labor or
Sanizations, the Parryites will not
hesitate to corrupt courts il possible,
debauch the ballot box if necessary
and use the military power OF the state
ii they can, in order to crush the I'M
ions. The Parry crowd has the money
and the influence. The unionists have
nothing but votes and their ability to
stand by their friends.
Let unionists begin seeking out the
merchants who handle union goods,
cater to union trade and patronize the
unions newspaper. The Parry crowd
is after the dollars, and if 1t is dem
onstrated that their game will lose
them the dollars they viii go to pieces
without great loss of time. Union pa
tronage keeps the business going. Are
you giving it to your friends or to
your enemies?
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Down in Kansas City the unionists
made the mistake of their lives. The
republican candidate for mayor openly
declared his hostility to unions. The
democratic candidate was fair But
the unionists put up a separate ticket
and gave it 5000 votes. The result
was the election of the republican, and
his first act was to take a whack at
the unions by securing the repeal of
the ordinance requiring the label on
all city printing. Union men should
set into the political game, but they
should move wisely.
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The American Federation of Labor
has taken a hand in the Colorado sit
uation. The Federation and the West
err Federation of Miners have not
been closely affiliated, but this action
on the part of the American Fedora
ton shows that labor is getting to-
gether, and this is most encouraging
sigc.
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Some superficial thinker writes to
the Philadelphia North American to
say that between the trusts and the
labor unionis the ordinary citizen will
be driven to the woods Or course
men who belong to unions are not
citizens in the estimation OF this
fellow.
$3.50
The retail grocers say they are
going to get Governor Mickey's scalp
because he vetoed the garnishee bill.
The grocers should take another think
While they are after Mickey's scalp
there may be some other scalp hunt
ers on the war trail.
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President Roosevelt says that "Sher-
man Bell is the bravest man in Colo
RADIO" Either the president should
revise his estimates of bravery or give
us some proof that he knows bravery
when he sees it,
1888
The boss plumbers and the strikers
should get together and arbitratc their
differences. The plumbers should not
take stand that may mean a severe
loss to other trades unions in the city.
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After you take ride in one of its
ancient cars over its uneven track you
wonder why it is not called the Lin
coin Distraction company"
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The employers association of Kan
sas City is putting up the money for
the prosecution of Edgar Bailey, a