The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-09-29

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Mrs. Peters, wife of the foreman of
the Woodruff Collins press room, is
visiting relatives at the old home
back east.
Union men should bear in mind
the fact that Ridge & Guenzel closed
their mammoth department store on
Labor Day.
w. l.. Mayors is in Louisville, KY,
representing the local union of Elec-
trical Workers at the international
convention now in session in that
city.
The union blacksmiths on the Mil
waukee road have secured an increase
in pay. This was reached after con-
ference that displayed good fellow
ship all around.
There are more than 10000 Chi
cago men wearing the button of the
Transfers Union. Does that look
like victory for Job and his union
busting outfit?
An English court has decided that
no man may be called gentleman
who works for his living. Over here
we do not call men who do not work
gentlemen" We call 'em hoboes.
Coke Bros, mine owners at Oneida,
Pa, suspended their 800 miners for
two days because they laid off one
Gay and went to hear President John
Mitchell. The boys say they'll take
a week off any old time to hear
Mitchell.
The only open shop" is the union
shop, for the non-union man can en-
ter by agreeing to stand by his fell
low workingmen. The non-union shop
is CLOSED shop" to all men who in
sist upon having voice in the dis
position of their own labor.
The H. Herpolsheimer Co., one of
the largest general merchandise firms
in the west, did not wait to be asked
to close up last Labor Day, but
closed voluntarily and gave the big
force of employees a holiday. Let or
ganized labor bear this fact in mind.
F. M. Coffeey went down into Okla
homa last week to arrange for the
care of the stock on the ranch during
the winter and to bring the children
back to Lincoln. Mr.. and Mrs. Cot
fey and the little folks will make
Lincoln their home this winter
The American Suspender Co., of
Cincinnati, O., stamps the words
"union made" on the buckles of its
suspenders. The firm is not union.
Union made suspenders bear the la
bel of the American Federation of
Labor on a band around the webbing.
Mine owners oppose the eight hour
day on the ground that it would re-
strict output. Then they turn right
around and close down the mines be-
cause they already have an over sup
ply of coal on hand What a consist
ent lot of "divine trustees" they are,
to be sure.
Mrs. H. Wiggenjost, who was SER
is still in the hospital there. Her
ankle was fractured while descend
ing from a carriage, and it is feared
that the injury will be permanent. 1t
will be some time before she will be
able to return to her home in this
city.
Fred Schmidt & Bro, whose friend
ship for organized labor has been evil
denced by their patronage of The
Wageworker's advertising columns,
closed up on Labor Day and gave
all their employees an opportunity to
enjoy the holiday as they saw fit
Organized labor should remember
this and show proper appreciation
whenever the opportunity affords.
| The Onion Club" met at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Moore, 721
South Eleventh street, last Saturday
evening. Reeds orchestra enlivened
the occasion with plenty of excellent
music and suficiency of comfort
for the inner man was provided by
the host and hostess. A delightful
evening was spent by the merry com
| pany and the records of the CLUB
were added to.
Once more, and not for the last
time, either, The Wageworker takes
occasion to say that everything ap
pearing in this humble little paper
without credit is original with the ed
itor of The Wageworker and if it is
reprinted in other papers he woult
be tickled almost to death to have
proper credit.
= The editor of The Wageworkel
went out to the penitentiary last Sun
day afternoon and tried to entertain
the guests of that institution for {
half hour. He has made the same eff
fort several times and has always
found an appreciative audience. B.