The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-10-27
GENERAL MENTION.
News and Notes Gathered From Home
and Other Places.

| Rogers & Perkins carry full line
of union made shoes.
Word comes from Harvard that
Jesse Nickel, is quite i'll.
Smoke Blue Ribbon union made
cigars. Neville & Gardner.
The largest line of union made
shoes in the city at Rogers & Per-
kins.
, The carpenters of Clinton, Ia, are
thoroughly organized. There is not a
non-union man in the city.
The Sunday Star will be the only
paper in this section to print William
J. Bryan's letters from abroad.
Capital Auxiliary No. II met at
Hayden's studio last Tuesday and had
| it's picture taken. Twenty members
were present.
i The Burlington announces an in
crease of cents an hour to its
freight handlers. They have been re-
ceiving Is cents.
The Typographical unions of the
country are voting on special assess
ment Tor the purpose Oh financing tne
eight-hour movement.
| w. E. Moore has disposed of his
interest in the Review Printing Co.,
to his former partner, Marvin Baker.
and is now on the road selling in
surance.
President Huber of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers made a speech in Columbus, O.,
enc day last week and then assisted
in initiating a class of eighteen.
Albert Watkins, Jr, has returned
from all extended s.ojourn at Sulraur
Springs, Mo-, and he says he is now
free from rheumatic twinges and
ready to hustle up more business than
ever.
Alfred Peterson, of Ottumwa, Ia,
was killed by falling under the car
He was a stonemason and one of the
most prominent men in Iowa union
circles.
At the bankers banquet in Lin
coin last Wednesday night Professor
Ross told in a half-dozen sentences
why labor should organize, why it
had a right to organize and why it
should keep on organizing.
The scrap between the Union Pa
cific and Burlington in northwest
Nebraska means that there will be
lots of work up there, and in the pres
ent scarcity of laborers the wages
will be unusually good.
Open meeting of Transfers Union
next Monday evening. All union and
non-union men are cordially invited
to be present. General Organizer
Young of Chicago, Sidney j. Kent,
and others, will address the meeting.
"The Atterbury System" refers to
mems suits, made by the worlds best
maker. These suits show every mark
of expert workmanship and all the lit
tie devices which cause garments to
retain their style and originality. Ask
for them at the Paine Clothing Com
pany.
The Lincoln Overall and Shirt fac
tory is soon to be dedicated with
prayer. We presume the dedicatory
services will be held before a. m.
or after u p. H.. so as not to in'rr-
fere with the ten hour work of the
employees who average Sc week from
superintendent down to Office boy.
The Wageworker acknowledges a
pleasant call from Judge Ben Lindsey
of Denver, who addressed the prison
congress in Lincoln this week. Judge
Lindsey has charge of the juvenile
court in Denver and is doing a splen-
did work for the boys and girls. The
country needs several hundred thou
sand men like Judge Lindsey.
Charles Gates Dawes, former Lin
coin "anti-monopolist," but now the
head of big Chicago trust company
says: Il know there is the keenest
competition between meat packers,
and that the profits are the lowest
possible" Incidentally we might re-
mark, too, that the people of Lincoln
know Charley Dawes, and know that
he knows better.
Will Mumaugh, one of the best
known musicians in Lincoln, and for
many years trombone player in Hage-
now's orchestra, died last Saturday
morning after a long illness. He was
a favorite not only in musical but So
cial circles and his death is severe
loss. The funeral was held Wednes-
day and was largely attended, Hage
now's full band leading the funeral |
cortege to Wyuka.
Test Validity of Law.
The validity of the law enacted last |
winter segregating the races in the |
Kansas City, Kas., high school is to |
be tested in the supreme court. The |
question was brought before the SUI
preme court at Topeka in a mandamus |
proceeding brought by Mamie Richard
son, a negro, against Thomas J. White, |