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The Virginia enterprise., 1905-03-10

COMMISSIONER JAMES r. GAR
FIELD, of the bureau of corpora
tions, has decreed that the meat
trust was making but Legitimate
profit on their investments. Mr..
Garfield is now "going after" the
Standard Oil crowd and plans for a
searching inquiry of the company's
methods in Kansas and other states,
but considering the opinion ren.
dered in the case against the pack
ers the decision of the inquiry will
not be awaited with anxiety; it can
be foretold by anyone of common
sense and passed down as closed
incident, to all practical purposes
and intent.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-03-10

THE political writer of the Vir.
ginian, we note, opines that the
next election in this city will find a
three cornered fight on the tapis
Perhaps; but the people will decide
who's who, and the opinion of the
majority is always right.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-04-28
THE CIGARMAkERS
Business Fair and Newcomers Find no
Difficulty in Getting Work

Difficulty in Getting Work
Business in the cigar making line in
Lincoln is good, and the number Of
cigarmakers at work shows an in
crease over the situation a month
ago. Lincoln made cigars are grow
ing in popularity, first, because OF
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-04-28
A GREAT WAVE OF PROSPERITY
Distraction Company Employees Buying Automobiles
Europe


European Trips
steamship preparing for rush of business
the tourist
The Lincoln gener-
splendid wages employees.
doesn't look good average when
with the paid by the Distraction really
magnificent Under the companys schedule possible
almost providing
he works hours enough
The Distraction the public through the
medium moutpece that had voluntarily raised
The that the scale beginners
The and three increased whole
every magnificent of twelve hours The
OF whole providing they
hang after serving five
wonderfully liberal wage of the Dis
the service take his controller
the lives of hundreds of and children the
other and make much twelve hours brayer makes
in
This allowed the because
employees free and independent workingen and
the slaves of the trannca and reasonable labor unions By
of
OF
five during hour OF which they have control of
they possibly $228 by working
who
American manhood i'll order become the ave of
REASONABLE compelled work eight
make from So S. The brcklayer
Sailor, toll eight
day the comparatively small of $550whereas he
his industrial freedom might be running trolley and
making $22S in twelve hours.
Wageworer compliment the Lincoln Distraction
upon splendid bera Such largehearedness
the part corporation these But doubtless the
felt that something due the employees who
independent to join a labor union.
Speaking of beraty and enterprise far be from The Wage
the Distraction has
ally bought another Only the carpng critics will breathe hint
patronage Of having the
sengers.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-04-28
ENGINEERS AUXILIARY
Final Arrangements for Organization
to Be Made Next Sunday

At A. o. U. w. hall next Sunday aft
ernoon the final arrangements will be
made for the organization of an Aux
iliary to the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers. The interest taken
in this matter has been very crafty
ing, and the indications are that one
of the largest and most enthusiastic
auxiliaries in the Brotherhood will be
launched.
Every member of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, their wives
and the widows of deceased mem
bers, are cordially invited to be pres
ent and assist in the work. Success
full auxiliaries are conducted in other
railway centers, and when the Lin
coin auxiliary is formally installed it
is more than probable that sister aux
iliaries will be largely represented and
one of the best social times in the his
tory of the engineers organization en-
joyed by the division. According to
present plans the auxiliary will be per-
manently organized and installed
some time in May.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-04-28

their quality, and, second, because of
growing disposition to patronize
home industries.
The result of the referendum on the
proposition to establish home for
tuberculosis patients was against the
proposition. Only about 10000 men,
bers in a total of $4,000 voted on the
proposition. Another proposition less
exacting will probably be submitted
in a short time.
The cigarmakers are taking vote
on a proposition to elect delegates to
the A. F. of L. by referendum instead
of by convention.
Twenty new cigar factories were es-
tablished in the Marietta district dur
ing March. Nineteen members in Mar
ietta are on strike against reduc-
ton in wages.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-04-28
THE ELECTRICAL WORKERS.
Death Visits the Lincoln Local and o.
J. Buriey is Lost.

Death Visits the Lincoln Local ana y.
J. Burley is Lost.
o. ]. Burley, a member of the local
Electrical Workers Union, died at st.
Elizabeth's hospital on Thursday
evening, April 20, and was buried at
Wyuka cemetery on Saturday. About
a month ago Mr.. Burley fell from
pole while working at Fairbury and
received severe injuries. He appar-
emily recovered and returned to work
in Lincoln. On April 10 he became
sick and delirious and was given
every attention by his fellow unionists.
Thursday morning DR.. Slattery was
called and found the patient uncon-
Burley died. BY means of several
addresses found in a notebook in his
pocket an aunt was located in Iowa,
and she was communicated with. She
was unable to attend the funeral and
telegraphed the local to bury their
held at Grace church and was largely
attended by electrical workers and
their wives, and the floral offerings
testified to the loyalty and fraternity
of the unionists.
The Nebraska TELEPHONE company's
vast improvements in the shape of
putting it's wires underground has
furnished an immense amount of
work. The city lighting plant will
furnish another big job for the line
men. AS a result of these improve
ments work in the electrical line is
good.
The local union is fortunate in hav-
ing thoroughly organized all the out
side men, but up to date the organi-
cation of the inside men has been far
from satisfactory. The union, how
ever, is keeping up the agitation and
good results are noticeable every
day.
The union is growing in financial
and numerical strength every day, and
the interest is increasing at graft
flying rate.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-04-28
THE LABOR PRESS:
What the Boys Over the Country Are
Talking About.

Municipal ownership is a question
that every trade unionist ought to
study, and vote for at every opportu-
nity.-St. Joseph Union.
The movement in Russia now max
ing for more liberty and economic
freedom, as we'll as self-government,
would be impotent and futile at TIE
present time were it not for the or
ganized workers there, poorly organ
lied though they, may be.-Cigar
Makers Journal.
The union label will establish a
firmer connecting link between en-
ployer and employee, making the bene-
fit to the employer also beneficial to
the employee. Purchase only label
goods.-Kansas City Labor Herald.
AS long as there are private privi-
leges, there will be public privation.-
Painter and Decorator.
The first duty OF good mechanic
is to join the organization and at
tend the meetings regularly. Then
good wages, enough to live comfort
ably on, will follow.-Internation
Bookbinder.
Mr.. Garfield, like the 'shell-worker."
must look upon the American people
as lot of gullible suckers Switch
mems Journal.
It is a poor rule that fails to work
both ways. The supreme court of
some states has decided that union
men are not eligible as juors to try
cases brought by non-union men. This.
of course, would mean that non-union
men are not eligible as jurors try
cases brought by union men. How
about it, Honorable Court?-Piano
Workers Journal.
When a union man spends penny
with an unfair concern he is held in
contempt by that concern. Even our
enemies have no respect for us when
we violate our oaths.-Minneapoli
(Minn.) Union.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-04-28
THE ALDERMAN1c ELECTION.
Representation
the

In June Lincoln will be called elect alder
large who will for four It behooves the aborn
the get that they represented
the tickets by square men, Something higher than partisan
politics should be considered municipal other
especially the of union
The demonstrated that the unionss Of the
city wide local politics Now let those
union together and elect few good the council
The of the contain of
look municipal affairs the who practice law clerk
sell something the Why it
that good card men, for aldermen? Go
party primaries and make special effort have good union
If the party makes nomination all good
union behind the regardless of affiliations
and elect them If the down. teach the vau
able lesson It would be blamed and all the
of lis passed it up, wouldn't it?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-04-28
THE STEREoTYPERS
Business Good and the Local Cultivat-
ing the Union Spirit.


The Stereotypers' Union may be
small in numbers, but there are evil
making up in energy and unionism
what it lacks in size. 1t is the young
est trades union in the city, but when
it organized it broke all previous rec
ords by taking in every member of
the craft in the city. So far as this
newspaper knows it is the only union
in town that includes in it's member
ship every man working at its trade.
Bert Large, who has been playing
in hard luck physically for a long
time, is again able to be about. Mr..
Large has been on the sick list most
of the time for the past six months.
Mr. Daugherty is welding the brush
at the Star stereotyping rooms.
doc" Crowley may be seen out in
the alley back of his house almost any
old evening heaving a baseball at the
back end of the barn. DOC" says his
pitching arm is shedding glass" every
day, and by the middle of May he ex-
poets to be able to shoot 'em over to
puzzle the best of 'em.
One of the biggest jobs of electro
tipping in this western country is per-
formed every month at the Journal
printery. 1t is the making of the
plates for the Modern Woodman,
which has measley little circulation
of only $4,000 a month. The Royal
Neighbor, organ of the woman's aux
Hilary to the Woodmen, has a circu-
lation of over 100000. These two pub
LEGATIONS furnish lots of work to the
allied trades in Lincoln.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-04-28
Exelet Embroidery

This is simply the old-fashioned
"broiderie Anglaise," or Madeira work,
SO well known to our grandmothers.
1t promises to be the most popular
mode of decoration for summer frocks.
1t is one of the daintiest as well as
the simplest of embroideries, and, best
of all, with little practice any one
can do the work at home. It is es-
pecially durable, and the work is done
with fine marking cotton, and the
round openings, or eyelets, are made
with a stiletto, the oval openings be-
ing cut.-Ex.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-04-28
The Last Resort.

A strike should never occur as the
result of a disputed question between
men of reason and sound mind. but
when man is unreasonable and OBJ
stinate enough to ignore public opin-
ion and sets his own opinions up In
antagonism to all principles of fair
ness. right or Justice, then the drastic
treatment of "the last resort" the
strike, may prove useful in bringing
him to realize that there are other
interests in the world besides his own,
and that other men have rights Pc
culiar to them also, which he must
acknowledge.-We Western Laborer.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-04-28
THE PAINTERS
No New Developments and the Union
lists Are all Busy

No New Developments and the Union
lists Are all Busy
There are no new developments in
the situation in the painters and dec
orators situation. The union men are
all at work, and are making it decided
ly profitable to the shops that signed
up. The non-union shops are vain]y
looking for good men. 1t is plainly
evident that the unfair employers ex-
pected a whole lot of assistance from
the unfair bosses of Omaha, but in
this they have been bitterly disap-
pointed. The Omaha bosses on the
unfair list find themselves fully occu-
pied in taking care of themselves,
and have no time to waste on out
siders.
A number of union men quietly left
the city when the trouble arose, and
all but a very few of the non-union
men who came in on the misrepresen-
tations of the non-union bosses imme-
diately went into the union. Those
who did not are not profitable to their
employers because of their inability to
do the work. The union has met some
hearty and unexpected support from
outsiders-people who were not sup
posed to know much about unionism,
let alone sympathizing with unionism
These people have countermanded
many orders given to shops that be-
came unfair and have placed them
with fair shops. The union men have
been able to switch lot of other or
ders, and the result is that the fair
shops are doing all the work they can
well handle. So far they have been
able to satisfactorily handle all bust
ness.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-04-28
THE EAGLE IN LINE

Brooklyn Newspaper Finally Makes
Contract with Typographical Union
After sixteen years of hostility to
the Typographical Union the Brooklyn
Eagle has seen the error of it's way,
and is now square" On April 16
the Eagle management signed up with
the New York Union, the agreement
running one year from May 1.
For sixteen years the Eagle has
been an "open shop" and the leader
of the few in the newspaper line. With
it's "squaring" the open shop idea gets
a blow in the solar plexus.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-04-28
Success

swell. how are you making 1t with
your poetry now!
"Fine. Pm already anead OF tne
game"
"That's good"
"you bet. The publisher had to put
two cents more on the last manuscript
I sent him than | enclosed for return
postage"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-04-28
Like the Empty Gun.

The labor leader who is not level
headed is q dangerous proposition
something like the proverbial empty
gun that invariably goes OF and Kills
omebody.-Coopers' Journal,
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-04-28
The Cow Jumped over the Moon.

The Cow Jumped over the Moon.
The regular annual rise in the price
of meat would seem to indicate that
the beef trust takes this method OF
commemorating the historical lunar
escapade Of the cow.-North Ameri-
can.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-04-28
Sincerity

Sincerity
Were the Easter services at your
church inspiring?"
Dear me, no. It rained all day and
not a single woman present could wear
her new hat and gown"
When a man begins to imagine that
he doesn't look his age" it is a sign
that he is growing old.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-17
Personal Notes.

Th., Socialists of SaXuny have sub
scri,,"d $4,000 for cX-PrinccSS l.onlSe
who. it is said. will rcfuS" to accept it.
The little stcry-and-a halt high house
in MiI,n Ohio i'll which Thomas Ava
Edison was born. is still standing, al
though it is not fit fOf occupancy.
Frederick Lawrence Knowles. the son
of IA Boston minister. is looked upon ny
critics as one of the most promising OF
the Younger poets. He has already had
two looks published.
IA afternoon newspaper will be start
cd in Richmond. Va, to be- conducted Dy
A. r. Hoderby. Jr., to be called thu
'Eyc,iing Journal" The first number
will lie issued on June l.
Prof. Pcrrival Lowell. of the Harvard
astronomical party at Flagstaff, Arizona.
has ;uSt made the discovery that the
F.rythrtclm Sea on Mars has turned from
blue green to tcbrown.
Mrs. Ogden Goclet has had made at
an enormous expense an edition de luxe
of the manuscript Of "H> pcricn.' The
edition is limited to ono copy and that
copy will be placed in her library.
ON Friday. April II. was the fortieth
anniversary of the funeral of Abraham
Lincoln Two of his official pail bearers
are still living. Henry G.. Worthington
ard Alexander II. Goffroth. 10th we're
congressman nj the time and both are 81
wears old at present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-17
No More Freak Supplements.

Uncle Sam is very Iatient with his
people and often allows them to impose
upon him shamefully. but occasionally
the limits Of his patience are reached.
The tendency Of some oil our metro
pO,itan Sunday newspapers towards
becoming department stores has been
so marked Of late that the postal au-
thorities have decided to put an end TO
it. and have ruled that no more freak
supplements shall be SEM out through
TN. mails with these publications
That is. if they are sent, they are not
to be accepted as second class mail
matter but must be paid for at the
usual rate for such thirgs. These sup
plemcnts which have caused this action
on the part Of the postal authorities
consist Of such things as calendars.
sheet music, blocks Of post cards. series
Of cIt-out animal pictures. animal
masks. naval vessels. hand bills, special
detached advertisements. and even
sheets containing discs of dissOluble
paint. OF course, sucn supplements are
plainly illegal. and the government Is
not to he blamed for refusing to
carry them as secoud-Class matter.
Publishers have been notified that
such supplements violate the law.
but i'm order to work no
hardship on the publishers the order
kindly says that. until September l.
1865. their publications, even though
containing such Enclosures. will be ac-
ccpted at the regular second-class
rates. and that. on AMI after Scptcm-
Der 1, 1905. the legal rate will be
charged upon such matter according to
its character
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-17

done and what has been done, we do
not marvel that the era of good feeling
did not come sooner but we are amazed
that it has come after so short a time
,s * or 40 years. Undoubtedly it's
coming was FASTENED by the events of
the war with Spain. and undoubtedly
the policies of Mckinley and Roosevelt
have done much towards &C.
menting the reunion. but 1t is
absurd to say that any man
or any policy might have immediately
restored good feeling and perfect con-
fidence as soon as the war was ended.
The element of time had to play an
important part in the process of re-
construction. The old South mas passed
away; its poverty is a thing of the
past 1t has problems. today. to be
sure. and it has political prejudices and
antipathics which handicap its prog
ress. but in the heart of the new gem
Grafton which has come to the front i'm
that section. there is a deep and honest
love for the Union and Il feeling of
thankfulness that attempted secession
was Il failure and that slavery is no
more. The North and South will con-
t:nue to indulge in "reminiscences dur
ing the next 40 years. and will occa-
siOnally scold more or less at each 9TH
re. but the North Is now no more loyal
to the Union than is the South, and no
more anxious to play it's part honestly
and faithfully for the future welfare Of
cur common country
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-17

,o,.,s bcin,r brought In from the coun-
~, mat leaves are unusually plen-.
,iful This year and that there Is every
nrosnert that this sweet flower may be
pjcked in large quantities curing inc
coming two weeks or so. Inc WOODS
are vet very damp and snow Is TO be
met with i'm places so that II is lnadNls-
able for anyone to go after the Howers
without rubber boots. few more
days of warm weather Will nut the
ground in fine condition and make
mayilowering a pleasure.
William Soulc of South Livcrmore.
" no raises Il large amount OF apples
and usually sells them to local buyers
for "A good price took it into his head
To shin carload or so. While pack
ing these apples Mrs. Lillian Rassett,
who WAS assisting. dropped note INTO
an average barrel. requesting that
whoever bought this barrel would write
to her address and state what the APP
pies cost him. When Mr.. Soule got re-
turns for the apples they Melted him
6SctS. per barrel. Shortly after Mrs
H:lsSctt received a letter from il gen.
tieI1an across the waters stating that
he bought the apples and paid 14s. cd
per barrel. or $o4S. Freight and COM
mission mems charges ana the Eng
lish wholesale buyers profits had
amounted to $3.50 on Il single barrel.
The Minneapolis Tribune of April 10th
had Il group picture of the nine sons
and daughters of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Elijah W. Grindall. who moved from
Bangor to Minneapolis in 1886. When
they went from Maine they took with
them their nine children and though
the parents died. many years ago. this
group of children has remained I'M
broken until March when one of the
sons died. The Tribune calls them "a
typical sturdy Minnesota family" but
as all were born in Maine of Maine
parents, this State has Il good claim on
them. The nine i'm the picture are:
Charles j. Grindall who resided in Min
capolis until last month when he died
at the age of 20. Mrs. Carrie Phil
BROOKS. Minneapolis: T.. 5. GrindalI
Minneapolis: Mrs. Mary Rankin. st.
Anthony. Minneapolis: Il. ID. Grindall
who is IS and the oldest and resides
near Litchfield. Minneapolis. Mrs. Adj
eaide Hawkins of Litchficid: Oan
Grindall, who is 81 and the youngest
ami lives III Il ranch near Highmore,
$. d.: Mrs. james Smiley. who moved
to Richmond. Va. Il year ago; Mrs.
Nellie Read. Minneapolis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-17
THE TRUE TEST,
Tried in Augusta, 1t Has Stood the
Test.

The hardest test IS the test Of time.
and Doan's Kidney Pills have stood it
well in Augusta. Kidney sufferers can
hardly ask for stronger proof than the
following:
w. a. Eanks, carpenter, contractor
and builder OF "a Quinby St. Augusta,
kidney complaint need hesitate to use
Doan's Kidney Pills. ] suffered for d
long time from spells OF tackache and
kidney troumIc. At times it was with
the greatest difficulty that | could
>;toop or straighten up and my work
caused severe twinges 10 20 through
my back. | was advised by a friend
" no had been cured by Doans Kidney
Pills to give. them trial and | got
box at Willis X. PartriGSe's drug store
did 50 and found The remedy to be all
that is claimed for it. Loss than two
boxes cured me. / had 10 further trou-
BILE until IL short time ago when I was
taken with a bad attack. | got Doan's
Kidney Pills, and can checrfully say
that l never used any medicine in my
life that brought such prompt and
effective relief. / don't want anything
better than Doan's kidney Pills for
ba ckache."
For sale by all dealers. Price 20
cents. Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-17
Pointed Paragraphs.

Too many iags make vags in rags.
The wicked man gets what he deserves
in Il play.
pretty girl is usually more ornament
al than useful.
Successful suessers are appointed by
the public as great prophets.
An old bachelor says love is more like
2eStileEce than disease.
If man has good time at night he
usually looks it the next morning.
Many Il sclf-possessed girl would like
to transfer her possession to some man.
Don't think because = man owns a lv-
cry stable that he has horse sense.
When a bachelor meets the right girl
he is apt TO discover that he's the wrong
man.
A man simply has to talk sometimes
that's why so many married men talk in
their sleep.
There is no good reason why man
should not marry and settle down if ne
has previously settled up.
When speaking of her age woman
doesn't tell you one thing today and an
other ten years later.
1t is never safe to Judge a wOman's
courage nv the way she manages to avoid
an interview with Il mouse.
Ii is possible for any man to become
a millionaire in this country-with the
possible exception of yourself.
When n woman can't think of any Othe,
way to get rid of her money she hunts w
dentist and gets her teeth renovated.
Chicago News.