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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-20
: COLORADO,

rupted the workingman. You are go
ing to ask me if l belong to a trades
union, eh?"
Yes, that was one question l had
in mind
And if said yes you were going to
i make some remarks aDOut free and in
dependent labor and slaves to walk
| ing delegates and some stuff like
that?"
Eyes, but l want you
Correct! Now let me ask my ques-
tons first. Is this concern in a trust
managed by a few greedy men who are
willing to rob rich and poor alike II
ii only increases dividends?'
Sir, I don't allow any common
lab
20, that's all right. Mr.. Manager.
Does your concern give other concerns
in the same line OF manufacture a
show FOR their white alley? Do you
oppose maintaining a lobby at Wash
ington to secure special legislation in
your interests? Do you buy and sell
| lawmakers to suit your own convenient
| ces? Have you any string tied to
judges on the bench? Have you any
Look here; I'll throw yo,l-"
mo, you won't throw anything. l
just wanted to know few thingG be-
| fore l go to work for you. Sauce for
the laboring mans goose is sauce for
the employers Sander, and when you
howl about free and Independent la
Dor and all that sort of tommy-rot.
don't kick if the labcring man makes
few inquiries. Good day, sir. I dom t
believe l want to work for this kind of
an outfit"
P. S-This did not actually happen.
But it would be possible for it to hap
pen if laboring men were wise enough
to vote as solidly on election day as
| they march on Labor day.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-20
HARRISON AND ODELL

Two candidates before the republican
primaries to be held on February Z, are
Frank G. Odell, who seeks the council
manic nomination in the Seventh ward.
and T. p. Harrison, who is candidate
for eXciseman. The Wageworker has
no hesitancy in endorsing both of these
candidates, not because they are repub-
llcans but because they are friends of
labor. Mr. Harrison is a contractor,
and from the inception Of the agitation
he has advocated the eight-hour day.
He fought for it in the Builders Ex-
change. He fought for the CLOSED
shop agreement, and although that
failed to carry he has maintained the
CLOSED shop" by employing only union
men.
Mr. Odell is also contractor. He
employs union men. and he was
leader IN the fight for the shorter work
ing day. He favors the CLOSED shop
because he believes il beneficial to
both employer ami employe. He stands
leading editorial in this ISSUE He de-
serves the cordial support of every
union man in the Seventh ward Mr.
Harrison has been endorsed by the La
boring Mems Political Club, an en-
dorsement that does the club credit.
If the republicans will nominate
full set of candidates equally worthy
as these two, organized labor should
rally solidly to their support. The
trouble is that the republicans are
not at all likely to do it, and the
democrats have no encouragement to
do so. If union men would forget par
t. once or twice in city campaign
there would be something doing that
would be worth while
Look here, Mr.. Local Merchant. Be-
fore you join in any move to destroy
the labor unions. just do little figur-
ing. Which would you rather have
for customers. 200 union men work
ing an average o! eight hours a day at
SIS a week, or 800 non-union men
working an average of twelve hours
a day at IS or 50 /. week. Figure it OUT
for yourself.
The manufacturer who opposes union
labor insists on setting the price upon
the labor he buys. and also insists upon
setting the price on the product of
labor that he sells. Your union buster
always wants tho big end of both
transactions.
| If the railroad managers want to
make government ownership a sure
thing they will oppose President
Roosevelt's plan of federal supervision
OF rates. The people are becoming
aroused. and the corporations are up
against it.
Look here, Mr.. Local Merchant!
Which would you rather have. 1,500
union customers earning an average of
SIS week, or 900 non-union GUS
tcmers averaging IS a week? Figure
| il out tor yourself.
- X y
OF course you have heard the old
conundrum, What makes more noise
than a pig under a gate?" Well, the
new answer is: &C. w. Post under
present conditions"
- e y
| How would YOU like to belong to the
good labor unicr" that Post. the
"eripe quits MAJ talks about?
- II e
! In cities where labor is best organ
lied wages are alW avs at their best,
local merchants a e always prosperous
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-20

and the people generally happy. The
reverse is always true in cities where
labor is degraded.
.S ~ X
Organized labor recognizes the right
of every man to work. but the union
man has too much self-respect to work
alongside the man who is too mean,
narrow, selfish, sordid and foolish as
to refuse to assist organized labor in the
work of securing and maintaining bet
ter conditions for those who toll. Tho
man who will not share the expense of
securing better conditions but insists
on enjoying those betteref conditions,
is too low in the moral scale to be a
fit associate for right-minded men.
- II -
The laborer who insists on having a
voice in the disposition of his labor
| is an anarchist an "agitator," a
desperate citizen, a menace to free
dom" and a thug" But the man who
secures control OF necessity. of life
and sets the price is a captain of in
dustry.' foremost CITIZEN" and his
! vested rights" must be protected.
- y y sn
Post is such confirmed "scab" that
he "scabbed'' on the advertising
agents. The "Grandin Advertising
Agency" consists of Post and cheap
secretary. AID was organized to cut
the threats bf legitimate advertising
agents. The,advertising agents need 8
lesson or two in thorough trades
unionism. :
~ ~ X
THE hated white collar of human
slavery, the union LABEL is what the
manufacturer Of postum cereal. and
grape nuts calls it. And there are
union men who still insist on using
same manufacturer.
x - =:
There are no labor unions in China,
consequently no labor troubles worth
ideal country for the manufacturers
\Yho want to employ free and indie
endent labor"
When organized labor gets into the
political game with it's eyes open
there will be a sudden decrease in
the number of Judges who are willing
at any time to do the bidding of OF
saiiZed canital
a Il II X
The city campaign WAKES warm al
ready. and the aLCring man finds his
circle of friends growing larger every
day The circle will vis;bly contract
the day after election.
~ Il y
Dave Parry is nobodys fool. AS
long as he can keep well under cover
and get blatant fools like c. w. Post
to do the fighting Parry will rejoice
i'll spirit and be exceeding glad.
y ~ -
If Attorney General Moody doesn't
end up his fight on the beef trust with
another damphool injunction he viii
NC eHlllleu u Il vote Vi luduhS.
y - u
By the way, how many homes and
hospitals have been built by the free
and independent labor" that the Par
ryites love to talk about?
II - y
Organized labor merely insists on
having voice in the fixing of the price
of the only thing labor has to sell
labor.
The story of how the eight-hour day
came to Lincoln, published elsewhere,
is, well worth reading. -.
= y y
Governor Douglas starts Off all
right, and here's betting that he'll keep
il up.
y y -
Convict made goods must be branded.
The Lee broom is convict made.
- ~ -
Demand the union label.
Be consistent.
~~~~~~~~~~-~~-~~~~~-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-20
THOSE DEAR GIRLS

Percy Flage proposed to me last
| night, and l decided to accept him
Il expected that. Percy threatened
to do something desperate when re-
fused him the other night"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-20

It's ten-to-one shot that the fellow
will not
Give credit for what he's collected :
But if lie does, then, he will grab up
his pen
And credit it "EX" or Selected"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-20
DISCOVERED

Mr.. F. r. Weber of Decatur, Ill,
has made discovery. Not long ago
he read in daily newspaper an ac-
count of the arrest OF a brass finisher
who had been detected in the act Of
stealing brass castings from his en-
ployer. At the trial it was brought out
that the prisoner, an expert workman,
made an average of Sc per week, with
which he had to support a large family.
The complainant testified that the pris-
oner had secreted the stolen goods in
his dinnerpail.
AT last writes Mr.. Weber. after
eight years of diligent search l have
discovered what the republican lead
ers meant by their talk of the full din
nerpail.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-20
THE TEST

Good cities are numerous
Ii you will search them out,
A fact they will admit to you
If you express a doubt.
But there's a test you can apply
And then you'll surely know
Just watch the citizen who cleans
His sidewalk of the snow.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-20
1876 NORTH FOURTEENTH ST.
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= n UchantS who advertise in Z
. thu labor papers show that :
: they care for the union mans =
g traie. Patronize those who =
= are wiling to help you. :
y Re..d the advertisements in :
g THE WAGEWORKER, and il =
= you need of anything in their :
y line, visit their stores and q
> make your purchases, and tell q
= them why you came there. :
: We desire to particularly i'm =
y press this matter upon the :
= wives and daughters of the :
y union men, as they do most OF :
= the purchasing. :
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-01-20
THE SEASONS

Snow has it's time to fall
In many soft and feathery flake.
But on this season thou now hast the
f. call,
o buckwheat cake:
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-04
JEALOUSY CAUSES TWO
MURDERS AND SUICIDE
Portland Man Kills Wife and An
other, Then Takes His
Own Life
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 3.-Enraged
by jealousy of Frank Dunno, whom he
believed to have alienated his wifes
affections, Henry II. Loomis today
killed Dunno and Mrs. Loomis and
then committed suicide.
Doomis met Dunno on the street to-
day and saluting him with the state
ment, heres Christmas present for
you" drew his revolver and fired three
times, one of the bullets hitting Dunno
in the head and killing him. Loomis
then ran a few blocks to his own home,
where he found his wife. without
word OF warning he shot twice at the
woman, both bullets taking effect. The
murderer then rushed into his bedroom,
got his razor and after cutting his
throat from ear to ear, went to the
room where his wife lay, took her dead
body in his arms and expired.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-04
SUGAR WAR CONTINUES
Two More San Francisco Concerns
Withdraw From Association

by Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.-The local
war of sugar rates shows no signs OF
abatement. Two more big jobbing con-
Germs today withdrew from the Pacific
Traffic and Commercial association,
which organization was formed two
years ago 20 maintain prices. These
firms are Wellman, Peck & Co. and
the William Cluff company. The firms
which first withdrew from the asso-
citation several weeks ago and com
menced to sell granulated sugar at
5A cents per pound, or one-quarter OF
a cent below the compact price main
tanned by the association, are Haas
Bros, Tillman & Bendel, Sussman,
Wormser & Co. and Levin & Meyer
With the additions made today there
are now six of the wealthiest and most
prominent jobbing houses on the Pa
cifc coast that are acting independent
~ of the organization. AS yet the local
refineries have not met the reduction
which the opposition firms have
brought about.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-04
PORTE F0RBIDS SALE
OF BIBLES ON STREETS
objects to Propaganda lnduIged In
by Agents Of the
Societies
by Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CONsTANT1NOPLE, Jan. 3.-The
Porte has at length replied to the notes
Of the American legation and British
embassy regarding the sales Of Bibles
and, notwithstanding previous assur-
ances. the porte refuses to authorize
street sales. The porte's notes. which
are I'm identical terms, declare there Is
no doubt that agents OF the Bible So
cietiess indulge in propaganda in ex-
planning the utility and use of the
Scriptures, and. as all propaganda are
forbidden by the laws Of the empire,
the action of the colporteurs brings
them under prohibition. Consequently.
the government cannot longer consent
to the system OF peddling Bibles, but
must insist that the sales be confined
exclusively to shops or the depots Of
the societies.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-04
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
IND0RSING OPEN SHOP
State Federation Of Citizens Alliance
Concludes It's
Labors

BY Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 3.-Thc state
Federation OF Citizens Alliances con-
cluded It's labors today and adjourned
to meet in San Francisco on February
g. Addresses we're delivered by Herbert
George, Bush Finnell and J. A. Emery
of San Francisco, II. A. Marshall of
Portland, M. L. Cross of Petaluma,
elf Mcclellan of Tuolumne. l.. J..
Scooffy of Fort Bragg. Fulton g. Berry
of Fresno, G.. A. Mendt OF Sacramento
J. +. Lynch and l.. G. Burnett Of
Stockton.
A resolution reaffirming belief In the
open shop, discriminating against n
trust of employees, and asserting the
right of every man to follow the trade
that suits him best, without restric-
tion, was adopted. Another resolution
condemning as dangerous the policy of
organized labor which has prohibited
and penalized membership in the state
militia was presented and indorsed
and third set of resolutions, "con-
demning the effort of any organiza-
tion in seeking considerations from the
legislature, as tending to the perpetua-
tion of class strife and the irretrievable
INJURY Of the state and nation" was
also adopted
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-04
MORMON HEADQUARTERS
MAY BE IN MISSOURI
Plan to Build Magnificent City Near
the Town Of lnde-
pendence

BY Associated Press.
Ell PASO, Tex, Jan. 3-"The head
quarters Of the Mormon church viii
some day be located in Independence,
Mo-" said John Henry Smith, one of
the twelve apostles OF the Mormon
church, while here today.
"The Mormon people have long cher
ished the idea," he continued their
great city should be located In 1nde-
pendence, which is not far from Kan
sss City.
This dream seems now to have be-
come something tangible. James G.
Duffn, a bishop of our church, has
bought several thousand acres Of land
near Independence for use Of Mormon
colonists This will be our vanguard
and in the course of time we will erect
there u magnificent city, which will be
known as Zion and In which there viii
be a Mormon temple far more extern
sive and more magnificent than the one
in Salt Lake. When this city and tenn
pie have been built the headquarters OF
the Mormon church will be moved
from Salt Lake"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-04
PRESIDENT PLANS
MANY ADDRESSES
ACCEPTS INVITATIONS TO SEW
ERAL FUNCTIONS
Thursday He viii Deliver Speech
Before the National Forestry
Congress In WASH
ington
BY Associated Press.

By NSSociated tress
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.--President
Roosevelt has accepted for this winter
several invitations to attend important
functions, both i'm Washington and out
of town. At all of them he will deliver
addresses. two or three of which will
be OF notable Significance Next Thurs
day afternoon he will address the dele
gates to the national forestry congress.
which assembled here today. The
speech will be prepared i'm advance, all
though the president already has
thought out his remarks very care
fully.
on Monday the exercises at the naval
academy in Annapolis, incident to the
graduation of the senior class of the in
stitution. He will be accompanied ia
Annapolis by Secretary Morton This
exercises will take place about midday
and will be rendered particularly no.
table by the presence of the dis
tinguished party which will be augu-
mented by the attendance of members
of the naval affairs committee of both
the senate and the house of representa-
tives.
In the afternoon of the same day the
president and party will go to Phila-
delphia to attend a dinner TO be given
i'm honor of President Roosevelt by the
Union League club. His speech at that
dinner will be important The presi-
dent and party will return to Washing
ton that night.
The president will go to New York
on Monday, February 10, to attend the
dinner to be given in commemoration
of Lincolns birthday by the Republic
an club of New York. The birthday
falls this year on Sunday, but it will
be observed on the 18th. The presi-
dents address will deal with the life,
character and time of the martyred
president. Remaining in New York
that night and the next day, the presi-
dent will be entertained at dinner on
the evening of the 14th by the Hun
garian club of New York. He will ar
rive in Washington on the morning of
the 18th.
Some time ago the president accepted
an invitation to attend on Washing
tons birthday, February %, a celebra-
ton to be held at the University of
Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. His adj
dress on that occasion will treat of
Washington and his achievements and
their results on the nation. The presi-
dent will be the guest at dinner on
the night of March list. Patrick s
day-given by the Friendly Sons of St.
Patrick in New York. He will deliver
a speech at the dinner. Soon after
that, the date not having been fixed
definitely yet, the president will go to
San Antonio, Texas to attend the an
nual reunion of his old regiment of
Rough Riders.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-04
NEW ORLEANS RAILWAY
COMPANY IN DIFFICULTY
Large Sum in Interest on Bonds Over
due and Receivers
Amounted

Special TO The Herald.
NEW ORLEANS, La. Jan. 3.-On
petition filed in the United states court
today by the New York Securities COM
pany the New orleans Railways COM
pany. comprising all the street railways
Of this CITY, was put in the hands of
receivers. E. G. Foster, president of
the company, and Pearl Whyte, one of
the largest local stockholders, were
appointed.
The papers filed say there is now
over 100000 in interest ON the bonds
of the company due and unpaid and
that early in this month over two and
d half millions of bonds will fall due.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-04
PERSIAN PEARL FISHERIES
Hindus the Most Expert Divers in the
World

From the Kansas City Star.
Slaves from the coast of East Africa
are generally employed as divers.
Small boats, fishing exclusively near
the shore, employ crews of from five to
fifteen men, the larger ones-twenty to
fifty men--flshing over the whole gulf
After the boats have reached good
diving grounds half of the crew is Sc
lected for diving. Every diver is pro-
vided with 81 strong line, which is held
and managed by a second man on
board To enable the diver to reach
the necessary depth he is weighted
with a heavy stone The nose of the
diving helmet is closed with a clamp
to prevent the water rushing in. The
for gathering the shells loosened from
the bottom of the sea. When the bas-
ket Is filled or the diver needs fresh
air, he gives a signal by pulling on
the line, and is at once pulled to the
surface to remain a few moments. The
diver does not leave the water for
hours together. The shells gathered
during the day are opened the next
morning and the pearls collected. The
profit varies each day, so that it is
quite impossible to say that the
number of pearls found corresponds to
the number of shells gathered. Many
pearl banks are, comparatively speak
ing, rich in shells, but poor in pearls,
while other grounds poor in shells yield
a good profit in pearls.
The depth for pearl fishing varies,
but eighteen feet may be considered
the maximum. The small boats fish
along the coast in the shallow water
of depth of from six to eight feet.
The larger boats remain out for
months at time. sometimes from the
end of June to the beginning of Oc-
tober, coming only once or twice to
port in order to sell their pearls and
to replenish their supplies. The dura-
tion of the diving season depends,
however, upon the temperature of the
water.
Various attempts have been made to
change the method of pearl fishing and
to alter the diving helmet; but the
Arabs, in whose hands the pearl trade
chiefly lies, are conservative to an ex-
traordinary degree. Hundreds of Hin
dus also come to the gulf during the
season, returning to India at the close.
The owners of the diving boats are us
ually poor and are forced to depend
upon the advances of pearl dealers to
equip and provision their vessels.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-04
con.radIets MIteheIrs statement

by Associated Press
PORTLAND. ore. Jan. as. A. y.
Puter, recently convicted in this city
with Horace G. Mckinley. Daniel r.
Tarpley and Mrs. Emma Watson OF
conspiracy to defraud the United
States government Of public lands,
made a statement today in contradic-
tion of statements issued by United
States Senator John II. Mitchell. in
dicted on Saturday last by the feder-
al grand jury on evidence similar to
that presented at the criminal trial OF
the persons recently convicted. Puter's
statement follows:
"When l said that I gave Senator
Mitchell $1,000 to use his influence with
Binger Hermann to expedite these
land claims told the truth and Sem
ator Mitchell knows it.
81 gave Senator Mitchell $1,000 TO
get those patents through, and I will
say that 1 never regretted telling any
thing so much i'm my life as the fact
that Mitchell took the money.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-04
PennsyIvanIa LeaIsIature Meets

HARRISBURG. Pa, Jan. S.-Ihe
Pennsylvania legislature organized to-
day Formal nomination of candidates
for United States senator was made
and the governors message read.
For United States senator. Philander
c. Knox of Pittsburg, the governors
appointee TO succeed the late Senator
Quay. was nominated by the Republi-
cans and James K.P. Hall by the
Democrats. The Republicans have a
majority of 2O4 on joint ballot which
insures Mr. Knox's election for the
long and short terms.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-04
FIRE COSTS NINE LIVES
Homo of Polish Miner Burned and
All Occupants but One
BY Associated Press.

Dy RSsOCldteu IIesS
ELMIRA, N. Y, Jan. 3.-Fire con
sumed the home of Frank Noweski
a Polish miner. in Morris Run, Pa.
early today and the entire family Of
ten. except the oldest son, aged IS, wa.
either burned to death or smothered
Their charred bodies lie in the ruins Of
the house.
The Noweskis lived in log house or
the outskirts of Morris Run. There
were no immediate neighbors. Last
night the family retired as usual. Early
today the oldest son was awakened
by the smell of smoke. The room in
which he was sleeping was on fire, and
it was with the greatest difficulty that
he made his escape from the house.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-04
For Nan Pattersou's Release
By AssocIated Press.

b| ASNoCldteu fTobn-
NEW YORK, Jan. "A determined
effort TO secure the release from the
Tombs prison on bail of Nan Patter-
son, accused OF the murder of Caesar
Young, was begun today. Following
an announcement by Abraham Levy
that such a step was to be taken, a
representative of the law firm which
acted for Miss Patterson In her recent
trial appeared in the supreme court
before Judge Greenbaum and succeed
ed in getting a writ of habeas corpus
ordering Warden Flynn OF the Tombs
to produce Miss Patterson In the court
tomorrow. At that time the Justice
will be asked to fix a reasonable bail
for the prisoners release. District At
torney Jerome has announced that the
motion for bail will be opposed.