The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-12-29
Lincoln Typographical Union Stands Ready to
Pay Its Share of the Expense in the Eight
Hour Struggle-Favors the Ten Per Cent
Assessment by an Overwhelming Vote
Chapels Vote Solidly-Spirit That Wins.

BY a vote OF II to 16 Lincoln Typographical
Union No. 200 on last Tuesday voted in favor
Qf general assessment of 10 per cent week
until further notice. The vote taken in
chapel by a committee appointed by the union
for that purpose
The 10 per cent assessment called for
by the international executive council in anti
cipation of the great struggle which will be on
next Monday. On that date the final move III
the cight-hour campaign will be made and be-
tween 5000 and 10000 union printers will doH
their aprons and refuse to work longer unless
guaranteed an eight hour day The Typo
thaetc has forced the situation in number of
towns, but the union has steadfastly refused to
begin trouble anywhere until the expiration of
the time limit set by the referendum vote of
two years ago.
Last Sunday Lincoln Typographical Union
No. 900 held special meeting to discuss the
10 per cent assessment. Less than one-half the
membership present, but the sentiment
then expressed showed clearly that the assess
ment would carry by big majority. The
meeting unanimously decided in favor of it..
and committee composed of Maupin, Peat
and Young was appointed to take the vote on
Tuesday. This the committee proceeded to do.
Ninety votes were cast. the count resulting in
seventy-four i'll favor of the assessment and
sixteen against.
The Star. Freie Presse, Independent. West
crn Newspaper Union and Woodruff Collins
chapes voted soldy in the affirmative. Three
fourths of the negative votes were cast by job
men. Three employers who active men,
bers of the union asked to be excused from
voting under the circumstances. but declared
they were ready and willing to pay the assess
if carried-and they hoped it would be.
The spirit which has many contest was
shown in divers ways. One member chased
the committee for three hours in order to get
chance to vote in favor of digging down into
his own pocket for about So a month. Another
who was out of town and did not get in
until after ; 30 in the evening Immediately took
a car to Secretary Hebbard's house and insisted
having his vote counted in the affirmative
The assessment will put about 100000
week into the treasury of the International and
every dollar of it will be used to back up the
men who walk out on January to enforce the
eight hour day And there is more where that
from if it is necessary The printers
realize that there must be no faltering at this
stage of the game And it would be we'll if
other trades unionists realized the same thing.
The opposition figures that if it can beat the
printers the rest of the unions will be
comparatively easy in their turn They realize,
too that if the printers win the other unions
will be so encouraged that all the gains made
by the union busters during the past eighteen
months will be lost. 1t would be wisdom and
economy if the trades unions of the country
came to the front right and gave the
printers such hearty financial support that
the Typothaetc would see the folly of fighting
longer.
The willingness OF the printers to stand an