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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-06
A Slap IN Labor's Face

'Labor's delegation urged that the
|anti-injunction bill Iefore congress vss
virtually a bill to authorize what has
heretofore been NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ton restraining labor from striking. 1t.
was shown that it implied property
right on the part Of capital in the la
borer.
Yet the president quietly informed
then, that this was a bill he himself
had worked out. "The law, he say !.
"vas whipped into its present shape
lat number of conferences between
representatives of the railroad orxani-
cations and the department of justice
and the bureau Of corporations" and
he thinks it is all right.
TIE eight-hour law issues were
treated with equal contempt, yet he
avowed that no one favored eight
hours for labor so much as he? EN-
ployers of the government are refused
all right of petition for legislation III
their behalf Yet Roosevelt informs
the 2,0OC ,Oco men that appealed to hila
that this denial OF petition is his will.
Employees of the government must be
as subservient to their boss as any.
other wageworkers and could appeal
only to the heads of their departments.
Discipline must be maintained.
OF the Panama eight-hour protest
still less was made Panama labor
conditions were peculiar TO Panama.
Nevertheless, What he said regarding.
the falling Off Sap West In
dian negro lator suggests that need Of
an eight-hour regulation. These me-
groes, he says, work very well Mon
day and Tuesday, but Wednesday
there is a falling Off, and by Saturday
sometimes not more than one-f0urth
remain. Perhaps If they were worked
but eight hours Monday and Tuesday
they would stay on through the week.
and progress would be advanced
thereby
BIT the o,oO0,0OO men might as well
sent no delegation. There will be n,
Welding. The president will hold his
own infallible opinion.-Denyer NeNs-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-06

President ROosevclt's answer to the
petition OF the labor interests present
ed to him Wednesday was character
istic OF some Of his most exasperating
traits. With all possible vehemence
he proceeds to claim that he is more
devoted to the interests OF the wage
worker than anyone else can possibly
be, and then proceeds to tell these
elected delegates, representing 2,OO0,-
600 organized working people, that
everything they ask is either wrong
or has been already granted by his
own benef1cent solicitude.
It is easy to see why the presen-
chief executive often exasperates those
who are his best friends The positive
opinions and self-assertion which have
given him his power and his usefulness
are not SO pleasant to meet when op-
posed to what is desired by a given
individual or organization
The president is nothing if not in
fallible, and when this trait is exhib-
tied in accordance with ones own con-
victions it is admirable; when contra
wise it is enough to make one rage!
The News is well content when this
obstinate assurance of all-wisdom is
fighting for rate control and corpora
ton surveillance, but when 1t is used
to insist on lessening the stringency
OF Chinese exclusion, approving a SO.
called antiiniunction law which viz.
tually legalizes injunctions against
labor and insists on an unlimited day
for Panama labor, we could wish that
his imperial mandates were not so
emphatic.
Labor protested that Chinese labor
ers We're already coming in consider.
able numbers because of the presi-
dents insistence on more lenient in
depreciation OF present laws. The pres
ident calmly denied the fact in toto,
and said he should insist on more lib
eral laws as well as more lax enforce
ment
While he still insisted that neither
skilled nor unskilled labor should bt:
allowed to enter America
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-06
woMAN's HOME COMPANION.
Reported That Its Management Ha
Siuned with Printers.

reported That It's management Has
Signed with Printers.
Word was received in Lincoln We'd
nesday afternoon that the Crowell Pub
fishing Co.'S successors in the publica-
ton of the Woman's Home Companion
h ad signed up with the Springfield, o.,
Typographical Union and that the
union printers return to work, and the
mon in other departments who went
out with the printers are back again.
Full details of the whole matter will
be given next week.
IL this report OF victory is true-and
there is no reason to doubt 1.-THE
union printers of the country have
their v ives and sisters in the Auxiliary
to thank for it. Acting alone the
printers would have been practically
helpless, for the magazine caters al
most wholly to the women. And when
5000 earnest union women got busy
with the advertisers and among the
subscribers there was something doing
in the financial department Of the pub
lication. 1t is magnificent tribute to
the unionism of the women and shows
clearly that unionism can not win its
real victories without them. The
Wageworker doffs it's bonnet to the
Auxiliaries to the Typographical
Union, and to the Auxiliaries Of all
trades unions everywhere. God bless
'em!
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-06

Labor troubles" come as the result
of an advancing civilization Social
unrest is sometimes an indication O,
social progres. There are no labor
troubles in Darkest Africa" There
lore, the cloud on the industrial hori
zon has it's silver lining, If one will but
look for it. .
Many are the signs of development
on the part of the working man, but
most hopeful is the spirit of pride that
he is taking in his position as a work
er and as citizen. Whatever may be
said as to the condition of the toiler
in some industries or in. some coun-
tries, his position as the man upon
whom rest the prosperity and the hap
piness Of the whole people, is more and
more being recognized. The brain of
the country is paying tribute to the
Drawn. That being SO, the working
man will soon come to his own.
1t is in this respect that he has for
that he is winning the re-
spect of others.
While it is true that the mass of men
must of necessity belong to that great
company who toll with their hands,
the dignity of that toll
has heightened the worker. 1t is an
inspiration to realize that all toll
even the manual work of the artisan
may become as sacred as that of the
preacher and of the priest. Men some
times make distinction between sec
ular and religious work. jesus Christ
never did. To him all work was
was just. as divine as when He
cleansed the leper or preached to the
multitude. In every case He was car
rying out the will of God. When Jesus
stood by the river Jordan, and the
heavens opened, and the voice de-
clared: "This is my beloved Son in
whom l am well pleased" He had
never, so far as he knew, performed a
miracle or preached sermon. He had
simply been toiling as a carpenter in
the little town of Nazareth. He had
pleased God as carpenter.
Here is nerve for the arm and en-
thusiasm for the skill-"I am work
ing with God in carrying on His world
There was much more to the labor o1
Jesus than mere food and clothing and
money The sound of that hammer
meant more to the world than SO many
products in wood. Every nail reached
down to the coffin lid of some old tyr
amy or superstition. Every chip O
the chisel released a hundred slaves
Not so far-reaching will be the Tesul
Of every workers efforts in this cen
tury, but it is privilege to have a
least part in the work of the world !
redemption by being co5laborer witt
Christ in whatever field he may sem
lus.
| Helpful the thought tdo, that in tn
daily grind we have Que who ha
passed through it all, SO fpat He ca
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-06
THE MINERS STRIKE.
Many Operators Signing Up and the
Outlook IL Good.

is on at last, but it is not what the
public was led to believe it would be.
Scores OF operators in both the bitumi-
nous and anthracite fields are signing
up. and the number of men out, while
smaller than anticipated, is being les
sened every day.
I So far the strike has not been
marred by any disturbances worthy OF
note. save in one or two places where
the foreign and ignorant element pre-
dominated. President Mitchell is
handling the situation with his usual
skill and the men are confident OF
winning.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-06

pay small. But gradually great
changes have taken place. The hours
have been shortened. the pay has been
increased, and labor saving devices
have been installed. The barber chair
as we know it today is of compare
lively recent oriign. First came the
moveable headrest. Then some inven-
tive genius brought in the reclining
chair. Now we have the reclining
chair with pneumatic cushions, folding
rests for the feet, movable headrest
and comfort beyond cnmpare."
Mighty nice things to rest in,' ad-
mitted the man in the chair.
That's what said the man ol
Chair No. 3. "And it helps the busi-
ness. Lots of men drop in for shave
because they can snatch a few min
utes rest in the chair. Thirty or forty
years ago so cents was about the limit
for a man to spend at one time with
barber. Nowadays it is not uncom-
mon for a man To cheerfully give up a
dollar or more. Shave, hair cut, sham
poo, face massage. hair tonic and mus
tache curled-all OF which makes good
business"
"No, never nnnd the shampoo to
day.
"All right, sir Comb wet or dry?
All right. But one Of the greatest
changes has heen in the personnel OF
the men VINO follow the business. They
are proud of their trade now, take a
pride in being skilled workmen, and
have an organization that benefits both
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-06

friendly personal feeling between EN-
ployers and employees"
Granting that they are to blame fos
why should there be that friendly
personal interest between those who
sell labor and those who buy it, any
more than between those who produce
and sell eggs and those who buy them
Except as matter Of policy l should
no more give any employer more than
the ordinary amount of effort in days
work than you should count out Is
eggs for a Dozen"
And the incentive of good policy
has, been removed through the influ.
ence Of the unions l added, inquir-
ingly.
Yes, by making our proper rela-
tions, better understood. We no longer
regard our employer as patron to
be conciliated by works OF supereroga-
tion nor does he look us over in search
Of good boy to pat on the head.
My employer is very worthy man
and a member of the employers asso-
citation. He and l both know that we
are liable to be some day engaged in a
battle between our respective organiza-
tions, battle caused by no fault what
ever of his or mine. OF course this
prevents any sense of friendly interest
between us, for in war we must not
l1ya o,,r onnr,;oc.
These flourishing and prosperous
industries OF San Francisco then are,
in fact. in state of war;" asked. Z
THAT is about right. We work un-
der an armed truce"
well, now, Billy, let us consider.
The laborers must be employed, and
the capitalists must employ them, IL
production and civilized existence are
to continue. How do you justify the
organizations which have brought
about a war between these two insep-
arabic and indispensable classes?"
"On the ground that they haven't
brought about the war. They have
changed the conditions OF it, from an
industrial despotism tempered by riot
and insurrection, to comparatively
equal conflict They have made the
numerical superiority of the workers
count peacefully in dispute, as it
ought to- And they have called the
attention of the world to the fact thai
there is a war, an irrepresible con-
flict."
We'll, Billy, what would you call
the cause Of the war between capital
and labor?"
why, / should call it just simply
fight each other because they haven't
yet found out whom else to fight
Then why haven't your unions
found the enemy?"
Give us time," said Billy. Have
you noticed the labor vote in all the
great cities this past year? We union
men don't all think, but we all know
who among us does think, and where
to look for counsel and leadership
when we want them. And before you
know it the employers unions and the
labor unions will discover what is
really doing the mischiefs we have
been blaming on each other They will
get sight of the common enemy. Then
our guns are all mounted and loaded
ready to train on him.
DO you know his name?" was my
final inquiry.
| Sure I do. 1t is Privilege, Mr.
Legal Privilege, short shrift to him.!
| 1 took on my hat to Billy.-E. P
Rounsevell, in The Chicago Public.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-06
TRIBE or eEN-HuR.

One Of the Great FraternaI Orders Of
the United States.
If you were going away from your
home and family to be gone for three
or four weeks, you would most GER
tainly leave them enough money to
buy their actual necessities while you
were away, wouldn't you? II you could
know beforehand that you were to be
called away from home and family by
death and corld never return to them.
to aid them as you had in the past,
wouldn't you do all in your power be-
fore you left to provide means for their
care and support after your departure?
Fraternal insurance furnishes the
easiest and best way to provide for
them, because you can SO easily meet
the small monthly payments required
to provide a substantial sum payable
to your beneficiaries in the event Of
your death, orspayable to yourself If
you reach the age of seventy.
The Tribe OF Ben,Hur was organ
lied twelve years ago and now has
over one hundred thousand members.
1t also has an ample Reserve Fund,
which is increasing in proportion as
the membership increases, thus guar
anteeing the payment of all claims, for
all time to come.
Capital City Court No. 23, has nearly
eight hundred members and at the
present rapid rate OF increase, will
soon have the honor Of being the farg-
est Court belonging to the Tribe OF
Ben-Hur in the United States. During
the present month there will be NO
membership nor initiation fees charg-
ed, thus making it easy to make the
start and secure that much needed pro-
| lection for yourself and family. It IS
sin to neglect it longer. Send your
name to G. L. Meshier, Assistant State
Manager, No. 115 North Eleventh
street and he will see that some good
brother or sister calls upon you. Auto
phone 2714
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-06
1.-THE eRYANiTEs."
Col. "Dueky" Holmes Players Have
Been Duly Christened.

"Ducky" Holmes baseball team has
been duly christened "The Bryanites.
and will be known by that name during
the season. That is the result Of vote
taken by local evening paper.
The members of the team have about
all reported for blfsines ppd practice
at the new park is goi bn merrily.
Manager Holmes is not Eing vent to
any hot air about winning the pen
'nant, but he avows and AYERS that IL
has got mighty good club, and that
he is going .tc give. Lincoln an &xhiDi
ton Of clean ball that will tickle the
FANS nightly.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-06

barber and patron. Thank you, sir.
come in again."
WHO was the first barper?' queried
the customer
Cant say, sir. But Jacob was an
early one. Remember now he trimmed
Luban in that cattle deal? And Jacob,
you remember, got to heaven by a
mighty close shave"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-06

You can get union made shoes, mems
and women's. at s. l.. McCoy's, 1873 .
street. And when you buy them OF
him you are patronizing q good union
man
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-09-07
A BUSINESS MANS SHERIFF.

Already police Gilbert
would suit the police at all They
plans will the limit o tho
up Mr. Walters ehnracter compete with Brown What the
candiate beat be elected
The issue Of the fight the cleansing Of the Auan stable
station The light They want to know
Of the find their interest to be on
forcef why approaches with the police
PLEASANTLY looking ont Why detained illegally at the police
bualy nauted Why police attractions
boweaton
side of
prosecution The also what done with the
incidental fund of the police department how who have
payroand whyf They ask with Supervisor
should have fasti
such be about the
surpning with another and thus
opening but do not dare
Will Brown and Vida n power
experience could let the
lgtf be bullying politician
and
make Brown himself thing his deputies
his while he looks after the business
Mr. Waller the harder duties
would be found He principally
the police policy
find wha is there
let add greatly feared by
the whole Brown Vidal .aneGear combination
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-09-07
ISLAND SEISMIC PHENOMENA.


lo Tribune article which
Tribune that
of Ioa;
wenigh extermnated
Bishop, leading studying the Hlo
opmen opinion
thinks They connection with Kau they
orig on
particular Honolulu, troubled
$ York
Bishop, Hawaii
in of
which subsistence The
which
bden landslp long
apprehension.
with
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-09-07
CALIFORNIA POLITICS.

California rarely enomnate Governor the defeat of Paree
The candidate,
rural districts
exclusion That base trucking the mob
of California labor
good especially that
California
relations which existed between this country and Japan
California abundanty and that
California The possible
of will which marked
who love m she
bel
population cul
spirit
by i andh o things.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-09-07
'231275 paid. t75 per cent. paid.
SESSION SALES.
(Morning Session.)
A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.

This Is the age of research and experiment,
when ell nature, 80 to speak. is ransacked by
the scientific for the comfort and happiness Of
man. Science has indeed made giant strides
during the past century, and ameng the-by no
means least ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in medicine
,omes thar of THERAPIoN.
This preparation is unquestionahly one of the
most genuine and reliable Patent Medicines
ever introduced, and has, we understand, been
Rostan, Jobert, velpeau, Maisonneuve, the we'll
known Chassaignac, aud indeed by all who arc
regarded authorities In such matters, IN
Guiding the celebrated Lallemand, and Roux,
ny whom II was some time since uniformly
adopted. and that 1t is worthy the attention Of
those who require such remedy we think there
IN no doubt. From the time OF Aristotle down.
wards, a potent agent In the removal OF these
diseases has (like the famed philosophers
Stone) been the object of search of some hope
ful. generous minds; and far beyond the mere
ered-of transmitting the baser metals into gold
Is surely the discovery OF a remedy SO potent
as to replenish the failing energies In the one
case, and In tho Other so effectually, speedily
md afey to expel from the system the poisons
" acquired or inherited disease In nil their
protean forms to leave faint or trace be-
hind. Such ia the New French Remedy
rHERAP1ON, which may certainly rank with,
II not take precedence of, many OF the dis
coveries OF our day, about which no little
ostentation and noise have been made, and the
extensive and ever-ncreasing demand that has
been created for this medicine wherever intro
cast into oblivion all those questionable reme-
dies that were formerly the sole salance Of
medical men.-Diamond Fields Advertiser. Kim
hnrlev
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-09-07
ROOSEVELT AND CONGRESS.

During the late Congress
substng the Republican leaders in both
Very wartig various items
Legislation upon 1t therefore highly
interesting know just what Mr. Roosevelt himself thinks of the session
expects before its expires and his
Republican should have for the future All this
hash ivenu hand.
writing Congressman
Speaker committees when he de-
elare that o change the leadership and organization of the House at tins
bring confusion those who have successfully engaged in the
working of great and comprehensive scheme for the betemen
change he would result
radicals and the eaonaries
lowering the duties paions from the
Philippines limiting railway employees
All comfort sandaes afforded
following shows: owe stand
v for ny tariff and we feel that the phenomenal Industrial
prosperity enjoying lightly ieopardized, for
foolish here and there small benefit
.. the cost of general
given conditions make such desirable and where
disaon of the general revision
whenever it shall the sober
people the disadvantages
those who regard
will political heresy this sentiment
word of caution in declaration that the
question revising question dealing
with the socaed rsat with the control of monopoes ana with e
supervision wealth especially corporate FORM He
only deal with these things by action along the line
of the laws enacted by the present Congress ana IT'S immaculate
'Th the problem be met by changes the tariff
whether consciously uncons effort to divert the public
attention the only meth taking effective action
Mr. Speaker accomplished
having
such wond be real and serious misfortune
President the work
of Congress the
that the building the Panama canal only
begun but had not halted Among the acts especially strongly approved
the upbuidng of the the control of
to liability
Nation rendered evident the
the National of with
especially wealth,
definitely
regulate tat the wealth
ability Nation strides path
Eins
the extensively treated the Watson letter, this
isicaly Rooseveltan blast
while
evils probably
them But this precisely what
Without of the swinging
backhand slap the muck rake
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-09-07
THE CONTROLLING HAND.

business within make Repub
politics thereby the and add the efficiency of
local government
public
do
The
the Repub
of other variety
of the and ticket made
would field But good will have better chance
had small
Republican
politics
administration
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-09-07
.BIERCE'S CASE
COMES UP AGAIN

Echoes of the collapse of the old
Kona Sugar Co. resounded in Judge
Robinson's court yesterday morning
The case of w. w. Bierce, Ltd. VS..
Clinton J. Hutchins and others was
up on a motion of defendant Hutchins
to set it for trial. This motion was
not argued, a motion of plaintiff hav-
ing interviewed for continuance until
the January term and n stay of pro-
ceedings meantime. A. G. NJ. Robert
son represented the plaintiff. and Alb
ram Lewis Jr. and d. l.. Wilmington
the defendants.
"A phase of the case is pending be-
fore the Supreme Court of the United
States. Indeed this is the case that
became the occasion for a snap meas
ure of Congress, as a rider to an APP
preparation bill, giving appeals in civil
cases from the Territorial to the Fed
eral Supreme Court where there was
property involved of the value of more
than $4,000. Mr. Bierce wanted an APP
peal and he had the pull in Congress
to pave the way for 1t.
The present litigation relates to rail-
way material supplied to the Kona SUI
gar Co. by Bierce's concern, but long
ago the material was sold to save de-
terioration, and an arrangement made
between the parties for the loser in
the courts to settle on cash basis.
Bierce lost In the Territorial courts on
the proposition that having chosen one
legal remedy he was estopped from
trying another.
Judge Robinson yesterday granted
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-09-07
DIR. KINCAID ON HAWAII.

at
they could with Asaics the trades logically follows
conditions which
favorable white white
Hawaii
believe the cultivation rubber Furthermore the islands
professional
their stocks bonds estatethe class for short
California
andsi make so on
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-09-07
SIGNED NAME 100000 TIMES.

James b. Reynolds of Boston, has
been assistant secretary of the United
States treasury for fifteen months, and
in that time has signed his name some
where close to 100000 times. His sigma
ture is of rather fanciful character,
and consequently he uses ink by the gal
Ion. As rule he uses up three pens in
day. During hot spell of weather
at one time $4,000 Indian warrants
came in. They had to be signed. The
other assistant secretaries were on their
vacations, and Jimmie" signed them,
the whole $4,000.