The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-10-19
GENERAL MENTION.
Interesting Items Mostly Swiped from
Bright Labor Papers.

interesting Items Mostly Swiped from
Bright Labor Papers.
Demand the label.
The union label-that's all.
Look for the union label.
If it is not labeled, refuse it.
Oakland, Cal. employers nave or
ganized.
Providence, Il. L., has formed a Ia
bel league.
Union made shoes are sold by Rog-
ers & Perkins.
The painters in Pasadena, CAL We're
given the 81 per day of eight hours.
Atlanta. Ga, machinists have asked
an increase from $500 to $3.25 per day.
Cleveland, O., carpenters have set
aside $4,000 to be used in organizing
the city.
Plumbers and carpenters of Port
land, Me-, have Obtained the eight
hour day
Evansville, Ind, employers have
taken steps to import a number of I'M
skilled laborers.
Washington, Ind, striking boiler
makers of b. & o. s. w. r. r. have
returned to work.
New York striking ferrymen have
returned to work after getting an in
crease in wages.
Ardmore, l. T., laundry workers have
formed union. Lincoln laundry work
ers should wake up.
"Blue Ribbon" cigars are union
made, Lincoln made and well made
Sold by all dealers. ~
1t is said that the various trades I'M
ions of Canada are moving to form a
national organization.
An Electrical Workers Union, with
a membership of forty, has been organ
lied in Dallas, Texas.
Eleven additions to the list of union
shops have been made during the past
month by the printers union.
The United Brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers and Joiners of America has a
membership of about 100000. .-
East Liverpool, O., with a population
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organized cities in the United States.
Striking shirtmakers in Trenton, n
j., have Decided to start a shirt com
pany. with, a capital stock of $4,000.
In buying a stove, remember that
the Round Oak, turned out at Dowagi-
&C, Mich, is made under pitiable con-
ditions
Kansas City, Mo-, master plumbers
special police during strike now in
progress.
Boston roofers will soon make de-
mand for an increase in wages claim
ing that the cost of living warrants
the raise.
The newest label out is one on shoe
laces Ask for the label on all your
wearing apparel. The label is labor's
guarantee.
One prison contractor owns and con-
tools the clothing output of eight pris-
ons in six states. They don't bear the
union label.
The South Australian Tobacco
Workers Union has decided to regis
ter union label for all tobacco made
by union labor.
Toledo, O., city council will soon
introduce an ordinance to compel en-
ployers to pay their men in cash in
stead of checks.
The United Mine Workers of Amer
lea are planning a civil service to
apply to all mines wherein the mem
bers are employed.
A scarcity of help is complained of
in the cotton mills in Rhode Island,
notwithstanding the increase of wages
granted last summer
San Diego, Cal, labor temple
trustees are advertising in local pa
pers inviting non-union men to use the
reading and club rooms.
The Machinists' union has estab
lished district jurisdiction, taking in
all points on the sound, and including
Portland and Astoria, in Oregon.
The Catholic Telegraph, published in
Cincinnati, says that the Catholic
Knights of Ohio will hereafter have
lheir work done exclusively in union