The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-04-27

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For union made shoes go to Rogers
& Perkins. Largest line in the city.
Rogers & Perkins have the largest
line of union made shoes in the city
HAPPY. Made by Neville & Gartner
Sold by all dealers. Union made.
joe Hatch is running the night
shift on the North linotype and he says
he can begin to see things about 1 g. m.
Railway Trackmen to the number of
100000 on every railroad line in the
United States have begun a campaign
for better wages.
w. J. Pasey, machinist, for thirty
1.-TWO years in the railroad shops at Fort
Wayne, Ind, has been elected mayor
Iof that city.
Omaha Transfers Union, which was
almost annihilated two years ago, has
nearly all the workmen within the
ranks of the union.
All breweries in Chicago have grant
ed the beermakers' wage increase,
thine and half for overtime and more
holidays.
The secret organization of Street
Railway Employees Union in Baltimore
with membership of 700, has just
been announced.
The Boilermakers' strike is still on
lin Cleveland Shipbuilders' helpers
lhave organized and the ship filters
have formed union.
A Woman's Federation of Labor has
been formed in Grand Rapids, Mich,
Icomposed of factory girls, shop girls
and domestics.
ed new scale of 55c an hour for fore
men, an increase of TIC, and 45c for
Ijourneymen, an increase of sc.
The operators and United Mine
Workers of the twenty-third district,
which includes Kentucky, have signed
up on the basis of the 1903 scale.
The Parquet Floor Workers Union,
of Cleveland, has signed an agree
ment for the existing wage scale which
lextends over period of three years.
Boston General Truck Team Drivers
have reached an agreement with the
Master Transfers association, which
calls for raise of 81 per week.
Dayton, O., Trades Council has
adopted the Omaha plan" of printing
levery week in the labor paper list
lof Union Labelled goods on sale in thai
city.
!. The Independent contractors of New
York have agreed to pay S. day tt
fathers for eight hours work. TIL,
= Building Trades Employers associa
tion pays $3.50.
A strike is in force on the Pennsyl
$ vania-Schuylkill Valley railroad whicl
involves every repairsman from Phila
d Idelphia to beyond Norristown, Pa. Re
Icently the section men at Betzwoo
q refused to work under retrenchmen
order of twenty-seven hours a weel
!. and the men on Norristown sectio
y abandoned their tools. The strik
~ spread to the section men below No
If ristown.
Cincinnati firemen are looking 70
6 ward until January 1, 1907. An ord
" nance has passed the Cincinnati coul
70 Gil raising the pay of the AT fireme
70 I$6 per month.
The Saturday half holiday all Il
Iyear round has been decided upon
,e- Boston Bricklayers' unions, and h;
been made part of the working rul'
III of that city and vicinity.
bt Street Railway Employees of Ga
land, Cal, have secured peaceful Sc
or Element of threatened trouble. Tit
lv lgain recognition of the union and il
proved conditions.
sc. There are now published 1856 officf
r.. Journals issued monthly or oftener,
american international unions, and 1
u weekly papers, all devoted to the
If tense and advocacy of labor interest
The ship caulkers' strike at Pad
xe cab, KY, is ended, both plants beir
= again at work The strike started la
June. The ship carpenters supporte
=, 1.-THE caulkers all through the trouble.
~ The Methodist Ministerial Allianc
of Denver, Col, has passed resolution
). condemning the employment of me
:, more than eight hours a day and SCI
a delegate to the Trades and Labe
II, assembly.
- Carpenters Union, No. 100, of Le
Angeles is now the largest in tn
- world, having consolidated with No
1872 and 1879 of that city. Fred {