The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07

ing on. The city authorities should
have acted last Monday. They will save
| a whole lot of tcouble by attending to
| the matter Eext time. And if what
| The Wageworker heard after the last
! parade is all index of the feelings of
the unior. niea who always march on
| Labor Day, the driver who butts in"
| On the line next year would do well to
have an ambulance handy, and the
| Traction Company's wrecking crew
should be ready to pick up every car
that cuts through the line
So far as anyone knows, not an ac
cidcnt occurred to mar the day. A
great many went to Capital Beach,
| others to the fair, others to Lincoln
Park, and still others to the ball game.
| The streets in the afternoon were
| comparatively deserted, but at night
everybody was out and the streets
were o-owded. Even then it was an
orderly crowd and the police found
| themselves with very little to do.
| AS a whole, the day was one of the
best in the history of organized labor
in this city, and the members of the
general committee in charge of the
affair have every reason to feel proud
| CT their efforts.
Labor Day Notes.
The BARRIERS were not in line this
year. They felt that it was only fair
to the employers and to the visiting
public to remain open during the day.
Rev Mr.. Batten marched with the
TypoEfa phical nion, and just before
the printers broke ranks they gave
| Mr.. Batten three hearty cheers to
show their appreciation of his friend
ship for organized labor.
A balky team and an amateur driver
came near creating trouble in the
Typographical Union section just be-
fore the parade started The horses
baked and lay down, and for a min
ute there was a smal1-sized panic. No
one was injured, although there were
one or two narrow ecapes in the ex-
element.
The Lathers paraded with hats con-
tanning bogus label.
The banner of the Leatherworkers
was easily the handsomest in the pa
rade. That OF the Typographical Union
easily the Oldest.
1t is the unanimous determination
OF the union men of Lincoln that un-
| less union musicians can be secured
hereafter there will be no music in
future Labor Day parades If the or
ganiZations will carry out this policy
in the matter of their annual balls
there will be something doing in
musical circles pretty soon.
The stores that closed at noon on
Labor Day should be remembered by
organized labor and recognition of the
fact given on every possible occasion.
The Electrical Workers had hand
! some float in the parade.
The Teamsters' float was unique in
design and attracted a great deal of
attention and favorable comment.
The Building Laborers showed UP
well in the parade. They were out
in full force and were tastefully uni
F! formed in the working clothes of their
craft
The Bartenders' section was small,
but you could see their big red roses
for a dozen blocks.
The parade was witnessed by more
people than usually witness circus
parade.
| Say, if the men in that parade would
vote as solidly as they marched lot
| OF cheap skate politicians would sit up
and talae notice.
The grand marshal and his assist
ants rode their prancing steeds with
all the skill and ease that marks the
skilled horseman.
| Not railroad organization was in
line, unless the Boilermakers are
classed in that list.
| The Typographical Union had seven
ty men in line, despite the fact that
both evening papers issued as usual.
And every one of the seventy has been
paying 10 per cent of his wages every
week since the first of January to make
sure the eight-hour day and the closed
shop.