The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-02-16
IN THE CENTRAL LABOR union
Last Meeting Slimly Attended While Father
Sits Up by the Fire, Smoking His Pipe of
Clay'-Cold Weather to Blame-Central
Body Elects Officers and Talks More About
Building Temple.

a warm fire and a good pipe had more at
fractions last Tuesday night than meeting OF
body supposed to have a considerable bearing
on the means whereby the wage earners have
chance to enjoy pipe and cigar. AS result
the meeting of the Central Labor Union was
but slimly attended Only four or five unions
were represented.
The Labor Temple project came in for
siderable discussion. The Cigarmakers favored
assessments on the members of affiliated unoins
until enough money on hand to buy lot.
The Painters favored issuing enough stock to
buy lot and then issuing only enough stock
to make up the difference between the work
donated and the actual cost of building The
Carpenters presented objection to allowing
any one but union man owning any stock in
a building company. The most interesting part
about the whole thing was the evident fact that
the local unions have been talking about the
project and are willing to take hold just as soon
definite and satisfactory plans of procedure
can be agreed The Bartenders reported
that they would dump their treasury into the
building fund when the light time came The
printers reported that just now they were la
boring under a heavy load. but just
they got rid of it and caught their breath they
would do their part. The matter will be taken
up again at the next meeting and if possible
outline of plan of procedure drawn and sub
mitted to the local unions. The Central body
wants it understood that it has no intention of
taking charge of Il building enterprise. That
through delegates selected wholly for that pur-
pose. The Central body merely wants to get
the thing started.
Attention was called to the fact that the no
toriousy unfair National Cash Register Co. of
Dayton, Ohio, had skillfully worked the in
nocent and unsuspectng members of the Civic
Improvement Society into endorsing and adj
vertisng picture show intended solely to adj
vertise the real estate deals of that company.
The National Cash Register Co. has another
Pullman scheme on and realizing that its pres
ent attitude is wholly unfair to organized labor
it is working the innocent 'civic improve
ment societies" throughout the country for
lot of cheap advertising. Organized labor,
however. will not be so easily gued as the
membership of the 'civic Improvement
ciety,'' the membership of which is made up
largely of people who have not the remotest
idea of how three-fourths of the world lives
The following officers We're elected for the
ensuing term. the matter Of electing and
ecting committees being left until the
next meeting in the hope that a large number
of delegates will be present:
President, Mark r. Caster, Electrical Work
Vice President George Bush Leather Work
ers.
Treasurer, r. w. Evans, Cigarmakers
Secretary l. r. DeLong, Painters and Deco
rators.
Executive Committee George Quick, Car
penters; II. w. Smith Typographical; Al
Walker, Bartenders
The announcement that Rev. Charles StelZle
would speak at the Oliver theatre next Sunday
afternoon was greeted with applause and it
was the sense of the Central body that all
unionists ought to be there to show their APP
probation of the fact that one of their own
number had reached high place in the religious
and professional world
The request for contribution to help bury
John Swinton, the pioneer labor editor and
labor leader of New York was met with do
natio nof 81, which was doubled by member
present