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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14

is complete that does not include some
mention of what is known as govern
ment by Injunction. AS the main pur-
jury, is it really an attack on the jury
system. This ought to arouse an unan-
imous protest. So long as the thief is
guaranteed trial by jury, jury ought
not to be denied to wage earners, how
ever, as the writ is usually invoked in
case of a strike the Importance of the
subject would be very much reduced
by the adoption of a system of arbitra-
ton, because arbitration would very
much reduce, even if it did not entirely
remove the probability of strike.
Just another word in regard to the
laboring man. The struggle to secure
an eight-hour day is an international
struggle and it is sure to be settled in
favor of the working man. The bene-
fits of the labor saving machine have
not been distributed with equity The
producer has enormously multiplied
his capacity, but SO far the owner of
the increase and the laborer too little.
Those who oppose the eight-hour day
do it, am convinced, more because of
ignorance of conditions than because
of lack of sympathy with those who
toll. The removal of work from the
house to the factory has separated the
husband from his wife and the father
from his children, while the growth of
our cities has put an increasing dis
tance between the home and the work
shop.
Then, too, more is demanded of
the laboring man now than formerly;
he is citizen as well as laborer and
must have time for the study of public
institutions, if he is to be an intelli-
gent sovereign. To drive him from his
bed to his task and from his task back
to his bed is to deprive the family of
his company, society of his service and
politics of his influence"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14

your union or your political party?
Think /. over
When you do you will hustle out
and work to elect Smith and Quick.
A fusion legislature in Nebraska
oEce passed an eignt-hour law, but
they shot it full of holes trying to
make exceptions in favor of certain in
terests. Then a republican judge pro-
ne.unced it unconstitutional.
That's what organized labor always
gt is when it trusts to party politics.
Will we ever get wise?
Come on, boys! Let's elect Smith
and Quick this trip, and next time all
pon,lcal parties will fall over them
selves to ask us what we want.
It's the chance of lifetime.
SIX Smith and Quick to appear be-
fore your union-not as partisans, but
as union men-and listen carefully to
what lhey have to say.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
STREET RAILWAY MEN.
"Quitters," "QuilIers'' and "Pikers''
Afsiict the Whole Body.

"Quitters, "QuilIerS" and "Pikers"
Affiict the Whole Body.
The recently organized union of
Street Railway Employees in Lincoln
seems to be in a bad way. 1t has even
been reported that a few men who
Joined have actually gone to the man
agement, turned in their buttons and
begged pardon for having Joined the
union. If this is true the men who
did it have yellow streak as wide as
barn door.
From the very first the men who
endeavored to organize this union had
hard time of it. 'Quillers" who seek
to hold their jobs by carrying tales to
the management, opposed it. Others
, who didn't have nerve enough to call
their souls their own opposed it
through fear that it would cost them
their jobs Others couldn't see the
use of paying out 40 or SO cents a
month in dues. Still others didn't
have sense enough to realize that in
their unorganized state they were
helpless. The street railway employees
of Lincoln are the worst paid men in
the industry in the entire country
Not another city the size of Lincoln
has such a low minimum scale for it's
motormen and conductors. In Omaha,
Just fifty miles away, the first year
men get better wages than the five
year men in Lincoln. 1t takes a
notorman or conductor in Lincoln
twelve hours to earn what a union
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
Fighting a Common Foe
Some Sound Advice

mon Leader, to put to rout every foe
of the higher life, whether that foe be
found in ourselves, whether he be in
our own ranks, or whether he be an
outsider who is dominated by the
greed for gold.
Just how this shall be done must de-
panacea. l am an opportunist. l be-
lieve in getting all that 1 can as soon
as / can. Therefore, without elaborat-
ing q ''cock-sure'' scheme, l would
mention some everyday principles
which are fundamental Necessarily,
our plan must in every case begin with
campaign of education. We cannot
hope to have others become enthusiast
tic in our affairs until there has been
an intelligent presentation of the facts.
Therefore, stop finding fault, until you
have produced the facts. Then keep at
it until somebody begins to move. Men
are not waiting for your message.
Most of them would rather not be dis
tUrbed. But reasonable attitude is
sure to win out.
Be definite in your demands. If you
yourself do not know what you are
after, you must not expect others to
know it.
Be consistent. If you believe in re-
lieving sweat-shop conditions and if
you would abolish Sunday labor, be-
ware of adding to the burdens of those
Be consistent If you believe in re-
lieve.
Be patient. There is no short cut to
the millennium Rome was not built
in a day. You will not correct all of
the evils OF your generation, but your
reasonable, definite, consistent cam
paign will surely bring some things to
pass.-Rev. Charles Stelzle.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14

Come On, Mr.. Union Man, and help
boost the cause of the workingman.
It's up to you.
If you don't help yourselves yoIl
needn't expect a lot of pinheaded
political bosses to do it for you.
If you want laws in your interests
you'll have to take steps to get them.
The longer you stick to party and let
the bosses run things, the longer 1t
will be before you get any recognition
worth mentioning.
You've got chance to help your
selves this fall You will have a
chance to vote for two as good union
men as ever wore union made shoes,
union made clothing, union made hats
and shirts, smoked union made cigars
and gave practical evidence of their
unionism.
HARRY w. SMITH and GEORGE F.
QUICK.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14

to act on the presumption that the
Home managers are not infallible. By
the way, Delegate Mccullough intro
duced a resolution at Colorado Springs
especially endorsing the executive
council ''in the levy of the 10 per cent
assessment, and commend it's admins
tration and expenditure of the funds
SO raised" Just two questions, Bro.
McCullough: Have you contributed 10
Per cent of your earnings to the fund
Is it not true that so cents week has
been the limit of your assessment?
G. E. Locker is manipulating a ma
chine in the Star Office these days.
Mccartney of the New Century shop
is back from the lakes with coat of
tan and stories about some big fish.
The proposition to do away with
the executive committee and entrust
all power into the hands of the officers
is creating a lot of discussion.
Mrs. Frank Kennedy writes for the
WcSISIu ldDOISI d llIlle ShSICA I'll q
trip up Pixies Peak, and it conveys
the interesting information that OF
all the party that started to walk up
the Peak only Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hoon
succeeded. 1T was either walk to the
top or lie down in the snow and freeze
to death,'' said Sam.
Work in the printing line is good.
One or two beneficiaries of the strike
fund in nearby cities could get work
in Lincoln if they would let go of their
good thing"
e. Moll is foremanizing at the In
surance Journal shop.
f. c. Greenley is now located in
Cedar rapids. where he worked sew
eral years ago.
you want to be classed as a viper
o. ''buzzard," just have the insolence
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
BOOMING HIS UNION.

Jim" White, a union StereOtyper
of Omaha, and a man upon whose
unionism no flies ever rOost. was in
Lincoln a couple of days last week
and spent a goodly portion of his time
among the stereotypers, gingering
them up. He urged the boys to select
a good correspondent for The Wage
worker, and told them that such a
course would help them more than
anything else. The Wageworker would
like to have every union in Lincoln
act on Whites advice.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
Bryan Tells His Views
On Labor Questions

1 have referred to the investigation
OF international controversies under a
system which does not bind the par
ties to accept the findings of the court
of inquiry. This plan can be used in
disputes between labor and capital:
in fact, it was proposed as a means of
settling such disputes before it was
applied to International controversies
1t is as important that we shall have
peace at home as that we shall live
peaceably with neighboring nations,
and peace is only possible when it
rests upon justice. In advocating arbi-
tration of difference between large cor
poration employers and their employees
believe we are defending the highest
interests of the three parties to the
disputes, viz: the employers, the en-
ployes and the public. The employe
cannot be turned over to the employer
to be dealt with as the employer may
please.
THE question sometimes asked:
''Can not conduct my business to suit
MYSELF" is a plausible one, but when
a man in conducting his business at
tempts to arbitrarily fix the conditions
under which hundreds of employees are
to live and to determine the future of
thousands of human beings / answer
without hesitation that. he has no right
to conduct his own business in such a
way as to deprive his employees of their
right to life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness I need only refer to the laws
regulating the safety of mines, the fac
tory laws fixing the age at which chill
dren can be employed, the usury laws
establishing the rate of interest. The
effort of the employer to settle differ
ences without arbitration has done
much to embitter him against those
who work for him. to estrange him
from them-a condition deplorable
from every standpoint.
mo reference to the labor question
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14

The Typographical Union-one of
the most conservative labor organiza-
tions in the country-has endorsed
their candidacy
What about your union?
Invite Smith and Quick to appear
before your unions-Ilot as the candi-
dates of a political party, but as union
men seeking to advance the interests
of union men and women. Let them
tell where they stand. Then endorse
them.
But don't stop with an endorsement.
Get out and work for them-work
as if you meant it Work as if you
were really interested in unionism-
more interested in unionism than you
are in advancing the interests of a
political party that never tore its
shirt trying to help you.
Which does you the most good
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14

Christianity is largely responsible
for the social unrest which character
ICES the present generation. For CEN
turtles ii has been presenting to men
the high ideals which are resulting in
nobler aspirations. The people have
responded to the appeal made in the
name OF its founder, and we dare not
now repudiate the resultant demands
which have become so insistent
Christianity has been teaching the
value of the individual. The practical
application of that teaching is found
incarnated in the labor unions insis-
tence upon the right of every man,
woman and child to live the life which
God intended should be lived by them.
Because of the church's teaching it
must stand by the worllingman in his
support him in his endeavor to relieve
the almost uncomfortable condition of
the woman who tolls.
Because OF it's repeated messages in
the workers in their struggles to Sc
cure for themselves better sanitary
conditions in the home and in the
shop. II must fire volley after volley
into the accursed sweat-shop, and into
everybody and everything that sup
ports it, until the damnable thing is
absolutely wiped out of existence. Be-
cause OF its we'll known teaching it
should give no peace until the work
ers have the fullest opportunity for de-
veloping the highest type of manhood
and OF citizenship. II only one life
were involved, all this would be de-
manded But there are millions in
whose behalf the fight must be made.
So let us get together-the church
and labor-in the name of Our COM
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
FREIGHT HANDLERS.

Lincoln used to have Freight
Handlers. Union What has become
o. it? It seems to have died nat
ural death Freight handlers work is
about the hardest kind of work known,
and in Lincoln they work ten hours
day for less than 20 cents an hour.
The ex-members of the union, If there
are any left, ought to begin doing a
little missionary work
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
CENTRAL LABOR UNION.
Gets Away With Lot Of Business in
in Short Order.


The Central Labor Union met last
Tuesday night and managed 10 get
away with lot of business in COM
paratively short time. Delegate Kel-
sey was instructed to go to Omaha and
see why the charter of the Stage
Hands was being delayed so long.
Delegate Walker of the Home Indus
try committee was instructed to write
the Regent pople at Omaha and in
quire il it is true, as reported, that
the factory is to be removed to Lin
made to secure an agreement to make
the factory union.
Very much to the pleasure of the
body, delegate from the Machinists'
Union came in with his credentials
and was obligated
The BARRIERS have not been repre-
sented for several meetings, and an
inquiry will be sent out. Secretary
De Long failed to appear on the scen9
and the roll call was dispensed with.
When he shows up he will be in
structed to get busy with notices OF
fines against unions that have not
been represented of late. The state
of trade was reported good in all lines
represented. The Machinist delegate
said the employers were crying for
men, and the Cigarmakers' delegate
said there were several jobs open in
the city for union men,
The following resolution was intro
drced and unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The time has come when
organized labor should exercise its
unionism at the polls as well as. in the
union halls, and
Whereas, 1t is only by concerted
action that the army of toilers can
secure recognition from the lawmak-
ing bodies, and
Whereas, The workingmen of Ne
braska have without success asked the
legislature time and again for relief
and for just employers liability law;
from the competition of convict labo-,
from the infamous fellow-seryant law
therefore, be it
Resolved, That we use our best en-
deavcr to elect men to the legislature
who will strive to secure for labor a
just recognition.
Resolved, That We urge all work
inglnen, and especially union work
ingmen, to vote for H. W. Smith and
George F. Quick, union men who have
been nominated for the legislature.
Resolved, That while disclaimins
any intent to engage in partisan poll
tics. the Central Labor Union of Lin
coin endorses the candidacy of these
two union men and urges the union
men of the county to give them a
united and enthusiastic support"
Rev. Mr.. Batten, a fraternal dele
gate from the Ministers Union. was
present and made an interesting and
instructive talk, urging the working
men to study more closely the topics
of the day.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
AMONG THE PRINTERS.
What is Doing Among the Men Who
Manipulate the Types.

The trustees of the Home are out
in n manifesto in which they ask that
all complaints and charges against
the Home management be brought to
the attention first, of the president
OF the board of trustees; then to the
board of trustees, and finally to the
convention" What's the use? The
moment a member files complaint
that moment he becomes IAN assail-
ant of the Home" "a Home wrecker,'
"a VIPER" and various other things too
numerous to mention. The latest COM
painants before the board were most
beautifully roasted for daring to lodge
the complaints. Just for experiment
The Wageworkers editor will prefer
the charge that the management of
the Home is purchasing ''scab" goods
for the use of the Home. He offers as
proof the shirts furnished the guests
OF the Home, the wrappers on several
different brands of soap used at the
Home, three or four magazines and
periodicals subscribed for and received
in the library. and various pairs of
shoes worn by guests. The proof of
the truth of this charge is right there
in the Home, and it is not necessary
to summon any witnesses. Neither
will II ba ct,Aiciont tn dic,,icc No coui
plant by saying that the complain
ant is trying to wreck the Home
Among other paragraphs written by
President Lynch for the September
Journal is the following: THE con-
vention eliminated section S5 of the
general laws. The TRADES of abuse
can now be let loose, but the law will
not require the international officers
to make defense or by implication
be adjudged guilty" Will our hon.
oIed president forgive us if We'll be-
gin right now to boost for that little
salary increase of 5000 per year? By
the way. did anybody ever hear James
Nj. Lynch complaining about "tirades
o. abuse" when he was profiting by the
abusive fight put up against Sam Don-
nelley?
Delegate Mccullough OF Omaha de-
livered himself of the following in
defense of the Home trustees: But
that was not what these men sought.
Ii was publicity they wanted. Human
buzzards, they rejoiced in the carrion
feast spread before them. Scavengers
of the lowest order, the offal they
revel in they flung broadcast to all.
Careless of regulations and regardless
OF character, they denounced without
Investigation That's good. II
sounds like the great and good jour-
nalist that Bro. Mac is Moral: Ii
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
AN EASY CHOICE.

Union men in the Second congress
sional district-the Omaha district
are in luck. Congressman. Kennedy
has voted for all the bills endorsed
by union labor and has shown his
friendship for unionism. Gilbert NJ.
Hitchcock, his democratic opponent,
is friend of organized labor and
during the last sixteen years has paid
out million dollars to union labor.
Union men are in luck when they have
chance to choose between such
friends.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
The TRANSFERS.

Work Good and the Men Still Holding
to Their Charter.
The union teamsters of Lincoln re-
port work unusually good, and the
union is still doing business at the
old stand. The season is at hand
when unionists in other lines can be
of material assistance to the union
teamsters. Coal deliveries will soon
be on. If you are good union man
you will not allow coal firm to send
your coal out with a non-union driver.
Neither will you purchase coal of a
firm that does not employ union
drivers. Make the driver show paid
up card or send him back with the
ccal.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
THE CARPENTERS.
Breezy Notes Garnered Among Knights
Of the Saw and Plane.

OF InS 0dW ana Fidne.
Tuesday evening, September 18th, is
special called meeting for the pur-
pose of amending the bylaws. All
members are requested to attend said
| meeting.
The Carpenters Union of Perth AM
boy, N. j., has consented to arbitrate
it's differences with the bosses.
Over 1000 carpenters of Toronto,
| Canada, went on strike Thursday for
the union.
Members of the Carpenters and
Plasterers' unions of Raleigh, N. c..
| went on strike Monday morning,
about one hundred strong, demanding
ten hours pay for nine hours work.
The contractors and builders have
signed.
Pittsburg carpenters, now on strike,
have increased their benefits from Sc
to $12 a week. The members of the
district at work are paying a one dol
lar assessment
The Carpenters Union of Butte,
Mont, is erecting a three-story tenn
pie at a cost of $25, 900.
Labor day was a success, notwith-
standing that less than one-half of the
union carpenters were in line. Boys,
where is the trouble?
The Lincoln Clothing company and
the Sutter-Henry company are max
ing an honest effort to keep in stock
a full line of goods bearing the union
label Boys, give them a trial Bear
III mind the label.
Does it appear wise to the CONNER
cial interests of Lincoln to aid unfair
contractors in importing non-union
! carpenters to take the place of bona
fide residents of Lincoln? The resi-
dent carpenter spends all his wages
at home and there keeps it in the
legitimate trade, while the non-resi-
dent assuming he has family spends
one-fourth to one-third of his earnings
here and the rest goes home to his
family. never to return. Where is the
justice in thus fighting the honest toll
which is responsible for the upbuild-
ing and maintenance Of Lincoln, one
o: the fairest spots on earth?
New members are initiated at every
meeting of Local No. 1855.
We still have contractors and bust
ness houses on the unfair list.
Another election is approaching.
Boys, remember your friends, the
friends of organized labor; forget
your enemies Vote accordingly.
Remember the label when you buy
goods.
Remember your duty to the Deity
and a brother in distress
Remember the Civic Federation on
election day.
Brothers Fleicheour and Mauzee are
reported injured.
Bro. Sutter is reported improving.
Bro. Callahan is seen on the streets
of Lincoln. We are glad to have him
with us again.
Local No. 1856 is steadily increasing
its membership.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
CAPITAL AUXILIARY.

Capital Auxiliary No. IL to Lincoln
Typogra.t lical Union No. 2O9 will meet
Friday at 2:30 p. m., Sept. 21, at the
home of Mrs. G. M. Wathan, 1744
Holmes street.
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