The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-01-25

err on the Shore,
Every woodman in the forset, every BOAT
man at the oar,
Hewing wood and drawing water, split
ting stones and clearing sod.
All the dusty ranks of labor in the reg
iment of God.
March together toward His temple, DO
the task His hands prepare;
Honest toll is holy service. faithful work
Is praise and prayer.
Technical World Magazine.
Easton, Pa.-The coo men employed
in the Lehigh Valley railroad shops in
this city were notified that their
wages had been increased, dating
from the first of the year. The ad-
vance effects all classes of labor. from
the yardmen to the most skilled me-
chanic in the shops. The increase is
graduated, ranging from l to cents
an hour.
Calumet, Mich-Striking miners at
the Mass Consolidated mine rejected
the company's proposal that they re-
ture to work pending settlement OF
the wage question. The discontinued
employees consist almost entirely of
Firms The English and Austrians are
Wv ~
til the Firms do also. Five hundred
men are idle.
Neutrality-suspicious. Frank S. Han
nah, writing from Magdeburg, says
that on November II was celebrated
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
founding of the workmen's insurance
by Emperor William l. This insur-
ance, which is compulsory, is designed
to assist the laboring classes when
they are incapacitated for work owing
to accident, sickness or old age, and
has grown in the past 25 years to be
one of the largest and most beneficial
systems of insurance ever devised.
During this period over $952,OOO,O 900
has been paid out to 10000, 900 people.
The small premiums for this insur-
ance, which are paid by the cancella-
ton of stamps and the accruing per
sonal benefits, etc., were treated in
special publication by the bureau of
manufactures entitled Life Insurance
in Foreign Countries"
Washington.-James Duncan, first
vice president of the A. F. of L.,
speaking of the labor movement as a
that we are engaged in is real ex-
emplification of the theory of evolu-
ton, and on that account, if no other,
bound to be one of the most
lasting movements of modern times.
Too often 1t is the case that the mis-
takes we make are heralded abroad
as monumental, while the virtues
that are inherent in the cause of Or
ganized labor are designedly kept in
the background. 1t is a fact that
is susceptible of proof that our move
ment is not generally understood 1t
is equally true that as it's purposes are
understood and appreciated people
will see that we stand for the needs
of humanity and the betterment of
the race. The reduction in the hours
of labor means the improvement OF
the individual working man by max
ing it possible to afford him greater
leisure for the increase of his mental
and moral welfare, and from an
other standpoint the labor movement
justifies itself. 1t is one of the strong
est forces to-day at work for elimina
tion of financial panics. Through
their increased intelligence, due to
this same leisure to which l allude
working people have become the best
consumers of the products that by
their sale serve to keep up the
healthy flow in the circulation Of
money
Boston.-Two international conven
tons have already been ordered fol
Boston in 1907. The new United
Boilermakers' International will con
vene here in April. The mammoth
international Brotherhood of Team
sters' convention will be held il
August. C. p. Shea, the present in
ternational president, is a Boston man
Cleveland, Ohio.-President Com
pers has uncovered the conspirac.
which sought to place the trade unions
in position advocating the subsid.
bill. 1t has been discovered that
man named Smith, whose Office is il
the Standard Oil building in this cit,
paid for the printing and distribution
of circulars asking labor organization
to pass resolutions favoring the sui
sidy bill. The circulars said that tn
bill was in the interest of labor Il
this country. All unions misled int
adopting the resolutions have re
scinded their action and notified cor
gress. The Marine Trades council G
New York, which was given as tn
author of the resolutions favoring tn
ship subsidy bill, has repudiated then
The bill provides for the compulsor
naval service of seamon who work o
subsidized vessels.
Eureka, Calm a battle betwee
union and nonunion longshoreme
one nonunion man was killed, one f;
8 tally shot, and one union man proba1
ly fatally shot.
Washington.-The car OF Russi
mas approved the "12-hour act" whlc
Is really ten-hour measure for ia
tory workmen throughout the va.