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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20
Mnlker.-UelNestinc,

4WINCHESTER,.V VA, pecemher D.
Miss Lucy Helvestine, daughter OF Mrs.
w r. EIelyestine, OF Berryvillc, was
married. yesterday to Mr.. lonas Wal
farmer, Rev. Julian Broaddus, OF the
BAPTIST Church. Berryville. oflclated,
Tho couple are spending their honey
lnton IN Baltimore and Washington,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20
engagement Of their daughter Luc,

engagement of their daughter. Lucia
Maude, to Mr.. Albert Janncy Clcnden-
ing. son of Mr.. and Mrs. William Glen
dening. of Bunker Hill, Berkeley coun-
ty. w. Va. The marriage will take
place in the latter part of the winter
Miss Lorena b Mason expects to
spend part of the Christmas holidays
In Norfolk. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20
Fatally scalded III Ham boiler,

Ispeotel 10 The Times DIspateh,l
sUFFOLK, VA. December l9.-The
three-year-old child OF Mr., and Mrs.
j, RI Rountree,g of Southampton county,
Va, fell into a ham boi Her and was
sscaided to death, The vessel had Just
been placed upon the floor, ana 4 the
child was nlaylnE beside u. #
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20
S,y,n,I,,,-.-.s,n,I,,,,,e,,.

5s5 C9ASCAD T.. VA, pecenbar 1g,-Cap-
tain James Swain, Of Baltimore. YES
gterday led Ia the altar Miss Lillian
Stone daughter Of Mrs, Mary Stone,
gof Cascade. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Mr.. posgett, Of Dam
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20
BrIcf RnlcIgh Itcm..

Some hope is entertained for the re-
covery of Junius D. Scertar. seal clerk
at the Seaboard Air Line depot here.
who was struck on the head by a NOV
ing car last evening. He has regained
consciousness to some extent. His con-
.dition. however. is still quite serious.
Edgar A. Womble. for number OF
years in the newspaper business In
Raleigh. and for three years Mayor
and business man OF Spring Hope. Nash
county. has accepted the editorship of
the Weekly Tar Heel at Elizabeth City.
and will take charge January 1st.
A charter amendment was allowed
to-day for the New Bern Iron Works
Gnc). of New Bern, increasing the
capital to $4,000. E. H. Williams is
president.
Lacy State Treasurer. who is in ART
IONA for a few months for relief from
asthma, is to the effect that during
the three weeks he has been thcr> be
has gained six pounds in weight and
has not suffered at all from asthma.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20

Prohibition Meetings Small,
While Saloon Forces Are Work
ing for Dispensary
BOYS AND GIRLS TO HELP
Especial to ,rhe Times. Dispatch

Especial to Tic Times pIspatchl
KALEIGu n. e.. December la.-.,Iohn
the North Carolina Anti Saloon League.
prohibition rallies last night in con- on,
nection with the campaign for the dis
DECEMBER Goth. He spoke at Tayette-
Vile Street Baptist Church and at the
Tabernacle Baptist Church The at
tendance at both places was small,
evening. when Governor Glenn had
characterized the meeting as a cor
poral's guard However. prohibition
workers attribute the small attend
rather than Indifference to the pro-
hibition issue. They express confidence
that there will be a safe majority for
prohibition.
Dispcnsnry People Busy.
The dispensary advocates are begin
ming IN active canvass among voters
pcnsary stock" has risen considerably
the past few days. And the claim Is
being made now that. the vote will
many of the dispensary advocates even
had thought It would be. good deal
Of resentment Is expressed by some
who heard the charge of Chairman
through crowds Of drunken men to
pass through the Raleigh union depot.
They claim that hundreds OF travel
ing men who are frequent visitors to
Raleigh will bear out the assertion that
there is no more marked sobriety at a
DINA than in the Raleigh sta
ton. Some explained any evidences of
drunkenness that Chairman Oates no.
ticed last evening by the statement
that the Federal court had Just adj
journed after nearly two weeks de-
voted largely to trial of retailing and
blockading in the prohibition commu-
the district. and these blind tiger men
and their patrons. the latter being here
In large numbers as witnesses. We're
just starting for their homes on the
outgoing trains.
Getting Childlcn Organized.
Rev. ,Mordeca Har-. the prohibition
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20
SIonby-Lurty.

The wedding of Miss Mary Moore
Lurty. daughter of Mrs. L. IL. Lurty.
to Mr.. Virgil .Mosby. OF this city, wa,
quietly celebrated at $3.50 O'Clock last
evening In the home OF the brides
cousin. Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Perrin, OF
No. 306 Monteiro Avenue. Barton
ljetghts
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20
Getting Childlc en- Organized.

Getting ChI1dlcn Organized.
Rev. Mordecai Har-. the prohibition
evangelist is training large Glasses
OF boys and girls as temperance sing.
ers to take part in street demonstra-
lions the last few days Of the cam
pagn. He carried street car load of
boys and girls throughout the city
over the car lines. They sang prohi-
btion songs and created quite dem
onstration
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-20

Mrs. A. F. Perrin was dame OF
honor. and the groom. brother was
his best man. Mrs. Perrin wore white
net over yellow. Little Miss Za!da
youell was ring bearer. She was
dressed in white orsandy and lace.
The bride. gowncd in white. entered
with her dame of honor.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Mosby return
from their wedding trip they will re-
side at No. SOC North Tenth Street.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21
MISS HALEY Is OUT.
Leader Of Chicago Teachers Unior
& Placed on Shelf.

Leader Of Chicago Teachers Union
& Placed on Shelf.
" Margaret Haley, business agent OF
the teachers union, was laid on the
pension shelf last week at her own
request. She has been on the teach.
ers' unassigned list since 1900, but
has drawn salary from the teachers
organization of $1,000. She will now
receive less than $4OO yearly
1t is understood by members of the
board of education that the teachers
union realizes that it is up against a
hard proposition and the position o1
business agent may be abolished This
is the only explanation for Miss
Haley's request at this late date. She
caused considerable surprise, as she
gave her age as As years, and she has
been teaching in the Chicago schools
since 1878.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21

per year and all travelling expenses;
secretary. $1,000 per year.
Steam Engineers $4,000
per year and expenses; secretary $3.50
per month; organizers, 81 per day and
expenses.
Street and Electric Railway EN-
ployes-President, $4,000 per year and
other expenses, 80 days vacation per
year; organizers, $6 per day and ex-
penses.
Teamsters - President, $3.50 per
month, $3.50 hotel and incidental ex-
penses; secretary $3.50 per month; ;
day, $3.50 hotel and incidental ex-
penses.
Railroad Telegraphers - President,
SO, 500 per year and expenses; secre-
tary, $4,000 per year and expenses;
vice-president and organizers, $1,000
per year and expenses.
Commercial Telegraphers = Presi-
dent, $1,000 per year and expenses;
secretary, $1,000 per year; editor, ST.
200 per year.
Mine Workers-President, $4,000 per
year and all expenses; secretary, ST.
500 per year and all expenses; execu-
tive board members, 81 a day and all
expenses; organizers, 1918 and all ex-
penses.
Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers-
President, $500 per year; 81 hotel
expenses and railroad and incidentals; !;
secretary, $50 per week.
Brick, Tile and Terra Gotta Workers
President, $210 per month.
Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders
President, $500 per year and ex-
penses; secretary, $500 per year.
Cigarmakers' Union-President, $50
per week and expenses; organizers,
SIS per week, railroad fare and 81
per day expenses.
Coopers' International - Secretary
$25 per week; organizers, $6 per day
and railroad fare.
Cigar Workers Union-President
81 200 per year; secretary, $1,000 pei
year; organizers, So per day, railroad
fare and all expenses.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21
Mass Meeting to Boost
Labor Temple Project

Next Tuesday evening at Central
Labor Union hall, 1894 o street, the
Central Labor Union will hold an open
meeting The purpose of the meeting
is to adopt plans for the immediate
pushing of the work of organizing a
Labor Temple Building Association
and starting the work of raising the
funds to erect the temple.
Every union man interested in the
project-and every one should be-
should make it point to be present.
The Wageworker, in order to con-
tribute something to the interest Of
the occasion, will provide a suffici=ncy
OF union made cigars for those VINO
attend.
Come up and enjoy good smoke,
good time and some good talks.
The temple project has been pushed
just far enough to prove that if sys.
tematic effort is made a fine building
can be erected without financial bur.
dens being placed upon the shoulders
Ct the unionists of the city. Without
any especial effort The Wageworkel
has already secured pledges amount
ing to upwards of $1,000, and less
than $50 men are represented in that
amount. An equal proportion from
one-half the union men in Lincoln
would mean a Labor Temple before
the opening of the national campaign
next year.
The iWageworker has no favorite
plan to submit. 1t is interested only
in securing Labor Temple. It mere
ly advocates the Organization Of Z
stock company with capital of $50,
600, divided into $4,000 shares of s.
each; these shares to be sold at pal
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21
THE CARPENTERS.
Arranging for Big Special Meeting
First Tuesday in July.

First Tuesday IN July.
The Carpenters Union is arranging
for a big special meeting the first
Tuesday in July, and all members are
hereby notified that their presence on
that date is necessary. Some unusu-
ally important business is to be trans
acted.
Summer work is on in full swing,
and all carpenters are busy. The
building boom shows no signs of a
relapse, but on the contrary seems
to be growing bigger every day.
The outlook for the building trades
in Denver for the present season is
everything that could be desired, says
the News. The last of the strike
troubles have been settled, and what
promises to be complicated situation
a month ago has ben Strengthened out,
and season of prosperity is in store
for Denver. The millmen report that
their agreement with the owners is
being carried out in good faith by
| both parties to the agreement, and
that their union is taking in new mem
bers at every meeting. The prospec-
| tive trouble with the carpenters is ad-
justing itself, and no serious trouble
is in prospect.
Charlestown, w. Va, carpenters
have settled with the last remaining
contractor and now have the closed
shop without an exception.
The New Haven, Conn.,, Carpenters
Union called out $50 members last
week to enforce demand for the
eight-hour day at 1925 per day.
General Secretary Treasurer Frank
Duffy, of Indianapolis, of the Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners,
placed $25, 900 in a Boston bank last
week to aid the mill men now on
strike.
Every union carpenter in Lincoln
Is interested in the building of La
Dor Temple. Therefore every union
carpenter who can should attend the
open meeting of the Central Labor
Union next Tuesday evening and help
boom the scheme along. Free smokes
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21
THE ULTERioR MOTIVE.
Not Interested In Astronomy, But
Wanted Something Else.

wanted Something Else.
famous astronomer, and throwing
down $4,000 bill, said:
II want you to devote a year or two
to the work of ascertaining whether
Mars is inhabited"
Il will gladly undertake the task
said the astronomer.
And If you find that Mars is in.
habited I'll give you ten times that
amount if you'll find some way OF
Establishing travel between u.s.
THAT, l fear, will be impossible =
said the astronomer.
well, you prove that Mars is in.
habited and we'll do the rest"
why, may l ask, are you so anx-
ious to establish travel between the
two planets?" queried the man of the
stars and asteroids
Just this" snapped the great manu-.
lecturer. We've got to find more
children for our mills, and we've made
up our minds to bust these labor
uEions, cost what it may. You get us
Into communication with Mars and
we'll frame up a scheme to get her
kids and ignorant men and women into
our mills. Then we'll be fixed on the
labor question for another hundred
years.-Commoner.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21

thriving condition, due almost wholly
to the fact that union men, who need
most its good influence, have neglected
1t shamefully. A few faithful mem
bers are striving to keep the charter
and to build up the organization, but
they find the work hard and discour-
aging. The local still holds regular
meetings at Central Labor Union hall
on the second and fourth Mondays.
The union men of Lincoln ought to
get busy. The wife of every union
man should be a member of this
worthy organization.
The International Woman's Union
Label League at the close of their
convention at Logansport, Ind, elected
and installed the following officers: :
President Gerald, Chicago.
First vice president-Mrs. O. p
Smith, Logansport, Ind.
Third vice president : Catherine
Mauer, Syracuse, N. Y.
Fourth vice president-Mrs. Len
hart, Des Moines, Iowa.
Secretary-treasurer- Anna B.
Fields, Elwood, Ind
Parliamentarian-M Mary L. Doe
Bay City, Mich
The convention of 1908 will be held
at Louisville, KY.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21
TELEeRAPHERs WILL STRIKE.
Date and Details Left in the Hands Of
General Executive Committee.

The general executive board of the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union of
America, in session in New York, has
approved a strike against either or
both the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies.
This announcement was made last
Wednesday by Deputy President S. J.
Konenkamp, of the union. The d.ate
for the beginning of the strike is left
to President s. ]. Small, but the first
move Is expected to take place in the
next week or ten days.
Mr.. Konenkamp said, when ques-
toned, that tax of one days pay per
week has been levied against all the
members of the union.
Notwithstanding the strike an
nouncement Commissioner of Labor
Neill is continuing his investigation
with the view of an adjustment OF the
controversy and has today been in
consultation with the officers of the
civic federation as well as with those
OF the telegraph companies and the
union.
There are but four or five members
Of the union in Lincoln, and II is no.
thought that the strike will have any
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21
Pressmen Defeat Mr.. Higgins

The Pressmen's and Assistants In
ternational Union in session at New
York this week defeated President
Martin Higgins for reelection. Barry
of San Francisco was elected hands
down McMullen, whose address is
not given, was elected secretary-treas-
urer. This is a virtual rundown Of
the nine-hour open-shop agreement en-
gineered by Higgins with the United
Typothate.
Barry Of San Francisco led the fight
against Higgins and the agreement,
and was ably backed by McMullen
Barry is Z red-hot advocate Of a closer
alliance between the printing crafts,
and his election will mean the resump-
ton Of relations If the Typographical
Union will meet halfway. For sew
eral years, relations between the
printers and the pressmen have been
strained, and especially during the last
few months, when the fight seems to
have narrowed down to war of abuse
between President Lynch and Presi-
dent Higgins. Lynch was right in his
contention that Higgins had engi-
neered an open shop deal, but Higgins
was right in declaring that the Typo
graphical Union under the Lynch man
agement had given the pressmen the
worst of it. Now that the pressmen
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21
PLAY FAIR, BOYS!
Plenty Of Argument Against "seab'


A number of labor exchanges are
reprinting the story to the effect that
the United States Bureau of Agricul-
ture has analyzed lot of smoking to-
bacco and found that certain named
brands were made out of sawdust
boiled in tobacco juice extracted from
stems, bran similarly treated and
other concoctions The Wageworker
hoped the reports were true, for all
the tobaccos named were "scab"
made. But it wanted to be sure of
the facts, so the editor cut out one of
the reports and mailed 1t to the De-
.partment of Agriculture, asking for
the facts. The following reply has
been received:
United States Department of Agri-
culture, Department of Chemistry.
Washington, D. c., June 14.-To the
Editor of The Wageworker: I beg to
acknowledge your letter of the 5th
inst. addressed to the Department of
Agriculture, enclosing newspaper
clipping purporting to give the analy-
sis by this department of certain
brands of tobacco. The statement is
entirely false, as this department has
made no such analysis or report
H. w. WILEY, Chief.
Play fair, boys. There are plenty of
reasons for knocking" the "scab" to-
bacco without descending to down.
right falsehood. The mere fact that
it is "scab" is enough.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21

have sig1ifed their readiness to quit
playing horse it is up to the printers
to do the same thing. These two
crafts have every reason to maintat1
the closest relations, and the long
scrap has worked injury to both Of
them
There is, however, one bad feature
about the reputation of the Higgins
administration. It will give the op-
ponents of unionism an opportunity to
declare that another trades union has
repudiated its contract, and 1t will be
difficult to make the general public
see the truth. The contract made I,y
Higgins with the .Typothate was not
binding unless ratified by the refer
endum or the convention, although the
open shop advocates sought to show
that it, was, and have virtually led
the public to believe it. It now re-
masLs for the pressmen and assistants
to set the public right.
In the meanwhile every effort should
be made to get the printers and press
men closer together, bury the hatchet
and resume the old friendly relations
when an injury to one craft was re-
sented by the other. The Wageworker
believes President Barry will be able
to pick up all the loose ends and
make the union stronger and more
virile than ever.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21

effect here. It will be confined large
ly to the centers Of population where
the work is very heavy. The releg-
raphers are in better shape from the
standpoint of organization than ever
before.
The members of the Order Of Rail-
way Telegraphers will not be affected
by the strike, but it is more than like
ly that they will render assistance.
UnlesS the members are ordered to
take the places Of striking commercial
operators the o. r. T: will lay low
and render financial assistance,
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21
HAIL, JoHNsoNl.

Fatty" Johnson, printer and all
around good fellow, is in Lincoln tenn
porarily. II there is anything about
the union game that johnson doesn't
know 1t came up since he last took q
nap. Union to the backbone, and al
ways on the alert. johnson has secured
more benefits for his fellow craftsmen
than any other one man in the busi-
ness. Here's to Fatty" johnson and
the memories Of old days on the river!
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21

to unionists and the friends of trades
unionists. The business management
to be in the hands of board elected
by the subscribers to the capital stock,
and each union subscribing as body
for certain amount OF stock $3.50
or more-to be entitled to one mem
Der of the board
The plan is very simple, and busi-
ness men to whom it has been ex-
planned have expressed surprise that
the trades unions OF Lincoln have not
worked it long ago and thus accumu-
lated valuable property instead OF
spending money for rents. Several of
them have manifested willingness to
invest in the stock of such company,
declaring it to be alsafe investment.
Come to the mass meeting next
Tuesday night!
Come prepared to give your advice
and assistance in the matter of pro-
viding yourselves with union home.
Come and enjoy good union made
cigar at the expense Of The Wage
worker
Frank A. Kennedy, editor Of the
Western Laborer, Omaha, will be
present and give one Of his cracker
jack union talks. He knows the game
from Alpha to Omaha, from Hades to
Breakfast.
A little effort on your part-and an
effort that means more for you than
for anybody else-wil1 mean success.
Just take an hour on from pleasure
and attend to your own business for
a little bit.
Central Labor Union hall. 1884 o,
street.
Tuesday evening, June IS.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21

workers on Horse Goods was with
drawn from the shop when the paroled
convict was put to work. The report
is to the effect that Walthers secured
the parole and gave the proper bond.
Union men, and especially union team
sters, are urged to bear these facts
in mind.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21
HIRES A CONVICT.

A. L. Walthers. a harness maker
doing business on South Tenth street,
is reported as having employed pa
rolled convict in his shop. One mem
ber of the local union of Leather
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21
UNION MADE STRAW HATS.

United Hatters' International Union
has established an international death
benefit system. and also extended it's
jurisdiction SO as to include the men
who make mems straw hats.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21

The eight-hour agreement has been
signed by all the printing firms in
Montreal.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-06-21
WOMAN'S LABEL LEAGUE.
Lincoln Local Needs to Be Encouraged
by Unionists.

OF late the Woman's Union Label
League of Lincoln has not been in a
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-04-18

A recent writer in the YoafA's
Companion alludes to the case of the
mysterious migration of the chimney
swifts, who go nobody knows where
for five months Of the year. In the
autumn their movements can be fol-
lowed until the various bands gather
into one on the north coast OF the
Gull oil Mexico. Suddenly one day
they are found 70 have disappeared.
and in the spring they reappear as
mysteriously.
Many birds undertake very long
migrations whose extent can be trac-
ed. The night-hswk is said 70 have
. summer home in Alaska and win
ter home in Argentine, travelling the
1000 miles twice year. The ployer
has been found in June in the barren
grounds OF the Arctic Circle as far
north as latitude 81 degrees, where 10
rears its young in the moss. InAu-
gust il goes to Labrador for the crow
berry, and then to the Antilles.
Alter this again it strikes afresh for
the South and reaches Southern Ar
gentina and Patagonia. later on going
back 70 the Arctic.
The same writer has note Of the
inexplicabie phenomena OF the red
eyed Slexn. This bird winters Ia
Central America and appears each
spring at the Mississippi, travelling
only twenty miles day. as Gar aa
NEBRASKA But then suddenly in
tEentyfour hours numbers of the
birds appear ia British Columbia. q
thousand miles awsy.-Ner Censsrr
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-04-18
A Curious Test Fer Bear.

At Munich an ancient custom
stin obtains of the burgomasters
and town councillors going annually
70 Salvador cellar in order to test
the quality Of the beer consumed
by the people. The test is q very
primitive one. The officials attend
IN their leathern breeches, and beer
having been poured over the wood
On benches the civic dignitaries
plump down upon them. While
there seated they sing an ancient
song, the same that their predeces-
sors have sung for ages, and in or
der to subject the beer to O fair
test they sit long enough TO sing
the song through three times. Then
they essay to rise up. II now they
find their breeches sticking to the
benches the beer 10 voted good and
sound. Having stood this test, the
beer goes through the formality of
being tasted, and then its sale to
the public 10 duly sanctioned.