The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-01-11
GENERAL MENTION.
Interesting items Mostly Swiped from
Bright Labor Papers.


Demand the label.
The union label-thats all.
Look for the union label.
If 1t is not labeled, refuse it,.
Atlanta, Ga, will build a 100000 Ia
Dor temple.
Union made shoes are sold by Rog-
ers & Perkins.
Omaha, Nebr., now has the lnlta'
tive and referendum.
Dairy farmers recently organized
union at Middetowp, n. Y.
Louisville municipal laborers are as
itating for an eight-hour day.
Leatherworkers' Ball, January 18th
), o. u. w. Hall. Quick's Orchestra
The Chicago Hold Carriers Union
has its own labor temple, which cost
$4,000.
BLUE Ribbon" cigars are union
made. Lincoln made and well made
Sold by all dealers.
Fargo, N. D., sent the only Dakota
delegate to the Minneapolis conven-
ton of the A. +. of l..
The United States authorities are
prosecuting Chesapeake Bay oyster YES
sells for shanghaing.
A womans union for the protection
OF the labor unions of men has been
organized In Jersey City.
The Colorado State Federation OF
Labor is agitating for a direct vote
system for public questions.
The working children of Pennsyl-
yania would, IL put shoulder to shout.
der, form q line twenty-five miles long
The Recent Sydney, Australia, eight
hour demonstration was decided sue
cess. Thirty-five thousand people at
tended.
Carpenters Union No. %, of San
Francisco, the largest union OF the
craft in the world, has 2,S25 members
on its roll.
The Newspaper and Mail Deliverers
Union OF New York City donated ST.
coo to aid the locked-out photographers
apprentices Of that city.
Welsh coal miners, numbering rs:
900. have given notice of their inten-
ton to go on strike owing to the en-
ployment of 400 non-unionists.
Spokane, Wash, chamber of coin
merce has donated $4,000 to secure the
next convention of the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners.
A labor party has been formed at
Toxic, and a string manifesto has
been issued declaring that the exist
ing labor condition is deplorable.
In Manitoba, Canada, the working
men are busy forming tabor party.
They hope to be able to combine all
fs.aions anS2to- into the campaign
next year.
Spokane, Wash, Typographical UE-
ion has contributed little more than
$4,000 to the eight-hour strike fund
of the International Union since Oc
tober, 1905.
Two thousand FIVE hundred men,
bers of the Brotherhood of Chandelier.
Brass and Metal Workers of New
York City we're locked out recently by
their employers.
The grand duchy of Baden, Ger
many is about the size of Connecticut
and is generally classed as a manufac
p turing state. Over 10000 women work
in that government.
The first convention of the A. F. Of
l.. assembled in Pittsburg on Tues
day. November 18th, 1881, with 102
al toe
states, in Attendance.
The United States attorney general
has instituted proceedings against a
number Of prominent cotton mill OWL
ers of North Carolina for alleged VIC.
lation of the contract labor law.
Cheap Chinese as miners" not hav
ing come up to the Transvaal mine
owners expectation, the latter are now
advocating active recruiting among
the various South African natives
The Rio Grande Wooden Mills of
Albuquerque. N. NJ, cooperative con-
Germ that has recently entered the
field of industry, is to be conducted on
lines approved by trade unionists.
The British house of commons re-
Gently passed the third reading of the
trades disputes bill without division
1t is expected that the house of lords
will not materially amend the meas.
ure.
The International Seamen's Union
of America, which held it's annual con-
vention in Boston, voted unanimously
the strongest opposition to any num-
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