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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-11
Notice OF License Application.

Notice is hereby given that an appli.
cation has been filed with City Clerk
OF the City Of Fairmont, West Vir.
ginia, by ]. L. Sapper, residing in
Fairmoni, West Virginia, for a trans.
fer Of license TO carry on the bust.
ness Of selling, offering for sale, ut
retail, spirituous liquors, wine, por.
ter, ale and beer, and drinks Of like
nature, from 22O Jackson street to
200 Jackson street in the City Of Fair.
mont, West Virginia.
Given under my hand in my office
in said City this list day OF June, 1907.
W. $. BLACK, City Clerk.
June 4 and II.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-11
DIVORCED FOR sLEEPlNEss.
Court Frees Woman From Man Who !
Was Always Drowsy.

was A"ays Uro3sy.
BOSTON, June LIT was a case
with my husband of Please 50 away.
and let me sleep all the time, = said
Ella Walker In the divorce court
today when her petition against,
Robert R. Walker was heard By Judge.
Bishop. BY
He never did much Of anything but,
sleep. He was usually under the, bed
clothes snoring when company came.
When asked him to go to work he
said to me: What do you think I.
married you for, anyway.
Mrs. Walker secured a decree. a
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-11
The most liberal offer that was eve,

The most liberal offer that was evei
made In Marion county by any news
paper fs to be found on page seven
Of this paper to-day. Read It. Let u,
hear from you at once. We want
two thousand more readers In Marion
county and think this will get them.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-11
GOVERNOR
ENDORSES
This move
McCLEARY WIRES
DAWSON, SUGGESTING lNJuNc.
TON AND THE EMPLOYMENT
OF HENRY N. RUSSELL TO AS.
SYST IN THE CONDUCT OF THE
CASE AGAINST GAMBLERS.

Hearing Continued Before Justice of
the Peace at WelIsburg, and This
Foxy Move on the Part Of the
Gamblers Made Necessary the Pro.
sramme to secure ain Injunction.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-11
Cappeau, Lemley & Miller Co.
22s Fourth Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PA.

Our Mr. Lemy will be pleased old follows:
FARMONT Marley Hotel Room TO- until Wednesday June -
CARKSBuRG: Waldo Hotel Wednesday Thursday
FAIRMoNT: Manly Iote, Thursday afternoon evening
Open till 10 P NJ. Telephones.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-11
Notice to Marion Lodge.

The members OF the Marion Lodge,
No. II, ]. o. o. F., are requested to
assemble at their hall Tuesday even
ing at $3.50 o'clock to observe Decora.
ton Day. i.
N. c. LoUGH, NC.
T. W. BoYDSToN, Sec. ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-11

Bananas are beneficial to sufferers
from chest complaints.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-11
ORDER.

84. S3sF ORDER.
gCAPPEAU LENILEY & MILLER CO.,
Gentlemen: Enclosed find in full
Il for ...;..... shares Kcwana Leasing Corporation
Stock at 25c per share par $1.00 full paid and
worcestershire. Please forward stock promptly By
\ registered mail, issuing stock TO
ADDRESS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
$s.7il58W. Va, Gil.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24
Printers Memorial Day
Services Next SUNDAY

bers briefly. The interest and enthus-
iasm shown by this young union is
good to see. The members are en-
thusiastic and earnest, and they are
working hard to make, It 100 per
cent union" Of their craft. 1t looks
very much like they will succeed, as
new members are obligated at every
meeting.
The officers are little new in the
harness as yet. but they have taken
held like old hands, and the member
ship as a whole is standing by them
legally. Now that the carmen have
at last succeeded in organizing 1t is
believed that they will have plain sail
ing SO far as opposition is. concerned.
But it took lot Of finesse to get the
organization started. The work was
kept SO quiet that not hint OF it
escaped until the charter list was
completed and temporary organization
effected.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24
EleHT.HoUR LAW UPHELD.

Is Constitutional and Must Be OBJ
served in Good Faith.
Justice McComas, of the court of
appeals of the District of Columbia,
has handed down an opinion sustain
ing the eight-hour law as constitu-
tional and defining what constitutes
an extraordinary emergency.
The case was that of the Penn
Bridge company, appealed from the
police court, in which the defendant
had been fined $500 for working one
o: its employees more than eight hours
The original plea Of the defendants
was that the eighthour law was un.
constitutional, which the court over
ruled. Then the plea OF extraordinary
emergency was offered, on which the
case was heard. ,p' .ses =
That the law is not unconstitutional
Justice McComas cites the decision
of the United States supreme court
in the case of Atkins v. State of Kan
sas.
Extraordinary emergency" is de-
fined sas a sudden and unexpected
happening to avert imminent danger
to health, or life, or property, an un-
usual peril, real, not imaginary.-St.
Paul Advocate.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24

to the cause for which their husbands,
their sons, their brothers and their
sweethearts are contending on the
battlefield. Some day war will cease,
but it will be when the workingmen
Of the world declare they will no long,
er kill their brothers for the aggrand-
izement Of selfish, covetous ruler.
Women are helped by trades union
ism through the benefits received dur
ing time of illness, unemployment
and especially when the bread-winner
dies. Millions Of dollars are annually
disbursed by organized labor in this
way. Rarely, If ever, is the Charity
Organization Society or any other phi
lanthropie society asked for aid by
the family of trades unionist.
These are facts worth considering,
for all Of them have to do with home
making. The trades union is an i'm
portant factor in building up a higher
type Of family life. 1t, therefore, is
working to improve the unit Of society,
for a eountry's prosperity and per-
manence depends upon no other feat
ure quite so much as it does upon the
weII-being Of the family.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24
SPEAKING OF GALL.

A Mercantile Firm That Seems to
Have II in Plenty.
Recently a business firm in Lincoln
asked The Wageworker for the loan
of it's subscription list so it could send
out lot of postal cards. The man
ager refused, but agreed to address
the cards if left at his office. This
was done and the cards duly addressed
and mailed. The Arm promised line
of advertising which failed to ma
terialize.
Later the same firm-or rather it's
advertising managed-agreed to take
a goodly space in the anniversary edi-
tion of The Wageworker, and
promised the copy in good season. A
few days before the copy was prom
ised the firm asked permission to use
the subscription list to send our cir
culars advertising a particular make
Of goods, and the work was begun.
Before the< copying was completed
the anniversary edition went to press
without the generous advertisement Of
the Arm, the copy not having been
prepared. It was promised for the
next week, but as yet it has failed to
materialize. But the addressing of
the circulars was never completed
The firm was notified to come and
get its circulars. and to get them i'm
mediately. It did. ss.
The Wageworker admits that 1t is
easy but it balks at being imposed
upon regularly. 1t will be glad to ac-
commodate its patrons at any time,
but it will hereafter draw the line at
loaning its subscription list to mer-
chants who want to circularize the
union public. If such firms want to
reach Wageworker subscribers they
will have to pay the regular advertis-
ing rate.
There is little more in this story,
and it will be told in due season.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24
BY the Rev. Charles steIzIe.

Organized labor was paid another
compliment the other day, when the
women school teachers Of New York
appeared before the Central Body in
that city, requesting that committee
be appointed to see the Mayor, using
their influence to have him sign a bill
which voted equal salaries to men and
women, doing the same work.
As all trades unionists know, or
genized labor has long been contend
ing for this point. 1t has been almost
the only organization which has in
sisted that women should receive the
same wages as men for the same
amount and kind Of labor. For this
reason alone, it is clear that trades
unionism is the friend of womankind.
Another reason why women should
look with favor upon trades unionism
lies in the fact that for many years it
has been contending for universal
peace. For who suffers more during a
time of war than the women in our
homes? Away from the glamour and
heroics, they silently give their lives
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24
TREASURER STONE GONE.
Leatherworkers on Horse Goods Minus
Some Union Funds.

ISdtHeTWOrkerS on morse 6oooS MINUS
Some Union Funds.
Members of the local union of Leath-
erworkers on Horse Goods are some
what perturbed over the sudden dis
appearance of j. j. Stone, secretary
treasurer of the union Mr.. Stone
left his home at the Arlington hotel
last Saturday, and to date his wife
is not aware of his present where
abouts.
The report that his disappearance is
due to domestic troubles is stoutly
denied by Mrs. Stone, and her claim
is borne out by the many evidences
of devotion shown by Mr.. Stone to
his wife and baby. Mrs. Stone ex-
plains his disappearance by saying
that her husband some time ago made
some unfortunate Investments and
when sudden call was made upon
him for union funds he was unable
to meet the demand. This would in
dicate that he had made the mistake
that many other men made-using
union funds for private purposes with
the intention of replacing them before
called for. Until the books are aud
tied it will be impossible to tell the
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24

81 shall make my interests the in
terests of the men and women who
work for me- What 1 can do for them
will. Whatever happiness and sat
isfaction 1 can bring into their lives
will bring. 1 shall unite labor and
capital"
He started. In a week they told
nim he was wrecking his business, but
he only laughed. And the following
shows what he has done for his en-
lioyes:
He pays good wages.
He gives them good light to work
by, and every fifteen minutes changes
the air they breathe.
Once year he invites all his en-
ployes and their families to a dinner.
last year he had 10000 there.
His creed is: ''Your interests are
my interests"
What is the result? Patterson's 5
former little $1,000 factory has grown
to a value of millions of dollars, and
he says: Every dollar spent in max
ing employees comfortable and content
ed has been multiplied tenfold in di-
rect benefit to the company. super
ior Telegram.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24
CIGARETTE GIRLS STRIKE.
Forty Walk Out in Richmond, Va,
In Middle Of Day.

Because Mrs. Theresa Klotz, inspec-
tor of the all-tobacco cigarette depart
ment, was transferred to arother de-
partment forty girls employed as pack
ers in the Allen & Ginter branch of
the American Tobacco company, at
Richmond, Va, are out on strike. The
girls demanded the immediate rein
statement of Mrs. Klotz, who is fav-
orite with the packing force. They
threatened to walk out in a body if
their demand was not complied with,
and they declined to work under a
new inspector.
The management refused to rein
state Mrs. Klotz, and the girls made
good their threat. They. quit work
ia the middle of the day.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24
Temple Project Due
For Another Big Boost

Still growing! That's the good word.
A few more added to the list and
reports of work being done coming in
every day A couple of lists are
promised for next week.
Getting discouraged Pshaw! True
1t Is little slow, but it is a lot better
than was expected when the scheme
started.
Thererl be something doing pretty
soon, and don't you forget it. A lot
Of enthusiastic union men are getting
ready to make things hum. They are
holding of to get good start. In
the meanwhile, II you will do your
duty everything will be lovely.
Say, we've tried temple schemes
before, but do you know that the pro-
ject is In better shape today-a hun
dred to one-than it ever was before?
That Is a fact. The list already re-
ported means upward Of a thousand
dollars, for a number of them have
agreed to make 1t $50 each. One man
who Is not a trades unionist, but a
hearty union sympathizer. has agreed
to make his investment in stock $25.
We know four or five men who will
invest over 800 each just as soon as
union men show by their actions that
they want a Labor Temple.
Take the matter up in your union
and see II you can not get the union
to invest some of its surplus funds.
We ought to get thousand dollars
from that source.
Remember, not q dollar to be ex-
pended in preliminary expenses. All
money to be handled by a committee
selected by the men who put up the
money.
The Wageworkers' exchanges are
sitting up and taking notice Of the
project. They are giving 1t encourage
ment. Unionists in other cities have
agree to invest In the stock. Others
will do SO as soon as Lincoln unionists
get busy and do their share.
BY the way, what have you done to
boost the project? Nothing! Well.
don't you think it is time you got
busy?
Come on, boys!
OF course we can not raise 1t all by
the date set, but there are other dates.
Let us fight it out on this line If it
takes whole year.
We can't lose If every union man
In this vicinity does his duty.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24

amount of Mr.. Stones shortage, but
it is thought to be less than $40. Mrs.
tSone says that his financial troubles
lave been preying upon his mind for
some time, and she is convinced tha.
as soon as he can he will make good
the shortage. She expects to go to
the home of her folks at Humbol It,
Nebraska Work has been slack in the
harness trade and Mr.. Stones shop
mates kelie7c that this fact is rasr"!5.
sible for his failure to have thu funds
l.: his possession. That he waA it,
t.. tionally dishonest none believes.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24
THE AUXILIARY HELPS.
Union Printers Wives Get Into the
Labor Temple Game.

Union Printers Wives Get Into the
Labor Temple Game.
1t was not surprise to The Wage
worker when it was notified that Cap
ital Auxiliary No. IL to Typograph-
ical Union No. 2O9 had decided to be
represented in the movement looking
towards the erection of a Labor Tenn
pie in Lincoln.
At the last meeing of the Auxiliary
it was unanimously agreed to donate
IS to the fund, and number of men,
bers expressed willingness to make
personal contributions thereto at the
proper time.
Now that the women are interested
in the Labor Temple movement it is a
cinch that there will be something
doing, for when the union women take
hold they accomplish wonders.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24
LYRIC STOCK COMPANY.
Popular Playhouse Changes from
Vaudeville to Drama Temporarily.


The Lyric theater closed its vaude-
vile season last Saturday night and
opened up last Monday with stock
company whose engagement will last
for ten weeks. During that time the
best obtainable plays will be present
ed by capable company. The pro-
gram will be changed weekly and mat
inees will be given on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays instead OF
every afternoon as during the vaude-
Vile season.
The stock company includes several
members wen known in Lincoln ar
the west, and Manager Miller guar
antees his patrons the best obtainable
productions.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24
THE FULTON STOCK COMPANY
Opens the Season to a Record House
and Delights All.

Opens the Season to a Record House
and Delights All.
The Fulton Stock Co. opened it's reg
ular summer season at the Oliver last
Monday night, and as was expected
appeared to an audience that COM
pletely filed the house. The initial
performance was "Blue Jeans" a
comedy that gave the company ample
opportunity to show it's strength. Sew
eral of the old favorites are with the
company. Miss Emil Jackson, Jess
Fulton, Miss Belle Jackson, Miss Ivy
Bowman, Mr.. Castelbury, Mr.. Mar
lowe, all old members of the company,
were warmly greeted when they ap-
peared on the stage. The new members
of the company made good" and were
favorably received.
The week will close with the pre-
sentation of Moths" a Russian play
that will delight all who see it. Dur
ing the season the best obtainable
plays will be presented, among them
being some that have only recently
been played at advanced prices, and
all Of them what is known in stage
parlance as royalty plays" The in
dications are that the summer sea-
son Of the Fulton Stock Co., will be
even more pleasant and profitable than
former seasons.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24
HOW PATTERSON WAS RUINED.
Tried to Treat Employees Fairly and
See What Happened to Him.

Tried to Treat Employees Fairly and
See What Happened to Him.
John H. Patterson, a Dartmouth
graduate, has been decorated by
France with the Legion of Honor on
account of what he has done for his
employees.
OF course, there is a difference
among wage workers just the same
as there is difference among en-
ployers. Some are good and some
are bad. Occasionally there is wage
worker who is an enemy to work in
any form. There is always something
that he isn't going to stand for"
He apparently considers it his mis-
sion to bankrupt the establishment
that employees him-and it makes him
"sore" to see any other fellow do a
decent days work. Then there are
employers of labor who are just as
bad or worse
In short, there are some bad ones
and many good ones on both sides of
the labor proposition. Perhaps Mr..
Patterson used discretion in getting
rid of the mental and moral dyspep-
tics upon whose stOmachs the slight.
est bit of actual work produces irri-
tation and sourness.
But Patterson had a theory and
made it work. When he bought
small factory some years ago he said:
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24
At the Church,

At the Church..
Song, "Just AS AM. Assembly
Invoction. ...... Rev. H. H. Harmon
Pastor First Christian Church.
song, Refuge. Assembly
The Typographical Union, F. M. Coffey
Pesident L. T. u, No. 2O9.
Song, "Sweet BY and By. Assembly
Memorial Address. William J. Bryan
Benediction. Rev. 8. z. Batten
Pastor First Baptist Church.
At the Cemetery.
Song, Nearer, My God, to Thee
Assembly
Invocation. n.......... Rev. 8. 2. Batten
"Our Union Dead" -. .Erstine King
L. T. u, No. 209.
Song, "Going Down the Valley"
Assembly
Address, '"The Invisible Comrade,''
...................R r. L. Metca1fe
Decoration of burial lot. /. Auxiliary
Song, DOxolOgy. Assembly
Taps s........... Miss Ruth Walters
Benediction. -. Rev. H. H. Harmon
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24
THE sARsERs' UNION.
Some Of the Benefits That Have Been
Secured by Members.

Perhaps the younger generation of
BARRIERS are not fully aware of the
benefits that have accrued to them
by reason of the work done by the
BARRIERS who we're the pioneers in the
union movement.
Fifteen years ago BARRIERS worked
as many hours a day as there we're
men awake and likely to drop in for
a shave or a haircut. They went to
work about Z o'clock in the morning
and usually worked until 10:3O at
night. Sunday morning the got down
to the shop early, worked until noon,
isnatched hasty lunch and then work.
ed until everybody in town had been
shaved. They averaged about ninety
hours a week, and the barber who
found SIS in his pay envelope consid-
cred himself "peach" of workman.
But wise guys" of the razor looked
about and saw that unionism was ac-
complishing a lot of craftsmen en-
gagged in other lines, and they inves-
tigated. The result was the organiza-
tion of the Journeyman BARRIERS In
ternational Union. When the organ
ization was completed the usual re-
suit happened-while hours were be-
ing reduced the average of wages
began rising. Today the union bar.
Der averages about 70 hours week,
and he is making more money than
members of the craft ever made be-
fore. They have been benefited by
the adoption Of shop rules. better san
ttary conditions, better guarantees
and more recognition of individual
rights. II the old-time barber who
died twenty years ago were to come
to life again and again to go to work
at his trade he would be dumbfounded
when he saw the bettered conditions
and the bettered wage.
The st. Paul union obligated five
new members at its last regular meet
ing. 1t is constantly adding to it's list
of shops entitled to the card. The
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24
CARMEN ARE HUsTLING.
LineoIn's Youngest Union Is Moving
at Very Lively Gait.

The Brotherhood of Railway Car
men met in regular session at A. o.
U. w. hall last Saturday evening, and
despite the fact that it was a busy
and bright evening there was large
attendance. The editor of The Wage.
worker was privileged to meet with
the brotherhood and address the mem
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24

members are also pushing the union
button.
There are several unfair barber
shops in Lincoln, but The Wagework-
er is not advertising them by giving
their street numbers. You will know
them when you go in If you will look
for the shop card. It will not be
there. a .-,As
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-05-24
LINCOLN NoN-uNIoN SHOES.
Manager Of Regent Factory bitterly
Opposed to Trades Unions.

manager of Regent Factory Bitterly
Opposed to Trades Unions.
During the time the Regent shoe
factory was located In Omaha It en-
Dioyed union workmen and women and
was entitled to use the union stamp
Of the Boot and Shoeworkers. The
managers Of the Regent factory de-
cided to remove the shop to Lincoln.
contingent upon Lincoln people pur-
chasing certain amount Of stock.
A number of the union employees came
with it, but owing to circumstances
the union did not insist upon union
conditions. AS a result the union
stamp was taken up, pending nego-
tiations with the management. Vice
President Lovely Of the Boot and Shoe
Workers International Union came to
Lincoln and tried to reach an agree
ment that would permit the factory
to resume the use of the stamp. His
mission was failure.
Last Saturday, at the Commercial
Club, Manager Gustin Of the Regent
Shoe Co. stated most emphatically.
and with show Of temper, that under
no consideration would he run un-
ion factory. He made the usual
splurge about unions trying to die
tate his business" and roasted" the
trades unions to frazzle.
The editor of The Wageworker told
Mr.. Gustin very frankly that nothing
would please him more than to be able
to boost Lincoln product, but moth
ing would induce him to boost a prod
uct that was not union made, and
that he would endeavor to make
sale of union made shoes in prefer
ence to a Regent shoe every time,
no matter where the union shoe was
made.
Lincoln wage earners have been in
hopes that the Regent factory would
be squared so they could give 1t
their support and patronage. But
Mr.. Gustin's attitude alienates the
support of Lincoln wage earners, and
by this course he loses one Of the
most profitable markets his company
could possibly have. The Wagework-
er merely wants to call the attention
of union men in Lincoln and vicinity
to the fact that not only are Regent
shoes, the product of non-union labor,
but the manager of the company is an
avowed enemy of organized labor. No
one can possibly regret these facts
more than The Wageworker, for this
humble little paper is always looking
for opportunities to boost for Lincoln,
demanding only that those who are
boosted shall reciprocate.