The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-23

fully named. Hot water spurts from
the rocks on every hand, hot air
blows from the crevices, and hot sun
pours down without mercy. The hos
pitality of the people is always fever
ish, and the welcome and entertain
ment of Hot Springs Typographical
Union was too warm to be measured
by any dinkey little old thermometer.
There are only sixteen members of
the Hot Springs union, and most Of
them are working on the three daily
papers, SO in order to see that the
visitors were properly welcomed and
entertained the union went out and
hired some bully good fellows and
some charming women to assist them.
There is only one married member OF
the Hot Springs union, so there is
no auxiliary. But the local printers
sent down to Little Rock, where there
IL a live auxiliary, and secured the
services of a committee Of handsome
and clever women, and this commit
tCc lOOhCu uAsSl Vic SisAtih6 WHICH.
Conrad Miller was chairman of the
entertainment committee, assisted by
Messrs. Griffith and johnson, and they
covered themselves with glory and
perspiration.
There was something doing all the
time-something lively, too.
The local committee had entertain
ment ribbed up for every hour of the
day-and night-that the two con-
ventions were not In session. These
entertainments consisted of recep-
tions. vaudeville, barbecue. "mml-
ligans." watermelonfests, dances,
drives and reunions.
And between each attraction, ami
between each session, the ever pres
ent photographer made us pose for Il
photograph. After posing for the
photograph we were eacn time sep
arated from a dollar or two.
There were some bad and some
sood features about the convention
and one of them was both good and
bad. 1t was the Butte case, present
ed by Duke Lanstrom on appeal from
the executive council. According to
law and precedent all appeals from
the decision OF the executive council
must be heard by an apepals commit
tee appointed by the president of the
International Typographical Union,
who is also chairman of the executive
council. The Butte union appealed
from decision of the council and
Lanstrom, as delegate from Butte,
asked the convention to select a spe-
cial committee to hear Butte's appeal.
He put up the plea that it was unfair
to Butte ocompel it to present it's
case to a committee appointed by the
other party to the dispute.
OF course the convention turned
him down. The convention, lacking a
leader to head a revolt, was absolute
ly dominated by Lynch. 1t was re-
grettable that Butte was handed the
1emon-but it was poetic justice, for
Butte received the same lemon that
Its delegates to Toronto handed to
Shelby Smith and Philadelphia No. 2.
Lanstrom approached Calvert of
Philadelphia and sought his support
for the resolution to appoint a special
committee.
1T isn't square deal that Lynch
Is handing u.s." said Lanstrom. Then
he proceeded to show its unfairness
Calvert listened patiently and then
said:
Lanstrom, Jim Lynch is just as
honest today as he was this week tvs
years ago at Toronto, when you,
local union voted to make us like the
same kind of treatment you are belly
aching about now"
And the Duke of Butte had nothins
more to say.
The other regrettable case was tha
OF Frank Swigart of st. Louis. Afte
framing up his friends to get into tn.
fight for him, Swigart laid down AM
made compromise, leaving his rea
friends hanging in the air. Swigar
has performed grand work for thu
home and is entitled to credit for 1t
but he should have been willing II
die in the last ditch for the men VIII,
took up his fight against the tyrar
nical order of the executive council
Instead of that, he accepted a con
promise that thanked him for hi
work and endorsed the executiv
council for slapping him in the face
Two or three times the laws con