The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-06

tenthe of whom are voters in Doug
las county, marched in the Labor Day
parade in Omaha last Monday. If all
who were voters of the republican
faith had gone to the primaries next
day and voted for Tony Donahue, an
almighty good union man would have
been nominated for sheriff of Douglas
county. But after parading on Mon
day and showing their banners and
badges, the union men forgot to vote
the next day, and as result Dona-
hue was beaten. :
1t may be different some day, but
1t often looks almighty discouraging.
Right in the center of this page
tiis week appears the portrait of one
Frank A. Kennedy. the oldest labor
editor in point of service west of
the Mississippi river, and the hand
soonest labor editor in the country.
bar one whose name we refrain from
mentioning because of modesty that
cannot be overcome. Kennedy start
ed in the labor editing business when
1t was a guess whether the editor
could gather in enough money during
the week to put meat on the table for
Sunday dinner. But he kept at 1t,
and for the past few years he has
been eating three square meals day
with astonishing regularity. BY rea-
son of being consistent, fighter, a
hater of hypocrisy and a believer in
squareness, Kennedy has accumu-
lated a bunch of enemies of which
any man might we'll be proud. He
has also acquired host of friends
whose friendship counts for some
thing in time of stress. His Western
Laborer is the '.livest wire in the
labor paper field, due to the fact that
Kennedy is the original viper and
buzzard and chief of the clan-if
vipers ana -sbuzzartss- have cians.-~He
is also THE executive committee of
the B. o. O. e., AN organization that
il remarkable for the unanimity with
which it's executive council enforces
its mandates. The membership of
this organization, made up exclusive
ly of Union Printers, has been re-
cruited a whole lot since the Hot
Springs convention. In printer cir
cles Kennedy is best known as Sadie
Maguire," under which cognomen he
name Is anathema in sycophantic
circles. He is wise to the labor game
ir all of its intricacies; he is a friend
worth having and a foeman who fights
fair. He has been running the West
ern Laborer for fourteen years, during
which time his hair has turned to
gray. not from worry, as his enc
niles would have us believe, but mere
ly to keep in harmony with the gray
matter inside the skull which the
hair covers. The Western Laborer
Is prosperous, and as a result of good
support Is putting in some bully good
licks for unionism not only in Omaha.
but throughout the west. In addition
to accommodating friends and enemies,
Kennedy has accumulated a family
consisting Of one wife and three chill
dren. two handsome daughters, a
manly son and a wife who Is a con-
stant help to him in his work. The
Wageworker man is proud to call
Frank Kennedy his friend.
BY the way, Lincoln people showed
where their friendship lies as between
the two street railway companies by
the patronage given during the fair,
A little observation showed that for
every passenger carried to and from
the fair grounds by the Traction com
psuy, the Citizens company carried
ten.
The strike of the telegraphers has
been broken-again. If you do not
believe it, just try to send telegram
Lincoln IL due to receive the flying
squadron" in few days. The flying
squadron" is q bunch of near-opera
tors of the feminine gender who are
sent from city to city to make noise
ike strike breakers. They walk into
the telegraph office, sit around and
pretend to work the keys. and the
public is invited in to see how easil,
the company can get telegraphers anf
be convinced that the strike is broken
After q few days Of this sort of thint
the flying squadron" is sent else
where. 1t was sent to Omaha las