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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28
THAT LABOR DINNER"

Teddy was very careful in not in
wiling any labor leader who espoused
the cause of Bryan to his little sIabor
dinner" Only those who turned tail
and acted as strike-breakers are COM
petent, in Teddy's eyes, to suggest
remedial legislation in behalf of labor
But their number was so small the
dinner proved more of a family
affair than White House Junction.
Sioux City Union Advocate.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28
UNCLE SAM, LABOR cRusHER


According to story from Philadel
ohia the United States government
has placed itself in the same class
With the common, everyday labo,
crusher. Machinists and toolmaker'
we're hired at the Frankfort arsena'
FOR SO day, with the understanding
hat they were to receive 1925 after
six months, and ultimately 1878
When the six months period expired
recently, the men received word from
Washington that because of the in
dustrial depression" the government
could secure all the machinist desired
at the rate of So per day, and conse
quently there would be no increase
as promised.-Erie Labor Journal.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28
CENTRAL ABoR UNION.
Continued from page L.

ICUHlInued from page u
The report that the American Fed
Grafton contemplates putting an orga-
nicer in this territory was received
with hearty applause. The need is GER
tainly great.
Reverting to the late election-will
the minutes of any other Central La
Dor union in America show that it en-
dorsed the American Federation of
Labor's political program before the
Lincoln body endorsed it?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28

Governor A. B. Oummins, of Iowa,
who has Just been elected to the
United States senate, is a carpenter by
trade. and a. union man. He has re-
tanned his membership in the Carpen-
ters' Union during all the years of his
p9litical. activity. and when he goes
down to Washington next month he
will carry paid-up card with him. He
Will he the first union carpenter. and
one. of the first union men to occupy a
seat IN the senate of the United States
n is only in the organized trades
that the woman worker receives equal
pay for equal work. The woman in the
industrial field who does not favor
unionism is working against her own
best interests.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28
convicts eorino to Freedom.

A stringent investigation at the Mis-
following the discovery Sunday of a
plot at a wholesale Jail delivery. The
plan almost succeeded. The author
tiles are determined to locate the con-
victs who nearly completed tunnel
giving them means of escape. Only
foot remained to be bored through
A long underground tunnel had been
completed.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28
Belgrade Bank Removes Coin.

Seventeen carloads of coin and the
archives of the National bank were
Monday removed from Belgrade to the
fort at Nish. This step was taken
because the government fears that
Austria will make raid on Belgrade,
the capital. 1t is rumored that the
government also will be removed to
NiSh
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28
DAvroN's MAYOR ALL RIGHT.

UAY ION'S MAYOR ALL RIGHT.
If the present mayor of Dayton
Ohio. ever had any sympathy with
the VanCleaveites, he has undergone
4 change of mind. News comes from
the city which has been known a.
the headquarters and fountain hear
Of the Citizens Alliance that the
mayor-has given emphatic orders tr
place the union label on the officia'
'etterheads of his Office. And this
right in the bailiwick of Marsha
Cushing and other rabid VanCleavite.
too.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28

seeding organization from the
Brotherhood of Railroad Employees has
taken the name of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Station Employees.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28

The Cigarmakers' International
union makes the following showing to
the federation for the year 1908: Char
ters issued, s; surrendered, II. Gain
in membership. 200. Number of strikes.
68: final reports have been received in
but Sc: won. %: compromised. 5; lost,
o Number of persons involved, 1926;
benefited. LOSS; not benefited, 40.
Thirteen strikes we're against reduc-
tions In wages. 6 we're successful, 1
compromised and lost. Death bene-
fits. s172.50567; travelling benefits.
$5o.063.S6: unemployed benefits. $780,
600. As a result of the Improvement in
the conditions of the members brought
about by the organization, death rate
from. tuberculosis has been reduced 10
per cent and. length of life increased
per cent in males and per cent in
wives of members.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28

In an official report the bookbinders'
union, makes the following showing to
the A. f. of L.. for the current year:
Charters issued. s. Strike for the eight
hour day throughout the trade was in
augurated October 1. 1907. and it has
been successful to the extent Of IS per
cent. $50 members still on strike to
make the effort entirely successful.
Cost of strike. sl65. 50s.95. Death ben
efits. $3.50.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28

Isn't 1T about. time the Transfers
revived their local. They ought not
to remain longer among the ''quitters"
lust because one or two of their num-
Der proved recreant to the trust re-
posed In them
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28
AMONG THE LIVE ONES.


CONTINUED from page ~
congress. Lancaster county unionists
had an opportunity of sending one of
their number to the legislature and
failed to seize 1t. Maybe We'll learn
after while.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28
Save Is to so Per Cent

We are the largest concern of our kind in the
world Our combined capital is 81 ,OOO. 600. On
our books are more than $4,000 customers.
We own Is mammoth retail stores, located in
of a score of great factories. Thus we buy
and sell at prices which no other concern can
compete with. We invite any sort of COM
parison. You can return any goods, sent on
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28
We Trust You for ANYTHING
Used in the Home

Whatever you want for use in your home
will be sold to you on credit Your choice of
1000 articles will be shipped on approval. Use
them. Then. If satisfactory. pay a little each
month. We mean that exactly. When person
wants to make his home more attractive. his
iS with
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28

The stereotypers and electrotypets
make the following report to the A.
II. Of l.. for the past year: Charters
issued, S: surrendered, q. Gain in
membership. S78. In Cincinnati an
effort has been pending since 1905 to
establish the eight-hour day for, the
clectrctypers, and this year it finally
went into general effect in that city
The electrotypers Of New York have
been ON strike for the eight-nour day;
all members of this branch now en-
'rfoyed are working on this basis. and
butNfe members ares out of employ
ment.. Cost of strikes, $5.265.34.
Death benefits. $1.740. Continual inn
ryement in wages and conditions.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28

Tire A. f. Of L.. reports show thu
following from the I. T. w.: (June J.
1907, TO May 81. 1908).-Charters is
sued. 81; surrendered. 8. Increases
in wages were secured through new
wage scales in eighty-three cities
strike benefits ana special assistance
TO locals. $567.775.97. Death benefits
$38.65O. Donations to other unions
$1.075. In March. 1905. the eight
hour day prevailed in the jurisdiction
of only 70 unions. AS a result Of the
general strike which was inaugurated
in August. 1905. the eight-hour day
in now in force in the jurisdiction of
565 locals
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28

y curing the last year the plumbers
1Sed' $50 charters. Is were surren-
s.red, and there was a gain in men,
bership of 1000. according to the re-
port made to the A. f. of L.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-11-28

The pressmen ana assistants make
the following showing for the year in
r'rort to the A. r. of L., just pub.
isvhed: Charters issued. 80: surren-
cred. 13. Gain in membership. $40.
Number of strikes, 81; won.- s; COM
promised, "a. Number of persons in
volved, 1852. Fifty cents average
sain. in wages per member per day.
Eight7hour day secured in ia cities
in the past year without strike. At
tempts TO reduce wages were success
fully resisted. Cost of strikes. $3.450
Death benefits. $4,000. Donations TO
cther unions. 1880.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-13
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE.
Sophomore Class Meeting-Freshmen
Receive Caps.

Orono. Me-, Oct. 12.-(SpeciaD.-A
meeting OF the nominating committee
of the Sophomore class was held Mon
day and the following men were nom-
mated for the class track manager:
s. NJ. Jones. F. J. Morrison. r. r. Hen
derson.
At meeting of the Freshman class
the members We're given their class
cans which the Sophomores Will r.
ouire them to wear except on Sun
DAYS. The style is the regular oiue
Eaton cap with a large white button
one inch in diameter.
A meeting of the students from Ne"
York state was called at +. M. Mon
day for the purpose of organizing
New York State Club. A committee
of three was appointed to draw up
constitution which will be presented
at the next meeting when the election
OF officers will be held 1t was propos'
ed to call the organization the Empire
State Club and it is expected that the
panization will receive strong sup
mort from the New York Alumni AS
ISOLATION.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-13
For Police and Municipal
Judge at Brunswick
Several Raids, Liquor Being
Found in Two Places.
Four Tramps Sent to JaiI...man
Wanted For An Assault.

Brunswick. Me-. oct. 12.-(SpeciaD.-
Deputy Sheriff John Leonard, assisted
by Officer Herbert l.. Robertson, made
several raids this afternoon anG ii two
liquor. At the restaurant managed lH
Louis Theberge II long neckers were
secured Theberge is q police officer
and a constable. He will appear in
court in the morning.
For more than an hour and half
the officers searched the Elm House.
of which Mrs. Nettie Morrison is pro-
rrietor s.nd Clarence Dimmock is clerk.
There the officers found half a pint OF
whiskey, which they found hidden in o
lounge and a pint bottle. half fall Of
Gin, which they found tied up in the
collar of a jacket Mrs. Morrison and
Dimmock will also appear in court in
the morning.
The session of the municipal court
today was busy one. Saturday night
Officers George A. Priest and john For
I in took four trampS off the 1nidnlght
train from Bangor for Portland. Tney
claimed to have been working IN the
woods but were discharged on account
of their inexperience and We're trying
to work their way back to Salem
Mass, where they lived. They gave
their names as John Mackey, Peter
Deschane, Louis Clane. and Louis Ia
kerr They We're each fined S. and one
half costs. but being unable 20 pay
we're sent to Portland for 80 days. Will
fred Deschane of Brunswick went up
for Is days on an intoXication charge.
The police tonight are searching for
Henry Dali, alias Niger Dali. as he
Is generally known. Dali is something
of priz. fighter and has bad re2u-
tation for mixing up in scraps. This
afternoon he got into fight with AL
bert Marcus. a fakir at the Topsham
fair. and when the fight was over Mar
Gus was so badly wounded that 1t viii
be month before he can again APP
near on the street Deputy Sheriff Hen
nv Purington of Rowdoinham secured
the warrant against Dali. but the boy
| has no. vet been located,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-13
As a Direct Result Of Lynn
LaSterS Strike.
Trouble Feared If the Firms Call
in Strikebreakers.
Only About 10 Per Cent. Of Those
Idle Are lasters.

Lynn. Mass. Oct. 1.-THE shoe in
dustry of Ihis city today entered upon
The second week of paralyzed opera
ticns as 4 result of the strike. of last
ers with 70 immediate prospec, of SET
tlen1eEt CT the difficulties 1t had been
hoped that the conferences of last week
would at least result in the withdrawal
Of the orders for a sympathetic strike,
thereby returning to work the opera
t'ves in al the more than 125 factories
of the city. vita the exception of that
of Joseph Caunt & Co, where the
movement of unrest and suspension Of
work had its inception,
Apparently no Roadway was made,
however and today. with the efforts for
arbitration complicated to a great ex-
tent, some 5000 operatives have left
their benches without any idea as to
when they may return to them with
the approval of their unions
OF the entire number of shoe workers
who did rot report as usual today, but
little more than 10 per cent. are en-
plcyed rs laStcrS, the greater number
including members of the cjgemuking
turning, bottom finishing, freeing, join
ing, polishing and welt and heel Operat-
ing branches of the craft Some of
these We're out as a result OF their
withdrawal from the several factories
and shops by the unions. while others
were affected by closing orders from
the manufacturers, issued Saturday
when the material on hand was dis
posed of.
No outbreaks have yet been reported.
the union leaders urging upon the
strikers the need of remaining peace
able and calming those who sought to
incte their fellow workmen TO more
extreme measures than those advocat-
cd by the union officials 1t is likely
that this practically quiet condition of
affairs will continue unless some out
side element is introduced into the sit
uation.
In this latter connection proba bly, the
greatest factor likely to bring about
an eruption on the part Of the strikers,
is he bringing to the city Of unskilied
WCrkT:en to attempt 10 break the
strike. The manufacturers are ioath to
do this. they say, but several have an
ncunced their intention Of using some
such measure, should the stagnation of
their business continue Tor any great
length OF time.
Up to the present time the absence
of am need far picketirg has con-
tributed greatly to the lack of Vio-
lence. bu> with the need of efforts by
be strikers to offset the measures of
:he manufacturers to discontinue the
strike the usual scenes of rioting and
trouble are expected to result.
Against this. however. the police
have, to some extent already provided.
and reserve officers are being held
within reach constantly to quell any
outbreaks or disturbances that may
:. riS.n
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-13
On Piece WreckageFrom
Their Schooner.
Capt. Monroe and Five Sailors
Of Sch. Sir0CCo Found.
Taken TO Boston, Where They Learn
Of Others Rescue.

Boston, Oct. 12.-Captain Monroe and
five of the crew of the British schoon-
er SirocCn. who were supposed to nave
been lost when their vessel was Mre@H-
ed, off the Florida coast Oct. l, were
landed here today by the fruit steamer
Horatius. which arrived from South
American ports by way of HaNAl,a.
Two members of the SirOccOs crew,
who had been picked up by Il vessel
We're landed in Newport News on sat
urday. They believed that they were
the only survivors of the crew of eight
as they were picked up after having
lifted on wreckage for five days.
Captain Monroe and the men with
him. who comprise the remaining nam
hers of the crew. believed that the 9TH
err two had been lost and expressed
great qualification today 70 learn CT
their escape.
The six men brought here had been
afioat on fragment of the side of their
vessel 70: four days, when the HUra :
thus fell in with them. The Sirocco,
which was bound from Brunswick, Ga.
to Abaco in the Bahamas, was wreck
ed on Mantanila reef. in tropical
hurricane.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-13
IT IS DAMAGING.
Strong Evidence Against a
Wealthy Chicagoan
Who Is Suspected Of the Murder
Of a Woman Friend.
He Claims an Abb and 100000
Bond Is Ready.

Chicago. Oct. 12.-POsitive Identical
ton OF Luman G. Mann, son of Orviile
G. Mann, wealthy resident of Oak Park,
as the purchaser of the rope which
bound Mrs. Frances Thompson in her
death struggles, the discovery OF key
in his pocket which is said to TT the
door to the death chamber in the house
al 1912 Michigan avenue, and the re-
covery of a watch from Mann's pocket
alleged to belong to the murdered wo-
man, form yesterdays important de-
velcpments in the Thompson murder
mystery
Charles Erbstein, the accused mans
attorney. said that he would appear at
the preliminary hearing today before
Judge Dickey ready to furnish $100, 900
bond if necessary to obtain the release
OF Mann until his case is brought to
trial in the criminal court Mann pro-
tested his innocence strenuously He
declared he would be able to prove an
1lihi
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-13
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Having refused to resign from his
political positions, f. w. Hartford
chief clerk Of the purchasing pay Of
flee at the kittery, Me, navy yard, was
Monday removed from office for per
nicious political activity" the charges
having been preferred by John II
bartlett, former postmaster of Ports
mouth. The charges We're investigated
by Edward Stebbins, secretary Of the
Boston branch of the Civil Service
Commission. Mr.. Hartford alleges
that he was refused permission to
answer the charges or to see a copy of
them, but they related to his attend
ing the recent Republican state con-
vention at Concord as a delegate and
also to his membership in the Ward 2
Republican committee of Portsmouth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-13
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Clyde Bradbury. Walter Coffin and
Edwin Elwell of South Portland, who
were caught outside Portland harbor
in an 1S-fOot motor boat in q stiff
northeaSterly gale Sunday. arrived
home all right Monday afternoon They
went ashore at one of the islands i'm
the lower bay and when the tide came
in the rudder of their boat was broken
by the rubbing against the beach The
boys started out and soon their en-
CINE became disabled and they were
carried by the tide to Cliff island.
where they secured shelter for the
night. but We're unable to get food.
They returned home on a steamer that
plies the bay. All We're in good health
and SpiritS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-13
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Mrs. Nord Alexis, wife of the aged
President Of Hayti, died Monday at
Port Au Prince, Hayti. The govern
ment is preparing for national
funeral.
The executive committee of the
Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress
has decided to hold the next meeting
of the congress. which Is scheduled for
Denver. in August. 1909.
convention of mine workers rom the
three anthracite districts of United Mine
Workers of America began Monday at
Scranton. Pa, for the purpos" of form
ulating demands to he presented to the
coal operators shortly before the eXpira-
ton In April next of the present three
year agreement. The convention will be
held behind closed doors. 1t is believed
the miners will not ask for general in
crease in wages hut will demand adjust
mpnts where they claim the present
agreement was violated and wages re-
duced.
Two bronze doors. built with Irnd
started by John W Jones' A. will be re-
ceived at Dartmouth College during the
present week from the studio of Melzar
Fl. Mossman, the sculptor, at Chicopee.
AS yet no announcement has been made
as to where the doors are to be placed.
Each is 10 feet high and seven feet wide,
surmounted by brass grill open work. The
Grecian type of rosettes govern the or
lamentations and on the back are in
scribed the names of the class on tab
lets. Mr.. Jones' contribution, which was
the inception of the fund, amounted to
5000, which was added to by his son and
by the college
Smouldering rubbish in the basement
Of ZIG Westminster street, in the heart of
the downtown district Of Providence,
which the firemen believe had been burn
Ing for hours, broke out into a threaten
Ing blaze shortly after o'clock Monday
morning and for time taxed the utmost
Efforts of the fire department to prevent
1t spreading to a nearby theatre, office
building and department stores. A dozen
clerks were at work in a plano store
above the basement, but they knew moth
ing Of the blaze below until the store was
suddenly filed with smoke and they had
10 gr0pe their way out. Two alarms
were sounded and excitement in the shop
Ding district was intense. The damage
was not extensive.
The International road congress open
ed Friday its first official session In
Paris. The delegates who represent 81
countries, including the United States
Brazil Mexico. Chill. India and Japan
were welcomed by Minister of Public
Works Barthou. after which number
o. addresses were read. L. w. Page
director Of the public roads bureau OF
the Agricultural Department at Wash.
mston. speaking on behalf of America
praised the initiative Of France in
summoning the congress and said II
was particularly appropriate that the
INST congress for the government OF
nads should be held in the country
assessing the best roads in the world
and where the modern treaties on the
eohsfruction and maintenance of roads
mad its origin.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-13
HELD ON CHARGE
OF |NCEND|AR|SM.
I. Y. Hunter, Who Has Been Preach
ing, Charged With Burning House
and Barn at Island Falls.

in question, and that his answers as to
his whereabouts We're conflicting when
the officers Investigated the case.
Mr. Hunters attorney did not put
him on the stand at the preliminary
hearing, SO that only the States side
Of the case was heard. 1t is expected
that bail will be secured for the man
within few days, as he has stood
we'll in the community and has many
friends.
He came to Houlton several years
ago as q fire extnguisher salesman and
later in addition to acting as an agent
for a correspondence school, he deliv-
cred occasional sermons in Island
Falls, and also at Monticello, where he
had charge of small church of the
Methodist Episcopal denomination for
q time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-13

Houlton, Me, Oct. TT. V. Hunter,
who W. to eight months ago was in
charge Of church in Monticello, is
now confined at the county jail,
charged with incendiarism at Island
Falls on Sept rs. when a house and
barn were burned. Mr.. Hunter was
brought before Trial Justice George II.
Donham in Island Falls today and from
the evidence presented by the State
probable cause was found and he was
bound over to the April term of the SUI
prcme court at Houlton.
1t was claimed that he used kerosene
to start the fire hiatt he spilled some
of the oil on a rug in his carriage. that
he was seen in the vicinity on the night
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-13
Prssqusls|s Boy Accident
ally Kills His Brother.
Chambers, Sanford, Is Held
On MansIaughter Charge.
Killed Ralph Downs Sept. Is BY
carolessness With Shot Gun.

Presque Isle, Me-, Oct. 12.--Milford
Fox, aged IS, of Chapman plantation.
ded today from the effects of u bullet
wound received yesterday. He and d
brother, whose age is 16, were playing
with a o2-calibre rifle. The younger
boy, not knowing it was loaded, pulled
the trigger and the bullet entered Mil
fords abdomen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-13

The first session of the annual meet
ing of the Norwich District Ministerial
Association of the New England South
ern Conference of tie Methodist Episcopal
church, was held Monday at Pascoag, r.
I. Rev. Walter Ella of Bridgeton. r. T.,
opened the meeting with devotional ser
vice. Following a business, session Of the
organization. the subject Of evangelism
was discussed generally by the gathering.
A sermon was scheduled for the evening
meeting.