Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-23

ana followed the injunction Oh tHe +AHleii-
can Federation of Labor-'Reward your
friends and defeat your enemies
He claims that while certain friends
of the labor cause were not elected, the
pluralities of the enemies were so ma
terially reduced that 1t amounted to al
most a victory.
Mr. De Nedrey's friends say he will be
an unusually busy man this fall and win
ter and that his efforts for the Personal
Liberty League, of which organization he
is president will form no small part of
his work
Speaking of the recent election in
Maine, Mr. De Nedrey says editorially:
Much has been printed in the news
papers about the recent election In
Maine. and great stress has been put
upon the fact that the campaign was
waged upon local issues only. But this
statement is only half truth. Ma
tional issues were injected into the cam
paign, and the best campaigners avail
able were pressed into service by the
republicans, and in extending thanks to
those who worked for his election, MIR
Fernald, the republican governor-elect
especially thanked members of the cab
met, United States senators and repre-
SentatiVeS for their work, closing by say
ing that he considered a vote for him
self morally ten votes for Mr.. Taft. L
the Maine fight was a local one why
should vote for the republican can
didate for governor be of benefit to the
republican candidate for President?
More than local issues were involved
in the Maine campaign, and everybody ex-
cept the national democratic party seemed
to know it,
John C. Stein, ST.. will October 1 re-
sign his position as driver for the Charles
Schneider Bakery Company, after having
served continuously in that capacity for
thirty-five years 1t is estimated that In
= l14l ha - M
coo loaves of bread, his daily route be-
ginning with 100 loaves and finally reach
ing 800 each day.
Mr.. Stein is the oldest bakery wagon
driver in the District. When he first be-
gan his career as a bakery bread server
thirty-five years ago he was required to
bake the bread for his route and deliver
it to his customers from a large basket,
such as washerwomen of today employ to
carry the weeks wash to their patrons.
The late Thomas "A. Rover, who was
proprietor of a large grocery at North
Capitol and, H streets. gave Mr.. Stein
the soubriquet of 'Swampoodle' many
years ago, owing to the location Of his
route in what was known as 1.-The
Swamp and the nickname still clings
to him.
Mr. Stein was born in Baltimore Jan
uary p. 1853, and did his first work as
apprentice to candy maker. His first
home in this city was on the site of the
=
ington barracks.
He is a trustee of the Transfers
Union. Local 80; is treasurer of the Bak-
ers Benefit Association. and also treas
urer of the Coneordia Lutheran Church.
He is an honored member of the Odd
Fellows He was twice married. His
first wife was Miss Willhelmenia Irfhof,
the result of the union being three
sons-Fred G. Stein, Henry c. Stein and
John c. Stein, jr.. assistant driver of No.
Il fire engine company. After the death
of his first wife he married Miss Mary
Widmayer February &. 1887.
Among the recent reinstatements in the
public printing office" says w. n. Brock
we'll in the Trades Unionist, lis that OF
Samuel III. Musick former we'll known
member of Columbia Union. Mr. Musick
left here about five years ago for the
Philippines. acceptably serving In the bu-
reau of printing there as proofreader for
the past five years. He has been assigned
to work of a clerical nature in the
office In the days when he set type for
Uncle Sam in the Swamp he was one
of the typographical phenoms of the time.
He was not only one of the swiftest COM
positors the shop ever had, but he pos
sessed a gift that the average fast man
often lacks-he set 'em correctly.
Mr.. Musick brings pleasant news about
the American printer colony in Manila.
All We're in good health and enjoying
life when he left the islands.
Washington printers who have visited
the tuberculosis congress exposition are
loud in their praises of the government
printing office exhibit, which was ar
ranged by DR. William J. Manning, sani-
tary officer of the printery. The life
saving devices on exhibition are all the
invention of the physician-printer.
After having been out on a strike for
six months, the machinists of the Louis
VILE and Nashville railroad have decided
to go back to work October l. The strike
grew out of a charge of discrimination
in favor of non-unionists, half a thousand
men engaging in the original walkout
1t is stated the action of the machisists
is due primarily to Industrial conditions
and that concessions had been made OF
the 800 or more men who went out all but
100 are said to have other positions
The following labor notes are of interest
to the local workingmen:
Ordinary seamen's wages on the At
lantic coast average $40 per month.
At the recent convention of the Inter-
national Typographical union in Boston
President Lynch was sustained on eyery
appeal made from his decisions.
The nomination of officers by the Boot
and Shoe Workers union is completed.
President Tobin received the nomination
of eiShty-siX unions out of 103 voting.
AT the recent convention of International
brotherhood of Stationary Firemen at
Detroit Timothy Healy of New York city
was unanimously reelected president.
The railway trackmen are planning for