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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-01
DICKSON FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
Popular Carpenters Name to Appear

Popular Carpenters Name to Appear
on Republican Primary Ballot.
The name of j. w. Dickson will
appear on the republican primary
ballot as a candidate for the nom
ination as state senator from Lam
caster county. The petition was
filed last Monday. Mr.. Dickson is a
resident of University Place and a
E:ember of local No. 1855, Carpenters
and Joiners, of Lincoln, in which local
he holds the Office of financial secre-
tary. He has agreed to make the
race after the earnest solicitation of
friends who know his sterling worth
and his splendid abilities.
Mr.. Dickson is president of the
board of directors of the Labor Tenn
pie Building association, and has the
confidence of the entire body of union
men in Lancaster county The union
men who affiliate with the republican
party should see to it that Mr. Dick
son receives such a substantial ma
1ority on primary day that his name
will head the list of candidates foi
the senate whose names shall go upon
the regular ticket. There is no bet
ter qualified man for the position.
He is unionist of energy and abil-
ity. and he knows what the wage
earners want and need. Their case
will be safe in the hands of such a
man.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-01

friendly towards DR.. Hail. He has
more than once demonstrated his
friendship for organized labor. the
Wageworker violates no confidence
when it makes known the fact tina.
to DR.. Halls opposition is due the
fact that citizens alliance" Wa.
not organized in Lincoln several years
ago The honor which has come to
this popular Lincoln business man
is well deserved, and in honoring MIN
the democratic national committed
has honored itself.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-01

everywhere the names Of said public
officials who have shown such dis
regard of the just demands of honest
tCilers to the end that said officials
may feel the weight of our disap-
proval at the one place where the
workingman stands on an equality
with the idier, the machine politician.
the ofiicehoIder who thinks his ofice
makes him the master instead of the
servant, and the contractor who
be does of the wives and children of
honest men who are seeking to make
a livelihood and bring up their chill
dren to be good citizens-that one
place being the ballot box
Resolved, That the Central Labor
Union of Lincoln denounce the re-
newal of the penitentiary contract as
an outrage, and that we take advan-
tage of every opportunity to show
our disapproval Of the mawkish SEN
timent that seeks to benefit the
E-OOA ~OAASASS a. eAA( CARCAsSG Va
men who obey the laws Of the land
and seek to advance the best inter-
ests Of society.
Resolved, That a copy Of these
resolutions be sent to each member
Of the state board Of public lands and
buildings, copy given to each OF
the city newspapers, and a copy
spread upon the records Of this union
The secretary was ordered to send
copies of the above resolution to the
various central bodies in the state,
and to such unions as he could ge.
into correspondence with
Several new delegates were seated,
but owing to the rush the matter
Of obligating them was deferred un-
til the next meeting The per capita
tax owing the American Federation
CT Labor for the second quarter of
the fiscal year was ordered paid
The meeting adjourned without
form in order to give the Labor Day
committee plenty of time to organ
ize and get busy with preparations
for labor's annual holiday.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-01
Denounces Convict
Contract Emphatically

The meeting of the Central Labor
Union last Tuesday evening was
brief, owing to the fact that the
Labor Day committee had been
called to hold it's initial meeting at
the same time and place In order
to give this committee ample time in
which, to get started, the central body
rushed it's work and cut out several
details that otherwise would have
been given merited attention
The TaiIors asked that a commit
tee be appointed to wait on a firm
that recently locked out it's tailors
and endeavor to secure a settlement
of the difficulty. The home industry
committee will act.
The following resolution was adopt
ed concerning the new contract en-
tered into by the state with Clinton
r. Lee for the labor of the convicts
Eow in the state prison:
Whereas, At a recent meeting OF
tnis body, the Lincoln Central Labor
Union of Lincoln, Nebraska, a reso-
luton was adopted and presented to
the state board of public lands and
buildings, protesting against the fur
ther contract lobar system whereby
convicts were used to produce articles
to be sold in competition with the
product of free labor, and
protest has been ignored by the Off
Gals of the state having this matter
in charge, and new contract made
with Clinton r, Lee for the use Of
the labor of convicts in the making
of brooms, said brooms to be sold in
competition with the employers of
free laboring men who seek to sup
port themselves and families hon
estly, and
Whereas, 1t seems that a little
matter of five cents per day per con-
vict is the sum total of the considera-
ton felt for free and honest toilers,
that being the finally agreed increase
per convict per day in the new con-
tract, and
Whereas, That state officers in
question have refused to give any
appreciable consideration to the peti.
ton of the free workingmen and
women of the state, therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the delegates
from the various trades unions of the
city of Lincoln to the Central Labor
Union, do hereby denounce the action
CT the said state officials, and char
acterize their actions as not only an
| insult to organized labor, in that
said officials did not invite represen-
tatives of the protestants to appear
before said board, and only gave con-
sideration to the man who profits
from convict labor at the expense OF
free labor and to the paitry nickel
day secured as an advance on each
convict's days labor.
| Resolved, That this body hold up
| to the notice of free workingmen
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-01
CEMENT WORKERS.
TIE Work of Organization is Being
Pushed With vieor.

The men engaged in working ce-
hent in Lincoln have never been or
ganlzed. and as a result they are
among the poorest paid of the hard
workers in Lincoln. But the lack of
organization will soon be remedied,
for the work of organizing the cement
workers is being pushed with vigor.
Several meetings have already been
held, and good progress has been
made. 1t is expected that applica-
tlcn Tor charter will be made in
pienty of time to let a local union
of cement workers take part in the
Labor Day parade.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-01

The work of preparing for the
proper observance of Labor Day has
been well begun. Acting on the in
vitation of the Central Labor Union
. majority of the unions of Lincoln
and Havelock sent delegates to a
meeting last Tuesday evening. and
temporary organization was effected
by electing T. C. Kelsey chairman
and W. C. Norton, secretary. The
following unions were represented by
the delegates named:
Musicians. w. c. Norton.
BARRIERS, A. r. McConnaghey.
Bartenders. Ed. Pagan.
Leatherworkers, T. C. Kelsey
Cigarmakers, Mr.. McMahon.
Boilermakers. No. 1877, ]. w. Donor.
Blacksmiths &Helpers, E. B. Bilson.
Electrical Workers. T. NJ. Anderson.
Plumbers, B. w. Wymaster.
Painters and Decorators. L. Hale.
Carpenters, William Dullenty.
Bricklayers, c. W. Smith
typographical Union, H. c. Peate
Bookbinders, F. E. Seifert.
Pressmen. Z. Werger.
Lathers. A. l.. Baltzell.
On motion the editor of The Wage
worker was made a member of the
committee.
The proposition made recently to
the Central Labor Union that the
unions of Lincoln join the Modern
Woodmen in q celebration at Wahoo
and turned down by that body, was
submitted to the committee and re
ceived short shrift. 1t was unan
imously decided to celebrate Labor
Day in Lincoln, and celebrate it with
vim. The suggestion that the usua
Parade be dispensed with was turned
down cold. and with only one dis
parade that would make the gen
e.al public sit up and take notice
The parade will be held in the morn
iag. A committee consisting o
reate. Dullenty and Hale was ap
pointed to seek a proper place fo
holding the celebration, and due con
ssderation will be given the avail
able places. 1t was told the com
mittee that Capital Beach manage
,aent would make some goodly cor
cessicns and the committee went Z
that place Thursday evening to Sc
what could be done. The Wage
worker went to press before the con
nlittee reported.
Messrs. Norton and Maupin wer
instructed to look after the matte
OF securing some representative Q
osganixed labor for Labor Day az
dress.
Secretary Norton was instructed I
correspond with the union men c
other cities and invite them to joi
with Lincoln in celebrating the da,
communication was receive
f.om Superintendent Stevens of tn
city schools. asking what organize
labor thought about beginning tn
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-01
FILTHY BAKERIES.

Mrs Harriet s. MacMurphy, of the
pure food commissioners staff, mas
teen investigating conditions in
some of Lincolns bakeries Her re-
port is not an appetizing one, Tor she
says she found most of the bake SHOPS
in a horribly filthy condition OPP
ponents of trades unionism should
take note of the fact that when a
bakery is run under union condi-
tons it is always sanitary. The union
Insists upon this There is no bakers
union in Lincoln-more's the pity
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-01
Getting Ready For
Labor Day Doings

school year on Labor Day. He will
be informed that organized labor OBJ
sects strenuously to such a thing.
The committee adjourned until
friday evening, at which time per-
manent organization was effected.
This, however, was too early for The
Wageworker to make report of the
proceedings
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-01
Under Which Flag,
J. w. Van Clcavc Says:

"The ijunctons to head off injury for which,
allowed be committed the adequate
edy by the the the certainty and the justice
of the punishment which renders the
attacks and Hfe Jury trial would
bring delay and uncertainty Thus oud license TO
could make industry and property insecure could increase
number and the desucven Of labor contests and could
legitimate trade of all sorts.
at the duty of American business men, regardless of their
party bury Bryan and Byanm under such avalanche of
will be done again
ever"Statemen by w. Van Ceave President National
President of the Buck Stove Co.,
St Louis.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-01
DR.. HALL HoNoRED.

The selection of DIR. p. L. Hall
OF Lincoln to be vice-chairman of the
democratic national committee slis-
tens good" to DIR. Halls host of
friends in Lincoln. Organized labor
i'll this community has reason to feel
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-01

Negro firemen in Pittsburg, Pa,
will be organized and enrolled in the
ranks of the International Brother
hood of Stationary Firemen.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-01
Mr.. Union Man?
What Samuel GompcrS Says:

very satisfied democratic platform pomu
gated the Denver will do everything
of
of the men who stand for ourpr principles.
NJ defeat undertaking
defeat and have fighting for principle
firmly believed to be right and will always be found fighting
for what believe right what the temporary results
believe that this fight hand
shall work for Mr. the
principles that have advocated officers and
by Samuel Compers President
and charged with nsteaton
l. w. Van Cleave
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-01

The average weekly earnings OF
watchmakers in the United States
are s16-16, while the women employed
in the same industry receive $3.50.
which is a remarkably high average
for women workers
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-08-01
NORTON FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
Popular Printer-Musicfan Urged tc
Make Race for the Honor.

The name of w. C. Norton will ap-
pear on the primary ballot as a demo-
cratic candidate for the nomination
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-03
Civilians Get Commissions.

Washington. - Thirty-seven candt-
dates for appointment as second lieu
tenants in the army successfully
passed the recent competitive examina-
ton and will be commissioned in the
order in which they passed. OF this
list fourteen of the successful candi-
dates have completed the probationary
period of two years service in the
ranks Of the army. The other twenty
three successful candidates are civil
ians. In the latter category are Jubal
A. Early, son of the distinguished Con-
federate cavalry leader of that name,
and Webster A. Capron, son Of Maj.
Allyn Capron, who died at Fort Myer.
as a result Of exposure in the Cuban
campaign.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-03
Ute. Raidlne In Utah.

Salt Lake.-Colorado Ute Indians
are travelling in bands In southern
Utah, raiding sheep and cattle men.
according to report received by Gov
ernor John G. Cutler. According to
this report, small band Of Indians
attacked three cowboys near Verdure.
San Juan county, December 23rd, and
at the points Of rifles compelled them
to drive their cattle back into the
canon, from which they were trailing
onto the winter range, threatening to
kill them unless they did SO. Cowboys
and cattle are still confined to the
canon. Governor Cutler will take up
the matter with the authorities at
Washington.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-03

In the commercial treaty recently
made between Canada and France the
Dominion for the flrst time negotiated
directly with a foreign power through
its own officials without the intervsn-
ton Of British diplomats. Sir Will
frd Laurier. the Canadian prime min
lister. went himself to Paris and ar.
ranged the terms Of the treaty. AL.
though the treaty IL actually concluded
by the British government, yet the
fact that the colonial authorities made
the arrangement Independently marks
"a important advance in the power Of
ths Canadian government
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-03
Miscellaneous.

WloCcldUSOu0s
Senator Allison of Iowa favors &C.
tion by congress looking to the care
and support Of ex-presidents.
With the advent of the new year
Georgia becomes the first of the
southern states to absolutely prohibit
the manufacture and sale of intoxi-
eating liquors.
The battleship fleet has left Port of
Spain and is on the long run to Rio
Janeiro.
After fierce fight with three men
who robbed the bank at Camden Point,
Mo-. the citizens of the town captured
two of the bandits and placed them in
jail. A portion of the $500 taken by
the robbers was recovered.
A suit to test the right of the presi-
dent to discharge the negro soldiers
concerned in the Brownsville, Texas,
affair has been instituted in the Uni.
ted States district court in New York.
Whitelaw Reid, American ambassa.
dor to England, recently addressed
the New York Teachers associa.
ton at Syracuse, comparing the edu.
cational systems Of this country and
Great Britain.
Admittance to a dancing academy
was recently refused at San Fran.
cosco to member of the crew of the
cruiser Philadelphia, because of his
uniform. The matter will be reported
to Washington.
The annual "Bill club" banquet al
Excelsior Springs, Mo-, will be held
on January 6 instead of December 81
The Grand Trunk Railroad com
pany has made arrangements to pen
sion all employees over 65 years OF
age who have been with the company
IL years or over.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-03

A long series Of three hundredth an.
niversaries is likely to be celebrated,
now that the jamestown fair has set
the example. That no opportunity
might escape, Harvard university
lately celebrated the three hundredth
anniversary Of the birth Of it, found.
or. But what time there will be in
New England. to say nothing of the
rest of the country, when the ter.
centenary of the landing Of the PHI.
Grims comes round in 1920!
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-03

Mr.. Roosevelt. in the fiftieth year
Of his life. has been president six
years. Washington at the beginning
Of his fiftieth year had not taken
Yorktown. At 50 Jefferson was score.
tary Of state. Jackson was yet to fight
the ssminoles. Lincoln was debating
with Douglas. Four only Of the presi.
dents before Roosevelt-Pierce, Grant,
Garfield and Clevelana-were inau
gurated before they had passed 50.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-03
DEATH OF ). T. coRNFoRTH.
Noted Colorado Pioneer Drops Dead In
Seattle, Washington.

/
Seattle. Washington.
Denver.-A Seattle, Washington dis
patch December 9th, announces the
death of Joseph T. Cornforth. pioneer
freignier of the great plains. explorer
for railroads and promoter OF the Alas-
ka Short Line, who dropped dead from
heart disease while watching test
made on a new ore crusher.
In 1897 he left Denver and went to
Sea- lie on his way 10 Alaska. In the
interest of Canadian and Pittsburg cap
italists he made the first explorations
for what Is now the White Pass & Yu-
kon railway.
Mr.. Cornforth was for many years
one of the best known men In Denver
in both business and political circles
and few men could boast as many
friends.
His death, coming suddenly, cut
short career of business and rail-
road promotion In Alaska that he ex-
pected would make him extremely
wealthy within the next few years. Al
though nearly sixty years old, he was
hale and hearty, and is said to have
tramped afoot over 10000 miles on
trips of exploration In Alaska during
the past ten years.
Joseph T. Cornforth was born In
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. July
4, 1889 and came to the United States
in 1855.
Mr.. Cornforth resided in Peru. Ill
inois. for about a year, during which
time he was employ d in dry goods
house, and then he combined with his
brother Birks in business Ia Atchison,
Kansas. A year later he went into
fre.ghting with an OK team between
the Missouri river and Denver. At this
time he invented the egg case, now In
common use.
After freighting for about four years
he went to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and
engaged in the grocery business.
In 1870 his store was burned and the
savings of years were lost. He then re-
turned to Kansas City and engaged in
the commission business until 1874. He
again came to Denver in 1874 and en-
gagged in the wholesale fruit business.
With his brother Birks he later started
a new house, one of the largest Of Den
yer until 1898, when the panic caused a
suspension.
In the fall of 1897, after having sue
cessfully organized and conducted the
first gold mining congress held In Den
yer he interested company of men in
building railroad in Alaska over the
site now occupied by the White Pass &
Yukon road, but failed to get a fran
chisa Canadian interests later built
the road, which cost 100000 and
paid the same amount in dividends the
first two years.
Since that time he has resided in
Seattle and Dawson, Alaska, seldom
returning to Denver. At the time of his
deaih he was president Of the Alaska
Short Line railroad, which has begun
the construction Of railroad from
Illiamnia tc Anvik, on the Yukon river.
Mr.. Cornforth first discovered the
use of mica in axle grease, but the
Standard Oil Company got the patent.
Another of his inventions was the poly
gonal banana case. He was also one OF
tn efirst advocates Of irrigation in
Colorado.
Mr.. Cornforth married Miss Emma
Roper, the daughter of prominent
citizen of Glasgow, Missouri, in 1868.
He is survived by his brother, Thomas
T. Cornforth, daughter, Mrs. Ed
monia Hamilton and son, William B.
Corriorth of the Cornforth Fish and
Oyster Company, all OF Denver.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-03

Reports from the surveyors who
have been marking the line between
Canada and Alaska indicate that as
originally fixed In 1898 1t was 600
feet too far west. The United States
II to have strip 800 feet Wide and
many miles long, which, until the
present survey. the Canadians SUP.
posed belonged to them. The proper
boundary is the one hundred and for.
~ nrst meridian northward from
Mount st. Elias.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-03

An Evansville. Ind, man has Just
been discharged. in = case of wife
desertion. because his wife talked 30
necessarily in court that the Judge
concluded that the, desertion was Jus
Unable self-defense. 1t IL not stated,
remarks the Indianapolis Star, wheth-
er the lady acquired her conversation.
al powers in woman's club or ~ q
gift of nature.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-03

The snake department of nature
study. which has been rather quiet
Tor some months. is looking up again.
An Ohio woman has found q live and
fully developed garter snake in a
chickens craw, where 1t was living on
the food that the unfortunate chicken
had swallowed for Its own benefit.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-03

A Philadelphia man urges the de-
scsndants of the Mayhower Pilgrims
to aid in the Roosevelt reform. But.
goodness. who would there be left to
reform!
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Mase Important Happenings Of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered From all
Parts Of the Work. Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben.
eft Of Our Readers.
Personal.

Personal
Richard T. Hobson, now congress
man from Alabama, proposes to in
troduce q bill creating weekly jour
nal for gratuitous circulation contain
ing news from congress and the de
partments.
Leavenworth, Kan, merchants
manufacturers and business men gave
q nonpartisan banquet to d. r. An
thony. representative In congress
from that district, upon his return
home from Washington.
A resolution endorsing the candi
dacy of Secretary Taft for president
was adopted by the Kansas republican
state central committee.
Judge Pollock, of the United States
circuit and district courts of Kansas
has been designated to preside at the
sessions of the United States circuit
court in Oklahoma
The mother of Gov. Folk was taken
i'll at st. Louis recently where she
had gone to attend her niece's we'd
ding.
Clarence barrow, chief counsel for
the defense in the Petibone case. has
been compelled to withdraw on &C
count of illness.
Theadore Teichraeber, a prominent
miller of Lindsborg, Kan, recently
dropped dead In BARRIERS chair in
Emporia, where he had gone to attend
the funeral of brother.
John Chandler Bancroft Davis, for
the past "a pears reporter for the
federal supreme court, and former
minister to Germany, is dead in Wash
ington.
Kinsa Belt, one of the captors OF
Jefferson Davis, is dead at Thorn
Vile, o.
Congressman Calderhead, of Kan
sas, is seriously Ill with pneumonia at
his hotel in Washington.
Senator Dolliver is to tour Iowa
shortly in the interest of Senator ALI
son for reelection as against Gov.
Cummins.
Admiral George Dewey celebrated
his 10th birthday recently. His call
ers drank his health in wine so years
old which was poured out Of decan-
ter that once was the property OF
George Washington.
Leopold vilsack, a millionaire bank
er and brewer of Pittsburg, Pa.
dropped dead at his home in that city
recently.
President Amidor, of Panama, has
returned to Colon after several
months absence in Europe and the
United States.
James Benslow, 81 years of age, in.
ventor of the spoon oar and maker Of
oars for most of the boat clubs of the
country, is dead at Poughkeepsie
N. Y.
The body of the late Senator Nal
lory, of Florida, has been buried al
Pensacola, with simple ceremonies.
President Roosevelt, his wife and
eldest son have gone to Pine Knot
Va. to spend a few days.
For the first time In the history Of
w. j. Bryan, of Jacksonville, Fla.
has been appointed United States sen
ator to succeed the late Senator Nal
lory. He is relative Of William Jen
nings Bryan.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-03

The two French counts. who have
Just fought pistol duel in which
both opponents were wounded must
be very bad shots indeed. Still 1t 10
. strange coincidence that both of
them should be hit.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-03

Men will get more kisses from their
wives II they use their Sunday drink
money for SLAVES. according to one
Chicago woman. The experiment 10
worth trying
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-03

A Philadelphia man who wore q
rubber tube in his lungs for 20 years
has Just had 1t cut out. He probably
thought he couldn't afford the luxury,
In these days of high-priced rubber.