The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-07-04


| right of workers incapacitated by age
to a reasonable sustenance for life.
The measure adopted is compromise
between the view that the worker is :
! entitled to living in his old age and
the more individualistic view that he
is paid in full for his services from
| day to day and has no other claim on
the community The fund from which
the pensions are to be paid will be
| made up by a contribution Of two per
cent. of the wages of the workers and
an equal percentage from their en-
ployers, the balance to be made good
by the public. The pensions will be
$72 per annum when the system is in
operation.
Washington.-Labo is to have a
newspaper system covering the entire
country. syndicate has been formed
and the enterprise capitalized, it is
said, to the extent of issuing a paper
in the cities of New York, Philadel-
phia, Washington, Chicago, st. Louis,
Denver and San Francisco. Publica-
ton will begin September 1, and the
policy will be one of ultraN conserva-
| ton, the object being to restrain the
labor movement from merging with
the more radical socialistic element
that has been making great inroads on
the membership of the unions compos-
| ing the skilled crafts
| Boston.-Thomas A. Watson of East
| Braintree, founder of the Fore River
| company, who was the educational
hour speaker at the meeting of the
| Boston G. L. u, advocated new solu-
ton OF the trust problem. In brief he
said that the interests of the public
| and the employees should be represent
ed on the boards of directors of all
large corporations He also said that
the public should guarantee certain
return on investments, in order to pro-
mote confidence. should insist upon re-
ceiving a portion of the profits and
should use them in carrying on indus
trial schools.
! Berlin, Germany.-The is no ma
ton in the world that gives greater en-
enlargement and opportunity to its
people to become skilled artisans than
Germany. Municipal, state and the
| federal governments all contribute to
the establishment and support of tech
nical and industrial schools, and there
is scarcely city or town of any i'm
portance where one of these splendid
institutions is not found.
| Amary, Miss.-The body Of G. A.
Linxwiler, assistant vice-president of
| the Painters and Decorators National
Brotherhood, whose headquarters were
in Decatur, Ill, was recovered. The
coroner's jury decided that he came
to his death by jumping from moving
| train as it crossed the Tombigbee
river. Linxwiler, who was demented
at the time, leaves widow and four
children
| Kenosha, INSTRUMENTATION won a
big victory in Kenosha when joint
committee of the Carpenters union
and the master builders of the city
agreed to submit the differences be-
tween the two organizations to an ar
bitration board. The differences had
tied up all building work.
! Reading, Pa-The Reading com
pany's locomotive shops here, which
have been closed for the past ten
days, have been ordered on five days
next week. They employ 1900 hands,
and in the busiest times 1900 were
on the roll.
/ Louisville, Ky.-The eight-hour day
for all municipal work has been intro
duced in the city council.
New York.-Although the CONNER
cial Photographers Union Of America is
raising an emergency fund of 100000,
everything possible is being done by
the national organization to avert
l c%,, i,,c
Union Telegraph company for the res
toration of the wage scales existing
before the last strike.
Boston.-Cornelius P. Shea of Cam
bride, former national president Of the
Transfers union and wellknown in
labor circles throughout the country.
was taken to the federal building in
connection with charge against him
alleging that he had used the mails in
q scheme to defraud.
Boston.-About 20 firms have al
ready signed the desired new wage
scale and working agreement of jour
neymen Bakers union No. Z. 1t asks
for no increase in the wage rates, but
is the first agreement presented since
the disastrous strike of several years
ago. The union is rapidly growing, the
officers declare.
Pottstown, Pa-The employees of the
lower mill of the Glasgow Iron COM
pany have been notified that they are
to return to work. The mill has been
Idle for some time.
Birmingham, Ala.-The big rail mill
OF the United States Steel corporation
at Ensley has resumed and this with
allied plants means that 300 men will
return to work. The plant, which is
being greatly enlarged and extended.
has daily capacity of 1,5O0 tons of
finished rails. During the last month
/ furnaces and mines have resumed in
this district, putting 5000 men to
work