The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-02-21
THE PRINTERS.

All Ready for the Twenty fifth Annual
Ball and Reception.
Next Wednesday evening at Frater-
nifty hall Lincoln Typographical Union
No. 2O9 will celebrate its silver ami
versary." The celebration will take
the form of grand ball and reception
to the employing printers and the Ne
braska Press Association. Every ar
rangement has been made, and the
success of the affair is already as
sured The general committee will
meet next Sunday afternoon at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. RICHTER to
complete the final arrangements as
to reception, etc. The programs are
specimens of the printers art and are
unique in many ways. Nothing finer
in the way of programs has ever been
brought out in Lincoln.
Every printer has, of course. read
about the fix Charles w. Morse OF
New York is in. From being high
flyer he has dropped with dull sick
ening thud into the throes of bank
ruptcy, and just now he is lodging
criminal prosecution for having made
way with money belonging to other
people. He skipped to Europe. but was
induced to come back. All this is in
teresting to printers. for this Charles
W. Morse is president of the Butter
lex Publishing company, rat" con-
Germ that has been fighting the allied
printing trades for nearly three years.
Leaf by leaf the roses fall, drop by
drop the springs run dry"
Work has been rather slack during
the month, but it is looking up and
the prospects are good. This is cam
paign year and that means lot OF
political printing. And of course the
office seekers will all hunt for the
shops that can put on the label. How
they do love the union man during
political campaign.
Olof Duus a chronic rat" who has
been infesting the offices in ST. Paul
and Minneapolis, committed suicide
at Bismark, N. D., on February Z. In
| 1904 Duus was sent to the peniten-
tiary for forgery. but was released in
| pot" by serving as strikebreaker
In Bismark he forged the name of a
union printer to a check for $25 and
| got the money. When caught in the
| 'red light" district he hastily swal
| lowed a dose of prussic acid and died
almost instantly.
The new city directory for 1908
from the North printery, is by far the
best and most complete ever brought
out for Lincoln. 1t is the product Of
union men throughout and is credit
to the North shop, to the allied print
ing trades and to Lincoln. Every dol
lar expended in producing it was pai6
to Lincoln mechanics and will be spen
with Lincoln merchants. And that''
the way to do business in Lincoln.
Il George Locker wrkd svrl wks rhs
wntr on the CITY Directory. His frs
take aftrwrd on strgt mttr lkd smtht
like this.
The Allied Printing Trades Council
, is gingering up grandly. Its meetin:
Wednesday night was the best attend
ed in two or three years, and The
discussion was lively. Much bushes!
: was transacted, the most impOrtan
J being that hereafter the label will b.
issued only to such shops as have al
: work done under union conditions
This has been a somewhat unsettled
: question heretofore. The executiv,
J committee of the Typographical
Union was present by request on ;
. matter of special interest.
Eye trouble has been causing Johl
: Marshall of the Star bunch to give thu
l subs work to more than his usua
generous donation.
81 Charley Roger has an attraction il
: ST. Joe now. When the Star buncl
frisked him after a few days ali
sence this week. two seat checks O
: the same date at a theater in tn
e river town were disclosed. Suttol
papers please copy.
The Cincinnati Chronicle says
! THE candidates for l. T. U. Offices VIII
) are opposed to the administration ar
) greatly handicapped by not havin
access to the Journal mailing lis
They have been refused a copy of
Though willing to pay for it) for tn
lame excuse that it might fall int
the hands of the Manufacturers Al
sociation. 1t Is sad to contemplat
that in our boosted $4,000 membershi
there are but two who may be trus
ed"
81 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF