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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-05-19
CAMPAIGN FULL SIX DAYS
AUTOMOBILES AND CARRIAGES
PRESSED INTO SERVICE LAST
TWELVE HOURS.
WORK ENDS AT ten O'CLOCK
TOTAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS
SECURED WAS TWO HUNDRED
AND sIxTY-slx.

With 81 ,150 yet to be secured, the
Y. M. G. A. boosters committee with
eyery available worker in line, start
ed at 9:30 yesterday morning for the
final days battle for memberships
and subscriptions, determined the goal
should be reached before going TO
bed last night. To THIS undauntable
determination backed by twelve
hours of vigorous. intelligent "hust-
ling is due the fact that. victory was
finally assured.
One large automobile, owned and
driven by F. ]. Wesner, and two car
riages, loaned for the occasion BY
Messrs. Bruhn and Cooley, all bear
ing the legend, HY M G, A. Boosr
tsrs and filled to The guards with a
very choice type Of that most desira-
BILE class of citizens, were seen fit
ting about town throughout the day,
besides several other expeditions OPP
Grated ona foot # any available
prospect escaped their attention, he
was either out of town or in hiding
The boosters were all Y agreed last
night that the field had been thor
oughly worked.
A few minutes before ten o'clock
an enthusiastic booster rushed into
Murphey's drug store saying, Boys
tell me where / can find somebody
else, we only need $71 more A few
minutes later, another man appeared
at the same place looking for the
final SIS, and at minutes past ten
the large hand on the huge bulletin
clock was showed past the striking
point the required amount having
been exceeded by $3.50.
Not to be left in the lurch, the
Junior eampaigners had an energetic
round up yesterday, and as result
Of their own privately conducted cam
paign, over thirty junior member
ships were secured.
The total number of members Sc
cured during the six days. OF tbs
campaign was 266 OF this number
80 were sustaining. or $25 member
ships.
AS a result of this weeks effort
the support necessary for the contin
uance of the associations efficien
work for another 12 montha is as
sured, and the increased membership
and interes. aroused win make tha
work more thorough and faf-reach
ing.
All the canvassers were apprecia
tive Of the universally courteou
treatment and generous responses o.
the part of those interviewed It ha
been again yividly demonstrated tha
the citizens of Las Vegas are ca
tremely liberal when appealed to D.
worthy object, and the number 0
menbers lined up, shows the nee'
the city has for the work OF the Y
M. G. A. A citizen Of Denver, VIII
witnessed the last two days of tn
campaign. remarked that Las Vega
was the best giving town" in tn
southwest
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-05-19
A suicide.

News has reached Las Vegas by
private letter from New York that
70. S. Ticer. proprietor Of news depot
on the west side some years ago, re-
Gently committed suicide in Brooklyn,
N. Y. No particulars.
He was married here to the eldest
daughter If Mr. and Mrs. BENJAMIN
Stoops.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-05-19
Not Committed.

At hearing before Chief Justice
w. j. Mills in the district court room
this morning. the evidence adduced
was not deemed sufficient to commit
Mrs. David Fields to the hospital for
the insane.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-05-19
More Licenses Issued.

Fishing licenses have been issued
|G. e. Funderburg, of Springfield, O..
Deas Lee, of st. Louis. and c. c. Eek
hardt, of Columbia, Mo.
General hunting licenses have been
taken out by H. c. Young, Charley
Murphy and Harold Noyes, of East
Las Vegas
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-05-19
Graduating Class.

Following is the personnel of the
high school graduating class this
year: Anna Margaret Mcmahon, Mos
sy Mary. York, Ralph Albert Moye,
Harry Lawrence Lorenzen. Harry
Leavitt Palmer, Morton Joseph How
ell and Louis Isaacs RosenthaI
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-05-19
Committed to Asylum.

Judge John R. McFie, at Santa Fe,
ordered committed to the territorial
insane asylum here, Marcello Medi-
ma, a Pueblo Indian boy from San
Juan pueblo, Rio Arriba county. who
has been attending St. GATHERINGS
school, and Anastacio Salazar of
Chalnita.
The two unfortunates were brought
to Las Vegas yesterday by Sheriff
Charles c. Closson of Santa Fe coun-
ty
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-05-19
Takjno a Rest.

j.. B. Mackel, an old-time citizen, is
now a guest at st. Anthony's sani-
tarium, but is seen on the streets al
most daily. He has led busy life
and is entitled to the rest to which
he is at present treating himself.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-05-19
Championship FIaht.

Much interest is manifested among
local sports in the heavyweight cham
pionship fight Of O'Brien and John
son. which takes place at Philadel-
phia today
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-05-19
Ascension Day.

Tomorrow, Thursday, is Ascension
day, holiday of obligation for all
Catholics. On this day every Cat<
olic is obliged to hear mass Just as
on Sunday.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-05-19
BOUND over.

Tomas G. de Baca was bound over
to the grand jury yesterday afternoon
by Judge D. R. Murray on the charge
Of carrying deadly weapons conceal
ed on his person.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-05-19

other towns have their cleanup
days and their dandelion days. Why
not Las Vegas? Perhaps the ladies
will have TO take the initiative in
this all-important matter of the mo-
ment
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-05-19
NEW TIME CARD.

Trainmastcr ]. E. Mcmahon return
ed this afternoon from Topeka, where
"a new time card was under prepara
tion by Santa Fe railway officials
Div. Sllpt. ] M. Kurn returned with
him as far as Trinidad
The new time card will 60 into eff.
feet June 9Th. Few changes have
been made in the running time OF
passenger trains on the New Mexico
division. No. 9 win reach here twen-
ty minutes later and Nos. and s
fifteen minutes earlier.
The new card provides for a daily
local freight train, an increase in the
service calling for additional train
and engine crews
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-05-19

Div Supt F. L. Myers. of the Rio
Grande division, was met here this
afternoon on his return from Topeka
by Mrs. Myers, occupying the super
intendent's private car.
The wageworker., 1909-05-01
CENTRAL LABOR UNION.
Enters Emphatic Protest Against Pro-
posed Prison Labor Contract

Enters Emphatic Protest Against Pro-
posed Prison Labor Contract.
The Central Labor Union met Tues
day evening and went on record as
vigorously protesting against any fur
ther extension of the prison labor
contract system in this state A COM
mittee was appointed to submit. the
protest to the board of public lands
and buildings, and did so Wednesday
morning
The high school bond proposition
was discussed pro and con, and con-
siderable time spent in talking about
the site.
1t was decided to elect a delegate to
the State Federation of Labor at the
second meeting in May.
Labor's Memorial Sunday will be
observed on the evening of the Sec
ond Sunday in May. The services
will be held at the First Baptist
The wageworker., 1909-05-01

was one of ahe first to concede the
eight-hour day to the carpenters. and
has never worked the longer day since
the shorter day was instituted. He
employs only union carpenters, and
has steadfastly adhered to that rule
ever since the carpenters asked for
the closed shop 1t is up to union
men to say whether they will vote
for Tyler, the oponent of the eight
hour day. or for Tom Harrison, the
man who observes the eight-hour day
and employs union labor. The result
ought not to be in doubt for minute.
Tom Harrison ought to poll the votes
of all the workingmen-and especially
all of the union men-in the city II
he does he viii win in a walk.
The wageworker., 1909-05-01
A SWEEPING INJUNCTION.
A Chicago Judge Prohibits Everything
He Can Think About.

A Chicago Judge Prohibits Everything
He Can Think About.
Judge Julian W. Mack in the Chi
cago circuit court Thursday issued
a blanket injunction against the AS
sociated Building Trades at the re-
quest of the Chicago Mosaic & Tiling
Co. and fifteen other concerns.
The Judge considered the still fur
ther extension of his order to prevent
any union organization or officials
from levying any fine against members
who might refuse to obey strike or
ders or other orders issued by labor
officials. 1t was finally concluded, how
ever. that no ruling of any sort by a
supreme court as yet offered a pre-
cedent for such order, and the clause
was stricken from the writ.
The order specifically forbids any
attempt to induce other firms or in
dividuals to refuse to furnish material
or labor to the employers whose men
are on strike, or calling upon any EN-
ployes for the purpose of inducing
them to leave the employ OF the com
plainantS.
The wageworker., 1909-05-01
CONCERNING JAMES TLYER.
Candidate for Water Commissions
Opposed to Eight-Hour Day.

Candidate for Water Commissioner
Opposed to Eight-Hour Day.
When the union carpenters of Lin
coin were trying to establish the eight
hour day. one of their most strenuous
opponents was James Tyler. present
water commissioner and candidate for
reelection. At that time he was SUI
pervising architect of the Funk build
ing. and he fiercely opposed the idea
of making it an eight-hour job He
said ten hours was not too long to
work. and he further said that the
eight-hour move was an obseacle in
the way of prosperity. The commit
tee from the carpenters finally went to
c. O. Wheedon. trustee of the estate,
and laid the matter before him Mr.
Whedon listened courteously, investi.
gated the claims of the carpenters,
and then made it an eight-hour job.
T. p. Harrison. who is a candidate
for water commissioner. and who is
a republican, as is Mr.. Tyler, is one OF
the fair contractors of the city. He
The wageworker., 1909-05-01
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
Sundays Meeting Important and I,
Should be Big One.

~ The meeting of Lincoln Topographic
cal Union Monday afternoon will be
one of the most important held in
months. Candidates for local offices
and for delegate to the annual conven-
tion at St. Joseph will be named. The
election will be held about the middle
of the month. Because of this it is
expected that the meeting will be
one of the largest in recent months
The Freie Presse has ordered an
other machine and it is expected to ar
rive almost any day.
The Clafin shop at University Place
has received its machine and the same
is now in position
W. Z. Ford is working at the State
Printing Co, shop.
Will NJ Maupin has bought home
at Thirty-third and Q streets.
Mrs. viii Bustard is recovering
from her recent illness.
Sam Webster is back after month
or six weeks of rusticating in the
wilds of Council Bluffs He indignant
ly denies that he was a Mike for
the Maybray gang
Among other business to come be-
fore Sundays meeting is that of ap-
pointing a committee to make ar
rangements for the proper observance
of Printers Memorial Day, which will
be the last Sunday in May
Mrs Frank Coffey is expected to
arrive in Lincoln the latter part OF
| this week. and Mr.. and Mrs. Coffey
will make their home at lis South
Seventeenth
The wageworker., 1909-05-01
UNION MADE STUFF.
Ground Out BY Gard Man in The
Wageworker's Own Shop.
The Real ThinQ.

| care not for the man who spouts
OF unionism daily.
Nor for the man who loudly shouts
Aud tells about it gaily.
Give me the man whose card is clear
And who is there with greetings
or fellowship and kindly cheer
At all the union meetings.
There's lots of men who pay theil
dues
Who never sweat their collars
Boosting unions. but never lose
chance to raise loud ''hollers.'
Small use have we for such as they
They fail us in foul weather.
Give us the man who's there each day
His fellows meet together.
Here's 10 the true blue union man
OF courage tried and steady:
Who'll help in every union plan.
Whose boost is ever ready:
Who's always Johnny on the spot
At ev'ry union meeting
Whose union record bears no blot
We bid him kindly greeting,
The wageworker., 1909-05-01

such significance that fr viii encoar-
age those who are today engaged IA
the task of uplifting our common hG-
maniry- workinzmen viii thus have
demonstrate their interest IN the great
labor movement which may n=za 50
much to the working people Of Ameri-
Ca
A special souvenir program has
been prepared by the PresbJferizn de-
partment OF church and Labor. OF
which thousands of copies have al
ready been sent. upon request to
those who expect TO observe the day
In many cities the central labor bodies
have accepted invitations to march
to the church TO listen TO the address
and to take part in the special ex-
ercises which have been prepared
The plan has the hearty endorse
ment of some Of the most prominent
labor men in America
May I suggest that the xorkfnzaen
in every city respond to the appeal OF
the ministers who expect to observe
this day and IL no invitation has. as
yet. been issued to them by the local
minister. II might be a good plan to
encourage him 10 observe the day by
requesting him TO conduct ssseh a SER
vice
The wageworker., 1909-05-01

labor's memorial Sunday For five
years the Presbyterian department of
church and labor has been observing
Labor Sunday on the Sunday pre-
vious to Labor Day, but in order to
bring the celebration of this day in
to harmony with the general plan of
organized labor, the day was changed
to the second Sunday in May. This
on Sunday. May 9th. and l have just
written to the ministers of the IL 900
Presbyterian churches in the United
States requesting them to discuss
some phase of the labor question up
on this occasion
Labor Sunday has been made a
calendar day by our department We
believe that, just as Memorial Day
and the several BIRTHDAYS" show
our appreciation of those who rem
dered patriotic service, and just as
the church's holy days" do honor
to those who served mankind spiritu-
ally, so labor's Memorial Day should
be observed by the churches in hon.
or OF the millions of toiIers who
daily serve mankind in the humber
places of life. 1t should be given a
wider scope than the RECOGNITION
away The day should be made of
The wageworker., 1909-05-01
THE 6ARTENoERs.
Sitting Tight" and Waiting to See
What the Result Will Be.

The Bartenders are merely holding
on and saying nothing. They are tax
ing no active part in the campaign. If
$50 closing carries they will still be
in the game-if prohibition carries
they will have to make the best of it.
II prohibition wins. about fifty men
will be thrown out of employment.
tour~tifths of them heads of families
and many of them home owners.
Charley Benson. who will represent
the local at the Minneapolis conven-
tiOn. is figuring on private car. He
has offered to share it with W. T. Pin
ney. who will represent the Musicians
at Minneapolis at the same time Ben
son represents the Bartenders in the
same city. Benson will furnish the
car if Pinney will furnish the motive
power
G. A. Walker has been elected dele
gate fnom the local union to the State
Federation of Labor.
The wageworker., 1909-05-01
Cards.

Talk about protecting hides-the
workinsruan's hide is free property.
Everybody takes something out of it.
II YOU rent from another man you
are not a free agent
Organized labor suffers quite as
much from ignorance as it does from
oppression.
A whole lot of men use the words
personal liberty" when they think
about personal license"
The man who opposes trades unions
is either ignorant or selfish-perhaps
both
God pays no attention to the man
~ho claims to love Him. but fails to
exhibit any love for his fellowmen.
A clear card and a clear conscience
work well together.
The wageworker., 1909-05-01

church, and the memorial sermon will
be delivered by Rev. Samuel Zane
Batten, fraternal delegate from the
Ministerial Union to the central body.
1t is probable that a member of a
trades union will also speak on that
evening from the pulpit of the church.
The label and home industry COM
mittees are framing up a stunt that
promises to make lot of people sit
up and take notice of the label game.
Several candidates for Office who are
known to be unfair to organized labor
were named in the meeting. and it will
be seen to that their records are
made known to the union men of the
city.
The wageworker., 1909-05-01
OMAHA GARMENT WORKERS.
Seem to Have Won Their Contention
After Long Struggle.

The Garment Workers Union will
hold mass meeting at Labor Temple
on Sunday afternoon at 300 p. m.
All persons employed in the garment
making industry are cordially invited
to attend
All locked-out members of the local.
excepting two. are now working and
this practically finishes the contro-
~ersy between the union and the Nov.
city Skirt company. so far as the affii.
ated unions are concerned. The 10.
cal will. however. continue to prose
cute their cause until they have
gained every contention for which
they were lighting.
The demands which the union made
have now become the established Gus
tom. not only with the Novelty Skirt
company, but with every firm in Om
aha employing this class of labor So
that within a few days the union
viii announce one of the grandest vic
tories that has ever been accom-
plished in the local movement-Om
aha Labor Advocate.
The wageworker., 1909-05-01
GENERAL MENTION.
Brief Bits of Local and National In
terest for Busy Readers.

Brief Bits of Local and National In
terest for Busy Readers.
Vote for the high school bonds and
assure the payment of 100000 of
wages to Lincoln workingmen.
\ vote for the high school bonds is
vote for increased opportunities for
abor.
Robert Malone never loaned money
to unfortunate men and women and
charged them 10 per cent a month.
Can another candidate for mayor say
the same thing?
And that proposed prison labor con-
tract was 'tsquelched-"
A vote for Fred Kind in the Sixth
ward is a vote for a man who is
friendly 'Iniun."
w. NJ. Maupin is in North Platte to-
day on business for the state. He was
in Kearney Friday evening and ad
dressed the Sixth district Federation
of Women's clubs
Labor's Memorial Sunday services
at the First Baptist church next Sun
day evening. week Sermon by the
pastor. Rev. Mr. Batten-
| Pittsburg street railway men have
voted to strike unless their request for
an increased wage and recognition of
the union is granted.
Butterick's patterns are the product
of "scab" labor. This ought to be
4 lr,,H Ho:@ oe
men
Fifteen years ago the average wage
in the steel mills was $500 per day
and the average wage of bitumin-
Gus miner was s. Then the steel
workers were organized and the miners
were not. Today the average wage of
steelworkers is $210 and the average
wage of the hituminous miners is
ganized from the union standpoint and
the steel workers have been all shot
to pieces. Find the moral.
| Omaha TeamSters' Union is taking
on new life. Eleven members were
initiated last week. The teamsters of
Lincoln ought to get busy and re-or-
ganize.
The new cells in the Chicago city
Jail will be constructed by union Ia
bor
| a Cincinnati manufacturer was re-
Gently fined for unlawful use of the
blue label c the eisarmakers' union.
He paid
Baltimore garment workers are on
strike il the Schoneman shop. Schone-
man poses as the pants king" of the
country
| Chicago piano movers have won
their strike for an increase of 81 a
week
The Scranton CPaD Bolt & Nut Co.
has posted a notice of 10 per cent
reduction in wages. Three hundred
men are affected.
| The Carpenter Steel Co. Reading.
Pa. has given notice of a 10 per cent
| wage reduction.
| McConway & Torley car coupler
manufacturers at Pittsburg, are work
ing their factory half time.
| The Saturday Evening Post and the
Ladies' Home Journal are unfair to
organized labor You know what to
do
The wageworker., 1909-05-01
THE AD CLUB.

At its regular meeting at the Lin
dell hotel last Tuesday evening the
Lincoln Ad Club went on record
against the proposed prison labor con-
tract. Suitable resolutions of pro-
test were drawn and a committee
presented them to Governor Shallen-
berger Wednesday morning
The wageworker., 1909-05-01

James Van Cleave has resigned as
president of the Union Busters organi-
zation. His partners evidently did not
was getting for the Buck stove out
fit.
The wageworker., 1909-05-01

on Horse Goods is reported good in
this city. and the local union is re-
ported to be prosperous. T. osKelsey
has been elected delegate to represent
the local at the State Federation of
La bor
The wageworker., 1909-05-01
However.

Reading maketh a full man.
quoted Gibberly.
Maybe it does" snorted Bibberly
"bUt rns not going to ever offer no
such fool excuse to my wife"
The wageworker., 1909-05-01
BACK FROM COLORADO.

Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Mckinney have
returned from a pleasant visit of a
month in Colorado. The Colorado
Springs Labor News correspondent
from the Union Printers Home re-
ports a visit from Mr.. and Mrs Nc.
Kinney
The wageworker., 1909-05-01
Explained.

Il understand that Slimmerly told
YOU he had the itch"
No he didn't What he told me was
that he had to scratch like the devil
to make his wages cover his family ex-
nenses.
The wageworker., 1909-05-01

vote for w. T. Pinney for alder
man is vote for a union man who
viii not forget his unionism if elected
TO Office
The wageworker., 1909-05-01
JUDGE FAvoRs UNION LABOR.
Orders That None Other Be Employed
BY Receiver.

FORT SMITH. Ark, April %
Judge ]. V. Bourland issued an order
of court here yesterday that is probab-
ly without precedent. In appointing
R. A. Young receiver for the Hiawatha
Smokeless Coal company of Coaldale,
Ark. he ordered that the receiver EN-
ploy none but union men in the mine,
or sell it Judge Bourland is judge
of the chancery court. and at a ban
auet-of the Arkansas state federation
of labor here some months ago stated
that he would never grant an injunc
ton against a labor union in the in.
terestS of a corporation
The wageworker., 1909-05-01
LABoR'S MEMORIAL DAY.

Rev. Charles Sickle Offers Good Sug-
sestions for Its Observance.
The American Federation of Labor
has decided that the second Sunday in
May shall annually be observed as
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-26
G. E. Ward run to Sioux City, Sat-
nrday, with the auto, returning Mon
day.
Upoer civil Bend


VIM. Hoffman and family spent Sun
day evening with Ralph Livingston's.
r. A. And .rson shelled corn for
Thos. Davis Wednesday.
Glenn Remington is working for
Paul Summey this week.
r. A. Anderson shelled corn for G..
w. Lane, Monday and Tuesday.
VIM. Kochine is hauling lumber to
build large barn and eranary.
Edgar is not the only pebble on the
beach; Albert has girl too, since the
twenty-third.
The family Of j. S. Cooper. who
have been qnarantined for the last six
weeks, we're released Thursday.
VIM Lane called at John Wilhelm 3
last Sunday.
Leo Pike is visiting with relatives
ard friends here.
The Misses Louise Feauto, Alice AMI
l.. V. Eslick, visited with Lille Lane
last Thursday.
Miss Lille Lane spent Sunday with
her cousin, Winona Rust OF Ponca,
who Is visiting with Mrs. e. Taubert.