The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-08
THE PRINTERS.
Get Away With Lot Of Business at
Their May Meeting

Lincoln Typographical Union met
last Sunday afternoon and transacted
a lot of business.
l.. l.. Ingraham, who has been
! president for almost year rendered
| his resignation. He is about to be-
come a resident of Idaho. where he
| will raise small plea prunes and eigh-
teen-point peaches He was rendered
| a unanimous vote of thanks for his
! past services. and w w Ford was
| elected to fill the unexpired term.
| A committee was appointed to ar
range for the observance of Printers
! Memorial Day" which occurs on the
| last Sunday in the present month.
The Ben Franklin Club. an orga-
nization of employing printers, sent
! the following communication. which |
was read and filed:
la Lincoln, Neb, May 1, 1909-To /
1.-THE officers and members of Lincoln |
! Typographical union No 209, Lincoln. |
| Nebraska. Gentlemen: The executive |
committee of the Ben Franklin club, |
the employing printers local organic |
alton, through desire to express their |
approval of the action of Lincoln
Typographical union No. 209 at it's
meeting of April 4, 1909, in its en-
dorsement of senate file No. 2S3,
known as the Wilson daylight saloon
bill. transmit you copy of the follow
ing resolution:
| Whereas, the attention of the
executive committee of the Ben
Franklin club of this city has been
directed to a certain resolution adopt
ed by Lincoln Typographical union
No. 209 at its regular meeting COM
mending senate file No. 283, known as
the Wilson daylight saloon bill;
BE it resolved, that it is the sense
OF this committee that Lincoln Typo
graphical union No. 209 is to be con-
| graduated upon the advanced position
they have taken in the ranks OF or
ganized labor by its official recogni-
ton of the evils of the drink habit
and its depreciating influence upon the
: value OF that which the laboring man
! has for SALE his labor. The executive
|
I of Lincoln adopts this means OF ex-
pressing their appreciation of the atti-
: tude- of the members of Lincoln Typo
I graphical union No 2O9 on this ques-
ton.
: c. d. TRAPHAGEN,
| Chairman.
g: JACOB NORTH.
: R. A MCCARTNEY.
B. A. GEORGE.
:. ROBERT A. DECOU.
= Executive Committee of the Ben
| Franklin Club of Lincoln. Neb
L. D. WOODRUFF.
Ex-Officio
The union took cogniZance of a lot
of bum" printing that is being foisted
off on the state and appointed a COM
mittee consisting of Messrs- Coffey.
Pine and Ford to file the following pro-
L test with the state printing board:
Lincoln Typographical union No.
209 a membership of practical jour
neymen printers. large majority of
whom are taxpayers. believing that
ing and enforceable and of just as
- much Importance and as obligatory.
whether between individuals or be-
tween the state and an individual or
between the state and political traff1ck-
ers. that past work or anticipated
work in future campaigns not immune
from the enforcement of obligations to
the state. protest against the allow
ance of the claim for the printing of
the 19OS-l909 biennial report of the
state bureau of labor statistics. such
I biennial report being padded lis
pa ges-actual count
t And protest for the further reason
n that said BIENNIAL report should have
been delivered to the state for the use
v and Information of the recent session
y of the legislature, the fact being that
Of 100 copies were delivered on or about
March 20. and so far as known the
/, remainder of the contract number re
q main undeliyered to date
F NJ Coffey was elected as dele
o. gate to the state federation of labor
= which will meet in the near future.
h G. E Locker. Roy Kennedy and Fred
Nickel were appointed committee
to issue a call for a mass meeting OF
the allied trades
The following nominations were
made for the principal Offices for the
u coming year:
IN For delegate to international con
| yention at ST Joseph-Iynn Freeman
a w w Ford, G. E Locker, F. NJ COT