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The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02
Travels of an English Postmistress.

Miss Trimmingham, postmistress
and letter carrier of Fishlake, near
Doncaster, England, has been post
man for 81 years, and in charge Of
the post office for % years. Her jour-
neys total 6186 miles in II months
During the whole of the time she has
been off duty for only seven days, and
has walked over 100000 miles.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02
Bridge with Plate Glass Floor.

In Colorado there is a bridge span
ming the Royal Gorge Of the Arkansas
river, bridge half a mile high. 1t
reaches from one cliff to the other,
with a deep dreadful chasm beneath
it. The floor of this wonderful bridge
is made of plate glass one and one
half inches thick set in steel frame
work
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02
Editor Rose to the Occasion.

On last Saturday evening, while the
golden sun was gently thrusting forth
its soothing beams, Squire B. F.
Bushong pleasantly pronounced the
beautiful and heart-welding phrases
that made Mr. Enoch Hubbard and
Miss Stella Canady man and wife,
Medena Correspondence Princeton IN.
Y) Post.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02
Murderer's Awful Punishment

The murderer of Selim III. of Tur-
key was publicly impaled, lingering
five and half days in dreadful tor
ment. Those who did to death his
immediate successor, Mustapha W.,
were tortured and starved on alter
nate days and deprived of sleep by
night until death came to their relief.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02
Get Much Food from the Sea.

The Chinese will eat anything that
comes out of the sea. All the fishes
are good to their taste, and are caught
with great skill. Seaweeds are used
to thicken soup, gravies and puddings,
and are highly priced because they
give the relishing flavor of salt, which
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02
Plain Thief Becoming Rare.

A Philadelphia woman stole to keen
her daughter from working and a New
York woman to keep her son in school.
The plain, oldfashioned person who is
tmpelled to steal by reason of being
thief would be deemed vulgar by the
modern larcenist.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02
Rise Against Railroad Whistles.

Rise Against Railroad Whistles.
Railroad whistles inflict torture on
so many people that the efforts abroad
to check the plague have won approx
al from the people. Austria has in
troduced a system of dumb signaling
to start and stop the trains Belgium
is trying compressed air whistles in
stead of steam, and Germany expert
ments with horns
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

The dam at Clear Creek which
was washed out recently by the
extremely high water is being re-
built, a gang of men having
started work there within the
past few davs.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Dick Ball son of Chief Dispatch
er Ball, now operator at NJ Manila,
was in town Christmas to eniOv
dinner with his parents.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Miss Grace Smith visited Hol
brook last week spending Christ
mas with friends and attending
the masquerade ball there Christ
mas night. #
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Mrs George p Sampson re-
turned Monday from Flagstaff
where she, with her son George,
had been visiting with friends.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Human Bones Stronger Than Steel
Weight for weight, the bones in
your body are many times stronger
than steel
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Dispatcher [. E. Shaeffer left
Monday evening for Coshocton,
Ohio. being called home on ac-
count of sickness in his family.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Mrs Amy Jones, of the clerical
force in Superintendent Gibson's
office, visited Laguna and Albu-
quefque the latter part of last
week spending Christmas with
friends.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Master Mechanic VIM. Daze
visited Seligman and other points
on the Third District during the
past week looking over matters
under his supervision.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Rev. Robt. E. Wright was at
Holbrook Tuesday on a reg 1lar
visit.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02
Watches the Wind,

A politician always wants what the
people want when he finds out they
are going to have it.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Mrs. Sherman Heydt, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Christal,
accompanied by her two children,
returned Tuesday to her home in
Las Vegas, n. M.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Mrs A Ratelle has been
quite seriously i'll during the past
week with an attack Of pneumo-
MIA, but we are glad to note that
she is now we'll on the way tore
cOVerV.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

w. w. Perkins returned Sunday
from Los Angeles where he has
been for some time past.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Engineer w. F. Goldsworthv
returned Tuesday from Prescott.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Miss Selma Woods has been
kept indoors the past few days
on account Of illness. .a
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

Bud Howell spend Christmas
in Winslow, returning to Navajo
last Saturday.
The Winslow mail., 1909-01-02

70. working men 80 80 ~ H.
The dam at Clear Creek which
was washed out recently by the
extremely high water is being re-
built, gang Of men having
started work there within the
past few days
Master Mechanic VIM. Daze
visited Seligman and other points
on the Third District during the
past week looking over matters
under his supervision.
Mrs. Sherman Hevdt, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Christal,
accompanied by her two children,
returned Tuesday to her home in
Las Vegas, n. M.
Mrs. A. Ratelle has been
quite seriously i'll during the past
week with an attack Of pneumo-
MIA, but we are glad to note that
she is now we'll on the way to re-
covery.
Mrs Amy Jones, of the clerical
force in Superintendent Gibson's
office, visited Laguna and Albu-
quefque the latter part of last
week spending Christmas with
friends.
Mrs. George p Sampson re-
turned Monday from Flagstaff,
where she, with her son George,
had been visiting with friends.
Dick Ball, son of Chief Dispatch
er Ball, now operator at Manila,
was in town Christmas to enjoy
dinner with his parents
Dispatcher [. E. Shaeffer left
Monday evening for Coshocton,
Ohio, being called home on ac-
count of sickness in his family.
Miss Grace Smith visited Hol-
brook last week spending Christ
mas with friends and attending
the masquerade ball there Christ
mas night.
w. w. Perkins returned Sunday
from Los Angeles where he has
been for some time past.
A-A - 49, $50
Miss Selma Moods has been
kept indoors the past few days
on account Of illness. 4.a
Bud Howell spend Christmas
in Winslow, returning to Navajo
last Saturday. - r
Mrs. George Weihert spent
~ +.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31
THEIRiNEFAaIous SCHEME
Steel Trust viii Break Union Thea
Reduce Wages

1t is a bold-faced lie that tic United
States Steel corporation Is not IA
tempting to reduce wages By deciaF-
ing war upon the organized workers
in it's mills The trust magnares want
to destroy the union first and enforce
a general cut at the same time Their.
own figures speak for themselves
Based on 30-gauge- which the
wage scale is always based-rhev az
mand reduction ranging from zE
per cent for rollers to over per e-nt
for heaters On 7s-gauge and heavier
the reductions run from r7s. per cent
to over IS per cent Besides tbs the
trust magnates want to eliminate foot
notes and extras and deliberately steal
TO 10 per cent In gauges after the
aforementioned reductions have ben
made What do ron think OF that for
high-toned liars and thievesz The
open shop is only mask for capital
istic cannibals and Industrial highway
men, They possess no honor or de-
cency and are absolutely shameless
Cleveland Citizen
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31
The Saloons and The Workers

The brewery worker and the men
employed in the distillery are work
ingmen, Most of the men are en-
gagged in these industries. not because
they want to be. but because they
misfortune. But since they are work
ingmen, honestly trying to make a
living. and since they are now affili-
ated with the American Federation
of Labor. it is our duty. as fellow
workers. to see that they get square
deal from their employers. just as we
must insist upon a square deal for
all other workers. This does not
mean that We must endorse their
business. any more than We would
endorse the rascality that is pracused
in connection with other enterprises.
but with which some of our fellow
members are helplessly identified
However. it is our right to stamp out
the rascality. and if. in order 10 do
this. We must also stamp out the busi-
ness. so much the worse for the busi-
ness, If we must accept with the
saloon. all of its accompanying evils.
then it becomes question as TO
whether the benefits which it brings
20 comparatively few workers. is real
ly worth while, Organized labor can
not afford to stand for any sort OF
enterprise. nor for any Institution
which results in the degradation oi
the workers or of the people as 1
whole, No man can successfully deny
that the saloon as an Institution. is
one of the greatest curses of moderr
times There is scarcely room for ar
gamens on this point, ESerybod,
knows of the suffering and hardship
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31
Labor Unions Stand For
Self Respect, Intelligence

The labor union does not make any
pious pretentions and it makes no
claims as religious institution. 1t
has been too busy to build ceremonies
and creeds- Its hands have been so
busy lifting up the weak and feeding
the hungry and wiping away the
tears from sad human eyes that it
has not sehooled itself in sanctimo-
nious attitudes
In its devotion to the busy and prac-
teal things of life it has often made
mistakes Its leaders do not have
much leisure to study or weigh phi
losophical or theological distinctions
If religion means a selfish seeking
for personal salvation-a desire 10
get to heaven at any cost: if sancti-
ficatfon means getting away from the
scenes of sin and suffering smuggling
the soul in some secluded sanctuary
sealed against the sighs of sorrow and
want-then the labor union is the
most irreligious and unsanetified in
stitution in the world
Carlyle says that all true work is
religion The labor union aims to
make good work of them 1t asks
that the man who works shall have
good pay for his work and a say in
his work. 1t insists that the worker
shall be intelligent and self-respect
ing: that he shall think and hold his
head up beside his employer as q
Christian and citizen It teaches the
strong to help the weak. each to con
1 tribute TO the good il all 1t takes
| the child from the factory and put:
it in the school 1t takes the woman
from the sweatshop and puts her il
! the home 1t places chairs behins
the counters of the stores for tbs
weary girls who are obliged to worl
long hours for small pay 1t places
vestibules on street cars for shiverins
motormen. 1t finds jobs for the idle
builds homes for the widows an,
orphans. Could a Holy God ask NOR
of human institution7-Ex-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31
ECHO OF ORCHARDS LIES.

In a San Francisco court last week
final Judgment for $10,S00 damages
against the San Francisco Gas COM
pany for the wrecking of the HAT in
which Fred Bradley lived. and which
Harry Orchard. self-confessed assas-
sin of Governor Steunenburg of Idaho.
declared was blown up by a dynamite
bomb placed by him as a trap for
Bradley, was awarded to w, II. Lin
forth. owner of the building. by the
supreme court The gas company of,
fered Orchards confession as evi-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31

which have come TO many lives on
account of its influence Scarcely one
of us but what has felt the grip of
its Shiny claws. or seen the agony of
loved ones who have been helpless in
its power. Can we. as men and
women, remain Indifferent to such an
institution Dare we. VINO are pledged
to seek the welfare of every fellow
trades unionist, declare that, as the
saloon does not hurt us. therefore we
shall make no effort to assist him
whom it does injurer 1 do not argue
here for prohibition That isn't the
question before us. 1t is a question
as to whether We shall countenance-
and worse still. endorse-a certain
business in our midst which is doing
more to unfit men for their life's
work, which is doing more to bring
disgrace upon the. labor movement
than any other enterprise known We
are our brothers keepers. Not only
are we pledged to be such. but we
shall be held responsible for our
brothers,
But what is to become of the bar
tenders and the brewery workers and
the men who are now benefiting from
the brewing and the distillery. inter
ests> In the first place, it must not
be imagined that the saloon and the
liquor interests are the only consum-
erS of the materials manufactured by
the glass bottle blowers, the harness
makers, the wason-uakers. and all
the other Industries more or less re
lated to saloon, The money now
spent in the saloon viii be spent for
other goods. or in other places. which
viii bring these workers at least as
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31

independent concern has received a
10 per cent increase in wages
Prominent vomen-s orxznizzx5ous
of Los Angeles CAL are cooperzrisx
with trades unions to secure shorter
hours for working women They want
stores to close AT ; D. m
The quarterly audit CT the ncokx OF
the United Mine Workers OF America
which was ended May u. shows shzr
the organization has voted an zprrs~
priationo of $4,000 for hats TO be woEn
in the Labor day parade
The men employed in the iron trades
in San Francisco have received a re-
duction OF Is minutes a day This
reduces the work day under the agree
ment with the metal trades zssoeia-
tions to eight and cne-haIf hours =
day
Practically all the independents steel
and iron companies that reduced their
wages last February have returned 10
the old schedule More than Toe. .s0e
men were affected by the reduesion-
i and they viii receive the Increase
Five thousand two hundred and fhEr-
ty-seyen carpenters are ncx affiliated
with the Carpenters District Council
of Pittsburg- No strike Of any chzrz<-
ter is ON at the present time. and \
very small percentage Of the nsen are
out of employment
During 1898 the Boot AID Shoe
Workers International union pa5a
155 death benefits. which a<xrexzfezA
$Is-s0o- six disability benefits S5ss-
and a total Of Is.7S3 weeks sick bene-
fits. asgregating SssSI7-5s making .
total for benefits expended ss1.sess-
The union working women Of Bos-
ten have organized a chorus TO sing
the songs OF labor It las City mem
bers and IS being constantly increased
from the ranks Of the women and xiriz
who belong to the various unions a
the city Competent Instructors ars
training the chorus
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31

much profit as they now receive for
their product. As a matter of fact,
the amount of money now spent in
the saloon viii purchase or will cause
to be purchased more of the same ma
terial that these workers are produc-
ing than is the case in the liquor bust
ness, 1t will require more bottles,
more wagons. more harness. and many
more men than is now required to
supply the brewery and the saloon
So far as the bartenders are con-
cerned. it is a well-known fact that
very few men have been brought up
in the business, They have had other
trades or occupations. but on account
of their personal popularity or their
natural ability as salesmen. they
either opened saloons of their own or
became employees of those who did
In any event. they may either go back
to their trades or they may become
statesmen in other enterprises The
class for whom it may be most diff
cult to provide are those who are di-
rectly engaged in the manufacture of
beer and whisky. But after all the
outside craftsmen who are afiliated
with the brewery-workers are elimi-
mated, such as engineers, firemen. car
penters, drivers. horse-shoers. grain
handlers, and many others who really
have nothing to do with the manufac-
trre OF beer, it viii be found that
there are comparatively few workers
left Like all other industries. the
brewing industry is depending less
and less upon men, and more and
more upon machinery, The old-fash-
ioned brewer has gone out of exist
enee. The chemist is the big man in
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31

in this country which handle heavy
hides and leather. If the tariff on
hides is not abolished it viii be only
step further for the packers to
engage in the retail shoe and leather
business. The story of the Amer
lean Tobacco company viii be re-
peased. Controlling the hide market
as they do and rapidly monopolizing
the tanning industry, the packers viii
before long establish shoe factories
and retail shoe and leather stores
throughout the country, driving the
present manufacturers and small re-
tailers out of business"
The accusation that the snoe and
leather manufacturers are unmindful
of he welfare of the farmers is ut
IterlS absurd. for no one knows any
better than those who employ this
sta sment that the farmer never has
received and never viii receive the
slightest benefit from the duty on
hides, Furthermore. if those who are
friendship for the farmers are really
sincere. is it likely that they would
hesitate to advocate duty on pig
skins and goatskIns-
The senators representing the beef
trust are the backbone of the oposi-
ton TO free hides The beef packers
do make money out of the duty on
hides 1t has created the sole leather
trust as branch of the beef trust
1t promises if continued to create a
shoe trust as a branch of the beei
trust
The ways and means COMMITTEES
| of the house did its work well. II
brought forth a bin which would un
idoubtedly have met the needs of the
country for years to come. The bill
submitted by the finance COMMITTEES
o fthe senate can only be described
las atrocious- That ii can run tht
gamut of congress and the white
house in anything like its present
form seems almost Incredible. Blu
one thing is certain. If the unmodi
fled Aldrich bill ever becomes law tn,
tariL question will continue as un
sef-af as il was before the presen
session of congress was convened
thereby retarding the return o
business prosperity Incidentally.
the republican party intends to breal
its solemn pledges to the country a
the instigation of a few leaders Z
whom private interest is paramount
over party honor, what will be tn
result when the country again regi:
tiers its verdict at the polls? ?-Ex.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31
TYPOGRAPHICAL UN,cH-
August Meeting Will Be Held Neat
Sunday afternoon


The typographical Union viii meet
at Fraternity Hall Sunday afternoon
it being the date for the regular Aug
ust meeting So far as known the
only business outside OF the routine
Will be to give instructions TO Messrs-
Locker and Freeman the delegates to
the St Joseph convention which meets
on August g.
II Is hoped by a number of the
members that the local viii see q to
instruct the delegates TO support and
work for the acceptance of the Lewis
proposition MIR Lewis OF ST. Louis
offers the International q building site
in his suburb TO the Missouri metre
polls. conditioned upon the Intern
tional erecting a headquarters build
ing The International IS now spend
ing ss.6oo year for the rental Of rooms
in the Newton Claypooi building N In
dianapolIs. and the quarters are re-
stricted- This rental represents Hve
per cent interest On 5see- and that
amount would erect a handsome build
ing The site offered By Mr. LEXIS
is said by real estate experts to b
worth not less than sse.o00 His propo-
sitIon looks like good enc. aad il Ger
! tainly deserves thouzhrfus ecrsscerz-
ton.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31
MARGARET HALEY AGAIN.

The Chicago School Teachers union
Investigating little. and as con-
sequence sixteen corporations are to
be callel upon by the state of Illinois
to pay $14.000.0 600 in taxes which they
have managed to escape paying here
tofore. 1t is a safe bet that every
member of those tax-dodging corpora
tons is an advocate of the open
shop idea.-Detroit Advocate.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31
FREE HIDES OR FIGHT.
Delegation of Shoe and leathe,
Workers Want Free Hides.

That New England does not stand
alone in the demand for free hides
has been made clear by the events of
the past week at Washington. Dele
cations of shoe and leather mannfac-
turers from Chicago and Milwaukee.
who arrived at the capital few days
ago. stated emphatically that the
west wants free hides as much as
New England does. Speaking of the
inevitable results of the retention oi
the present duty. ], Harry Seiz. one
of the delegates. declared,
The Importance of the issue can
not be over-estimated The packers
are rapidly monopolizing the tanning
business Already they own or con
troll AZ out of a total of &c tanneries
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31
BY
Rec. Charles
SeEk

the brewery today. Therefore. the
number of men who are directly in
volved is not as great as is generally
supposed 1t should be remembered,
also. that these very men receive a
smaller percentage of the profit than
is paid the workingmen in any other
craft. Furthermore, if the breweries
should ever be closed. this event will
probably not take place for some time
to come. and they viii not all be
closed at once. The change will no
cess. which will permit those en-
ployed in the breweries and the dis
tilleries to adjust themselves to the
new conditions, just as was the case,
for instance, with the members of
the Typographical Union when the
men simply were compelled to learn
a new trade. and those who learned
it soonest were most greatly benefited
The brewery and distillery workers
must face the fact that. for most OF
them. at any rate, their business is
doomed There are too many agencies
AT work against them The railroads
and other corporations are sounding
the note of warning. Their men must
not drink intoxicants. The doctors
through their studies of hygienics are
delivering sledge-hammer blows The
legislatures, regardless of the plead
ing of --cranks." are rapidly closing
up the saloons-the -.cranks~ have
little to do with it The people
their constitIents-demand it and
they dare not disobey.
As to their right to do this.-ws
shall leave that for further discus
sion
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31
SEVERELY scALDED.

Lorena Maupin. the eleven-year old
daughter of MIR, and Mrs. Will NJ.
Maupin. seriously scalded her right
hand last Friday evening, The injury
was so serious as TO require the ser
vices OF physician, and it will be
some time before the little miss will
be able to use the injured member
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31

The Amalgamated Carpenters of
Great Britain by a referendum vote
have decided on establishing Offices
in the United States, and they expect
in the next two years to increase the
membership to 100000
Twelve hundred employees of the
Sharon (Pal Steel Hoop company, an
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31
IN RANkRuPTCX.

The Fashion" suit store on o street
has gone into bankruptcy. with liabili-
ties approximating $4,000 and liabili-
ties of about $4,000. 1t may be only
a coincidence, but the bankruptcy OF
neglect to advertise in The Wage
worker.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31

The work of Illuminating the state
house grounds is now under way. and
in a few weeks that beautiful park
viii be one of the handsomest places
in the west, The wires are being
placed under ground. and handsome
electric light posts viii be erected in
every part,
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31

dence ON which to found its petition
for reversal. but the supreme court
refused to go behind the records of
the trial court, which awarded dam
ages on the theory of gas explo-
sion.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-31

Miller L Paine. who recently pur-
chased the Lindell hotel. are prepar-
ing to remodel the building and make
it a hotel equal to the best in the west,
Halls will be Strengthened, new exits
created and the building renovated
from top to bottom, An experienced
hotel man has been placed in charge.
and the Linden will doubtless soon re
sumo its old place in the affections of
the travelling public.