The wageworker., 1910-02-12

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Actually, the folk out there are talk
ing about annexing Lincoln and Uni
versity Place and calling the whole
| thing Havelock.
Wouldn't that jar you?
They may do it, too, unless Lincoln
keep in the running.
4 And the unionists of Havelock are
not tagging behind in the race, either
They are up and coming, showing the
| kind of union spirit that gets some
where, and without lot of lost time,
either. When you can get 800 union
men to meet of Sunday afternoon, in
a city the size of Havelock, for the
purpose of talking about matters cal
culated to benefit them, you can set
it down that the union spirit is ram
pant. And that's just what occurred
at Havelock last Sunday afternoon.
4 Three hundred union men met at
Union Hall and organized what might
properly be called a metal trades
section" The meeting was made up
of the membership of the Boilermak-
ers, Machinists and Blacksmiths, and
the men were there for business. VIII
man and began the meeting by outlin-
ing the plans in view and urging
closer cooperation between men of
crafts that were in many respects
nj n1vy o1l Z n rpff sI<yx
of the State Federation of Labor; Will
M. Maupin, deputy labor commission
er, and 7. C. Kelsey were the import
ed speakers" and S. A. D. Smith spoke
for the local membership. The ad-
dresses were all of the same tenor
better organization, better coopera-
ton
Not the least pleasing feature of the
was the good line of talk put up for
better support of the labor press. And
it was line of talk backed up by the
actual do" for the subscription lists
of The Wageworker show handsome
increase as result of the Havelock
meeting.
A male quartette rendered couple
of selections at the beginning in order
to put the men present in good hui
NOR. The efforts of the quartette were
l successful.
After the speaking a recess was
taken, and when the meeting was
called to order again the three trades
were seated in separate sections of
the hall, and the work of organizing
the joint council taken up. It was de-
cided to let each local appoint three
members of the joint committee, the
committee to select it's own chairman
and secretary AS a result OF the bal
loting the following committee was
selected:
Boilermake,s Charles Rankin,
Thomas Duffy, James Jonas.
Blacksmiths-S A. D. Smith, c. v.
Lindquist R. O. Wagner.
II Machinists-J. A. Malstead, VIII
liam Greenwood, L. c. Koenig.
Arrangements were made for a
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week, for the purpose of organizing.
The matter of fuller representation
in the Central Labor Union was thor
oughly discussed and it was general
: Ily agreed that hereafter Havelock
would be represented In that body.
} At it's last meeting Machinists
Union No. 698 appointed a committee
, to arrange for one of the sem1-montnly
! meetings in the Labor Temple, ana
: also invested $25 in stock of the Tenn
pie Association. This investment Will
i be increased from time to time. The
) machinists meet twice month, alter
nately between Havelock and Lincoln.
Ever see the Jonas boys OF Have
lock? Four of 'em-count 'em-four.
All boilermalxers, all over six feet taii'
all weighing more than 200, and all
lust as enthusiastic unionists as they
: are big physically, and just as jolly as
, lthey are full of enthusiasm.
t Havelock is going to vote on the
, adoption of the initiative and referen-
dunn on February Is. 1t ought TO
carry The initiative and referendum
: is cardinal principle OF unlonism.
, 1t is democratic because it is repub-
lican. 1t gives to the people the right
/ to decide for themselves what they
shall have. If the initiative and rel
? erendum is good thing for trades
) unions, it ought to be good thing for
the village, the town. the city, the
county, the state and the republic. The
Wageworker hopes to chronicle the
fact that Havelock has adopted this
reform policy without enough dissent
ing votes to be worth counting.