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The wageworker., 1910-03-19
THE LEATHERWORKERS

Next Monday the Brotherhood of
Leatherworkers on Horse Goods will
inaugurate their strike for the eight
hour day. They are asking that the
time hands be granted the eight hour
day without any reduction of pay, and
that the piece workers be granted an
increase of Is per cent. The employ
ers have a union OF their own, which
they call an association and this as
sociation has recently decided to re-
fuse the demands for decrease in
hours and increase in the piece scale.
Negotiations have been pending in
Lincoln for some time. but no set
tlement has been reached and there
now seems nothing but a strike.
There are two large employing
firms in Lincoln, Harpham Bros. and
the Buckstaff company A majority
OF the locals members are employed
at the Harpham shop. The Leather
recognition about two years ago, but
lost the strike. Some concessions
were made, notably that one recogn;z-
ing the shop grievance committee, but
recognition of the union as such was
denied. AS result the men went
| back to work under open shop condi
! tions.
Harpham Bros. are credited with
saying that manufacturing is but a
| small part of their business, and that
if the men walk out they will simply
close down their manufacturing de
| oartment and keep it closed down
his is not taken very seriously by
| the employees. however. About sixty
; men are involved in the struggle il
| Lincoln, and perhaps twice as man!
more i'll Omaha. There are a few il
| Fremont and a few in Hastings
+, Nothing has been heard from Ere
| mont and Hastings, but it is an as
| sured thing that the union men il
those towns will walk out. The Inter
national has been preparing for the
struggle during the past eightee1
months. and there is a goodly fghtins
| tund on hand.
Work has been only fairly good dur
| ing the last few months. and woulC
have been much worse had not tht
manufacturers sought to a consider
able extent to get stock on hant
i before the walk-out.
We hear a lot from our employer:
! about their wanting to run their owl
business without union interference,
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
ANNIVERSARIES.
Welcome Exchanges Celebrate Birth
days Amidst Prosperous Times

Last week seems to have been a
sort OF anniversary week" among the
labor newspapers Of the country. The
Worcester, Mass, Labor News cele-
brated its fourth birthday, and it
showed up strong and hearty. The
Labor News is a hummer with horns
and seven-times winner, and is as
welcome to The Wageworker ex-
change table as the flowers in spring.
Here's hoping it will celebrate a hun
dred more amidst increasingly pros.
porous conditions, and that The Wage
worker will be here to make note OF
every one of the hundred
Last week the jackson. Mich
Square Deal entered upon it's fourth
year, and if we read the signs Alright
it is enjoying prosperity, just as il
well deserves. Editor Henley gets out
crackerjack labor paper, and he han
dies the labor news without fear oil
favor. Here's hoping the Square
Deals future will. be as PROSPEROUS
as prosperous can be.
The Sailors Union of the Pacific
Coast was twenty-five years old last
week, and the Coast Seaman's Journal
OF San Francisco celebrated the an
niversary by issuing a handsome sou
venir edition. The Coast Seaman's
Journal is one of the greatest labor
organs in the world, and it wields {
powerful influence in the ranks OF or
ganized labor. Edited with ability
dealing with labor problems conserva
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
Oid-Fashioned Boiled Dinner.

Procure an aitch-bone or brisket of
corned beef; put into the pot over a
brisk fire with enough cold water to
cover it; let it come to a boil in one
half an hour, then remove the scum.
set the pot back on the fire and boil
slowly until tender. About three-quar-
ters of an hour before dishing, skim
the liquor free from fat; put portion
of it into another kettle with one
cabbage cleaned and cut in four quar-
ters. one-half dozen peeled white
turnips of medium size, cut in halves.
and four scraped carrots and the same
number of scraped parsnips each cut
in four pieces; boil till tender. Into
the kettle containing the meat, one
half hour before serving, pour more
boiling water and put in medium
siXed peeled potatoes. Serve all to-
gether. meat and vegetables, from one
dish. Boiled beets, cooked separately.
sliced hot, with vinegar over them,
should also be served as side dish.
Cooking the cabbage in another dish
prevents the meat from tasting of
this vegetable when cold.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
Soy Wants Pardon.

Governor Shallenberger has received
an application from Walter Berger,
the seventeen-year-old boy of Dawes
county. who is serving two years
term in the penitentiary for placing
an obstruction on the Burlington
track. The boy alleges that he shot
his finger off while hunting and de-
string to get to town for treatment,
placed tie on the track and lighted
a torch and tagged train. Chief
of Police Charles F. Daryan of Chad
ron has recommended pardon and
says i'll his statement that he is fifty
four years of age and has never be-
fore signed similar request though
often asked to do so.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19

any one writing the Secretary, care
Labor Temple, or by phoning to 6249.
All wives, mothers, unmarried sisters
and daughters over sixteen years of
age and widows of members of No
209 are eligible to membership.
Mrs. VIII Bustard has moved into a
large fiat in the Salisbury, they having
taken Flat H.
Mrs. Fred Ihringer held the lucky
number that drew. the jewel box
which was raffled at the Labor TEN
pie.
The next regular meeting will be
held Wednesday, March 23d. at the
Labor Temple. Mrs. B. c. Gilbert
hostess. The meeting IS called for
2:30 p. m.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
THE TRANSFERS.

The Teamsters have caught the re-
vival spirit that has been manifest
since the opening of the Labor Tenn
pie, and are going to get busy and
keep busy until they have at least a
90 per cent organization. They held
an open meeting at the Temple on
Friday evening Of last week, and a
large number of non-union teamsters
were present. Rev. Mr.. Zenor spoke
on the Cost of Living and Need of
Organization, and interested the
large number of men present. The
Teamsters have about $50 members at
present, representing perhaps so per
cent of the men engaged in that class
of work. At present they have no
wage scale and no agreements, bun
just as soon as the plans for re-organi-
zation go through the work of max
ing wage scale and securing agree
ments will be taken up.
Committees are now at work among
the non-union teamsterS with view
to securing new members and working
up union sentiment in the ranks of the
team drivers. The work will be kept
going at lively rate until things are
as they should be in Lincoln. Another
open meeting is being arranged for in
the near future.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
Ginger Apple Jam.

Four pounds of good, sour apples.
four pounds of dark brown sugar two
lemons, few pieces of dried root gin
ger and one pint of water. Pare. core
and cut the apples; put the sugar and
water in a preserving pan and boil un-
til clear Add the apples, the juice
and grated rind of the lemons and the
ginger. Boil all together until the
apples look clear, which will be from
three to four hours. They should
only just simmer.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
Woman to Get Diploma.

The Lincoln medical college must
issue diploma to Ella May Nelson
according to ruling Of the supreme
court in a suit that has been in the
courts for some years. The court
formerly ordered a diploma to be is
sued, but later the medical college al
legged that it had newly discovered
evidence of fraud on the part of the
applicant. The district court refused
to take jurisdiction and reopen the
case, the petition failing to set forth
that the facts were not discovered
within two years after judgment. The
supreme court affirmed this Judgment.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19

upon by men of affairs as a journal
worth reading and considering. We'd
feel awfully lonesome without the
Journal to pore over an hour OF two
every week.
Speaking of anniversaries. this issue
closes the sixth year of The Wage
worker-six years full OF joy, some
times tempered with anxiety about
the expense bills, but always getting
away with it somehow or other. Well
tell you more about it next week. :.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
lroned Clothes.

Stretch wire line across your
clothes closets and across your
Kitchen; purchase a lot of coat hang
ers. On ironing day put the baby's
freshly ironed petticoats on a coat
hanger and a dress the same length
over it and hang on the wire. In
ironing grown folks clothes do the
same way, and push them along the
wire out Of your way. When through
ironing remove and hang In your
closets on the wire, which is a space
saver and prevents rumpling, and yet
you have a complete suit without hunt
ing out the two garments. 1t also
saves nlany landings of the clothes.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
Oranae Pie.

Rub smooth heaping tablespoon
full OF cornstarch in three of water,
pour in one cup of boiling water and
cook until clear. Add one cup of Or
ange juice, little of the grated rind,
the juice of one lemon, add sugar to
taste. When cool, stir in the we'll
beaten yolks of two eggs. Bake with
under crust only. Beat the whites of
the eggs stiff, with tablespoon of
sugar. and little grated orange peel,
and spread on the top.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
Broom Hold er.

Take two large empty spools. tw,
nails about an inch longer than the
spools, but naiF through the spools
and drive the rails, leaving enough
space between spools for the broom to
hand in.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
Stove Cement.

II the stove is cracked a good ce-
ment is made by ts king wood ashes
and salt in equal proportions. reduced
to a paste with cold Eater. and fill in
cracks when stove q cold. 1t viii
coon h.", leu
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-12-02
WAR AGAINST TRUST
VIOLATION OF SHERMAN LAW
THE CHARGE MADE AGAINST
THIRTY COMPANIES.
So-called Sugar Trust, Which, II Is
Charged, is Able to Fix Prices Ar
bitrarily, Should be Dissolved,
Says District Attorney.

New York-The federal government
on Monday began one of its most inn
portant actions against the great cor.
porations which are said to have VIC
lated the Sherman antitrust law.
Henry Wise, United States district at
torney, filed in the United States dis
trict court for the southern district OF
New York, a petition asking for the
dissolution OF the American Sugar Re
filming company and twenty-nine other
corporations which compose the so
called sugar trust. The petition
charges an illegal combination in re-
straint of trade and asks for court re-
lief in whatever form may be neces-
sary, including a receivership, If deem
ed advisable.
The thirty companies composing the
sugar combine have an aggregate cap.
italization Of $230,000,0OO and control
a large percentage of the output OF
sugar in this country. This combine is
also, the government alleges, able to
fix prices arbitrarily. The petition
charges that for years the companies
have violated the law and have sup
pressed competition and ground COM
petitors out of existence. Railroad re-
bates and customs frauds are men
toned as devices which we're employ
ed to raise the combine to the com
handing position which it occupies
today.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-12-02
Monument to General shields.

tinction and having entered politics
was elected to the legislature In 1885
In 1889 he was elected state auditor
and In 1843 was appointed Judge of
the Supreme court of Illinois. He held
the latter office two years and resign
ed to accept the appointment of com.
missioner of the general land office in
Washington.
Served In Two Wars.
At the outbreak of the Mexican war
Shields was given a brigadier's com.
mission and commanded, first a brig.
ade of Illinois troops, later command.
ing brigade composed of marines
and New York and South Carolina
volunteers. He served under Gen.
Zachary Taylor, Gen. Winfield Scott
and General Wool and was wounded
at Cerro Gordo and In the storming
of Chapultepec. For gallantry in the
latter action he was breveted major
general. General Shields was mus.
tered out of service in 1S48 and short.
ly afterwards was appointed the first
territorial governor of Oregon.
While serving in that office he was
elected senator from Illinois and
served out his full term. After quit.
ting the senate he moved to Minnie.
sofa, where he speedily became prom.
inent in politics and, on the admission
of that state, he was elected senator
for the short term, serving two years.
from 1857 to 1859. Quitting the SEN
ate again he went to California and
engaged in mining, and was thus en-.
gagged when the Civil war broke out
Promptly he offered his sword and
was commissioned brigadier general
He commander division under Gen.
Nathaniel P. Banks in the Shesln.
doah Valley and directed the initial
movement at the battle of Winches.
ter, where he was severely wounded
AT his own request he was relieved
OF his command in the army and went
TO California, where he remained IN
til the close Of the war. He then
chose Missouri as his home. settling
In Carroll county, living on a farm q
few miles east of Carrollton in peace.
full retirement until 1874, when he was
chosen ito represent the county In the
legislature. In January, 1879. he was
chosen by the Missouri legislature to
fill the. unexpired term of Senator l..
". Bogy, which expired March 1, 1879.
He died at Ottumwa in 1879.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-12-02
MARKS HERO'S TOMB
Monument Now at Gen. Shields
Long-NegIected Grave.
He Fought With Distinction In Two
Wars, Served Three States as
Senator and a Fourth
az Governor.

Carrollton, Mo.-To have served as
senator from three states and as gov
ernor of fourth is distinction that
has come to only one man in the his
tory of the United States. And yet
for nearly 80 years that man, Gen.
James H. Shields, whose military rec
ord was even more illustrious than
his record as a statesman, lay in an
almost forgotten and unmarked grave.
He was the first territorial governCE
of Oregon. he served a full term as
senator from Illinois, he was one of
the first two senators from Minnesota
and he served out an unexpired term
as senator from Missouri. He went
into the Mexican war brigadier gem
eral and served with such distinction
that his sword found ready acceptance
and he was commissioned a brigadier
general at the outbreak of the Civil
war.
General Shields served four states
and his adopted country Che was Irish
born) both faithfully and well, and
doubtless had public attention been
called earlier to the neglect of his
grave in st. Marys cemetery here.
Congress would have been quicker to
show, by monument, its apprecia.
ton Of his services. However, when
Representative Rucker, of Missouri,
introduced bill at the last session of
congress to appropriate $4,000 for that
purpose, 1t was quickly passed and
the monument was recently unveiled.
The monument is of white marble,
nine feet high, surmounted by bust
three feet in height. On the four sides
are the coats-of-arms in bronze of Ore
gon. Illinois. Minnesota and Missouri.
General Shields was one of the
many young Irishmen who came to
America in the generation that pre-.
coded the Civil war and gave their
adopted country cause to feel proud
of them. He was born in County
Tyrone, December 10, 1910. About the
age of 16 young Shields emigrated to
the United States and finished his edu-
cation. He studied law and began
practice at Kaskaskia, ILL.,, In 1882.
He rapidly achieved professional dis.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-12-02
Fat Stock Show at Chicago.

Chicago, Tn.-Fully 100000 persons
attended the Chicago fat stock show
and livestock exposition ON the open
ing day. The exposition is the biggest
of the kind ever held, and there are
exhibits from all over the United
States and Canada.
Prof. w. L. Carlyle, in charge of ami
NAL industry at the Idaho State uni
versity, in Moscow, is one of the
judges of Clydesdale horses, college
exhibits and swine.
There are many visitors from the
western states and there are large del
egations from Utah and Idaho. John
L. Smith of Spokane, a well known
breeder of Holstein cattle and high
grade sheep, has arrived and will re-
main until the show closes.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-12-02
BRAZILIAN REBELS VICTORIOUS
Government Pardons Murderers of Of
ficers of Warships and Mutineers
Surrender Captured Vessels.

Rio Janeiro.-The ships OF the Bra
lillian feet which have been in the
hands of mutinous sailors since No
vember % were surrendered to the
government at o'clock Saturday
evening. This action, followed by the
granting of the mutineers' demands by
the government, included amnesty to
all concerned in the revolt, higher
pay and less work for the sailors and
the adjustment of certain minor griev-
ances.
The warships in the hands OF the
mutineers included the Minas Geraes,
the San Paulo and the Bahia, the Rio
Grande, Du Sui and the Deodoro. After
the announcement of the surrender
they proceeded out into the bay and
re-entered the harbor at 1870 o'clock,
70 longer flying the red flag.
Jean Candida, the leader of the mu-
tineers, in company with forty other
sailors, abandoned the Minas Geraes
some time Friday and the minister of
marine dispatched an officer to board
the battleship and ascertain whether
1t was the intention TO deliver over
the vessel.
About the same time 1t was rumored
that the officers who had been named
to take command of the warships after
their surrender would decline to do
SO, fearing the fate of Captain Neves,
the former commander of the Minas
Geraes, and several other officers, who
were killed by the sailors when they
offered resistance the night of the
outbreak. The rumor caused consid-
cradle alarm, but proved to be with
out foundation.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-12-02
STRIKES CHURCHILL WITH WHIP
Male Suffragist Attacks British
Home Secretary at Depot, But is
Thwarted by Detectives.

London.-Winston Spencer Church
i'll, home secretary, returning to Lon
don Saturday night after a speech at
Bradford, was attacked in the train
by male suffragist with dog whip,
who cried out take that, you cur"
Two detectives, who accompanied
Mr.. Churchill, parted the blow and
oyerpoweerd the secretary's assaiIant,
who is believed to be the man who
interrupted Mr.. Churchill in the course
of his address and was expelled from
the meeting after struggle.
When the train arrived at London
three women tried to assault the home
secretary, but the detectives drove
them off.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-12-02
NEWSPAPER MAN MAKES GOOD.
Adopted Son Of Utah Will Aid in Up
building of Alaska.

Salt Lake City.-A Salt Lake man,
Kenneth c. Kerr, has been selected
to head the new publicity bureau for
the exploitation and development of
Alaska, and the vast resources of that
new and wonderful territory. He has
been employed by the Alaska Steam
ship company, one of the great corpor-
atoms of the Morgan-Guggenheim syn
dictate. which is doing SO much in the
upbuilding of Alaska. A new rail-
road, the Copper River & Northwest
ern, is being built from Cordova to
the interior, and at the end of the line
copper mine will be developed which
Is one of the richest in the world. AL
though Mr.. Kerr was born in Wash
ington, d. c., and comes from a fam
lily Of writers and statesmen, he has
been in the west for the past twenty
years, engaged in newspaper work,
and railroading. He was the first man
to be engaged at this end of the line
to exploit the new road to Los An
geles (the Salt Lake Route) and has
been engaged on various other lines
of promotion and exploitation. He is
also one of the best known newspaper
men in the west, and takes with him
to his new field of action a wealth of
experience which spells success in his
undertaking.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-12-02
King George Surprises Brltons.

LOndon.-By announcing the privy
council for Monday. ON tho eve of dis
solution Of parliament, King George
selected the most emphatic method OF
showing his determination to act as
becomes constitutional monarch in a
great constitutional crisis. This step
rarely taken. will reassure the coun.
try. Danish the last suggestion that
the king has taken sides, and bring
the principal statesmen of the British
parties together for final judgment
as to the course the king should pur
RllA
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-12-02
TO GUARD SECRETS
RULES PROMULGATED BY sEcRE-
TARY OF THE TREASURY WILL
PROTECT CORPORATIONS.
Only Persons Who Can Show Right tc
See Reports for the Purpose Of
Assessing Federal Taxes viii
be Granted Permission,

Washington.-Secrets of corpora
tons and the intimate details of their
business are to be safeguarded by the
government under the law passed by
the last session of congress providing
for the filing Of returns with the treas
ury department for the purpose of as
sessing federal taxes.
Secretary of the Treasury Mac
Veagh has issued a ruling which pre-
vents perusal of the reports by the
curious or by those who might benefit
unfairly by them.
Mr.. MacVeagh DEGREES that the rec
ords of the corporations shall be kept
under guard in the treasury depart
ment and that no outside agent of the
department under any circumstances
shall divulge the contents of the re-
ports. Neither are any copies of the
reports to be taken or furnished ex-
cept to the corporation making the re-
turn
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-12-02
Now Ride Under the River.

New York.-For the first time in
the history OF transportation on this
continent, passengers for Washington
and points for the south and west,
walked into a station on Manhattan
island Saturday night, stretched out in
their berths, and rode through with
out changing under tho Hudson river.
The Pennsylvania station was for
mally declared open at one minute
past midnight, and the first train
rolled under the Hudson river one
minute later.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-12-02
FACTORY GIRLS DIE m FIRE
twenty-five Dead and Half . Dozen
Dying, Twelve Being Killed by
Jumping From Windows.

New York.-A fire caused by an ex-
plosion of gasoline, which swept
through the upper floors OF a four
story factory building in Newark, N.
j., on Saturday, caused the death of
twenty-five girls. while half a dozen
are dying and twenty-five are less Sc
riously hurt.
Twelve were instantly killed by
jumping from windows and fire es-
cape landings.
Eight others died in hospitals from
injuries sustained in the same way.
The others were burned to death
and the bodies of most of them are
buried under great heap of ruins.
More than 200 girls were at work in
the building when the panic started.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-12-02
VIII Attempt to shelve Cannon.

Washington.-It is generally under
stood that the opponents of Speaker
Cannon will endeavor to deny him
even the privilege OF the leadership of
the minority forces at the next session
OF congress. Ordinarily, with change
Of the parties In power in the house,
the retiring speaker would be accord
ed the place OF minority leader. But
this Is evidently not going to be the
case with Uncle joe" The movement
to deprive him of this leadership has
already started.