The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-29

GU Luz AIou P4.UO " %t.oU per udy. "A
general strike has been in progress
there since last November.
A new labor party is likely not to
be formed in the state of Washington.
The Labor party of Manitoba has
demanded that .all taxation be levied
on land values.
In railroad office in Winnipeg, Can
ada, large force of clerks work a
continuous six-hour day only.
The Socialists have an orator storm
ing Eastern Oregon named Fits. That
is what he tries to give the old party
organizations.
Walla Walla union labor men are
considering the proposition of establish
ing cooperative union label store.
Three cities are now in the hands of
union labor men politically, Milwaukee,
San Francisco and San Jose.
The vicious franchise bill of the
Prussian government has been dropped
because of the opposition from the
people.
After ten weeks strike, Suitcase
Makers in New York have compelled
number of large manufacturers to
sign up.
The employing bakers in New Or
leans demand the "open' shop with
it's usual accompaniment of low wages
and long hours.
The actual construction of the San
Francisco municipal railroad is delayed
by the lawyers. No dirt fys-but the
ink and injunctions!
An industry that seems peculiar is
followed in New York City by several
people. That is as spies to watch Rus
sian revolutionists and agitators.
In South Africa the British fought
the Beers partly because they abused
the native inhabitants. Now they unite
with the Beers to treat the natives
worse than ever.
Chicago streetcar men are agitating
for more stools. In Portland the com
pany has given many of its motormen
stools without any additional slaughter
of the public thereby.
A Seamen's Church Institute is VIC
lating every human and divine law in
dealing with sailors in New York, and
has become a crimping agency that is
disgrace to humanity.
Court injunctions in Los Angeles
have forbidden the men to hold meet
/ ings or to talk over their strike. They
threaten to withdraw from the city
and form a town of their own.
The "open' shop advocates say they
are opposed to unions because they
want industrial peace, yet forty per
cent more strikes occur in open shops
than in union shops.
The newly elected Danish parliament
is expected to take some decided steps
toward the increased taxation of land
values and the emitting of other taxes
upon various forms of industry
In Boston 1879 men have formed a
company to publish the Boston Common
as paper devoid of any influence of
special intrests. 1t is issued weekly
and has prospects of becoming daily.
The strike of Bradford (England)
wool combers came to an end recently,
an agreement being singed between
the employers and the men, with sub
stantial advantages to the men all
along the line.
The Tacoma Chamber of Commerce
has declared for the "open shop. The
poor dolts had not read the splurge of
Portland's foremost open shopper H.
w. Corbett, explaining that the open
shop was an impossibility.
| The Japanese landlords have ac-
quired the art Of civilization rapidly.
Twenty years ago they paid most of
the taxes. Now they have shifted to
the tenants and other classes fve-sixths
of the total public burdens.
One of the plunderbund candidates
for United States Senator in Washing
ton is Judge Thomas Burke, who drew
up the declaration of the Seattle Cham
Der of Commerce in favor of unrestrict-
ed Japanese immi grafton in 1907.
The Tobacco Trust is crowding the
Cigar Makers Union all along the line.
Machines operated by girls, special
transportation rates, control of the to-
bacco plantations, indifference of union
men to the label all help the trust.
The no-seat -no-fare movement in Gin
cinnati, o., has received some setbacks
because legal lights have given the
opinion that the street car combine
cannot be made to carry passengers for
nothing, even if they are standing up.
Mayor Gaynor eff New York is driv-
ing after the tax dodgers in great
shape. Land holdings in many cases
have been found assessed at less than
five per cent of actual value. while