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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-09-25

| FORBID anyone TO employ or har-
Dor my>S0u. Roy Johnson, who is
under age. Signed, Bclton Johnson.
Lancaster, Route 3. 1O2-P
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-09-25
Business Notices

FRESH CAR LOAD OF LIME just
received. -H. Davis.
IO2-P
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-09-25

Rev. j. G.. Dale, of the A. r.. p.
mission in Mexico, viii preach at
Shiloh Sabbath morning.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18
TEXTILE WORKERS WAGES.
Slight Increase In Pay During the Past
Four Years.

Slight Increase In Pay During the Past
Four Years.
In report issued 10y the United
States department of labor. wages and
hours Of labor i'm the cotton, wooden
and worSted and silk industries for the
years 1907 to 1913 are discussed.
The wages recorded are an argument
for organization among these workers.
and the trade union campaign now be
ing conducted in this country by the
American Federation Of Labor and the
United Textile Workers is given an i'm
petus by the publication Of this report
which shows the low wages paid
The average full time weekly earn
ings in 1913 in the cotton goods indus
try for the seven different occupations
recorded were SOLO a week This in
cludes male and female workers
In wooden and worsted goods the av-
erage for six occupations male and
female, was $1032 week Here the
highest rate was $13.39 for mule spin
ners and the lowest S7.33 for frame
spinners.
In silk goods the rates ranged from
S177l week for male loom fixers to
$500 for female spinners. The average
for the eleven occupations was S1I67
a week
While these wages are pitisully mail
gains are noted over former years, as
the report says: Rates OF wages per
hour in 1913 were OF per cent higher
than in 1912. 10.7 per cent higher than
in 1911 and ia per cent higher than in
1910"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18
OPPOSED TO FORCE.
American Federation of Labor Against
Coercion of Nonaffiliates.

American Federation of Labor Against
Coercion of Nonaffiliates.
Again has the American Federation
of Labor emphasized the fact that it is
voluntary organization and does not
favor coercion or clubs to induce non
afiiliates to join.
A reimbursement of this position was
made after spirited debate over
resolution which provided that the con
vention instruct American Federation
of Labor officers to proceed to organ
lie such local and national unions"
President Gompers took the floor
against the committees report and
said in part:
DO YOU realize that this is in effect
a declaration OF war? DO you realize
that this resolution In effect says to
the railroad hrotherhoods that they
must affiliate or we will destroy them?
| certainly am not reudy 10 subscribe
to any such proposition ! do not
think | can be charged with being op-
posed to federation All my life has
been devoted to federation. But there
is not national or international union
or brotherhood whose entity would
ever invade.
THE action here proposed is most
disastrous to the fundamental princi
pie of the American Federation OF La
bor which is voluntary association
| am rs inpatient as any man with the
failure OF the railroad brotherhoods
and the bricklayers to join our fedora
ton | have urged them and persuad
ed them and come away from them
chagrined
But never before has 1t been pro-
posed in a convention of the American
Federation of Labor that we say to
these brotherhoods, Join Us or we will
destroy you Before would sanction
such action would rather wait year,
ten years. hundred years, forever.
for the railroad brotherhoods to afiili-
ate with us. If they ever come with
us they must come voluntarily
On motion OF President Gompers the
resolution was referred back to the
committee which later reported in ia
vor of amending it to read that the va
rious nonaffiliated organizations be in
vited to join the American Federation
of Labor This was accepted by the
convention
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18
Court Eorbids Strike.

A restraining order preventing three
organizations of railway workers on
the st Louis Southwestern railway
from striking was issued by the circuit
court at st. Louis recently. The organi-
cations are the Order of Railway Con
ductors, the Brotherhood Of Railway
Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Lo.
comotiye Firemen and Engineers The
injunction was granted mt the request
of employees who alleged that the or
der to strike had been issued after the
men who had voted in favor of the
strike had requested that their ballots
be changed to nonstrike vote
The court said that the union officials
had not represented to the men both
sides of the questions at issue with the
railway company II held that the nn-
ions were not restrained from taking
another strike vote however.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18
WORKMEN GET LITTLE.
Payments Small Under the Federal
Compensation Law.

In the first five years during which
the federal workmen's compensation
law was in effect l4.963 claims were
filed and 140i6 allowed. of which 431
were for fatal accidents. The total
compensation paid for all accidents
was S1.S00,00O Of which more than
S732, 900 went to the 6,3l5 employees OF
the isthmian canal commission.
The law went into effect on May 80,
1908, and was the pioneer statute pro
viding for accident conversation.
Since that time twenty four states
have enacted similar laws. all Of them,
however. making more liberal allow
ances 1t is estimated that $4,000 per
sons, or about one fourth of the civil
ian employees of the government. are
covered by the law. Under the federai
law compensation payments cease
when an employee is able to resume
work The department of labor points
out that the compensation awarded is
insufficient in many cases. Fracture OF
an arm or ii leg led to compensation
payments of less than $50, the loss of
an eye S25 TO 500 and in the case OF Il
right arm the injured workman re-
ceived less than $50 In each of three
cases the loss of both legs brought the
sufferer only S311.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18

Steel companies of Chicago have put
10000 men to work who have been idle
since last spring.
tuberculosis caused $4,000 deaths in
the United States last year and an eco
nomic loss of about $2J0.000O00.
The quarterly report Of the Massa-
chusetts bureau of statistics shows that
II per cent Of organized labor was out
OF work on Sept 80
More than 10000 employees Of the
Pennsylvania railroad were born in
those countries now engaged in the
European war, according to figures
compiled by the company.
Leo Oddo. business agent for the
Cleveland Garment Workers union.
was shot and instantly killed by two
unidentified men recently as he was
walking along an unfrequented street
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18
OPPOSE LABOR AGENCIES.
Plan In Michigan to Put Employment
Bureaus Under State Control.


Radical recommendation for the es-
adjustment of complete system of
state employment bureaus in Michigan
and a measure which will be the first
step toward the abolition Of private
employment agencies will be embodied
in bills to be sent to the legislature
this winter by James G. Cunningham
commissioner of labor.
The plans are in a measure due to
complaints that some employment bu
reaus have working arrangements
with factory foremen by which the lat
ter get commissions on jobs supplied
whereby men are employed and dis
charged as soon as both bureau and
foremen get their fees Edward ]
Minnock. attorney for the state de
partment Of labor, says a law requir
ing the county clerk of each county to
conduct an employment department in
connection with his office will be pre-
sented to the legislature.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18
AID F0R WoRKINGMEN.
Provisions OF Nebraska's New Com
pensat,on Law.

pensation Law.
Adoption ri he WurkmenS compen-
sation bill uhder The provisions ut the
referend~n aw al the late election
in Nebraska means that TIE enactment
goes into effect at once.
The law will apply 10 every employer
of five or more persons. except those
employing household domestic ser
wants, farm laborerS and railroad com
panies engaged in Interstate commerce.
The law is so framed aS TO penaize
both the employer and the employee If
they do not eject to come within the
provisions of tie compensation system.
Every employer t0tiler than those ex
emptedI automatically comes within
the provisions of the wofkmen's com
pensation laW aud will ne governed
by It's provisions unless the employer
posts. and thereafter keeps posted, in
a conspicuous place about the place or
places where his worknlen are em.
ployed written OF printed notice of
his election not to be bound.
If an employee or employer has given
notice not TO accept the provisions OF
the law he may later waive such
notice if he desires.
The owner is not responsible where
contract is let In Il contractor or n
contractor is not responsible whore Il
contract Is let to a Subcontractor If
all done in good faith, provided the
owner requires the contractor to pro
cure n policy according to this act
No compensation will be allowed for
the first fourteen days after disability
begins unless such disability continues
for eight weeks or longer. During the
first twenty one days after the diSabil-
ity begins the employer is Liable for Il
reasonable medical and hospital serv.
ice, not to exceed 5000 total permanent
disability benefits
For the first 800 weeks 30 per centum
of the wages received ut the time of
injury and the maximum amount re
ceived shall not exceed $40 and the
minimum amount received shall not be
less than So per week. Provided. that
after the first 300 weeks Of total per-
manent disability the employee shall
receive 40 per centum of the wages re-
ceived at the time of the accident but
not more than SO per week or less than
$4 per week
Benefits for specific injury are to be
30 per cent of the wages received at
the time of the injury for the periods
as follows: For the loss of hand, pay
ments for 10 weeks: arm. 2lJ weeks
foot, 100 weeks: leg. 2l5 weeks: eye,
1875 weeks Payment for the loss OF
two or more of such members not con
| stituting permanent disability shall be
| the aggregate time of periods specified
for each For the loss Of both hands.
arms. feet legs or eyes the same bene-
| fits will be paid as for the total perma-
nent disability. In case OF injuries re-
| sulting in death, the dependent shall
| receive so per centum Of the wages re
ceived for period of 800 weeks and
| for an amount of not more than $40 or
! less than S. per week. and III addition
| al burial and sick expenses not to ex
| ceed S100
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18
New Election For Bookbinders.

Results of the election of officers Of
the Bookbinders' union by the referen-
DUN have been announced President
Sovey was reelected without opposi-
tion. James w Deugherty, who died
after the official ballots were printed
and sent out to local unions, was re
elected secretary treasurer. no other
name having been placed in nomina-
assumes office the first Of the year.
will probably nominate candidates for
the vacancy. and another referendum
election will be held.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18
co4in Workers Win Strike.

A strike OF about coo coffin makers
affiliated with the International Cabi-
net Makers and Wood Workers union.
which began two months ago in New
York city, has ended. The strikers re-
turned to work under an agreement
with the employers by which the de
mands for higher wages and a shorter
work day are conceded.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18
CHURCH AND LABOR.

The fact that in the industrial
life of today men and women
and children are being robbed
of their birthright and of their
opportunity by the power of or.
ganized wealth | think no one
will dispute; whenever this is
seen. no matter who is guilty.
the church should take a firm
stand in favor OF the working
class, rs the Samaritan did in
favor of the man who was rob.
bed on the road to Jericho 1t
gives me much satisfaction to
know that great many pulpits
stand for this principle abso-
lutely and without any reserya-
ton, and when the organized
church also falls in line the dawn
of a real Christianity will be
with us-John B Lennon in
Christian Herald
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18
a. E. of /. to Build Home.

The American Federation of Labor
convention instructed the executive
council to provide II home Of its own
for the American Federation of labor.
The officers are given wide latitude TN
the matter and are permitted to either
purchase or construct an Office build
fuu
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18

Muckle Mcdonald and Joe Bradley.
ex-president and vice president of the
Butte Mine Workers union. have been
placed In the state prison Mt Deer
Lodge to serve sentences Of three and
ive years. respectively. PASSED upon
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18
lnxe,Ne Eunenios

"They say that action and reaction
are always equal
"fes: one of my ancestors worked
himself 10 death and IN the Isac-
tion " Pittsburgh Dispatch
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18
WORKERS RIGHTS.

The most important service
which the church can render is
10 stand like II rock against all
forms Of lawIeSsness and in
favor of the right of every man
to work for wage which may
be agreed upon between him and
his employer At the same time
1t should bring moral pressure to
pear upon the employing classes
to make sure that their attitude
toward their workmen is one OF
sympathy and humanity Rob
ert Underwood Johnson
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18
WCMEA UNDERPAID.
Female Workers of Philadelphia Re-
ceive Starvation Wages.


Nearly 10 per cent of 1926 working
women in Philadelphia receive less
than $3.50 per week, while the aver
age cost of living is at least $8.53 per
week, according to a report issued by
the Consumers League of Eastern
Pennsylvania. after an investigation
by the Misses Marie Biddle, May X
Flannery and Mary Mcconnell. extend
ing from November, 1913 to June, 1914
The study conducted By the league
included fifty five establishments en-
ploying 1881 women, while the pay
roll data was obtained from five stores.
including 1926 women in the different
occupations. 1t was found that %
per cent were employed as saleswomen,
with the wage received by the greatest
number only $S week
AS many as PAT per cent received
only So week as clerical workers,
while Is per cent received the same as
pneumatic tube cashiers. The remain
ing 21.4 per cent received less than
81 per week, or at least $3.50 below
what was found to be an adequate
wage to support a woman alone in the
city.
These weekly expenditures were OBJ
tanned after a careful study of the
home life of many of the girls and by
cutting the possibility Of surplus ex-
penditures to the lowest point They
arp
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18

Even trying to live within the salary
received, the closest Of economy viii
hardly suffice to allow the girl to spend
less than in the above table The item
for clothing while it seems to be
rather large, allows the girl only Ss8.92
per year with which to buy suits, hats
shoes. underwear and all other articles
necessary for Il respectfully dressed
woman
The II cents per week for amuse
ment generally means a movie or
two and a little candy. very little en-
joyment out of life for the girl who
works eight hours day for six days a
week
Moreover. the girls who have to prac
tice these rigid economies are 33.9 per
cent Of them under tweuty-one wears
Of age. girls who are ut the period Of
life when they should able to enjoy
themselves when they should be able
to look forward 10 marriage rs the one
crowning event of their life AS it is.
marriage to the average working girl
should be rushed into as soon as posi-
Bile as the only freedom from the
drudgery Of the shop and store
Very few women receive more than
$15 per week for ont OF the 1928 cases
investigated 9Gs per cent received less
than that amount whiie nearly 50 per
cent received less than $40
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-12-18
LABOR GOSSIP.

83-8.93,:e49&3&@a@9<@@s| :
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-29
CIVILIANS FIRE ON
SHIPPING At ACNTIIGO

ON Board q. $. S. California. Ma
zatlau. May 5N. tin Wireless tr san
Diego. MAY 1g-Eeports have reach
cd % American fleet here of attugkH
ON steamers Boo the haruor Of A.a-
pulco boy Mcyiuuua The violence ape
pears 90 he the WORK mainly uf rI-
Villains, who have been guilty uf fir
ing recklessly ct the shipping BOZ the
hurbur
Conditions 20 Acapulco are de
scrihed iu Information conveyed tl
the American imirll as dHplurahic.
The japanese merchant vessels
Sciyo Muru and kiyu Muru have left
M~uuzaulliu. where 10 was reported
thgy landed munitions uf war Jos
Hucrta The Sc,yo Muru sailed fuI
Sallua Cruz ana the klyu MBru fui
Toxic.
Tho Euuhoat Annapolis. which wa
ordered a. the mouth Of the iaqu.
] river after the French colony al
/ santa Rosnlia had advised Admira.
Howard that Americans were In dan.
ger Of AT indian rising, has reported
That pluet prevails 100 the Iaqui cuun.
| ny.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-29
PEARSON on CONFESSIONS
= HJIaT OF ATTACK

McyiC0 City, May -a.-Thc Pearson
uil concessions in Mexico were the
subject uf un attack Ds Qucridp
Nuhcnu, minister of commerce and
auur BOZ "a .porgh last night lu the
chamber of deputIe- The minister
said tncf had been EiFcu under The
lUuu nation
Tea tine future. ht continued, the
uterumcnt must participate iu the
petroleum business ard then Mexico
would have suu 600. 600 pesos ln her
treasury and could possesses au army
of 100000 men goo defend the national
dignity against foreign cuuutrics
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-29
UNUSUAL ACTIVITY TODAY
~ HUERTA OFFICIAL FAMILY

Mexico City, May 2s.-Unususl ac-
tiyity wVs displayed Ia official cir
Giles In the federal capital today. The
ministers of war public instruction
aud finance, b ACTING minister Of
foreign affairs and the general treas-
urer 81 the republic conferred with
Provisional President Hucrtl az g
O'Clock.
Tho German minister, Admiral Won
palace.
10 is believed the international sit
uatiou WAS discussed az those confer
tures.
The inhabitants OF the capital were
iubiiuut uu learning ot reports about
Hu early ettirmsut between Mexico
ana tho tsItrd States and that the
America troops would soon cyacuut,
Vera cruz.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-29
JAPANESE AD MIRAL
IS IMPRISONED
FOR CRAFT
First Conviction of Men High
er Up in Naval Contracts
Scandal Which Disrupted
the japanese Government.
[By Leased wHe % Evenlne nernId. ]

tBy Leased Wire 90 Evening Herald. ]
TOXIC. May "a court martial
tudav sentenced Vice Admiral Wa
Matsumoto Of the Japanese navy To
three years Imprisonment on charge
OF accepting nrlhos in connection
with naval contracts. Captain Sa-
was Isl was condemned TO one years
imprisonment but Commander suzuki
WIS acquitted.
The existence 90 corruption in the
Japanese navy was brought To light
through a lawsuit in Berlin In Jan
uary This year and eventually led 90
the fan OF the Japanese cabinet.
4 confidential clerk employed in
the Toxic ofhc, of a German arma-
mcut firm was prosecuted for selling
documents. Duriug the trial a letter
WAS read showing that several high
Japanese naval officers were rccciV-
Ing "a percentage or contracts allotted
To- the firm.
Nhcu the news reached Toxic an
INVESTIGATION cnsIed and "a number OF
officers were arrested. Questions In
The Japanese parliament led To vio-
lent svenes and the resignation OF the
government.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-29

not ask him 10Y the communication
hc carries nor did they toll him
wether they would receive IL when
they saw him later.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-29
OF MAUsER
RIFLE DIES AT &c
ms Leased Wire 70 Evening Herald. !

Stuttgart, Ma 2J.-Peter Paul Won
Mauser f-iNeufor 81 me ria. bearma
h.a name, died today aged 5G.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-29
EIGHT MINERS KILLED
WHEN CAGE Is PULLED
OVER SHAFT WHEEL


lby Ieasrd Vie iu Evening Herald 2
TamHuua. Pc MAY 94 FIrht .
= miners were KILLED in an anthra- .
cite colilrff nDtr here tudty y
= When 20 case iu which thry wclc .
being holstrd Wla pulled over 20
shaft wheel =
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-29
IS AGAIN
SENTENCED To
OEAT H
Execution Set for Week of
July 9Th Appeal May Serve
to Delay 1t for a Year OF
More.

iBy LEASED Wire iu Evening Herald.
= View York. Mas ZG. charles
. Becker was to-day sentenced to
9 die in IN, electric chair at Sing
= sing prison daring th, Week uc-
y ginning july q. TOR Tho murder
. OF Herman Eus,uthal
= When ho received the sentence
. Becker was calm He even turn
= ed 10 friends in the courtroom
= ana smiled.
The prisoner was taken 10 the
= sheriffs office ana allowed five
= minutes with his wife. Martin
= J., Manton, Becker lawyer said
. an appeal would be filed noxt
= Monday. This viii act us "a stay
= Of execution, and a year may
= cldps" before the court uf APP
. ptais hands down It's decision.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-29
H.oRIGO QIEXEDO PiNCHED
TO-DAY IN III pNNt

u Paso, Tex May 4p.- Rodrigo
Quoyedo, who has been commanding
"a band Of hlibusters operating aions
the Mexican Northwestern railway.
was arrested here today uy civil poo
lice. lie viii be turned ever 90 the
military authorities at Fort Blu.
QucNedo, who is said 60 hold "a
commission as hrlRadler general in
the federal army, has been accused
uf various dcprcdntlons along the
british owned railroad.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-29
KARLUK CRUSHED
IN ICE CREW
NARROWED
lBy Leased Wire 10 Iavening HernIG.1

NcW York May 60 The knr- .
= luk which carried the StclIuu- .
son expedition 90 tho Arctic, =
was crushed lu the .re Lass Jan .
uHrt, according Geo % message re- .
= UriNed to-day from 81. Michael y
= Ait.kl. .
= The crew Us muruoucd ON .
. MtauetI ISLAND. .
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-29
Flags IN Nh LONDON
SHIPPING OFFICES UNIT VI ASTED

London, Niay 29.-The flags In ship
ping offices Ia London were hall uls,-
90 on receipt OF tht news If he discs
ter 10 the Empress OF ireland.
The INSURANCE, held AZ iIlyds on the
Empress OF ireland amounts tu So.
N'c 600. When the first nrW4 the
accident arrived "a c~unsldersh bic
amour, az Te-inaufance was SIZE '.ed
ut a. Ia.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-29

ne had accepted their offer When u
was first made Conference here
are az "a s%tundstill. awaiting replies
from he Washington ana Huetta
governments ou the plan of the medl-
ntnrs for tn settlement of the Mex
IUtu question which is LOW h,.lrg
thptu
After % brief conference the medi-
nturs asked Mr. Urouldi Go return at
Q o'clock tins afternoon. Ihcg did
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-29
A LANE ALSO
HAS A REMEDY FOR
N TOLLS PROBLEM

Washington. May 29-Senator
Lane. Republican of oregon. today
announcing his opposition 10 the re-
peal of the Panama tolls exemption.
proposed that the HHy-paunccf0te
treaty be denounced ana an agree
ment be made with all maritime ma
lions. By which each including the
United States, should pay for b USE
|of the canal in exact proportion Go
the use Of Il. senator .anc contend
ed that there should also be- an in
.ternational agreement to guarantee
It's neutrality and safety.