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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-09

Either talking about them or
him in low voice, Does that let
me out, Dick, dear?"
Don't be foolish" he answered in
the same low tone, evidently annoyed
at her ,caressing expression.
Iwish could describe to you, little
book. Eleanor Fairlow's face as she
! asked the question, and again as she
! received the answer. think I have
told you that she is a beautiful woman
with her hair so black that it has
purplish shadows in 1t. Her eyes
are also black, and they can send into
your very soul glance of utmost
meaning, but usually they are yelled
behind dusky curling lashes.
She asked her question confidently,
evidently expecting an entirely differ.
ent answer. HerSwhole face was lifted
up as If she only waited for the words
that would confirm her implied faith in
Dicks constant thought of her. AT
his answer, this whole expression Of
sublimated Joy was blotted out.
AS. he spoke. Dick turned uneasily
and quickly to see IL anyone had heard
them, and he flush ed red as he caught
my eye, although l am sure made
my face absolutely inexpensive. He
turned to me directly. Are you tired.
Margie?" he asked. Would you
rather go homer" ~
mo-" HE'D easily, I'm having a
good time. / would like to stay: Just
then Harry came in and we all moved
toward the dining Nroom.
& I wonder, little. book, IL It were
tear that i saw shining behind Eleanor
Fairlow'si long .lashes, as II caught
Jim's voice expounding in his usual
gay tone, YES Madame Kitty, we all
have our right to happiness. and
there's always enough in the world
to go around. The mistake we make
is II we do not find our own, we; usually
go over In somebody else's yard and
try to steal theirs" III
Are you trying to excuseE Kitty's
leaving her husband to his good
works and coming over here to snttchi
some Of our happines n. asked Dick
with a grim Il
g1 glanced at Eleanor Fairlowjg aud!
caught her looking at me with an exs
preston that bothered me. aWashsheI
seeking her happiness over IN my
yard? ~ 7. /. 4 - 5sss 81
Sud denly the whole thing grew UNI
bearable, and / turned to- Dick and
whispered, let's go home.''
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-09

y ~ Ha1ement Annouhceu'I .
The eng cement OF Miss Opal Nor;
gan, daughterS OF Mr.. Henry Morgan,
of Pennington to Mr.. Allen Thrash:
er. of Norfolk, Va, was announced last
evening at an at home at which Mr..
and Mrs. w! e. Maple were host and
hostess at their home i'm Harrington.
pink and white ,peonies were the
floral decorations; carrying out a pref.
ty color scheme in pink and white;
The marriage will be an: event in Sep
TENDER. a
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-09
Personals :

Born on Monday to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Wrick, nee Johnson, a daugh-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-09
Entertain q. A. S. Y
Mrs; @! va Pride will. be hostess to-
morrow fternoon to the 7. A. s. Club
Iat hors home on Diamond street.

At Country Club.
Mrs. Arthur G. Martin and Mrs.
Robert 4. Cunningham are entertain
ingtat Ia four o'clock tea at the Coun.
Try Club this afternoon, invitations for
RhicfiEwere issued last week.
45Iarge number of guests are being
entertained, a feature Of the entertain
mont being al musical program with
Miss Katharine Hough and Jack
Abbott as vocal soloists with Miss
Mary Louise Nichols as ompanist.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-09

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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-09

A boy vas recently asked to give 4
description of water. and this Is what
he wrote: Water Is white liquid
which turns completely black the mo-
meut YOU Put your hands IN IT,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-09

There must be work done By the
arms OF none Of US would ike; ana
work done by the brains. or the lie
would not be worth haEins. And the
same men cannot DO both@Rnsktn.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-09
3I.ea.Ve9 forg Denver ) 4 Il, ar

Mtssavinna Boydston leaves on the
dtteenth for Denver, Co to spend the
summer with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. w; Boydston,: formerly Of this
city. Miss Boydston has been the:
guest Of relatives In Morgantown for
several days.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-09

A fair-haired, sturdy. sport-loviny
lad. dressed in the uniform Of an
English sailor, and delicate, dark
skinned, dreamy-eyed boy in the silks
and yelvets of a prince. play together
in the royal gardens at Madrid-one
a typical son OF Britain, the other a
typical son of Spain.
The fair.haired boy is lAlphonse. the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24

chine with them. Master mechan-
les and superintendents, even 70
the owners of some of the largest
industrial plants, swapped steries
and tobacco with the membership
of today. They Joined their re-
spective union and believed in the
principles, and never has one of
them been heard to say that un-
ions held them back from promo
ton. " Did they become changed
men because of their environments?
The different spheres of life are
forgotten when men come together
for common purpose. When La
Dor meets Capital and recollections
come forward and employers or
their representatives take a sense
of pride In admitting they once
held membership in labor union.
In the old days there was no sense
of fearful suspicion prevalent; men
had their disagreements, but there
was final settlement equitable to
all parties concerned, for spies and
ke-breaking agencies were un-
known to the masters or the men.
The reason for changes In our in
dustrial life today, especially those
bearing directly on industrial dis
putes, can be charged to the black
mailing system of various agencies
who take every advantage possible
to instill fear into the hearts of
their clients by preaching the VIC
OTIS acts of individuals as the prin-
,iples of an entire organization.
These agencies incite and preach
Violence and deceit to keep the en-
'loyer and employe apart. Along
his line of criminal conspirators
he city of Hamilton has mere than
Ter share.
The members of yesterday have
% need to fear the members of to-
ay. We are still shopmates.
When employers agree to NEE
aeir men or their representative !
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24
SAFETY FIRST.
California Making United Effort to
Prevent Accidents.

California Making United Effort to
Prevent Accidents.
The California state industrial acci-
dent commission has issued a series of
catchy" phrases intended to impress
upon both employers and employees
the necessity for safety first in in
dustry. In a bulletin just issued the
commission says:
Don't kid about safety-you may be
the goat.
There are thousands of ways to lose
your fingers--keep them.
"Carelessness spells safety last"
The commission has the power to
draft and enforce safety laws. Joint
boards, consisting of employers and en-
ployees, are assisting the commission
In this work, and a united effort is be
ing made to reduce the number of in
dustrial accidents and fatalities in the
state. General safety orders already
agreed to provide for the safeguarding
Of gears, belts, set screws, sprockets
fywheels, grinding wheels, ladders.
stairways, platforms and runways,
swinging doors, passages, keys and key
seats, floor openings, hoistways, con
veyors and many other sources of dan
ger which are common throughout the
industrial world.
After the first of the year employers
will be obliged to comply with the reg
ulations for the protection of their en-
ployees, and the employees themselves
will be under certain definite obliga-
tons to cooperate in the prevention Of
accidents.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24

On last Monday morning another
group of machinists left for north
of tn state where they went to take
positions in several machine shops.
What does this mean TO Hamilton?
1t means that if the strike is settled
many of them will never come
back. 1t means that thousands of
dollars will be lost every week aod
the merchants are already feeling
the results of the men leaving the
city. The officials Of the unions
inform us that up to now, one ha.f
of the strikers have left and the
other half will gradually go alse.
1t is impossible for the manufac-
turers to secure other help while
this strike is on and the only thing
that will stop the men from leaving
is a settlement that must be fair
and satisfactory. The only thing
that stands in the way of settle
ment Of the strike is the encour-
agement that Mr.. Augustus Wood,
general superintendent of the Niles
plant got through handful of
their men returning to work. Wood
is laboring under the impression
that all of the men who are still ut
are going to return under the same
conditions that the few did. This
will never be and the sooner Mr..
Wood gets that idea out of his
bonnet the better he will feel. The
machinists know that this is the
time to get the eigbt-heur day and
they are going to have it. They
say that the few men who turned
them down by going back TO the
Niles does not effect their strike
and is doing them more good than
harm.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24

SAY what you will the machin-
lists and the molders are putting up
the stiffest fight the local manufac-
turers have ever experienced.
They are not only assisting every
member on strike but they are get
ting their men better jobs and with
much larger pay. If the local fac
tories don't know the worth of
their mechanics the manufacturers
In other cities do. They are in
ducing our men to come to their
cities by the hundreds. What will
be left when the labor crushers get
through is hard to tell at this time.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24
ROSTBR
Local Organizers and Bust.
ness Agents.

Charles E. Vaughn. A. F. Of L.
Residence, 721 Buckeye Street
Home Phone 800 A.
Timothy Rowan, Internationa
Molders' Union, Residence, 939
Central Ave, Bell Phore 403 x.
VIM. w. Finfrock, Painters
Decorators and Paper Hangers
Union, No. 1876. Residence 308 S.
Second Street. Bell Phone 1896 L.
w. R. Smith, Paper Makers I'm
ion, Residence, Hotel DeArmond.
Home Phone 81. Bell Phone 81.
Swain B. Corson, Carpenters
and Joiners' Union, No. 637, Resi-
dence 107 Brosey Ave-, Bell Phone
756 L.
Thomas Welsh, Business Agent
Ba1tenders' Union, 524 So. 5th ST.
DAYTON OHIO.
Ben Closterman, Poltshers.
J. F. Eichorn, Bartenders, 7
Market street.
w. ]. Gregg, Hosting Engineers
Al w. Great Miami Boulevard.
VIM. Schneberger, Cigarmakers'
125 Samuel street.
George Richardson, Teamsters
80 Wayne, Ave, Bell Phone 541
Home Phone 2541.
Earl Nyswander, Carpenters 25
N. Main street.
Geo. Lorah. Plumbers corner
Washington and Main, street
Plumbers Hall.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24
New Officers

At the last meeting of the Ma
chinists' Union the following off
GERS were elected.
Chas Vaughn, President.
JOS. Felblinger, Vice President.
Ed Butler, Financial Secretary.
Truman Zilliox, Rec. Secretary,
JOS. Strategier, Treasurer.
Ernst Stephen, Doorkeeper.
Vim. Phillips, Trustee and Dele
gate to Trades Council.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24


THE molders are asking their
friends to donate to them any dis
carded toys that may be found
around the house. They are going
to distribute the toys TO the chill
dren of the strikers. This is a
worthy cause and everyone should
do his best to give something If
you haven't any old toys buy some
new enes and deliver them to
Trades Council as soon as possible.
Make the children happy
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24
OUR MEMBERS
YESTERDAY AND
TODAY

1t is the hope cf the writer, that
this story will recall to many of
our former members, recollections
of their past associations. The real
essence of this stery begins in the
machine shop. The boy enters as
an apprentice becomes journey
man, starts out in the world, to
test his ability and finds very quick
ly that the world is not a play
ground but a battle field. He
comes TO the road of many turnings,
selects path, and moves forward
to the way that spells success
Starting out alone, he sees and
feels the need of having the associ-
alton of his fellow men becomes
member of trade union, and at
all times encourages others to do
likewise. He does not live on his
union, he lives for 1t. Realizing
by past experiences that ability is
the principal asset that men are
judged by, further understanding
that self sacrifice is part of leader
ship, he gives up much of his spare
time toward developing his mental
faculties. The gate of opportunity
opens to him, he enters and be-
comes changed man. Why?
There are some men in this world
who have no desire for public hon
ors, all they desire is to live In
peace with the world and enjoy an
honest recompense for their labor.
The success OF their friends Is their /
scource of contentment. More
than one SO called captain of in
1ustry is an idol in the mind of the
who taught him his trade.
n every part of this country there
Ire daily groups of machinists dis
:ussing at noon hours thu days of
ong ago, when some high official
vas working at the sench or ma
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24

the mechanics from the city.
That they did not have the city al
heart was proven conclusively to
his hearers.
Vice President Conlon, was next
introduced and very briefly told of
the local situation and what caused
the men to 60 on strike in some OF
the shops and also the men who
were locked out of another shop.
He predicted an early victory for
the men because 1t is utterly i'm.
possible for the factories to get
mechanics to fill their place. He
also said that the demand was SO
great for machinists that they can
secure positions for every man in
this city who cared to leave.
International President Johnston
was last to be introduced and spoke
for nearly one hour. He informed
the attendance that over two hun.
dred thousand machinists in the
east have secured the eight hour
day in the past four months and
that it would only be matter of a
short time and the machinists here
would enjoy the shorter work day
also. One of the things the Ma
ticnal Manufacturers Association
was doing in Indiana polls was to
advertise fer machinists TO take
the places of men who were out for
the shorter workday. They are
offering the men from one hundred
TO one hundred and twenty-hv
dollars per month including board
and room rent to scab. At this
price he said they can not get the
men. He concluded by telling the
ladies in the audience that they
would have to share Ia the suffer
ing with their husbands while on
strike but that 1t would not be long
until they would benefit by the
sacrifice. He urged the men to re-
main loyal to the organization and
that the grand lodge would do
everything possible to assist them
in their fight.
All of the speakers referred to
the Niles Beaumont Pond company
in Plainheld, N. J., a branch of
the Niles plant in this city. This
plant granted the machinists the
eight hour day and also an increase
in wages. If the same company
can do it in the eastern factory,
why can't they do il here?
Organizer Rye thanked the Ea-
giles, the Moose and all other lodges
who are going to assist the ma
chinists in making Christmas day
little more cheerful.
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on common ground, those respon-
81 BILE for the friction between toll
and labor will be found behind
prison doors, for, like soldiers OF
fortune, they live by acts of war
conceived in a mind of criminal in
tentions. They know nothing of
the membership of yesterday or to-
day, or their ideals. Industrial
strife Is their means of life, and,
like the carrion of the battlefield,
they exist because Of man iphu-
manity to man.
JAMES HENDERSON
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24
LABOR BRIEFS.


The Mattresses union of Boston pro-
tests against a wage scale that forces
them to depend on tips for an exist
ence
The strike of Michigan Central rail
road clerks has been settled. Federal
and state mediators assisted the inter
ested parties in reaching an agreement
William Launer. secretary of the
Glass Bottle Blowers association, died
recently at Buffalo. Deceased was
elected secretary of the glass bottle
blowers in 1894 and held that office
continuously since that time.
The Broom Makers union has organ
tied every shop in Pittsburgh.
The freight handlers on the Boston
and Albany and the Boston and Maine
railroads have returned TO work after
several satisfactory conferences with
officials.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24
Crowded House
Greets Johnston and Henderson al
Eagles Temple.
Hundreds of Machinists and their
Families Listened Attentively
to the Labor Leaders.

The mass meeting which vas ad-
vertised by the members of the
Hamilton Lodge of Machinists In
Eagles Temple, last Sunday night
was largely attended not only by
the machinists and their families
but by hundreds of men and won Il
from all other trades. They came
to hear VIM. H. Johnston Interna-
tional President of the Grand Lodge
cf Machinists and James Henderson
of Detroit, Michigan, better known
as "pitchfork," both are forceful
takers and they held the audience
until long after 10 O'Clock. John
ston, with Vice president Conlon
came up from Cincinnati but ow-
Ing to an accident on the c. H. &
D. they did not arrive until after
the meeting had opened by organ
izer Rye who has had charge OF
the machinists' strike since M. J.
Mcmahon has been confined in the
hospital. After Rye opened The
meeting he gave an outline of the
local situation and what the organ
ization was doing TO provide for
the men and their families while
they are on strike. He stated that
about FIVE hundred men have al
ready been sent out of town and
that they have been given better
jobs than they had in Hamilton
He further said that he weuld put
this city off the map as far as the
machinists were concerned and that
the men were standing loyal to the
organization. He also referred tc
the black list system that the fac.
tories were using to discharge
Hamilton machinists In other cities
where they have secured employ.
mint.
When President VIM. H. John.
ston and Vice President Conlon ar
rived in the hall and walked to-
wards the stage rousing applause
and much cheering greeted them.
The first speaker introduced by
Rye who acted as chairman of the
meeting was James "Pitchfork"
Henderson also an organizer for
the machinists. Henderson talk
to the audience was full of wit and
humor besides he handed out some
straight facts concerning the dis
position of the manufacturers to-
wards their employees. He spoke
at some length about Judges and
their injuuctions and finished by
saying that soup houses and in
functions always followed pros
perity. He denounced cur local
manufacturers to the limit for the
stand they were taking in driving
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24
Spending Union Funds.

We admit that there may be some
virtue in smoke talks, banquets, pic
MICS, etc., on special occasions, but we
do not believe they ought to occur un-
less the members ere willing to go
down into their own pockets for the
expense. Especially they ought not to
occur unless the local union has first
done It's full and liberal share in Gre
ating union label demand and in sup
porting the unions of other crafts In
every other possible way.-Shoe Work
ers' Journal
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24
Gompers Wins EIGHT Hour Eiah.

A resolution indorsing legislative
methods in obtaining universal eight
hour law was defeated by a vote of
S,486 to 6,396 at the final session of
the thirty-ffth annual convention of
the American Federation OF Labor at
Sal Francisco after heated debate
between President Gompers and John
Fitzpatriok head Of the Illinois State
Federati Of Labor. The convention
then Went on record as In favor 0f
economic pressure only to obtain short,
or hours.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24

WHEN organizers cannot be driv-
en- from city by the ackhanded
methods OF the employee, they then
approach him with an offer to buy
his principle. This is generally the
lest resort of the employer to break
the strike.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24

= The union label is either worth 4
T. something to the organized q
= workers or it is not If it is not 4
q worth anything. then great 4
y many intelligent men and wom- ::
= en- in the labor movement have i
y been fooled badly during the 4
y past twenty years Ii it is worth !
= something. then a great many 4
y working men and women have i
& made fools of themselves during 4
= the same period of time by fail !
e ure to demand it on their pur- :;
+ chases. 1t is of value.-Labor !:
+ Clarion. !:
q f. II - 81 y, && IL II q, q, 81 - g, p g. 4, i
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24

IT usually is the fellow we'll
healed that Is the first to scab.
Poor men very seldom turn traitors
to a good cause that benefits work
ingmen.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24

Organizer Rye, of the machinists
says that If he don't get to 60 home
to see his wife Christmas, he Is GO
ing to have her come here to see
him. Now won't that be nice.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24

INJUNcTIoNs will never stop the
onward march of the universal
eight-hour day.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24

ORGANIZERS of Labor are not
such bad fellows as some paople
think.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24

Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of MiddIelown o.
Endorsed by the Labor Legislative
League of Butler, Preble and Mont
gomery Counties.
Endorsed by Metal Trades Council
of Hamilton ohio.
Endorsed by the United Trades and
Labor Council, Dayton, Ohio.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24

WILL Adam play the part of
Santa Claus?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24

Christmas baskets are being dis
tributed by the machinistx' union
to the families of the strikers. The
baskets are large and chuck full of
fruit, vegetables, nuts and candies.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24
On The
Picket

Roy Bird, of Braddock, Pc, will
spend the holidays in this city.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-24
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

KEEP the pot boiling.