The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-07-02
WORLD OF LABOR

Government ownership of rail
roads Is the only solution of oui
industrial problems, according tc
Amos Pinchot, who declared
against private ownership and fed
eral regulation In a speech In New
Yerk. The speaker said that rail
road rebating twas just getting Its
second wind " and that private
railroading hampered industry.
Street car men of Cleveland
Ohio, are now receiving a wage In
crease of two cents an hour. The
city council and the company have
working agreement by which
fares are based on cost of running
the system, and last week the mu-
nicipal authorities allowed the com
pany an additional $3.50, 900 for
operating expenses to cover the
wage increase.
Special agents of the Federal De-
partment of Labor have arrested
four craftsmen, following months
of investigation of charges that
alien workmen were employed In
Wilmington, Del. The arrests
were made under the alien contract
labor law of The United States, vio-
lation of which, in event of con-
viction, is punishable by a fine of
81 900 on the corporation employ
ing such workmen and the deper
tation OF the workers.
Colorado unionists are asking if
the acquittal of Robert Uhlrich, un-
ion official, charged with murder,
indicates that new policies will be
followed by the powers that be.
Scores OF miners are under indict-
ment and two have been found
guilty, John R. Lawson and Louis
Zancanelli. The latter was con-
victed on murder charge and sen.
fenced fer life on the second trial.
The dismissal of Uhlich, following
the expose of Rockefeller methods
at Washington. is significant, as it
is belived the nation wide protests
are bearing fruit. Uhlich was ar
rested by the militia November 25
1913. For month he was held in
jail without being permitted TO see
friends. He managed to smuggle
letter to the outside telling of the
brutal treatment accorded military
prisoners, and later refused to ex-
onerate militia officials on the pro-
mise of release. For nine months
he was held in jail where he con-
.tracted tuberculosis. Later he was
released on bail.
Governor Brumbaugh of Penn
sylvania has signed the six bills
which provide complete system of
work kmen's compensation and State
insurance, to become effective the
first of next year. The bill In
tended to place miners under the
compensation law was also signed.
This was opposed by operators,
who insisted they are not response
bic for accidents in mines because
the State issues certificates to mine
folemen. With the finest of irdi-
cial nicely the operators declare
this debars them from 1.-The freedom
of selection"
When Chicago union carpenters
were considering the wage compro-
mise submitted by their employers,
the latter made public demands
that the trade unionists hold a
secret ballot. This interference
was answered as follows by Bust
ness agent De Young: They Gem
ployers) criticise and decry what
they call the boss system in the un-
ion, criticism which our members
know has no foundation wheE, by
common admission of their own
members, but FIVE men have had
full power and control of all mat :
ters connected with the agreement
for their association, no direct bal
lot having been held"