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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20

out Knowing ;ne nature Of the agree
ment They point 10 the discharge of
seventy trackmen who refused 10 sign
as proving their ontenton.
Both sides say the contract would
prevent any employee who signed ii
from going on strike.
Following are the bodies which have
voted to strike in sympathy if the car
companies refuse 10 arbitrate:
Longshoremen, 28,000 members; tide
water boafmen. 600; plumbers. 5000;
machinists. l500o United Hebrew
.rades. 100000; subway constructors
stationary engineers, stationary fire
men, coal barge men, 800 The team
sters and other organized workers are
affiliated with The central bodies
Estimates of the number of men ia
be involved IN the sympathetic strikes
ranged from 6o0o0 10 10000 exclusive
of the United Hebrew trades.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20
CAR STRIKE IN NEW YORK.
Thousands of Union Workers Vote to
Go on Sympathy Strike.

Thousands of Union Workers Vote to
Go on Sympathy Strike.
Theodore F. Shonts, president of the
Interborough and New York Railways
company, gave lie following explana-
ton of his refusalto arbitrate the In
terborough employees demands:
There is no question at issue under
the New York railways agreement and
therefore no occasion for referring any
matter under il to the mayor or Chair
man StraUs
There is no agreement to interpret,
no agreement to violate in the Inter
borough except the working agree
ment' with the $500 men.
"All we ask IS that the contracts vol
unfairly entered into between our
selves and $500 of our men be under
stood to have that same binding effect
upon all concerned which the condi-
tions under which the contracts were
made fully warrant.
IF the union feels that any of these
contracts are invalid they are free to
appeal to the courts to set them aside.
The question of the validity of a con.
tract is one clearly for court determi-
nation
This is the master and servant
contract because of which New York
was called upon to face general
traction tieup:
First Employees who sign it are
to work for the Interborough for two
years until August. 1919 for the
wages set forth in an annexed sched
ule.
Second. The employee may not alb
rogate the terms OF the contract
The company says the contract Is
equitable protects the worker as well
as the employer and has been signed
voluntarily by 5000 employees.
The union asserts the contract is one
sided that it binds the employee only
and that it has been signed by but 40t
employees. most Of whom signed with
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20
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chested and weak? It Is because they
never have given themselves chance
to breathe and never have given their
muscles enough exercise.
"Nlany people, men, women and chill
dren, are semi-inyalids most Of their
lives because of The lack Of a few min
utes OF daily exercise and also because
they have never been taught a proper
posture aud carriage such. for in
stance. as We insist upon at all times
In cadets position IN which every
organ Of the body is held IN its proper
place, with ample space to carry on its
own particular function without re-
striction, and in which every muscle of
the body IS furnishing its own trans-
portation. SO to speak and not depend
ing upon other muscles to do for it
what it was intended il should do for
itself
Proper posture and carriage, with
shoulders square. chest arched, head
erect and body wcll stretched from the
waist up, will Of their own account
contribute much toward relieving our
people Of tho many petty and not few
Of the serious Ills from which they
are now suffering. They are the foun-
dation Of robust health and should be
insisted upon ID children from the very
beginning until they become a habit
and rs such viii dispace the disease
breeding, slouchy habit now so preva-
lent among people Of all ages and sta
tions" Wnrll's Mnrk
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20

Association Strongly Advocates Con-
tracts WIZ Enployers-Favors Ar
bitration, and Strikes Only as Last
Resort - Wages Increased and Day
Shortened by Policy Pursued.
The recent settling OF the street rail
way strike in New York city directs
attention to the wonderful progress
of the Amalgamated Association of
Street and Electric Railway Employ
ees, of which William y. Mahon is
president, says the New York Observer
President Mahon, discussing the prog
ress of the association, said recently:
The Amalgamated association has
membership of over 10000 in the
United States and Canada. During the
twenty three years | have been inter
national president have seen it grow
from a weak association of several
thousand employees to its present
strength and power.
The panic of 1898 nearly spelled
death to our organization. We were
so badly disorganized that we had to
begin all over, but since that time our
progress has been steady and the re
suits achieved startling.
at is impossible to state just how
many wage disputes have been settled
by our union in the last twenty three
years. but when we started ont the
maximum pay for street railway men
was II cents an hour and the work day
from twelve to eighteen hours a day.
Now the nine hour day is the rule in
most cities The contract we recently
signed in Boston. which represents the
kind of contracts now being signed,
provides that 20 per cent Of the en-
ployees must complete a nine hour day
in eleven consecutive hours and that no
employee must work over nine hours a
day
THE contracts signed by the ANAL
gamated association In the last TWEEN
tythree years have provided for wage
increases which run into many mil.
lions of dollars In Boston alone the
wage gain to employees Will aggregate
over S20G0o00 in the three years the
contract is to run.
AT the present time we have over
400 contracts With street railway EN-
ployecs in the leading cities Of the
United States and canada.
local unions in most respects are
given a free hand IN making contracts
with their employers. They draft out
what they want ia wages hours and
working conditions and submit the pro
posed contract fo the International Of
ficers. This Is done 50 that the CON
tract will conform to the policy and
law of the AmaIgamated association,
"All our contracts provide for arbi.
tration, which generally precludes any
trouble in the future.
Il want to say that the officials of
the International association and the
street railway employees of New York
city appreciate the able assistance rem
dered by Mayor Mitchell and Chairman
Straus Of the public service commits
sion. They were verg fair and very
kind. and they worked hard. had
never met your mayor before, but /
have been acquainted with Mr.. Straus
for over eighteen years and have sat
with him in many arbitration dis
puteS"
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Plasterers recently on strike in New
York city have returned o. work ON
their own terms
Thirty five shops III Philadelphia
have conceded the eight hour day 70
The striking machiuists
Amalgamatcd Butchers union Is
planning a campaign to raise wages.
which are said to be pilifuIly low.
Almost to a man the street railway
employees of Birmingham Ala have
joined the new union formed in thar
city.
The Trade Union Lihcrtl league has
started a c9mnai-n 10 double its no".
berShip ia Wisconsin
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LABOR BRIEFS.


A strike OF 6,000 milk wagon drivers
in New York was averted by the EN-
ployers agreeing to recognize the
union
A new labor union composed of gov.
ernment employees, has decided to ask
President Wilson 70 make Saturday a
half holiday for all government work
ers throughout the year.
About 1000 men went out in the
southeast Kansas mining district over
a new wage scale.
Girl cigarette makers in New York
and Jersey City recently went on
strike for better working conditions.
4 general labor strike Of all the
unionists In Greater New York city
would call cut 100000 men.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20
Railroads to lake No Action Until Aft
er Ptesi dental Election.


Many men in high places in railway
affairs are inclined to take President
Wilson's statement on the adjourn
ment of congress as pledge Of rene
dial railway legislation Complementary
to the eight hon" .aw II view of
this feeling there is growing sentiment
chat the eight hour law should not he
attacked until after the election and
that if MIR. Wilson is reelected there
should be no attack r. the president
moves within reasonable time to get
avs that VIII lift the burden of the
short day from the carriers
In his statement, after expressing re
gret that the whole of his program was
not carried out. Mr. Wilson said.
The rest, it is agreed has merely
been postponed until II an be more
maturely deiberated ami perfected.
have every reason to believe that it is
the purpose Of the leaders of thc two
houses Immediately upon the reassem
bling of congress to undertake this ad
ditional le2islation II is evident that
the country could be relieved OF the
anxiety which must have been created
by recent events with regard to the
further accommodation OF such dis
putes
Conservative railway men believe
that the chance OF getting their shares
together with enjoying the good viii
of the White House, Will far outweigh
the value OF chance to beat HE law
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20
compensation Growing.

The compensation bureau IS a good
barometer of trade, ana 70 evidence
the revival of trade in New York state
during the current year as compared
With last year The following figures
are given:
The year 1915 gave 4L62o cases en-.
titled to disability awards The ex-
perience Of the current year indicates
that 52993 cases viii be compensated
this year This IS am increase OF ~
per cent BY the way this additional
load is being carried ot lower eX-
pensc fnet than last year New York
Compensation Bureau Bulletin
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20

Jeddah is a most important town for
the entire human race, apart from be
ing the principal landing place for pill
grims to the holy cities. Close beside
the city is buried no less a parsonage
than Eve The reputed mother Of
mankind, like a good Moslemah. lies
with her feet toward Mecca. Her
grave has gradually grown and is now
OF huge dimensions. Westminster Ca
Zette
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20
Acts Of the Apostles.

The weight Of testimony is in favor
Of st. Luke as the author Of the Acts
of the Apostles, though some rcspecta-
ble critics claim that the authorship
is quite unknown There are no sure
data for determining the date of the
Acts. Various dates have been as
cribed Some think that it was writ.
ten about the year 50 While others
hold that 1t could not have been writ
ten before the second century, about
A. d. 125.-New York American
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20
Many Strikes Won.

Practically all the outdoor and bis
indoor trades have won strikes in New
York city in the last three months. In
the lis, are 25000 clothing workers
10000 shiitmatcrs 10000 cloakmak-
ers 30ooo subway diggers, 10000 long
shoremen 10000 harbor hoatmen lS
600 carpenters. 5000 marine engineers
10000 cigafmRkers aud 10000 painters
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20
Just Indorses the Check.

When you see 2ti23, tf34 t2eod, 34pd
xylf, wed-sat, medtoe and kindred ex-
pressions hitched to the tail OF a news
paper article, it is a sign that the ed
itor's motives in running the article
were entirely mercenary and he may
or may not indorse the sentiments ex-
pressed therein Emporia Gazette.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20
SCHOOL TEACHERS
STRONG FOR UNION
Few Organization Has Had
Much TO Contend Against.
CHICAGO DROPS UNIONISTS.
Most Prominent Workers In the Fed
Grafton Have Been Dismissed In At.
tempt to Break the Union by Intmi-
dation-Sone Successes In Raising
Salaries Reported.
By MARGARET sNoDeRAss.

Salaries Reported.
BY MARGARET SNoDGRASS,
Corresponding Secretary American Fed
GRAFTON of Teachers
The American Federation of Teach
ers was chartered on May 8 1916 only
about month before most public
schools closed for the summer vaca
ton We have little to report there
fore, in the way of tangible successes
We believe, however. that even in this
short space of time much has been ac-
complished in educating public opin
ion to appreciate the necessity and
value Of our organization.
Thousands Of cur leaflets have been
distributed among teachers during the
past three months and correspond
ence indicates that the work of or
ganization is going Oh in all sections Of
the country Two locals have been
added to our original number. and iii
the fal we hope 10 see this number
largely increased In this connection
we wish to acknowledge the support
and cooperation Of the union officials
and organizers and to express to them
our gratitude and appreciation.
Individual locals had won consider
able successes before the organization
OF the national federation The union
at Gary, Ind. secured increases in sala
ries, ranging from 500 to S1o0 a year
The Chicago federatious. bv an appear
TO public opinion DrpTputpd a fhrpat-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20

The final session Of the Allied Print
ing Trades council of New York state
IN Binghamfon u y. adopted resolu-
tions against state printing Office and
Il resolution urging uniformity of school
text books fhe latter was adopted
after a hot debate over the Rockefeller
foundation FUNDS Another resolution
introduced attacked he Rockefeller
and Sage foundations for attempting
to control education ana entrammeI
the children ct working people
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20
0 0 0 0 o Q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TIE SHORTER DAY.

0 The short worItIay is IA condi
o ton that must precede every
0 other Kind Of betternent phys
o ical, economic or social. The
o short hour worker has sufficient
o physicaI md mental strength
0 after the days work is done to
0 have ambition and energy to be
0 something more than part Of the
Q machinery Of production. De-
Q creasing the hours of work in
Q creases the proportion Of time
o that can be given to recupera-
Q tion and self development and
o all of the other activities of a
0 normal human being. AS a re-
o suit the short hour workmen be-
Q come more competent and pro
o ductiye Workmen, and their
o wages and standards are higher
0 Higher wages give them the
0 economic means for taking ad
o vantage of the increased oppor-
o tunities possible through greater
leisure. Samuel Gompers
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20
Some Observer.

''Im very glad you never married,
amtie."
"Why, my dearF'
"Coz II YOU had a man TO look after
like my ma you woudu't have half so
much time to be good 10 me-" Detroit
Free Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20

In connection With the above the In
terna'ional Typegraphe union dur
ing the past leaf paid morualy benc.
fits to the amount Of ST S22al. old
age pensions TO members to tbn amount
of S352920 and expended for the
maintenance Of its members Ia Che
Union Printers home the sum of $i20
i4907
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20
CONSTRUCTIVE FORCE.

o The labor movement is the
o constructive force in the indus
0 trial world which brings system,
Q organization md opportunity for
o progress into industrial relations
o between employers AMI employ
Q ees. 1t Is the democratic me-
o dium by which the toilers can
o work o0t their problems, remedy
Q wrongs and secure for them
Q selves ever increasing opportu
o nifty for better living American
o Federationist.
O o o o o o o o o o o O O
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20
FROM We kHESS TO POWER

Association Strongly Advocates Con-
tracts w Enpoyers-Favors Ar
bitration, and Strikes Only as Last
Resort - Wages Increased and Day
Shortened by Policy Pursued.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-10-20
THE EIGHT HOUR LAW.

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Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-18
ALLIES SPEED SHELLS.

|. HEADQUARTERS GERMAN AR Berlin to London, Aug. 1.-The eX- Berlin to London. Aug. 16.-The eX- penditure of artillery ammunition by the Entente allies on this front ha. reached a prodigious volume, often striking the rate of. 32 shells a sec ond, during drum fire. Not infre- quently along the entire Somme front, nearly SO,000 shells have been dropped in an hour, while a conservative esti- mate put the averaeg for the 24 hour period at more than 100000 shells.
 With this rate of fire the financial cost Of the offensive is naturally high. What the approximate losses in human
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COLORADO LABOR AT
 ODDS IN CONVENTION
State Federation Discuss ln- dustrial Relations Act and
 Other Matters in State
(sy Review Leased Wire)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. f.- A debate on the merits and demerits of the Colorado Industrial Relations act and the state industrial commis- sion featured the meetings of the Colorado Federation of Labor here to- day. Grant Hamilton, member of Typographical Union Number 49. an organizer of the American Federation of Labor, is leading the fight for the repeal of the measure, and Wayne Williams. member Of the Industrial Commission is here to champion the act before the delegates.
 Hamilton declares that the measure practically delegates the rights Of working people to a commission that they have no right to strike unless the commission is given thirty days notice. and grants it's consent, and that it bars men and women from eX- ercising the inaliable right to work or not to work.
 Another reason for labor's ant agonism to the law" Hamilton said, lis that members Of the commission may invade union meetings, thus de- priving workers of the guarantee of the rights of free assembly, free press and free speech. I have not fOuHd an individual who can point out one good feature of this law. The idea be- hind it all is that the labor movement shall delegate its rights to commits sion and that commission shall dis pense them at will"
 Commissioner Williams said that he believed the majority of laboring men will eventually see the advantage to accrue from the act, although Gt present one of the strongest objections is that it abridges and retains the right ro strike and that any sucA form of compulsion, so called, is un American.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-18
CITY MARSHALL CONVICTED.

GERARD, Ala, Aug. 17.-City Mar shal Jno. Oakes was convicted in the
 circuit court today of accepting Dcibes from illegal liquor vendors. Mayor Earl Morgan and Clerk I. A. Weaver of Girard were arrested on similar charges but were released on bond. Oakes testified in his trial that he was instructed by the Giradr city council to collect S25 a month from blind tiger proprietors and admit ted receiving money under these cir cumstances.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-18
SHERIFF KILLED.

EMPORIA, Kan. Aug. 17.-Walt Davis. Sheriff of Lyon county was shot and killed tonight in pistol duel with two alleged hold-up men.
 The slayer escaped in the darkness but his companion did not attempt to escape and is held by the officers.
 The man detained, who gave the name of Wm. F.. Smith, described the escaping man to the officers and said he had met him a few days ago in RatOn, N. M.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-18

material amount to it is difficult tS say. The losses of the British in cer- tain actions have been frightful, while the German losses have been far from light, while not nearly so heavy as the British.
 The German expenditure in am munition has been much lighter than that of the British for the German ar tillery concentrate its fire on special locations, while the British throw theirs over entire sectors.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-18
UsURY BUREAU BENEFICIAL.

THE HAGUE, Aug. 1.-The new
 German war usury bureau has justi- fled it's existence by revealing sur prising details of widely ramified food frauds, according to reports received here. The frauds are said to involve a half dSzen leaders and a hundred accOmplices. These men are said to have smuggled hundreds Of tons ct
Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-18

wheat, rye and barley flour from tie province of West Prussia to Berlin, where it was sold at a profit of 39G per cent
Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-18

NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Of $S7 7,000,- GOO in exports leaving New York last week 36,OO00O0 represented wa rsup- plies, according to an announcement here tonight.
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Sale of Entire Stock

All kinds of Beds, Springs, Dresses, Dishes, Stoves, Mattresses and all kinds of household goods and also c ten-room house, furnished, on sale. Inquire Chris Heikkinen Fur niture Store, Johnson Addition.
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ReuieU Want Ads

ot word for reach Th the morning paper
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FURNITURE FOR sALE-The John

FURNITURE FOR SALE-The John son Addition rGrniture Co. wants to pay you the highest cash prices for your second hand furniture. Al so wants to trade or exchange you new furniture for your old. We will sell to you furniture cheaper than anybody on easy paymens. Cei' Tn at the big brick at the JohnscD Addition and let us show you J"'
 large and selected stock of house furnishings, or phone us at our store. Phone 2S5. Johnson Addition.
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FOR SALE-One No. Underwood
 typewriter. Perfect condition slight ly used. A bargain. Terms. Phone 472. (S31)
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Above Fzsimmon JGr and Stanley Ketehe Below John Sullivan
 Though lful with the punch All the history who could waop Of these Fzmmon, Tom Stanley heche and been perhaps the chief.
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FOR SALE-4 room house, sleeping porch. Bargain. J. A. Taylor, War ren. (S2)
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Miscellaneous

DROP A CARD to the Guarantee Paint & Wall Paper Go. for all
 kinds of work in our line. Pat Clea- ", manager, Box 1495. 10S
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Male Help Wanted

LEARN ACTUAL QUITO REPAIRING Y. M. c. A. los Angeles. Catalog free. (375)
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SAM H. KYLE. Lawyer. Office over
 Bank of Bisbee, Bisbee. Ariz. 34
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS

Evelyn Frances, Clairvoyant, card
 reader and palmist, consultation free, hours 10 to 9. Across from Central Theatre. Ladies preferred.
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L. B. WHITNEY, Lawyer. Rooms 5-6 Alien Block, Open evenings, Phone
 547. Q09)
Evening journal., 1916-01-01
OWNERS OF BIC ship FEAR
many PASSENGERS are LOST
Ry The United Press.

BY The Omitted Press.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-The PeninsulAr
and Oriental liner Persia, flying the
British flag, was sunk in the Medi-
terranean OF the Egyptian coast,
southeast of the Island of Crete by
submarine on Thursday.
Dispatches received here today in-
dictated that % TO 200 persons lost
their lives. Aboard were 2s1 passen-
gers, including Sc women and 25 chill
dren.
Only four bOatlOads of passengers
and members of the crew cleared the
sinking liner. She did not carry war
material.
The first message received here
contained no details of the sinking
OF the liner, leaving it in doubt as to
whether the steamer had attempted to
escape or had been torpedoed without
warning, assuming that she was sent
to the bottom by a submarine.
At the London Offices of the PENN
sular and Oriental Company, It was
stated that no word had been heard
from the liner since Tuesday. All the
information available there was con-
tanned in a brief dispatch, stating
that she had been sunk and that prob
ably there had been a large loss Of
life.
THE Persia carried many passen-
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