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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25
ROCK ,, ME 10 sEEP. MOTHER.
elizabeth Akers.l !.

elizabeth Akers.)
Backward, trn backward, o Time, IN I
your flight,
Make me a child again, just Tor to
night.
Mother, come back from the eeholess q
shore, ~: ss
Take me again to your heart q Of |.
+ yore; {,
Kiss from my forehead the burrows Of
care, Z.
Smooth the few silver threads out Of
my hair; :. 5
Over my slumbers your loving watch
keep, n 3 ,ss
Rock me to sleep, Mother, rock me 70
r.. sleep.
Backward, flow backward, o tide Of
the years;
I am so weary Of toll and Of tears 9s
Toll without recompense, tears all in
VAIN s'.rt ~.- ~
Take them, and give me my childhood
again. @
have grown weary Of dust and de-s.
Weary Of hinging. my soul wealth
away; .... -:
Weary Of sowing for others 70 resp.
Rock me to sleep, Mother, rock me to
sleep. r..
Over my heart in the days chat are
flown,
No love like mothers love ever was
shown;
No other worship abides AID en-
dures- .
Faithful, unselfsh and patient like
yours.
None like mother can charm away
pain
From the sick soul and the world
-. weary brain. ::
slumber's soft calm Ger my heavy
lids creep,
Rock me to sleep, Mother, rock me to
sleep.
Mother, dear Mother, the years have
been long
Since ! last listened to your lullaby
song.
Since then, and unit my soul it shall
seem, -.
Womanhood's years have been only .
dream. .....
Clasped to your breast in loving en-
brace, ..
With your light lashes just sweeping
.. my face.
Never hereafter to wake or to weep
Rock me to sleep, Mother, rock me to
sleep.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-10-25

Old friends may be dearest, but
even young ones are not always
cheap.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Black & CIawsOn Machin-
ists' Strike still On.
they have

The machinists who went on
strike few days ago at the Black
& Clawson shops is still on. A few
old timers who remained in the
shops are still on the JOB The ma
chinists in that shop will not &c
back until the discharged member
of their union is reinstate d in his
former position. There would
have been no trouble whatever IN
this shop had not Leroy Stacks
used the strong arm method in dis
charging one of the shop commit
teemen. 1t appears thas Stacks has
an AK to grind and he is trying tc
get even with the shop committee
who were instrumental in settling
the last strike some time ago.
Stacks blunder they say caused
that strike also.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12

for arbitration That is the pubuCs
must, and 1t viii he heard
In principle the eight hour day has
gained rapidly IN recent years, and the
demands OF the railroad brotherhoods
are not at all surprising. The wars
stimulus TO industry, particularly the
machine trades. drove the eight hour
day ahead to new ground, and a rear
rangement Of railroad working sched-
ules would be logical development IL
not now, then within the coming period
OF general railroad readjustment OF
rate and method.
To the eight hour principle the public
has not been opposed either IN railroad
ing or In any other industry And the
fact that the railroads In February by
the Interstate commerce commissions
figures made greater net profit than In
any month of their history has some
impression upon the public mind. at
the same time the public has become
accustomed TO finding wage increases
charged up to the consumers bill, and
II the railroads show that they cannot
do more for their employees without
advancing rates the public will swal-
low the rates. Cost TO the consumer
never has been and never will be an
issue where the welfare OF labor is con-
cerned. The workers have only to
prove the welfare factor
1t is easily enough understood that
an eight hour day with time and
half pay for overtime work must mean
heavy additional expense to the rail-
roads But the railroads have been
unfair, In presenting their case, In
mentioning the money without discuss
ing the eight hour day itself, the prime
object OF the workers demands, In
most of the railroads bulletins the
eight hour day is mentioned only in an
attempt TO demonstrate that the men
want not the shorter day, but the ex-
ira pay. That is not true statement
OF the case.
Charges OF waste on the part of the
railroads and greed ON the part Of the
employees have become too serious to
be settled offhand. The public, trust
ing to the sanity of the powers which
are privileged TO decide whether the
country shall be plunged into the dis
tress of railroad strike, expects and
has right to expect that no such
catastrophe will be permitted
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
President Signs Bill.

Washington, May u. Presi
dent Wilson has signed the joint
resolution to print the final report,
the exhibits and testimony sub
mitted to congress by the recent
commission on industrial relations.
The exhibits will comprise three
volumes, the report one volume,
and the testimony seven volumes.
Ten thousand copies of the exhi-
bits and the testimony will be
printed and 100000 copies Of the
report. The latter consists of re-
concentrations of the various
groups of the commission. The
documents will be divided among
congressman and senators for free
distribution.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
CARPET WEAVERS BUSY.
Big Plant In New York Puts Workers
on Full Time.

Big Plant in New York Puts Workers
on Full Time.
The carpet shop Of the Alexander
Smith & Sons company of Yonkers,
n. Y, has been placed on full time, 1t
has been announced Beginning May
the 1900 employees of the company
Will work six days each week. For
nearly two years they have been work
ing on a three, four and five day
schedule
The plant was placed on three day
basis at the beginning of the European
war, In August, 1914 A shortage OF
dyes following the embargo on the Ger
man product was the cause. In addi-
ton to working on a full time basis
several thousand employees who are
employed on wage per day basis
have received Increases of and 2
cents an hour The company has had
much difficulty In satisfying its needs
for labor. the normal surplus having
been taken by contractors who are pay
ing as high as $3.50 day to laborers.
Since the outbreak of the war the
Smith company's chemists have been
experimenting with domestic dyes.
While still inferior to the German
product, American dyes have been i'm
proved to the point where the possi-
bilty of a dye famine has been elimt-
Oatad
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
H. G. limerick !,
G. E. Bregman ,
O. Rierdan.
"YOu May Join A Union" Court
Tells Teachers.

Chicago, III May, II The ap-
pelate court has annulled the so
called Loeb rule" passed by the
Chicago board of education, and
which prohibits teachers from
maintaining union affiliated to
the A F. of L.
This is the third court victory
won by the teachers. When the
board adopted this rule Judge John
NJ. o Connor issued a temporary
restraining order. Later, Judge D,
Sullivan, after listening to extended
arguments, refused to dissolve the
order The board of education
then appeaIed to the appellate court
which now sustains the lower
courts, in their position that the
board exceeded its authority.
The law is that the board may
stipulate for the amount of train
ing, the degree of proficiency and
the ply sical fitness of its teaching
employees, but it cannot provide
that its teaching Shall be done only
by certain persons, or classes of
persons, members or non members
of certain societies, said the court.
The board of education, together
with large interest," in this city,
have waged continued war against
the teachers maintaining union.
The organized workers have assis-
ted the teachers to their fullest ex-
tent.
Washington, May, y. The
Gary lind School Teachers as
sociation, affiliated to the A F. of
L, was assisted by the latter or
ganization in planning a campaign
for increased pay and better work
ing conditions. President Chad
wick of the teachers association
wrote to Secretary Morrison
81 wish to thank you for your
prompt assistance. 1t makes all Of
us appreciate the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, and we fell that we
have good backing in our work.
New York, May, 12-The teach
ers union has voted to affiliate to
the American Federation of Labor
1t was also voted to bar from mem
bershlp superintendents, principals
and assistants to principals. Teach
ers declare thai superintendents too
often have the view point of "offi
cialdom rather than that of
teachers
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Oppose Eight-HOur Day.

Pittsburg, Pa. May 12,-Iu an
effort to stop the eight hour senti-
ment that is sweeping through this
district, II of the largest employ
ers in the metal industry are pub
fishing large advertisements in the
daily newspapers saying
"No reduction in hours will be
granted by employers. The un-
dersigned, after due consideration,
have unanimously decided that they
will not reduce the working hours
in their respective shops. "
The announcement has had an
effect opposite from that intended
and workers are pointing to this
solidarity of employment as a rea-
son why they should alse unite
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
TEACHERS PLAN UNION.

Movement For National Organization
Started In Washington.
Plans have been launched for the or
ganization into union to be affiliated
with the American Federation of La
Dor of the 300 teachers Of the five
white high schools of Washington.
Forty teachers who were present at
the preliminary meeting held at the
Central high school several days ago
have signed q cali which is being sent
TO the other teachers of these schools,
asking them to join the union. The
proposed union viii hold its charter
In the American Federation OF Labor
only until such a time as there are
enough teachers organizations all over
the country to form a national fedora
tion of teachers. When the latter fed
GRAFTON Is formed the Federation of
Labor will withdraw its charter.
The basis for the formation OF the
union is outlined In the call as follows;
Every class of people in the coun-
try, including capital, labor and the
nrofessions. have nation wide organt
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
MACHINISTS MEET.

Hamilton Local 241, l. A. of M.
held another of those large meet
ings last Wednesday night. The
reports from the different shop com
mittees were all encouraging and
conditions are as good as can be ex-
pected. Organizer Fred W. Crit
fifth came down from Dayton ard
attended the meeting. He gave
the members a talk on the condi
tions in Dayton Troy, Springfield
and in other parts Of the state
His talk was applau ed time ar d
again. Many new applications
werere received and few candidates
initiated.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
COAL MINERS WIN.
Anthracite Workers Get lnoreaes OF
Pay and Shorter Day.

Anthracite Workers Get Increaes OF
Pay and Shorter Day.
The tri-district committee, represent
ing the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea In the Pennsylvania anthracite
mining districts. unanimously ratified
the agreement as TO wages and work
ing hours made by subcommittee Of
miners and mine operators
The agreement calls for wage in
crease to miners which will increase
the operators payrolls by from $4,000
900 to S120O0,00O annually.
John ?. White, international presi-
dent Of the miners, who was their
leading figure in discussions that pro-
duced the agreement. said that 1t was
"the greatest single advance won by
organized labor in this year of Veto
rtes"
THE money value Of the increase, y
he said, SIS at least S10.Oo0,000 a year.
More than 10000 men have their
working hours reduced from nine to
eight hours and the shorter work day
is established for all time In the an
thracite field other advantages, such
as the quicker settlement Of disputes
and grievances. have been won for all
Of the 10000 miners
The agreement is declared effective
from April l. 1916, until April !, 1920.
The wage increases vary from ~ to
IL per cent averaging 10 per cent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Garment Workers Locked Out.

New York, May 12.-Last Sat
urday; the Cloak Suit and Skirt
Manufacturers association of this
city struck another blow in It's op-
position to the Ladies Garment
Workers union by locking out over
30, 900 employees.
The union and the manufacturers
entered into an agreement, known
as the protocol, September 2, 1910.
This cor tinued until May 20, 1915,
when il WIS abrogated by the en-
ployers, whose association, the un-
iouists charge, has come under con
troll of a small group hostile to the
union. In July 1915, council of
Cancellation was appointed by
Mayor Mitchell and accepted by
both parties. Wages were increas-
ed and piece work standardized.
The council S decision was supposed
to hold for two years, but the ac-
ton of the employers has placed it
with the protocol in the discard.
The employer in sists on individ
ual bargaining Before the present
lock out the employers association
refused to confer with Mayor Nit
chell in an effort to adjust the diff
Guilty. Oscar S. Strauss, who, to.
gether with other citizens, have
been striving to avert a break
made this comment on the employ
ers' snub to the city's executive:
/ cannot understand body Of
business men, a body If manufac-
turers, daring to pat themselves in
this wrong position before the COM
munity. ! think it should be borne
upon them aud doubtless it will be
from this meeting, that they have
put themselves in an indefeusible
position in declining to come here
and piece their grievances, if they
have any. their reasons or objec-
tions, ii they have any, before the
public.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Soft Coal Man Strike.

Twenty four thousand soft coal min
ers employed in the Pittsburgh dis
trict were ordered out Of the mines by
President Van Bitner and the execu-
tive board of District s, United Mine
Workers of America, because their pay
envelopes did not contain the per
cent increase provided for In the New
York agreement for yardage, day work
and dead work. Representatives OF
the Operators association and the min
ers have been in conference working
out a scale on the basis reached In
New York. A number of concerns ex-
pressed their willingness to grant the
increase, but the miners when they
failed to receive the advance in their
pay called a strike.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Educational Series.
o of Genera Inter to Glasses
SUSPENDED ANIMATION.
Life That Looks Like Real Death, Yet
Revives After Many Months,

Life That Looks Like Real Death, Yet
Revives After Many Months.
One of the most extraordinary mani
festations of life is a condition quite
common among the lower animals and
known as anabiosis, or suspended ami
nation. The creature is to all appear
ances dead. The most refined means
Of observation cannot detect sign of
life. The blood has ceased to flow.
The nerves no longer respond to any
stimulation. There is neither respira-
ton, elimination nor sensation. This
state may last a long time, but given
the proper conditions the creature will
come to life again.
The lower we go in the scale Of life
the more pronounced is this state of
neither life nor death
Some remarkable experiments con-
Quoted by E. Shultz and A. Singol of
Petrograd are described by the Berlin
correspondent of the Scientific Amer
ican. The experimenters dried round
worms till they were as thin as paper
strips, then cut them into thin slices
When placed In water the tissues
swelled to their normal proportions,
and the pieces of worm resumed their
life just as do those of any worm that
is cut up.
They took some threadworms, roti-
fers and microbes and dried them
thoroughly. kept them thus for eight
months. then locked them In an air
tight box from which all oxygen was
removed and through which a current
Of pure hydrogen flowed for two
weeks. Thus they were not only dried,
but effectually deprived of oxygen.
Yet on being moistened they "came to
life" again quickly. Strangest of all,
those that had been locked in the
hydrogen chamber revived in fifteen
minutes, while those that had merely
been dried needed forty minutes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Bakers Encouraged By
KTug Fight.

The Bakery aud Confectionery
Workers Union is more than en-
couraged over the fight that has
been waged by the trade unions
and their friends throughout the
city against the Krug Baking Com
pany, of Dayton, Ohio. Organizer
JOS Schmidt dropped into the city
late Tuesday and attended the reg
ular meeting of the central bod /.
He also visited several members Of
the Local Bakers Union and hey
Informed him that the fight against
the Krug concern was more than
encouraging. He informed the
delegates to the central body that
few months ago the Krug Baking
Company shipped into Hamilton
thousands of loaves of bread. 1t
was necessary at that time to place
three and four wagons on the routs
to deliver the non-union goods.
At the present time he farther
states that the company has only
one small wagon ID deliver the
bread to the consumes that yet re-
main. Schmidt thanked the un-
ions of Hamilton for the good work
they have been doing in trying to
drive the Krug bread from the To-
cal market. He also stated that
Krug is now circulating the report
that he never cared for the Hamil-
ton trade because it never paid him
to ship to this city. If that is the
truth the local trade should assist
Mr. Krug in his predicament by re-
fusing to buy a single loaf of his
non union bread. The bakers are
going to continue the fight until
they either unionize the Krug plant
in Dayton or drive him completely
from the local markets.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
NO WORK IN CANADA.
American Laborers Warmed Not to Be
Misled by Advertisements.

American Laborers Warmed Not to Be
Mised by Advertisements.
Frederic C. Howe, commissioner Of
immigration, has issued a warning to
Americans who might be tempted TO
Canada by advertisements for farm Ia
borers, which, it is said. will be circu
lated in this country by the Canadian
government.
Press dispatches report that the Ca
madam government is making plans to
advertise for 10000 farm laborers in
the United States said Mr. Howe
"As a further inducement the Cana
dian railroads are said to have granted
material transportation reductions.
"On the other hand, the American
consul general at Vancouver, B. c.
represents that there are in Vancouver
more than 1000 unemployed and that
many ablebodied men In that province
are unable to obtain work and are de-
pendent on charity He says that it is
impossible for American citizens TO Sc
cure any employment there.
1.-The informa ton division Of the bu-
reau OF immigration finds that there
IL no real demand for the migration of
American workmen to Canada"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
THE EIGHT HOUR DAY.
Principle of the Shorter Work PerIad
Popular With the Public.

Principle of the Shorter Work Periad
Popular With the Public.
In a recent editorial the Boston Jops-
nal has the following to say regarding
the controversy between the railroads
and the railway mems brotherhoods:
Even these days of international COM
phcations and worries cannot be too
dark to obscure the domestic disaster
suggested in the controversy between
the railroads Of the country and the
nearly 100000 members of the trans
portation brotherhoods.
The railroads are foolish TO say that
the demands cannot be granted. The
brotherhoods are equally foolish to say
that the demands must be granted.
Between the railroads cant" and the
workers must there IS ground for
sane arbitration in this greatest of In
dustrial difficulties. The public, which
has the final word, has not had time
yet to study all the facts and their sig
nificance- The Dublics first damand IL
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12

cations for their prorecuon ana wen
being The teachers alone remain In
an unorganlzed condition.
The teachers Of this country through
the molding OF the political thought
and the developing Of the economic eff
ficiency of each succeeding generation
OF citizens control more than any 9th
er class of people the future of the
republic and have the least control
over their own destiny
"a nation wide organization of teach
ers consolidated for protection would
be recognized by the political parties,
by capital and by labor as a body pos
sessing unwonted power
Such an organization would give the
teachers Of the country a voice IN their
own affairs which they do not at pres
ent possess"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Import StrikehreakerS

Thin, Ohio, May, y The
Webster Manufacturing company
has imported strike breaking iron
molders to take the place, SO they
say, of union iron molders who are
demanding shorter hours. The
management announces that it took
this action after it gave fair and
ample warning to its fermer en-
ployes to resume their former posi-
tions. This plan has failed to
stampede the strikers, who are
watching the company's expert.
ment with free and independents.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12

There is strike at the Hardie
Tynes Mfg. Co., OF Birmingham
Ala, and all union men are re-
quested to stay away from that
city. The Hardie Tynes Mfg. Co.
is a notorious national metal trades
shop and have been in the practice
for years of discharging any ma
chinists in their employ when the y
learn that they are union men.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Women Uni0nists Win.

Baltimore, May, Il. Pad Max
ers' union composed mostly of girls
has won its strike against the
American Coat Pad company
These workers recently organized
and affiliated to the American Fed
eration of Labor. After suspend
ing work for two weeks they Sc
cured an agreement and raised
wages 15 per cent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12

ing a child, and the editor says:
"The day will come when in
dustrial America must pay atten-
tion to the same problem, why not
begin now?
But why should prospective
mothers be compelled to work,
trade unionists ask.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
IMMIGRATION EVILS.

) The wage earners believe in ef :
j fective regulation of lmmlgra :
= ton because they desire to re
4 tain the American standard of :
j. living The standard of wages
y for both unskilled and skilled la
+ Dor IN this country is the result
+ Of many years Of effort by organ
= lied labor When an immigrant
y accepts work at less than the
i standard wage he not only takes
y the place OF d man working at
j higher rate, but he assists In
= forcing downward the prevailing
j. rate Of wages In that industry,
+ which result carries with it
= corresponding reduction in the
= physical, moral and intellectual
+ standard Of American life.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Why Should Mothers Work I?

Worcester, Mass, May, 12.-
The evening Post believes this
country should give each boy a
hard and fast guarantee of Its birth
right, that of being we'll born"
Attention Is called to special rest
rooms in France for the benefit of
the working woman who is expect
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-05-12
Works Both Waua.

Mrs. X-Bothered with time vast
ing callers, are you? Why don't you
try my plan?
Mrs. WHAT is your plan?
Mrs. X.-Why when the bell rings
put on my hat and gloves before
press the button If it proves to be
some one l don't want to see sim
ply say, $50 sorry, but I'm just going
out"
Mrs. Y.-But suppose It's some one
you do want to see?
Mrs. X.-Oh, then 1 say, so fortu-
nate; I've just come INFUSION Tran
script