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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
ANTI-INJUNCTION LAW is URGED
by GOMPERS.

Washington.-ln the American Fed
erationist, May issue, President Comp
crs urges unionistS in the various
States to call a conference for the pur-
pose OF starting a campaign against the
injunction process in labor disputes.
He impresscs upon organized work
ers the necessity for State legislation
similar to the Clayton federal statute,
which declares That the labor power
OF human being is not a commodity
or article of commerce" The Ameri-
can Federation of Labor has had pre-
pared model anti-injunction bill and
unioniSts are urged to insist that their
State legislatures make this bill Statu-
tory measure, thereby assuring to every
worker complete ownership i'll his
own labor power and immunity from
judgc-made law that disregardS conSti-
tutional guarantees.
A meeting of Illinois trade unionists
will be held at Chicago, May 26, for
the purpose of taking counsel on the
best methods to check the Injunction
evil in that State, which has reached
the point where Judges have declared
peaceful picketing illegal. President
Gompcrs will attend this meeting. The
A, +. OF l.. executive will attend a sim
liar meeting OF Indiana unionists at
Fort Wayne, May 30; OF Ohio union
lists, at Columbus, May 81, and of Michi-
gan unioniStS, at Detroit, the date to
be announced later.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS,
Signal and Tower Men Are To Go on
Strike.

Chicago-Four thousand tclegraphers,
signal men, agents and towermen on the
New York Central, Lake Shore and
Nickel Plate Railroads between Chicago
and New York received instructions to
strike last Thursday at 6 o'clock.
The order was issued by Ii. B. Per
ham, President of the Order of Railroad
photographers, who said he had failed
to come to an agreement with A. H.
Smith, President of the railroads in
volved
According to Perham President Smith
was willing to make a satisfactory agree
ment with the telegraphers, but refused
to deal with the signal men. Fifty of the
latter, he said had been discharged for
organizing. The two organizations had
formed an alliance, and both will take
part in the strike.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
PRESS AGENT DOOMED.

New York.-At its annual meeting
the American Newspaper Publishers
Association agreed to continue war on
the press agent-that scientific molder
of a surface public opinion
One method OF the press agent is
to work out his point in such read
able form that it is published without
cost as a newspaper story At the
publishers meeting it was claimed that
certain presidential and other political
booms have nothing behind them but
an imaginative press agent, whose bust
ness it is to keep "iavorite sons in the
public mind.
Another publicity seeking method is
to offer newspaper a certain amount
of advertising with the understanding
that free space will be given in the
news columns. In this class was in,
stanced orange growers, who Offered
half-page advertisements on condition
that the newspaper will run stories
about oranges.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
EIGHT-HOUR SENTIMENT
ABLAZE In PiTTSBURG

Pittsburg, Pa.-The eight-hour senti-
ment is ablaze in this district, and thou
sands of employees at the Westinghouse
plants and other unorganized concerns
have completely tied up these shops in
their effort to enforce the shorter work
day. The American Federation of La
Pittsburg, and the gospel of trade union
ism is being spread among all classes of
workers in the manufacturing plants and
mills along the Monongahela valley.
The eight-hour sentiment is increasing
in the iron and steel mills where the
twelve, thirteen, and fourteen-hour day
and low wages is the rule.
The shorter workday cry has alarmed
employers, and they have formed the
Employers Association of Pittsburg.
Their meetings are held behind closed
doors, and with unconscious humor they
have secretly resolved for IAN open labor
market Most of these strikes were in
the nature of a revolt of unorganized
workers, but the employers ignore this
fact. Instead, they declare they will
no longer submit to the dictation of
agtators who are really the ones to
blame for the labor troubles that are
paralyzing industry here and elsewhere"
Despite the wel-rounded phrases of this
secret organization of employers, thou
sands of workers are demanding a re-
duction of hours, while discomfort against
long hours on the part of those still
employed is general.
The American Federation of Labor
has assigned dozen organizers to this
field. Recently A. +. of l.. Secretary
Frank Morrison visited this city and
Youngstown, O., and conferred with
trade unionists on methods to crystalize
a sentiment employers would check by
secret organization and threats to close
down their plants.
The struck concerns has employed the
usual hordes of strike-guards, and the
recent Youngstown incident was dupli-
Gated when a guard at the Edgar 1homp-
son Company plant, at Braddock, fired
on strikers This was signal for re-
peatcd volleys into the strikers ranks,
and two were killed and nearly fifty
in jured.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
LITERACY OPPONENTS
CONTINUE ALARM CRY

Toledo, Ohio.-Under the caption,
Still Harping ON the Literacy Test" the
Evening Blade expresses these editor
ial views on the Burnett immigration
BILL now pending in the senate:
"A number of persons in excellent
vocal condition continue to be exercised
over the lteracy test of the immigration
bill The faults and flaws they find in it
are simply amazing. If an earnest mind
ed citizen confined his reading to these
criticisms he would become convinced
that this test must be eliminated or the
republic will perish.
The immigration commission, which
first made a study of ways to restrict
the human flood from Europe, voted
to for the literacy test because it was
the only practical method suggested to
it. One proposal was that the enigra-
ton from any one country should in a
single year be confined to a certain per-
centage OF the tenyear average emigra-
ton OF the country. Another proposal
was that immigration be controlled as to
groups In any one year, only single
group should have the privilege of en-
tering the country. There was still an
other idea, that contract be required
guaranteeing the immigrants ability to
earn living wage. Plainly, some of
the restrictions could not be applied. The
commission had to accept the lteracy
test as the one thing that could be adj
ministered day after day without doing
grave injustice, conflicting with laws
and treaties and raising the business of
examining immigrants to the dimensions
OF iiourlshing munitions plants.
Once the immigration bill is passed
and becomes operative we will hear lit
tie more about the shortcomings and op-
pressions of the lteracy test. The agi-
tation has been conducted mostly by peo-
pie who saw in this test threatened
shortage of cheap labor, an increase in
living standards which would make low
standard of wages no longer possible"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
REPORT CONVICT LABOR BILL.

Washington.-Thc senate committee
on education and labor has made fa-
vorable report on the Hughes convict
labor bill, which has been amended, how
ever, to not apply to old convicts, and
not to take effect until three years after
adoption by congress These amend
ments will indicate the opposition of
convict labor contractors to this legisla-
ton, which is urged by the American
Federation of Labor.
a bill similar to the Hughes bill has
been introduced in the house by Con
gresham Booher and is now on the
house calendar. At present when a State
passes legislation regulating the admis-
sion of convict labor products from
other States, it is construed as IAN in
tcricrence with interstate commerce.
The Boohcr-fIughcs legislation is really
an enabling act which will remove the
interstate commerce barrier where any
State desires to check the importation
OF cOnvict-made goods.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
ARMY'S HEALTH POOREST.

Washington.-Ofiicers and soldiers of
the United States army were sick oft
ener and longer in 1914 than any other
body OF men which has been studied bv
the United States public health service,
according to report on disability sta
tistcs, ust issued.
During the year. the report says, G29
enlisted men out of every 900 in the
army were admitted to sick report. Dis
ability due to disease was at the rate of
i9s per 1000, and due to injury, l31. The
average disability lasted 13H DAYS. and
the average humber of days Of disability
per year for all the enlisted personnel
was 81.
Government employees in Washington,
according to statistics covering 10000
persons, lost only 5.s4 days apiece, on
an average, for disability or nearly three
days each less a year than for enlisted
men. The report says the service is at
a loss to understand this, inasmuch as
a large percentage of government en-
poyes are in middle or elderly life. while
the big majority of enlisted men are in
their twcntics and are accepted only after
rigid physical examination.
Men employed in the government civil
service, the report shows, lost only 4.s2
days apiece from work, while women
lost $50 days each from disability. Thir-
teen men and ~ women out of every
900 were off duty for disability every
day.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
EMPLOYERS "DIG" ONE AN.
OTHER.

Pittsburg, Pa.-The Pittsburg Rail
ways Company, whose employees secured
higher wages as the result of short
strike, did not relish the popular senti-
ment in favor of motormen and con-
ductors. In a page advertisement, pub
lished in every Pittsburg daily news
paper, the company handed this dig to
other employers:
WARTIME conditions have yielded
overilowing prosperity to certain indus
tries in the Pittsburg district, with the
result that mills have become congested
with orders, prices have scared and
profits have expanded"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
ISSUES HEALTH BULLETIN,

-. Washlngton-The United States Pub
lic Health Service calls attention to the
numerous publications on hygiene and
sanitation, which it distributes on re-
quest without cost In its announcement
the Public Health Service says: Do
you know that light promotes clcanli-
ness A clean mouth is essential to
good health? Headache is natures
warning that the human machine is run
ming badly; Bullets may kill thousands
flies tens OF thousands? Obesity men
aces longevity?
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
GREEN LINE BOYS ASK RAISE
Old Kentucky in Line.

-Four hundred and twenty-five Green
Line conductors and motormen met in
an aitermidnight session yesterday morn
ing at Is. OF =. Hall, Fourth and Court
avenue, Covington. The meeting lasted
until o'clock in the morning.
The object OF the meeting was the
drawing up OF an agreement, which was
presented to the company yesterday af-
ternoon, asking for an increase in wages
and Tor better working conditions. The
agreement as formulated received the
unanimous vote OF the men at the meet
ing.
1t is understood that the increase in
wages asked is based on three classifca-
tlons, according to the length of time
the men have served the company. The
wages asked are 2s, 30 and 3j cents an
hour The present scale runs from 20
to p cents an hour.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
CEMENT WORKERS


Brother Jos. Nolde, of the Cement
Workers, reports that John A. Jewell &
Son Co., general contractors, of Western
avenue and Hopple street, North Fair
mount, phone West 7js, has signed up
with his organization.
Union labor is to be congratulated bv
TINS hrm joining forces with them,
and we know that if they will have con-
hdence in Brother Nodes judgment that
their troubles are over.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
LABORERS RAISE WAGES.

Rutland, Vt.-Laborers' Union, No.
1892. affiliated to the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor, has signed an agree
mcnt with the Howe Scale Company,
which contracts to employ only mem
bers OF that organization. A minimum
rate of 90 cents and a nine hour day is
agreed to. Overtime shall be paid for
at the rate of time and one-half Double
time shall be paid for work on Sunday
New Years, Washington's birthday
Decoration day, Fourth of July, Battle
of Bennington, Labor Day, Columbus
day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
MINERS ARE DISPLEASED.

Pottsville, Pa.-Delegates from all the
anthracite mines met in convention here
May ? to consider the tentative agree
mcnt reached by the representatives of
the union and the coal operators in New
York, That there will be lively discus
sion of the new wage scale when it comes
up for detailed consideration and ratif-
cation was indicated when some of the
delegates Kissed at the reading of the
new agreement was concluded.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
FORTY MEN STRIKE

After demanding an eight-hour work
day in lieu Of the ten and half hours
under the present schedule and without
a reduction in wages, 10 employees of
the Ohio Knife Company brennan ave
nue. and {. II. and -. Railway. went out
on strike yesterday. The company man
uiacturcs machine knives The employ
ccs are unorganlzcd.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
PRINTERS RAISE WAGES.

ersey City, N. The Typographical
Umon has signed five years agree
mcnt with the newspaper publishers of
TINS city. For the first two years wages
are increased from S27 to $3.50 a week
Tor the third year, 500 will be paid, and
beginning the fourth year and during
the life OF the contract, $50. Arbitration
provisions are inserted in this contract.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
PAINTERS SIGN UP
TWO MORE BOSSES

James Johnson, business agent of the
Painters District Council, signed up two
more painter bosses last weck-Jacob
Bertram and the John A. Jewell Con-
struction Co. Judging from the number
OF new bosses signing up, the painters
VIII have 80 per cent organization.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
WOMEN UNIONISTS WIN.

Baltimorc.-Pad Makers Union, COM
posed mostly of girls, has won its strike
against the American Coat Pad Com
pany. These workers recently organ
lied and affiliated to the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. After suspending work
for two weeks they secured an agree
ment and raised wages Is per cent
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
OTTO HUBER
Breaks Agreement With Electrical
Workers.

Otto Huber, electrical contractor, 215
East hird street, who formerly used
union labor, broke his contract with
Local 2l2, and the union has refused to
furnish him any more men.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
New Material Picked.

New Material Picked.
The three candidates for County Com
missioner are all new material. A. T..
Mlttendort is a member of the Board Of
Education, DIR. Charles +. Bauer was a
member OF the last Senatorial delegation
IRON Hamilton County, and Martin DAILY
IS serving his second term as Council
man-atLarge.
Probably the greatest surprise on the
whole ticket is Robert L. Buchwalter for
Judge OF the Court of Common Pleas.
HIS name had not been mentioned. He
is at present a member Of the Board of
Elections. Casper +. Haeckl, who landed
the prize for County Recorder, has been
Deputy Recorder under several admins
trations, and is said to be well fitted for
the place.
Fred L. Wessemann, named for Coun
ty Clerk, has been a member of the
Board of County Commissioners for the
past four years.
Edward S. Beaman, who will succeed,
II elected, Peter w. Durr as County Au-
ditor, has occupied the position of cashier
III that office for several years.
No opposition was offered to the nomi-
nation OF DIR. II. J. Cook for Coroner.
lie is Councilman-at-Large. 1t is not
anticipated that the Central Committee
will upset the slate in any particular.
During the long sessions Of the Execu-
tive Committee on Wednesday and
Thursday the question of an indorse-
ment of a candidate for United States
Senator was ignored. 1t may come up
later, but sentiment exists in favor Of
letting the candidates for Senator fight
1t out on their individual merits.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13
TRY TO DEpORT UNIONISTS.

Columbus, Ohio.-The night that
street car men in this city held meet
ing to discuss organization, George
Keenen and A. II. Burt, international
officials OF the Amalgamated Street Car
Mems Association, were taken by de
tectives to the office of the chief of po-
lice, where they were detained until
3 80 the following morning, when they
were released and told to leave the city
at once. Instead OF complying with this
order they communicated with lnterna-
tional President Mahon, who instruct
ed them to "stick.' Attorneys have
been secured and the officials OF the
State Federation OF Labor, who were
holding a meeting in this city at the
time, have entered the fight and regis
tered a vigorous protest against the ac-
ton OF the chief OF police, who. 1t IS
stated, has driven representatives OF
other trade unions out OF the city.
Washington.-On receiving informa-
ton from International President Ma
hon, OF the Amalgamated Street Car
Mems Association, OF the action OF the
Columbus, Ohio, chief OF police, Presi
dent Gompers sent the following tele
gram TO tne street car men eXeCu-
tive:
"Have sent telegram to John Vol,
president OF Ohio State Federation OF
Labor, insisting that he proceed at once
to Columbus and assert and protect the
rights of your organization and your
men. Have sent kilograms OF protest
to the governor of Ohio and the mayor
OF Columbus protesting against the ar
rest and outrages committed, and in
sisting upon the maintenance OF the
rights OF these men. Full copies being
sent you by mail. Please keep me ad-
vised / shall be glad to assist in any
way | can"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-05-13

The two vacancies on the House ticket
will probably be filled Saturday at the
meeting OF the Central Committee.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-01
a is-barrel pumper in the sal.

sand.
On Little Trace run, Otter district,
Braxton county, Carter, Sheets q Co.
drilled q wildcat on the David Shock
heirs farm through the Big Iniun
sand and secured a gasser with capa-
city Of one and one-halt million cubic
feet q day. On Big Sandy creek.
Geary district. Roane county, the Unit.
ed Fuel Gas company's test on the
slizabeth McCune farm is a light gas.
ser in the Maxon sand.
In Clay district, Monongalia county,
the Hope Natural Gas company com.
pleted No. 3 on the Eta Core farm and
1t Is a gasser in the Big Intuu sand.
On the south fork OF Hughes river,
Murphy district, Richie county. the
Equality OIL company completed No.
IA on the J. F. Lamp farm. 1t is al
s.barrel pumper in the salt tsand.
The Hope Natural Gas company
drilled test on the H. A. Mason farm,
located on Gillespie run, Grant dis.
trtct, Richie county, through all sands
and found nothing but light show in
the squaw sand. 1t will be plugged
below that formation and given shot.
In the same stream, the same com.
pany's test on the H. ]. Mason drill.
ed through the Big lntun sand shows
some oil and will be shot in that form.
alton.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-01
Oil and Gas.

Light wells are the best the West
Virginia fields are offering at this
time. In Central district, Doddridge
county. the Philadelphia company has
drilled a test on the c. P. Hudson farm
10 feet into the Big 1niun sand and it
is showing for t 10.basrel pumper.
The location is one mile south Of the
Hope Natural Gas company's test on
the J. !. Hilley farm. In Greenbrier
district. the Hope Natural Gas com.
pany completed and shot in the Cor.
don sand its test on the Harvard
Marks farm: It is a very light pump.
er.
On Turkey run, Sardis district. Har.
rison county, the Sullivan & Dresser
completed and shot No. 3 on the E.
B. Robinson farm and have a show
for l0-barrel pumpeT. In left Fork
OF Mcfarland creek, Murphy district,
Richie county, the South Penn on
company completed second test on
the Anna N. Wilson farm and It shows
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-01
WASHINGTON NEWS -
GOSSIP y szzzzz. sz55z. sa77z:

WASHINGTON, D. c., aug. l.
Congressman Edward Cooper return.
ed to-day from New York praising the
spunchy speech OF acceptance which
he heard Charles Evan Hughes deliv.
er at Carnegie Hall last night. With
MI. Cooper was Colonel ". H. Thomas
the Bramwell coal magnate and en-.
thustastic pastyman who had the hon.
or OF representing the Republican par.
~ OF West Virginia as a member Of
the notification committee from the
national convention. No less enthus.
tastic In his praise Of Judge Hughes
speech than Mr.. Cooper was Colonel
Thomas. 1T was a challenge to the
Democratic party which It will have
to exert itself to its wits end TO an.
swer to the satisfaction Of the Am.
erican people," declared Colonel
Thomas. ut was an inspiring pseech,
ehock full Of vigorous offensive, and
delivered by man who possesses the
character, the genius Of statesman.
snip and an extraordinary practically
in applying his superior talents TO gov.
ernment. The Republican party will
win with him. because he will make
n universal appeal to the electorate,
Hughes will make one Of the greatest
Presidents this country has ever had,
meeting the great problems and settl.
ing them with honor to the nation and
credit to himself and his party, "a
they arise. And the next administra-
ton win be beset with problems so
great as to make those which have an.
noyed the present administration, but
tmpressively shown its lima atoms,
seem trivial by comparison"
came ava yfrom that meeting,
and from that speech. convinced as
I have never been up TIL now, that
the Republican convention at Chicago
nominated the one man who best fits
into the situation. came away more
soiidly convinced than ever that the
Republican party Is going to elect
Hughes and Fairbanks" declared
Congressman Cooper. "Send word to
West Virginia Republicans for me that
they can unbutton their enthusiasm,
for Charles Evans Hughes is one Of
the most inspiring presidential caadi.
dates the party has ever had In my
time. He Is man raised to Ct the
nations needs IN these critical times.
He is the 1916 model OF the super.
man In public life"
Congressman George n. Bowers,
rho also attended the speech, viii not
return from New York until tomorrow
IN time to be present when the House
convenes.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-01
Grain and Produce.

CHICAGO. Aug. Cooler weather,
which tended to dispel fears of increas.
ed damage to the spring crop, made
the wheat market today somewhat cas-.
Ter during most OF the session. The
close was unsettled. September, s1.e1
Gl.2lh, and December, si.24% q
l.e4A. with the market at a whole
sc Off to &c up as compared with
Saturdays finish. In corn, the out.
come was unchanged TO / lower, oats
lost z @ &c 70 &c, and provisions show.
ed setback Of 7iia610c to Toe.
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