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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27

isn't 1t dreadful! This Is the third
time have worn the same evening
gown" go
Never mind, my dear; remember
that it is Just that sort of self denial
that develops ones character."-Life.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27

yisitor-,aow delightful you must
have been when you heard your son
had won the v. c.
Scotch wife-0h ay! was pleased
enough, but I wasna surprised. He
stood up to me once!-London, Punch.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27

Indignant customer-Barber. why
did you drop that steaming totel on
my face? -
Barber-Because it was too hot to
hold, sir.-Boston Globe.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27
r,, Z :. Y. saat !, In,

0V"toA A4ohoSAARS.
crusoe saw the footprint.
ut Is evidently Friday" he de-
Quoted; pay day would be here with
both feet. Judge.
m. I ~ 49,
church-Have you noticed that
black spot onithe planet Mars. ="
Gotham-Yes: it's probably anoth-
.er slide on one Of the canals
Yonkers.
-"fnfglvse you SEA month
and board.
Applicant-iAw, ,shucksl Who DO
you think I am, college graduate!
-Philadelphla Bulletin.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27

..Yes, sir, one hours uninterrupted
reading eaeh evening woulda=4maks
YOU"
"uninterrupted! Where do yog
think my wife spends her evenings:
London Opinion.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27

Has rather "a. /. weak chin, hasn't
he?"
Hasn't enough chin to rest a CT
gazette against. Kansas City Jour-
nal.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27

Office from A. H. Woods, who is in
plttsburg, requests that handker-i
chief be mailed to him Immediately.
This indicates that Mr.. Woods Is to be
away for another week.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27
.cIT[:Y,. OFFICES.

clarksburg, W, Va.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27

Elkius. w. Va, 81
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
PATTERN MAKERS VICTORY

Detroit. Nov II. On February
| all the job pattern shops Ia the
city opened an attack on the Pat
tern Makers union, assisted by a
number of others employers, who
had banded themselves together for
the purpose of destroying ali the
unions The battle was iuaugu
rated because the pattern makers
made demand for eIght hours and
minimum of 55 cents per hour.
The struggle was bitterly contested.
In order 10 weaken the strikers the
employers applied TO the courts and
demanded and secured lnjunc. ions
making almost prohioitive fo
The strikers to do any active w
that would ID any way hamper
employment 81 s9ikebreake
strengthen their position MN
of The strikers were thrown
poison for violating The injuro ons
and expenses were pjing up "a ta
employ 1ls They finally d-co
cred it was becoming an expensive
luzury they mad not anu1f fated
When tle situation become eIs
unpleasant fer them, they invited
the strike leaders into a coufe 1nce
for the porpose Of learning whether
they were willing to obey the ln-
juuca ns and cease picketng 1t
was soon discovered that the car-
ference had been called for an en-
tirely different purpose, and il as
not long before the employers be-
gan to intimate that there might Ike
a way Of ending the strike. Before
the termination Of the meeting an
understanding had been reached.
Each side promised to lay the plan
before the association they were
representing, and the result was
that it proved acceptable. The "a.
tidcation carried with it the eight.
hour day and the same wage rate
the men had been getting for the
longer hours.
It was discovered by the bosses
that court action against striking
workmen may pay at times, but il
this instance the endless litigation
became rather expensive for some
Of the manufacturers and there were
| no results.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
MOIderS Held Social
Session Saturday Night

The social session held by Local
No. 68, International Molders'
Uniou, Saturday night, was largely
attended and also a grand success.
Hundreds of molders from nearly
every shop in the city were present
and it was not until late in the
evening that they returned to their
homes. Plenty of refreshments
were provided by the committee and
by the way the boys indulged in
the many good things to eat, it
must have been fine. After the
feast the best of union made cigars
were passed around and then the
speaking began. Mr. John O'Neil
one of the members of the execu-
tive board of the Molders' union
came down from Columbus, Ohio,
and addressed the molders
Tim Rowan, business agent of the
molders as usual was on the job
and gave the members of his craft
some good advise. The molders
enjoyed themselves so much at this
gathering that they are thinking
of repeating it in the near future.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
S1RlKEBREAKERS DEPOR1EO

Niagara Falls, Ont, Nov. IT,.
Since the latter part Of June, the
carpenters of the constructors Of a
new roundhouse for the NJ. c. r
at Moutrase near here, by the Wal
bridge -Aldinger company, Of De
troit. have been on strike.
After unsuccessfully trying 10 fill
their places locally the firm inn
ported carpenters and also laborers
from Detroit.
This action was brought to the
attention OF the emigration depart
ment al Ottawa by the Carpenters
union, aud after full inquiry the
men were returned to Detroit by
instructions Of the department..
1t is probable that action under
the alien labor act will be taken by
the Carpenters union at Niagara
Falls against this firm.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
WILL STRIKE IF
8-HOUR LAW IS
NOT LIVED UP TO

New York, Nov. 17.-Failure of
the railroads of the country to live
up to the spirit and intent of the
Adamson 8-hour law will result in
tae strike vote Of the four big all
road brotherhoods being put in ef
feet, 1t was announced here to day
by William c. Lee, head of the
Brotherhood of R Railway Trainmep,
after three hour conference be
tween brotherhood and railway re
presentatiVes.
The conference was called O dis
cuss and, if possible, reach some
agreement or conclusion as to war k
ing out the provisions of the law,
which goes into eff ct January /
The strike vote referred to Mr. Lee
is that taken prior to the canltr
ences between the railroad and bro
therhood heads and President vii
son, which was followed BY the
passage of the Adamson law after
the brotherhoods had threat ned
to put the vote ia effect at that
time.
The br0therh0ods' ranresat9a.
tives said they bad worked out al
Interpretation of the zight-aaur
aw, but they had refused TO a.-
vuIge it for the reason that the
roads, OF some Of them, had an
nounced their decision to fight if
through injunctIons.
A strike vote Is still In ef
feet, said Mr.. Lee, and ii the
railroads do not live up to the
very spirit of the law in accord
ance with their agreement,
there is no reason why the bro
thevhood should not take ad-
vantage Of their strongest card.
This time there is nothing that
can stop them.
Mr.. Lee added that any attempt
at subterfuge by the railroads in
placing in effect the eight-hour law
will be met with instant action by
the brotherhoods.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
WORLD OF LABOR

The linemen employed by the
Pacific States Telephone Company
at Spokane, Wash, were compelled
to strike to secure the discharge of
an incompetent foreman who was
erdangering their lives. An ami
cable adjustment of the matter had
been pending for a month, the com
pany refusing to give a definite an
swer to the mems request. In or
der to force the issue the union
met and instructed its members to
cease work. In one days time the
Objectionable foremen was released
and the strikers returned TO work.
Three hundred and fifty tailors
OF Minneapolis and St. Paul struc
for recognition of the union, stand
ardization of wages and per cent
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
MESSENGER BOYS WIN

New York, Nov. IL The mes
senger boys employed bv the teIe-
graph companies and the messen-
ger service of the city struck for
more pay and better regulation Of
working bours After being on
strike foi three days the companies
we're compelled tc make a settle
ment with The boys There were
about two thousand Involved in the
strike The toys had formed a
union and it was through their re-
preventative and the state media
tors that a settlement was finally
reached and shey returned 10 work.
The new conditions follow:
Boys who formerly received less
than 2 cents per message shall re-
ceive Z cents; boys formerly receiv-
ing 2 cents will hereafter receive 2
IL cents a message; errand service
which formerly paid III cents in the
future will pay Is cents; messengers
who work ten hours a day will get
an hour off for lunch; messengers
in night service will get day eff
every second week. Mr.. Shelton
said the increase in pay amounts tc
25 per cent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
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LABoR's TIME AND OUTPUT.
Why the Shorter Work Day Tends to
Increase Production.

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- -
seilee u lLe eoulilly eAcl'lliied d 10
cal merchant az ne scanned lhe heaa-
lines Of the paper, writes II j. Bar
rett In the New York World Strikes
declared on all sides, and more to
come. And the cost Of every strike is
finally met bv eueh one OF MS la the
shape of hlgaer living costs. It's a
mad world. my masters" Each man
for himself and the devil take the
hindmost
II see that President Wilson has as
serted that society now recognizes the
Justice ana uabIeness Of the eight
hour day. There is a peculiar feature
about the shorter work day which has
but recently been discovered Scien-
ti6c tests have established the fact
that in many lines Of manual labor a
man viii readily accomplish more Ia
eight hours than in nine or ten This
IS not due to any sentiment of graft
tude for the reduction In hours The
man consciously exerts no more effort
in an eight hour work daY than in
nine or ten. But because the toxin
Of fatigue has less opportunity to pot
son and exhaust the system. his eff
cheney is Increased and his production
increased.
"In a Belgian plant the hours Of the
niaca workers wore rpHucad from
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17

sion Of accidents in which cue eye is
a factor, the kinds of eye injuries, the
prevention of eye injuries and the
equipment and work in first aid to eye
injuries DR. Black lists carelessness,
poor lighting and poor sanitary condI-
tions as some Of the prime causes.
"One of the most frequent sources
Of eye infections in Industries is the
attempt to remove the foreign body
from the eye by one who knows moth
ing about the proper method of doing
luch thing, and who uses the corner
+ a dirty handkerchief or he point OF
dirty knife blade, the chewed end of
A match or toothpick or some similar
object"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
An0Pran A 80 -

Philadelphia, Nov Typo-
graphical union No. :, adopted a
new scale which became effective
November L III the book and job
offices and contains the following
provisions Day WORK shall not be
less than $21 per week; night work
not less than $23 per week for hand
composition Day machine opera
tors shall receive S23 per week and
night operators SIS. All overtime
shall be at the rate of time ana one
half The scale runs November j.
1917
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
GET A So INCREASE

Cleveland, O., Nov II The
Hungarian Typographical union
has secured the adoption Of new
scale, which carries fiat increase
OF So per week in the minimum
pay The wages of hand men will
be $22. $23 and S24, and machine
operators $50, $27 and S28 per
week. The scale will run for a
period Of one year. All employees
receiving more than the old mini
mum are also automatically in
creased So week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
What UniOniSm Means

The masses are fast learning the
lesson that the trades union move
ment is the only agency upon
which they can rely to better their
ecorcmic condition and raise their
standard of livelihood in society as
it Is constituted at the present time.
The labor unions have unmistaka
bly, demonstrated to wage earneis
in all callings and professions that
organization means to them higher
wages, better wages, better jobs,
and more comfortable homes; that
1t means more money with which
10 buy from the business man, and
thus create a better business for the
community in which they reside.
Trades unions have demonstrated
that the organizations of labor
means enthused life in the social
and business affairs of the nation
This is a lesson that society as a
whole is beginning to learn, for
there is no denying the fact that
organized labor is viewed in far
different light by the general pub
lie today than ii was, even as re-
Gently as dozen or SO years ago,
and what is even more significant,
public sentiment is being more and
more swayed ty the very principles
thai he unions persistently advo.
Gated many years back.
1t is very small wonder that one
hears of the organization of rev
unions in all secti rs of Canada
and the United States, and the
heavy increase in membership Of
the older trades bodies. From the
very nature of things if the unions
maintain the headway they have
been making of late there can be
no denving the fact that in the very
near future they will be the domin-
ating factor in the community.
To dam back this tide of bene-
fcent effort is an impossibility, as
each day sees it moving on with
added momentum, its ranks grow
ing stronger and its influence ever
extending. For hundred years
every effort to arrest its progress
has ended in failure; for time its
upward sweep may be retarded
only at last to see all barriers sweep
aside while the torrent sweeps on
ward with accelerated power. The
labor movement lives, and will con
tinue to live, just as long as it bat
ties for justice for the working
class. Unionism and progress
march hand in hand, and will sue
ceed because the objective for
which it strives IS right and means
so much for the welfare and liberty
of the race. -Sbringfeld Iri6uus
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
10 $ 7 BK
Local Organizers and BuSi-
ness Agents.

Charles f. Vaughn A. F. Of L.
Residence, 80 So. Second Street
Home Phone 800 A.
Timothy Rowan, Internationa
Molders' Union, Residence, 939
Genital Ave, Bell Phore 403 X
VIM. f. Bennett, Painters
Decorators and Paper Hangers
Union, No 1876. Residence Nj.
Pleasant Pike
w. K 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.
VIM. Leonard, Business Agert
BsItenders Union, PSI Chestnuf St
Wm GepPinger, Business Agent
Theatrical Stage Employ es' Union,
726 + High ST Home Phone ll01
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
NEW SCALE AND 81 ADVANCE

Hamilton, Ont, Nov. IL The
Hamilton Printing Freshmen
ion has just signed an agreement
for two years with the newspaper
offices of this city, for an increase
of 81 per week for pressmen in
newspapers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
Cs1se Of fhe Bow.

whats all This fuss about" asked
the policeman, stepping between the
two young men
The one that had got the worst of it
and was wiping the blood from his
nose pointed to the other fellow. He
can tell you her name If he wants to, =
he said. II won t. Exchange.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
She Would Not Call Names.

The county superintendent of schools,
Miss Whitehead (whose hair was al
most white). was paying a visit to a
country school At the close of the
school, when the children went troop
ing out each one said, "Goodby, Miss
Whiteheadn But one little girl, with
red hair, said nothing and hung her
head. AS she 5> about to pass, Miss
whitehead put out her hand and said.
Nellie, are YOU moi going to say
goodby to me as the others haye?'
No I'm not, answered Nellie 81
know what it IS to be called Miss Red
head, and I'm just ashamed Of the
others YOUTHS Companion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17

increase in wages. When the de-
mands were first presented con-
ference followed and an agreement
was reached whereby it was under
stood that the demands would be
acceded to. Subsequently the Gus
tom tailors were encouraged to re-
pudiate the agreement by represen
tatives of the Citizens Alliance.
When the union was notified of
that action strike resulted. In
less than a week the custom tailors
capitulated and the strike termina-
ted, the men winning sll demands.
Six hundred coal miners in Weld
county, Colorado, have become af-
filiated with the United Mine Work
ers, according to John McLennan,
district president of the union
The men are employees of eleven
mines, comprising the entire dis
trict around Frederick, Colo. The
re-establishment of the union in
that district followed a meeting re
Gently held in Frederick, attended
by 400 miners. The men appointed
check weighman and pit com
mittee of three for each mine, in
accordance with the provisions of
the State mining laws. The ap
pointments made were Immediately
ratified by the mine owners, and the
men went to work.
The employees of the Fort Smith,
(Ark.) Wagon company recently
formed a trade union aud demanded
recognition from the company.
The request being refused all the
men ceased work. After the m n
had been idle for more than week
Deputy Stale Labor Commission,
E. / Mckinney got busy and after
several conferences with the gener.
al manager of the company, he pre-
sented to the union for ratification.
According to the proposition acted
on all strikers are reinstated, the
union recognized and a committee
is to be selected to settle ali dis
pute that may arise between the
union and the company.
Machinists in Milwaukee are
winning their eight-hour strike,
reports Emmett Adams, organizer
of the international Association cf
Machinists. The strike arted
July Is, and involved 1 2G3 mach
inc shop workers. Settlements
have been reached in 19 shops
through conference of the manage
ment with committees appointed by
the union. To-day eight shops,
employing 10 men, are working
As hours or less a week. Five
shops, employing 439, are work
ing 80 hours or less a week. The
other shops, employing 3, GOO men,
are working 5255 hours a week.
At the beginning Of the campaigo,
Milwaukee was known as a 55- hour
a week town. The average wage
increased from under 81 cents an
hour to 5458 cents an hour.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
The Road To Anarchy

indianapolis, Nov. 1.-THE ed
itors of the Mine Workers Journal
In the last issue directs attention to
the frequency with which employers
are rushing into courts for assist
ance to curb and restrain workers
who are striving to improve their
condition, and what the further
prostitution of that power will lead
to, in the following language:
In the cases growing oct Of the
strike of despair of the iron miners
of Mesaoa range; in California on
tie opportunity offered by the
crazed fanatice who sought to dis
courage violence by violence, the
bankers and usurers who hope to
make greater profits, more unearned
interest through the com.
plate subjugation of the workers,
are making the very common but
serious mistake Of enlistlng on their
side the services of TIE courts Of
the country; attempting to prost1-
tute these to the end, not of deal
ing out justice, not to punish
crimes, but 10 serve as menace
against all workers who dare to
/ espouse the cause Of industrial
freedom.
"A mistake, we say yes? ever
from the point Of view of the very
people who are invoking this
power for they who hold the re-
4 sources of this country can only do
right thereto in law, and that by
the thousands whose need will
cause them to question closely how
these rights have been attained.
And the recognition is dawning
that the very courts that assert the
validity of the title of the few to
the possession of the earths re
4 sources are so controlled, so tainted
Wi h the more than suspicion OF
corruption, that their decisions
bring derision and hatred instead OF
respect
'The eagerness with which the
act of a madman was seized by the
well known enemies of organized
labor as an excuse to prosecute
those against whom they had long
battled in their attempts to destroy
the economic power Of the workers
through collective action, the com
plicity of the courts and those who
have been selecte to prosecute
those who are guilty of crimes, moi
those whom the usurers have
marked for destruction, show pr
verse blindness; and indifference to
the final verdict Of the people wher
all the truth is known, as known
ii Shall be.
In like manner, in Minnesota,
the law is being twisted out of all
semblauce of an administrator d
justice "a order that powerful
steel nagnates may be avenged on
some VINO questioned their right tc
industrial and political 'absoludsm.
They may be powerful enough
To secure the convictions Of th,
workingMeu hom they assail witt
aII their great economic aud pollti
/ cal power, hut at The same time
they are destroying the last vestig,
0frev-reace Tie workers may have
Tor the verdict 81 courts and judi
ges
And the owners Of vested inter
est can i'll afford t3 hasten the day
when tbe people lose all respect fc
courts and court decisions
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
Meteorio Matter.

In the early days of its history the
earth is believed to have grown rapidly
by the addition Of meteoric matter. 1t
Is still growing in the same manner
though scarcely to an appreciable ex
tent, for the mass Of meteoric matter
added yearly is reclloned to be only
10000 tons
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
1aChinists

Stay away from Hamilton, Ohio,
strike still on at the Black & Claw
son Co., unfair conditions, STAY
AWAY.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
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THE UNIoNIsT's POSITION.

. The position of the unionist is +
q less work and more pay. Wheth- 4
Z ar labor does or does not make i
+ an equivalent return for what j.
T. capital comedies in wages, i
+ whether it pays or does not pay !.
J. disastrous prices for the gains 1t X
4 calls its own, has nothing to do =
f with the difference between the 4
i attitude Of the unionist and that X
j. of the reformer. To the reform !.
\ er 'less work and more pay" -
4 sounds like robbery The re- !
+ formers formulation is more =
X pay, more work and better re- +
4 turns to capital 1t does not !.
!. sound straight as a union prop +
/ osition. The unionist does not x
4 expect to give more or as much. =.
4 The essence of his fight is that r
4 he gives too much. Helen Ma x
< rat. +
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-17
IN Earthnnake

The seorotaH of agriculture asked
the chief Of che weather bureau, AS
scientific man can you tell me anything
definite about am earthquake2"
Certainly ] can" replied the wealth.
er man, who IS witty as well as wise.
"An earthquake is a great movement
in real estate