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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
hiah PAY For Sailors.

What is said by marine men to be
the topmost price ever paid for service
on an American or any other merchant
vessel steam or sail, was recorded
with the signing on of a crew Of an
American ship that is to sail through
the submarine zone The first mate
will get $500 month. chief engineer
$3.50, second mate 5000 first assistant
engineer $500, and so OH down the line
10 fremen and coal passers at $50 to
$T6, with mess boys at s45, But In
addition war bonus OF 100 per cent
Is promised, doubling the wages, which
are TO continue until the men are back
at the port of embarkation. Should the
ship meet disaster the men are to be
transported home and the sum Of $3.50
for officers and 500 for men will be
paid TO all who lose their personal eff
fGcts
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
NOTES OF LABOR.

Workers in the Union Tanning COM
pany, Olean, n. Y, recently received a
10 per cent increase In wages.
Nearly $4,000 men and women have
been thrown out OF work by tho shut
ting down of twenty of the largest shoe
factories In Lynn, Mass.
A campaign to create demand for
goods bearing the label of the Interna-
ttonal Lady Garment Workers union is
planned by the executive board
The 1000 mechanics In the Brooklyn
navy yard who were on the point of
walking out just before the declaration
of war have decided not to strike.
Efforts to attract labor from the
United States to Canada farms under
promise of high wages and exemption
from military service have been or.
dered discontinued by Canadian ON
ciRls.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
OUR PEARLlNG INDUSTRY.
Its Wonderful Growth and Its Effect
Upon Our MusseI Beds.

In our midwestern states the pearl
greater extent than it is abroad. Its
product amounts to many millions OF
dollars annually and includes all jew
els worth while and the making of
pearl buttons, which Is an industry In
itself. The business of pearl button
making had its beginning in the high
tariff imposed on imported buttons by
the law Of 1890.
On account of the abundance of suit
able mussels in the Mississippi river
the first factory for the manufacture
Of pearl buttons from mussel shells
was erected at Muscatine, Ia, and the
industry has grown to such an extent
that it now employs nearly $4,000 per-
sons, who turn out approximately 500,-
100000 gross of buttons. To produce
this amount there were used over 75,-
600 tons OF mussel shells.
The button business has attained
large proportions, doing approximate
ly $10,0O0,000 worth each year. AL
though the mussel fishery Is compare
lively new, probably not more than
twenty years old, continued fishing has
had pronounced influence on the pro-
ductiyity Of the mussel beds and bids
fair to lead to serious consequences.
The principal species of mussel used
for button making is generally known
as the "niggerhead." They have the
uonaraI shapa 0f the common rO1nd
clam and are characterized by very
thick and heavy shell. They have
black or dark brown outside skins and
glistening white interiors, this being
uniform through the thickness of the
shell. Other species are highly priced,
but rare, and some are Of little value
because of the thinness and brittleness
Of the shells. Charles A. Sidman In
New York Sun.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
THE WHITE HOUSE
Only Two of Our Presidents Died
Within Its Walls.
FIVE DIED WHILE IN OFFICE


kinisy Met Their Tragic Ends Away
From Their OFFICIAL Home-Thrioe
Has IL Mournsd a Dead Mistress.
Deaths in the White House have
really been comparatively rare events
m the history Of the famous official res
idence OF the chief executive OF our ma
tion, when We consider the number OK
persons who have been housed within
It's walls since the establishment OF
this government
Five presidents Of the United States
died during their terms Of office, but
only two Of them In the executive man
sion.
The three martyred presidents breath
ed their last away from the official res
idence of the president, Lincoln In
house IA Washington near Ford's thea
ter, where he was assassinated; Gar
field at Elberon, seaside resort In
New Jersey, and Mckinley at Mr. Mil
burns house In Buffalo,
The first president TO die In the
White House was William Henry Har-
rfson. He survived his Inauguration
only one month. His death occurred
on April 4, 1841, more than two score
years after the building was occupied
for the first time by John Adams.
Harrison had lacked but two years Of
fulfilling the allotted span OF man
when he went to Washington Never
very robust in health, he had passed
through q most exciting campaign and
made his journey to Washington at an
tnclement season.
The day Of his Inauguration was cold
and gloomy, and be spoke in the open
air for an hour About the 1st Of April
he caught a chill from careless expo
sure which his frame lacked vitality 10
resist. 1t developed into pneumonia
and he died four days later.
The funeral of the first person to
die in the White House was a most i'm
pressive one About his coffin, aside
from the members Of his family, sat
the new president, John Tyler, former
bers of the cabinet, foreign ministers
with their respective suits, and con
gressmen and their wives. Two Of the
late presidents swords were placed
upon the pail, and at the foot, upon
the table, were the Bible and prayer
book OF the deceased
The pallbearers. who numbered TWEEN
ty-six, wore white scarfs and black
Grape The funeral procession is said
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
W " ~ " Y " " u " " " " " u " " "
KEEP LABOR STANDARDS.
Defense Council Suggests Continuation
of Present Hours of Toll.

Of Present Hours of Toll.
In q statement amplifying its recent
appeal to employers and workers not
to change labor standards at this time
the Council OF National Defense says
1t recognizes that adjustments may be-
come necessary and suggests that the
council itself may find it advisable to
propose notifications.
1T is not the purpose of the council
however" 1t is stated ito undertake
to determine the wage rate that win
be sufficient to maintain the existing
standards Of living That should be
referred to the mediation agencies of
the government or to such other con-
stttuted agencies as may exist, to the
end that such questions may be sd-
1usted In an orderly and equitable man
ner TO avoid the stoppage Of industries
which are SO vital to the interests OF
the nation at this critical time.
1T is the judgment Of the council
that the federal state and municipal
governments should continue to main.
tain the usual hours OF labor and
standards of safety, sanitation and In
spectton."
In explanation OF its statement that
the council may find 1t necessary 70
make adjustments the council says:
while the council does not mean to
intimate that under ordinary circum
stances the efficiency Of workers is
the only element that should be taken
into consideration In fixing the hours
of labor, safety, sanitation, women S
work and child labor standards. II is
the object that must be attained dur
ing the period when the nations safe
tv IS inyolyad y
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11


Measures Will Defeat Patriotic Pur-
pose of Their Advocatss-Grest Brit
ain Found That Undue Haste Was
Nearly Fatal.
Every member Of the New York leg.
iElature received IAN unanswerable
argument for sustaining labor legisla-
ton In the form OF a pamphlet on
"Munition Workers III England and
France, summarizing reports OF the
British ministry OF munitions This
pamphlet, issued by the Russell Sage
foundation, is to be followed by re-
port on labor conditions already endan-
gering munition production In Bridge
port, Conn.
"In the light of England's frankly
confessed mistakes" said Miss Mary
Van Kleeck Of the Russell Sage foun-
dation, the New York state legisla-
ture will but defeat It's own patriotic
purpose II 1t should pass the bills now
pending to suspend the labor laws
Those who believe in prosecuting this
war with yigor must realize that the
British ministry Of munitions has
proved that maximum production can
be secured only through insistence on
good working conditions, reasonably
short hours and one days rest In sew
en-. The conditions prevailing In some
Of our own nunition factories even be-
fore our entrance into the war show
that we have as yet paid little heed to
England's experience
in an investigation among the wo-
men munition workers Of Bridgeport,
Conn, we found many of the same
evils, though not to the same degree as
In England during the first year of the
war Night work for women on ten
hour shifts was common; overtime, In
adequate protection Of the workers
against accidents and disease and
crowded living conditions were con-
spicuous facts In the industry. Efforts
to strengthen the law in Connecticut
have been defeated in the mistaken be-
lief that patriotism demands the re-
moval OF all restrictions on working
conditions.
In England the recklessness Of hel
ter skelter haste was dramatically
brought home by the famous shelI
shortage IN the spring OF 1915. In the
first burst of patriotic fervor every
thing had been sacrificed to speed.
Labor laws had broken down Sunday
labor, overtime, night work for women
and children, excessive hours of labor,
prevailed In the factories. The commit
tee on the health OF munition workers,
after careful investiga ton and In
tensive study in certain plants of the
relation Of hours OF labor TO output,
concluded that Increased output was to
be gained through the saving Of the
workers health and strength and an
increase in the labor force, not through
the taxing of endurance to the break
ing point.
Their recommendations were that
seven day labor be abolished for all
workers; that excessive overtime be
reduced by the extension of the shift
system; that the hours OF labor be
adapted to the age and sex of the
worker and the nature OF the employ
ment and that night work should be
avoided, but where necessary because
OF extreme shortage OF labor 1t should
be organized in eight hour shifts
IF New York is to produce the sup
plies needed for the war its present
labor laws must be maintained
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
LABOR IN NEW YORK.
More Workers and More Wages In
March Than Since June, 1914.

More Workers and More Wages In
March Than Since June, 1914.
Reports received by the New York
State Industrial Commission from
1000 firms with over 100000 employ
ees and a total weekly pay roll Of
more than S9,oO0,000 show that in
March of the present year more work
ers were employed and a larger aggre-
gate Of wages paid In this state than
In any other month since June, 1914,
when the work of gathering the re-
ports began. The previous high record
was In December, 1918.
As compared with February, the
March reports show an increase Of
more than l per cent In employees and
Of nearly 8 per cent in wages. There
were more employees and more wages
paid In each OF the eleven industrial
groups, with the exception Of q neglt-
gible decrease In wages In the manu-
facture of paper. In six Of the groups
new high records for wages were
made, and in five Of these new high
records were made for the number Of
employees.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
Union Miners Win.

A wage contract agreement between
the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea of District II. West Virginia, and
the operators of the Kanawha fields
has been reached by the subjoint scale
committee. The new agreement, which
the miners assert is one of the greatest
victories for organized labor in West
Virginia in recent years, provides for
a wage increase averaging 20 per cent
for tonnage on a run Of mine basis, an
eight hour day, wage increase Of 27
per cent for day labor ana full and
complete recognition OF the union
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
UNION WINS VICTORY.
Organized Coal Miners of Colorado Get
Full Recognition

Full Recognition.
Two years and four months after the
end of the Colorado coal strike of
1914 word comes that the United
Mine Workers of America have signed
an agreement with the Yictor-American
Fuel company, the second largest coal
company in Colorado involving full
recognition of the union, the check off
for union dues and provision for check
weighmen on the scales, says the Sur
vey.
To appreciate the significance OF this
development it must be recalled that
Of all the companies involved in the
strike the Nictor-American Fuel com
pany was regarded as the most inn
placable foe Of unionism. Wherever
there were closed camps those of the
Victor-Amerlcan were closed the tight
est. Wherever men who talked union
ism were sent down the canyon" they
We're sent little faster and a little
farther from the camps Of this com
pany than from any other.
Commenting on this bit of news from
Colorado the United Mine Workers
Journal, the official organ of the un-
ion, says: The spirit for organization
that brought about the settlement with
the Nictor-American company is not
confined to the miners of this company
only. The employees of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company Ghe Rockefel-
Ter company openly announce that
they are members Of our union and de
mand agreements through the organ
ization instead of the almost as good
Rockefeller method of adjusting wages
and grievances.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11

10 nave EXTENDED more IMAM TWO
miles and to have contained 10000 per
Sons. The body was placed In a mag
nificent funeral car drawn by eight
white horses, attended by grooms dress
ed in white The car was covered Ell
tirely with black velvet embroidered
with gold.
president to die In the White House
occurred little more than nine years
later, President Zachary Taylor. Ii
seems that even before he took the
oath Of office Mrs. Taylor expressed
her intuitive belief that something sad
or something dreadful would overtake
him.
President Taylor had been invited TO
attend the laying OF the cornerstone
Of the Washington monument. 1t was
q hot July day, and upon returning
home he complained of feeling very
prostrated. He died on July 8, and
the family remained in the mansion
only until the funeral was over. In the
funeral procession the generals aged
war horse followed his owners body to
it's last resting place.
Three times has the White House
stood swathed in black while its mis-
tress lay dead within. First, when Mrs.
Tyler died; next, when Mrs. Benjamin
Harrison died, and later at the death
of President Wilson's wife. Mrs. Tyler
died In 1912, about a year after the
death of President Harrison, and hers
was, accordingly, the second death
within the White House Mrs. Harri-
son died on Oct a. 1891, her funeral
taking place In the White House on the
9th. Mrs. Wilson died Aug 8, 1915
Philadelphia Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
The Union.

omitted we stand and our freedom COM
mand,
Divided we fall by the way,
And factionai strife Is the danger so rife
That adds to our doom and dfsmay.
Be brothers, be men. Do you realize when
We were slaves TO the masters of gold,
Deprived of our rights and the world s
sweet delights,
Enslayed In the dark days Of old?
Then pause and reflect and the Union re
spect.
Let nothing detract from its aim;
Let jealousy's dart and all malice depart
Be tardy to censure or blame;
Be true to the cause and abide by its laws
And cherish It's blessings | pray;
Revere It and love 1t; no cause is above
it.
The Union. God bless 1t for aysl
Frank J. Hayes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
John r. Lawson Exoneratsd.

Attorney General Leslie g. Hubbard
of Colorado has filed a confession OF
error IN the case of John Il. Lawson,
former district president and interna-
tional board member OF the United
Mine Workers Of America, who was
convicted of murder In connection with
the strike In the Colorado coal fields in
1914. The attorney general recon-
mends Lawson be freed. Lawson was
sentenced to life Imprisonment and re-
leased on bond pending an appeal to
the supreme court
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
workmen eiven F.rm pIot.,

The Pennsylvania Rubber company
In response to the appeal Of President
Wilson for an increased production OF
foodstuffs has turned over TO Its en-
ployees the extensive acreage surround
ing It's large plant at Jeanette. Pm.
This land will be allotted to employees
on application In sections for planting.
The company will piow and cultivate
the entire acreage Each employees with
look after tho crop on his section dur
ing the season and receive the profit
when 1t Is marketed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
Weather and SKY.

The old remark about a red evening
and gray morning as indicating good
weather alluded TO In the gospel Of
St. Matthew still holds good, as well
as that which says that red sky In
the morning foretells bad weather,
with much rain and perhaps wind
One of these remarks has taken form
In "a red sky at night is the sailors
delight; a red sky at morning is the
sailors warning"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
Bakers Union Wins Long Fight.

A dispute of several years between
the Ward Baking company and the
Bakers union has been settled, accord
ing an announcement made by Hugh
Frayne, general organizer OF the Amer
lean Federation of Labor Mr.. Frayne
said the company granted all the de-
mands OF its 5000 bakers, including
the eight hour day and full union con-
ditions The company has plants In
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, ProvL
dence and other cities. All the plants
are concerned In the agreement.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
~ " " " " X " y " " " ~ W ~ W 10 "
UNION WISDOM.

" Demand the label on your "
V printed matter NJ
" Put your best and biggest VI
" money on the union label. 1t Is &
" sure winner. ,S
" Demand union made cigars 1t VI
W is a guarantee against sweatshop "
" and Chinese made cigars. "
~ Attend the meetings of your "
" union and assist In the work. W
" Boost instead OF knocking. "
" When you purchase pair OF "
" shoes with the union label you "
" assist the members of the Boot W
W and Shoe Workers International VI
" union. W
W The purchasing power of the "
" union earned dollar, rightly ap- "
" piled, would ameliorate many Of "
~ the unjust conditions which at "
W present exist. "
W "
W " ~ " Y " " u " " " " " " " ss " ~
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
Shortage of Coal Men.

Madeira Hill & co. OF Mahanoy
City, Pa. have abandoned their Stan
ton breaker at Maizevtlle and will pre-
pare all coal mined at Maizeyille at
the Lawrence breaker at A1ahanoy
Plane Due to young men enlisting III
the United States army, Madeira Hill
s. Co. had to unite the Stanton and
Lawrence breaker force.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
Federal EMPLOYEES Nav Aid,

To permit experienced federal en-
ployees TO assist state and municipal
organizations engaged IN mobilizlng
and conserving the country's resources,
President Wilson recently by execu-
tive order has suspended the rule of
more than forty years by which fed
eral employees are prohibited from &C
cepting other employment.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
aolatioa Only a svmnton,.

DR.. Mark II. Rogers points out In the
Journal OF the American Medical as
sociation that sciatica is not a disease
but symptom and almost always OF
strain In the joints Of the lower part
of the spine Therefore the usual
methods Of treating it are useless ex-
cept In so far as they may relieve the
main
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
Ra-enforced Concrete.

The ark In which Moses was placed
In the bulrushes, we are told in the
second chapter of Exodus, was an ark
Of bulrushes daubed with slime and
with pitch. This is probably the first
recorded instance of a REINFORCED con-
crete structure.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11

Mrs Simmer-Your husband seems to
be getting thinner every day. Mra.
Portleigh-Yes, poor fellow But
was getting so awfully stout we have
10 diet-Bosten Globe.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11

In matters of conscience nrSr
thoughts are best; in matters OF pYu
dencs last thoughts are best
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-11
AVOID ENCL LAND'S
LABOR MISTAKES
Warning to the Legislators Who
Would Suspend Laws.
WORKERS MUST HAVE REST

Proposed Suspension of Restrictive
Measures Will Defeat Patriotic Pur-
pose of Their Advocatss-Grest Brit
ain Found That Undue Haste Was
Nearly Fatal.
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FRIDAY MATINEE
 RED GROSS A|D

The Red Cross will derive more profit from the benefit matinee at he Elks theater Friday afternoon of this week than any theatrical troupe possibly could, for the simple reason that actors must be paid, managers must receive their stipends and rent for the show house must come out of the receipts.
 Not so with the presentation of Dazzling Dora" Not only have all the employees and managers of the Ed Redmond Musical Comedy com pany proffered their services free of charge. but some focal talent will also assist The play is not the same as will be presented by the Redmond company during the week, but will be composed of entirely new features.
 Women of the Red Cross have taken charge of the ticket selling campaign and have been unusually successful thus far. So much so in fact. that those who wish choice reservations should immediately ob- tain them.
 The proceeds are to be sent di- rect to Washington headquarters of the Red Cross, after which a fifty per cent split will be made for the