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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-08-24

central labor bodies throug hout the
country for the organization at once
of local Alliances, and it is expec-
ted that within two or three weeks
there will be an Alliance In almost
every city in which there is cen
tral labor body.
1t is the purpose of the Aili-
ance to voice the position of
the labor movement at all times
as the true spokesman for or
ganized labor. The Alliance
will keep constant watct to see
that false prophets and would
be labor leaders are not permit
ted to deceive either the labor
movement or the general pub
lie.
The American labor movement
stands firmly with the Government
and for democracy in this war. Its
position is clearly stated in the dec
laration adopted at the great con
ference Of national and internation-
al officers in Washington on March
u, 1917.
The so-called Workmen's Coun-
ellis or Peoples Councils cannot
speak for the labor movement.
The reason is simple They are
NOT the labor movement and the
labor movement insists upon being
its own spokesman. This the
American Alliance Tor Labor and
Democracy makes clear that ii
warns the American people against
deception by those who pretend to
speak for labor but who have pot
even the slightest show Of authority
TO speak for labor
fhe Alliance, from It's national
headquarters in New York. will
conduct vigorous campaign Of
publicity aud education, setting
forth the purposes and position Of
the labor movement IN the war and
making clear the demands of dem
ocracy upon all Americans.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-08-24

men inside of the mill started to
shoot
In giving their side of the con
troversy existing between them
selves and their employees now on
strike the company in their state
ment in the local evening papers
say in paragraph one, column two
that last May they reduced the
hours Of their female workers from
81 hours to 48 hours We ask the
company isn't it a fact that this
concession, by you to become effec-
tive In your mills on OF about June
21si, was made after the 80 hour
law for women was passed and
would have been compulsory on
your part after July lst Would
you have granted this voluntarily
if this law, due to the efforts of or
ganized labor, had not been made
IN paragraph two, column two
of their statement they say they
know Of no bonus system in their
plant They don't say there was
no bonus system, they simply say
they know of none. We ask thc
company, isn't it fact that ON OF
about June lst there appeared {
card on the clock in your mills
stating that after certain date {
) per cent bonus would be paic
to all piece and day workers Mr.
+. G. Rud-r of the First Nationa
Bank, who offered his good Office
to bring about all adjustment of the
difference existing between the twc
parties concerned, appeared before
the committee of the employees anc
when told that they wanted the
discontinuance of the bonus system
said, there is no bonus system
When told Of the card on the CLOCK
giving notice Of a ) per cent bonus
he said that that was a mistake
that it should Of read-a 5 per cen
increase But how was the em
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-08-24

ployes TO know that the company
when they say one thing, mean an
ether, They might just as we'll
place sign on their plant reading
Smith & Jones Mills and say II
meant Shuler & Benninghofen
Mills. So much for the bonus sys-
tenn.
Ia paragraph thee, column two,
of their statement they refer to the
demand of 40 per cent increase for
piece workers, which does look out
of reason but not 80 when one un-
derstands 1t. 1t is true when the
hours were reduced the company
granted l233 per cent increase which
made the workers wages the same
amount for 48 hours as they were
receiving for "a hours. Shortly
after this they granted what was
supposed to be the per cent bonus.
Taxing the company at its word,
according to the card on the clock
which read > per cent bonus the
employees naturally took it for gran
ted that the 1871 per cent was also
In the nature of z bonus. This
they did not want. What they
warted was a straight 221a per cent
increase over the scale previous to
the shortening of hours. Taking
the 121a per cent and the per cent
making III per cent, from the
40 per cent demanded from the
company, would leave 221a per
I cent Then take the l71a per cent
already granted by the company
and add to it the 5 per cent granted
by the company on the last day the
mills were in operation, and Of
which increase the workers knew
nothing about until after they re-
ceived their pay envelopes after
they walked out, and you have the
/ p 15 per cent increase demanded.
In other words take the 2215 per
ceut increase which the company
really granted and add 1t to what
the workers thought was l71z per
cent Donus, and which they desired
continued, and YOU have what looks
like a 40 per cent demand. With a
little careful study Of these figures
it will readily be seen that the
workers are to receive exactly 10
per cent increase, or the two 5 per
cent increases granted by the com
pany, over and above the amount
received prior to the shortening OF
hours We might add that this IS
satisfactory to the workers. The
question Of wages is 10 issue what
ever.
In paragragh four column two Of
their statement they speak OF The
minimum wage of $500 per week
demanded We believe this matter
could be adjusted very easily and
satisfactory to both parties. In
fact all of these matters could be
easily adjusted if the stubborn at
titude of the employers was ehmin-
mated
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-08-24

Shuler told the committee at that
time that they were giving them
another increase they might have
never decided to strike, but the
curt words of Shuler that the an
swer would he in their pay envel-
opes" naturally led the employees
to think that the answer meant dis
charge or a lockout for the com
mittee and the officers of the un-
ion. The committee thereupon re-
ported to their fellow workers who
decided to strike before the firm
got the chance to discharge or lock
them out
We hold that Shuler made the
mistake and caused the strike in
his plant and he or any other mem
Der Of the firm should not try to
mislead the public that it was the
employees who caused it.
Like thousands of other firms
throughout the United States the
Shuler & Benninghofen Company
never thought that their employees
needed shorter hours and an in
crease in wages until they awoke
to the fact that their employees
were arganizing and they knew
what that meant The state Of
Ohio through the efforts of the
LABOR UNIONS have placed
on the statute books laws regulat-
ing the hours Of labor, and the
LABOR UNIONS have placed
many other laws on the statute
books in the past ten years bene6c-
ial to laboring men and women
We also call attention to one of the
best laws in the world The Ohio
Workmen Compensation Law
which every factory in the state is
compelled to respect In view Of
all that has been gained by organ
lied labor do the proprietors of the
Woolen Mill and the Republican,
News and other factories who hate
labor unions think for minute
that the laboring class are going
to surrender their unions because
greedy and unfair corporations
want them to? Not on your life.
The LABOR UNIONS have
opened the eyes Of some of the
working people and they will never
surrender the only weapon they
have to lead them to a better living
for their families.
In letter sent out by the Shuler
& Benninghofen Woolen Mill few
days after they mailed the notice
to their employees 10 come to work,
this firm notified about fifteen of
their employees that their services
were no longer required. These
fifteen are the officers and commit
teemen of the union. Bill Shuler
no doubt thought that by discharg
ing the officers and the committee
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-08-24
The Evening Journal, Through Their
investigation, Says That Two
thirds of the Strikers Want
TO Go Back To Work,
Which Is Untrue

After eight weeks the strike of
the Textile Workers at the Shuler
& Benninghofen Wooden Mills is
still on and with slight chances for
a settlement. The conditions are
about the same as they have been
ever since the strike began, the
mill Is shut down and the former
employees are all cut About the
only new development is the state
luent issued by the company aud
published in the evening papers Of
Tuesday night.
The ShuIers and Benninghofens
have also adopted the up to date
Niles method of pu chasing whole
page advertisements to give the
public their side of the strike, but
they do not inform the public of the
real facts which brought on the
strike. In articles published in The
Press heretofore we have tried n
be as lenieut as possible with the
Shuler and Benninghofen concern,
and like many others we were sorry
that the strike occurred. However
since the employees are mem
bers of the Textile Workers Tn
ion and are out ct the present time
we feel justified in stating the
strikers side of the trouble as near
as possible 1t is no mere than fair
that the strikers be allowe to pre-.
sent their case since the mill own
ers have published theirs.
From what we have heard of the
strike and its cause we can not but
believe that somebody pulled off an
awful bone headed play and 1t was
this as much, if not more, than any
other thing that caused the present
trouble at the mill
The strikers inform us that the
trouble started when the firm be
came aware of the existence of the
Textile Workers Union. II was
after the union organized that the
mill owners decided that something
must be done to curb its progress
and along came the announcement
of the first increase in wages and
With other inducements. A short
time after the first increase in
wages was announced the shorten
ening of hours was given and then
another increase was given after
the employees had struck.
When the committee of the un-
ion visited the Office and presented
their grievances they were immedi-
ately told by Bill Shuler that they
would not meet the committee OF
the union and would not consider
their agreement He then told the
committee that they would find
their answer in their pay envel-
opes. This is where we think
the bone head play came in Had
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-08-24
tInhnlsterars Raiaa Manas.

Upholsterers union of Cleveland has
raised wages after i've weeks strike
A minimum rate Of S21 week is
agreed to. Day workers win be paid
S23 week, and piece workers secure
a 10 per cent increase. Organized up
holsterers on strike at jamestown, n
Y, for nine weeks have secured an
agreement, improved working condi-
tons and wage increases Of from So to
So a week
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-08-24
The State War Board SAYS Today:


Can sl cant eat, aud Eat ali you car" have
been slogans IN the campaign perishsbe
foods.
But there's another products Of war;
truck and farm gardens.
It is the oldame method Of buying vegetables and other
foodstu6scommon enough and fifteen years ago al
most forgotten now
Cabbage oeets, urnps, pumpkin YOU have them all
fresh in mid"ineF Take cabbage Here's how H.
easily and without expense
Dig trench about foot deep Select sound AMI perfect
plants and lay them heads down Then dig narrower but
deeper trench each your cabbage row This provides
drainage and gives soil heap up your rench Cover
the cabbage with thin straw then heap on about u
inches OF dirt little freezing hurt the cabbages they
are allowed to thaw gradually.
Cabbage also be kept crisp for winter use by
trimming off stubs and wrapping closely in paper
packing in boxes barrels and storing place
stance, that has no furnace partitoned off,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-08-24
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LAsoR's CONTENTION.

} Organized labor has always !
) contended for equality of oppor- !
) tunity, equality of rights, equal !
\ ity Of the hours of labor and !
. equality of remuneration for men !
: and for women !
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-08-24

Failure Of the Unorganized
Worker to Grasp the
Psychological Effect Of the
News" Detrimental to Their
Welfare.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-03
hMcnlcA TAXES LEAD
IN ALLY WAR POLICY
For Full Unity and Co Opera
ton On Western Front. =.

Paris. Dec. ga definite policy for
complete unity and cooperation on
the western fronts is to be worked out
by the supreme war council, which
will continue sessions until after
Christmas.
America, through General Tasker H.
Bliss, its representative, will take a
leading part in Formulating this policy
Of joint military effCrt.
Many of the plenary delegates to
the inter-a2ied conference left, but
the military advisers Of the four ma
tons represented France,
Great Britain and Ita3y-announced
that they would continue their DELHI
erations.
Although the formal closing of the
conference is set fOr today or tomor-
row. the military discussions will take
place regularly until a definite policy
has been established. when a plenary
meeting of the supreme war council
will be called. probably after Christ
mas.
Meantime. the American members
of the mission Will inspect training
camps where soldiers from the Unit.
ed States are getting ready to enter
the fray. American members Of the
conference committees also will con-
tinue to hold informal conferences for
the next few days. particularly with
their French associates.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-03
Ambassador Francis Acts.

Petrograd, Fee. 3.-Major Kerth.
American militasy attache. has been
Instructed by Ambassador Francis to
make q protest en- the part of the
United States similar TO that entered
by the heads Of the entente embassies
10 the negOtiati rs for an armistice
between RHes:o ant Germany The
omission to join the protest entered
by the other allied ministers was due
to the fact that it was based on the
London agreement against a separate
peace, to which America is not a sig
natory.
Ambassador Francis. however, has
assumed he attitude that all aid that
America has extended to Russia and
all recommendations to that end by
him were made with the express I'M
derstanding often reiterated. that
Russia intended to continue in the
war, and that, therefore. he believed
himself justified IL the absence of in
structions from the state department
at Washington 10 enter a protest
against the ind pendent action of
The terminolo~v Of the protest en-
tered by Major Egrth was unknown at
the embassy, but it is believed to
follow the lines of the entente pro-
test.
The chief of the American military
mission has Informed the general
staff that while no official information
has reached the American embassy
with regard to the prohibition on yes
sells about to sail for Russia as report
ed in the press and the detention OF
goods to the value of 1925 100000
ready for shipment. pending the form
alton of a firmly established govern
ment, that such q report in his opin-
ion and that OF The ambassador rep
resents exactly the point Of view of
the American government.
General Berthe1ot, chief of the
French military mission to Rumania.
has Informed General Stcherbacheff
from Clemenceau stating that France
does not recognize the present gov
eminent commissioners and that the
French public IS convinced of the pa
triotism of the Russian people.
The chief command trusts he will
categorically reject all criminal pour
parlers and maintain the Russian ar
my face to face with the common foe,
France will decline to recognize a gov.
eminent capable of making terms with
an enemy.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-03
BREAD DOWN TO DIME
Full Pound Loaf, Too, in Advance Of
Licensing System.

Newark, N. J., Dec. "a sixteen
ounce loaf of bread for dime in this
city and its suburbs is the fine promise
held forth for residents.
There is promise, too, that some of
the big bakeries may get into price
war with the cost of living cut in fine
shape. Every since the war began to
pinch loaves in this vicinity have
ranged from sixteen to nineteen
ounces each and the price has been
twelve cents.
A number of large concerns making
regular house deliveries announced the
change to the dime loaf and sixteen
straight ounces, which is in accord
with the food administrations recon-
mendation of what is about right un-
der the licensing system, which goes
into effect December 10.
The baking companies, however.
fear that the reduction may result IN
sharp price-cutting, as they have not
been able to form any combination.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-03
not permitted. All drinking water

not permitted. All drinking water
must be covered tightly against dust
and other sources Of Infection
Nn'u he Water supply is contain
mated cr douotlui. but when il must
nclcr1uc.cs> be used. the water is
StrrilIztd in for:y-&aIlon canvas bags,
which ere carried by all our troops.
The sterilization is done with Il ny
pCchIUito OF calcium, which is is
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-03
SUGAR OR YOUR LIFE"
Negro Holds Up Washington Grocery
Girl With Revolver

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-"Some sugar
or your life" said a negro as he en-
tered a grocery store a, 500 P street,
Northwest, and pointing a revolver
at Miss G. Klein, who had been left
in charge of the store by her father
ordered her to fill sack Of the much
sought staple.
Miss Klein hurriedly complied with
the demand. She was about to de-
liver the package when her father
appeared The negro bolted for the
door, leaving the sugar on the coun
ter
Miss Klein described him to the
police as being about twenty-three
years old. five feet, eight or nine
inches in height. and wearing a dark
cap, which was pulled down over his
eyes.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-03
ARTILLERY FIRE
ON ITALIAN FRONT
fome Reports Enemy Forces
Are Dispersed.

Rome, Dec 3-Violent artillery
fighting is reported by the war office
but there has been no important in
fantry action.
The communication follows:
From the Asiago plateau to the
lower Piave the intensity of the artil-
lery fire continued Enemy troops re-
ported marching On the road from
Monte Climone to the Nos Valley were
S elled by our batteries and dispersed.
arge enemy groups which. after VIC
lent bursts Of fire. attempted to ap-
pr0ach our positions at Meletta were
promptly put to flight.
In the Monte Pertica region one Of
cur parties, in surprise attack reach
ed Hill 1549. held by the enemy, but
was not able to occupy this position
owing to its being exposed to violent
concentrations of fire.
ffgadiar General Serv-~ecat;Hfes-
tours of inspection on behalf of
TIE American government, visiting tie
Duke of Aosta, commander of the
third army at his headquarters, and
IL tEiiiS d III c. IA survey u Saga Mill
and Cemetery road, where a desperate
fight occurred and Austrians who had
crossed the Pfave were thrown back
into the river
At Sega Mill a heavy bombardment
was in progress, the enemy using guns
Of large and small calibers. as we'll as
machine guns and rifles. One shell
struck a trench in which General
Scriven was making observations
opening huge fssrre and killing two
Italian soldiers outright. The italian
artillery was more than holding its
own with guns of all calibers and
l9rge numbers of airplanes
From a trench at the brink of the
river back of Sega Mill, General Scriv-
en- could see long lines of bodies of
Austrian dead still lying on the sand
bar in midstTeam. They have been
there for two weeks, but every at
tempt the italians make to bring them
IN for burial is met with the fierce
Sre Of Austrian batteries.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-03
How Long Must Suffer
From the Pangs of Rheumatism?

nent good, for they cannot possibly
reach these germs which infest your
blood by the millions.
S. S. S. has been successfully used
for Rheumatism for more than fifty
years. Try it to-day and you will
find yourself at last on the right
track to get rid of your. Rheumatism.
You can get valuable advice about the
treatment of your individual case by
writing to the Chief Medical Adviser,
Swift Specific Co., Dept. D At
lanta, Ga
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-03
SAVED HIS DAILY BREAD
Negro Conservztionist Accumulated
Suit Case Full OF Crusts.

Suit Case Full OF CruSts.
Philadelphia, Dec 3.-Sergeant Gel
lentheim was sitting behind the desk
at the Nineteenth and Oxford streets
police station writing on the blotter
when he heard somebody say:
Hello. boss
He looked I'D from his labors and
beheld & negro struggling with a
suitcase. The sergeant asked his
business, and the negro replied:
Boss, I want you to answer me a
question. The food administration
wants us to save slice Of bread a
day, and I have been doing il for the
last two months. | got EN- al here
in the suitcase. and now l wants to
know what I am going to do with
'em?"
And before the aslonished sergeant
could utter a word the negro opened
the suitcase and revealed about n 'netv
slices of stale bread Gauenthein re-
covered, gave the negro little les
son on real conservation. after which
1ia visitor departed with his burden.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-03
TRACE SMALLPOX TO POLLS
Cases Develop Where an Election OF.
ficer Had the Disease.

Harrisburg, Dec. 3.-SmallpoX cases
having developed among Clearfeld
county voters who came in contact on
election day with officials who had the
disease in the eruptive stage. Health
Commissioners Dixon has sent DR.. H.
L. Hull to the scene of the trouble
for the third time, with orders that
every voter must be seen, to learn
whether any more of them are show.
ing suspicious symptoms and to find out
whether they have been vaccinated.
DR.. Hull is instructed to see the
watchers at the polls and get from
them the list of the voters. If it is
impossible to get such lists, DR.. Dixon
probably will ask for a court order to
open the ballot-box and thus obtain
them
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-03
CONGRESS BEGAN
WAR SESSION TODAY
LuII is Likely Until After the
Holidays.

Washington, Dee. 3. -Congress met
today, but it does not expect to begin
real work until after the Christmas
holidays.
There is no inclination to hurry on
the part of members who have reach
ed the capital. and many of them are
not expected until later
Chairman Fitzgerald, of the house
appropriations committee, is prepared,
to think and fight about at once. He
proposes to renew his demand for GEN.
traliZed committee control over all
appropriations for war purposes. He
will urge adoption of such resolu-
ton, but to be successful he has to
overcome prejudices of venerable age.
Under the present system of pre-
pairing appropriation bills. estimates
submitted by the secretary Cf the
treasury in behalf of the various de-
partments go to numerous house com
mitteeS and each committee brings in
a separate appropriations bill. Funds
for the army are reported by the mill
tary affairs committee. for the navy
bby the naval affairs committee for
ordinance, ammunition and fortifca-
lions by special subcommittee of the
appropriations committee and several
bills by the appropriations committee
for different purposes.
Chairman Fitzgerald believes that
the only efficient war congress can
control and provide funds properly in
for one committee to handle all war
expenditures. Naturally, his commit
tee would be the check, although he
is willing that a separate committee
be formed and it would become, dur
ing the war budget committee "
vast power. Members of the military,
naval and other committees are I'M
willing that their prerogatives be thus
snatched from them and will block
the Fitzgerald move II possible.