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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
CITY is YELLED IN SMOKE
In Manchester, Industrial Heart Ct
England, Flaming Furnaces Roar
Night and Day.

Manchester is the industrial heart
of England, the heart of the black,
smoky North, which is to the pleas.
ant London south like a foreign land
Under it's veil of fog and smoke, the
flaming furnaces of Manchester roar
night and day, turning out steel and
shells. The Manchester district Is
more impressive than anything of the
kind America can show, because it is
more concentrated. 1t is as if nine.
tenths of the American steel business
were gathered into q single Pennsyl.
vania county.
Baedeker says that on d clear day
you can see 600 giant factory stacks
at one time from a hill near Manches.
ter. This statement has long been
suspected as the solitary bit of humoI
In the 81 ponderous volumes of Bac.
deker. 1t may be true, but it has nev.
er been confirmed, because there are
no clear days in Manchester. When
all the 600 stacks are pouring forth
smoke and the fog steals down, 1t is
dark at noon. On good average day
you can see for several blocks, and
only few electric lights are neces.
sary. The trolleys will probably burn
their headlights, but that is force OF
habit on the part of the motorman.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28

AN EXPLANATION

Owing to the printers laying off
and the Press Office being closed
Friday, it has been impossible to
take care of all the local news per-
tanning to labor in this issue. At
a meeting held by the trades union
lists who are laying off because
twenty-seven union men have been
jailed voted to have the Press is
sued do-day We have issued this
paper but admit we have been
slightly handicapped in doing so.
We hope the trades unionists will
have little patierce and in next
week 5 issue we will give the news
that we were unable to give this
week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
Buy War Saw
ing Siam ps

Theodore Roosevelt says: Help
the Thrift Campaign by buying
the War Savings Stamps. This Is
the peoples war, and the war of
the whole people of the United
States, and we wish to put the
whole people back of it.
1--WE have provided way to
make the people and the bond
holders interchangeable terms.
1t falsihes the old proverb,
You can't eat the cake AMI have
it, In this case, you can eat the
cake and have 1t.
Il wish to see every wage
Garner in a strong economic posi-
tion after the ar. The wage
earners can achieve that position
and at the same time back the
government by buy ing war savings
stamps.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28

themselves is almost terrifying. Where
did so many people come from? Where
are they all going? How are they to
find lodging for the nightf Each
Of the moving swarm is the center Of
q circle of friends. The humblest, un-
less deeply unfortunate, has ties that
bind HIM to earth and make life--in a
degree-dear to him.
Out of the pagan wilderness to the
urban lights and roarings comes bu-
collie youth. What will the city do to
that unsophistication? Or in what
way win it's rugged, innocent power
in time come to prevail upon the city?
Your shrewdest, hardest captain Of
business closes his eyes at his desk
and Is taken back to murmurous water
brooks and bees, to the aroma of hay,
of kline, of burning leaves, to the
sound of the whetted scythe or the
sight of baked apples In the window of
the woodshed.
Why can't they brown 1apjacks or
bake beans or concoct apple sauce or
Cooh odluhSdI dS tuSy uiu uoNh oh tiIC
farm?
The table was always big enough
for the unexpected guest. An egg or a
quart OF milk was no such great event
as 1t Is In city. There used to be
time, too, to settle the affairs of the
borough and the nation, to discuss
Horace Greeley and to wind the clock.
between supper and early bedtime.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
Those Locked Up

Those who are now in the
county jail on an Indictment for
rioting are Louis Schalk, Jacob
Morton, Walter Price, Louis Zim-
norman. Joseph Bendix. Reason
Bonner, Charles + Vaughn, Val
entine Bendix, Sebastian Drummer
William West, Joe Brady, Charles
Mignery, Henry Gardner, William
Brown, Jacob Drummer, Arnold
Drummer, John Barney Ruhl, Char
les Perrine, Allison A. Perrine
Stanley Ogg, Paul Ortolf, Louis
Hufnagel, Joe Deininger, Frank
Reingarber, Oda F. Mcmillan, Joe
Klug and Sheldon Norton
For Assault and Battery
Buford Dees was also placed in
the county Jail, having been indict-
ed with others on a charge of
as ult on July 8, 1917, upon J.
Walter Woods. He also refused
to give bond.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
Bartenders First To Quit
Working.

Twenty-nine trades uniontsts
were sent TO all after falling to
secure bondsmen Thursday morn
ing, by Common Pleas Judge Wal
Ter S. Harlan. Judge Harlan S
court room was crowded to its
fullest capacity long before the
hour specified. The crowd con
sisted mostly of Hamilton's union
men and union women, and among
them were citizens from all parts
of fh- ci y.
All .. the trade unionisJs, except
abou, five or six, indicted by the
grand jury were present and all
pleaded no. guilty TO the indict-
ments as read. Above FIVE Of
them gave bonds foz their appear
aace, ard The balance, as before
stated were taken over to the But
ler County Jail by sheriff Frank
Pepper and MS deputies incltding
Harry Melcalf who trailed along
in the rear.
The men indicted on the charge
of assault and battery were placed
under 1890 90 bond. The men in
dicted on the charge of rioting and
assault were placed under $4,000
bond The Textile workers who
were all girls were not placed I'M
der any bond and were allowed to
go. All Of the girls indicted were
in the court room and ready to go
to jail with the union men if Judge
Harlan so ordered They all
brought their knitting needles and
thread with them and were pre-
pared to stay a long time II neceS'
sary
The twenty-nine trades unionist.
being locked up Thursday will nc
doubt result in many of the Unior
meu laying off and refusing tc
work until the men are released
At the mass meeting held in Trades
Council Hall last Sunday it was
decided that if the indicted mer
and women were sent to jail all
union men and women should lay
off until those in prison are given
their freedom
Immediately after the men were
placed in jail the balance of the
union men aud women who were
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
Interesting ExperEment.

Experiments just completed by two
French scientists have reopened the
controversy whether rudimentary man
nestations of life can be produced in
inorganic matter. These men took
glass tube containing a solution of col
loidal silica, sealed 1t by melting the
glass and subjected tube and contents
to high temperature, long enough to
sterilIze them thoroughly, according
to all current ideas OF sterilization.
The tube was then kept moderately
warm for two months, and when
opened the contents were full OF living
bacteria. Directors contend that the
colloidal silica probably operates to
protect bacteria originally in the So
luton from the effects of tho heai
sterilization. -.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
origin of Order q odd EeIIown.

Details of the origin of the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows are OBJ
scure and probably will always remain
so. From incidents attending the exten.
sion of Freemasonry in England, Amer
lea and elsewhere in the period be-
tween its arrival, in 1717, and year
1740, and from similarity OF emblems
and TO some extent mechanical arrange
ment of ceremonials some investigators
believe that the order OF odd Fellows
was ON offshoot Of Freemasonry. First
recorded lodge was in England In 1745.
Its membership consisted of mechanics
and laborers. Provisions were made
for comfort and recreation of members
and practices of contributing to relief
Of needy and unfortunate brethren be
gan early.-Exchange
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
LIVING IN CITIES
Residents Are Not as Neighborly
as in Country.
Life in Metropolitan Municipalities Is
Battle for Existence, With No
Time for Sociability.

'Who, then, is my neighbour" the
man 'in the city pent" asks himself,
as he regards row of similar house
fronts and reflects on the fact that he
has only a nodding acquaintance at
best with the majority of the inmates.
Interdependence is fostered by the
conditions of living In the country.
Ordinarily we do not need the help
of the next house, near or far. But
let fire come, or destructive storm, or
a predatory visitor. or a serious III
ness, and the neighbor may be as well
come as angels, says writer In Phila-
delphia LIZ iger.
City life is often a battle of the
strong, because there are crowds and
there are many mouths to feed and
many shuffiing feet 10 be shod. If we
let ourselves think of It, the vast null
titnds of identities striving to establish
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
Eight Hours for Workers
In Oil Fields of Coast

Washington, Dec. 27. Settle
ment has been made by the Presi
dents Mediation Commission of
the oil field dispute in southern
California. The terms have Just
been made public. The settlement
covers all refneries and pipe lines
except those of the Standard Oil
Company, and involves about ten
thousand men.
First: That the eight hour day
already in effect with various Cali
fornia oil companies shall be put
into effect oy all California oil op
orators as of January l, 1918, with
the following proviso:
(a) If the oil operators whose
good faith in this entire matter is
absolutely beyond question are not
able, owing to labor and other con.
ditlons, TO put the eight hour day
into effect by that date, the work
ihgmen affected will upon request
of the Government of the United
States, beginning January l, 1918,
work eight hours per day for their
present employers and upon the
request of the Federal Government
will work as many more hours IS
the President of the United States
or his representatives may request.
o. To insure to the workers
the good faith of the employers, a
committee of three Federal inspect
ors shall be appointed by the Sec
retary of Labor of the United
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
The No. Breakfast Plan.

The notwithstanding habit often cre-
ates an abnormal stomRchic condition,
says Physical Culture Magazine. Ii
one is In perfect health, and arises
with keen appetite for breakfast.
there will be no occasion for emitting
the meal. There are, however, but few
in Orfect health, and the omission OF
breakfast gives the stomach q chance
TO adjust itself. 1t has an opportunity
TO develop a keen appetite for the par.
ticular character Of nourishment most
needed by the body at that time. The
no-hreakfast plan is q splendid means
Of properly adjusting ones appetite,
both as to quantity and character Of
food.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
Union Men and Union Women Pro-
test by refusing to work untiI
their brothers are released.
Trades Council Holds rIOn-
ster Mass rleeting.

in the court room went to Trades
Council Hall and held a meeting.
1t was agreed at that meeting to
appoint a committee to make ar
rangements for another mass meet
ing to take place at 7;30 p m.
While this meeting was in progress
an announcement was made that
the bartenders were taking off their
aprons and refusing to work. This
appeared to be true because short
ly after the meeting adjourned the
proprietors of the different cafes
about the city were back of the
bars dispensing their own goods.
When the word went out on
Thursday morning that their fel-
low workers had been jailed, much
indignation was aroused among the
workingmen throughout the city
in all crafts Many expressed their
intention of Immediately laying
down their tools and quitting
work, but were counse1ed by cool
er heads to await and abide by the
decision Of the meeting to be held
that night.
Thursday evening thousands of
union men and women gathered in
the vicinity of Second and Court
streets. All four of Trades Coun-
Gil halls were packed and hundreds
were unable to get in.
At eight O'Clock the men and
women formed in line and headed
by Trades Council officials they
marched to the high school audi
torium which place was soon pac6-
ed to the doors.
President Of Trades Council A.
E Eggleston, presided over the
! meeting He stated that the pur-
pose of the meeting was to consider
the imprisonment of twenty-nine
unionists that morning. After
much discussion, many of those
present having addressed the meet
ing and declared themselves on
the situation, ii was decided to ap-
point a committee to draft resolu-
tions declaring it TO be be the sense
of organized labor of Hamilton III
mass meeting assembled to cease
all labor until the men imprisoned
be released on their own recogniz-
ance. The committee appointed
prepared and offered the following
resolution;
Hamilton, Ohio, Dec. 81, 1917.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
Girls Appear
But Are Released - Those
Indicted.

Girls and women who were in
dicted for riot at the Shuler & Ben
ninghofen mills and who pleaded
not guilty Thursday morning are:
Edith Freyberg, Laura Kessler,
Belle Howard, Anna Rosenfelder,
Anna Freyberg, Alice Bieman,
Marie Eckert, Jessie Howard, Ma
ry Williamson, Rose Clark, Myr-
tie Hall, Amanda Kinnear and
Catherine Bieman.
Mary Williamson and Laura
Kessler were also indicted on a riot
charge in connection with the
trouble at the Vie home OH Day
ton street. Laura Kessler is i'll and
was unable appear Thursday
morning
Commenting on the riot indict-
ment for the girls and women,
Judge Harlan said that it was the
first riot case which he has any
knowledge Of ever having been
brought into the court. Upon be
ing told after an inquiry, that the
girls and women all lived in the
city Judge Harlan said that they
would not be required to give
bond.
This he said was partly due to
the fact that the accommodations
for women at the Jail are very
poor
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
DIsnersInu q Crowd.

'T have just come back from forty.
eight hours duty in Paris" writes an
officer in Highland regiment. "My
servant and I, both In the kilt, were
buying some stuff outside shop, as
one does in Paris, when crowd of
about twenty people gathered round,
and simply stared-some amused, some
open-mouthed, and some doubtless In
admiration. I was amused at first,
but 1t got bit too much Of good
thing, and my servant. who is wag,
said: Shall / hand round the hat.
sir7'
So, not thinking he would, ! said:
Yes do and---f he didn't Whip off his
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28

We have filtration, and the vacuum
cleaner, and the servant question, and
all the other city advantages. But it
was something to know the neighbors,
and somehow or other "the men that
were boys when was boy" mean
something In lifetime that the brisk,
ambitious, clean-shaven, up-pushing
generation does not convey. 1t would
do these take-it-or-leave-it fellows good
to study the large, leisurely, tranquil
izing ways Of their forebears in the
days when civilization" was not on q
tear from the cheap lunch to the bar
gain counter. and home was not way
station betwixt the joyride and the
moving pictures.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
Men Laying Off, Not Striking

Many people are under the i'm
preston that the men and women
who are not working at the present
time are on strike. This is not
true, the fact of the matter is that
these men and women are simply
laying off as a protest against the
Imprisonment of their fellow work
ers Trades Council wants it dis
tinctly understood that the Central
body has called no organization ont
and that those who laid off did so
of their own accord.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
Easily Arranoed.

'But why are you so agitated and
distressed? Surely you have been
Kissed before?"
'Yes, replied the beautiful girl, with
tears in her eyes, shut 1t was done by
some member of my family"
"Oh. we'll I'm quite willing TO be-
come q member of your family"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28

nned colors. The colors are general
y as follows: When the raindrops are
in the average one mlllimeter In diam
eter we see a violet, pale blue, blush
green, green, yellow, orange, pale red
and deep red rainbow; when the drops
average three-tenths millimeter, the
rainbow is violet, pale blue, blush
green, green, yellow and orange. Drops
Of one-tenth millimeter produce the
succession Of a very pale violet, vio-
let, whitish blue, whitish green, blush
yellow and pale yellow. Drops of one
twentieth millimeter (fog) give white
tinted with violet, very vivid white,
white tinted with yellow and a very
pale yellow.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28

The last four named
were expelled from the
Iron M olders' Union.
The last named is the
same "Punkin" Peters
caught by the police III
the cellar Of a South
Third street shoe store
e n i 6 b t several
weeks ago.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28

States who shall have full access
and full authority to inspect all
the activities of the oil operators
and shall render reports TO the
United States Government and the
State Executive Board of the Oil
and Gas Well Workers Union and
any company affected as to progress
being made.
Second: The minimum wage
scale for oil workers shall be four
dollars for eight hours work, which
wage scale shall apply as from Dec.
/, 1917.
Third: No man shall be discrim
mated against or iptimidated be
cause of membership ia any union
affiliated with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, and the officers
of such union shall agree that
neither they nor the members
thereof will discriminate against
nor intimidate any non union men
because of his failure to belong to
a union.
Fourth: In case of dispute or
disagreements between the employ
ers ar employees or any matter
affecting the findings of the Presi.
dents Mediation Commission
which cannot be settled through
the existing channels the ma
chinery of the United States Gov
ernment shall be used with the
Secretary Of Labor as the final ar
bitraior.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
CoIors Of fhe Hainbow

The colors Of the rainbow vary ac-
cording to their size, and the size diff.
fers according to the bigDess of the
raindrops. Large drops produce mar
row rainhows and bright. clearly de-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
Prepare to Care for Themselves.

Prepare 20 Care for Themselves
Nowhere have the French shown
their remarkable national vitality more
striking than In the way they have
kept up the pursuits Of peace while
bearing the brunt of the most exacting
war In history. So far from having
their industries broken by conflict they
have developed scores OF new ones
writes a correspondent. An exhibit
now being held in Paris is given over
entirely to products manufactured In
France, which were formerly imported
The first division consists of articles
formerly brought from foreign nations,
largely from Germany, while the sec
ond is made up of articles formerly
made In the northern French districts
now occupied by the invader, which
are now being manufactured in south
ern France.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28

Balmoral and take 1t round perfectly
seriously, with a chIdlike expression
on his face. They cleared off all
right, some grinning, and others look
ing very sheepish. But we got moth
ing"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
An unexnected Thrust

He-It seems we have to economize
on our wool my dear.
she-Then you had better begin
with the lot Of 1t that people are al
ways pulling over your ewes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
Respectfully Submitted,
Your Committee.

The resolution was adopted with
out dissenting vote.
By this action organized labor in
Hamilton h as thrown down
the gauntlet and declared that it
will not be intimidated by the Jail
ing of few of its members. Or
ganized labor holds that the men
imprisoned are innocent of the
crimes with which they are charg-
ed and that they are simply being
made goat" in a deeply laid plot
to break up their organizations.
Many offers of bond have been
made by business and professional
men for the men imprisoned but SO
far they have been refused. At
temps have been made to furnish a
blanket bond whereby all could e
released but Judge Harlan refused
to accept this kind of bond and
says that each man must sign his
own bond together with a surety.
The men refused to sign a bond
maintaining that they are innocent
of the crime with which thev are
charged and for which they now
lie in jail and that they shouldn' t
be required to give a bond and that
the whole matter is up to JUDGE
HARLAN as to whether or not
they STAY in Jail.
Friday morning found several
thousand workmen in the city idle,
many laying off during the day,
and it looks now like all work in
the city will be suspended by Sat
urday
Large meetings were held Fri
day morning and afternoon, all
four halls being literally packed.
From the looks of determination
on the faces of the men attending
these meetings it is plain that they
realize the seriousness of the stu
alton but that they intend TO see
the matter through
President A. E. Eggleston urges
that all men who are out be peace
full, quiet and orderly and conduct
themselves as becoming members
of organized labor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
r o $ I Dix
Local Organizers and BuSi.
ness Agents.

Charles E. Vaughn, A. F. Of L
Residence, 80 So. Second Stree
Bell Phone 308 X.
Timothy Rowan, Internationa
MoldeTs' Uuion, Residence, 93s
Central Ave, Bell Phore 403 x.
Vim. E. Bennett, Painters
Decorators and Paper Hang ers'
Union, No. 1876. Residence Mt,
Pleasant Pike.
w. R Smith, Paper Makers Tn
ion, Residence, Hotel Hamilton.
Home Phone 81. Bell Phone 81.
Swain B. Corson, Carpenters
and Joiners' Union, No. 637, Resi-
dence 107 Brosey Ave, Bell Phone
100 L.
Conrad Moe bus, Business Agert
Ba1tenders' Union, 258 Walnut St.
VIM Geppinger, Business Agent
Theatrical Stage Employ es' Union,
726 L High St. Home Phone ll0l
Thos. Brennan, Business A ent
Stage Employees Urion No. 1856.
Residence 205 South Thiro street.
John Buhi, Transfers Union
Home Phone 1627,X.
DAYTON OHIO.
Ben Closterman, Poltshers.
J. T. Eichorn, Bartenders, Z
Market street.
w. ]. Gregg, Hoisting Engineers
Al w. Great Miami Boulevard.
Wm Schneberger, Cigarmakers
125 Samuel street.
George Richardson, Teamsters'
$40 Wayne, Ave, Bell Phone 54l
Home Phone 2541.
Earl Nyswander, Carpenters 70
N. Main street.
Geo. Lorah. Plumbers corner,
Washington and Main, street
Plumbers Hall.
MIAMI VALLEY
l.. Haeffele, international Mol
ders' Union. Residence, 754 Clark
street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28

Hamilton Men Working In
The Niles Foundry
This Week.
John Reichel
Carl Weiss.
Ed Bull" Bierman.
Joe Marsh.
Chas. Leopold.
John Fetzer.
Robert Scholz.
Clarence wv hi tey"
Phillips.
Albert "Punkin" Pet
ers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
Walter Harlan InstruCts
Sheriff to send men to Jail af-
ter they failed to secure bonds
men. Girls indicted with the
men were not locked up as
expected.

WHEREAS, twenty nine
members of organized labor
have been placed in the But
Ter county Jail for failing to
give bonds, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the mem
bers of organized labor in the
city of Hamilton, here assem-
bled agree to cease work imme-
diately until our brothers are
released from prison on their
own recognizance, and the in
dictments against them quash-
ed.