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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-21
NEEDLE TRADES FESTIVE.
Strike Likely Unless Demand For In
creased Pay is Granted.

Strike Likely Unless Demand For In
creased Pay Is Granted.
The demand OF the New York city
Cloakmakers' union, which has 10000
members, for 20 per cent increase la
pay has led TO the danger Of strike
through the refusal of the conference
board of the union TO accept the com
promise offered by the manufacturers
About 1900 members Of the union are
raincoat makers who are working on
uniforms for the war department They
are not affected in the controversy be-
cause about two weeks ago, through
the Intervention of federal authorities,
they received an increase in pay.
The demand Of the workers was serv-
ed on the manufacturers on June 10.
Negotiations have been in progress
since, with the result that several days
ago the manufacturers submitted a new
scale to the union. The demand, made
in spite of the fact that the wage sched-
ule fixed at the end Of the 1916 strike
has two more years to run, is based on
increased cost of living.
The cloakrnakers' strike of 1918 lasted
for fourteen weeks and was marked by
much suffering among the workers, and
a citizens committee raised funds to
pay strike benefits The settlement OF
the strike gave the workers some ad-
vantages.
The busy season of the cloak trede
begins in about two weeks. The indus
try does a business OF $3.50, ,oo0,O 600 a
ye&r.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-21
Dayton BARRIERS Surrender
Charter.

The BARRIERS Union at Dayton,
Ohio owing to lack of interest, poor
management and few other things
which went up TO make a tempes-
tuous career gave despairing gasp
and died. This solemn occasion
took place at a meeting held on
Monday of last week when the un-
ion voted to surrender its charter.
All that we can say is that THE
PRESS wishes all members Of
the defunct organization we'll.
We understand that the BARRIERS
have been working about IS hours
per week and receiving from $l3 to
800. We are told that some of the
shops, now that there is nc longer
a union in that city, are opening
IN at $50 in the morning and clos
ing when customers cease coming
in, which is often as late as 9
O. clock. Well, we emily hope that
the BARRIERS hours will be from 5
a. IN. to II p. m. and that they
will have to work every Sunday
and all holidays. Then when they
get their fl of nonunion conditions
and send for the organizer, let them
send for him again aad again and
then about year after that organ
ize them. We think a cure of this
kind will do them good.
In the meantime if they come
down to Hamilton we will show
them an organization of barber:
that are alive and on the job anc
enjoying the fruits therefrom. Al
but two shops in Hamilton are IN
ionized, and these tive are starv
ing.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-21
ADMONISHED THAT
THE LAW HAS TEETH

Washington, Sept y. "A warn
ing to the coal men of the country,
operators and dealers, was issued
by Senator Pomerene of Ohio, fol-
lowing conference with Dr.. H.
Gar field, fuel administrator. Sen
ator Pomerene declared he had re-
ceived limitations that some coal
men were not obeying the law aud
furthermore had announced an in
tention not to do SO, He said:
If any of these operators feel
that congress passed the law fixing
the price of food and fuel as a bluff
or that the executive department
was not serious when the prices
were fixed, they had better accept
word of friendly admonitton.
Prices at the mines and to be
charged by jobbers were effective
as of the day they were set by the
president, and prices to be charged
by retailers will be fixed in the very
near future, and delivery of coal
will likewise be provided.
The law has teeth in it. Severe
penalties are provided for asking,
demanding or receiving higher
prices than those fixed, or for refus-
Ing to conform to regulations which
the government may make
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-21
Pleasant Pike.

Pleasant Pike.
w. K. Smith, Paper Makers In
ion, Residence, Hotel Hamilton
Home Phone 81. Bell Phone 81.
Swain B. Corson, Carpenters
and Jeiners Union, No. 637, Resi-
dence l07 Brosey Ave, Bell Phone
756 L.
Conrad Mosbus, Business Agent
Ba1tenders' Union, 258 Walnut ST.
VIM Geppinger, Business Agent
Theatrical Stage Employ es' Union,
726 +. High St. Home Phone ll01
Thos. Brennan, Business Agent,
Stage Employees Union No 1876.
Residence 205 South Third street.
John Buhi, Tesmsters Union
Home Phone 1627-X.
DAYTON OHIO.
Ben closterman Poltshers.
J. F, Eichorn, Bartenders, 7
Market street.
W. J. Gregg, HOisting Engineers
Al W. Great Miami Boulevard.
VIM. Schneberger, Cigarmakers
125 Samuel street.
| George Richardson, Teamsters'
so Wayne, Ave, Bell Phone SAL
Home Phone 2541.
Earl Nyswander, Carpenters 25
n. Main street.
Geo. Lorah. Plumbers corner,
Washington nd 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, 1917-09-21
Equal Pay For Women.

o o 0 0 o o o o
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-21

gether in one group constituted a
conspiracy But despite these OBJ
stacles men united. They formed
debating societies and established
labor papers. Slowly but surely
they one at time toppled over old
ideas, maintained by lawmakers,
professors, economists and students
Upward they have climed out of
bondage, over 1000, 600 strong. =
Exchange.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-21
What Organi=
cation Has
Done.

The next time some enc asks
you What you have unions for =
don't pity his ignorance, but take
the uniformed gentleman in hand
ard enlighten his mind to the
greatest force for good that the
worlds workers have ever known.
Compare the long work day Of
thirty years ago TO that Of today.
Explain TO him how that at the be
ginning of the union labor move
ment, all of the different machines
of labor were working from twelve
to sixteen hours per day, and that
now the eig ht hour day is fact in
all of the organized calliugs, and
that many of them are discussing
the seven hour day, that they may
enjoy to greater degree the good
things OF life.
If the unions S successful efforts
in reducing the work day is not
sufficient excuse for our existence,
show your friend how the workers
agitation secured our free schco oil
system and its free school books.
How we have raised wages and es.
tablished vast chain of benefits,
How we have forced employers to
safeguard life and limb. How shop
conditions are betiered by workers
standing together and protecting
from blacklisting the fellow who
has gone TO the front.
Tell him that all these gains
have been made in the last fifty
years. Before that time men were
even denied the right to organize
Existing laws at that time declared
that three workers gathered TO.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-21

Z Labor organizers in Bridgeport,
Conn. In connection with the strike at
the Remington Arms company predict
ed that organized labor will soon insti-
tute nation wide campaign to get
equal pay for women doing mems
work.
Hitherto it has been the policy of
union men to ask the discharge of wo
men or refuse to work with them. The
exigencies of war, the leaders say, viii
demand that women do a certain
amount OF work hitherto left to men
and by demanding equal pay the Labor
organizers expect to reach result
consistent with union policy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-21
ADVANCE GRANTED TEXTILE
WORKERS

Passaic, N. J., Sept. 21-Antici-
pating demand for more wages,
the textile mills decided on an al
vance to their employees, numbering
Is, 900. 1t is claimed that the in
crease will reach 81 900, 600 and
becomes effective Immediately.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-21

The Persian author Saadi tells sto-
Nv OF three sages- Greek, an Indian
and q Persian who In the presence OF
the Persian monarch debated this ques-
ton: OF all evils incident to humanity
which is the greatest? The Grecian
declared, "Old age oppressed with pow
erty;;' the Indian answered, Pain with
impatience." while the Persian, bow
Ing low. made answer, THE greatest
evil. o king, that ! can conceive LIS the
couch OF death without one good deed
of life to light the darksome way.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-21
X . : T DIX
Local Organizers and BusI-
ness Agents.

Charles Z. Vaughn. A. f. Of L.
Residence, $40 So. Second Street
Bell Phone 308 X.
Timothy Rowan, Internationa
Molders' Union, Residence, 939
Central Ave, Bell Phore 403 X.
VIM. &. Bennett, Painters
Decorators and Paper Hangers
Union, No. 1876. Residence Mt,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-21
cnrnenters Get Raise.

Secretary Duffy OF the United Broth
erhood of Carpenters reports the re-
suits OF trade movements as follows:
Lincoln, In., an increase from As to so
cents per hour; Texarkana, Tex. from
so to 80 cents per hour Franklin,
Mass. from 40 to 90 cents per hour;
Geneseo, III, from 40 to 40 cents per
hour
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-21
The Tired
Worker.

The tired business man is no
great problem for society The
tired workingman is. The victim
of fatigue is not only a menace to
public health, but to public morals
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-09-21
o 0 @ o 0 o 0 0 0 Q Q 0 o @ o o G
HIGHER WAGES.
Exchange

o The demand for higher wages
o represents our conviction that a
o constantly greater share of in
o creased social wealth should go
o to those who create It. The
o progress of humanity results
o from the elimination of poverty.
o Poverty means degrading en-
O vironment and influence that re-
o suit in intellectual and moral
Q degeneration. Permanent amel-
Q ioration of the human lot must
Q have as its basis material re-
o sources. The next step is to dis
o tribute these products so that
o the greatest number may fairly
o benefit thereby. AS an element
o In the forces determining distri-
0 button the trade union has been
o most potent.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-07-19
PRESIDENT FLAYS
ALL HIGH PRICES
Expects Every Business Man
Not a Stacker to Be at
His Side During War.
MEANS VICTORY OR DEFEAT
Profits and Patriotism Not to Be
Spoken Of Tosether,"-Ship Owners
Denounced-High Ocsan Rates
Almost lnsuperable."

Washington.-Pres Wilson an.
pealed to the country's business inter.
ests to put aside every selfish con.
slderation and to give their aid to the
nation as freely as those who go out to
oner their lives on the battlefield
In statement addressed to the coal
operators and manufacturers he gave
assurance that just prices will be paid
Dy the Government and the public dur
ing the war, but warned that no at
tempt to extort unusual profits will
be tolerated
Your patriotism" said the Presi.
dents appeal. SIS OF the same self.
denying stun as the patriotism of the
men dead and manned on the fields OF
France, or it is no patriotism at all.
Let us never speak, then, of profits
and patriotism in the same sentence.
1 shall expect every man who is
not Stacker to be at my side through.
out this great enterprise. In 1t no man
can win honor who thinks of him.
self"
The President declared there must
be but one price for the Government
and the public. He expressed con.
hdence that business generally will be
round loyal to the last degree, and that
the problem of wartime prices, which,
he declared, will mean victory or de-
Feat" will be solved rightly through
patriotic cooperation
In unmeasured terms, however, Mr..
wilson condemned the shipowners of
the country for maintaining a schedule
OF ocean freight rates which has placed
almost insuperable obstacles" in the
path OF the Government.
Coal production and other inductries
for whose products the Government
has negotiated price agreements are
not taken UP in detail by the Presi
dent. his appeal dealing only with the
general principles involved in the de.
termination of war prices.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-07-19
WORLDS NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

LoNDoN.--lnternal explosion on
board the Vanguard, British battle
ship OF 10000 tons, sunk her at anchor,
with loss OF 782 officers and men.
PEklNG.-The Chinese n1onarchist
army was overwhelmed by the Repub-
lican forces. which attacked Peking.
and general Chang Hsun fled.
HARTFORD, Conn,-Mrs. Amy r..
Archer Gnligan was convicted of kill
ing Franklin r. Andrews at her home.
i'm Windsor. and was sentenced to
be hanged
WASHtNGToN.-secrstsry Daniels
announced he was determined that
Objectionable resorts must close
LONDON.-Becauso Of the soathinc
criticism of their conduct OF the Meso.
potamia campaign by the commission
OF inquiry and the decision to hold a
judicial Investigation j. Austen Cham
borlain and Lord Hardinge have re-
signed their pos
WASHtNGTONs-President Wilson
issued am executive order. giving
power io the Shipping Board and
Emergency Fleet Corporation to- COM
mandeer ships that are building and
those on the seas This viii speed up
The government snipbuilding program.
RIO De JANEiRO.--The report thst
U-boat base was found is denied.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-07-19
RUSSIANS GET LEMBERG'S KEY i
DRIVE WEDGE BETWEEN GERMAN
AND AUSTRIAN ARMIES.
Over 1000 More Prisoners-Gen. Kor-
niioff's Capture in Eight Days Total
$4,000 Men and 62 Cannon

London.-Gen. Korniloff's victorious
Russian army has captured Halicz,
known as the key to Lemburg, the
capital and the strongest fortress of
the Austrian province OF Galicia The
Germans and Austrians were driven
from this highly important town on the
Dniester by the irresistible offensive of
the troops OF free Russia and the SUI
perior strategy OF the Russian gen.
erals.
News of this achievement, the most
important success of the new Russian
offensive. is conveyed in a Reuter- des-
patch from Petrograd. The troops who
took Halicz had broken through the
Austro-German lines in eastern Gallcia
on front of some twenty miles south
of Halicz. virtually surrounding the
town. Gen. Kirbach's Austrian troops
are fleeing before the Russian on
s!aught and seeking refuge behind the
River Lomnica.
The fall OF Halicz probably will
mean that the Austro-German troops
must retire from their present line
along the Zlota Lipa on a wide front
10 the Gnlla Lipa or beyond. HalicZ
is sixty-three miles southeast of Lem
burg and an important railroad juno
ton, eighteen miles north of Stani-
slau. It's capture by the Russians in
the campaigns of 1914 and 1915 was
followed by the fall OF Lemburg.
Cossacks have pressed forward a
distance OF sixteen miles. following up
the advantage gained in the victorious
offensive which in two days penetrated
a depth Of seven miles into positions
the Teutons had fortified for nearly a
year The Russians record is un-
surpassed by any army in the 1917
campaign.
The Russian troops took four more
villages and 1000 more prisoners. They
also captured seven more field guns,
many trench motors and machine guns
and much military material. the surest
evidence OF Teutonic demoralization.
; on July 2 TO inclusive Gen. Kor.
niioff's army alone took $4,000 pris.
oners and fifty-one guns, OF which
tgelve were heavy pieces.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-07-19
Primer For HH Re6iSfered
Under SeIecfiVe Draft

WASHlNGTON-The
out the following information
under seective
possible to tell of
he is expected to perform
careuy
Find out what board that
~ - ~
you intend to make exemption industrial
grounds including agriculture
inspect the list made and
redink
After
in which for call
iou VIII De informed called,
tue once your board and when
YOU must report for physical
- - ~ -
found disqualified board Will give
you certihcae will explain
round physically qualified and file exemption within
seven days after call, will
claim to hle proof to support physically qualified
ana no claim exemption
ton will be and not
exempted
Therefore watch the notices hoard
ten days after the day called
for the prompt receipt OF
whether you file claim for exemption present
yourself for physical examination in
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-07-19
I. W. w. TERRoRIzEs IDAHO
Report to Secretary Of War Baker
Calls for Relief.

Report to Secretary Of War Baker
Calls for Relief.
Boise, Ia.-That reign OF terror
exists in northern Idaho and that
1000 troops are needed to curb the
activities Of the Industrial Workers OF
the World. is the report made to the
Secretary OF War by the State Council
OF Defense. according to former Gov.
ernor Frank r. Gooding, member Of
the Council
Industrial Workers OF the World
are spreading all over the State" said
Mr.. Gooding, "and It is time for all
sections OF Idaho to form citizen
bodies for the protection OF their lives
and property Two thousand troops
are needed in northern Idaho 90 cope
with the gigantic fight being put up
by the !. w. w. to prevent the United
States from getting two billion feet
of lumber necessary to carry on its
war programme"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-07-19
ARMED ARIZONA
DEPORTS |. W. W.
Citizens of Bisbee Drive 1893
Strike lnciters to
New Mexico
ENTIRE WEST is AROUSED
Appeal Is Made to President Wilson
and U. S. Military Authorities-Ger-
man Money Operating to Embar-
rass Government War Industries

San Francisco.-From the Canadian
border to Mexico civic, State and mill
tary authorities are on the alert to
repress the series OF internal disor-
ders that have been precipitated by
the Industrial Workers Of the World
Gov. Campbell of Arizona, realizing
that the situation has grown beyond
the control OF the State authorities,
has appealed by wire to Gen. Parker,
U. S. A.. commanding Fort Sam Hous-
ton. Texas. for military aid.
President Wilson has also been
urged. in a message sent TO him
through the Department of Labor by
Federal Mediators John Mcbride and
G. w. p. Hunt. to take prompt action
to stop the deportation OF strikers
from Bisbee and Douglas, both in
Arizona. to the end that sympathet etic
strikes and industrial paralysis may
be prevented.
Meanwhile, packed in cattle and
box cars, 1,193 members OF the In
dustrial Workers OF the World have
been herded from Bisbee under the
rifles of Sheriff's posse and the
threat Of three machine guns and
bundled along to Columbus. N. NJ.
where it is stated that they will be
placed under the protection or the
guard OF soldiers OF the United States
army. Three women were in the
herded band that was corralled in the
baseball park at Bisbee preliminary to
the deportations.
Dispatches from all points along
the line between Bisbee and Mexico
say that local authorities and citi-
zens, all heavily armed, are watching
for the passing trains with the firm
determination of preventing any de-
barkation this side of the border.
1t is openly charged that the In
dustrial Workers OF the World. under
the influence OF German suggestion,
are operating TO "embarrass the
United States Government" by dis
turbing labor and industry and cur
failing production. The sheriff at
Bisbee, in a formal statement, in
dorses these charges, and declares
that the roundup will be 100 per cent.
efficient, to the end that no member
or the order will remain in his district.
The uprising is more than a labor
disturbance. 1t is one OF those pc
culiar internal movements that fiil a
category all their own. The Indus
trial Workers of the World, under the
red flag of international opposition
to organized government, and bearing
red individual cards, are charged with
seeking to destroy property and in
dustry with the end of forcing the
establishing of an industrial democ-
racy"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-07-19
Book Board Waits Courts Decision.

Appearing as counsel for himself be-
Tore the state supreme court of ap-
peals in the resumption of the school
text book controversy. Governor John
j. Cornwell demanded of the court to
decide whether it lay in the power of
a disgruntled book agent to hail the
governor of the state before the courts
OF the state"
The governor Joined with Attorney
General f. T. England and Fred o.
Blue, as counsel for the state board
OF public works. in argument against
the petition of w. II. Wheeler G Com
pany. book publishers. for writ OF
mandamus to compel the board OF pub
lie works to approve the bond OF the
company in connection with it's con
tract as recently awarded by the state
school book commission.
Referring his charges made recently
in his written answer to the petition OF
the book company. the governor made
an impassioned speech against the
spectacle the proceedings presented.
He contended, and was Joined in the
contention by the counsel for the board
of public works, that the school book
commission was appointed illegally
and therefore had no right to make
the contract: that the bond is a part
of the contract, which is still unsigned,
and therefore there is no contract un-
til the bond has been approved; that
the duty OF the board of public works
is ministerial and under authority OF
the courts; that judicial and executive
same footing and neither has authority
over the other; that governor is not
subject to mandamus proceedings. this
being last resort of defense; that the
governor is a member of the board of
public works.
No meeting OF the school book com
mission was held. pending the decision
of the court.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-07-19
PITH OF THE
WAR NEWS

Admiral Laoaze, French Minister Of
Marine, declared the U-boat cam.
paign has reached the maximum Of
its effectiveness, and now will de-
cline because Of the collaboration
Of America In ship building and
naval patrol duty.
The Russian drive westward In Galieia
has been renewed on a front Of near
" fifty miles. Il has swept over
large stretches Of territory we'll
north Of the Dniestor.
British airmen brought down fourteen
German airplanes and drove sixteen
out Of control In day Of terrific
battle in the skies.
Russian troops captured kalucz, the
headquarters Of the enemy IN Ca
licia, after sanguinary battle.
IN France the British have driven of
German ralding parties near the Bel
gian coast and west Of oueant,
southeast Of Arras. The aerial ac-
tivlty on this portion Of the front
has been more pronounced and ten
German airplanes ware driven down,
elk out Of control, by British airmen.
three Of whom failed 20 return.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-07-19
DRAFT BY STATE QUOTAS
PLANS OF GOVERNMENT WILL
PUT 1,262,ss5 MEN IN ARMS.
Baker Notifies Governors Of Presl.
dents Call and the Duty of
Local Boards.

Washington.-A formal order by
President Wilson drafting $4,000 men
into the military service under the
selective conscription law was pro.
mulgated by the War Department.
together with an official allotment
showing what part of the total must
be furnished by each state and ter
ritory.
The only other steps are distribu-
tion by the Governors of state quotas
among the local exemption districts,
and the great lottery, to establish
the order in which registrants are
to present themselves for service or
exemption.
The men summoned for service
will be used to fill the regular army
and the National Guard to war
strength and to organize the first
100000 of the new National Army.
The total OF these three forces will
be 1,262,9S5 men. Later another
100000 will be called out, supple
mented by sufficient men to make
up losses and maintain reserve bat
talions
High army officials estimated that
of the more than 100000 men who
registered for the draft probably not
less than 100000 will have to report
for examination before the necessary
increment of 6S7.O00 is obtained.
The quota which each state must