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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
A0ti-lOiunCti01 Law Passed
In Minnesota.

ST Paul May BY the hardest
kind Of fighting and good head
work Minnesota trade unionists Sc
cu'ed the passage Of au anti IN
junction law ID the closing hours
Of the state legislature The bill
passed the house, but tie senate
judiciary committee voted to report
the bill for indefinite postponement
The unionists succeeded iu over
turning this recommendation and
on the last day of the session 35
senators voted to suspend the rules
aud put the bill on final passage
Advocates OF the measure had one
vote to spare, 81 was 8ece sary
for passage
The law declares that tde ia6ar
Of . human being is not a comm8-
dity OF article Of commerce and
that the right Is labor or d carry
y business snaa oe Ae,d ana
~'''o'' o1o y Is + - sl''al a'.o "o1
'si's ilsa' No '1J J'0e' Z p
~4' '7 '7Suso T any ease grown 3
oo' = dispute concerning terms
+ 0o.'o'''o'is e emp oy "shl un'esa
'--ssa' - prevent ePaTaoie Y
~ + pop =. y = property
~ 'o' :" i''u : '1Ju.y mere r no
a1s' .s1 'ls''y "a" ana soea
= + 'si 'sH' must oe
'sso 'o7' + .oe aPP.'ea 'on Z 8
- 'o p .Ns 7pp' Ss- 'o- ~
+ - '1''
Counts are prohibited ,rom 'ssu-
.ne inJuoeaoas against the doing of
any act or thing ~ strikers Which
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04

the miners we're negotiating with
operators.
"Our experience has convinced
us that the bonus system chat is now
In operation gets the desired re
suits" says this agency. 1--WE
find the best way to control labor
organizations is to lead and not
force them We are also convinced
that the conservative elements in
all unious will control when pro-
perly led and officered, which we
are prepared to DO. We help elm
mate the agitator and organizer
quietly with little or no friction.
"Our spoilers are going from
place to place, and you will find
that they will be able to put over
the bonuses that we offer, that has
for us purpose The destruction ct
the mine workers. and a quoting
effect upon the men who are rest
less. It makes them believe that
they don have 0 pay dues in an
organization IN order to get al ad
vance in wages. It has the desired
effect for this reason when all the
agitation has sabsided, we can take
tie bonuses back of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Railroad Wrecked By High
FinanGiGrS.

Washington, May, 4 Men in
hign places are charged by the in
ter tate commerce commission witt
wrecking the Pere Marquette and
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton railroads. The first named
property almost covers the state Of
Michigan and the latter road runs
from Toledo to Cipcinnoti. a dis
tauce Of 200 miles.
In a report just issued the com
mission declares that the financial
downfall, of these roads was caused
by breach of trust by corporate
officials, often for personal gain
That downfall with it's dsplora
bic consequences the report reads,
can be traced only TO betrayal
within and not TO compulsion with
out Neither rivalry nor rate level
nor regulation, nor all combined,
can be found on this record to have
contributed in any appreciable de
gree to the disaster
The commission report is
lengthy one, ana the following is a
sampe of this scorching indict-
ment
Not ouly this, but the high Of
6ciaIs Of such institutions while
acting ostensibly as directors Of the
railroads, have, in ia t, been little
more than tools and dummies for
the promoters. The trustees of
other people S money seem to have
had little compupction about viola
tions Of their trusts for the benefit
of the promoters aud al their de
mand
To the extent that these Aota-
tions securities ultimately lodged
in the hands of innocent investors,
whether here or abroad the public
was deeply wrongel. Whatever
control or regulation was had Of the
properties and operations of the two
roads was not sufficient to keep
them in operation to satisfactorily
serve the population dependent
upon them.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04

Local Organizers and Bust
ness Agents.

Charles j. Vaughn A F Of L.
Residence, $40 So. Second Street
Bell Phone sos x.
Timothy Rowan Interna0oua
Nolders Union Residence, 989
Central Ave. Bell Phore 403 X.
VIM L, Bennett, Painters
Decorators and Paper Hangers
Union, No. 135. Residence Mt.
Pleasant Pike
" r. Smith, Paper Makers Tn
ion, Residence, Hotel Hamilton.
Home Phone 81. Bel Phone 81
Swain B. Corson, Carpenters
and Joiners Union, No. G37, Resi-
deuce 107 Brosey Ave, Bell Phone
756 /,
Conrad Moebus, Business Agent
Bsltenders Union, 258 Walnut St.
VIM Geppinger, Business Agent
Theatrical Stage Employees Union,
726 L High St. Home Phone 1101
Thos. Brennan, Business A ent,
Stage Employees Union No 1876.
Residence 205 South Third street.
DAYTON OHIO.
Ben Closterman, Polishers.
]. F. Eichorn, Bartenders, Z
Market street.
w. J. Gregg, Hosting Engineers
4l w. Great Miami Boulevard.
VIM Schneberger, Cigarmakers
125 Samuel street.
George Richardson, Teamsters'
80 Wayne, Ave, Bell Phone 54l
Home Phone 2541.
Earl Nyswander, Carpenters 20
N Main street.
Geo. Lorah. Plumbers corner
Washington and Main, street
Plumbers Hall.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Metal Trades Convention
Will Be Held In Ham
iltOn Sunday.

The State convention of the
Metal Trad<s will b. held in Ham
ilton, next Sunday May 9Th, in
Trades Council hall. The conven-
ton will convene in the morning
and will continue throughout the
day. Delegates from all the iron
cities in Ohio will be here to ad
vance these trades.
Many of the international officers
will also he here to take part in the
convention. Lunch will be served
by the members of the Hamilton
Metal Trades council in the hall
About one hundred aud fifty dele
gates will be present.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
SsameD Raise Wages.

New York, May Conditions
on the Atlantic coast have com
pelIed vessel owners TO raise wages
Of able seamen and 6remen to $50
q month oilers and pumpmen, 500;
boqtswains, $40 and carpenters,
SIS Al a conference Of seamen
from the northern part Of the coast
from Norfolk northeast these fig
ures were agreed to because they
are being paid in individual in
stances. Vessels going into the
war zone will pay 80 per cent bonus
in addition to these rates, same to
continue until the crew return to
the United States. If the clothing
Of these workers is lost, through
the loss Of the vessel, 8l00 comp u
satiou is to be paid in each case.
The conference suggested that some
system Of insurance, such as has
been in operation in Europe, be es-
ta6lished so that men permanently
Injured may be compensated or the
dependents of men who fail 10 come
back may be compensated. While
able seamen as class are not mar
ried, many of them have mothers,
fathers, or sisters who depend upon
them as bread winners.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04

one way 5urn the unservlceaple nag.
Perhaps make a rite and ceremony of
this destruction by fire
Total destruction seems the proper
measure and that is to be accom-
plished conveniently and quickly only
by fire. To bury the flag has been sug-
gested but il is stated, on the other
hand, that remains may be brought to
light, and the method Is not considered
good practice
To throw the discarded flag into the
waste might be considered desecra-
tion or at least an unpatriotic disregard
of its sacredness Fire appears the only
sure way of satisfactory destruction.
To apply the flag to any further pur-
pose after its usefulness as a flag has
ended would be considered desecration,
even If not punishable by law as a pub
lie offense 1t should never become a
dust rag or part of patchwork or
serve any other use thereafter, In the
general opinion of those who would
pay 1t proper honor
None Of the flags whipped to ribbons
In the breeze from the staffs over the
treasury building ever has been de-
stroyed They have been carefully
folded and put into storage under the
regime of chief Clerk Wilmeth. Re-
uctant to destroy them. the necessity
may some day confront him as custo-
dian Of the building. and he will de-
stroy them by fire
In the navy and the coast guard reg
ulations require that useless flags be
destroyed by tire. This regulation IS
strictly enforced Washington Star.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Clerks Hold Open Meeting.


In spite Of the continual down
pour Of rain last Monday night,
members of the Retail Clerks Tn
ion held their open meeting in
Trades Council hall The meeting
was we'll attended and many of the
lady members were on hand to as
sist in making il a success. Alter
a little speech making a dutch lunch
was served and music was provided
foT the dancers. The cler who
were at the open meeting decided
to hold another meeting in the near
future
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
THE PEOPLE TRIUMPHANT.
They Always Conquer When They Are
Resolved to Be Free.

FcSolSeo TO pc rTees
In the efforts of the people, of the
people struggling for their rights, NOV
ing not In organized, disciplined masses.
but In their spontaneous action, man
for man and heart for heart, there Is
something glorious They can then
move forward without orders, act to-
gether without combination and brave
the flaming lines of battle without in
trenchments to cover or walls to shield
them.
No dissolute camp has worn off from
the feelings Of the youthful soldier the
freshness of that home where his
mother and sisters sit waiting with
fearful eyes and aching hearts to hear
good news from the wars No long
service In the ranks of the conqueror
has turned the veterans heart into
marble Their yalor springs not from
recklessness, from habit, from indiffer-
ence to the preservation of a life knit
by no pledges to the lives Of others,
but In the spirit and the strength Of
the cause alone they act, contend and
bleed In this they conquer!
The people always conquer! They
always must conquer Armies may be
defeated, kings may be overthrown
and new dynasties be imposed by for
eign arms on an ignorant and slavish
race that care not in what language
the covenant of their subjugation runs
nor IN whose the deed OF their barter
and sale is made out.
But the people never invade and
when they rise against the invader are
never subdued II tLey are driven
from the plains they dy to the noun
tains. Steep rocks and everlasting hills
are their castles. the tangled, painless
thicbet their paHsadc, and nature, God
is their ally Now he overwhems the
hosts OF their enemies beneath his
drifting mountains Of sand, now he
buries them under a falling atmosphere
Of polar SHOWS he lets loose his TEN
pests ON their fleets He puts d folly
into their counseis. a madness into the
hearts Of their lenders, oud he never
gave and never viii give final tri
umph over a yistGous and gallant peo-
pie resolved to lie free Edward Ever
EFT
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
W. U. Eight Hour Plan Is
Not Legitimate.

Chicago, May 1.-The eight hour
announcement of the Western Un-
ion Telegraph company will in
crease the burden of telegraphers'
says the Commercial Telegraphers'
Journal which exposes the hypoc-
risy Of this anti uni II corporation
tha' is sweating every ounce Of en-
ergy from its employees.
While day tricks are reduced
from nine to eight hours night
tricks are increased from seven and
one half to eight hours, late night
tricks will be heightened from seven
to eight, split tricks from seven
and one-half to eight, day W rk
will be computed at the rate Of eight
houts per day instead ofseven, ard
overtime will be paid on the eight
hour basis instead Of seven as here
tofore.
The plan is reactionary, instead
of progressive, and manv Of the
telegraphers declare that the small
wage increases that accompany the
called eight hour day IS in.
tended to silence discomfort and
that the company will 'readjust"
wages when the dissatisfaction sub-
sides
With time and one hall being
paid for overtime ip most trades,
with double time being allowed for
Sunday work, says the editor
the lengthening Of the day by the
Western Union simply adds to he
many wrongs done to the telegraph
ers by the corporation. They have
murdered the spirit of liberty
amongst their employees and after
having done so they are now carry
| ing out their plans of exploitation,
First the speeding up system, then
the lengthening Of split tricks, now
the Encouragement of hours with a
new bas S for overtime and Sunday
work, and the next step IS well un-
der way.
Instead Of rejoicing over the es-
Enlistment Of such an eight hour
jay, We protest. The price that
has oeen exacted by the company
is too high, aud it is exacted at a
time when the workers might have
exp cted more generous treatment
With earnirg the highest in the
history of the ompany; With pro
fits increasing by leaps and bounds;
with record breaking prosperity tor
/ the company which President Carl.
tor attributes solely to the splendid
work done by the employees, length
ening of hours, the reduction oi
overtime pay, and for Sunday work
comes with poor grace indeed
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04

Sebastian Ohlinger, general or
ganizer for Bakery and Confection
cry Workers Union was in he city
Wednesday night. He met with
th local bakers in the evening.
OhIinger sta ed to the PRESS that
his organization is on the increase
and that mary of the large firms
that have been fighting the Bakers
Union for years are now signing up
their contract for more wages an
shorter hours.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Clippers And Helpers
Organize.

The Clippers and Helpers en-
ployed in the Hooven Owens and
Rentschlei foundry organized un-
ion Wednesday night Twenty FIVE
became affiliated with the a F of
l. The charter has been sent for
and meetings are being held every
few days to take in new applicants.
This promises to be one Of the
larges' organizations in the cig II
few months. Chas. Vaughn or
ganlzed the men.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04

WIN UNION RECOGNITION.
Concession of Operators to Coal Miners
Hailed as Good Omen.

Hailed as Good Omen.
An agreement affecting approximate
" 1000 coal miners in Colorado has
been reached following conferences be
tween representatives, of the United
Mine Workers of America and the Vic
tor Fuel company. The agreement was
signed by the company and by Frank
j. Hayes of indianapolis, international
vice president Of the mine workers,
and Robert Hardin, also representing
the workmen They acted as sub
committee and were invested with full
authority.
The understanding, though binding
on both the men aud the company, is
said not to be drastic Perhaps the
most important clause, Mr. Hayes said
was the fun recognition granted the
union. Hitherto the Victor company
had given no official recognition to the
organized body Of miners
No change was made regarding the
wage scale The working scale also re-
mains unchanged. and the men will
continue ON the eight hour day basis.
In a statement issued regarding the
termination of tie conference and the
effect on the miners of Colorado Mr.
Hayes said
"TLe agreement reached today be-
tween the Victor American Fuel com
pany and the United Mine Workers of
America marks new epoch In the re-
lodons between capital and labor in
Colorado
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Printers Special Meeting.

Typographical Union, No 300
was called into special session last
Monday night. The business be
fore the printers was transacted in
a few minutes and the meeting ad
journed
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Bonuses Is Spy Aid,

Indianapolis, May, 4.-Detec-
tive agencies have realized the
value of the bonus system in their
work Ct smashing trade unionism,
according to the United Mine Work
ers' Journal, which reprints cir
cular issued in West Virginia, while
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Little Bits.

The state industrial commission
today granted an award to Stanley
Carpenter. 521 Crane ST. Middle
town, amounting 70 $49G for an in
jury resulting in the loss Of two
iagers and part Of a third recently
sustained when his hand was caught
in a milling machine at the pant
of the Barkelew Electric Mig CO
at Middletown Medical expenses
were also paid from the state insur-
ance fund. The award Of the com
mission was granted under the pro
vison Of the Ohio Workmeu's Com
pensation Law.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Service AppreoIated.

Several men have been with the
company for more than thirty years
What shall we do to show our appre
ciationf"
Tm, Let's see suppose we give
each man a gold star ou his ollar."
'Shan we require the men . pay for
the same
fNo. taat would hardly be fair 1ne
company Will iay half. Louisville
Courier-Iournal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04

Machinists Of Dayton have
made demand for the 8-hour
day Monday, August 81, 1916
All Macbinists, Toolmakers
Screwmakers and other ma
chine shop employees Stay
Away.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
I1aChinists

Stay away from Hamilton, Ohio,
strike still on at the Black & Claw
son Co, unfair conditions, STAY
AWAY
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
!. = TIT = i. 4. L T TrwTs
JUSTICE. NOT CHARITY.

: Wage earners want not favors, !
!. but rights; not charity, but jus !
: tice. They do not want gifts, !
+ aud they do not want to be I
+ placed in position where they !
: have to accept these gifts or else !
!. forfeit their opportunities Of :
!. making an honest living or their !
+ right to advise and confer with !
+ their associates. Bonuses and :
!. gifts constitute nothing else than :
: wages withheld and afterward :
!. used as a premium by which the :
+ employer buys certain form Of :
!. labor insurance, using, therefore, !
+ the money labor was worth TO !
+ him and which he did not pay. !
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04

Fred Griffith, who is asscc cciated
with the Machinists Union, visited
No 24l last meeting night and
stated that lie was going to leave
our district for a while but may be
back in the near future. Hamilton
Lodge extended Bro. Griffith with
a vote Of thanks for the service be
rendered them in Tie past and wish
him sue cess i'll his new territory
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04

Delegates TO the Trades and La
Dor Council should attend the next
meeting, Tuesday night May 8th.
The 25th annual Labor Day com
mittee will be appointed and all Of
the delegates should be present.
The celebration this year should be
better and larger than ever and it
will be with the united supp It Of
trades uniopists.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04

News came from Middletown
that the teamsters in that city have
organized. The new organization
starts with twenty-five members.
Henry Naegele organized the men
last Sunday.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04

Charles Vaughn, Henry Brinker
and John Cahalane went to CoIun-
bus Wednesday to meet with the
0. S. F. of L. The object of the
meeting was to get in closer touch
with the farmers and manufactur-
ers who also attended the meeting,
and to cooperate with them in the
present war crisis.
U
The dance given April 9th by
Hamilton Lodge No. 241, /. A. of
M. was SUCCESS throughout. Tie
members Icing present enjoyed
themselves and a neat little sum
was realized.
u
The following awards TO injured
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04

Many of the local unions are
meeting in special session this week
On Monday night the Bakers, Mcl.
ders, Metal Trades Council, Ma
chinists and Butchers met This
demonstrates that there is some &C
tivity in the Hamilton Trades un
ion movement.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04

The following awards TO injured
The Redwood gazette., 1917-10-31
Unshaken Testimony

e rs
Time is the test Of truth. And
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the
test in Redwood Falls. No Redwood
Falls resident who suffers backache,
or annoying urinary ills can remain
unconvinced by this twice-told testi-
mony.
L. A. Colson. retired farmer, Flynn
St., Redwood Falls, says: 81 had a
dull pain in my back for five or six
years. Often it was so bad couldn't
stoop or straighten without suffering
terribly. The kidney secretions were
scalding and passed so frequently /
had to get up several times each night.
| tried almost every kind Of kidney
medicine, but nothing helped me un-
til got Doan's Kidney Pills at Hitch
cocks Drug Store. My kidneys soon
caused me no more trouble and the
pain was relieved, too."
"A LATER STATEMENT.
OVER THREE YEARS LATER
Mr.. Colson said: 81 haven't had to
use Doan's Kidney Pills in some time,
but shall never forget how greatly
they benefited me"
Price 6Oc. at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for q kidney remedyget
Doan's Kidney Pillsthe same that
Mr.. Colson has twice publicly recon-
mended. Foster Milburn Co., Pro-
prietors, Buffalo, N. Y. (Advt.)
The Redwood gazette., 1917-10-31
and Belgium that have been destroyed.

and Belgium that have been destroyed.
Let us be generous.
III only the traitors and the paclilsts
were for such plan we should have no
more to worry about than we now nave
to trouble us in the activities of /. M: ".
and peace councils and disloyal pro-Ger-
man newspapers. But they may gain an
additional following among lack-bralned
folk who now are not with them.
We Americans are a sentimental peo-
ple. We like to think about punisnlng
criminals, but we seldom like to punish
them. We will not repeal our laws against
capital punishment, but we hate TO con-
yict under them We make newspaper
heroes out of degenerate criminals. We
make practice Of sentencing the vicious
to long terms in prison and then signing
petitions in year or two to get them re-
leased.
The cry that will go up from all the
German propagandists when the offer OF
a status quo peace is made will be loud
one, and thousands Of Americans VINO are
loyal enough at heart, but loose-thinking,
nav be attracted by it. Germany, in that
hour. may be depended upon to use every
tool at her command in this country to
throw up dust. to obscure the issue, to in
fiuence Americans toward peace that
shall leave the world as much in peril as
it was prior to August, 1914.
If they can get great number OF peo-
pie in the United States to agree that
Germany ought not to be put where she
cannot repeat her crime against civiliza-
tion, the war will have been in vain. Ii
the Germans are able to cease fighting,
unpunished, and go back home to prepare
for the next war, with Mittel-Europa in
their hands, it will have been a German
victory, even though not such a victory
as Germany expected when she began the
conflict.
Nobody expects to annihilate Germany.
Nobody wants to see her annihilated. No
body wants to crush her, except as a mill
tary menace. But she must keep the peace
hereafter, and to make sure that she does
SO her power to repeat her offense must be
destroyed And most important Of all
the German people must have learned that
the militaristic policy Of their war lords
does not pay.
Watch and guard against the day when
Germany offers to call it draw.
It would be a black day for the world
if Americas influence were then to be
thrown into the scale in favor of such a
peace-By ]. Frank Davis of the Vigi-
lantes.