The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-07-19

bered that last winter in the labor
cases very few escaped the clutches
of the courts, and some were found
guilty of crimes just because they
happened to be in the vicinity as on
lockers where the crimes was said to
have been comitted We are told that
the word went out that THESE UN-
IONS must be stopped and their
rights to fight for better conditions
be curbed. A bunch of gunmen were
brought in to help in the work of
putting the ban on the union men.
Some of the gunner at the time were
aslo arrested and bound over to the
grand jury on charges IF carrying
concealed weapons, shooting with in
tent to kill, gambling and other Of
fenses. These gunner slipped through
as though they were creased and none
of them have ever been convicted or
sentenced for the crimes with which
they We're charged. The cases now
before the eyes of the people are
somewhat different and from diff
ferent class of people. Some of them
are people who have assisted the en-
emies of organized labor materially
in putting the ban on the trades un-
ionists, and we are waiting to see if
justice is given thes people if they
are found guilty We realize that it
| is a hard job to convict some people
because heaven and earth is turned
to keep them out of it, and it is not
often that they are found guilty
! In the meanwhile we are going tc
watch developments and results and
then perhaps we can throw little
light on things here-about beneficial,
to the people as a whole.
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In discussing collective bargaining
Reedy's Mirrod says:
collective bargaining is here anC
it has come to stay Only the trades
powerful enough to enforce the prin
ciples of collective bargaining arr
getting the best wages. Trades
unionism is getting what it demands
Unorganized workers are tagging be
hind in raise of pay. The worker can
not depend on generosity. He il
given nothing He gets what he cal
win; no more"
The individual worker cannot dt
much to better himself. In combina
ton with others he can do much
Therefore they organize. They bring
to bear against the employer coer
cion. 1t is their answer to the EN-
ployers' utilization of the individual
workers necessities to coerce thai
worker into acceptance of the lowes
wage consistant with existence. The
employer appeals to natural law
There 'aint no such thing in the sit
uation, with the employer in contro
of the job. To correct that unnatura
law trade unionism has come int
existance and it will remain unit
there comes into action another meth
cd of making natural law natural"
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Credit where credit is due. II
whom is Hamilton indebted for th
coming of Henry Ford? OF course Mr.
Ford might have strolled through
Hamilton and decided that it was
good town to come too but who i
ready to believe that. Someone Ger
tainly steered him this way and toll
him about US. Some one who though
well of US, too. Some one who j
close enough to Mr.. Ford to get hi
ear long enough to induce him to visi
US. And who was that man. From
all that we can learn it was Gordol
S. Rentschler. Of course, no doubt
Mr.. w. B. Mayo who is also closel
associated with Mr.. Ford, helped tn
game along but we are willing to be