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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12
PETTY SCALPING'

Boston.-"Petty business scalping,
based upon wage reduction, must stop
somewhere" says Charles l.. Baine,
editor of Shoe Workers Journal. "As
a policy it is destroyer rather than
a builder of business. So far as shoe
making is concerned, that policy will
not be tolerated. We would rather see
more business building and less bust
ness scalping.
mo method has yet been devised
that will make country afflicted
with general business sickness con-
sumo a normal amount of merchan-
disc. Defation has temporarily de-
stroyed the desire and in some cases
the ability to buy goods.
"Until that ability and desire have
been restored there will be mar
row market. If wage reductionists re-
peat their little hogging game, and
others follow suit, where will wages
go? Employers may as well under
stand that wage earners will have
something to say about it.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12
FRIDAY, MAY IL, 1922
Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Class Mail Matter.
Issued Weekly at S2e Market Street
Hamilton. Ohio
Telephone 1895
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio.
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, O.
Do YOUR DUTY

Do you do your duty to your union
Are you not just little bit careless
as to it's welfare and progress? Did
you ever attempt to build it up? Did
you ever put yourself to the least
Inconvenience to get new members
These are questions that each men,
Der should ponder over, and if you
find you have been neglectful and
careless in the past, make new start.
Remember cit is never too late to
mend" Did you ever notice when
something special has to be done, or
when the ordinary routine work of
your union has to be performed, that
the work is shifted upon someone
else, usually the willing few" COM
monty known as the Clique" who
work on and on until energy is gone
and patience exhausted. The others
take things calmly and unconcernedly,
shirk all esponsibilities, refuse to
do the committee work, only attend
the meetings at intervals, take no
part in the affairs of the union, ex-
cept to find fault, and would not hold
office if you paid them to do so.
Listen to them when they are nom
mated to fill any position that comes
vacant, and you hear them most re-
spectfully decline" This should not
be. Is it any wonder that the path
way of the past is strewn with the
wrecks of trade organization HUI
man endurance has its limit Human
energy its end. 1t cannot be expected
that the few ardent, faithful work
ers will keep up their efforts forever.
1t is your duty to assist them, 10
encourage them, to take more act
i've part in the work of your union,
to jump into the breach and help the
''old boys" who have stood the brunt
of battle in the past-to gain greater
and nobler things We all have an
equal interest in the progress of our
organization, we should all share
equally in the work to be done and the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12

THE BELLS TOLL ON

The fire bells, tolling 6 and IL
o'clock when it is seven and one
o'clock new time, certainly sound an
cient these days. Especially is this
true when practically the whole city
is running under the new time, Good
ness knows it is bad enough to know
that we are way behind Middletown
in many other things without pro-
claiming to the world through the
ringing Of the fire bells and actions of
our city council that we are an hour
behind her on the clock. Some one
with the authority to do so ought
10 st least quiet the bells during the
period Of the changed time.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12
HE'S Helpless
Before Coal Mine Guard
System of the State, Says
West Virginia's Gov
ernOr

Charles Town, w. V-Coal owners
attorneys, who are using the machin-
cry of the state to fight organized
miners, made a costly blunder when
they placed Governor Morgan on the
stand and then cross-examined him.
Attorneys for the defense sprang
into the legal loop hole, and despite
frantic objections which Judge Woods
overruled as fast as presented, the
miners attorneys got this evidence
before the jury:
Admission by the governor of the
state that private government, rest
ing on the notorious mine guard sys-
TEN, exists in West Virginia;
Admission by the governor that he
and majority Of the present legisla-
ture were elected Is months ago on
a promise to end this system, and that
this pledge has not been kept.
Admission by the governor that on
August last organized miners as
sembled in lawful manner in Charles
ton, the capital of the state, and
adopted and send to him resolutions
asking him to redeem his platform
and inaugural pledges and end the
mine guard system by calling spe-
cial session of the legislature for
that purpose; that after 10 days de-
lay he answered in writing that he
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12
REDUCE WAGES

Chicago.-"It was the intention of
the transportation act that railway
workers shall receive a living wage,
but if their wages are to be regulated
bear no proper relation to a decent
standard of living, this provision of
the act becomes a joke" said Grand
President Fitzgerald of the Brother
hood of Railway and Steamship
Clerks before the railroad labor board.
The trade unionist declared that
during the past Is months thousands
of unscrupulous employers have cut
wages without regard for anything
in dividends. We expect to prove that
while the workers are taking less out
of the industry than they did 80
years ago, they are putting more into
it."
at is automatic" he said, "that
a low wage results in many social
evils. Low wages mean poverty with
its attendant Affections. Low wages
cause employment of mothers, raise
the infant mortality rate, force chill
dren to leave school at a premature
age with the direct result of juvenile
delinquency. Low income has a
strong effect ON criminality, and is
reflected III Ill health and the
death rates.
I'VE are going to show you that
wage reductions in the past have al
ways been accompanied by increases
but the number of unemployed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12

Are labor organizations good
thing, and does it pay to belong to
the union? are questions that one
only needs to ask members of the
Chicago Street Car Mems Union to
be convinced that "they are q good
thing, and that it does pay"
Chicago organized street car men
the twentieth anniversary
Of the installation of their union last
week. International President Mahon
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12

condemned the system as heartily as
they, but was powerless to abolish or
abate it, and that only after they re-
ceived this confession did the miners
begin their armed assemblage and
march toward Mingo.
1t was bad day for the prosecu-
ton, and the coal attorneys fumed
with anger as Judge Woods sustained
the defense they it had the right to
show for what purpose the meeting of
August 7, at Charleston, was held,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12
MOTHER

As one whom his mother comfort
eth, SO will l comfort you.
Isaiah 66:13.
us there anything that brings you
nearer to God than the thought of
your mother, of her patience, faith
fulness, wisdom, and love? When all
the world is against you, when every
thing that you have laid your hand
to has failed, when you are the object
of the scoff or cold pity of the men
around you; when you retreat from
the store, from the city, that you may
get away from those things which
make life uncomfortable to you, then
there is one refuge for your broken
heart. Tho you have deserved obloquy,
and gone down from virtue to the
filth of vice, there is one altar where
you can be heard, one shrine where
you will be acceptable, and one that
will throw around you the arms of
compassion and love. | mean your
mother. The power of her good
ness, the sweetness of her heart, her
long suffering, her undying love, give
you a chance, and are charter of
new life to you. ."-Beecher.
Sunday is Mothers Day. Call on
her, send her a card, call her up, let
her know that "her boy" has her in
mind, wear carnation, but whatever
you do-DON'T FORGET. Why not
go to church, on this, her great day?
Try it and see the smile light up the
dear old face.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12

FIRE EN- OUT

Fire 'em out" Such are the or
ders Of the coal operators when the
miners who are on strike are no
longer able to pay the rent for the
shacks they use as homes.
Miners have been evicted from COM
pany houses of the Kittle Creek
Coal Company at Bitumen, near
Dubois, Pa. These workers lived in
that town for 10, 20 and 80 years and
have paid enough rent to buy the
town five times over.
The Miners Union Immediately
started to build tents and barracks
for the families and citizens are aid
ing in feeding and housing the wo-
men and children
This is a sample Of the philan-
thropy as practiced by the coal own
ers who have piled up huge fortunes
off the labor of the poor devils who
are now striking only for living con-
ditions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12
FARM WANTED

WANTED-To hear from owner of a
farm for sale, for Fall delivery.
Give lowest price. L. JONES, Box
TAO, Olney, Illinois.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12
PLUMBING STRIKE ENDS

Marinette, Wis.-Employing plumb
ers have been defeated in their at
tempt to install the anti-union shop.
They accepted last years wage rate
and working conditions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12

when the prosecution attempted to use
the governor to sustain its point that
that meeting was "lawless."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12
was the principal speaker. The mem
bership Of the union is 10000.

was the principal speaker. The mem
bership Of the union is 10000.
When the union was organized
wages were as low as 12x cents an
hour. The maximum rate was Fl |
cents. Today the rates range from
SO to 80 cents.
There was no limit to the work day,
which usually averaged IL to IA
hours. Today the work day is eight
hours on week days with eight hours
pay guaranteed, and six-hour Sunday |
work day in train service as near as
possible. Formerly there were no.
overtime rates. Today time and one
half rates over eight hours prevail.
Twenty years ago there were no
closed vestibules, heated platforms, air
brakes or seats for motormen and con-
ductors Now every car is equipped
with these conveniences. The open
car menace with motormen operating
| without sand or protection against
storm, and conductors working on
| footboards, incurring the hazards Of
passing vehicles and distractions and
being drenched in rain storms, has
disappeared.
| Every member of the Chicago
Street Car Mems Union agrees that
all these betterments of his working
conditions secured during the past
tweny years and which he is enjoy
ing today comes SIS a result of organi
zation and it's efforts.
| DOES UNITY PAY?
M ER E Hs ms
GOMPERS ys. "ONE BIG UNION"
Samuel Gompers at a gathering of
500 labor leaders in Chicago and face
to face with John Fitzpatrick, head
of the Chicago Federation of Labor,
improved his opportunity to tell Fitz-
patrick what he thinks of the latter's
pet idea of Zone Big Union" and of
William T. Fosters efforts in the
same direction. Mr.. Foster, it will
be remembered, led the steel strike
in 1918. Mr.. Gompers is not mealy-
mouthed He sees precisely what the
notion means, and sees that it would
be fatal to the lawful ends and pur-
poses of unionism in America.
Zone for all and all for one" is a
fascinating proposition. Thirty
seven years ago Terence V. Powderly
: found it so, and the Knights of Labor
used it. The secondary boycott, the
: punishment of all dealers who handled
: boycotted goods and all persons who
bought them by withdrawal of pat.
ronage, was carried to the ultimate
Then it was that laws began to be
I made to deal with such conspiracies
In the end the conservatives offered
Powderly a job and he took it. The
/ Knights of Labor went down to moth
ingness, not because of Powderly's re
. tirement, but because without conspir
acy the Zone Big Union" would moi
work.
We do not hesitate to say that the
, revival of this idea means industria
, anarchy in America, widespread re
sistance to the just administration o.
just laws, real peril to public order
/, in every state. Nor do we hesitate tt
acknowledge that in the issue he il
making, Mr.. Gompers is the champion
of Americanism against anarchy HI
has been a wise leader Of trade!
, union movement, movement which
3 has done much to popuiarize collective
; bargaining and in a hundred way
. has been of advantage to the worker!
: without paralyzing the industrie!
. which keep the workers busy.-Na
tional Labor Journal.
ma ~ - ~ 70
| Spring fever may be inevitable
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12
FORCED ON STRIKE

San Francisco.-More than 1000
metal trades workers have been forced
on the streets by the California Metal
Trades Association, which wants
wages cut.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12

You may be entitled to some work
mans compensation and have not as
yet got your money, or it may be slow
coming. See w. Harry Spears, Claims
Investigator, Tel. 1321-X; 19 N. d
street.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12

Who does your auto notary work
free of charge? The b. C. Auto Club.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-12
burden to be born.

Paying "dues" and assessments"
are not the only duties" required of
us. Every man must do more than
that if he wants his union to be sue
cessful. The "labor movement" re-
quires the unfagging support and
the untiring activity of every men,
ber within its folds. If you will not
move in your own interest you can
not expect others to make sacrifices
for you. Do your duty and do it well,
act manly part, come to the front.
Take hold of the helm. Steer clear of
all the difficulties you can. Encour-
age your fellow-members to do like
wise. Make your meetings interest
ing. Welcome all visiting members.
Invite good speakers to address you
on the labor question, and you will
find a wonderful change take place in
short time. Get out and Organ
ize" and "organize" and "organize." /"
Follow these instructions and you
will find before very long that you
have been more successful than you
ever expected or even imagined.
n pa ~ - -
A good memory is wonderful
thing, but there is many man who
would be more popular if he didn't
have one.
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Spring fever may be inevitable,
but there is no excuse for having it
the whole year round.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-08
|CH|NA|! |! FACED. ! |! !! D By \
| new REVOLUTION [ ]. ] ] | [ !
HE.AD.E|D|. |: !. 4 ]! |: J BY ] sun ]. n
Growing Strength Of Former :11'1'lr'''l'
President Threatens An
other Civil War

PEKING, July 8 BY the As As
sociated Press China, torn by by
civil. q. five years past, p:aa.;
apparently faces renewal l1. wa. It' OF
that condition almost at y the d very ,t@1ry =
moment w1lenst hesmore optimistic ls'aL.t
among her leaders hoped that she she
was about to enter a period Il Of
peace.
The new menace:is the growing
strength of DR.. Sun Yet-Sen,
president of the oyerthrownS Can an
ton governme entF cf 4 China. wi HE lien q
is backed BY suns s ofrs#exprtessee.dsi taasas'e. e.si
resolution to die in defense Of his his
office.
Canton advices yesterday
brought word that suns sup sup
pu,orters were increasing In num-: 7tl-
bers and conflict with. Chen Chiun-
.Ming's army was Inevitable. Ell
forts OF General Ngai 8Bong-Pilng
to mediate between sun and 8Chen zen
seemed to have failed
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-08
SIGNAL BRINGS TWO
MOONSHINE NERS. OUT

Fourteen county officers came In
this m nornlng tired and fatigued art
ier being out all night in search OF
bootleggers.sT sThey8w ina poorer
mood than ever because they had
spent all their forts in vain: Not
a single bootIegger was arrested N
56S Sheriff D. Charlton, Pros ecut-
ing Attorney Frank Amos and De-
putty Sheriff Charles 8 Bartho GLOW
last 3. nigh went to White Rock
where they arrested Mosco Vfttorfo
and Jack Semerred charged with
ceiling moonshine whisky. s3s II
5F The fficers were informed that
by*going to White Rock at 81 GER
tain hour and givtng$a certain sign
al,s party would appear with six
gallons OF m oonshine 81 whisky to
Ssells them. They went &to tho 5ap.
pointed place, gave the signal and
sure enough two men with the
..goods appeared i. They were put
Sundera arrest and brought to the
county jail.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-08
HARDING EXPECTED
TO OFFER PLAN TO
END Coal D! STRIKE 4. IKE.
Negotiations Between Opera
tors and Miners at Stand
still Until Monday.
ACTION Ex|P.E.c E. :. TED
Presiden at Uniontown This
Morning on Last lap Of
Return Journey. Nm:
ACTION EXP. .E!C I ! ED ED
Presiden at UniontoWn This

WASHINGTON, July s.--Nego7
tiations between mine operators
and union officials called by MT. MT.
Harding to consider plans for set
tlement of the coal industry's Ia
Dor troubles were at standstill
today. with both the anthracite
and bituminous sections OF the
general conference awaiting a.
Monday gathering at which the
President may present further
views on behalf Of the govern m
lment The anthracite employers
and union officials adjourned their
meeting yesterday without defin-
ite results being accomplished, Al: al
though Secretary Davis. who sat
in the meeting as the govern
ment's representa- ative, said that q
little progress had been made "
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-08
PE OF ENDING STRIKE RESTS on PRESIDE
Official Base Line Fixed
For Future City Surveys
FOR First Since Approval Of Original MiddIetoWn Map
il I 82o Engineers Are Given Definite
Survey Points Herext

engineer; S. "a. Shutt1esworth, 1o-
cal civil engineer; Jay Snodderly.
engineer for the Bethlehem Coal
Co, and Shrewsbury B. Miller,
:Fairmont city engineer.
This official base line will be re-
cognized in all matters concerning
property lying within the old Mid
dletown, now Central Fairmont-
This property may be bounded
roughly as running the full length
OF Adams street, east from Adams
street to the Monongahela River
and West from Adams street the
easterly side of Jackson street.
For many years the city did not
possess one of the original plats OF
IMiddletown but. on March 5,
1918, Mrs. Hugh f. Smith presen-
ted a copy Of the map to the
Board of Directors, or Board OF
Affairs, as it was then known. The
map was filed in the city journal
as an important historical docu-
ment and accompanied by copy
Of the minutes of meeting of the
General Assembly of Middletown
at which the plat was adopted.
The map bears the following
legend:
THE above lots are S poles in
width and 10 in length orsS2k k
feet in front and extend back 16o
Continued on Page Eight
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-08

For the first time since the ap-
Eprova1 Of the original map Of Mid
3dletown, made in October, 1878,
and declared official at general
assembly held January 10, 1920. en-
sgineers who make surveys in Fair
mont have an official base line
from which to work
Action making the southeasterly
corner at Quin cy and Adams street
and Il the southwesterly corner at
Jefferson and Adams street points
in the official base line for city
surveys was taken at a meeting of
the Fairmont Board of Directors
held at 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon. The motion was passed at
3: 80 o'clock.
The question came up while the
board was engaged in the discus
sion of the McCray-West Virginia
Amusement Co., controversy. En-
gineers submitted survey of the
Ogden avenue territory and stated
they had used the base line de-
scribed in the foregoing. The board
ordered that this line be accepted
as the official base line for all
surveys in the future.
Engineers Make Survey
Engineers making the survey
were J. M. Prickett, former city
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Course Not Decided Upon

EN- ROUTE WITH THE PRESl-
DENT, Uniontown, Pa, July s.
(BY The ssociated Press) 6-Arrct
a weeks absence from the White
House, President Harding expect
ed to be back in Washington by
this evening "A 225 mile automo-
bile ride, most of it up and dow.i
mountains, faced him as he left
the hotel near UniontoWn where
he spent last night, after an all
day drive from Columbus.
#%s Refreshed by his weeks vaca-
ton, the President was ready 10
again plunge into the direction Of
the governments IS affairs 1t is ex-
5pected that his attention on his
return to the White House will
first be directed to the coal strike.
M Negotiations between operators
and representatives OF striking
miners having come to a. halt,
pending Mr.. Harding's return, 1t
is thought that he will lose no time
in getting first hand reports from
Secretaries Hoover and Davis as
to the status of affairs.
While away. from Washington, ,
the president had received infor-
nation from the capitol on the
subject, and while in Marion an q
Columbus discussed the situation
with Attorney General Daugherty,
but it is said MI. ;. Harding as yet
has not determined what course to
pursue Part Of yesterdays ride
was through coal mining sections
affected by the strike Along the
route the President was cordially
greeted, idle miners joining in
giving him an ovation as he pass
ed. 5itj II &
The president planned to- stop
at tHagerstown, Md, to be guest
of the Maryland state Republics
committee at a rally which will be
held at the Hagerstown Country
Club . aS ss 3lS58