The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-05-26

like peck" Robinson, who would tear
down in one day more than they can
rebuild in another 25 years.
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CHICAGO LABOR WAR
Newspaper reports from Chicago
Indicate reputed labor leaders are be-
ing arrested as the result of several
explosions which took place this week,
resulting in the death of three men.
Every law-abiding citizen can do
no less than hope and pray that those
guilty of the outrages will be caught
and punished as they deserve. Law
lessness has no place in the American
scheme of government.
Yet, human nature being human ma
ture, it would seem the incidents of
| this week were inevitable. For years
| it has been openly acknowledged that
the Chicago employers have main
tanned force of sluggers for use in
| labor disputes, and there seems to be
labor disputes in Chicago at all times.
1t was only natural that the work
ers should fight fire with fire, and
for years the "Chicago argument" has
been won by the side with the most
skilled sluggers.
| Today there is in Chicago an organ
| ization knows as the Citizens Com
mittee," which for more than year
has sought in every way to destroy
organized labor, openly boasting that
it will spend unlimited millions to
| disrupt the workers organizations.
| This committee has been charged
| with employing sluggers, but the dl-
| rection of this work is said to have
| been placed in the hands of high
priced lawyers, therefore mere
shrewdness was shown, and it has
been impossible to "get them with the
goods on" Lacking the finesse OF
the lawyers, the workers were more
crude, consequently they will probably
have to pay the penalty.
1t might be well to build a fence
around Chicago, then let the two sides
fight it out in such way that the
rest of the country will not be annoy
ed.
But this much should be remem-
bered: THE PRESENT SITUATION
lis DUE SOLELY AND ENTIRELY Y
TO AN ATTEMPT TO ENFORCE
THE UN-AMERICAN OPEN SHOP
PLAN IN CHICAGO. 1T WILL BE
FOUND TO BE A TROUBLE
BREEDER WHEREVER TRIED
Dayton Labor Review.
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MINERS WAGES VS. OWNERS
PROFITS
The coal mine owners have flooded
the country with misleading propa
ganda concerning the earnings of the
miners and the profits of the Goa
companies.
Congressman Bland, of Indiana, al
extremely conservative member of the
house, inserted in the Record OF
March 18th a statement of the aver
age wage of coal miners in the United
States.
"This statement" SAID Mr.. Bland
;; "is as accurate as it is possible tc
compute it."
} According to Mr. BANDS state
ment, the miners in the Pittsburgh
district worked an average of 1913 day!
: in 1921, and their average annua
earnings were $762. In Ohio the mer
worked 119 days on an average, anC
: their earnings averaged $3.50 year
= In West Virginia they averaged only
} 80 days during the year, and theil
!. average earnings were $500. In Ten
i nessee one third of the miners worked
! one third time and averaged $105 pc
2 month per man for the time worked
A few days before, Congressman
: Newton, Of Minnesota, another ex
: tremely conservative member of th
2 house, presented figures showing th'
S profits of the leading coal operators
: Among the examples cited by hin
:, were the following:
: The Lehigh & Wilkes Barre Goa
-" Co. reduced production from 1912 t.
1920 about 80 per cent, but despit
this decrease in production the com
I pany increased it's surplus from 81
millions to 27 millions, or nearly 90
per cent. In addition it paid dividend
totalling 305 per cent.