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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-03-10
WILL THEY SUCCEED?
COAL OWNERS AGAIN CENTER CAMPAIGN OF
PROPAGANDA SPREADING FOR SHIFTING
BLAME FOR STRIKE TO MINERS
AntiUnonists Editorial Parrots Citizens Alliance Flag
Wavers Injunction Judges in One Big
Campaign Against Workers

The coal barons are responsible if
the mining of coal ceases.
Their own friends convict them
when they demand "can't-strike" laws
on the ground that mining is charged
with public interest"
If this is true, the coal barons should
throw open their books and inform the
public as to their profits and produc-
tion costs.
That this point is not insisted on
indicates the sincerity of those who
talk about the publics welfare while
attempting to destroy the efficiency
of the United Mine Workers of
America
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-03-10

Chicago.-At conference in this
city representative of organized rail
road employees, the railroad brother
hoods and organized longshoremen
agreed to act jointly ito meet fur
ther wage reductions and additional
changes in working conditions"
These representatives made no
roseate promises to their members nor
issued wild statements regarding gen
eral strikes that they cannot Gala
fact that big business we'll knows.
Instead, caution marked the first
conference of these workers toward
federation and unity The memoran-
dunn submitted to the various organi-
cations for ratification makes no
pledges and calls for no penalties
1t is simply a ground work for new
understandings between workers, and
provides that where one group is at
tackled or threatened with attack, the
others shall meet and consult on the
best methods to assist.
An executive committee is created
with authority to make recommended
tions from time to time on the
needs of the new movement The
memorandum is as follows:
article |. The associated organ
izations represented in the transpor-
tation and mining industries of the
country have been compelled to bear
the brunt of unwarranted attacks
upon their integrity and unjust and
inequitable changes in their wage
schedules and conditions of employ
ment. The industrial and financial
interests responsible for this condition
are not yet satisfied and are conduct
ing gigantic propaganda looking to-
wards further wage reductions and
additional changes in working condi-
tions that will be detrimental to the
people employed in these industries
1t, therefore, becomes necessary for
the representatives of the associated
organizations to assemble and take
cogniZance of this situation. lmpell-
ed by the necessity of effecting a CO.
ordination of our strength we declare
for closer cooperation of our forces
which will operate to more effectively
protect the interests of those engaged
in these essential and basic industries
After mature deliberation, and with
a full sense of our responsibility, we
declare that the mutually of interests
of the employees in these basic indus
tries must be recognized and we as
sert our purpose to apply every hon
orable method to secure adequate
compensation for service rendered and
to maintain proper American stand
ards of living
article II. When it becomes appar-
ent that any one, or group of the
associated organizations, is made the
victim of unwarranted attacks, or it's
integrity is jeopardized, it will be-
come the duty of the associated organ
izations to assemble to consider the
situation Ways and means may then
be considered and applied to best
meet the emergency. Action taken un-
der this section is subject to approval
by each organization represented.
Article III. To facilitate the con-
duct of the business of the associated
organizations an executive committee
is hereby created composed of the
chief executives of the associated or
CARNATIONS, or their specifically desig-
mated representatives. 1t shall be the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-03-10
WANT SHODDY ADVERTISED

Trenton, n. J.-Senator White has
introduced bill in the state legisla-
ture which would require the per-
centage of wool to be labeled in every
piece of cloth.
Advocates of this legislation have
urged congress to enact this plan
into a federal law. They show that
much so-called pure wool cloth con-
sists of shoddy, worked over five and
six times, with just enough virgin
wool to hold it together.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-03-10
RAIL AND Mine WORKERS
TOGETHER WITH LONGSHOREMEN, JOIN "TO
MEET FURTHER WAGE REDUCTIONS
AND ADDITIONAL CHANGES IN
WORKING CONDITIONS"
Memorandum For Ratification Makes No Pledges, Simply
Ground Work for New Understanding
Between Workers

duty of the executive committee from
time to time to make such recommen-
dations to the associated organizations
as may, in its judgment be deemed
wise and to assemble the fall confer
ence of associated organizations
when conditions make such action
necessary.
Article " This plan shall become
operative when ratified by the consti-
tutional authorities Of each associated
organization
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-03-10

why should miners be held respon-
sible for possible coal strike?
Is the dollar SO entrenched that
facts are ignored by those who al
ways talk of square deal?"
1t is too much to expect, for in
stance, that anti-unionists, editorial
parrots, citizens alliance flag wavers
and injunction judges will cease at
tacking the Mine Workers Union
after they read that the United
States geological survey reports that
strikes are responsible for but one
tenth of the time lost in the mining
industry in the past 20 years?
The aides and errand boys for priv
ilege insist that mining is charged
with a public interest" and that this
justifes injunctions and ''can't-strike"
laws. The errand boys do not demand
that action be taken against coal
owners, who are shown by govern
ment bureau to be responsible for
nine-tenths of the lost time in mining
Associated with the present wage
movement is the inevitable probe Of
miners living costs The most search
ing inquiry will be made by profes-
sional shoppers" and statisticians
who will consider that the miner, his
wife and children have no privacy that
an employers agent or the public
must respect
This procedure is taken as a mat
ter Of course by the public But what
would happen if the miners insisted
that the cry NO classes in America"
be tested, and that coal owners be
subject to the same prying investiga-
tors?
What happens when an attempt is
even made to ascertain the cost of
producing ton of coal?
The federal trade commission made
this attempt but was stopped by an
injunction, issued at the request of
coal owners.
Only recently Mr. Frehnghuysen, of
New Jersey, stated on the floor of the
United States senate that it was inn
possible for any one-even the gov
ernment-to ascertain the production
cost of coal
This fact is never mentioned by
those who urge miners to be care
full lest they lose public opinion
Another fact ignored is the break
ing of an agreement by coal owners
in the central competitive field west
ern Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois) This is the key" field for
every bituminous wage movement.
The manner in which this contract
violation is handled by would-be ad-
yisers of the miners is in contrast to
their stern demand that the workers
be "considerate of the rights of cap
ital"
Let the miners be cautious" say
these well fed, well housed individ-
uals who never saw a mine, who do
not know that this industry eXacts a
toll of 200 lives every month, but who
fear loss of inordinate profits if that
grimy army comes up from its mid
night work day and demands some
Of the things its advisers consider es-
sential to life.
Why not abandon the talk of min
ers' strike and discuss a lockout by
the coal owners?
The owners will not permit the
government to ascertain their produc-
ton costs; their profits have been re-
ferred to as 1000 per cent by a for
mer secretary of the treasury; their
incompetency is recorded by a gov
ernment bureau and their gouging of
the public has gone beyond all records.
When employees of these coal ba-
rons demand living conditions and
cease work it is not strike; it is
a lockout.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-03-10
TEN CENT STORE PROFITS

New York.-The f. w. Woolworth
Company, operating and l0-cent
stores, report a surplus of more than
$13, 100000 last year, after all costs
have been met This surplus is equiv
alent to $1,000 earned on the $65,000,-
900 common stock as against $13.87 a
share the previous year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-03-10
OLD UNIONIST DIES

Boston.-James O'Connor, for more
than 40 years a member of the Plas
terers' Union, died in this city He
represented Local No. 10 at every
of the Plasterers' Interna>
tional Association for 30 years, and
in the late COS held the office of both
general president and secretary treas
urer
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-16

-The nay Before tie Marriage. BY
Charles Myers. & tha titie o. the
play TO be 6 yen It 4 special period
some time IN the near fiture Fol;
lowing the selection 81 the east 10
hearsals will begin Immediately
The big feature OF the meeting
was the announcement OF sched.
ule for class meetings, organization
meetings and the like to be held
during the open periods on Wednes.
day and Friday OF each week.
These periods were scheduled lass
year by the faculty for the promo.
ton Of spirit in the various organt.
Eatons BY having definite dates set
for meetings.
On the first Wednesday Of eact1
month student body meeting will
be held from II to ~ o'clock. From
u to 1850 o'clock on the second
Wednesday Of each month class
meetings will be held. The Dramat.
ie Club will meet from 1850 until
IL o'clock on this date also. The
student body will hold meetings
from II to 1880 o'clock on the third
Wednesday Of the month and the
Y. W. G. A. cabinet will meet from
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-16
Qf'ilg111plts Of
M;Joliq lelle,y
BY: MELVILLE DAWSON Posi- y
1900 MA Service. Inc
The Man With the Steel Fingers

discourse. He had taken a small
chair, and he sat in; 1t as a man OF
great strength and vigor and Of an
unusual bulk rests his weight up
on something which he Is nnce.-
tain will support 1t.
He did not move, but the en-
preston in his face changed
slightly. His eyebrows lifted as in
courteous inquiry. Monsieur
Jonquelle went on. He seemed not
entirely at ease.
II shall not pretend at ignor.
ance Of your affairs, monsieur.
The lawcourts Of England are bru-
tai and direct. They have no coa-
CELEBRATION for anyone, and the
press Of those islands has leps
restraint.
When one is charged with q
crime in England, and cones into
its courts. no humiliation Ia neg
lected. That one ls innocent
means nothing; that this limo.
cence is presently demonstrated
does not preserve one, in tia
events preceding such a verdict,
from every imaginable humilla-
ton"
Monsieur Jonouella continual
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-16

moved and these benefits desceud
TO youse
He paused
But they were removed. mon.
sterf. and the benefits have dc.
nded. The war appeared. Both
sons Of Lord Winton lost their
lives in It: Lord Winton Is hiniself
murdered; and You come, mon
sieur from a panpered kingdom
Of southeastern Europe to be a
peer Of England with an immense
estate. Even the American grand
daughter Of Lord Winton takes
nothing under this Extraordinary
English law Of entail. Would you
I call this chance nonsieur?"
Lord Valleys found no difficult
ty at all with the Inquiry. He 70.
piled directly.
"Monsieur." he said. it was
all clearly chance except the muir
der Of Lord Winton That was. Of
course design"
Another installment In this
thrilling detective story will ap.
pear in our next issue.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-16
LOCAL WOMAN TO
SPEABT0NORROW.
Irene Osborne on Program al
Meeting Of State Educa.
tionai Association.

1.-THE Relationship OF the Normal
School to the Supervisor" is the
title OF an original paper to be read
by Miss Irene Osborne, music SD.
peryisor at the Fairmont State Nor.
NAL School, before the music sec.
ton Of the convention Of the Stats
Educational Association at Charles.
ton tomorrow. Nine members 81
the Falrmont Normal School facul.
ty, in addition to President Joseph
Roster aud Miss Blanche Price,
secretary, will attend the three-day
sections at Charleston this week.
Those who left here yesterday were
President Roster, Miss Price, Wal,
ter Barnes, Miss Eva Compton,
Miss Maude Hull, Miss Jessie Ice,
Miss Blanche Gibson, Miss Virginia
Gaskill, Paul Morrow and 3. L.
Lively.
Meetings of the dramatic cluS
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-16

aud student body assembly foa.
tured the activities m this instltu.
Hon yesterdays At tie Student hods
meeting at ~ o'clock 4 committee
was appointed 70 take charge Of
the campaign for the Student
Frienship Fund in the school Miss
Nellie Ammons was named chair.
man and Miss Ruth King and
George Turley were named as the
two remaining members. twas an.
nounced at this time that on thu
first day Of this campaign, when
will begin next Tuesday, a special
assembly will be held and q pro.
gram will be given. At this time
talks will be made in regard TO the
drive by a member OF the faculty
and q representative OF the student
body. The details Of the campaign
will be In charge OF the various
classes and Organizations.
AS the concluding feature Of yes.
ter6ay mornings meeting Miss Nil,
drad Gibson. an official Normal
School delegate to the convention
of the intercollegiate Press Asso
citation Of the state held at Keyser
last week, reported the details OF
the convention for the benefit .!
the student body. George Turley,
general manager Of the Fairmonl
Normal Dramatic Club, announced
previous to the talk that try.olta
for the initial play OF the season
would be held yesterday. The
Judges are Albert Knight, George
Turley and Walter Price. The lat
ter Is the student body president
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-16

IN the matter. he SAID. surely J.
have been spared little, i have
had every experience 81 hnmilins
ton The criminal law ot England
as d bnng fling and cruel device
Those who find themselves Ncon-
cerned with it.. / profoundly pit.
"There~ls no consideration Of
family or culture that in any way
mitlgates It's severity or in any di.
rection preserves one from odtum,
once the machinery Of q criminal
court Of England Is on It's way.
The experience of 1t is a horror to
me. monsieur; but II It can result
in any btAefit to you or to an
other, l am willing to recall It
What is the problem, monsieur,
upon which you would have MY
opinion?"
ut is this monsieur" replied
the Project Of Police. as It your
conclusion upon this experience
Of life. that there Is a Providence
Of God that undertakes to adjust
the affairs Of mankind-to assist
the helpless and to acquit the in
.nocent-or do you believe that it
is the intelligence Of man that ac-
complishes this result? What
is It, monsieur, that moves behind
the machinery Of the world
chance luck, fortune or some sort
Of Providence2"
Lord Valleys seemed to reflect
while the Project OF Police was
speaking. and he now replied with
little hesitation.
Chance, monsieur" he said,
"is unquestionably the greatest
i and most mysterious factor in all
+, human affairs, but 1t is modified
and diverted by the human will.
u. Human intelligence, mon
sleur. and chance are the two
factors"
The Project OF Police continued
/ to look down at his hand-
II have been Of a different
opinion, Lord Valleys" he said. ~
think there is an intention behind
events, a sort Of will to justice, 20
righteousness. as one has said. IT
is not chance as we usually define
4 the word, and the human will can
not circumvent It. 1t is
strange, as see 1t, Lord Valleys.
This thing We call human la
telligence seems to be able to aid,
to assist. to advance the vague.
immense. persistent impulse be-
hind events, and to delay and TO
disturb 1t, but not ultimately u
defeat It.
/! Take the extraordinary events
that have happened to you, Lord
Valleys, and tell me, II you can,
how they could have arrived by
chance!
Your uncle, Lord Winton, took
the title and the whole properties
of your family by the accident OF
birth. Your father the second son,
having. no title and no fortune, ea-
tered the diplomatic service and
was allotted to one OF the little
courts Of southeastern Europe. Hn
married your mother there, and
you were born and grew up in tho
atmosphere of Serbia.
There was little chance that
you would ever have fortune or
title. Lord Winton had two sons;
one Of them married an Ameri-
can; the other remained unmar-
ried. There were three lives be-
tween you and this title and its
immense estates in England.
What chance was there monsieur,
that these persons should be re-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-16

1850 to 10 O'clock. Glass meetint
win be held from II 10 ESQ
O'Clock on the fourth wednesdaf
ana the dramatic eitib viii meet
from 1850 To- ta O'clock The y,
w q AZ cabinet will meet from :
suntil 10 o'clock every Friday dur
ing the month. The boys glee club
will also meet at this time. No
other; organization meetings viii
take precedence over this schedule
without making arrangements with
Prof. Walter Barnes.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-16
eox SUPPER.

"A box supper and festival will be-
held at the chiefton School Thurs.
day evening. The proceeds will
be added to a fund being raised for
a school library. Patrons and
friends OF the school have been
urged to attend the affair.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-16

to hesitate. But he went on.
Monsieur" he said, "out Of
this unfortunate experience you
will have come, l feel, with a
certain opinion upon the problem
which disturbs me. And I am sure,
monsieur, you will not deny me
the benefit Of that opinion"
The Prefect of Police looked up
like one who with hesitation re-
quests a favor from another.
Lord Valleys replied immediat-
ly.
II shall be very glad to give
you my opinion upon any point
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-16

MEDIUM BROWN HAIR looiss,S
best Of all after a Golden Clint
shampoo-Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-16

THE BEST MAN FOR TAES
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Bisbee daily review., 1922-07-23

 IF MANDATES
 IN EAST MADE
Mandate System of Govern ment Becomes Effective
 by Leagues Decision

LONDON, July 22.-J(By the Asso- ciated Press)-Final confirmation was given the Palestine and Syrian man. dates today by the council of the league of nations.
 This means that the mandate syS- tenn of government become effective throughout the world almost immedi- ately. There remains for settlement only certain minor points between France and Italy, respecting Italian schools, immigration and some eco homie features in Syria.
 The Earl of Balfour. Rene Viviani and Marquis Imperiali, respectively the delegates of England, France and Italy. will make declarations on Mon day regarding the future policy of their governments, in the mandate area.
 The action of the council marks the continuation of three years of effort and negotiation on the part of the league to institute the mandate sys- tenn in the Pacific islands, central Af- rica and Asia Minor. It is construed as a victory for the Earl of Balfour and sa giving further effect to the es- tablishment of Jewish national home
 The mandate for Mesopomania au- tomatically disappears with the crea- tion by Great Britain, of an independ- ent state in that country.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-07-23
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ton of survey of the coal mining industry.
 The survey shows that no miners are on strike in Alabama and Vir- ginia, but that the full working strength of the miners has been set idle by the strike in the bituminous fields of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, and in the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania
 In Colorado, the survey shows 4,O00 of the 15,OO employed before the strike are out. For New Mex ico the figures are 1000 out of 4,500 on strike and for Texas 4,00O out of 4,500.
 Among those miners now listed as 'at work are included, it was said, about 10000 pumpmen and firemen who have remained to keep the min ing proprety in condition and pre- vent flooding of mines.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-07-23
HUERTA SCORES PRESS
Continued from Page one)

(Continued from Page One) bonds in assuming so .carelessly that they were worthless.
 Il want to take advantage of this ! opportunity to clear up an interview published by some newspaper in New York in which there appears a mis- taken statement, according to infor- nation I have received. I did not affirm that all the lands had been paid. I said that the government would pay all those that would be needed for the solving of the agrar- ian problem and I never could have assured anyone that the value of all the appropriated lands had been covered, when I cannot forget that there is group of land-holders that have refused to come to an agree ment with the government for the payment of their properties. I want to explain that the government has
 already invested many millions of
 pesos in compensating owners who, obedient to the laws of the country, have arrived to equitable adjust
 ments with the present administra- tiOn.
 dSdln repeat IHdl uiy OSnSl
 that the person that made such un- just statements to the press in so
 rough a manner, cannot have been by any means, authorized by the American government. If the phrases that have been transmitted to me
 are exact, if some member of the senate in his parliamentary speech ! caused bad impression, the Mex ican government is not to blame and it should not be attacked in a form
 which greatly differs from the gen. 1 tility, judgment and intelligent dis l cretion which I found in President Harding and Secretary Hughes, with whom I had the honor to talk upon my visit to Washington.
 q have not wished to pass inad- vertently the statements to which l referred to, because they affect dl- rectly, the credit of Mexico, which with such eagerness, we have en-
 deavored to strengthen in the con l ferences wit hthe international com | mittee of bankers, and 1, as secre- | tary of finances, have the obligation to obpect to all those intents that 1 belittle the finances of my country.
 I believe that the international com
 mittee of bankers will second this attitude of mine in a manner which ! they consider most convenient in ac- | cordance with the obligation express | ed in the agreement of June l6 to cooperate in useful way to the ! sustainment of the credit of the
 Mexican republic"
Bisbee daily review., 1922-07-23

press Employees following an all-day conference with E. M. Coston, general manager of the Big Four.
 The company granted the employees vacations, sick leave and Saturday half-holidays. The agreement also included, MT. Daly said, a complete understanding on the matter of farm ing out of work, which the company announced several days ago would be abolished as soon as the present con tract with firms now doing it expire.
 It was announced that employees transferred from the service of the company to contracts will be taken back by the railroad with all seniori- ty rights September 1. The question of back pay was referred to the labor board, 1t was announced.
 The matter of wages was referred to further conferences between the man and the company, and if no agree ment is reached, the matter is to be submitted to the labor board, it was said.
 F.. H. Fitzgerald, president of the Railway and Steamship Clerks Freight Handlers, Station and Ex press Employees, announced today that the Southern railroad had called g conference in Washington with mem bers of the brotherhood in an effort to avert walkout of $500 employees of the road.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-07-23

A caterpillar can eat 600 times it's weight of food in month.