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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-09
ANTI-UNION EMPLOY
ERS BAN UNION
CONTRACTORS

Oakland, Calf if-Albert E. Boynton.
managing director of the anti-union
San Francisco Industrial Associa-
ton, the parent body of the East Bay
Industrial Association. admits that
building material supplies are being
withheld from union contractors on
school buildings in the Bay district,
according to the East Bay Labor
Journal.
"Boynton frankly told newspaper
representatives that the forces behind
the American plan were pursuing a
policy of enforcing 4 material embar-
go against contractors friendly to
unionized labor" says the Labor
Journal. "Many contractors friendly
to organized labor are facing threats
and coercion from agents of The East
Bay Industrial Association"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-09
REAL WAGES MEAN
PURCHASING POWER

Cleveland, Ohio Economists build
up their theories of the real meaning
of wages on figures based on wages
and what was purchased with them
over period of years, but wage earn
ers build up their ideas of real wages
on what they can purchase at the
time, regardless of what they might
have purchased in the vast, says the
Railroad Trainman.
"Wage workers are not much in
clined to study statistics. The mar
ket price and how far wages will go
into them is about as far as the aver
age worker has the patience to go.
But when both have reached their
final conclusions the economists and
the wage worker do not differ as
much as might be expected"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-09
New York Cloak and Suit Makers
Vote General Strike at Big Meeting
U. S. ship OWNERS
Would Fly British Flag To
Employ Cheap Coolie
Labor

Washington.-Th determination of
certain shipping interests to employ
cheap and docile coolie labor was def
nitely reaffrmed by Walter J. Peter
son, general manager of the employ
ment service of the Pacific American
Steamship Association and the Ship
Owners Association of the Pacific
Coast, in testifying before a senate
committee. Mr.. Petersen said:
'No law forbids us hiring these men
(Chinese); and if you take away the
right from the Robert Dollar Com
pany of handling those Cinnamon, all
he would have to do would be to put
those vessels under the British flag
and carry them anyhow"
San Francisco, Calif.-"Mr. Peter
sen knows very well that the Dollar
Company could not, under the con-
tract of purchase, transfer it's newly
acquired shipping board tonnage to
British register" declares the Sea-
mems Journal, the official paper of the
international Seamen's Union of
America, in commenting on the tes-
timony of Walter j. Petersen.
''This is merely the same stale old
threat that has been hurled at legis-
lators over and over again-long be-
fore Mr.. Petersen left the Oakland
police force and longe before he ever
dreamed of becoming general man
ager' for the scab shipping office.
1T requires a strange mentality" +"
continues the Seamen's Journal, "to
pose before a committee of United
States senators as a dyed-in-t wool
patriot and yet insist upon the al
legged right to man American ships
with cheap coolie labor and to threat
en- by implication that American ton
mage will be transferred to British
registry if the privilege of manning
American ships with Chinese should
be revoked"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-09
WILSON SPENDS SS8
IN PRIMARY

Washington. - The statement of
William B. Wilson, former secretary
of labor, that his personal expenses
in the Pennsylvania primaries were
only $8881, with a limit of $4,000
for the entire ticket upon which he
was associated with other political
aspirants, startled the senate COM
mittee investigating campaign ex-
penses in the Pennsylvania primaries.
Mr. Wilson was a candidate for the
democratic nomination for the United
States senate. The republican candi-
dates for the same office spent all the
way from $194,OoO, reported by the
Pinchot organization, to 81 ,046,2 re-
ported by the Pepper-Fisher group.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-09
By JOHN BROPHY
President of District No. 2,
TT M w of A

Clearfeld, Pa. - To organize the
non-union miners of the district is the
purpose of plans now under way by
District No. 2, United Mine Workers
of America. The initial move will be
made in Indiana county where the
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal & Iron
Co. and allied interests, commonly
known as the B. R. q P. Coal Com
panies, have some of their operations
These companies last year repudiated
their signed contracts with the United
Mine Workers and started to work
some of their mines on the 1917 rates.
Reports to the union from the B. r.
& P. towns, tell of much interest and
dissatisfaction among the employees of
these mines.
The complaints are based on low
wages, bad working conditions, and
denial of ordinary liberties in their
communities.
Big Wage Slashes
To summarizes
In addition to the direct wage cut
of more than 80 per cent there are
Indirect reductions that bring the
total cut down to 40 and so per cent.
Little or no pay for dead work" has
become the rule. Complaint about
short weight is general. Without a
union there is no checkweighman on
the tipple to guarantee that the men
get paid for all the coal they load.
The high price company store fur
ther slashes the miners standards of
living. Men complain that if they
purchase goods from independent
merchants-who charge Is and 20 per
cent less than the company stores
they are endangering their jobs.
Working conditions have grown
worse. For example, more car push
ing is required of the men than for
merly. Motormen and other day men
have been speeded up. The men are
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-09

BY international Labor News Service
New York City-The $4,000 cloak
and suit makers of New York filled
Madison Square Garden to the suffo.
cation point in preparation for gen.
eral strike which was called July 1
The general strike was voted with a
tremendous roar of approval, the
union thus by a popular demonstra-
ton underwriting the following de.
mands:
l. Forty-hour, five-day week.
2. Thirty-siX weeks of guaranteed
employment in the year.
3. Insurance fund to aid workers
who fail to get seasons work.
4. No discharge of workers after
the shop has been organized
for the season, except for cause.
D. Wage increase above the pres
ent minimum
6. Machinery for the adjustment of
disputes and the carrying out
of the agreement.
Appeals for Unity
There were many speakers includ-
ing Hugh Frayne, New York repre-
sentative of the American Federation
of Labor; John P. Coughlin, Central
Trades and Labor Council; Louis Hy-
man, joint board manager, in direct
charge of the strike; Abraham Baroff,
secretary-treasurer of the Interna-
tional Ladies Garment Workers
Union; Ben Gold, the leader of the re-
cent fur workers strike; Arturo Clio
vanitti, and others.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, pledg-
ed the full support of the A. F. of L.
in telegram from Cincinnati.
The most stirring plea was that of
President Sigman, Of the Interna-
tional Ladies Garment Workers
Union, for an end to the internal war
fare between communists and the ad-
ministration which has tormented the
union for three years. He said, in
part:
"The coming general strike is a
huge undertaking that will require
every ounce of strength that we COM
mand. 1t will be a bitterly fought
contest in which our adversaries will
use every weapon to shatter our front
and weaken our ranks. 1t will be a
strike not merely for the gaining Of a
few minor concessions from our en-
ployers, but powerful drive to re-
construct our industry on sound
basis, campaign to root out the de-
moralization that has split this indus
try into countless petty shops, and to
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-09

UNITED COOPERATIVE
SHOWS GAIN OF $4,000
Fitchburg, Mass-The United CO.
Operative of Fitchburg did a gross
business of $285,381 in 1925, with a
net gain of 10000
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-09

mission to places of amusements on
Sunday.
The feeling exists that many work
ing people will be prevented from
visiting the exposition unless the
gates are opened on Sunday, partic-
ularly those who live in the surround
ing towns and cities. It is pointed
out that with the gates opened thou
sands of excusionists from other
places would visit the exposition on
Sunday during the summer months.
A petition covering the matter, and
urging that the gates be opened, has
been presented to the mayor by sew
eral of the labor unions of the city.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-09
COMMITTEE BLOCKS
HIGH TARIFF PROBE

Washington. senate commit
tee on labor and education has made
an adverse report on the resolution
which proposed that special COM
mittee be created to investigate
wages paid workers in the textile,
steel and aluminium industries. The
resolution was introduced at the in
stance Of the American Federation of
Labor in order to ascertain what
benefits the workers derive from the
high protective tariff in the three in
dustries mentioned.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-09
44-HOUR WEEK WON
BY AUTO MECHANICS

Oakland, Calif.-The Auto Mechan-
ics' Union has notified garages and
shops employing auto mechanics that
the 44-hour week is effective in all
union ships. The mechanics have
made up their minds that Saturday
afternoon is made for leisure, and
they get it through their union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-09
s HOURS AND MORE PAY
ASKED BY FERRYMEN

Oakland, Calf The Ferryboats
mems Union of California has asked
the Key Route and Southern Pacific
companies to grant decknands and
firemen the 8-hour day with one day
off in seven, time and one-half for
overtime and $50 month wage in
crease.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-07-09
United Mine Workers Begin
Big Campaign to Organize
District z, Non-Union Miners

worked to the point of exhaustion
Constant complaint is made that non
union management neglects safety
rules.
Spy System Maintained
To mention a grievance to the boss
invites discharge.
A large and oppressive police and
spy system is maintained. The B. R.
& P. miner is constantly under
scrutiny, even in his personal life out
side of working hours. The company
"spotter" is everywhere. And the
costs of these spies is thrown on the
industry while the management re-
fuses to bear the cost of the Amer
lean standard of living.
With all this, full time is not Sc
cured, though the management had
promised that the lower wages would
bring steady employment. Some of
the B. r. & p mines are not oper-
ating at all, and the rest average but
three days week. Non-unionism has
not brought prosperity. Instead sew
eral Indiana county merchants have
gone bankrupt and commercial trav-
elers say business was never worse.
Field offices for the union have been
established at Rooms II and IA, the
Weamer building, Indiana, Pa, which
will be headquarters for the unions
representatives in that section, and
will serve as a recruiting office for
membership. Miners are urged to get
in touch with the organizers or come
to the field office.
Visitors Welcome
Any business man or other citizen
who desires information about the
union or it's policies and it's effect upon
the community will be welcome there.
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
Miner Is Awarded
Life Compensation
By Arizona Board

PhoeniX-A life income of 65 per
cent of the wages he was being
paid before he was injured was
made to Francis Chaves by the In
dustrial Commission of Arizona
after doctors informed the COM
mission that Chaves would never
again regain the vision he lost en-
tirely in an accident at the Calu-
met and Arizona mine last June
Is. The injured man was removed
to Ell Paso recently in the hopes
that specialists could aid him to
see again, at least with one eye
but the trip was futile. When the
commission was notified that
Chavez would be blind for life, the
award was made.
Joe Janisiewskin, who lost one
eye and received an injury to the
other while working for st. Mary's
Catholic church in Phoenix last
april, was awarded 1852 for the
time he lost from work and $71.5O
for 40 months.
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
v. H. DRIVER OPENS
In NEW LOCATION
ON KINSLEY AVE.

Many Winslow people attended
the formal opening of the Stand
ard Furniture Company, which af-
ter several years success on First
street has been moved to a more
advantageous location on Kinsley
avenue, in the former Penney
building. Y. H. Driver, owner of
the company, personally greeted
the crowds who came to inspect
the new place, and those who at
tended were presented with SOU
venirs and favors.
With Mr.. Driver in the new To-
cation is C. A. Robbins, owner of
the Standard Undertaking com
pany. This enterprise, formerly
known as Robbins & Hutton, was
recently bought by Mr.. Robbins,
with the resulting change in name.
The new building offers several
advantages, according to Mr.. Driv-
er, among them being the increas-
ed floor space and the more CEN
trail location.
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
INDIANS In JAIL.
HUNT ILLEGALLY

SANTE FE-Seven Navajo In
dians are in Jail at Reserve, New
Mexico, beginning a sentence of
80 days Imprisonment and under
fines of $40 and costs each, for
trapping in the Bar o Bar coun-
try of the Datil national forest.
The arrests were made by a party
of six forest officers and deputy
game wardens, headed by Forest
Supervisor F. l.. Kirby.
When arrested the Indians had
in their possession the heads and
hides of what appeared to be seven
legal bucks, and quantity of
jerked venison. Further investi-
cation revealed the tongues of
twenty deer among the smoked
meat.
The Indians were taken to Mag
dalena, where they pleaded guilty
to illegal hunting.
Supervisor Kirby informed the
state game and fish department
here that he had information that
another band of 20 Indians was
leaving the mountains and that a.
large posse had been formed to pa
troll the roads in an attempt to in
tercept them.
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
Test OF Municipal Dam
Proves Sa tisfa ctory


WILLIAMSBURG test of the re-
paired dam, recently completed by
Jim Hudson, manager of the city
water system, proved entirely sat-
lsfactory. Holes were drilled into
the new cement work and the pres
sure applied but not leak could
be forced.
While the real test of the dam
will be the water itself when the
dam is full, there is good reason
to believe that no leak will devel-
op. If a pressure pump cannot
drive water through the cement
impregnated earth, it does not
seem possible that the much lower
pressure supplied by the impound-
ed water could do so. In case a
leak does remain it can certainly
be repaired by the process applied
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
PIANO CARRIED
TO BOTTOM OF
GRAND CANYON

GRAND CANYON-The Grand
Canyon had it's first piano concert
last Saturday. The piano, the first
to reach the bottom of the canyon,
was carried by hand and by horses
to the most inaccessible of the
government Indian reservations.
The concert was broadcast over
the U. S. ranger telephone system
1t was played by Col. Rosenblatt.
The instrument, which was de-
livered by the Redewill Music Co.
Of, Phoenix, with Gene Redewill in
charge of the maneuvers, went
down $500 feet. The first 1900
feet were covered within the dis
tance of one miles travel.
The large musical instrument
which everyone near here said
could not be taken down, was car
ried by hand for seven miles, then
was taken to it's destination by
horses. Ten men and five horses
were used in making the trip.
Before this, nothing weighing
over 200 pounds has been taken
down in one piece. The piano
weighed 378 pounds stripped. The
trip from Hilltop to Sutar was
made in five and three-quarter
hours. Four handles were placed
on the piano and it was by them
that the piano was carried.
A Pathe camera man took 1900
feet of film during the trip. among
other things, taking some shots of
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
BIOLOGICAL SURVEY CHIEF VISITS
ARIZONA ON INSPECTION TOUR

PHOENIX Unless definite and
immediate action is taken to check
the decrease of migratory game
birds, ducks and geese will become
extinct in the entire Rocky Noun
tain region and within the next few
years the sport of hunting these
birds will become an activity of
the past"
This statement was made by DR..
E. w. Nelson, chief of the United
States biological survey, who visit
ed this city on his annual inspec-
tion tour of migratory bird and big
game life in the west. DR.. Nelson
visited the local offices of the bio
logical survey and the game ward
en- at the state capitol.
"The chief purpose of my annual
inspection trips is to obtain in
formation upon the subject in
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
MORE NEWS OF
SOUTHWEST IS
THE A. P. PLAN

Ell -PASO, Texas-More news of
the southwest and Mexico, the use
of receiving machines for wire re-
ports and the more prompt deliv-
cry Of election news reports to the
newspapers were some of the
things discussed at the annual
meeting of the Associated Press
members in the southwest, held at
the Hotel Orndorff here.
c. B. Watkins, division news edi-
tor of the Associated Press at Den
yer, was present and promised the
member papers every possible CO.
operation from his office and the
service in general. 1t was the first
time he had attended a conference
of A. P. members since assuming
his office and he made a splendid
impression upon the members pres
ent.
D. z. Francis, Associated Press
correspondent at Phoenix, also was
present and took part in the dis
cussion of various phases of the
news service in the southwest.
In addition to the business ses-
sion, luncheon was given in the
Spanish restaurant of the new
Orndorff hotel in honor of the To-
cal and visiting A. p men by r.
Burt Orndorff, managing director
of the hotel.
Capt. H. D. Slater, the soldier
publisher of the Ell Paso Herald
and Times, also gave dinner to
the members at the same hotel,
which proved to be a campfire re-
union of the Mexican revolutions
ary days, in which most of the
members present had participated.
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26

which our department is Interested
and to seek further cooperation
from state officials" said DR.. Nell
son. "Co-operation is the big thing
both in waging war upon predatory
animals and in conserving game
birds and animals. The department
of biology is receiving wonderful
cooperation throughout the west.
Especially is this true in Arizona.
This state ranks high in the list OF
states seeking to eliminate animals
that are pests and to conserve all
game life" -
DR.. Nelson lived in Arizona for
six years, coming here in 1883 and
remaining in the state until he en-
tered the government service. He
and his brother owned large
ranch near Springeryille.
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
STATE OF SONORA
STARTS SHIPMENT
OF COTTON CROPS

Nogales-The state of Sonora.
Mexico, has started cotton ship
ments to Mexico City factories.
the initial consignment being A5o
oales. The states cotton crop will
be in excess of $2,OOO,OO0 value.
The Mexican west coasts tomato
crop is expected to reach 5000 cars
having value of 100000 Cur
tailed production in the United
states has increased the price of
the commodity, according to
brokers.
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
HOLBROOK LIGHT RATE CUT

HOLBROOK-A 20 per cent re-
duction in the light rate for Hol-
brook will go into effect on Tues
day as result of an agreement
between the chamber of commerce
and the Holbrook Light and Power
company. The chamber believed
that the rate of 25 cents for each
kilowatt hour was too much and
took action which resulted in the
reduction.
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
Rodeo Performers
Held AT Yuma On
Mann Act Charge

Yuma-Two rcdeo performers,
Johnny Rogen and William Vail,
were arrested here Sunday on war
rants charging them with bringing
two women, one said to be the wife
of San Diego naval officer, across
the state line in violation of the
Mann act.
The quartet is alleged to have
registered at a local hotel. The
women are held as material wit
nesses. The men were bound over
to federal district court for trial.
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Prescott-First National Bank.
new institution, to be opened in
Prescott.
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
CAN'T OPEN SAFE
WITH $1,000 AFTER
EIGHT MILE HAUL

Tucson-Elmer Ruiz, 20-year old
truck driver, hauled safe weigh
ing nearly one ton eight miles
into the desert then failed to get
the more than $1,000 which it com
tanned. 4
Bue he did get three to five years
in the state penitentiary when he
pleaded guilty before Judge Ger
aid Jones to what he termed "a
fool trick" After transporting the
afe unaided, Ruiz said he had been
unable to open it.
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
DAYLIGHT BURGLARY REPORTED
OF ELECTRICAL COMPANY'S SAFE

Notwithstanding series
of petty stickups and robberies,
yeggs Sunday afternoon forced an
entrance to the Vinson Brothers
& Carter electrical goods shop, 25
East Adams street, pried the COM
bination dial from the safe, manip-
ulated the tumblers and in one of
the most daring daylight robberies
in recent months, made away with
the contents of the cash drawer,
amounting to slightly more than
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26

$20S.
The robbery was discovera &ar-
ly Monday morning by w. r. Vim
son, when he went to open the safe
preparatory to starting the days
business.
Nothing was taken except the
cash contained in the drawer. Sew
eral hundred dollars in checks and
other valuable papers We're neatly
piled to one side, and the books
of the company were not touched.
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
TAX SUIT ON
MINE is BEGUN

PRESCOTT-A suit for the col
lection of more than $1,000 in tax
es and costs was filed in the su-
periOr court this week by the coun-
ty attorney for County Treasurer
Charles Weidler against the Mount
Union Consolidated Mines COM
pany.
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
TOOK $50 HEAD
OF GOATS, SAYS

PRESCOTT--Charging him with
having taken $50 head of goats
which belonged to him, A. r. Head
ley brought suit in the superior
court of this county against r. l..
Gray for the return Of the band
and for damages suffered by it's
lOSS
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
NOTICE
PAVING DISTRICT NO. 8

Assessment lnstamens of interest
provements under Resolution
of the City
pe at the once OF the City Clerk before the
airy, 1929
he assessment parcel numbers
and the amounts follows:
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
NOTICE
PAVING DISTRICT NO. /


under Resolution Of Intention
Gil Paving
able at the office of the City day January
1921
The property
and the amounts due follows:
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
N Office
PAVING DISTRICT NO. 2

Assessment nstalments
poveens under Resolution of Common
Gil the City Of Winslow Paving due and
able at the office City or before the first av Of anua
= - w. - '-''
e assessment parcel numbers description property assessed
and the amounts due
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
BANK ELECTS OFFICERS

PRESCOTT-The First National
Bank has elected the following Of
ficers: Louis M. Simpson, presi-
dent; Francis S. Viele, first vice
president; Charles M. Raible, Sec
ond vice-president; Frank w. Fis-
ter, third vice-president; Arch II.
Green, cashier. Other directors are
Milton Updegraff, Bert Tilton, II
H. Westering, Francis d. Cradle
and +. w. Boville.
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26

any the above nstaients before the first da
spua 1877 Will become DELINQUENT Aer6upon penalty 81
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STANLEY E. WATKINS
B Superintendent Streets
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26

the famous falls about which Cad
man, the noted composer, wrote
his "The Land Of the Sky Blue
Water" This falls is one Of the
most beautiful sights in the can
yon, but because of it's inaccessi-
bility is visited by few touristo@
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26

nsamnts not paid before the first day
January 1927 wiz become Delinquent aad IreupoG penalty o.
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26

five cent 5T) Of the be added thereto
Daeo at the CITY Hail. WInsloW Arizona this 18th
Der, 1926
STANLEY E. WATKINS,
of Streets