The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-05-04
AS THE WORKER
SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest of
Important Events of the
Week, Here and Abroad

III tHe IlfSI jury Trial OIL case dTlS-
| ing out of federal injunction in
labor dispute, two officials and "a
members of the American Federation
of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers
were cleared by a jury in federal
court at Milwaukee, April "a, of con-
tempt of court for alleged violation
of federal restraining order granted
to the Allen-A Company of Kenosha,
Wis, manufacturers of hosiery.
An arbitration agreement barring
strikes and lockouts was recently
signed by representatives of the
American Newspaper Publishers As
sociation and the international Print
| ing Pressmen's and Assistants Union.
] A countrywide strike of Pullman
porters is inevitable within short
time if the Pullman Company does
not recognize the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters and deal with it
through the United States mediation
board to regulate wages and working
conditions, according to Roy Lancas-
ter, general secretary and treasurer
of the brotherhood, who reported
April "a that of 5,100 porters who
took strike vote, all but 26 stood
for a walkout.
One weeks holiday annually with
pay has been granted to all shopmen
embraced in the union management
cooperative program on the Cana
dian national railways, according to
announcement recently made at Win
nipeg.
Federal Judge j. C. Hutcheson, Jr.,
of Houston, Texas, on April 10 made
permanent his injunction compelling
the Southern Pacific railroad to aban-
don it's company union and recognize
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
new board of well-known indus
trial leaders, professional men and
labor executives, including James
Duncan and Matthew Woll, Of the
American Federation Of Labor, was
announced April % by the Associa-
tion Against the Prohibition Amend
ment.
Automobile production. in the
United States during the first quarter
of 1928 showed an increase of 29,899
cars over the same period in 1927, ac-
cording to department of commerce
statistics.
John M. Glenn, for 80 years secre-
tary of the Illinois Manufacturers
Association, and well-known anti
unionist, died April 90 at the age of
So.
Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate and
co-defendent with Albert B. Fall in
the Teapot Dome oil lease cases, was
acquitted April 81 by a District of
Columbia jury.
Special reports to the New York
Times say that unemployment contin-
ues to decrease in Germany, France
and Great Britain.
Seven workers were burned to
death and 10 others injured when
three explosions of chemicals wreck
ed an industrial plant in a suburb
Of Denver, Colo.
! Colonel Robert w. Stewart, of
| Chicago, chairman of the board of
directors Of the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana, admitted April "a
before the senate committee investi-
eating the Continental Trading Com
pany angle Of the Teapot Dome sean
dal that bonds totaling in value of
$759,500, which he presumed were
bought with Continental Trading
Company money, were allotted to him
from the profits of the Continental.
Three proposals to force withdrawal
of the American marines from Mica
ragua and to curb the powers Of the
president in connection with the Mica