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The Labor Advocate
"4 Pi4PHe FOP ,4LL WHO TOL"
Official Organ of the Building Trades Council of Cincinnati and Vicinity
CINCINNATI, OHIO, JULY 17, 1915
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Vol. III. No. 13
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Liability Companies Seeking
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To Regain Stranglehold
On Workmen3 s Insurance
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jMake Determined Effort to Have Rules of Ohio Indus
trial Commission Changed to Enable Them to Evade
Provisions of Compensation Law Movement is
Opposed by State Federation of Labor.
The liability insurance companies,
whose business in Ohio was practically
wiped out by the Workmen's Compensa
tion Law, passed in the early dajs of
the Central Assembly of lUH), and who
were quiescent for a time, have renewed
their efforts to regain a foothold in the
state and arc pushing their claims with
every power at their command.
Today (Saturday, July 17) they will
file a brief with the State Industrial
Commission urging that the rules of the
commission be so modified as to permit
them again to do business in the state
unhampered.
This contention of the insurance com
panies is combated by the Ohio State
Federation of Labor, under the leader
ship of Thomas J. Donnelly, its legis
lative agent, and the matter will be
threshed out, first before the commission
and later probably in the courts.
It is the contention of the Ohio State
Federation of Labor that under the law
ni it nonr standsvand tinder the rules.
. iisnctiuwjlic:i'ouiiiriat,eLTimniis-
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legal '-right: to Mo. an employers; indem
nity business Tn 'Ohio, and the ' Federa-
. lion will,"do everything: within its power
to prevent the companies jfromgairiing
i a foothold and weakening the operalions
. of the Compensation Law, " 'f ' v
-1 AVoi-klng on Willis.
"The- Industrial Commission, as at
prcscnt"composed, consistsof two Demo
crats afjd one Republican, and ever since
" th,e inauguration of Governor Willis
k lthsqbmpanies have been 'trying to get
",,&g?govcrnor to go over the heads of
rthecpmmission by having its rulesi so
"amended as to permit their operation (in
the Mate. So far the governor has de
clined to interfere, and the Federation
is hopeful that, the executive will con
tinue to keep his hands off.
,Inthe two years of its opcratiohthe
K compensation law has given entire 'satis
faction to workmen and tp a large per
centage of. the better class of employ-"
ers of the state; it has proved to be
just and equitable to'all parties and has
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Street Carmen
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Busy Business Sessions
Second Regular Meeting in July Draws Large Number
of Membership to Attendance Delegates to Central
Labor Council Make Report Prize Winners Announced
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IJy Cliiu-li's
Second, regular meeting of Queen City
liivision (27, Amalgamated Association
of Street Car Employes, for the month
of July was held on the 18th.
Late men met at OtfO a. m. at Team
sters' Hall. About ,500 members were
present. Although the weather was ex
ceedingly warm the hall was compara
tively comfortable. President Jones
called the meeting' to order. Roll call
showed all officers present.
' -foBils were read and ordered paid.
"'Communications weie read and dis
posed of according to the nature of mat-
"sHsreferred to.
The report of the business agent was
nl and ordered received by the mem-
said u . . ,, ,, , ,
jour rai3 Smith, Ros, llaubrock,
"Cnloncs. delegates to Central La-
.imniincil. reported the action taken.
our n;lTjnatters handled by that bodand
areSjlcad of
board
Good and WeK
effectually eliminated the numerous, law
suits that were the natural outcome of
having to deal with the liability com
panies which sought cveiy legal techni
cality available to evade the pajmcnl of
claims for accident or death.
Notwithstanding the fact that both the
law and the rules of the Industrial Com
mission ignore the liability companies,
and they are not licensed to do an cin
plojcrs' liability business in the state,
the companies have been operating quiet
ly. They hae gone to a number of cni
plojers who are susceptible to the argu
ment that it is cheaper for them to carr
their own liability than to pay the dues
reciuired by the state and have induced
them to take out policies.
T,i h'c of accident or death in such
factories, the Industrial Commission has
ignored the liability companies entirely
and dealt directly with the owner or
owners of the plant where the accident
or death occurred. This has nettled the
companies and they arc demanding that
the commission deal directly with them.
The. law provides that when a com
pany is financially and morally respon
sible for any liability that may accrue on
'provisions to care for its infured
in the' same amounts 'and inMh
'manner as provided by 'the MwAitnwj,,
hlhediscretiqn of the fomfWUlcJnbe
exempt fron the dues required! by-law
to maintain the state fiindBut' -nowhere
in (.the law; is it provided thafthese.
provisions may be Wade by taking out a
policy Hwith a liability company. ,
The experience 5f working men of
Ohio with liability-companies has taught
them that in most instances they are
buying law suits and not protection
when they do business with these con
cerns. It was the object of the frames
and supporters of the Workmen's Cofh-i
pensation Law to eliminate these coni
pitnies for the protection of the workmen
and their families, and organized' labor
oflthe state will fight to the end to see
that theworkings o that law arc not
nullified by any rules that mav permit
the companies to evade the spirit, if hot
the letter''of'thc law and again fasten
their, tenacleVupon the yage earners of
the state. . , ,
Hold Two
Jf. Siinipson. i
ofhe Division, talks were made byJa
grcaBma.ny.of the members. 'W
The 'picnic committee reported "that
Brother A. Bommer of Walnut Hills
Station had .ecured the first prize injjtlic,
picnic ticket 'selling contest, $50 in gold.
The second prize was awarded to Robert
Gcrrard of Hyde Park Station, $25 ''in
gold. The third prize was awarded to
Junius Luchsingcr of Clifton and ElmJ
btation, $15 in gold. ;
Meeting adjourned at J2:0. p. m.
Evening meeting was called to orddr
by 'President Jones at 8 p, m. The usual
routinejof business was carried out. E.
L. Hitchcns of the Typographical Union
made an eloquent s , hi which he
lauded the" great . tire . r 'w r -y,,
account ot accident, or deatn p.t its cm- Presidcutnt Jlilaenw:JHJ-ySt
ffafeTMlo
Br. dead VWr-
eKsame,
tlebcrle -t .sitting with liei .mis.o ! tU-T in life is worth while it is
hr ...u "She's wearing a veil loantMTclcniiY ;(Ica) of n ratjonai iridivii
net.
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ca( her grandmother, isnt it a ncamyr win h, l,js 0r her own life in full aC
g; "It certainly is," rep bed her husband, I of tle opportunities and the
"but just look at tliewnitc waistcoat tne
bridegroom is wearing. He borrow ed
that from me."
THOMAS H.
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Pink Teas andWelf are Work
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Hurt Women
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President Samuel Gompers of the A. F. of L. Says Women
Workers Will Accomplish Nothing So Long as They
' Train With Social Uplifters and Agitators.
Washington. In the American Fed
urationist, July issue, President Gomp
ers calls on women workers to join the
tiadc union movement, to depend on
themselves, and not allow their organi
zations to be weakened and stifled by
the futile efforts of so-called "uplifters."
He also declares it is absolutely neces
sary for women to be accorded the
right of suffrage. On this subject he
says :
"Whenever opportunity and develop
ment are restricted, there influence and
power are also restricted. Women can
not assume equal rights with free men
in the industrial struggle while classi
fied with idiots and irrcsponsibles in
political affairs.
"As a matter of justice, working
women demand the ballot. They de
mand the right to participate in the de
terminations of political affairs because
they are affected by those determina
tions. The ballot cannot long be denied
them. The ballot will bring power, be
cause it will bring full citizenship."
. President Gompers gives these rea-
fsons for organization of women work
ers:
"But industrial freedom must be
toiiuht out on the industrial field. ItJ
will be achieved when wage-earning
women hold in their own hands the
right and the power to participate in
determining the conditions under which
they shall work and the wages they
shall receive. They can delegate this
power and responsibility to no, outside,
authority if they wish industrial free-
"Thifre is no easy way but if any-l
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mi;
dual
jvasi ims of frmionl Protection and
ket, (on la o(Tcr inimcdiate relief
foobfi are not frecddm.
GIJAYDOX,
mi" Co an'V n "tfinnrb friPid nf
,ttiioitr
"t!saiJ,.t:"-
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s I rade Unions
"Industrial freedom is not a sex prob
lemit is a human jjroblem. The same
principles apply to men and women alike.
"The women's movement for freedom
must be real and candid; it must not
allow itself to be suffocated or devital
ized by the frivolities and pink-tea imi
tations that have so . long kept women
from healthy, sane living. Those who
profit b the exploitation of women will
offer substitutes for the trade union
movement welfare work, vocational as
sociations, and other charitable or semi
charitable institutions.- The fight of
women for industrial freedom is made
doubly difficult by the usable tradition
of the economic dependence of women,
by patronizing social workers and by
those who would protect woman in or
der to keep her from exercjsing her
own will power and becoming a. mem
ber of society upon equality with all.
"The trade union movement is the
movement that offers women the op
portunity to secure freedom as well as
industrial protection.
"The recent convention (Women's
Trade Union League) ought to put new
life into efforts to organize women into
trade unions to increase wages and 'bet
ter conditions, and this problem of or
ganizing women' cannot be separated
from the problem of "organizing men.
Men must join tlie women in efforts to
solve the common'1 problem or else they
will find- w-omen used against them as
competitor?,. ,
"Recently Mr. J4 & Butler, Jr., presi
dent of the Besserper PK Iron associa
tion, said in rtgai) to the idea of em
ploying women in the metal industries:
'It would not be iprprising to find
thousands ot wometT "n mills, blast fur
naces and mines,doin!?"-ih.e work of
men before the wartis ovCm
"The American Tjjcderi'tiou of Labor
has helped to organizes wyjmen as a ne
cessary part of the campaign to organize
and federate all the 'workers in a great
movement for human, wjlfare Women
arc admitted to organization, on. an
equality with men and have cquaLjiRhts
and privileges in the organiatioiX(Thc
trade union movement for all, regardless
nf . nn,iMinliJir ,l.fP w"l rn '
creed."
One Dollar a Year
Woolworth
Store Unfair
Says Council
Building Trades Take Action
on Complaint of Steam
fitters Officers and Dele
gates are Nominated.
Owing to its persistent refusal to cm
ploy union steamfitters, the S. II. Knox,
branch of the Woolworth Five and Ten
Cent store, on East Fifth street, was
placed on the unfair list at the regular
meeting of the Cincinnati Building
Trades Council Thursday night..
Both Business Agent Fred Hock, of
the Council, and Phil. Fischer, business
aqent of the local union, reported that
their efforts to hae the management
of the store employ union men, had fail
ed. Dr. Herman Titus of Spokane, Wash.,
addressed the Council on the subject of
a shorter working day.
President Cullen presided at the meet
ing. After the minutes of the previous
meeting and the report of I5usiness
Agent Fred Hock had been read and
approved, nominations for delegates for
the coining jcar to the Council were
presented by the following organiza
tions :
Brotherhood of Painters,. Decorators
and Paperhangers of America, District
Council Xo. 12; P. C. Gasdorf, J. C.
Kunzclman, Law rence Cutter, L. A. Ditt
nian, William Robb, Charles Lohruni.
International Association of Bridge,
Structural and Ornamental Iron Work
ers, Local Union. Xo. 41: Thomas Mc
Ewen, Diaries Mueller, James Davis,
Thomas Galloway .
' .piiiicS;:snj;!cnv7ccr,.oi tne (.oxm
cil forthecomfngjyearwathen-tinljr-der.'andMhe"follawinB.incumbcntsTwere
(renominated wimoiu opposition;
President, Joseph A. Cullen; vice
fnresident. Phil Fischer; recording sec-
fretary, Fred Hock; financial secretarj't
l3: SSS
Tom Anderson, Charles Mueller, P. C.
'Gasdorf. George Mcinders, Charles Loh
runi. inree to De eiecicu. me actuun
will be held next Thursday.
It was decided that the annual ban
quet would be held this jcar on July 29.
The following committee on arrange
ments was' appointed: Lohruni, Gas
dorf and Anderson.
All trades reported business good.
WORK ON COURT HOUSE
GOING FORWARD WITH
COMMENDABLE SPEED
Much of the chaerin that was caused
by the failure of a Cincinnati firm to
net the contract for the construction of
the new Hamilton county Court House
has been removed by the businesslike
way in which the Charles McCaul Com
pany of Philadelphia, the successful bid
tier, is proceeding with the. work.
Under the direct supervision of Thom
as R. Russell, a builder of experience,
the work is progressing in a most satis
factory manner. Mr. Russell's work is
not unknown in this section of tjie state
as he had charge of the construction of
the Court- Hoiie at Dayton.
The excavating work for the founda
tion h'as'been completed and already
three "tests," as tovthe strength required
have tpefitldc and found to be wholly
satisfact&ry;" At one corner of the build
ing, owing to the presence of quicksand
at a considerable depth, the fourth test
at that point was found to be not up to
renfn'rements and thus the completion of
the tests was delayed for thirty days. A
report,,on this has been due for two or
thretftdays and likely will have arrived
by the time this article is in print. With
its arrival the contractors wilt be ready
to proceed at once with construction
worK.
To facilitate progress the building will
be" divided into two parts to enable each
class of work to follow in its regular
order without undue delay from wait
ing on the preceding class of construc
tion.?
Herbert B. Knox, of Philadelphia,
president, secretary-treasurer of the Mc:
Caul? Company, will come to Cincinnati
as sbpn as a" report is received on the
linal'test for the foundation and super
vise tlfe preliminary work. After every
thing is' in running order Mr. Knox will
return to Philadelnhia and the building
Uyjll be ip charge of Mr, Russell. How
lever, Mr. Knox will make frequent vis
its tp Cincinnati uunng-xne prorcss.u
I the work to confer wtth' his managing
1 foreman.
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