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PICNIC COMMITTEE
Met And Named Sub-Com
mittees.
The 20th Annual Picnic Commit
IWS appointed by Trades Council
last Tuesday night met Thursday
night and named the Sub Commit
tees. The sub-committee will be
gin work and make the necessary
arrangements for the big Labor
Day picnic and outing.
The committee decided by unan
imous vote to drop any member
from the committee who is absent
two meetings.
A committee was appointed to
meet with the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council and invite them
t« take part in the parade and pic
nic.
The committees appointed by
President Few are as follows.
Refreshments.—Chas. Vaughn,
Robert Shiering, Frank Mooar, Sam
Hiltpolsteiner, A. P. Lombard, Jos
Stoker, Mrs. Vaughn, Mrs. Fin
frock, Mrs. Weatherby.
Printing and Advertising.—Ed.
Etzler, George Mayer, Frank Crch
ran, Fred Schwab and Jos. Strat
egies
Amusements.— Edw. Weiss, Ed
Sims, A. D. Howard, Elmer Hall,
David Linn, Geo. A. Hill, Henry
Betcher, A. Erbs.
Music.—Wm. Finfrock, John
Hartmani Henry Janser.
The committee will meet every
Thursday night in Trades Council
Hall at 7:30 P. M.
A Bad Mistake.
Albany, N. Y., July 18.—A
vehement protest went up when it
was discovered that the $2 a day
minimum wage law for canal labor
ers had been nullified by the New
York State Legislature. Gov. Sul
zer was instrumental in having tfce
law enacted, but a subsequent
measure relating to the mechanics
employed in State institutions did
not have the $2 a day amendment
incorporated, and it is now asserted
that this minimum wage cannot be
put into effect.
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WORLD OF L4B0R
Over 1,000 teamsters, members
of the newly organized Teamsters'
Union, are on strike in Buffalo, N
Y., for an increase in wages aver
ting $3 per week.
The Butte, Mont., union of the
Western Federation of Miners, one
of the largest unions in the inter
national organization recently held
a celebration in honor of the thirty
fifth anniversary of its founding.
The mines suspend&d operations
for the day and a general holiday
was indulged in. Speeches were
delivered by officials of the United
Mine Workers and others.
Negotiations between the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad and the fed
erated trades on the Western lines
for a new schedule, which has been
in progress for three weeks, has
terminated, an amicable settlement
having been arrived at. While the
particulars have not been given to
the public, it is understood that an
increase of 2 cents an hour has been
granted, an addition to several im
provements in working conditions.
The report of the judicial coun
cil of the American Medical Asso
ciation, the doctors' union, con
demned the evil of secret fee splitt
ing and giving of commissions by
physicans and surgeons. A reso
lution has been offered, which will
be acted on before the close of their
present convention, providing that
any member of the doctors' union
who violates the rules of the union
n this regard shall be expelled from
the doctors' union.
Coincident with the Senate Lob
by Investigation, Congressman
Murray of Oklahoma, better known
as "Alfalfa Bill," has introduced a
bill in the House to exclude ob
jectiouable lobbyist from the House
wing of the Capitol. The bill pro
vides that it shall be considered
against public policy for any person
to represent any interest for pay.
It is further provided that all lob
byists shall register their name and
occupation, and if this rule is evad
ed the lobbyists shall be posted in
the corridor of the Capiiol and
excluded from both committee
rooms and corridors.
Stop! Looli! Listen!
THE BIGGEST VALUES
In IRON BEDS and all other FURNITURE Ever
Offered in Hamilton.
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Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and flonday,
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Little Bits.
The National Association of Sta
tionery Engineers will give an out
ing and picnic at the Fair Grounds
next Saturday. This organization
is not a labor union and is not affil
iated with the American Federation
of Labor. This is the organization
of engineers that do not believe in
striking for better conditions.
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The Woman's Union Label
League will give a Lawn Fete at
the home of Mrs. Chas. Vaughn,
721 Buckeye street, Thursday even
ing, July 24th. Tickets are being
sold for the small sum of 10 cents.
A large crowd is expected to attend.
The City Band will furnifh the
music.
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The Great Hamilton Chautauqua
will be held at the Butler County
Fair Grounds, 10 days beginning
July 25. The Chautauqua is given
for the benefit of the Anti-Tuber
culosis Leaugue. Tickets can be
secured from Chas. E. Mason at
the Miami Valley National Bank.
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The Garver Contracting Compa
ny this week secured from Cincin
nati, 10 union carpenters to work
on the new Grand Stand at the
Fair Grounds. They now have
about 25 carpenters working on the
job and they are paying the men
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50 cents per hour,
union scale.
This is over the
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We are told that Miss Mills has
been employed for two years by the
Citizen's Relief Committee at a
salary of £2,500 per year, her sister
as assistant for $1,200 per year and
Miss Bess Parrish at a salary of
SI,080. Some wages.
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The Amusement Committee of
the Labor Day outing will meet at
the Nonpareil Printing Co., Tues
day night, 7:00 o'clock
Laundrled Money.
Washington July 18. Much crit
icism has been directed toward the
head of the Bureau of Engraving
and printing because of the installa
tion of money washing machines the
latest criticism comes from the
Washington Post, and it is as fol
lows: "The specimens of .washed
money which are beginning to ap
pear in circulation are an imposition
upon the patience and good taste
of the people. The pittance that
may be saved by washing thejnon
ey is more than offset by the
danger of counterfeiting. Who
can tell the danger of counterfeit
ing. Who can tell whether a bill
is good or not, when the ink is so
faded as to make the print illegible?
The experiment, judging by the
appearance of the bills, is a miser
able failure. The Treasury author
ities should either see that all
washed bills are up to a certain
standard, or abolish the new system
altogether. Uncle sam is not so
poor that he cannot furnish attrac
tive money for the public, and
there should be no picayunish
economy that will lower the stand
ard already attained.
Finds Loopholes.
Denver, July 18.—The Attorney
General of the State recently gave
an opinion on the State eight-hour
law to the Secretary of State/*who
is also State Labor Commissioner.
This opinion states that the law
does not prohibit the State from
working women employes a longer
period than eight hours, but urges
that all State institutions establish
the shorter workday for women.
Among other classes of women im
mune from the law, according to
the opinion, are compositors, lino
type operators, proofreaders, pho
tographers, lady undertakers, those
engaged in advertising agencies,
and employes of sanitoriums and
hospitals, except in laundries oper
ated by such institutions. The
Attorney General, however, states
that women telephone and lelegraph
operators must not be employed
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GREATEST HUSICAL ATTRACTIONS, LECTURERS MAGICIANS
AND ENTERTAINERS IN AMERICA
Will be heard at the GREAT HAMILTON CHAUTAUQUA
At The Fair Grounds, July 25 to
Tickets by Mail of CHAS. E. MASON, Miami Valley National Bank.
Benefit of the Anti-Tuberculosis League
Chicago Operatic Co., Schumann Quintette, Schildkret's Hungarian Orchestra, Brahm's Quartette,
Seminary Girls, Chicago Male Quartette, Geo. W. Bain, Rabbi Messing, Father MacCorry, Gabriel
Maguire, Lou J. Beauchamp, Rolla McBride, Robert Parker Miles, Germaine the greatest of Ma
gicians, Bowman, the entertainer.
Season Tickets $2.00. Children's Season Tickets (8 to 14) $1.00, Single Admission 25c
Nights of July 29 and 30, 50 Cents.
20% Discount on ail
Refrigerators and Ice Boxes
Our Stores Close Friday Noon, During July
and August, to give our employees ,a hall holiday
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more than eight hours. It is
asserted by officials who have to
do with the direct enforcement of
the law that the subterfuge of sel
ling or giving a women employe
one or more shares of stock in a
.concern will not be permitted as
the means of avading penalty for
violating the law neither will
switching or trading to another be
tolerated, that is, no woman can
work six hours for one employer,
two hours for another, and any
given number of hours for a third
during any twenty-four hours.
A Strained Situation.
Duluth, July 18.—The carpen
ters have been insistant upon an
increase In wages, and notice was
served upon the contractors last fall
but as yet no definite settlement
has been reached, and a strike
seems eminent. There is still hope
however, that the differences may
be adjusted. The Contractors As
sociation has requested another con
ference. A peculiar condition ex
ists in that the contractors are will
ing to agree on 47 ^cents an hour
upon condition that the journeymen
would in the future refrain from
doing contract or jobbing work on
their own account. This latter de
mand upon the part of the con
tractors is the last bone of conten
tion.
Want Eight-Hour Day.
Springfield, Mass., July 18.—Re
cently there has been a number of
Machinists from one of the big ma
chinery companies in this city laid
off, among them being a large per
cent of men who have been em
ployed for years. At a mass meet
ing a strike vote was taken and it
carried almost unanimously and if
some sort of an adjustment is not
reached it will be carried into effect
Since this controversy arose large
numbers of Machinists have joined
the union, 140 applicants having
been received at the last meeting.
Printers Get Mere.
Baltimore, July 18.—The Typo
graphical Union has succeeded in
securing substantial wage increases
from the Baltimore newspapers.
The new agreement with the news
paper publishers carries an increase
ranging from $2 to $4.50 per week
for those employed in the compos
ing rooms.
Houston Pressmen.
Houston Texax, July 18.—Con
tracts granting an increase of from
5 per cent to 12 per cent and cover
ing a period of three years with an
increase at the end of the first and
another at the end of the second
year, have been entered into by
the Pressmen's Union and the four
daily papers of Houston.
Chester Park.
The vaudeville programme for
next week at Chester Park discloses
a collection of high class acts and
promises to be one of the best
weeks of the season. These per
formances are free to the patrons of
the park and are given twice daily
in the opera house.
The bill will be completed with
the motion pictures which are now
a regular feature of the vaudeville.
The bathing beach is still the same
inviting place that it has always
been. It is now open every day
from 7 a. m. until 9 p. m. The
bathing beach is as attractive to the
spectator as to the bather and is re
garded as one of the show places
of the city. Band concerts are given
every afternoon and evening. Spe
cial dances will be given every
Tuesday and Friday nights.
Railroads Prosperous.
Washington, July 18.—Accord
ing to reports coming from the
financial district of New York the
gross earnings of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad for the year just
ended exceeds for gross earnings
of the preceding year by more than
$3,250,000. The earnings of the
Seaboard Air Line for the month
of May shows an increase of $104,
000 net. If June comes up to the
standard of the previous months
the seaboard will have earned for
the fiscal year $1,000,000 more net
than it earned in 1912. It will
show the 5 per cent on the adjust
ment bonds covered two and a half
times over, while the balance avail
able for dividends on the preferred
stock will approximate 7 per cent
The Great Northern in the month
of May increased its net earnings
by $620,459, while the net earnings
for the eleven months ending with
May shows an increase of $3,206,
272. The Chicago, Burlington, and
Quincy in the same eleven months
increased its net levenue $:,7ot
429.
Strike Not Lost.
Duluth, July 18.—The Labor
World says: "The Street Carmen
who went on strike last September
for an increase in wages and the
readjustment of working hours, did
not strike in vain. While many
of the men lost their jobs, the com
pany has at last practically recog
nized the justice of the demands of
the Carmen. The general manager
of the company has announced that
the working hours are to be reduced
and the reduction comes within
thirty-three minutes of the time
asked for by the striking carmen.
The scale proposed by the carmen
has been granted. The question
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of wage increases, however, was
not a question at issue in the strike
this substantiates the oft-repeated
assertion
that no strike is ever
lost."
Toronto Printers.
Toronto Can. July 18.—The new
wage scale for newspapers printers
in this city has finally been settled
in accordance with the award made
by the local board of arbitration
last year. The printers received an
increase of $2 per week. When
the award was made the increase
was not considered sufficient and
an appeal was taken to the Interna
tional Board, where a decision
failed to be reached. The matter
was again referred to a board of ar
bitiation representing the publish
ers and the printers who chose an
independent chairman. The new
scale remains in force for three
years and dates from the expiration
of the old agreement in July, 1912.
Glass Men Strike.
Elvins, Mo., July 18.—About
700 workmen at the Crystal City
Glass Works are on strike because
the management refused to conform
to the eight-hour law, which ap
plies to glass workers. The law
went into effect recently and the
company threatened to remove its
plant from the State before it would
comply. The men who struck
were unorganized, but the presi
dent of the State Federation of La
bor, after the strike occured, form
ed an organiaation of the men in
volved. A large number of the
strikers signed the charter roll, and
application for a charter has been
made.
Ice men Win Strike.
Cincinnati, July 18.—Following
a series of conferences between the
representatives®f the Icemen's Un
ion and the ice manufrcturers a
portion of the strikers have return
ed to work, thus partially ending a
strike which has been on for three
weeks and which caused the city
authorities to seize the ice plants
and operate them. The terms of
settlement are reported to be that
the drivers are to be granted an in
crease in pay and that the engin
eers' and firemen's union will be
recognized, while the other de
mands are to be decided by a board
of arbitration. The city officials
have turned over the ice plants to
their owners where settlements
have been arrived at with the strik
ers, but will continue to operate
the plants of the concerns that have
not reached an agreement with the
striking employes.
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