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Bins Will Arrive At 9:45 A. M.
All is in readiness for what is
expected to be the biggest event in
Hamilton and Butler County's his
tory, the reception for our soldier
boys. The best news received from
Camp Sherman was that ALL the
boys are coming. General Glenn
decided to do this on Wednesday at
the request of the citizens' commit
tee who realized there would have
been much disappointment on the
part of those who wouldn't have
jfot to come and their parents and
friends as well.
The boys will arrive at 9:46 and
will be escorted to the Y. C. A.
where they will be served a fine
dinner by the ladies of the Hamil
ton Canteen of *he National League
for Women's Service, Following
the dinner a short time will be
given the boys to meet their rela
lives and friends.
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Parade Arranged by the Hamilton
Commercial and Industrial As
sociation to be the Big Feature.
At 12:30 the big parade with
Grand Marshall Wtn. Morand at
its head will move. This part of
the program is in charge of the
Hamilton Commercial and Indus
trial Association and will be the
big feature of the day. The exe
cutive committee of the Association
have been working, night and day,
like trojans to make it a big sue
cess. They say there is no doubt
that this will be the biggest and
finest parade ever seen in Hamil
ton. Every civic, ligious, fra
ternal and military organization in
the city will be represented and
take part. There will be plenty of
music. First there will be the
Camp Sherman band of 50 pieces,
the two bands from this city and
the Junior Moose and several other
drum corps, two bands and a drum
corps will accompanv the Middle
town delegation and the Italian So
ciety will furnish their own band
Word has been received that
400 of Cincinnati's Home Guards
will also come up from that city
These together with the 600 Butler
County boys, General Glenn and
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Bains By Railway Clerks.
Cincinnati, Nov. 2—"More than
4,000 members have been added
to our rolls in the last four months
and present indications ar- that we
will continue to grow very rapidly
for some time to come," says the
Railway Clerk, official magazine of
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
"There seems to be a spontane
eus movement among station forces
in many sections of the country
and the capacity for assigning or
ganizers to the work has been one
of the most difficult problems that
has ever confronted our brother
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staff, the military band of 50 piece?
and the football teams will make
over 1100 soldier boys inline, more
than was ever seen in Hamilton at
any one time before. The Home
Guards will also*be ^accompanied
by a band.
The parade will form on the
West Side. The line of march is
to be east on Main and High to
Tenth, to Heaton, to Fail Grounds.
At the Fair Grounds the Camp
Serin an detachment of soldiers will
The Executive C( mmittee of the
Hamilton Commercial & Industrial
Association has contracted with
Lou Wit.tmau for the firing of con
non an«l bombs, beginning early in
the mornirg. The committee say
they have charge of the "hurrah"
part of the program and they say
there will be no room for complaint
of their lack of performance of the
duties assigned them.
Immediately following the pa
rade, upon th* arrival at the Fair
Grounds, exhibition drills will be
held by 250 of Hamilton's best
drilkd soldiers.
Then will take place the big foot
ball game between the two best
teams ever seen in this part of the
country, the Camp Zachary Taylor
team and the Camp Sherman team.
Major General Glenn will be ac
companied by his staff and will be
entertained at dinner by the Cham-I
ber of Commerce at the Hamiltonl
Club.
A big military ball will be h?ld|
at the Elk's temple on Saturday|
evening.
Hamilton will take on a military I
bearing Saturday and Sunday, for
the boys get to remain 'over until
Sunday evening. Never was therel
Textile Workers Slogan:
"ALL OF US
NONE OF US
60 BACK TO WORK"
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enter the grounds through the mainlginia to work at the Woolen Mills,
gate and the balance of the parade I leaked the fact that the Shuler &
will move out on the Middletown] Benninghofen Co., don't like to
pike and when sufficient distance
is taken will halt and disband.
so many soldiers seen on the streets! partment who are in the service and
of Hamilton as will be seen theselon^y *wo these hy reason of the
two days.
Strike Of Strikebreakers Atl
The Niles Plant Nar
rowly Averted.
That which almost reached the
point of a strike of ^strikebreakers
employed at the Niles Tool Works
plant on last Saturday was narrow
ly averted. It seems that it has
been the custom right along to let
the men in the foundry, brought in
for the purpose of taking the jobs
of the striking molders, to draw
money when and at any time they
d«sit«4.
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All Butler County To By Men Brought Here From Vlr-ICarmea Bask
The Job.
Welcome The Sol
dier Boys.
Company Says In
reproduced, thai
young men in
were drafted,
drafted from th
Company Doesn't Like To Admit
Strike Causes Shortage of Men,
From the tale of two young men
who came all the way from Vir-
admit the fact that the strike is
causing a shortage of men in their
plant. They tried to use the army
draft as an excuse for this as is
shown by the letters, herewith re
produced, sent to one of these men
As will be seen in the first letter
addressed to Mr. Louis C. Wilkes,
1026 Madison St. Bedford, Va.,
the company claims the have been
hard hit in the spinning room by
the military draft, this letter as
can be seen was dictated by Paul,
no doubt meaning Paul Benning
hofen. The second letter, also ad
dressed to Mr. Wilkes says, among
other things. "many of the young
men who were employed in the spin
ning room have been drafted into
the armyIn this letter the com
pany also says, "some of our spin
ners are already in Chillicothe and
others will go with the next contin
gent.
Th- fact of the matter is, there
was
on^
two
men, Lawrence Shel
horst and William Thieman, draft
ed from this department, and they
are now in Camp Sherman. In
addition to the men mentioned,
two others, William Spi^ey and
Harvey Mobley, enlisted and are
gone.
From this, can be seen, there are
only four men of this entire de-
draft, and not one of these men
would have been at work, even ii
they hadn't gone into the service,
as they were all good, true Union
Men. So it is plain that it isn't
the army draft that is the real cause
of there being na spinners at work
at this plant, but it is the strike
which is keeping them out. With
lout spinners the plant can't operate
land to date, outside the bosses
On last Friday, it is claimed, the
company decidcd to discontinue
doing this and so notified the men
Such display of indignation, right
eous indignation, was never seen
around these parts as that turned
loose by the men when they re
ceived the news. To think of it
the Niles Tool Works company
trying to tell us what we may do
Not on your life. Thii was the at
titude they assumed. They soon
let it be knovsn that unless th
order was countermanded and th
old run of things continued, where
by they can draw money any old
time and do as they please, that
there would be another strike,
There was an immediate getting
together of officials of the com
pany, bosses and watchmen. It
was soon seen that the men were
determined to carry out their threat
to strike. The bosses then grace
fully backed down, assuring the
men that any time they wanted
money it would be forthcoming
upon their demand.
Thus was a strike of strikebreak
ers averted.
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MISREPRESENTATION CLAIMED
ginia to work in Woolen Hills.
Claim letters the\ received are
misleading. Demand car fare
back to their homes.
^etters, Herewith|D"r
many of their
spinning room
)nly two men
s department.
themselves, there is just one lone|
spinner working.
On last Friday afternoon, two|
oung men, apparently strangers,
were in one of Lindenwald's busi
ness places and seemed very much
wrought up over something. When
pproached and asked the trouble
they said they bad come all ihel
way from Virginia to work at the
Woolen Mills but had learned since!
their arrival that there is a strike
on at this plant. They said that|
they received letters ftom the firm
A-hich led them to believe that
there was no trouble here and that
the need of men was caused by
reasnn of so many of the employes
having been drafted into the army
They seemed very indignant and
expressed a desire to return to
their homes but that they didn't
have the money to do so. They
were advise '1 to consult an attorney
which they did. The attorney af
ter reading the letters, sent by the
firm, advised the men io demand
from the firm the amount necessary
for car fare home before taking
further steps. The men repared to
the office of the company where
after more than an hour's talk they
came forth and stated that they
had been urged to remain and
work and that the company offered
t'^ pay for a week's board and lodg
ing did they desire to remain in the
city this long. They declined the
offer and said they were going to
leave the city that evening, tbe
company to furnish the railroad
tickets.
At seven o'clock that night Mr.
Geo. McGilla d, book-keeper for
the Shuler & Benninghofen Co.,
met the men at the B. & O. station
and purchased tickets for them.
The last thing they did before
entering the tiaiu was to hand the
letters to one of the textile workers
and are as follows:
Keep Always In Touch With New Ideas
•nd N«w Methods.
Senator Lodge In un address deliver
ed at the Massachusetts Institute
of
Technology coined fi remarkable phrase
In
warning the students to "beware
the closed mind,"
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There has been a strike on
at this plant all summer but the
mill is now again in operation. In
our spinning room we have been
hard hit by reason of the military
draft, and are in need of two good
spinners.
Mr. Wright thinks that you
would be interested in one of these
jobs and thinks that possibly you
may have some friend or may know
of some one who could come along
with you. The plant now operatesPon
fifty hours per weed. We pay menl
spinners $16.50 per week for the|ull,on
fifty hours. The jobs which arelto
open are day jobs. If you care to|ma^e
accept work here, will you let usl
Yours truly,
Shuler & Benninghofen.
Paul—BF
October 15th, 1917
Mr. Louis Wilkes
1026 Madison St..
Bedford, Va.
BEWARE THE CLOSED MIND.|
Mr. Louis C. Wilkes,
1026 Madison St.
Bedford, Va
Dear Sir:
of
a gentle reproof
of
cockamo'iess of tbe newly
gradu­
ated. Senator Lodge said:
"Beware of the dosed mind. This
sounds like a paradox when addressed
to young men, yet it will, I think, bear
examination. It is a truism to say that
the danger of maturity, and especially
Of age. is the closing of the mind to
new ideas. Habit, most powerful of
influences, hard experience, the very
passage of 'he years, all alike tend to
stiffen the niusclrs and to harden the
arteries of the mind as they do those of
the body. It is a misfortune with
Which advancing age must struggle,
ind the effort is Bevere and too often
either neglected or fruitless.
"But the same peril besets
youth, al
though not for tbe same reason. The
great mass of youug men go forth
from
our
universities, our institutes and
schools, prepared to leam and eager
for
the knowledge which experience
alone can bring. Yet the disease
of
the
closed mind lurks all about them and,
curiously enough. most likely to af
fect
the cleverest, the ablest and the
most ambitious. This comes from
their very talents, from the high confi
dence which youth ought always to
have, and from I he somewhat hasty
Conclusion that because they have
..thought for themselves nobody else has
gpgrformed the
same feat before^
We have instructed the ticketI
agent at this point to wire you two
tickets from Bedford, Va. to Ham
ilton Ohio. He tells us that it is
impossible for him to get these
tickets eff until Monday but is sure
that they will reach you before
Wednesday of next week We
hope you will be able to leave on
that date with tbe other spinner)
whom you are bringing along.
The mules which we will expectl
you to run are numbers one and
four. Mr. Wright is now on in the
day. Mr. Junkin, whom you no
doubt remember, having died this
summer. Many of the young men
who were employed in the spinning
room have been drafted into the
army. Some are already in Chilli
cothe and others are expecting to
go on the next contingent. A few|
did not return after the strike hav
human thought, have not all been
bestowed or rendered by men under
twenty-five or even under forty years
of age, a fact sometimes worthy of re
membrance. Do not, then, fall victims
to
overconfidence and close your mind
The Injunction is as important for
youth as for ago-easy of attainment
for the former, difficult for the latter,
possible for both. The past and the
present, youth and age, new and old,
all have their place in the sun all are
needed for the widest learning, for the
highest achievement, for the best de
velopment of mankind
The Swanee River.
It ifl related thnt when Stephen Col
ftna Foster was composing "The Old
Folks at Home" In- was at a loss for
the name of a river which would be
melodious and also fit the rhythm of
the song.
A brother suggested iviee Way?
down upon the Pedee river."
"No," said the composer 1'edee Is
Hot poetical enough."
VariouH other names were tried, onlj
to be rejected by the fastidious author.
At length a gazetteer was obtained,
and Foster looked through long lists
of
names until he reached Suwanee
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THE WEEK.
or
8wanee, as it is usually written.
The suitable name was found, and in
this manner was immortality bestowed
Upon that hitherto almost, unknown
lit
tie southern river. Philadelphia Ree
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Brother Shay pointed out to tbe
men that there is an agreement be
tween the company and the union
to arbitrate all differences and that
it WPS wrong on the part of the un
str^e
as
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We want to call the attention of
all union men and women in our
city to reports that are leaking out
from the camps of the special gun
men and private guards. It has
been tipped
off
ing returned to their homes and ac-l charge him or her with conspiring]
cepted other work. jto blow up some building. An
We trust you and your friend10ther stunt is to import women
wilt report at the mill as soon asl
you reach town or if you will no
tify us on what train you will ar
rive Mr. Smith can help you hunt|
lodgings.
Yours truly,
Shuler & Benninghofen.
"It I* i» renienUHT tnac me ver.v
greatest men died learning, like Bacon
and Pasteur. The greatest benefac
Hons to humanity, the greatest services
to
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DURING
After being out just one week
the motormen and conductors en
the Ohio Electric returned to their
jols on last Sunday morning and
car service on both the city ana in
terirban lines was rtsumed.
This decision to retnrn to work
was reached at a meeting held Sat
urday afternoon and was done at
the suggestion of J. P. Shay, mem
ber of the Executive Board of the
Street and Electric Railway Em
ployes of America.
as
to be
any
such agree
exists. He also said that al
successful must live up|
and aU
agreements it might
men
know promptly by return mail ?|then present their grievances. The
Better still, whether you are open grievances have been presented and
or not, please let us know in orderl several conferences have been held
that we can look elsewhere shouldI during the week looking toward a
you be employed at the present|^na^ adjustment of all differences,
time.
decided to go back and
Look Out For
Frame-ups.
that they are going
to try Jto frame up jobs against
some of us in the near future. It
is not definitely known just what
kind of jobs they are going to pull
off, but as we are told they are de
sirous of as they term it. "putting
Hamilton on the map again."
In the past few days we are in
formed that trange men have
been prowling around the homes
of some of the strikers. It will not
surprise us one bit to hear that
some of the stunts have been pulled
by the gunmen in the next few
days. We want to warn the trades
One of their stunts is to plant
explosives in or about the homes of
their victims, make an arrest and
into a city to lure some of the mar
ried union men. If the union man
falls for one of these women, an
other one of the gang immediately
informs his wife and the rest is
easy. They don't care how they
do it just so they get their victi
in bad with his family.
We are informed that a large au
tomobile will likely be in our city
in the next few days with a load of
these women. Be on the lookout
and don't fall for their game
They are generally products of the
red right district and get paid well
for getting union men in trouble.
Again we say, be on your guard
Oil's Bakery Only One
Gity Not Unionized.
unionists and especially the strikersl was being brought to Colum*
to be on their guard against these
tricks.
In
All the bakeries in the city, with
one exception, are now unionized
The one exception is the bakery at
56?uMain street, and conducted by
August F. W. Ott. This was the
report made by oakers delegates to
the Trades Council a: the meeting
Mast week. They say they
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china Tool Company Hold
Meeting.
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Hamilton Lodge No. 241, employed
at the Hamilton Machine Tool Co.,
and this takes in practically all the
machinists employed at this plant,
held their annual shop meeting
this week. Conditions in the shop
were thoroughly gone over and
discussed. The annual election for
shop committeeman was also held.
The same committee who served ?o
well during the past year were re*
elected. Other routine business
was held after which aa old time,
used to be Dutch, now Uncle Sam,
lunch and refreshments was served.
John Mcfiride
Laid to Rest
in
While appropriate resolutions
were adopted and everything pos
sible done to show the high esteem
in which Bro. McBride was held
by the Trades Unionist of Ohio,
the wish was expressed by the
more intimate friends and fellow
workers of Bro. McBride that they
might have had an opportunity to
have looked upon their old friend's
face once more.
Last week president Moore and
secretary Savage, of the Ohio
United Mine Workers, received
word that in pursuance to the often
expressed wish of Bro. McBride
that when death overtook him, he
wanted to be laid away by the
United Mine Workers of Ohio, his
bus, for interment and k was re
quested that the Mine Workers
take charge of same.
The body of Bro. McBride ar
rived in Columbus Sunday night
and lay in state all of Monday and
Monday night until a late hour.
Hundreds of his old friends and as
sociates viewed the body, the Col
umbus Federation of Labor ad
journing and marching to the un
tertaking establishment and sadly
viewing the remains. I
Tuesday morning the funeral oc
u e w i s e v i e s i n a e a
Greer lawn Cemetary, the place of
interment. Many beautiful floral
pieces were in evidence, mute wit
nesses of the esteem and sympatny
of bereaved friends and relatives.
done everything to b.ing Mr. Ottlend a lockout of nnion tobacco
into the told but he refuses to cornel workers, who asjeed for a wage in
in and ot course his bread does noil crease of 10 per cent. The firms
bear the label. The bakers arel demanded that rates be reduced 40
anxious to get this one bakery asl per cent and then declared for t|ie
that would make Hamilton 100 perl non-union shop.
cent organized in this craft. They I The victimized workers are be
say about the only reason Mr. Ottl ing assisted by the(lTobacco Work
will give for not coming in i*, "justlers' International union and local
because." I trade unionist.
The pallbearers were all mem
bers of the United Mine Workers
and consisted of president John
Moore, secretary Savage, Lee Hall
John Satou, W. C. Thompson,
William Roy. Honorary pallbear
ers were P. H. Penna, Terre
Haute, Ind Chris Kvans, Nelson
ville, O Frank Rist, Cincinnati,
O Wm. Green, Indianapolis, Ind.
Unionists Locked Out.
Louisville, Ky. Nov. 2.—The
Barley Society Tobacco company
and the Ryan-Hampton Tobacco
havel company persist in their refusal to
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Greentawn Ceme-
tary, Columbus, Oius Tussay,
October 23d, 1917. Many
la­
bor men and friends journeyed
to the capital city to pay tiuic
last tribute.
The trades unionists of Ohio as
sembled at the convention of the
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Oc*. 8, to 12, were inexpressibly
shocked by the news contained in
the daily press of the tragic death
in distant Arizona of Bro. John
McBride, ex-president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers and the Ameri*
can Federation of Labor.