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Brooklyn, N.-Y., Nov. 16.-Or
ganized shoe fitters, affiliated with
the Boot and Shoe Workers' un
ion, have secured wage increases
in the J. Albert & Son plant.
Rates for male and female workers
pre advanced $2 a week and piece
work rates are increased 20 to 25
per cent.
s
Tbe city of Buffalo, N. Y. has
raised wages 20 per cent for la
borers, hydront men, repair men
and formen. The workers are mem
bers of the Pipe {Caulkers and Re
pairers' anion, and were assisted
by A F. of I#. Organizer Flett,
9*.
Organized coal teatasters at
Lynn, Mass., have raised wages
$2 a week and secured Saturday
half holidays throughout the year.
Nine hours shall constitute a day's
work, except on Saturdays*
Printers employed on English
newspapers in the city of Montreal
Quebec, Canada have raised wages
$3 a week for day work and $4.50
for night work. Piece work has
been abolished and men who enlist
for military service will bt rein
stated in their positions on return
from the war.
Benison, Tex., Nov. IG.—^Inac
cordance with an agreement to
meet any wage increases by the
Missouri Pacific or the St. Louis
and San Francisco railroads, the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad
Special Guard A. W. Smith
Arrested for Shooting Spe
cial 6uard DeSeni is wan
ted In Covington, K.
It has been learned that A. W.
Smith, the special guard who shot
Edward DsSent, last Sunday morn
ing a week ago, th~ Atlas Hotel
lobby, and is now locked up in the
County jail awaiting the outcome
of DeSent's injury, is wanted by
the Covington, Ky., authorities.
Smith was arrested iti Covington
on August 12th of last year and
charged with carrying concealed
weapons. At his appearance be
fore the court he was bound over
to the grand jury in the sum of
$100. He gave this bond in a cash
amount and immediately disap
peared and hasn't been seen in that
city by the police since.
The shooting affair which took
place in the Atlas Hotel was pub
lished broadcast (by the way an
other advertisement for Hamiltcn)
and when read by4he Cpvington
police they readily recognized the
name and description of Smith to
be the man wanted by them. On
last Saturday the officer who ar
rested him a year ago in Covington
appeared at the County jail and
when Smith appeared before him
quickly recognized him as the man
wanted in the Kentucky city. The
Covington authorities will take
care of him as soon as Butler Coun
ty is through with him which isn't
likely to be soon.
Smith when told What he was
wanted for said he understood that
was all taken care of by the bupch
he was working for at the time oi
his arrest. At the time Smith was
arrested in Covington there was a
strike of machinists on in that city
and he was engaged in the same
work as he has been doing in this
city. Smith and DeSent were both
doing guard duty in connection
with the strike at,the Niles Tool
Works Company foundry.'
Spend Million A Month Rathe
Than Give Men $780,000
a Year Raise.
At
'^Sfcn Francisco, Nov. 16.—The
United Railroads spent a million
Of Interest To Trades
Unionists.
has raised wafces of iti federated
shop employes 1 cents an hour.
Tbe Lehigh Valley railroad at
Plttston, Pa., has raised wages of
its machinists 6 cents an hour,
making the rate 42 cents an hour^
or 12 cents more than when they
were unorganized. Helpers' rates
are increased 4 cents an hour.
The Iocs! traction company here
at Kansas City, Mo., has failed to
Impress the Street Car Men's un
ion with a wage increase of 3 cents
an hour and no reference to im
proved woiking conditions. The
union was recently organized, fal
lowing a successful strike. Then
the company made its offer and be
gan a newspaper advertising cam
paign calling attention to Its sen
sational generosity.
Dr^g clerks of Kansas City, Mo.
are organizing to reduce their 90
and 95 hour work week.
Judge McMahon's injunction in
tbe city of Hamm nd, Ind. against
striking waiters and waitresses has
been withdrawn. The order pro
hibited unionists from aiding tbe
strikers in any way.
The reason for quashing the in
junction is that the strikers de
feated their employers and have se
cured union recognition, higher
wages and improved working con
ditions.
dollars a month, the past summer
to break a strike of its, motormen
and conductors.
When the workers asked for
wage increases the company raised
the "poverty" cry. This state
ment was investigated by the state
railroad commission at t-e request
of the board of supervisors.
The commission reported that
the first two weeks of the strike
cost the company $410,617 and the
first six weeks $1,231,853.
The strike is stiil on.
The wage increases would have
amounted to three-quarters of a
million dollars a year.
MACHINISTS
Hamilton Lodge No. 241, Ma
chinists' Union, held another rous
ing meeting Wednesday evening.
Much routine business was trans
acted.
A communication was received
from machinists' local at Wells
ville, N. Y. stating) that the ma
chinists of the Kerr Turbine Works
are on strike owing to lockout at
that plant and requesting that all
machinists stay away from thit
town until further notice.
The attandance at the meeting
was large and if some of the slack
ers of the locals of other crafts
would attend one of these meetings
and see the enthusiasm existing
here it might be an inspiration to
inject som- of the "pep" into their
own local-
Enforce Eight-Hour Lav.
i
Washington, Nov. 16. -Secre
tary of War Baker has instructed
the quartermaster general of the
army to insert in all future con
tracts a clause making eight hours
the basic! day of work in the manu
facture of teuts, with time and one
half for overtime.
Complaint was made td Fratfk
Morrison, secretory A. F. of L-, by
the Troy (N. Y.) federation of k
bor that tent manufacturers in tl?at
vicinity were violating the federal
eight-hour law. The trade union
ist took the matter up with the
war department. The troy union
ists forwarded some of the pay en
velopes of women workers at these
plants. They range from $5 to
••••week.
Another one of the outside men,
in our city as the result of the
strike, now languishes in the conn
jail «nd is likely to have a nice
warm place and plenty to eat dur
ing the coming winter, all at the
expense cf Butler County.
On last Monday at about five
o'clock a stranger was seen stag
gerirg around in the vicinity of
Court, Third street and Maple ave.
He would brush np against people
and demand money and when re
fused would become insulting. He
asked a merchant on Maple avenue
for money and when refused said
he had more d—-d money than he
needed. He inquired the way to
the Atlas Hotel and when asked
why he wanted to go there said.
I'm one of those d—d scabs, I'm
unfair and I'm going to help take
the bread and butter away frtm a
lot of these people around here."
Examinations To Be Held By
State Civil Service Com
mission December 4th.
"There is a constant demand in
all state departments for stenog
raphers, says the December issue
of the official bulletin of the State
Civil &ervice Commission. In or
der to secure an eligible list, exam
inations will be conducted in Col
umbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, To
ledo and Dayton on December 4th.
The pos tions pay from $1080 to
$1200 a ytar.
The commission also calls exam
inations for the positions of ap
praisal clerk branch office deputies
for the Industrial Commission,
oookkeepers, assistant examiners
for the Bureau of Inspection and
Supervision, junior council for the
Attorney General's office, patrol
man for the department of public
works, stationary engineers and
helpers for all state institutions,
and examiner for the State Liquor
Licensing Board. The bulletin
which will be sent free to alt appli
cants gives complete particulars of
all tjtieae examinations,
Retail ClerRs.
McGnry Stores Still Unfair.
The Retail Clerks' Union held
an interesting meeting Monday
night in Trades Ceuncil hall. Much
routine business was transacted.
The McCrory 5 and 10 cent stores
on High street were reported as
stiH unfair to organized labor. The
clerks ask the assistance of all un
ion men and sympathizers in their
strike at this establishment. The
clerks authorized the officers to
prepare Christmas boxes and send
Bound Over To The Grand Jury
And Is* Now In Jail.
A little later he was seen with
XVII. NO.£0 HAMILTON, OHIO, FEIDAY, NOVEMBER 16* 1917. 75 cents PEE YEAR
STRIKEBREAKER ON RAMPAGE
Insults Citizens And Is Arrested,
Big Pair of Brass Knuckles
Found On His Person.
several of the special guards who
are in the city to enter a saloon
where he was refused a drink by
the bartender. He then conducted
himself in such manner that the
police were appealed to and Officer
McClellan got him and locked him
up.
He gave his name as John Ruddy
and told the police he was a mol
der and came here to break the
strike. When searched a large pair
of brass knuckles were found in his
possession. He was charged with
carrying concealed weapons, dis
orderly conduct and intoxication.
Tuesday morning he told Judge
Shank that he came herefrom St.
Louis, Mo., two weeks ago and
boarded at tbe Farmers' Hotel.
He said the brass knuckles be
longed to another man and were
to be used as a pattern for a pair
to be made for one of the guards
Textile Workers Slogan:
"ALL OF US
OR
NONE OF US
GO BACK TO WORK"
».'» -V .t.
them to those members of the local
who are now in the service.
Word was also received of the
clerks having won out in their
strikes in various parts of the
country. The clerks also won out
in their long drawn out struggle in
South Chicago. Among other con
cessions made in this strike a mini
mum wage of $7.00 per week for
beginners and not less than $9.00
per week for those having one
year's experiance tvas agreed on.
WANTED
Machinists and toolmakers to
stay away from Newark, N.
Hostile employers hiding behind a
cloak of patriotism are, reducing
wages from 5 to 10 cents per hout,
while the cost of living is going
skywacd. Pay no attention to
newspaper advertisements or to em
ployment sharks.
Sufficient mechanics in Newark
to supply the demands of Fair Em
p'oyers.
Newark District No. 45
International Association
of Machinists.
A PLAGUE
OF
FEAR
r'IL'
iC
Vague Terrors Bar Lots of Folks
From Living on the Land.
DREAD SNAKES AND INSECtS.
They 8ee Danger* and Perils In Coun
try Life That Do Not Exist, and So
Prefer Crowded Cities—The Truth
About Animal Bites and Poteona.
Fears of Injury and even death from
snake bite, terror occasioned by dangers
imaginary and unseen, keep many nerv
ous people from living on the land, and
these senseless fears play a larger part
than most neooto imagine la keeping
at the Atlas Hotel. He told the
Judge that he was a machininst.
He didn't explain however how
the machinists use patterns for
making castings.
After hearing the testimony
Judge Shank fined the*defendant
$50 for disorderly conduct, $5 for
intoxication and bound him over
to the grand jury in the sum of
$200 for carrying concealed wea
pons.
When taken to the county jail
and searched, there was found
piened to his trouser belt a little
metal encircled tag bearing the fol
lowing inscription:
The Niles Tool Works Company
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When asked what it was for
Ruddy said that it was his identi
fication tag.
It is supposed that the knuccles
which Ruddy mentioned as being
iutended for one of the guards at
the Atlas Aotel were to be used in
further making Hamilton safe for
DEMOCRACY.
people nuuaieu 111 ap«) nxm'tn nouses,
crowded Into town* :ti:d cUies. And
the cost of living s ns nd soitrs.
Snake and inset pniMniir.r terrorises
millions of well meaning men ami w(m
en, when, us a matter *»f fact, dan
ger from failing while running tin-,
lawn mower i. much mute real. Fe«r
seems to become a oises«im. nnd the
word "deadly" creeps into conversation
at every verse end. The rattlesnake is
"deadly." The copperhead and moc
casin are
"deadly."
So is th*» wholly
mythical puff add-r. in hardly less
degree is the tarantula "deadly," while
varying lethal capacities are ascribed
to the centipede, the scorpion, the kiss
Ing hug and sundry other forms of in
sect life. r«eudo science to the con
trary notwithstanding, there is no liv
ing thins within the boundaries of tlic
United States of America whose bite or
sting is sure death or (with one possi
ble exception i even probable death.
There are five varieties of venomous
serpents In the country, three of them
Crotalids and two belonging to the
elaps family. The elaps are rare. The
crotalids (rattlesnake, moccasin and
copperhead» are common and of the
widest geographical distribution. Yet,
on the basis of actual evidence, the
amazing fact stands out that only
about,eighty persons, so far as Is ascer
tainahle, have ever died from snake
bites in the United States.
Be it remembered that death follow
ing snake bite is not necessarily tbe
same thing as death from suake bite.
Error in treatment plays no small part
in vitiating the statistics. For "error"
read "whisky." Whoerer Is primarily
responsible for the hoary superstition
that liquor in huge doses is useful in
snake poisoning has many a life to an
swer for. A whole bottle of raw whis
ky forced down the throat of a man un
accustomed to alcohol is pretty likely
to kill him and Is absolutely certain to
cause grave poisoning.
Fully as much terror attaches, In the
country districts, to the puff adder or
sand viper as to the rattlesnake or cop
perhead. This is a suggestive bit of
superstition, since there's no such thing
as an adder or viper on the western
hemisphere and never has been one
unless it came carefully pickled in a
Jar. What passes for the supposedly
deadly reptile is the common hog nosed
or bull snake. It is about as dangerous
as an Infuriated rabbit. Bat it puts up
one of the best "bluffs" known to nat
ural history.
Diseased Imagination could invent no
creature more horrific of appearance
than the tarantula. Its bristling and
hostile aspect, the swift ferocity of its
rush, its great size and its enthusiastic
preference for combat as against flight
are sufficient to account for the fear
and respect in which it is generally
held. But. though several species of
the huge spider are native in the United
States and others frequently drop out
of banana bunches from South and
Central America, to the discomfiture of
the unsuspecting grocer, no authentic
instance of death from tarantula poi
son in this country is obtainable.
In some sections of the country the
spider hysteria prevails. People shiver
every time they see a spider. Yet in
all the United States there is known but
one poisonous spider. Strangely enough,
the one dangerous spider oil the
American continent is small, obscure
and practically unknown. Latrodectus
mactans is its scientific name. It is
about the size of a large pea, black,
with a red spot on the back—a useful
danger signal—and spins a small web
in outhouses or around woodpiles. But
few specimens have ever b«en identi
fied in this country.
The only insect which really kills is
the mosquito, yet less fear is expressed
about itsaetivities than about any oth-
The Thirty-seventh Annual Con
tention of the American Federa
tion of Labor opened its session
Monday morning at 10*.t30 o'clock
in the Broadway Auditorium, Buf
falo, N. Y.
The delegates and visitors march*
ed to the hall in a body, each car
rying an American flag and led by
a band of 100 pieces, by courtesy
of the Musicians' Union of Buffalo.
President Samuel Gompers pre
sided and in a few words presented
President Woodrow Wilson.
President Wilson made a personal
and eloquent appeal foi the full
support of organized labor for the
government in the conduct of the
war, declaring the war could not
be won unless all the factions unite
in a common cause.
The president paid warm tribute
to Samuel Gompers, president of
the federation, and virtually called
upon the federation to give him
united support. He denounced pa
cifists and critics. Discussing Ger
many the president declared flatly
that Germany had started the war
and that he is willing to await the
verdic* or history on that state
ment.
The president delivered a leng
thy address after which he was
tendered a rousing reception. A
beautiful shewer of American beau
ty roses was presented to the Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson.
The executive council ©f the fed
eration submitted its annual report.
The report deciares that the world
war '^iiust wipe out all vestiges of
the old conceit that the nation be
longs to the. ruler."
A clear understanding of these popu
lar fears and superstitions would aid
greatly in giving assurance of safety
to the tnan or woman who would tPI
the soil, w lit would work in t!n open
fields, who w.'uld liw in tbe country.
Los Angeles Times,
President Wilson Addresses A. F. of L.
A Lost Ffierd.
Asks Support of Organized labor io conduct of War.
Ques ions raised by the war occu-
er poison
Compam'd tvii!i jnoMpjito as mil
menace, all the combined brood of
snakes, sc«m«ou, «vnt^ifdes tarantu
las and other |ei hucn'.»o's of our child
ish romanticism are utterly negligible
—are as figments to reality, as shadow
to substance.
Hrowi!
fioW tn
"I'm up against u. i liiu
very much, but Mr way
avoid losing bis ftfe id-hp»,''
""What's the matterV
"He has me
money, if I refn-.e he'll Into me if 1
lend it to him I "bal bate him."--Pe
troit Free Press.
lend b'.Ul
Alt He Couid Stand.
Wife—Ton. i u:nit for pin mon
ey. Hub- Sc»n: Here it i«. but
I'm darned jrhu! ,\ou don't want to buy
Spikes.- Huston Transcript.
F'ieuds become foes and foes are
penciled.-- f.atin.
A CITY OF MANY SIEGES.
Verdun Has Figured In Wars Since
the Time of Caesar.
The first appearance of Verdun in the
pages of history was in the time of
Julius CacsHfs who established at Vero
dunuin, as it was then called, a maga
zine for his legions.
The Germans first attacked Verdun
in the sixth century, when the Franks
from the northwestern part of Ger
many took possession of the town. By
the famous treaty of Verdun, made on
this date in the year 843. Verdun form
ed part of the dominions of Lothaire.
It was taken and annexed to the Ger
man empire in 939 by Otho I. and plac
ed under the temporal authority of the
bishops.
Verdun surrendered to France to
1553, but was not formally ceded to
France until nearly a century later.
During the French revolution, in 1792,
the citizens of Verdun opened their
gates to the Prussians after a bombard
ment of a few hours. The French com
mandant committed suicide and the
revolutionary government executed a
number of others who shared the re
sponsibility for the ignominious sur
render, including fourteen girls who
had offered flowers to the Prussian
monarch. The Prussians were driven
out after having held the town forty
three days.
The Teutonic hosts again swooped
down upon Verdun in 1870. Unable to
take the town by direct assault, they
Invested and bombarded it, and the
French, after a brave defense, surren
dered the fortress with 4,000 men and
large stores of ammunition. Verdun
was the lata place abandoned by the
Germans, the troops retiring In Septem
ber. 1873.—New Yosk World.
py virtually the entire report. No
room is left for doubt that the U.
S. government has the unanimous
Support of organised American la
bor in the war, and it is asserted
with equal emphasis that the vital
interests of the average citizen de
mand that he have a voice in the
readjustments to come with the
dawn of peace. Under the heading
"Labor and the War,", the report
says
8o*ernment's Doty.
Under all circumstances, it it
the duty of any government to pro
tect its people against wilful and
wholesale murder.—A people un*
willing to make the supreme sacri*
fice in support of the government
which undertakes to make that
principle goo are undeserving to
live and enjoy the privilege of free
democratic government.
The duty of wage earners in the
war is emphasized particularly in
the section of the report devoted to
"Peace Terms," which advocates
an international agreement to ob
tain peace and the settlement of the
present war without "vindictive"
indemnities or territorial changes.
The section says:
"It is an imperative duty from
which there is no escape that wage
earners, as well as all other citi
zens of this republic, support our
government in its righteous effort
to defend principles of humanity
and to establish democrary in in
ternational relations. Because we
des:re permanent peace it is our
duty to fight and sacrifice until
these purposes can be achieved."
Man Eating Sharks.
All of the trained and experienced ob
servers with me agreed in saying that
near our coast line there was but little
danger from sharks for a man swim
ming. Accidents do occur, but they are
wholly exceptional—unlike what is true
In the Indian ocean nnd around Austi
ci­
lia. The white shark is undoubtedly a
man eater, and (,'olc-s. who Is probably
more competent to pass judgment on
the question than any other man in Ihe
United Stares, belle\es that, the four
bathers killed and rly eaten off the
New Jersey coast in the summer of
1910 were all victims of one rather
small straggler of this formidable spe
cies. When this straggler was cap
tured it was found that there were hu
man bones and flesh in it, and with its
capture all attacks on swimmers ceas
ed.—Theodore Koosevelt in Scribner's.
The Flag at Trenton.
The flag "that Washington had with,"
him when he crossed the Delaware to
attack Trenton" was not the Stars
and Stripes. Washington crossed tbe
Delaware in December. 1770. and the
Stars and Stripes did not have an ex
istence until the June of 1777, when It
was voted into being by the congress.
The flag that waved over General
Washington on his way to and from
Trenton consisted of thirteen stripes,
alternate red and white, as at present
with a blue canton emblazoned with
the crosses of St. George and St. Au
drew, as in the British flag. The first
time the present Stnrs and Stripes were
flung to the breeze was on the day of
the battle of Oriskany at Fort Stan
wix. Aug. 0. 1777.—Exchange.
The Origin of "Usher."
Speaking of ushers, I learned an In
teresting thing from an English man
ager. He told me that in the old days
the theater men used to sit around ta
bles and drink during a performance,^
and if they became boisterous or annoy
ing the manager sent waiters down to
hush them up. These men were offi
cially known as hushers, but as a cock
ney cannot say his b's—where they be.
long—they became known as 'ushers!—
Rob Wagner in Saturday Evening Poet.
Camouflage Not New.
The art of camouflage is nothing new
to the American Indian, as the Chris
tian Science Monitor points out. Ages
ago, comparatively speakiug, before he
had heard anything about firearms, he
was accustomed to steal unobserved oa
a herd of buffaloes by the simple device
of decking himself out with a buffalo':
skin and horns. If that wasn't a resort
to camouflage, what was it?
Spartan Training.
"Why is it that all the old lawyars
ate prosperous?"
"Well, a lawyer has to learn to live
on nothing for the first three or four
years. Naturally, when the money does
begin to come in, it is all -profit."—*
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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