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8 THE LABOR ADVOCATE The Labor Advocate Official Organ 20-21 Thorns Building. Phone Canal 5511 OFFICERS OF President Jos. A. Cullcn. Vice-President Phil. Fischer. Recording Secretary and Business Agent Fred Hock, 29 E. 12th St., Phone Canal 18C0. Amalgamated Olnss Workers, Xo. 9. Meets 1st and 3d Fridays at 11 H. Court st. President, Geo. Reel. Secretary, Harry James. Asbestos Workers' Union No. 8. Meets every Tuesday at 1313 Vine st. President, Chas Cassidy. Secretary, Wm. Cook, 111 Findlay st. Business Agent, John I Owens, 8374 Kemper lane. Phone, Canal 1164. Bridge Ai .Structural Iron Workers, Xo. -M. Meets every Monday at Central Turner Hall, 1407 Walnut st. President, James McCollnugh. Business Acent, James Davis, 29 l' Twelfth st. Phone, Canal 1800. Secretary, Bert Wncner. Cement Workers Xo. 521. Meets 1st and 3d Tuesdays at Workmen' Hall. 1318 Walnut St. Corresponding Secretary and Business ARent, Joi Nolde, 20 F.ast Twelfth at. Phone Canal 1880. Composition and Asphalt Roofers, Xo. 27. Meets 1st and 3d Wednesdays at 1313 Vine. Secretary, Wm. 11. Jackson, 428 W. Sixth it. Klertrlenl Workers No. 212. Meets every Wednesday at 1313 Vine st. President, J. V.. McFadden. Recording Secretary, W. II. Slater, 2B8S Trevor pi., North Fairmounr. Rusiness Aiicm, Jos. Cullen; Office 20 E. Twelfth st. Phone, Canal 1800. Fresco Painters' Union No. 13. Meets 1st anil 3d Saturdays at 1322 Vine st. President, Charles Marx. Recording Secretary, John Mallos, 1B06 Vine. Financial Secretary, J. II. Schroeder. Glaziers Union No. .'87. Meets every Tuesday at Central Turner Hall. Prrsident, Oscar Sunker, Secretary, ,AI Feldman, Central Turner Hallu Hnrduood Finishers' Union, 8SG. Meets 1st and 3d Wednesdays at Central Turner Hall, 14 07 Walnut sr. President, Ben Rriins. Secretary, Fred J. Dreyer, 2330 Clifton ave. Ilodrarrlers' District Council. Meets 1st anil 3d Fridays at 131 Walnut st. President, Robert Price Secretary, Philip Smith, 1717 HurIics st. Business Agent, W. T. Jackson, 20 F.. Twelfth st. Phone, Canal 1800. Hodcarrlets' and Ittilldini; laborers' Union Xo. 1 1J). Meets every Tucsdai at 1318 Walnut st. President. John W. Floyd. Business Agent. W. W. Cordcll, 29 i:. Twelfth st. Phone, Canal 1800; Residence Phone, North 4338 Hoilearriers' Union Xo. 127. Meets 2d and 4th Fridays at Harvey and Russell sts , Covinglon. President, Mirtin Haggard. Secretary, Philip Smith, 1717 Hughes St., Cincinnati. Hoisting and Portable KukIiicci-s No. 111. Meets every Wednesday at 114 V.. Courr st. Secretary, Ro Herbert, 430 Clark st. Phone, West 3010 I.. Business ARent, Roy Herbert, 20 E. Twelfth st. Phone, Canal 1800. leathers' Union Xo. -17. Mi-i'ln i-nri Wiiluewlaj at Wiiikiiiiin' Hall. MIH Walnut l. President, Charles Case. Secretary, Harry Huber. Business Agenr, F.dw. f.ane, 20 K. Twelfth sr. Phone, Canal 1800. .Marble Workers' Union Xo. 28. Meets 2d and 4th Tuesdays at 1318 Walnut. Presidrn:, Joseph Foster. Secretary, A. J Strealch, 741 Richmond st. .Mosaic ('tjinltc-'l'i'i TH.D Iiayers and Helpers' Union Xo. l-IK.'M. Meets 2d and 4th Tuesdais at 1318 Walnut. President, Dante Bertoncini. Secretary Carlo Rossi, 1241 Martin st. Business Agent, Dante Ilcrtoncinl, 081 Pa vilion it. Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhangers and Decorators of America. District Council, Meets every Monday at s e cor. Ninth and Plum President, I-ouis Stetrtl Financial Secretary, J. C. Kunzelman. 2116 Ailanthus. Corresponding Secretary, Oscar Matthews, 921 W. Ninth it Business Agents, Phil Oasdorf and Samuel Kelly, 29 K. Ttflfth st. Phone, Canal iaocl Business Agent. 0cnr PinUrloii, Route 28, Newport. Ky I'liom Highland 795 X THE COUNCIL Financial Secretary and Treasurer Jos. Kolde. Warden Jas. McIIale. Scrgcant-at-Arms Geo. Koch. Trustees Thos. Anderson. Philip Gasdorf and Ed Conncrs. I.OCAIiS A FKITilATKD. Local Xo. 886. Meets 1st and 3d Wednesdays at Warsaw avc. and Wells, Price Hill. President, Wm. Hinton. Secretary, C. H. Simonson, 3B24 Warsaw av. liiical Union Xo. JO. Meets every Friday at s e. cor. Ninth and Plum sts President, R. It. Slekmann. Secretary, F. G. Hummel, 917 Gesr st. Local Union Xo. :;08. Meets every Wednesday at Central Turner Hall. President, Vincent Doty. Secretary, F.dw. Hammond Local Union Xo. IK (Fresco Painters). Meets 1st and 3d Saturdays at 1322 Vine st. President John Marisclicn. Secretary, O. Biester. 837 Armory av.e. Local Union Xo. 224 (SIrii Writers) Meets 2d and 4th Fridais at Odd Fellows' Temple. President, F.d. Mackc. Secretary, F.. I.. Trcnary, 2484 Seegar ave. Local Xo. K87 (f.'la.iers) . Meets every Tuesday at Central Turner Hall. President, Wm. Robb. Secretary, Al Feldman, Central Turner Hall. Local Union Xo. 55K (Paper Hangers ) . Meets every Friday at 802 Main st. President, John Clements. Secretary, Alex Young, 802 Main st. Local Union Sit. 2H8 (Covington). Meets every Thursday at Workmen's Hall, 122 Pike St., Covington. President, Sam Kcll. Secretary, J. A. Smith, 192 P., 'thirteenth ' '6t'Coviiigtnii,'Ky. ' ' "' "- Local Union Xo. 251 (Xeivport). Meets every Tuesday at n. w. cor. Tenth and Ann sts., Newport. President, Walter M. II) ram. Charles Brauch, 331 V. Eighth st., New port, Ky. Hardwood Finishers' Union Xo. 8:$ Meets 1st and 3d Wednesdays at Central Turner Hall, 1407 Walnut St. Secretary, Fred J. Dreyer, 2330 Cliflnn ave. j Plasterers' Association Xo. 1. Mens every Monday at n. w. cor. Fifth and Central ave. Plumbers and (laslltters No. 55). I Mi'i'tM 2d mill Ith 'lliiirni!ii)H m IlilliTiiinn I Hall. President, Frank Twecdie. Secretary and Business Agent, Thos. Ander son. 29 F. Twelfth st. Sheet .Metal Workers' Local Xo. 281 Meets 1st and :ti Fridijs at Vine .mil Mrr i ir Ms, Pn-snli-nt, John Link, 10211 Dayton m. Secretary, A. I.. Brooks, 0130 Prentice st. Sheet .Metal Workers Xo. :M(J. Meets 2d and 4th Fridays at 2192 Cenrral ave. President, Lawrence McCill, 2120 Vine st. Secretary, Henry Wahl, 2540 Fairview ave. Sheet .Metal Workers Xo. 72. Meets 2d and 4th Mondays at 130 Pike St., Covington. President, George Rice, 1124 Banklick St., Covington. Secietary, Chas. Whilcomb. 033 Main St., Covington. SI I .Mel nl Workers Xo. 1-11. Meets every Mondaj at s. w. cor. Twelfth and W'alnur sts President, Fred Hock, 29 V.. Twelfth st. Recording Secretary, Matt Hnyart. 908 Maple ave. Sign Writers' Union Xo. 221. Meets 2d and 4th Fridays at Odd Fellows' Temple President, J. Mack. Secretary, F.. L. Trenary, 2484 Seegar ave. Business Agent, Charles I.olirum, 29 F.. Twelfth st. Phone, Canal 1800. Steamlltters' and Helpers' Associate (U. a.), xo. mm. Meets 1st and 3d Fridays ar Cosmopolitan Hall. President, Thos. Colina. Secretary Sr Business Agent, Philip Fischer, 29 F.. Twelfth st. Phone, Canal 1800. Stonecutters' Association. Meets 1st and 3d Tuesdays at s. w. cor. . Twelfth and Walnut srs. Secretary, Jas F Stockton, 3710 Follelte ave. Tile Layers' Union. Meets 1st and 3d Fridays at s. w cor Twelfth and Walnut sts. Secretary, lohn O'Connor, 730 F. Sixth st Clash of Insurance Interests With Champions of Workmen's Compensation in Ohio Features the Final Arguments in the Supreme Court. Rights of Liability Companies Under the Law Dis cussed From Diverse Points of View. Columbus, O., May Hi. Clash of legal wits and presence of more than thirty labor leaders from all parts of the State marked the submission today to the Su preme Court of the filial arguments in the ouster suits of the State against lia bility insurance companies to drive them ftom the workmen's compensation insur ance field and to prevent them from in suring employers of labor against dam age growing out of faihne to observe lawful requirements and willful acts of employers. The arguments, which were anticipated in by the Attorney General, counsel for labor organizations, insur ance companies and "friends of the Court," continued through the entire day. The keen interest of the Justices on the bench was attested by volley after olley of questions designed to clear up i contested questions. 1 lie greater pait them were directed to the attorneys for the insurance companies, and paiticular stiess was laid on the contentions of the companies that they hae a right lo in stil e auamst lo atinu of I:m .-mil nramo willful acts. At one point the question! i. ...I r .1.' i i i- ., v.i- .imui ue, in i e ncncii directly whether the law itself does not forbid this sort of insurance, a query which was answeted in (he negative liv the insur ance lawyers. The counsel for the Stale and for the labor organizations, with the exception of Judge George I!. Okej, who con tended that Section 'J2, which peimits cmplojers to assume their own lisks under the Woikmeu's Compensation law, is unconstitutional, centeied upon two main propositions. Two Points of Law. One of them is that the section of the law, !-' It) of the General Code, which au thoiizcs the making of insurance of vari ous sorts, does not recognize woikmeu's compensation, and that, therefore, the insurance companies have no right to ' make this sort of insurance. As ex pressed by the Attorney General, Edward C. Turner, the liability of the Work men's Compensation law is not the lia- bilipy of Section ." 1 Cl, which was enacted many years before workmen's compensa- i lion was known in Ohio The other proposition was that the Workmen's Compensation law does not peimit employers to protect themselves against consequence of violation of the law or against willful act. . n the other baud, the insurance at-i toiucys argued that under Section .11 of, the Woikmeu's Compensation law the companies aie atithoiizcd to make insur ance that will guai nutcc to injiued em ployes the statutory compensation, and that employ cis may piotect llicmsehes against the "open liability" of the com pensation law when llie fault is that of their agents and employes rather than their own personal fault. The repieseulalives of business oi - I gauizations and companies appeared lo aigue the alidit) of Section T.i, the self-insurance provision. Chief of these lawjers was Daniel J. Uvan, general counsel for the Ohio manufactiuers' As sociation, lie did not concern himself with the other phases of the case. Rcpiescnling the Stale Industiial Com mission, James I Itoulger appealed to suppott the contentious that the insur ance companies are barred from paitici p.iliou in the compensation scheme. Labor Well Kcprcsenlctl. The interest of labor in the litiga tion was attested by the piesence of John Voll, of Zancsvillc, President, and I". J. Donnelly, of Cincinnati, Secretary of the Si. lie Fcdciatiou of Labor, and delegations fiotn all p.uts of the State. Thev included Representatives Henry Oil, Chailes A. Winnel, Thomas II. Mu gaviti, Chailes Slalf, of Cincinnati; Kicd Schultz, l'"retl Telscliow, John J. Owens and William Morgan, of Cleveland; Otto llruck, of Toledo; II. W. Wcllcr, of Vouugstown : John Van llise, of Co lumbus; Representative O. I!. Chapman and William A. CunlilTe, of Dayton; Chailes Vaughn, of Hamilton; O. M. l'alteison, of Canton; Aitlmr Muhlmaii, of Coshocton; William A. Abraham and Louis Under, of Portsmouth; J. J. (itaney, of Vouugstown; T. J. McKit liclc, of Dayton; J J. Kiscn and T. T. Crcagcr, of Springfield. One of the features of the case was the argument of J. Harrington l.oyd, of Toledo, one of the members of the com mission which framed the original Woikmeu's Compensation law (lining the administration of former Governor Jud sou Harmon. Judge Harmon appeared today as an insurance company attor ney, : fact to which Turner referred in opening for the State when be cited Governor Harmon's denunciation of in surance company methods a few ears ago. One of the points made by Turner was that the General Assembly required employers to be of sufficient financial ability to carry their own risks before exempting them from paying premiums into tlu St -te insurance fund lie said there would have been no reason for this exemption had it been intended that they might buy workmen's compensation insurance, lie also called attention to the failure of the adoption of amend ments specifically admitting insurance companies. Former Attorney General Timothy S. Ilogan, for the labor men, argued "that Section fit of the act, on which the in surance men rely, is a limitation and not a grant of power, and that it could not have been intended, from the context and general structure of the law, to admit insurance companies. Talks for the Companies. The longest atgument was made bj i Samuel J. Kornhauser, Cleveland, who1 talked for .'ill minutes in favor of the ' insurance companies, lie contended that it was not intended to punish insurance companies, but rather to rectify condi tions for which the former inadequate I laws and not the insurance companies were responsible, lie argued also that for two years the officials permitted the insurance companies to go ahead. Korn hauser was questioned many times about his contention that the companies might insure against violation of law, but stood by his original contention. The same line was followed by George V. Strong, Cincinnati, who followed Kornhauser. In urging that the insurance companies may pai tieipatc in workmen's compensa tion, Attorneys Wilbur Wilkin, Cleve land, and W. R. I'omerene, Columbus, argued that the policies will be addition al protection to the employees. Former Governor Judson Harmon, who appealed for the insurance com panies, explained his remaiks in his last Governor's message by saving that zeal had made both Stale and insurance agents resort to methods that were un fair, lie contended that competition is necessary, to test and prove the compen sation law. The only question asked from the bench that seemed to favor the insurance company contentions was propounded by Judge Wauamakcr, who inquired whether there is any public policy that prevents employers insuring themselves against a big casualty. Are You a Reader of THE LABOR ADVOCATE If not, you should subscribe at once. It is the First Real Union Paper ever published in Cincinnati Ylfay 's Size and Union to the Bone handling all Public and Political topics. Conservative Non-Partisaxi Fearless Irxciepencieiit Offical Organ of the Building Trades Council of Cincinnati and Vicinity. Price $1.00 per Year Fill this out and mail it: THE LABOR ADVOCATE THOMS BUILDING Phone Canal SSll CINCINNATI, OHIO 101 Send me "THE LAllOR ADVOCATE" for one jear, for which I enclose One Dollar. Name Address While Governor Harmon said there was not Attorney-General Turner later replied that the plan to reduce accidents would be interfered with by such ar rangements, as they permitted shifting of responsibility. He added, "Let them obey the law and there will be no liabil ity upon them." Springs a Surprise. A surprise was sprung by former In surance Superintendent Arthur I. Vorys when he announced that the answers would be so amended as to raise Federal questions so that in the event of a de feat in the Ohio Supreme Court the cases may be carried to the United States Supreme Court at Washington under the "due process of law" plea of the fourteenth amendment. One point urged by Eugene Carlin for the State was that there can be no policy to pay employers until there has been a recovery in Court against them bv injured employees. With others of the State's Attorneys, he strongly urged that thc companies were proposing to write policies to insure against "willful act," a proposition which was stoutly denied by the majority of insurance lawjers, but tacitly admitted by a few. A case which will have an important bearing on workmen's compensation cases, if the insurance companies arc al lowed to compete with the State, is that of the Collings-Taylor Company against the American Fidelity Company, before the Supreme Court. The Collings Com pany was compelled to pay a judgment to an injured employee, a minor, but when it sought to recover on the liability insurance policy it was met with the plea that the employee had been unlawfully engaged because he had no schooling cer tificate. The employer won in the trial Court, but the judgment was reversed in the Couit of Appeals of Cuyahoga Coun ty. COLD HKATKItS ItAISK WAOICS. Xcvv Vork. The gold beaters of New VorV, Boston and Philadelphia havc se cured their first contract with the United States Gold Leaf Manufacturers' Asso ciation. The New York and Boston gold beaters, who work under the same sys tem, have raised wages $11 a week. In Philadelphia the increase is $2.."!0 a week. The wages of girls are also ratsccL A. F. of L. Organizer Fraync, who assisted in the negotiations, estimates that these increases will total $.')0,()(() a year for three hundred workers. The strike lasted five weeks, and the gold beaters arc enthusiastic over the outcome, be cause it is the first time they have been able to establish uniform stahdards of prices or receive recognition from em ployers in an effort to fix minimum rates.