Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-05

as unworthy of the honorably name, as any
candid investigation of the facts Will show.
BY what authority do these few men
brand miners who do not train with them
as "scabs'? The rate they make Is but the
arbitrary dictum of Il few men who think
they have u good thing and stay there be-
cause they like it. and who might Just as
well make the rate 10 cents per bushel.
They .Go 1t alone" There is no such dis
trict rate or general schedule as that they
prescribed such rate. If they look north
or east TO the nearest mines. as Leaven-
worth or Lexington. they will find lower
Where, then. the authority for the cpl
thets "scab" or .blackleg'?
IN the Randolph and Macon counties and
where the veins are thicker, the miners re-
ceive 40 to IS cents per ton for digging, ont
Of which they have to pay the cempanys
Richmond districts, Where the esoHdltions
same as at Brush creek, s7ls cents per ton
Is now being. paid for hand loaded coal:
that is. the ciol. after breaking it down. Is
only, shovels not being allowed. thus eX-
GLIDING all find stuff or slack. In l.elren-
Werth; where the conditions as TO- thifkn tbs
same and where three large mines are N
operation, 50 cents per ton Is being PAD aor
from the miners pay such percentage as
falls through the screens, inc brush LEX
c~ompany-has always paid tor eSSrstl nrs
the miners could shovel on their mime CARS
without regard 10 size.
1t has been said that the mine is danger
Gus because of gas, This Is not true. inc
state mine INSPECTORS report above referred
to states that whatever gas there Is Is
rendered harmless by contact t WIN aa the
| of his three inspections during. the year he
found the mine in "a good sanitary as well
as a generally safe condition at each III
spcction. with the ventilation above the re-
qrirements of the law"
The action OF the Industrial Council cam
not be rcconc:led with the principles of
that body; Arbitration is said d to 30 be dts ITS
l%arT 21s 6 Of !, 2 PRINCIPLES 9nInr 81 r sphiir as fSllS %Senever
differences exist between employers ana
employed"
The sixth section of the seventh article
of its constitution reads: -
They (the grievance and dha ar rrieTance
| presented and try to adjust any diference
between employees and employers forthwith
| and report at the first regular or special
ordered. no strike or boycott shall be in
dorsed until a full statement has been sub
| mitted and all attempts to amieably ssttie
the difficulties have been exhausted oF
4 proved futile"
Have these Fundamental laws of the coun.
Gil. been observed? Certainly not LOT hot
body in such direction; and. to the con
| trary. it has refused to make the investl,
it has sanctioned the rejection by the min
ers Of the fundamental principle Of the
order. to.wit: arbitration. a aus nsd one one
The council has reason for respecting the
Brush Creek company, for that company
voluntarily placed ITS case IN tne e,iO IN do
SO in the present instance. HAS the e9un,
Gil cut loose from its organic law! 4. IS e
labor organizations that they are controIiea
by anarchists or professional agitat9Is. anu
not by any laws of their own making OF
| otherwise. Is this the case with. the lndus-
trial Council? I believe not. for l know
many of its members. who are among out
best and ,a most ia iSoa ifs acton has been
merely through inconsiderateness.
/ yield to no man in sincerity OF SYM
pathy with all laboring men ana women.
1 wish that the general conditions were
such that, without any wrong or violence
being done to anyone, the distributor OF
the dreams and aspirations of every work
ing man and every struggling woman IN
every walk of life could be amply realized.
1 feel a community OF interest WIN every
est, earnest. sober and reasonable. And
as to organized labor. I believe IN II as a
legitimate tnstrumentality for coping
with other forces and for carrying along
those who are in industrial ranks In the
general march toward the better times
which I like as much as anyone, 10 dream
of as coming for everybody. But such
organizations must be dominated by rea-
son, moderation and Justice. else they
may become a greater tyranny than any
thing they ever oppose. The Brush Creek
Mining Company Is not now and never has
been opposed to any union, except as such
organization exists for the enforcement of
unjust demands. :
Ny relation to that company originated
solely in the fact that the savings bank, OF
which I am assignee. held n large interest
in it. and my concern has been. and is. to
do the best I know how to do in behalf of
that interest. Whatever relation I bear
to the company is for the protection, &C
cording to the best judgment ! can ex-
ercise. of the interests of that impov-
erished estate. Every such mine has to be
developed to a certain point of produc-
tiveness before it can be worked or sold to
advantage: so 1t has been with this mine.
The Brush Creek mine is now at that
stage and is a valuable property.
The Brush Creek company is a home
institution. 1t employs. when in full
work. 125 to $50 men. Its product is a
home product. Every dollar 1t receives for
that product is redistributed in Kansas
City. 1t canno create new general con-
ditions as to markets or wages. The most
of its coal has to be sold by car lots to
large consumers and 1t has to meet the
low range of prices to which nearly all
ton has been. and is, to stand on the lib
erai margin of the question of wages and
will Join the procession of a general ad-
vance whenever that occurs. Such being
its aims, II has no fear but that. the facts
being known. it will have the good will OF
the public, including the Industrial Coun'
Gil. w NJ
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