Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-07
ARE ON BLACK LIST
MENDOZA AND KNOXVILLE M.
w. A, LOCALS HAVE CHAR
TIERS ANNuLLED.
Names Of Miners Who Refused to Re.
turn to Work Placed on Black List
and Refused the Privileges of Union
Men - Trouble Strictly Local.

The executive committee of District
10. United Mine Workers Of America,
have taken formal and final action
with reference to the refusal of min
ers along the Kansas City division of
the Burlington to go to work. The
charters of the local unions at Mendo-
ia and Unionville have been annulled
and resolution adopted suspending
the members Of the union for an in
definite period.
Because of strictly local and minor
matters that were not adjusted to the
liking of the miners of this district at
the Des Moines conference when the
miners and operators got together and
arranged the scale of prices and 9TH
or matters for the next two years, the
miners refused to return to work as
they were ordered to do by the mine
workers. officials. For this the chart
ers Of the locals have been annulled
and the names of the miners who be-
longed to them and who refused to go
to work have been placed on a black
list.
1t was stated by representatives Of
the United Mine Workers last evening
that list of the names of the men in
| the two locals will be made up at once
and copies furnished to every operat-
or and to every local in the Thirteenth
district with instructions that the men
whose names appear thereon shall be
regarded as non-unionists in the dis
trict and refused the privileges of the
union and work in union mines until
| reinstated.
Tho district officers have issued a
call to the locals to notify all mem
bers who are not regularly employed
that work can be had in the mines on
the Kansas City track at union wages
and under union rules. The officers
are confident they will be able to sup
ply the mines affected with a full
complement Of workmen in few
/ days.
4 Is An Independent Factory.
4 AS a result Of the action taken by
the international officers of the Tobac-
GO Workers union in declaring the B.
Leidersdorf Tobacco company of Mil
] Waukee a part of the tobacco trust and
therefore, not entitled to the use of
the union label, the company has is
sued a circular to the trade explain.
Ing that it is conducting its shop on
union principles. The circular states
that the company is running an indie
pendent factory; that 1T employs none
4 but union men and women; that II
patronizes union factories in purchas
ing its supplies; that it has employed
union labor exclusively since 1856, ant
that while the union scale OF wages
calls for ten hours. its employees work
only eight hours and that they are
|paids for ten In addition it says:
/ I'VE employ at the present time In
our factory 112 persons, all Of whom
belong to unions, as follows One il
a member In good standing OF the In
ternational Union of Steam Engineers
local No. 1879; two are members ii
good standing of Printing Pressmen's
union, No. 7, and Job Pressmens unior
No. ~; 100 are members in good
} standing of Tobacco Workers union
No. IS. We do not permit any one tt
work in our factory who is not mem
} Der in good standing of one of tn,
above unions We are informed tina
all Of the unions mentioned are in goot
standing with their respective interna
tional unions"
The organization committee of tn
Federated Trades council has been in
structed to communicate with officer
of the International Tobacco Workers
union in regard to the matter. 1t i
! understood that the committee vii
protest against the manner in whicl
, / the former investigation was conduc,
ed.