The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-17
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INJUNCTION. SYSTEM |. 5 !. N !.

Bys AsaoGIa fed Pr S.
RIEDIA$stpGoI.IS, IN d.. jill. I'll lc slA
teentj, annual nat onal convention ~ the
United Mine Workers of America -.
opened I'resd e slitehsli ~
Hal. Nearly SIX ftindrcd dele
gates were iils their sea Isl re presen tiilg#
every one D E twenty FIVE istricts
s morning session was devoted to add resses8
or welcome and SHppcint mcnt OF commit
tees. s ~ ,!.s s s{s,
III At the afternoon session President;
Mitchell read his annual address s5
Mr.! ltchel gave II ex hanstiyes Re
nf%Inbor conditions I'M the United q ates:i
Touching upon injunc lions, Mr. hlltchc eli
u said !: MICE II y, n
Every yea en- ha Il zcs more q ,rongl%
the Iniuuity of the Federal I'M junction. ny
applied in labor disput est ~ During the last
~ r5injlinctfons hi We; been Issued An every
coal lleid II, which aa Ike has been IN
u Hon iii have t been coniired In jail because
\ or alleged disregard Of these lnjuEetlons,
8notwithstantlngS tho fact thai fter6 our
people hadrcnninsa IN nf1 ses ls SIZE
Injunction has reversed his own /, u acton act
I aid declared II That when the Injunction
was Issued his court was wit bout 5urisdic-
Vi ton in he cas- is "a ppar rem TO every
one who Is acqualp Cd q with the fact
that many OF these .ipjunctlon juugesIaree
70 iunG,ons Of
members Of our lnion. "a when Ig = rou sl {
3i,erorc these judge have been treated & 81
with indiEnlty, 81 . q. n ss}
Terrible Loss Of Life.
Continuing. Nh. tcliell said e, There
is one phase of industriala life ,,p p 2,
s. comnlcnt, and which has received IN on
u hands much IL less consideration man Us
Importance Warrants. refer \ to the aW.-
y limb In coal mines, = It 5of course, nl-.
possible by lcglslnt Ion or bSt.any OF her
human agency entirely y, to proven t.fatal,-
A many hazardous calling. Z; But &c seems
p tome that tllcEn,mbnr OF persons XII He'd
y ana injured ain$s the coal lines off, his
Il country Isl altOget her Oo$dlsproporti onatc
{ to tito natural dangers, and that these
N incidents could beImnterlally reduced sby,
3 the enactment o Il wise laws or, Ven by.
the rigid enlargement OF u those as nowon
2%.t1vllesiack Of uinformity8In the various
/ State laws regulating tho a3cnploynlcnt9o t
boys iii coal mines is,l inattcrith lint should
#rcccivc attention, "a / t seems to me TINT
AN effort should be made by! the members
of our nzatIon8 l,ayc,Itl,o State Log
islatl,res pass lnws prohibiting the en-
sISieen al s9f so ana slt should also
\ be unlawful for coal companies to employ
4 as outside workers boys less than foi,r-
VII hay not 10 amlss at this time to
call youiaaltentlon INTO the fact that one
+ year from mex ~ April sani, joint agreements
4 expire IN pract lea IN every 9cQtll DrouucinS
district, both Ebtumltlousj and anthracite,
reports of| taponlmerclaj n ences and trade
I journals Seems to- Indicate AN appr0act-
e Ing reyipa u of business and ~ period of
\ mo realized We should be ,lbls toiTcgnIn
u the loss 4 III wages Sustained ono yoar
z ago and Ito Improve cnndit Ions OF employ
ment ~. those districts in wlllcl' snoireduc,
course. necessary to say that OH. ability
to3inake further advancement, orseyen
II 10 retaln6n W. present standard OF WING
F1upnn tllc3strcngth ahd solidarity Of our
n llIniOn.v +fg ~