The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-02-12
D0LAN HITS
THE UNION
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Later consulted President Hasklns
II ~. ultis miner lie told me ilir
.an. ihing. After iiaskin- had lccii
defeated fsf ~ election aud was ~
Iiev,-I ~ ~ responsibility he adV"cni
Ell demand II ~ pr cent Increase 10
wages in III. annual address. but the
~ ohio miners refused a.
indor.c his position. Il this fact not
slgnincanti
Let us h. honest about these things.
our wages have been increased more
than 100 per cent. and our hours 81 ID.
bor have been decreased from ten Ia
eight hours since 1897. l. II right
under this Ryan resolution 10 leopard
lze all these thingsi And let me tell
YOU. the miners Of this country nav"
never won a prominent soft coal strike
under the direction Of President Mitch.
eli. Mark Hanna settled the first an
thraclte strike for Us. and President
Roosevelt settled the second. Nobody
has settled our big soft coal strikes.
because we have lost them. President
Niltchells first big soft coal strike was
I'm the southwest. II lasted eighteen
and ended In utter failure. I
Hundreds Of good men were victim
lied. The second big soft coal strike |
was in Maryland, where our people OF
the entire state were utterly defeated |
His other disastrous soft coal strike 1
was I'm Kentucky. where our people /
were beaten.
'In Colorado, where the organization
spent over 100000, our union was
wiped off the face OF the earth. In
West Virginia central district we were
defeated In the Cabin Creek district,
in West Virginia. where the organiza-
ton spent 100000, we lost. In the I
region we spent 100000
and were defeated.
"The Pittsburg district has been crit
cised because 1t has not more than
Is. 900 members. President Mitchell Is
as much at fault as any living man.