The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-10

upon John Mitchell and the Ma
tional Organization of the United
Mine Workers of America, appear
ed in the DiXonized Charleston
Mail Of October End.
.L-nited Mine Workers strive to
prevent Importation of better class
of mine labor-circulars spread
broad cast throughout the British
Isles attempting to offset the work
of Hon John Nugent in that section
of the world.
..During the three months Hon.
John Nugent spent in Europe
studying the conditions of the
British miner with view of sccur-
ing for West Virginia practical
miners. skilled in the mines of Eng.
land that country was flooded
hwith literature sent from this
country, supposedly by the officials
of the mine workers whose head
quarters are at Indianapolis. This
literature is said to have badly
miSrcprcSented the condition of the
miner in this state and was sent to
the British Isles for the purpose of
drtcrring the miners of that coun-
try to come to this land Of oppor-
tunity.
">r. Nugent did not see any of
the literature that is said to have
been scattered broad cast, and was
very much surprised to learn that
such steps had been taken by the
organization to keep practical min
cls away from West Virginia. In
talking with Il representative of the
Mail this morning, the State Sup-
Of Immigration said
sit was considera BILE Of a surprise
to me to learn that the United
Mine Workers officials had gone so
far in portraying the conditions of
West Virginia to prevent the in
PRODUCTION of practical, English
speaking miners, as to send per-
solaI letters to England to try and
prevent honest, sober, industrious
ana practical miners, from coming
TO our state, when they were fully
aware that from southern Europe
we We're daily receiving hundreds
|oi men, undesirable citizens and
impractical as far as mining is con-
|cclncu.
''lf the United Mine Workers Of
plclaI> are as desirous as they ap-
pear to be for a better understand
phg between them and the coal
operators, it can easily be accomp-
fiShed and brought about by the in
!oducolon of practical English
fpeHking miners who are not only
1 {PhNlous and willing to come, and
{ec"gnlzing the conditions we offer,
POT onl y willing accept work, but
ANXIOUS to become American citi-
kcnS.
/ ihe circulars have had the op-
Po>i'e effect from that expected and
eilucipated, because there are
lno"sand anxious and willing to
{one, and from the reports from
&ieh already here, whom / had not
e'e pleasure ofseeing before leaving
England, it seems that it will be
}ile means Of bringing hundreds of
pen and establishing a channel of
grafton that will build up
Fther than pull down.
~ desire to say to the miners of
4 est Virginia that 1 realize the
ece'sity OF their being organized,
E!d still have hopes seeing West
lrSlnla have an organization
eeohu to none but as I have told
ZEN on many occasions, when
\ est Virginia is organized it will
ny the efforts, honesty and en-
{sy OF the miners of West Vir-
ania.'
lion John Nugent, through his
putin piece, the union labor mis-
presenter, The Charleston Mail,
cs few more stunts in its issue
Monday.
ne following are a few excerpts:
corrllous and reeking with mis-
presentations" has been termed
arucle appearing in the Mine
AoIkers Journal and copied by
Labor Argus in it's last issue,
winch an effort, it is charged, is
ue TO scatter these misrepre-
ptatlons in an effort to keep from
se Virginia the practical miner,
2oh whose coming depends largely
greater development of the coal