The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-03-31

Prospects for Settle
rnent Bright.
The miners of District No. II, United
Mine Workers of America, will reconvene
in convention in this city, on Monday
morning, at 10 O'Clock, and take up ques-
tons unfinished at the recent convention,
chief among which will be report from
the scale committee, which will be sub
mitted Immediately upon the opening of
the contention.
The convention will then proceed to
formulate their wage demands for the
ensuing two years to present to the oper-
ators in joint convention, which will take
place on Tuesday.
The following call for the convention
day.
Charleston, w. Va,
March 80, 1910.
TO the Local Unions in District No. II.
U. M. W. of A.:
Fellow Workers In accord with prev.
ious circular, you are hereby notified that
Our District Convention will reconvene
on Monday, April 4th, 1910, in Stephen
son Auditorium, Y. NJ. C. A. Building,
in the City of Charleston, w. Va. Each
local should be represented at this CON
vention.
On April 5th the joint convention of
operators and miners will convene in this
city, for the purpose Of trying to negoti-
ate wage scale to be effective from
April LIST, 1910, to March 3lst, 1912.
1t is unnecessary for us to go into de-
tails of the question at issue, as you are
fully aware oS the situation.
With the hope that each local union
will be fully represented in the coming
convention, we remain,
Very truly yours,
BEN DAVIS, President.
l.. f. IIANHAM, Vice-Pres.
BENZ. +. MORRIS, Sec.
p. S.-All mines to continue in opera
tion until further notice.
The following circular letter was also
sent out to the operators in the non-union
fields:
Charleston, w. Va,
March 80, 1910.
To the Coal Mine Operators of Virginia
and West Virginia:
Gentlemen We are firm believers in
organization, not only among the mine
workers, but among the mine owners of
the country.
In our Judgment, the mining industry
is not receiving that recognition that its
Importance justifies. We know that the
mine owners are not earning as much on
their investment in some instances as
they should earn. We also know that the
wages paid the mine workers are not as
high and the conditions of employment
are not as good they should be, con-
sidering the dangerous occupation of our
people.
There is a great deal said by a few in
dividuals about organizing West Virginia
for the purpose of preventing the increas-
ed development of the coal lands of this
State. We want to assure you that West
Virginia operators are entitled to their
share Of the general market, and we will
not be a party to any movement that will
place the operators of West Virginia at
disadvantage so far as supplying their
share of the demand for coal used in the
general markets of the country.
There will be joint convention of op-
orators and miners of the Kanawha Dis
trict held in Charleston, West Virginia,
on April 9TH, 1910. We would be pleas
ed to have your company represented at
that meeting to discuss mining conditions
in West Virginia from any and every
STANDPOINT that may affect the interests
of your company. your employees and the
State of West Virginia generally.
With the hope that your company will
be represented and assuring you of our
| desire to at all times protect the interests
! of the West Virginia miners and opera
| tors, we are,
| BY order of the Executive Board:
Yours very truly,
BEN DAVIS,
| President.
BENZ. F. MORRIS,
Secretary.