Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-20

VIII slH OUT l4tnnf.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the trfmendouI
impulse given 20 eyory mpYemen
through unity ~ purpose. thtrr aJ,
some men unrng employers of labor
and controllers 90 Finance. who would
deny that anits ef @iion ampnl
Aboring people that they, themselves
exercise IN their everyday affairs
They ciy down organized effort
among the laborinR people under the
faiee alarm af encruaehnrnt nn in.
dieidual llherte TlicY %AnroRate 80
themselves ln organized capital an.
der the sacred name NJ vested rights
The time - at hand 10 brlng forcibly
10 the attention pf this class ~ people
that ~ an sft ~ coneprie3 effort.
xieh as wc have. tteta ia mo- such
thing 90 Individual liherts nmong
working people, ~ wc are denied mo
right ga cooperate win each other
To better our condition and SECURE
d brighter future CsIpltal and labor
should co.operats and work together
hut ii there must DE- A struggle he-
tween dollars aHH men. thfii mrp
snouid and mE4t ho filuinP1ant
President lewis declared that an
important problem before the organ
cation was how 20 orgoui2e tn mine
workers TIA the non-Hnion mining dis
rrict He eaid -.
south ana east III the oiia river
IN the states 81 Maryland Vast Nir+
ginIA. Keutueky. Tennessee ana Aia-
hama. nearly l2u.uu0 mine Wothers
are employed 0f this number but
q small par cent 90 tno total are ore
ganiscd. and what IL true % the states
named also apnlles te q large section
~ the hituminous and anthracite dis,
tricts ~ PENNSYLVANIA as well as 1'nls
orAdo. Custiy ana unsuccessful efforts
have bccn made 20 organize these
districts through the medium OF
slriRes. The amount spent for AID
alone in support OF strikes ia the
slatcs ~ Maryland, West virginia
Kentucky. Tennessee, Alabama aud
Coiorudo since the Year 1900. amounts
to nearly So. 600. 000. and 70 this large
sum should lie added the an,eunt Of
money spent 10 maintain d number of
erga nixefs in those districts
In denying a widespread bellel that
the mine workers SEEK % organize ~
tho states named 10 curtain the ship
mcnt of coal west President LOWS
said. I'VE should depiure IN tie most
emphatic manner that it IS ~ our
purpose Ia organize the non-nuion
mining districts 20 %cnrtaii their coal
production. We must convince the
operators OF those states ifat we are
sincere IN our position We win then
have removed the greatest obstacle
in the way Of 0rE8nizing West va
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The report stated that thf anthra-
cite coal region af PennsXlYan em-
ploya t7f.OOa milne workers about
$4,000 ~ whom arc organized and ex-
phlincd the condition by saying, A
investigation and study Of the anthra-
cite situation eonvinces me that the
inactivity and the failure 81 the mine
workers to be better organized is due
principally to their nwn indifference
The same condition applies 10 MANY
81 the bituinlnous mining districts
AIR. Lewis declared that tn wage
agreement now In effect IN the an
thracltr region does not provide a
proper standard of wltees and rs not
whai the mine workers desire Ana
ia regard 10 the present agreement,
he said When the industrial con
ditions IN The anthracite region and
tho entire country "a that time are
carefully considered, the representa-
lives Of The guited Mine Workers were
fortunate IN being ahie 10 convince
the anthracite operators % grant con-
cessiOne in order 90 negotiate and
slgn 4 contract The most gratifying
feature OF tho situation Ia me An
E.f. s ....4 H. Ht.- Ntl-
position of the miuc managers and
their employees to settle disputes
locally
President LOWS declared thai his
Judgment was that tine miners 0f NtNa
Scotia nov on strike should receive
the encouragement and supuort ot
tn. organization he nlso declared In
favor OF the Introduction and use oi
appliances ta decrease The dangers
incident to mininR 80 OF paramount
Importance. ~ also presented tables
tnRcn from government reports show
ms that ia thirteen years. from 1896
TO lN0S. there were 22,,f6 lives saeri-
feed In the coal MINES. and that
t,1s2 men were injured la the mines
q i9as. He urged The creation OF
q bureau of mines. % the establish
lN.nf of measures tn lHssrn dangers
of mining
con the Legislative features ~ mining
Interests. President Lewis spoke
strongly ln favor 0f "a law % elimiu
ate the injunction etil ln labor di@-
pntes. itud tor thc enactment OF 60
general employer liability laW aud
recommended ihe iceNli9liion ai labor
unions