The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-18

an fhs opsrasors nsse ~ ana a<r>s
on uniform hasks 90 b. paid. taxing
INTO conss1>rsttor the freight rates.
fbe 1tstnnces from fhs market. ana
dfner~nt gvn6es Of coal that are mar
ksced. contract wiii BE- made %
they can all Get into the market and
ssoerssu the other men Instead or
the eper.tors out Of business. ne want
70 help them and the time viii come
when they viii ind that BY dealing
With M they will help them.~ives-
While fsstifyinT before the Mine In
vestfeafion Commission the other day
President cairps OF the United Mine
WORKERS vas asked n he favored and
ton He declared he Was In favor CT
arbitration. but not compulsory srbl-
trafion- BY that he said he meant.
that the miners were IN favor OF ar
bitrafion when they could select ore
OF the srbitrators. but not where arbi-
tration Wa compulsory and the arsi-
traitors selected by both rides
Mr. Cairns said he knew that some
OF the operators have had TO sell coal
NJ ruinous prices. Tt is due 10 that
competitive relationship wherein the
non-union operators have 20 como
own II tfey want the contact at q
dollar ton and cannot get ~. he IL
offered 80 or 80 cents a ton and he
vii take q contract and then reduce
the wages OF the men. ssid Mr..
Cairns.
THE union fellow cannot do that.
A solution win never be worked out
without these Industrial conflicts.
There In no use TO try and think q
vii be worked out because IL won't.
The cost or living has increased very
materially. I venture to say that on
Cabin Creek they are paying less
money than they did In 1903. after
nine years OF the cost OF living has adj
vsnced almost 100 per cent In that
time.
Ut IN no wonder these men revolt.
They always will until you work out
possible solution. The Industrial
situation 10 not new thing. but IL Is
spreading ell over the country. What
Is the reason the great political part
les are torn up over industrial ques-
tons? Men like Roosevelt. Bryan,
Wilson. Taft are recognizing the In
dustrial Questions In this country
must be solved In order to give just
dues TO thu laboring men.
Tho lobcr.ny man must live: we
cannot do without him. He IL the
bone and sinue OF the nation There
IL no reason why In this great indus
try the working man should be sur
guard maintained. where he cannot
say anything that he wants TO on
question "t Industrial rights or any
thing else. They are going to get
their rights sooner OF later. In the
meantime 40 are having a great con-
fiict- II Is costing our organization
I'm the neighborhood OF seven OF eight
thousand dollars a week. IL Is costing
the state money"
oskAloosA. Iowa, Sept. ia
conference Of officials Of the United
Mine Workers Of America on the
strike situation In the kanawha coal
! fields Of West Virginia was held here
to-day with President John p. White
presiding. Vice President =. J.
Hayes, OF indianapolis, and Secretary
Treasurer Edwin Perry arrived this
Morning, and were Joined later In
the day by other members Of the es-
ecutiVe board.
Mr.. White said at noon that the
officials would consider a plan which
he thought might end the kanswha
strike. He declined 70 diVuI9e the ma
ture Of this plan.
WILKES BARRE. Pa, Sept. IL
All the ofhcers or the United Mine
Workers OF District No. 1 were called
to Wilkes Barre this afternoon to at
tend big mass meeting Of miners in
the employ OF the Lehigh 4 Wilkes
Barre Coal Company. Twelve hun
| dred employees of the Stanton com
pany Joined a ndmber OF other
strikers to-day. President Dempsey
asked for n conference with General
Superintendent Huber. and the same
was granted.
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