The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-17

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ident WIZ repofted
me problem of Organizing III.
anthractte mine WORKERS and build.
ling up strong organization Ia thai
Held has been matter 81 seriou.
concern to our movement for many
years.
Upon taking charge Of the pres.
idencg discovered that there wai
very tile oyganization in 4the an
talr9cite reetod. ana resolved 10 Ia
what i could to. revive the spirit II
uiniIqnisan n these districts. q
number Of organizers were selected
Of whom were IRON tie an.
thracite field and placed to wcfk
there to try and build up the mem
bershtp and while We have Wit.
messed some Improvement, condi.
tons are not as we would like to
see them.
\
THE small membership reported
in the anthracite field indicates that
the miners are Indifferent to their
surroundings and their failure to
join the organization and support it
| Is one Of the great reasons why they
have been unable to secure the con-
ditions they are demanding. With
the expiration of the award in the
anthracite field April /, It is to be
hoped that they will realize the CON
dition that confronts them and join
the organization, thus making sue
cess possible.
Representatives. Of the three an
thracite districts in convention at
Pottsyille, in November formulated
their 1demands which will be
brought to your attention at the
proper time
The president reported that eff
forts were under way to bring about
a Joint conference between miners
and operators of the bituminous
fields Of western Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
to discuss the terms of the new
wage contract, at the the close Of
the present miners convention.
OF the investigation of the al
legged disappearance of about 10000
votes cast for Mr.. White for presi-
dent in the election of 1910, he said:
1.-The attention of the interna-
tional organization was directed to
the complaint of number of local
unions in Illinois that their vote
was not included in the international
tellers' report of the 1910 election.
] could give no satisfactory expla-
nation of why the vote of forty-nine
local unions was not recorded.
"The officers and local unions of
District 12 insisted on a rigid inves-
tigation, and the matter was pre-
sentedt to the international executive
board. The officers of District 10
appeared and presented their case
and the board instructed the presi-
dent to appoint a committee of three
to make an investigation and report.
The proceedings were taken YER
batim and published in the United
Mine Workers Journal.
"The investigation of the commit
tee revealed that the forty-nine To-
cal unions referred to cast II 1851
votes for president. of which John
p. White received lO,5S1 and T. l..
Lewis $40, or a majority for White
of 9.711.
indications are that the vote OF
other large local unions h various
sections of the country was inter-
fered with and money used to in
fluence the election. This is indeed
a deplorable state of affairs, and
those who will resort to such cor
,rupt practice and whose connection
Herewith can be proven without any
question Of doubt should be ex-
PEELED from the organization. The
vote of every local union must be
accounted for, and If, we can not
have honest elections dissolution
will FoIl0u, TT daar1nd oj1,i,nj,Io n