The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-09

Operators in Paint and Cabin creek
in West Virginia have shipped large
quantities OF coal to these markets;
that the States OF Ohio. Indiana and
Illinois are competitive in these mar.
kets; that the object and purpose of
the United Mine Workers OF America
"a &c liz wages to he paid 10 laborcrs
: md TO refuse TO allow said laborers to
work unless said wages are paid and
That members OF the organization are
obliged by their membership to rec0s.
Ei2c the power OF the organization to
fix their wages; that said organiza.
ton fines the wages OF the miners III
the States OF Ohio. Indiana, Pennsyl.
vania and Illinois: and that ii is now
the intention Of the organization to
rnionizc the miners in West. Virginia.
Especially these on Paint and Cabin
cIceks: and ii successful to fix the
price at which the coal OF West Viz.
2inia could be sold to the outside mar.
Iiet thus permitting the operations OF
.ihr competitive States to compete
more lavorably in these markets with
the coal shipped to the said markets
IiTCm West Virginia.
The third count OF the Indictment
reads that there has been acute com.
petfticn between the operators OF West
Virginia and the operators of the com.
petitivc States with the Canada mar
ket and the lake trade. 1t charges
that the miners in the CCmpetIEg
States are HnionlZUd aid the terms are
fixed by the miners uniOn and that
tie coal producers OF western PcnnsyI.
vania have entered into Il conspiracy
with the United Mine Workers ami
that the alleged conspiratOrs have
agreed TO prohibit the mine operators
@! West Virginia from entering the
lake markets and exclude the Wesi
Virginia coal from these markets Civ.
ing to the coal producers OF these
States complete monopoly in those
States and the United Mine Workers
q complete monopoly in labor about
the mines. In pursuance OF this con.
spiracy the count Sets forth there
was such yiOlrnrc and Iawlcssuess in
and about the mines in Paint and Can.
in creek and with such loss OF life
and destruction OF property that tn.
governor was forced to call out the
military OF the State.
First Of the King.
The indictments returned today arr,
the first ever made against the oil.
cialS of the United Mine Workers
charging them with violating the Shcr.
man antitrust law and are made at a
time that federal legislation is pend.
ing cXcmpting them from the Sherman
law.
President White and Vice President
Hays have been IN West Virginia sey.
erdl times since the beginning OF tho
recent coal strike on Paint and Cabin
cfccks but the work in Wcst virginia
has been mainly under the direction OF
National Beard Members Thomas iiag.
gerry and Joe Casey. who are among
the Indicted men.
The information upon which the in.
dIctments were returned is declared
70 have been the result OF an extended
Probe into conditions by District At.
torney Harold Ritz OF Bluefield and his
assistant. II. d. Rummel. Of Charles
on.
The indicted men will be summoned
into court during the next week ac.
cordins to information from me dis
trict attorneys Office.
Say IT'S Ridiculous.
INDIANAPOLIS. June s.-"It is RI.
diculous." said Edwin Z. Perry. secre.
rary and treasurer OF the United Mine
Workers Of America. when Informed
CT the indictments returned against
The Mine Workers ciHcinls in Charles.
ton. W. Va.
We never conspired In any way
against the West Virginia operators
and have only tried TO see tNat the
miners there received a just com.
prnsation for the work.
In the matter OF wages. We were al,