The Washington times., 1913-05-13
SAY GUARDS KEPT
/ MINERS FROM MAIL
Allegations Made by Agents Of
Men to Senator Kern Likely
to Cause Inquiry.
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Others were made to the Indiana Sem
ator
Moreover, Mother Jones, who ad-
dressed a labor meeting here last night.
saw Senator Kern and related to him
the substance of what she had already
set forth In her letters to him. Mother
Jones IL temporarily released by the
West virginia authorities. She believes
they would be glad IL she would leave
the State and not return. but she has
no intention of doing this. She will so
back to do what she can for the relief
of the miners.
Mother Jones ascribes her temporary
release to the Introduction CT the Kern
resolution for an investigation. She
has told Senator Kern of the conditions
under which she was arrested and de-
tained and she has much different
story to set forth about the brutality
of her treatment than the one told by
Governor Hatfield, which described her
as detained in comfortable private
home.
II has come to the ears OF Senator
Kern, not only that Sfother Jones has
been released. apparently with view
TO lessening the strength of the demand
for the passage of the resolution of in
vestigation,7 but that miners who have
been Jailed on slight charges arr ing
turned loose Tor the same rel.o
1t IL clear that neither the a. al
interests involved nor the St. :
thorities want the Senate TO ~. .
prooe into conditions. which If
what Ii said Is true, are nothing ;.
OF barbarous.
senator Kern said this afternoon that
his resolution would come up at 4
o'clock AZ unfinished business. He
hopes to force its passage at that time.
That II viii be hard fought is well un-
derstood.
Want Time.
The plan of the opposition is not to
defeat the resolution directly. but to
outflank II. 1t is to be sidetracked, IL
possible. Efforts will be made, engi-
Eeered by Senators Chiffon and Goff.
to refer the measure to the Committee
on Education and Labor, not with the
view Of ordering an investigation, but
of having that committee inquire IL an
investigation ought to be conducted.
IL the opposition to the inyestigatio7
could accomplish this they would have
the situation in good shape.
They would then be allowed time to
try TO compose things In West Nir-
ginia and smooth matters over there
In a fashion to lessen the strength OF
the demand for Senate probe.
From West Virginia TO-DAY came testi-
: mony that not even a Masonic lodge
nor q Baptist church could be instituted
without the consent of the mine owners.
Z This statement In in a telegram TO
senator Chiffon Of West Virginia from
a newly organized district Of the United
Mine Workers.
Senator Chiffon is roundiy scored for
his attitude toward the proposed fnves-
fieation. He is notified that he can
not be a progressive In West Virginia
and q stsndpatter in Washington and
get away with il"
Possibility of a further strike lie
told Of In dispatch from West Viz
ginia today tellfng Of the organization
OF the mine workers. Officers are dele
gated with authority to declare a strike
upon the refusal Of operators TO accede
to conference or upon denial OF the
demands Of the miners.
Demands Made By Miners.
These demands are for a semi-monthly
pay, the right to elect and employ check
weighmen, a nine-hour day. abolition OF
the mine-guard system. the right to
make purchases elsewhere than at COM
@pany stores. and the right to organize
and affiliate with unions without being
discharged or Disseminated against.
The miners pledge themselves to re-
sand call upon the national organization
to support all men discharged because
of efforts to obtain these demands.
Protest Chilton's Attitude.
The following resolution of protest
was adopted with reference to the atti-
tude of Senator Chiffon:
! Resolved, By the New River dele
gates assembled at Charleston. that the
william E. Chiffon, as voicing the pro-
test of the 5000 coal miners represent
ed in this convention, and that the same
be given out to the press:
Two hundred delegates from the New
River mining district are astonished at
your opposition to Kern resolution. Sem
ator Gon has lived separate end apart
from the people for twenty years, but
you have been one of US. You know
that conditions are bad. You are
ofY2es, public roads and school houses; !;
that circulation of progressive papers
and periodicals is curtailed by company
owners and company store postnasters.
and that free speech and lawful assem-
bly, are not permitted
You further know that Masonic
fraternity could not be instituted or a
Baptist church organized without con-
sent OF mine managers. You are further
aware that a temporary settlement on
Cabin and Paint Creek neither provides
a remedy or makes for permanent peace.
No Senator can be a progressive at
heart and a standpatter at Washing
ton. Stand with US and our friends, or
Senator Watson and his allies"
Andrew Carnegie. one Of the peace
delegates, here on a flying trip, admits
that King Edward once offered him q
dukedom IL he would bring about the
annexation of the United States to
Great Britain. But he denies that ever
caused him to be SO active in peace
work
II told the King that was an Amerf-
can citizen" declared Carnegie, land
that every citizen Of the United States