The chronicle=news., 1913-11-26


Fight 10 develop b nstarsl seSOufces.
ana whether or not sn employer has
tAs right to choose his own I'm.
pioyes. y
One 0t the indueem held up to
tho operators OF Ohio. indians. III.
nois and western rennsyivsnia to
eater INTO IN asrrcment kiSink the
Uattcd Mine Workers moao!rniy n4
labor "a eSntained In CLAUSE eight
Of the eoaira-t signed NJ chicakn.
January :&. 1883. by the "lsfatoFt
OF the eessral competitive coal ncid
and the United Min. workerr. which
resds o. foai0ws:
"Thst III. Cnit-d Mia. Workers
oFKanisation. . party To this con-
srsrt. do hereby farther agree 'o ~.
ford al pnssibi- protection to the
trade. and to the other parties here.
to sssiAN any unfair .otsisii'ion re-
sultiag Ssoh, a failure io mainiaih
scale rates
In union psriaas- ''anfsif
means ''noa- -uaios.' The oai, non-
union coal field Competing With the
four stnt-~ msatsoued Is West Ntr'
siuia. Therefore clause eight p.ssn'
that IN exchange for the iaer-sssd
wages and other eoaeessious else.
y here provided for the asio1 undes.
sook tn ps.y.al West viraisis isoai
,-~oa,ins an effective competitor Of
the four slAi--.
The pfo.--Jiaxs of sh- ioinl suo.
i-sess~ q op~sssoss ssd s'ssrs as
r. ported Is, 'h~ osiseisi ssssosssph.
~ AID published by authority OF tAs
~oaIssesr~ sso~ lhst 81 every s~s-
sion siac. 1888 ss~ op-sssoss hsss
b~~s ussias sh- uris-d Mia- Wosk'
~f. to faifti their ssY~essssi BY OF
sanisisg v-ss virsssis \ fee az
.sfp,s from ih. official REPORTS iii
prove tbs.
TN pss. =: sf sh~ o:tisiai '~s-nss
otlhs conference os isi" Viii ss
found sh. follow ise seassts by a.,
d. Nsatsr. 80 Osis opessios:
''Th- sssalin6 OF the e,shs.hoas
asJ by the Operators. s't~f masins
these aains1uus other important sus'
.ss. Soe.. ~ss With ste distinct aa.
.sessaaasiss saa explicit, psuAsss Of
sse s,sn-rs to gs,e to the oe~sssory
Of sh~ Soas consss~ssss sisiss sse-
aussr r,-,s. ~it,u sanii.ss IN. -.snp~'
tsssou af thu usoreasis~i h~sa.-
psom year Ia s~ss ,.-i have tsse
esi,.a upna Z. tuint shsis psnHsises
TIE es.ssssnss. psssi~< tn that ssr~sr
s,-at. ss The t.me ef 's ~s-vs'sos.
ssil ,hs, II ~s. ssss-ais,e', Necessary
,o tho safety of their isssstmsats
tbs, ,her h- protected ffsn '.- -n.
erue. hrrss,s upoe shs@ by The 'on-
petition a. the uaosaAa,s~a N"'d.
= We ask for the tulfiir-a'
at ,h.lt pi.asv ot isSS."
A. The ssm. roatssvarr. 1osa
Gs-cn. r-prrs1asisr The ta''si ,iias
Worker. 'tAsr .s'. sAid:
Tn. ta,s.d Nia- WORKERS II
America have Jtlisrasty aai aaxsrs-
siv-iy attempted To carr .,' 'h-
y, oass- usSe IN Ch'sAas IN 1923.
Th.y have aos- everything in their
rover ,o rv.jsgm am nrpasi,- tho,
may have made TO osssatsr West vsr-
sinis. since 1898 our organization
mas ct various t,m-s sp-a' hvedrv-:e
Of thousands of dollars tsItns sc
unsoais. Wet virgins. We ssts
sisp sacrificed human life in ,Lc ss.
temp, TO redeem tbs, promise"
In sesrpl-ra,ton n: Mr. U'ren .
.ia,cnrn, u ma i.v said Ects that
srscr,;,ns TO = ssasem-as psbIIshsd
In ,bs tn,,.d Nisne worscrs' Journal
tho official organ .f'b- union. the
orssni,a,,,n .s~., Sss".rs, IN tin
anciua dtssursss.C. In West VIZ
sinia IRON. isv" To 1910 infos ma
tioa srg,, unofficial but asiho'ita.
siv. .eur-s pieces tho ."st 4. 'hc
union yi the insvrfycsien O. isi:.is
at SECS. zoe.
Al ~. 1918 conference 'paas
.ib ". 4. chapasn. y min. opcsa.
tor from OHIO. saiu:
when ", n.'i In Chieaso u. 1928
sna re.cs.ablished tue Interstate
,nc, Yemen, Tho scMpctis.on irus~ :he
noa union fields ~ss the clss,-a'
ihs, catered in,o negotiations In the
adoption oi the scale ihsi wee msde
thet. u vas uadcr.
stood In that ssW,yutiou. sithossl u
wss nus n,rWi,oaC'i IN ihc ayscc,ecas,
the, the nniaers o. The cor'pc,,;ise
ItteiJ. et the four ststcs wctc to-
M tne fHc 0sA .Vh lon fleld rn to the