The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-10-19
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! AS the federal fuel administration
! has we'll stated in pamphlet issued
Aug. l, entitled "Fuel Facts" "FeWer
| miners ore obtainable than last year.
but those left at the mines are work
ing as never before.
The men of mines are truly put
! ting forth every ounce of energy
they possess: In many sections they
have set aside time-honored Gus
toms Instead of celebrating holi-
days and holy days they have gone
! many mining sections it is custom
airy when@ miner dies or is killed
! in the mine that the men lay idle
on the day of the funeral as a token
of respect. Throughout the anthra-
! cite region and in many sections of
! the bituminous fields this practice
has been discontinued. In this anc
| many other ways the mipers are do
| ing their best to supply the coal the
people need.
The united mine workers. organ
ization has contributed very largely
to the remarkable record made and
which is he3ng made by the mine
workers of the United States. From
the beginning they hay5 co-operated
with the federal Sc .ment and
| the federal fuel adj -4stration in
full measure. The Cnited Mine
| Workers of America has proved to
| be of reat value as an organization
| in stimul ating production. Through
| us literature and appeals to local
sunions have been sent by the federal
government and. in this way the
army of miners has been informed
of the nations needs. Valuable in
| formation has been supplied in, this
! way In no other way could they
have been reached SO successfully
and the educational plan of the fuel
administration carried on among
| among them.
| Those who know the fuel situa-
ton view the approach of winter
with feelings of apprehension and
deep concern. If the winter is Sc
airy, it is feared that people living
| in towns and villages remotely situ-
ated from mining fields will suffer
[ greatly Those who can should heed
the warning and lay in a. coal supply
now while it can be obtained. In
addition, in all probability drastic
action must be taken by those in
control of the fuel administration in
order to conserve the nations fuel
supply Non-essentials industries will,
no doubt, be closed in order to sup
|
essential war industries. There will
!! be lightless nights and other re-
striotive measures put into effect by
| the federal fuel administration dur
! ing the coming winter. The people
| will. no doubt, be called upon to
adjust themselves to situations of
The United Mine Workers of
America have played an important
part in carrying forward the war
program during the past year and
ton in America has as many men,
bers engaged in the military and
naval service as the United Mine
Workers Of America. I repeat, ap-
proximately seventy thousand mem
bers in good standings~in the United
Mine Workers of America have en-
tered the service. This last num-
Der. if modified separately, would
constitute a large and formidable
army: The International union OF
the United Mine Workers of Amer.
lea. district organizations affiliated
with it, and other subordinate
branches. have purchased two and
one half million dollars worth OF
Liberty loan bonds. There is NO
way of telling accurately the amount
Of thrift stamps and war saving
certificates purchased by the differ
ent branches Of the organization and
individual members. Information
received at the headquarters shewa
that the membership of the United
Mine Worker has done better in
the purchase of thrift stamps and
war saving certificates than in the
purchase of Liberty loan bonds. The
response to appeals from the Red
Cross. Young Mems Christian Asso.
citation, knights of Columbus, and
!, other war service agencies has beer
enthusiastic and comm endable. Nc
organization or class of citizens has
surpassed the record made by the
/ United Mine Workers of Americ;
: and its membership in support given
the government and governmental
agencies during these trying wal
times.
y President Wilson emphasized the
Importance of the mine in this great
world wide war when he ,declared
| ''The work of the world waits OF
him: If he Stacks or fails, armies
and statesmen are helpless. He, also
is enlisted in the great service army
} The men who work in and arount
J the mines. realizing fully the sig.
nif1cance of this statement made by
the, President of the United States
will serve in the. production Of Goa
to the full limit of their physical
. endurance. They will neither falte1
nor fail in the performance of their
special, duties. The American people
and thosa in charge OF the govern,
ment ~ we'll may count upon thu
1reat array Of mine workers durins
al !. s the trying days which are "a
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