The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-12
MINERS URGED ID
 4STANO BY PICKS" WHILE WAR LASTS
Union Officials Make Patri- otic Appeal to Miners to
 Work Full Time

The officers of the United Mine Workers of America, Alabama district No. 20, are calling on the miners to work eight hours day and six days q week in circular being sent out py President J. R. Kennamer and Secre- tary-Treasurer J. l.. Clemo. The let ctr also states the organization IS loo per cent strong behind the Red Cross and other war activities.
 Arrangements are being made to have number of fourminute men Of this district visit the various mining camps and address the miners, urging the coal producers to make every ef- fort to work six days week mining local. The urgent necessity or the gov ernment for coal and coke will be inn pressed on all miners and the officers l of this district believe the production will be greatly increased.
 An effort will also be made to have cleaner coal so the coke supply will be batter. especially the output of the by products coke ovens.
 The letter being sent to the mining leamps of Alabama is as follows
 we beg to advise you that the Iunion. miners of Alabama have sub scribed practically to man to the Red Cross fund, and that the district now stands 100 per cent strong back of this great organization whose sole mission lis to minister to the needs of our boys over there.'
 we are proud of the record made Ia nf Alabama in coal lduction for 1917, having produced over l two million tons more than was pro- duced in 1916. But we must still do I better.
 eve are reliably informed that the miners in the central competitive fields Iare working but half time, due to car shortage This car shortage IS due iapain to the congested conditions ot Traffic in the more densely populated lsections of the country, where in addi' ltion to the normal commercial actiyi Ities A continual stream of munitions o lwar must be kept in transit for oul lsoldiers in France.
 "The nation is again threatened witl la severe coal shortage during the com ling fall and winter. Should this occu lii will mean a slowing down of ship Ibuilding. of intuition manufacture an, transportation, upon which now tn
 whole of civilization depends, an
 which the United States only can sup lp1y
 ITO allow such a condition to de , lvelop will be nothing short of treaso
 to our boys who are in the trenches land who are depending upon us to fur : nish them with the necessary intuition iof war
 "We have car service in the sout land the miners of Alabama have on more opportunity to show their devc . ton and loyalty by producing every to [ of coal possible. We confident tha If every man works eight hours da, : six days a week we can add material lto the record made in 1917. ! .sThere should be no suspension owe ' lpersonal or local grievances. Let your pit committees, your di: ltrict officers and the umpires adjui
 laIl grievances, and the fuel administrs X ltor and Uncle Sam will see that yc R leet square deal in the end.
 "As long as this terrible and inhuma
 war lasts we who are over here mu H consider it our solemn duty to ser' $ our boys who are over there
 Let the miners of Alabama stand 4 their picks in the mines as we expe il lour boys 'over there to stand by the Y guns in the trenches.
 II J. R. KENNAMER, President.
 J. L. CLEMO. Sec Treas