Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-21
IOWA SENATOR TO FOLLOW UP
STEEL STRIKE lNvesTlaA.
TON ON BROADER LINES.
FORCE INSTRUMENTATION
OF ALL ALIENS IN v. s.
Supporting Bill to Compel Schooling
For All Foreigners Before Citizen.
ship Is 9ranted-Employsrs OF
Aliens Must Provide Schooling on
Full Pay-steei Strike Report Due.

Des Moines. oct. si.-The demands
Nov. /, are outrageous and impossi-
BILE says the Iowa State Msnufactur-
ers' Association in 4 circular letter.
The statement in full is as follows:
Coal is as necessary to life in this
latitude as the sun Is. Occupation anG
life itself, modern life, are impossible
here without coal. We can expert
ment and take chances on q number
Of things, but not or coal
Says Danger Is Certain.
1t is because coal IS 50 absolutely
essential TO US that i has seemed to
re constantly on hand. easy TO geI
Heretofore those whose business 10 4"
TO supply US with coal have made II
sure that an abundance has been al
ways available. This fact 6eadens 80
to the frightful danger now hanging
over US and certain TO fall Nov. :.
What is that danger?
The workmen who mine the coal
have handed together under leaders
who have determined to force the fed
eral government TO take possession Of
the coal mines. The plan is to make
such outrageous demands on the own
ers OF the mines that the miners can
not comply and will be compelled TO
close the mines.
The miners have brought this to a
head at the beginning Of winter, SO as
70 add suffering in the homes to the
closing Of all factories. stores, gas
works, light plants. and the stoppage
OF all trains. so els TO give them qu'ch
recovery, that e, seizure by the gov
ernment
Recognize Strength Of Union.
is the miners combine strong
enough TO do this Il Is.
What are the demands?
FIRST, a si1-hour day Give hours Of
actual work) as compared with the
present eight-hour day.
Second. a fve-day week
Third, a SO per cent increase in pay.
This means nearly double the pres
ent pay. which IS now high, for about
half the present amount Of work.
The effect would be TO multiply the
present price Of coal By three at least
"These demands are made outHe-
eous and Impossible for a purpose and
that purpose Is TO force the federal
government to intervene and save the
| whole nation from disaster.
| why do these leaders seek govern
ment operation o. the mines, nation
alization'?
For the same reason that the rai,-
road workers demand nationalist
ton Of the railroads.&c. means hand
Ing them over to the workers: or Rus
sian.zing them pure and simple On
questionably both of these outcrops
are part OF a soviet plan What viii
be next?
immediate Action Urged.
Every normal minded man knows
that such madness can not prevail ul-
t!mately: but the question is shall the
people get awake TO the truth now and
call a halt on this handful Of destruc-
tionists or shall we walt, let them ex-
pertinent with the very life blood OF
the nation and then pull ourselves to-
sether, II we can. what Is LETT Of us
out Of the Inevitable ruin and disaster.
mo greater danger ever threatened
this or any other nation than hangs
above our heads at this hour.
I'VE dare not sleep On and let 1t
fail.
Nothing can save us now but an
immediate uprising Of the people ev-
erywhere. demanding that this crime
shall not be perpetrated. Let US have
mass meetings in every community
calling upon the constituted authori-
ties to find a way to save the country.
The time Of conferences and argu-
ments has passed. The men who are
doing this know exactly what they are
doing, and they intend to keep on.
"The time to act rs now"
There is not an hour to lose!"