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union men make.
SERIOUS CHARGE:
Tell Senate Committee Beth|e.
hem Steel Company Favored
Foreign Governments.

= WASHINGTON, Nov. GA delega-
ton of striking employees of the Beth
lehem Steel corporation, headed by
Business Agent Williams of the Ma
chinists' union, told the senate COM
mittee on education and labor, which
is investigating the steel strike, that
the form Of collective bargaining
finally agreed on by the company last
May has made it impossible for the
employees to stop the dicharge Of
unioists, or. to adjust grievances or
wage rates. The meA have been ne
gotiating with the: company for Is
months to secure~;thfs application: of
an award BY the a4tonal war labor
+ board. he. and~thez: *fsaa struo*ssept:
The workers called the attention
of the senators to evidence they sub
mitted last year to the national war
labor board which showed that during
the war munitions for the govern
ment were held by the company while
contracts for foreign governments
were pushed to the limit because fore
men and other officials of the plant
were paid a bonus by these foreign
governments.
I'VE CHARGE" said the unionists,
'that this company, by it's methods
Of production during the war, did n t
give our government the material that
should have been produced in this
plant, that government work was neg
lected and that the present strike is
the result of the policy of the company
toward it's employees and it's neglect
to do justice to the government
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ADMINISTRATION
IS INCONSISTENT:
IN M|NE:STR|KE
Leaders. Want to Know Why Min.
erS: Are Restrained While
Gary Is Free.

WASHINGTON, Nov. e.-Edgar
Wallace and Walter James, represer-
atives' Of theUnited Mine Workers Of
America, have issued a statement in
which they compare the governments
opposition to the proposed miners
strike with the steel strike, which was
caused by Judge Gary's autocratic at
titude.
1T seems remarla bile to the min
ers," the statement says, that the
government should feel called upon
to use such extraordinary powers when
dealing with workers while the: same
government finds itself powerless in
any way to coerce such great aggre-
cations of capital as are represented
by Mr.. Gary.
Instead Of publicly rebuking Mr..
Gary for refusing to confer with the
men in his employ. the government
honored him by placing him on the
public committee in the industrial con-
ference.
1T the war is still on, as the oper-
ators and the government claim, the
contract which the miners are ac-
cused Of violating was first violated
by the operators, and the government
not only sanctioned this violation by
the operators but made provisions for
it when the fuel administration re-
moved the. price restrictions on coal.
''The contract was predicated on the
selling price of coal. Being made in
war time. when coal was so urgent
necessity, the selling price was placed
at a figure on which the high-cost
mine could operate. The low-cost
mine that could produce at low figures
was able to make enormous profits.
Since the withdrawal of the price
limit by the, government the operators
have, been able. to procure ,nnncA:
higher prices than: under government
regulation. The operators who are ac-
cusiilg us of violating the contracts
today are refusing to fulfill contracts
made at lower figures.
1--WE, the miners, see in the opera
tors position the position taken by all
employers Of labor. the intent to welsh
on promises made during the war,
the intent to use the advantages that
we, in our desire to help the govern
ment, furnish them to crush the hope
and aspirations Of all men who work."
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SUPER PATRIOTS
AROUSE PEOPLE.
AGAINST UNIONS
Charge All Demands for In
proved Conditions TO Reds
and Bo|sheVists.

WASHINGTON Nov. 6.-The blind
ness of noisy super-patriots who
shrek "bolshevism' when men urge
new ideals is responsible for the pub
lies alarm over industrial conditions,
declares Archibald M. Jameson, a
Washington Times staff man writing
on the first page of that paper.
1.-THE public apparently looks on the
present situation as bolt out of a
clear sky" he says. "As matter Of
fact it has been gathering force and
momentum for a year and more. All
the months when the zealots and su-
per-patriots were screaming "bolshe-
vism' at those who dared to direct at
tention to the sinister portent of the
industrial equation the storm clouds
were gathering. They have broken
now and nobody knows how severe the
storm will be or how long it will con-
tinue.
THE challenge Of labor to the ex-
listing economic order is a logical out
come of the war. No red agitators'
manufactured it; no conspirators
against the American government are
behind it. The war broke the spell Of
an old system. which already was in a
bad way. although nobody at that time
was aware of it. Even now there are
millions of people who refuse to ne
lieve that anything is wrong, who
think that the world can go on in the
good fashioned way.
1.-The next few months will deter
mine whether the intrenched inter-
ests in the United States, who appar-
emily believe that all things are set
tied forever are going to precipitate
a class war in this country, or will be
forced to yield to the spirit of the
times before it is too late. There was
every indication in the industrial con-
-ferenee4that.the. organizet ample
~fnterests1nean to fight with their full
strength for reaction and will not yield
an inch except as they are compelled
%"Appalling as the mining strike is,
it will drive home to the government,
the country, the people, the danger of
letting the Industrial situation drift
any longer. In that way it will serve
good purpose.
IF the nation desires to achieve in
dustrial democracy through peaceful.
evolutionary process, it can do So"
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AMERICAN COAL MINERS
WERE LOYAL DURING WAR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. 1.-The
miners of this country could secure
conditions they are now demanding if
they took action similar to the Brit
ish Miners said David Wallace, rep
resentative of the United Mine Work
ers of America.
1.-THE British war law" said WAL
lace, did not deter the miners from
applying their economic power during
the war. The miners of oar own coun-
try adopted different course. They
broke all records and were applauded
as loyal and patriotic. All these are
forgotten now, and they are pictured
in some quarters as actually enemies
Of society because they are attempt
ing to secure an improvement of their
conditions"
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TURN TO PAGE THREE.
OREGON COURT GUESSES;;
BOSS WINS JUST THE SAME.

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 6.-The
anti-injunction law, passed by the
state legislature. was considered by
Judges Kavanaugh, Stapleton and Ca
tens in connection with a plea Of em-
:ployers or an anti-picketing injunction
against striking jewe1ry workers.
The court was divided on the COM
stitutionahty Of the anti-injunction
law. One Judge held that it was un-
constitutional; another that it was
constitutional, and the third that It
was inapplicable in this case
Il The court did agree. however, that
the jewelry workers should be re-
strained from picketing and an order:
to this effect was issued. law to the
contrary notwithstanding.
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THREATS.D0:N NOT +.
AlARhlh|lNERS'
Strike Could Hale Been Aiefted
Had Fuel Administration I'D
Played Fair.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. - 1.-THE
threats to prosecute and incafcefate
myself and my associates will not ter
inmate the Strikes" said President
Lewis Of the United Mine Workers in
discussing the governments threat
against the miners.
"This situation can only be adjusted
by reason and logic. The widely
heralded intimation that force may be
resorted to will not serve to allay the
situation.
"One year ago the bituminous coal
miners asked the government for an
increase in wages. DR.. H. A. Gar
field, then United States fuel admins
traitor, refused to grant such a request.
Had proper consideration been given
to the coal miners at that time the
present emergency would not exist. At
that time told the United States fuel
administration and other government
officials that their unwise judgment
would come back to haunt them. And
it has"
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REFUSE TO work UNTIL
CARTOON IS TAKEN OUT

BOSTON, Nov. 6.-Pressmen in a
local printing plant where Life" a
New York publication, is being printed
as a result Of the troubles in the print
ing trade in New York city, forced
the removal of a cartoon from the
publication because they considered
it reflection on. organized labor.
They refused to work until the car
toon was eliminated.
The drawing to which the pressmen
objected shows a patrolman in uni
form standing at the door of a room
in which a man is beating woman
with the arm of a chair. The police
man is represented as saying to the
captain Of police. 'It's all right, cap
tain, he's got a union card"
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BIG BUSINESS HASSTRANGLE
tI';;:: !; =; 2::!;!!e!!!c =! B.! AND nation
Steel and Coal Strikers Will Sh ow up Groups Of Employers Who
Have Been Proteerng and u| citing Government During War;
Morgan Paper Prepares Trust Stockholders for Bad News.

PITTSBURGH Pa Nov 6(special Correspondence to The
Labor Worohn Fitzpatrick steel strike leader strongly OF
the impression that coal strike will help the steel workers
than He the following statement to the the effect
of the coal strike:
he coal strike will strengthen the the steel strike
and throughout labor The big fact today that the Of
employers who have been proeerng and mucng the
during the have strange hold the public and the
hese proees and other fellows Of their M have issued their
defy They refuse with labor in the steel industry where
they have illusions that they defeat it, they enlist the
them labor the industry where they
know we'll that labor defeat them.
Will Labor Break strangle Hod?
1.-The big question whether labor will accept this situation and
break this srange hold of these roeers The chances Of
this relentless selfish grip the lives Of the of the
country lies with labor which is the only hope of the public
''Te coal strike will hasten the time when labor will make this
fight this fight for freedom from the domination of dollar
kings In this the coal strike will strengthen the steel STRIKE
it will strengthen all labor.
Morgan Steel Strike.
One Of the most Illuminating revelations Of the the steel
strike items about the ste" strike which appeared
in the financial section of The New York Evening Post O 25 This
paper owned outright and openly by Morgan partner Thomas
w. Lamont
The Morgan firm preparing the little fellows for
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0-STRIKE BILL BEFORE SENATE; -.
W0ULDHANDCuFF And GAG LABOR

WASHINGTON, Nov. e.-The Cum
minis railroad bill has been favorably
reported to the senate by the commit
tee on interstate commerce. It pro-
vides for the return of the railroads
to their owners and penalties striking
railroad employes"by fines not exceed
ing $500 or six months imprisonment,
or both. In addition, any individual
who induces, counsels or procures the
commission or performance Of an act
made illegal under the anti-strike pro-
vision shall be held guilty of mis-
demeanor and subject to the same
penalties as striker. Under this pro-
vision any one who insists that the
anti-strike act should not be accepted,
and If this sentiment developed in a
strike, such opponent Of the law would
be equally guilty with the strikers.
AS a member Of the committee on
interstate commerce Senator LaFol-
lette announced that he dissented from
the committees recommendations ana
stated that when the committee filed
its report he would submit (, minority.
report.
The proposed law also provides for
the creation of several boards and one
committee. These are to be known as
the transportation board, regional
boards Of adjustment and commit
tee Of wage: and working conditions.
The transportation board is absolute
and there is no appeal from its deci-.
sion on workers grievances. . It con-
sists Of Ave members, appointed by
the president. Its main function Is to
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TURN TO PAGE THREE.
hFEL, SHIP NAMED AFTER
LABOR RESCuES SAILORS

PHILADELPHIA Nov. 6. - Off,
Gals of the Hog Island shipyards have
received a wireless from the Afel,
launched last June, that the crew
Of a British freighter who took to
life boats when their ship was sunk
have been rescued.
The Afel was named in honor of
the American Federation of Labor.
Officers of the ship yards have wired
President Gompers of the Afel's res
cue and: called his attention to this
statement he made at the boats
launching:
I'VE wish for the good ship Afel
success wherever her destiny may
take her and that she may have a
long life of usefulness"
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STATE INSURANCE.
LAW. HELD valid
North Dakota Supreme Court
Takes Forward View in
Deciding Test Case

Minnesota workingmen and stud
ents of workingmen's compensation
and state insurance will be gratified to
learn that the supreme court of North
Dakota has upheld the state insurance
law enacted in that state by the last
legislature. It is said to be the best
workingmen's compensation act in
America.
The case testing the constitution
ality of the law was brought by Far
go real estate firm which objected to
on the ground that the work their en-
ployes were required to do did not inn
pose them to dangers of injury. On
the assumption that TO hazard exists
in the performance of office duties, 1t
was contended that the law discrimin-
ated against employers operating nom
hazardous employments in that it
compelled them to contribute to q
fund to compensate those who may
be injured in a more dangerous en-
ployment.
Regarding this point Justice Ben
son, in writing the opinion, said:
Common observation as we'll as or
dinary reasoning readily discloses
that even the clerk or stenographer
in the modern office in the course of
his occupation incurs risks vastly diff
ferent than those applicable to SINH
lar situations in the comparatively
similar conditions that existed when
the common law principles concern
ing the law Of negligence arose and
were applicable"
The court pointed out that the en-
ployes in several of the less hazard
GUS occupations are exposed to dan
gers outside of their work while per-
forming their duties, citing as an in
stance the disaster which occurred in
a Chicago bank when a flaming diri-
gible airship crashed through the sky.
lights. II
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INDUSTRIAL AuT0CRATS Cannot
CAUSE LABOR TO CHANGE COURSE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-'"The in
during the war and who now. snarl and
growl at us can not frighten us nor
cause us to change our course. I am
willing to share the enmity of those
who oppose us. am willing to share
the responsibility of the errors and
mistakes of my fellows"
In a defiant spirit, indicated by the
above sentiments. President Gompers
stood before an audience of trade
unionists and sympathizers that
packed to the doors Tuesday evening
the largest hall in this city and noti-
fled reattionaries in this country that
trade unionism is a forward and not
a retreating movement
The meeting followed a parade that
opened the eyes Of lawmakers and
other influences that. favor labor
shackling legislation. The parade con-
sisted of nearly 10000 workers.
marching 16 abreast, with music,
lights and artistic floats in honor Of
the president of the American Fedora
tion of Labor. The demonstration
was under the auspices of the central
labor union and was originally PLAN
ned for President Gompers' return
from Europe last May, but was post
poned because of the trade unionists'
bereavement in his home.
President Gompers' speech was both
an eloquent appeal for Justice to the
wage workers of our country and de-
fiance to reaction. He gave notice
that the trade union movement could
not be divided. and regardless Of past
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mistakes of any member of organized
labor. no breaks in our ranks would
be countenanced to please industrial
autOcrats.
The reaction of certain employers
bodies no good for our country" he
said, in urging trade unionists to res
pond. to the plea of striking steel
workers for financial aid.
"The information I have" he said,
Indicates that these strikers will win
if they are but given bread.'
President .Gompers spoke at, length
on the Cummins railroad bill, which
would make strikes Of railroad en-
ployes unlawful.
This bill," the speaker declared
would re-establish involuntary SER
vitude in the United States. The sac
rifices for liberty shall not be substi-
tuted for industrial autocracy against
which political autocra cy is merely a.
side show. When the government took
over the railroads the employees were
free men. It is now proposed that the
railroads be turned back and the en-
ployes shackled. Are we to learn MOTH
ing from the history and experiences
of other peoples who tried to enforce
involuntary servitude of labor?.
Constant vigilance is the price o.
liberty just as much now as the day
that phrase was first announced.
STRIKES should be avoided. So
should wars. So should other conten-
tions between men,. No man loves
struggle and warfare. but the workers
Of the United States have the right to
stop work when their interests compel
them to strike" .Eze@e< IS 5ss, g
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with the miners over new terms, and
by thus forcing them to strike they
could do much to shift the blame from
themselves to the workers. But their
plan has: since been spoiled. The gov
ernment's action in restoring war time
administration and fixing the price Of
coal at the mine. knocked the whole
scheme into a cooked hat.
Talk Peace Now.
And that is the reason why they
are beginning. to seriously talk arbi-
tration now, and before long that will
be the reason why they will be brought
into conference with the officers Of
the miners union within a very short
time. They cannot make money out
OF this strike as they have in former
like industrial contests, and they are
not in the habit of remaining very
long in a venture that Is robbed of it's
profit attractions.
The miners, on the other hand, have
every reason to ask for steady work at
fair wages. They strike now in pro-
test against working only three days
a week, as they have in recent months,
and getting only an average of little
more than SIS month to support
their families from this part-time
work. AS to grievances against the
operators, they have carloads Of them.
No body Of American workmen
have been more loyal to the county
than the coal miners. Nearly 10000
of them were soldiers during the war.
They bought several million dollars
of liberty bonds. and they sped up
production in 1917 and 1918 so that
they mined more coal per man than
was ever done before. During the
war DR.. Garfield refused to grant
them an increase in wages and bound
them to contract for the period of
the war and not later than April I,
1920.
War Is Over.
To all intents and purposes the war
is over in dealing with domestic prob
lems At least 50 far as fixing the
price the coal operators could charge
consumers for coal the. war is an
event of the past. But<when it comes
to paying wages to the miners the
operators want the war time contract
to remain effective.
Congress has pledged it's support to
the administration in the strike. Only
two senators spoke for the miners,
Borah and La Toilette. Both declared
for law and order, but held it was
debatable as to whether or not the
miners were breaking their contract.
Mr.. La Toilette insisted that the min
ers were taking the only means open
to them to get the bare necessities of
life.
Secretary of Labor William B. Will
son, former secretary Of the United
Mine Workers, who did more to put
the organization on its feet during it,
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arrange the railroads in competitive
the interest of service and to exercise
a. general supervisory character in
questions outside the rate making
powers of the interstate commerce
commission.
The committee Of wages, and work.
ing conditions will consist of eight
members equally t.4. - the
managers and employees. The various
railroad crafts may present nomina-
tions for membership on this COM
mittee and the transportation board
will select from this list.
The regional boards Of adjustment
will consist of six members, equally
divided between the employees. and the
managers: These boards: shall adjust
disputes regarding discipline and other
issues arising in the usual railroad
operations other than wages and
working conditions. and which cannot
be settled by the railroad and its en-
ployes. Appointments on these regional
boards shall be made in the same
manner as the committee on wages
and working conditions. 49,. r.
In every case where these boards
or the committee Of wages and work
ing conditions cannot agree because
Of an equal division Of its members,
the matter shall be referred to the
transportation board for final decision.
From this decision there IS no appeal,
and If the; employees strike they are
liable to fine Of $500 and six months
in Jail, or both. ss IS
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The facts that the SITUATION is a WnOle
lot worse than newspaper readers
have believed makes it necessary to
pass out a few hints SO that the steel
trust stockholders won't go Bolshevik
and damn the financiers too harshly
when the facts are known and the
steel trust announces. that it has de-
cided to deal with organized labor in
the steel mills.
The real meaning Of these items is
that the steel trust begins to see that
the strike is going to win. Here is the
way they hint at it:
When the Strike Ends.
"Once the effects of the strike are
overcome, the steel producers should
have good earnings with present steel
prices, and they could even finance
some shortening in hours of labor
That matter will be taken up when
the strike is over"
Now read the next item and see
the Morgan paper telling the people
who read the financial pages that the
steel strikers aren't really as bad fel-
lows as they have been called $50 that
when Mr.. Morgan tells Mr.. Gary to
settle the steel strike, the little finan-
cfal fry who read the financial pages
won't be too sore.)
why the Men Struck.
Most of the steel manufacturers
realize quite well that all the strikers
are not Bolshevists and that all the
men who quit work did not have revo-
luton in mind. The men left work
for various reasons. There were men
who struck, definitely and precisely,
Cor sh or:er hours, but with no thought
IF accepting one cent per day less pay.
There were some skilled and semi
skilled men, surely with enough in
telIigence to have definite ideas of
what they expected to gain, and the
proportion of such men was larger
than has been brought out in much
of the discussion of the strike.''
Now read the next item about how
much steel has been actually made.
This, Of course, is a delicate point and
Mr.. Morgan doesn't want the little
folks who read the financial news to
know too much. So he says what he
aas to say in roundabout way but 1t
actually gets to this: The loss in steel
production due to one months strike
is just about equal to one months
normal production-that is, not much
of any steel was produced. Read this
carefully:
Steel Prices and Supplies.
IF consumers of steel told their
oF
shortage of steel, but the consumers
are in strong sympathetic co-opera-
ton with the producers in this strike,