The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-12
on safe and ERicieat Nine Tinber-

Lake Prospects.
G. b. Jenkins. president Of the
Northedn West Virginia Coal oper-
ators' association, returned homo to-
day from trip to Cleveland. where
conference OF lake shipping inter
ests was held. Plans were made for
the coming lake shipping season.
/ While In Cleveland Mr.. Jenkins re-
ceived the Information that probably
20 millions Of tons OF coal would be
shipped to the lakes during the COM
ing season.
Shipping to Lakes.
To-Day II was announced that The
Hutchinson Coal company was ship
ping to the lakes from their opera
tons in the Logan fields. Orders re-
ceived warrant the company's mines
in that section to run full force.
United Mine Workers.
Joe Angelic. International organ
izer, and Sanford Snyder, information
al organizer. are at Rivesville today.
John Custalac. district organizer,
is in Fairmont today.
Sanford Snyder. international or
ganizer, will address a mass meeting
OF United Mine Workers at McWhor-
ter on Sunday afternoon at ! o'clock.
| John w. Brown, international or
ganizer, will address a mass meeting
of United Nine Workers at Grant
| Town on Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock.
Isaac Scott, international travelling
auditor. will address the local United
Mine Workers local at Red Mems
hall this evening.
John W. Brown. international or
ganizer, last night addressed big
mass meeting Of United Nine Work.
ers at Monongah.
No General Strike.
"The United Mine Workers Of Amer
lea will no, participate in any general
strike on July 4. as planned by tie
convention held IN Chicago last Janu.
sry on behalf OF Thomas Mooney.
states The United Mine Workers Jour.
nal.
This was definitely decided by the
International Executive Board at It's
meeting il. Indianapolis on March 20
lily the adoption Of report Of the com
mittee on the Mooney case. The re-
port OF the committee follows:
Communications have been address,
ed to the International Executive
Board by four or five OF our local I'M
ions inquiring as to the policy OF the
International organization with regard
to the action Of the convention held IN
Chicago. commencing January IA, 1913
In behalf o. Thomas Mooney and call
ed by the International Workers De-
tense League, San Francisco, Calitor-
mia.
We, the International Executive
Board, take this opportunity to make
known the policy Of the United Mine
Workers with regard to the program
adopted b, the above named conven-
ton.
In the first place we wish to point
out that the call for this convention
was NOT authorized by the American
labor movement through the American
Federation of Labor and the Interna-
tional Union officially represented at
the Chicago convention and is not
/ bound by any action taken by thai
body. On. organization cannot consent
to participate in general strike set
| for the 4kh day Of July, 1919.
| As our membership is we'll aware,
no such strike could be called by our
Organization without violating the fun
damental laws that govern our union
and abrogating the Joint wage agree.
ment under which we are now working
and which we are in honor bound to
observe.
We are advised that other Interna-
tional Onions, operating under similar
laws and conditions have already in
strloted their membership against par
itici2at.ng in this general strike.
/ We note that the resolution adopted
iby the Chicago convention contains the
following language:
1--WE, therefore, submit that no spo-
radio strike, not properly organized,
will DO Of value
| In the very nature OF things any
strike called by such body as the
Chicago convention could not be other
! than a sporadic strike, which, by their
own admission would be OF no value,
and therefore could not serve any good
purpose, while, on the other hand, il
might do n ,calculable harm not only to
the labor movement of the country,
but also to the cause Of Thomas Moon
ley.
In view OF these things. we here
with advise our membership that the
United Mine Workers Of America can
mot and will not participate in a gen
eral strike called by the Chicago con-
yention and set for the 4th day OF
July.
With regard to the action Of the
Chicago convention providing for the
creation OF million dollar fund to be
collected from the members Of organ
lied labor to be used by the Interna-
tional Workers Defense League In the
interest Of Thomas Mooney, we wish to
advise our members as follows:
We hslfeye that, in principle. this
method CT collecting aad disbursing
workers is wrong. II organized labor
OF America is to create vast fund
TO fight the legal battle Of Thomas
the funds subs--6ed by the organized
Mooney. W. ...aeve that such action
should be authorized by the conven-
ton OF the American Federation OF
Labor and that the funds should be
Administered by representative COM
imittea Of members Of affiliated unions
acting under authority Of the conven-
ton Of the American Federation Of
Labor.