Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-06
Isss: TWO.

go lease OF coal cars caused by the cur
s.s,aiiment OF operation OF union mines
Asf3 Was giving the nonOnion mines all the
sssatscars they needed and that the nonuuion
S8 mines are showing q 100 per cent out
9 Department of Justice reports from
.ss.$olorado today indicated tina, SO per
shs daS Ssfsse Quito hs an nn
estss district and at Forbes. in Las Animas
County, Gunnson County. mines were
58a. reported as running at full strength
and the Victor American mines were
running fun it was said
:so,Sters here the following reports were
union inss worHs , va '"T'y,G the
d Rser ,o dstrf -Four e or ,nts mn
union. one open shop and five on the
Z I'm Northern West Virginia eighteen
Union mines reported at work, gain of
I'm Kanawha three more mines re-
4 Daily production 2oO,oo0 Tons.
~ - west Virginia will produce .o",ooe
II tons of bituminous coal today.
II ming with fuii cars ana run compile
mcnt of workers"
IS IT. Ih ASKED aed ftSTr wSaH%s Palmer
Z why the government is trying to force
tine mn fo1se to nase GARY N to
X with. the steel workers u,,.
THE law does not pToNlblt TIC SNtlNe
= .na,almer while it does expressly pro
I, sshibit any concert. of action to reduce
1, tsthe output of coal.
!; "If there was any law being Yiol hesii
!, tate to act against either, the seel cor.
! poration or the strikers You may nave aye
T m nxs1t10S OF october s case was arrned
5 in the supreme Cour'; ,, In Which WI s, tmG
4 corporation itself is n violation o.
e Law" Say. Gompcr. Misstnte- Fnct.
4 The statement issued today by the
* executive committee OF the bitum i1nr
+ oetitive field issued today in responss
Z 10 The statement of Mr.. Gompers. says
7 In his latest statement Mr.. Gompers
4 goes lightly from one im m"Tkine conc 10
Y ditions. miners advances and opera
T Tors selling prices: -, o,o-,t,vcs.
rep 1t Is nG' sFoS wa i out Of
h ;ary wilson's conference, leaving MI Mt;
IS Lewis. with no alternative out 20 can
j 1T is no, true that, as Mt GomPerss
piiSs the miners 20 are wo nS' f%l time
4 The operators have no control over the
's" ut is nc not true that the miners re
y ceived an advance OF 90 cents per ton
{ So 1T is true that the ore rat rs
raised the price Of coal 80 per ric ton wa as
,e1geauced. .,a. Co.. .,a mas, SOW
p ernl years the miners have averaged
Y only lGO TO $50 working days a year.
sit is a fact. however. that virtually
u every bituminous mine in this country !
y has on It's pay roll n substantial num- ,
~ her Of men who deliberately lay of |
feom one to three days week when
they have an opportunity to work
n Mr.. Gompers states that the miners
y are demanding shorter working hours
s + SO that their work may be made reEn
Z I lar instead OF intermittent. How Is it /
= \ possible to effect such regulation? How
: : gan mines be worked when no cars arc |
Z available Mr.. Gompers knows that
: the public buys its coal only az it |
: ! wants 1t, and always will.
Does Mr. Gompcrs think change
= from eight-hour day 10 a siX-hour /
day viii compel the public to buy its /,
...saoal far In advance of its requirements |
1 s----;tt tremendously advanced prices, made !
i necessary by increased pay for less
work on the part of the miners"' /
Representative Gilbert Currie OF
Michigan. gave out open letter to
the coal miners of Bay County, Mich, |
turging them TO return TO work on pa
Sshtriotic grounds.
s5S5 Your controversy is no longer with
~ the mine operators" says Mr.. Curre.
Is The President has declared the coal
- strike 'unjuStifRble and unlawful. The
sf.S conspiracy of your leaders Will be re-
IA viewed and passed upon by the courts.
$50 Your conduct will be judged by public