The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-12
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'-SSA9 NV AAANS ~ -
February IS, 1919.
To the Officers and Members OF
all Local Unions throughout
District No. II, United Mine
Workers OF America.
Greetings:
There never was time so nee.
essary as now to keep your heads
level and cool, and whatever you
do sit steady in the boat and do
not rock 1t. You have strenuous
days ahead, but by cool, calm
consideration we will be able to
tide over. These are the times
that try mems souls and the fu.
ture holds possibilities for our
members that can be accomplish
ed il we exercise good judgment.
We appeal to you to safeguard
your movement against these lat.
ter day apostles Of labor that are
parading among you sowing the
seed OF dissention and disruption.
Any man can tear down what you
have already accomplished, it will
take COOL calm thinking to re-
construct and build, this being
true, we advise our members not
TO permit any man TO address your
local unions unless you know him
TO be a MEMBER OF the United
Mine Workers. or he be commits
stoned by the International Union
or district organization.
II the Mine Workers don't suit
the fault finders and they are so
DESTROYS to build an organization
TO suit their own liking, we would
advise our members when these
gentlemen come around to direct
them to go 10 Guyan Valley. where
the miners are unorganized in.
stead OF trying to disrupt what we
have already organized.
With the signing OF peace terms
will come the termination of our
wage agreement. and in order that
our organization De able to meet
the situation, it Is wise that we
give up the case OF fleeing thee.
ries and meet the problems as
they really are. We cannot solve
these problems by disorderly &C.
ton, we must apply sober clear
thinking and united action to get
the best results. In these crucial
times OF reconstruction, we ap-
peal to our membership TO be
unit i'll carrying out our wage
agreements and show to the pub.
lie that we carry out what we
agree to do as an organization by
carrying out this kind OF a policy.
1t will enable us to convince the
non-uniOn operators that it would
be better to deal with our organi.
cation, than to operate his mines
with nor-union labor. If you will
he guided by this policy, it will
cause the operators that are deal.
ing with your organization 10 be
more lenient in the coming nego.
tiation.
Do not give away to sentiment
and be very careful what you Ell.
dorse or sign. there are two sides
to every question and our differ.
ences must be worked out at the
Joint Conference table. Heads
are what we need now to meet
the situation confronting ne in.
stead OF hands.
Fraternally yours.
The public should understand tina
here are men who are paid from a,
Unknown source. Tor discrediting Ia
or organization. For Instance, W
'tsh TO quote part OF an editoria
7hich was written by Matthew VOL
Il the American FederatIonist, whic
eads as follows:
There are in different parts of
the country small groups OF ire
sponsible employers who are de.
ltberately plotting and resorting
to the employing of distrustful and
disturbing agencies to provoke in.
dustrial disputes and force their
settlement by the use OF dynamite
and other measures equally as
violent and unlawful. 1t is evi.
IDENTIFY their purpose to endeavor
to take the control of labor AFFAIRS
out OF the hands of men of clear
vision who are seeking to solve
these problems in a peaceful, in
telligent and orderly way.
at seems hardly possible. yet
it is true, that when the mill work
ers OF a certain city in the west
filed complaint with the Nation
al War Labor Board, the employ
er answered the complaint by
charging that these workers were