The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-07
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fused !" rarlI"iptt" ~ calling SAmpa-
tn tic ~lrIE"S fer that reason.
"rh" sam" thing may hr sand IF tn"
coal slrtk" Tho United Min" Workers
officials had exposed their hand.
At the very tim" they formulated
their demands for Il sixty prccent IN
crease and the reduction OF WORKING
time "a five days week. SIN hours a
day, lheN also formulated demand FOR
tn" NATURALIZATION "f the coal mines and
coal lands They endorsed the Plumb
plan for the national lZatiun OF III" rail-
way. for TN" purchase OF them 10y the
people nnd the handing of them over
L. TN mon vino operate them "ndUrS |
il because they thought the ihlnS was
so good. that lhCH wanted som" Of Il;
themselves. Hence they made The SAM"
demand thar Congress mortgag" the
people and EIN" them The coal mines.
An Illegal Strike
with This douhlc-hradcd program
they launched an Illegal strike. Strik-
tn" president Of the United Staten
promptly denounced 90 Illegal and which
the federal court held WAS 4 violation
OF the Lever act. So the people We're
not Sympathcii" with the coal strike
for three reasons.
First. II was illegal 1t was Al ut.
temp, /" stHrNc and fr"cH" th" country
INTO submission IN Violation Of puhi.c
morals rs we'll ~ ~ violation Of The
Laws Of the United states.
SECOND: Tn" demand which the StrIn"
was called Ia Sr"ur" immrdlnici! 800
y .SiNIS percent wage increase" SIN
hour day aud II ~, day W""h MAS re-
Eard"d as unreasonable and did not have
public sympathy.
Third. The endorsement ur "a" Plumb
plan for IN" NATURALIZATION of tn" rail
ways and the PRONUNCIATION "f = similar
plan for mortEaEinE the pCnpl" 10 buy
the cont mines amt give them In In"
mlncrS--a revolutionary political pro-
lam 10y The sam" ronNCuiiun---Showe
the p"upi" that radiCaliSm had captured
IN" miners convention. II showed them
thC United Min" Workers had left inc
beaten track Of striving for far WAGES.
reaSonahl" hours and proper living rnn-
diti"ns. and they had been dragged INTO
rrv0lutl"nary political demand. 80
they lost publ" sympathy.
called the Strlk" IN detanc" az 4 per-
sunal appeal Of tn" prrstd"n; Of the
United states for delay until The matter
could hu arhi;rated and discussed: de-
spite the fact that they called Il in VIn-
lntlUn Uf the laws of the land as de-
clarcd by tn" president and determined
by the court: drSpli" the fact that their
Officers called of The Strik" "n paper
strike went on A. 'hc leaders wanted It
/" :" Oh. and dc"r"ed and directed tha,
II should go "m.
Saved BY West Virglnians.
"Th" ihiAE that ended II aud ~af"d
millions "f pr@plr from hunger and
famine. rhal saved millions % pcopl"
from sHifrrinE cold and starvation,
WA not - much the inluu'tiun al the
court. u was not even much public
sentiment. without the aid uf which No
great ~'Tlh" can succeed tn" thing
that hruk. IL. that caused II to faIl.waS
that Tn" nun-lniom coal fields Of West
Virginia were sending ont 800 cars
az hash grade r".l every day. coal
Watch tn" governments was s"izIng and
distributing whr"c u was needed tho
worst or was holding II for an emery
cnry.
"fhC praise ~ tho m"n who dug that
coal. and VIII" saved in" country from
rum. - sti!l unsunE. 80 telegram Of
Congraiu Iaii"us was sent To them. But
they deserved It.
"'rhc United Mine Workers. officials.
seeing tn" strike WAS lost. they con-
fcsscd Al their conference where it
was IN reality called off. accepted the
proposition thar the questions at issue
be submitted To conference Of officials
t. h" appointed by the President. That
commission was called. and IL sitting
in Wa$hlngtn now. wish | knew. |
wish | even hcli"Nrd that IL would set
Il" those questions and that there
would T." industrial pea" IN IN" future
IN the hrtuInIuOuS coal fields
II am told hv n"u. who believe ar"
IN position /" hnow. that plans ar" he
.ng laid a. this Yer! Inn" I" call an
other general coal Sirik" when tn"
moment = m">t pr"pItinu% and aus
p.rlu~. am told IL" union officials
hclir,n that. # they can unioniEe the
non. uI,inr fields "f this stare. they can
fore" upon III" country any demands
they may makH. and the on" demand
upon which their hearts Is set, and for