Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-07-31
Text of Telegram.

VI " WIN itNllnk W lhNlNhnh ~
erct and sorrow that ! have learned
that many of the members of your IN.
gnninttion. particularly In the state of
Illinois. have engaged In n strike In
violation Of the terms of the award of
M bituminous coal committee and
v9ur agreement with the government
th1t the findings of the commission
would bc accepted by you M final and
iindiug I am distressed not only bc-
c,us' Your action. In refusing a. mine
c'el upon IA. terms which Suu had uc.
ccplrd. may result In great suff,rings
la many households during the coming
winter and interfere with the continu'
alton of Industrial and agricultural ac-
tivitieN which is the basis ~ prosperity
which you In common with the balance
~ our people have been enjoying hut
also and what IN of far more import
ance because the violation ~ the terms
uf your solemn obligation impaiis your
good name. destroys the confidence
which In the basis of all mutual agree
ornt and thr'Ntens the very founda
tion of industrial relations. No govern
mont. no employer. no person having
any reputation to protect can afford To
enter into coniractual relation with any
organization which systematically or
repeatedly violates It's contracts.
"Thc United Mine Workers II Amer.
lea is the largest single labor orgnniIn'
tion In thr United States II not In the
world. hut no organization can long en-
durc that sets up It's own strength AZ
bring superior to It's pliFhtcd faith or
it, duty to society at large.
ut has In the past built up rcpu.
tatiun for abiding by itS contracts.
which has been one of It's mos, valu.
able assets In making wage agreements.
u may now make temporary gains by
taking advantage 81 the dire n"cossi.
ties of the balance ~ the people
through the violation of these con
tracts. hut what of the futurc7
How can u expect wage contracts
with the employer to be- continued. IN
the face ~ such violations when nor
NAL conditions have been restored and
the country h. free from the immediate
shortage ~ coll?
How will It be- able to resist the
claims ~ the operators IN the future
To- take advantage ~ the present which
tho miners have established and d..
crc1s, wnre rates IN the middle ~ 20
wage contract under the plca that They
q D." H q
existing cost of production
n mere statement oi IA, r,'sH.9
sought To- be- sufficient to awaken the
mine workers to IN, dangerous course
thry are pursuing and injuries they
ar, inniciing upon themselves and The
country at large by the adoption oi
These unwarrantcd strike policies
In the consideration of the nation
wide wage scale. involving many dif
fcr,nt classes of labor by the hltumin
uus co.l commission on the limited ai
iis disposal some inequalities may have
developed IN thc award that ought i'
be- corrected I cannot. however. Tee
mum-ud any consideration ~ such Boz
capabilities as long ~ the mine workers
f continue o. strike IN violation 81 a.,
t.rus u Tho award which they Ind ac
rrpird as their wage agreement Tor q
definite length ~ time. ! must ther,
tor, insist that the striking mine work
eis rrtun o. work. thereby dcmonstrai
ing their good faith In keeping iheiI
l. cnirpcts when I have learned that
thcy have thus returned g. work. ! will
msit. in the scale cDmmitte" ~ tn
"rerHtprH and miners fur the purpos'
Z adjusting any such Inequalities ~
thoy my mutually agree should be ad
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