The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-03-26
STATE HEAD
THINKS mem
WILL GO OUT
Not a Strike but Refusal
to Work Pending Agree
ment on Wage Scale.

Peoria, H., March 26.-"There
will undoubtedly he a suspension
of work in the coal mines of llli- !
nois April l." Frank Harrington,
president of the United Mine Work
ers of Illinois, said here this morn I
ing.
Understand it will not be a
strike, but an unavoidable suspen-l Z
sion of work. 1t may be for a
short time or long time"
Men Went Work.
Our agreement expires at mid I
night March 81" harrington con-
tinued. 81 believe it will be i'm
possible to keep the men at work (
after that
1T is possible OF course, that
some sort of an agreement will be
reached at the meeting in New York /
Monday to keep the mines running. ,
but even at that brief suspen-
sion of work will occur"
ENpeCt IoHS NbutuVWhs
The feeling of delegates at tho
convention of the Illinois mine
workers in session here Is that the
suspension will be Of long, rather
than of brief duration.
The convention devoted time this
morning to discussion of coopera-
tive stores.
Charges made by Frank Hefferly
regarding the election OF Earring
ton, which have caused consider
able wrangling among delegates.
were ignored by the convention
when vote was taken and the re-
port was submitted by Harrington
was accepted.
Rev. r. II. Gleason, American Le- Z
gion chaplain spoke before the con- I
vention. He was interrupted sew
eral times by delegates who asked
the stand Of the legion on various I
questions.
Would Defend United States. I
After Rev. Mr.. GleasOn's address /
in which referred to the Legion's
stand for law and order, Delegate
John Hindmarsh of Riverton ad-
dressed him asking:
Suppose We miners refuse to
obey. any anti-strike laws or in
junction such as that recently is (
sued by Judge Anderson and re- t
fused to work, what action would I
the American Legion take regard (
ing defending law and order?"
. II cannot answer what action the /
legion might take Rev. Mr.. Glea- |
son replied, 'but if you mean were /
the miners to resist law by open /
rebellion, I'll tell you personally I
that |, as an individual, would not I
hesitate in strapping a AS to my .
side and stand ready TO defend the Z
United States"
That's what I wanted to know" I
Hindmarsh said.
Iowa Miners Expect Settlement.
Des Moines, Iowa, March 26.--J. /
c. Lewis, president of District No. /
Is, United Mine Workers of Amer I
lea. said today he could not say
what Iowa miners may do in case /
OF the wage conference at New |
York beginning Monday does not
REACH an agreement by April /.
iowa miners will be governed
largely by action in the central |
field" Mr.. Lewis said. /
Il believe, however. the matter |
will be settled by the New York |
conference" Lewis added.
Kansas Not Ready TO Strike.
Pittsburg, Kan, March 26.--Kan- !
sas miners will be idle April /, but |
only to celebrate the eight hour |
day. Alexander Howatt, president |
Of the Kansas miners said today.
"A strike Of the Kansas miners
will occur little later" Hoswatt /
declared, indicating that it would /
be early in April. !
Look for Order to Keep Busy. |
Columbus. Ohio. March 26.-John I
Moore, president of the United Mine
Workers Of Ohio, said today that
he did not look for any tuoole in |
Ohio on April !, because of the ex- t
piration Of the miners agreement. |
I'VE expect that the first action
taken by the New YORK meeting /
Monday will be to order the men to /
continue work." said Mr.. Moore. "If I
such an order is given, we feel sure /
that the Ohio miners will obey IL" !
Demand 45.7 Per Cent More.
New York. March 26.-While /
pressing their original demand for
a 90 per cent wage increase, anthra
cite mine workers declared last
night they will not accept less than
45.7 per cent.
Because OF greater skill required
in hard coal mines, these diggers
until recent years received more
pay than soft coal workers, accord
ing to officials of their union.
This difference, however, has not
been maintained, and hard coal
diggers declare they are entitled to
1877 per cent, in addition to the ~
per cent wage increase Just granted
workers. (
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