Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-17
CHARGE THROTTL|NG
". VA. COAL FIELD
Operators Counsel Declare
Mine Workers Body Is
Union Octopus.
LEGAL BATTLE RESUMED
Miners Willing for Injunction
Against Unlawful Use Of
'Check-Of" Funds.
LEGAL BATTLE RESUMED
lHy Associated Press. |

.CHlCAGO, Nov iG.-The fight be.
tween the miners and operators o,
Mingo County, West Virginia. was
carried into the United States Circuit
Court OF Appeals here today. when
charges and countercharges were
hurled back and forth in the appeal
hearing from the injunction suspend
ing the check off recently issued by
Judge \. Is. Anderson in Indiannp-
oils.
Charges that United Mine Workers
of America mad entered an agree
ment in 1855 with the mine operators
of the central competitive field to
destroy the competition of West Vir-
Ginia and other fields. were met with
= charge that the West Virginia OPP
orators were trying to stir up trou-
bic which would give them a greater
market and higher prices.
Chcck-On Claimed 10 he Legal.
The check-off. used to collect unlo0
dues and assessments. was declared a
legal procedure by William y. Glas-
gov. counsel for the union. hut he
asserted his willingness to submit to
an Injunction enjoining any illegal
objects for which the check on was
used.
Counsel for the operators z. 7. Vim
son. OF Huntington, W. Va, declared
the money derived from the check
extended union activities and. there
fore, furthered the alleged con-
spiraey.
Money Used To Arm Miners.
He declared the right OF the opera
tors whom he represented TO hire
only nonunion men who. lie said.
were shot down with rifles pur
chased by union money and in tho
hands az union men. He revicrcd
the disturbances OF the West Virginia
a"ih' charging that s2,5s7 900 had
been expended in that distric, by the
international and local unions.
he also charged that since 1912 the
Union had become II "socialistic or
shniEation." having changed it's con-
Stitution. lie said. 10 read that Tho
working class was entitled to pro-
tec,ion and to the full social ,s,lue
OF It's products" This was interpre,.d
ny delegates TO the adopting conyen-
Ton IS eliminating the operator from
u prom, on his Investment.
Wire Deputies Ia Stir Trouble.
Replying TO the operators charged
Mt Glasgow declared the coal oner,
tors had placed deputy sher;ffs in
their hire and charged the operators
with attempting TO stir up trouble i'm
union fields.
me operators are not altruists. :.
attorney Glasgow said "They Will,
not sell coal FOR the smallest possj-
PIE price. lfNhcy can stir up ,rou-
re IN the union fields. what do YOU
think would be the demand for coal
from them and what prices would
they Eet?"
Is that threat of a strike?" de-
mandcd y. NJ. Beichcr, counsel for IN.
operators
I'm not saying" Mr. Glasgow re
Piled. "fut II a contract between The
operators and the union miners ;s
hr"k"n. don't gee how they car no
prevented from laying down their
y" Decision IN Rendered.
Thc court CAV. no Indication NJ
when IL would render a decision
Mcahwhic Judge AndcrSon's iniunc-
ton stands t.spcndid Since his In
junction yeas Thereby temporary. the
whole case. which was bull, upon =
ohl MED by the Borderland Coal Cor
perauon and siXty-two other opera.
tors OF Pike County. Ky. and Mjnuo
county. w. Va, will later be appca,cd
LOT permanent decision