The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-09-06

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ana Saest them at the BtateE line !.
,Ils cont Snd 81 that eoSt lSS ~ 5e
mined blythe mtaeTs Of Illinois.
The WeEs esgnerB o. Ifl4potE have
erected q mouuI1e3lt 70 Tanner IN
which Is inscribed. = thy memory
shall live through the centuries
and our love shall increase towaTd
thee
AT the completion Of the world
war es Brosdw8y soul hE 70 bring
g change "a conditions !. Five ceE1n.
ties rebelled. That they love their
country cannot be denied because
tust Is soon as federal tooops
afriyed IN Logan county the firing
.ceaeAd. In many partg .ot non
union fields | saw the furniture Of
miners thrown ont OF the houses;
daughters were tossed out q
houses and fathers saw their chill.
dren beat Up by BRldwin'Felts
detectives. !"
There is nothing to the nation.
aliEation Of the mines talked about
so frequently, but whom the Amer.
lean people want that they Will do
1t Themselves. not the minors nor
the BARRIERS but the American ipeo-
pie, and woe. TO the man or set Of
men who try 10 stop the progress
OF evolution Of the American PEG:
pie. President Harding has the
support OF labor in whatever he
asks II to do in the progress OF
reconstruction and we back him
in the West Virginia situation.
# have seen in parts OF West
Virginia and Kentucky 400 tami.
lies evieted from their homes.
Husbands and fathers kicked out
Of their houses: women Kicked off
the porch when they were about
to become mothers OF children
by mine guards and Baldwin Felts
detectives. II was useless to pro
test because the Baldwtn.Felts
detectives had machine guns
there. Ninety.two per cent Of the
striking miners are white natives
of Southern States. have no ami
mostly toward any Of the coal op.
orators who are engaged ia this
character OF work. I pity them
when they drop off this-God's
footstool. Their money will not
take them upwards because it Is
too. heavy but 1t will keep them
down and cause them to be con-
signed to everlasting condemnation
like Judas, who betrayed his
masters"
Answering the attacks Of GER
tain newspapers on John L. Lewis,
president OF the United Nine
Workers OF America, MI. PRsco
said Lewis Is 100 per cent Amer.
lean" This he declared was self
evident after the Injunction was
served upon the mine workers aud
the president Of the government
Issued a proclamation that all
miners must return to work Presi-
dent Lewis said, I'VE cannot and
will not fight our government. .
He told Of how the miners pro.
duced bumper tonnage to win the
war and how the government call.
ed upon the United Mine Work
ers in cases of emergency and did
not go 10 non-unIon operators. He
dunhed Lewis the greatest Aabor
leader IN the country" adding, "he
is the beacon OF the labor leaders
OF America and the time will soon
come when we will all realize
this. : He secuted the idea that
opinions.
The existing contract will sx-
pire on March 81, 1929 and / want,
you to 1--we up to that contract
faithfully and religiously. When
you violate that contract you are
helping the Baldwin.Felts detec.
tives. Every time you strike you
bring the whip down on your own
back, II the operator violates the
contract do rot strike because
there are proper cAannels through
which these matters can be set.
tied.
lp the way OF Introduction Mr..
Pasc6 said that the open shop or
se.called American plan is men
ace to free and liberty loving poo
pie OF America. ut ID my opinion
that 1t would undermine &unda--
mental principles upon which the
American government Is built.
Joint bargaining Is the real basis:
on this general plan that our
country trades with other nations
and this Is the greatest Of all ma
lions In the civilized world. The
church is taking an interest IN
labor and there will be q closer
alliance in the future between
churches and labor unions. Oar
Saviour vas a carpenter and he
worked at his trade more than he
spent IN preaching. He said Y
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