The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-18

entity, Any contract made with n
" win u sub-divislon thereof
Souiu nor he legally enforced, saa
~ damages for a breach
'iieieoI could be recovered.
Onlunisn Ecyitalizing,
SlNth-The miner, working under
an individual contract of bis ayyr
MAKING has both the incentive 10
better his condition by efficient work
anu n sense Of responsibility mn
geI ms contract, while. once a mem
per OF the union, he liz made to- feel
mat ne can do as he pleaaea ana
tne organization Will stand behind
MN, all OF which results I'm A lower
ing OF the individual standard OF
honesty and efficiency.
soventh--Many mine workers are
definitely opposed to the union and
40 not want TO join It. Likewise.
many mine wners are opposed to
H. n 1t IA vital hat Interference
by either the union man or the non.
union man with the rights OF Tho
other should rot be tolerated.
Elghth-The policies and methods
OF the United Mine Workers OF
America, being based upon force
ana violence, are unlawful and make
dealings with that organization i'm
possible.
Obviously the most important OF
these points are numbers 2 and 6.
II all resolves itself to this:
The coal operators will fight
tooth and nail TO prevent the ball
ance OF their power slipping from
them Into tho hands OF the union
and the union win fight with equal
determination to complete its con-
unnTlnR CIRCLE hss vgNg.at.G.- 80 "
trict That holds the key to Americas
coal industry.
The operators charge Of force
n violence Is met by tho miners
counter-charge that the owners
make 1t utterly impossible to carry
on peaceful union agitation, which
they claim as ar inalienable right,
recognized by the courts and cm-
bodied by that powerful American
labor body, me Federation OF Labor.
The miners aver that there isn't a
chance of even a whispered word
Tor the union reaching the open
shop workers as long as the later
are surrounded by any army OF
guards.
The Barrier" Im~prcgnablc.
Upon those armed guards Is CEN
tered the full flame Of bitterness
and hatred Of the union men. They
The Barrier" which they know
they must level before they can
nven talk union" Hence the re-
Gently oft-repeated plea that the
Baldwin-Felts detective agency be
deprived of It's charter and that
Chafin's army OF deputy sher- !
iffs-anyone who wishes 10 help
be sworn IN as a deputy sheriff
up by the bitterly-anti-
iiiion state constabuiafy, be de
modified.
m the background OF the warfare
the ominous word, 'Evic-
.ion!' II was tina which led di-
'ectly to the battle OF Matwan OF
May 10, 1920, which in turn caused
he Indictment OF two dozen men
murder charges setting the stage
or the Trigger Trials" the second
X which is now under way In the
little Mingo courthouse at VII
hanson, w. Va.
Briefly, this is what happened:
Miners lost their jobs because
hey had Joined the union and were
igitating for the union. Now the
'oal operators furnish lodging to the
miners In comfortable little block
louses called company houses" A
a. AAAA bhA''
,ack to the pioneer days and may
,e summed up under the ancient
ERIN of master and servant
The operators argue that when a
miner is through" working for
hem, then, from that moment on he
las no longer the right 20 live in a
house" They compare
lis status 10 hat OF a maid or a
hauffeur or a butler: once these
ervants quit or are discharged they {
ave 10 get out" I
In the majority OF cases that has
zen understood by both sides, and ,
after being Through" have :
peacefully moved out. In other {
the courts were appealed to,
nd the result In the end was the {
The trouble began when {
'aldwin-Fclts detectives undertook {
D evict tardy examiners 10y force. I
To quote from the coal operators s
brief 8
Mine houses are as much inci- {
ent to the business Of mining coal !
s are tipples. or as are desks in !
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