The New York herald., 1922-02-19
COAL STRIKE Is SET
IF DEMANDS FAIL
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been padded" but Vice President Philip
Murray. the presiding officer, answered
that the only additions were those of
duly elected and accredited delegates"
whose credentials were tardily presented
TO the committee. The additions. he
said. were in accordance with previous
announcements.
Dissatisfied with Mr.. Murrays state
ment, the Howat supporters continued
to hoot and howl. finally ceasing when
Mother Jones took the platform. She
indorsed Howat. but appealed for re-
spectful treatment of the unions Off
GERS, and urged the men to get to work
on the wage scale, the main objective
of the convention. Voting was then
completed with only minor outbreaks
among the delegates.
The.voting of delegates who were alb
sent during yesterdays roll call only
served to increase by thirteen the un-
official majority that had been gained
by the administration. In the Kansas
delegation. Howat received ten of the
seyenty-three votes cast. the delegation
being men belonging to new local
unions established by the provisional
union government set up In Kansas by
President Lewis on the expulsion Of
Howat
Seven of the twenty-eight districts of
the union supported Howat by a ma
jcrity of its delegates, but his greatest
strength came from Illinois, which
polled 939 votes for him. Other dis
tricts carried by him were Washington.
Wyoming, Michigan, Montana, the CEN
trail Pennsylvania bituminous field, des-
ignated as District 2. and the South
western field. designated as District 21,
VIZ a,,l
Texas Other districts supported the
administration.
Before Mother Jones took the stage
administration forces gained ten votes
in District No. /, the anthracite field
about Scranton, Pa, and when a vote
was cast by one whose name was not
on the printed list of delegates the dis
order broke out. Joseph Lynall Of
Peoria rushed toward the stage shout
ing questions at Vice-President Murray.
Where did you buy them, Murray"
shouted Lynall amid the boots and
howls Of protest coming from the Howat
supporters. In a moment OF quiet, Mr..
Murray explained that the committee
had accepted credentials that were sub
mitted too late for inclusion In the
printed roll call. The explanation ap-
parently was not satisfactory to the
Sts
and Lynall advancing again toward the
stage, shouted: II can prove you added
more names without proper credentials"
Then Mother Jones addressed the
delegates
Don't you know that the whole in
dustrial world is looking to you for
lesson" began Mother Jones. you are
wasting time that means money and
the children at home neeo its to feed
them. We are facing a crisis in in
dustrial organizations. You must realize
that the enemy we were fighting from
the outside Is now boring from the
inside.
Il don't indorse any wrong" replied
Mother Jones to a delegate shouting
that the union officers were acting un-
fairly In the Kansas case.
There is not an officer that / would
not raise hell with to right wrong.
But you should not come here to howl
and hoot."
Mother Jones then praised Alexand er
Howat for his opposition to the Kansas
Industrial Court law and his other work
as a member of the miners union, say
ing:
My desire is to have a million Alex
ander Howats In the country"
Howat's fight, she said had adver-
tised the "damnabl Bile" Kansas law. After
the praise of Howat she concluded with
plea to the delegates for orderly con-
duct Voting was then resumed
The roll call proceeded rapidly and
when the first nine districts had COM
pleted voting, the administration had
increased its lead to 10S. a gain of
fifteen in the unofficial majority shown
by last nights tabulations.
The call of Illinois absentees pava
forty votes to Howat and reduced the