The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-03-31

new W a k = ana
LEWIS working agree
ment might be- made that you'd
ma thin industrial peace ana pre-
vent any Inconvenience To tn
public.
Two years ago the operators sol.
EMMY agreed that they would meet
with ~ before April J. They
pledged their word a. business men
They signed that agreement ir
writing In New York II was q
promissory note that any set ui
men cyer signed.
Broke Agreement
We thought they signed II IN
good faith Blt low they rcfus" O.
live up Go their agreement They
have refused puint-hlank "a do as
they agreed they would do II
they were to refuse to pay 3huii
debts IL would be no more dizhuu.
urahle than their refusal To kvcI
their agreement with the miners.
These operators do not deny thai
they wcr, CONTRACTED breakers. Th,l
uaiy SAY. Well. what are yot
gong To do about itg'
In the latter part OF last Deem.
her ! asked the operators. In com.
plinurc win their promise. to mco.
with the miners In Pittsburgh &,
begin negotiations FOR "a new agree
ment. Illinois and Indiana opyr
ators and "A part OF the Ohio groui
accepted the invitation. but th'
operators OF the Pittsburgh dis
trici and a part of Ohio refused
They merely said they had decidct
not To keen their word.
They scrapucd their agreement
just as the kaiser strapped hl
treaties with other nations And
like the kaiser. they started Ia Il
destroy the other party TO III.
agreement The invasion OF iiel
GUM by the kaiser was no NOR
ruthless than the invasion Of thl
miners union by these p%ittHhurgl
and ohio operators.
seek e. IIrrak Union
They proposed to wreck IN.
union a. the kaiser wrecke,
Belgium and northern France
Suffering ANA starvation 81 Goa
miners ana their families bccnm0
Of no greater consequence To then
than the sufferieR % the Bolgial
and French people.
II ~. perhaps. the most notoriuu
and objectionable ease OF con
tract breaking and disregard fo
business honor that the countT.
has ever seen
when the Pittsburgh and Ohi
operators refused To meet with IN
miners the Pittsburgh meeting wa
necessarily Cancelled. Later
issued a second call for n meeting
thinking that. perhaps. these me-
would yet decide to 1--we up to tibet
promises But they refused again
Refused 4. :. Request
So fragrant and i~ndcfcnsiblc wa
their action that President Hard
inr denounced Il and directed See
Rotary o. Labor Davis To call col
the operators Ia keep their wore
Hut they refused wen tho govern
ment.
Instead. they asked the govern
ment TO keen It's hand off ana al
low the coal companies "a max
their fight for the destruction a
the miners union. In other wordi
these coal companies have arnl
trarily placed themselves above tn
government itself and have politel
told the government ia so Il.
There was nothing left for tn
miners To do but to quit work unit.
the question Of what their wage
shall be IL determined We are no
asking for higher wages In the bi
luminous coal industry.
scale Agreeable
our men did not make a Twin
last year and they nre not so
making a living, but they are Will
ing 10 take the chance with H.
present wage scale for the next Nv
years. In the hope that there wi
1 be a business revival that viii al
ford them an opportunity to earn
living for their families. Tn
miners are not quitting work BE-
cause they want TO quit. They war
10 work But the operators are a.
termined that they shall not wor
except at starvation wages, an
that the union shalt be destroye
20 as to deprive the men OF al
means Of protection.
Want Public 20 Know
We wan the public TO know q
the facts. tNhuso we know tina
the public will then place the blam
where IL belongs. The operator
Htarted In deliberately to comps
the miners to strike.
hwy IANN NV AHAA ut wa
miners shall work for the sam
miserable rate OF starvation wage
that are paid to the poor. hclplcf
in the non-union fields Of We
Virginia and Alabama. They ar
seeking TO reduce the level q
American citizenship by cuttln
down m. corning canacity Of thes
workers but the union miners ~
not stand FOR u. Nor would an
other American citizen stand for b
Up, Not Down
why not work TO hiring the cor
dition of these non-uninn men N
10 the level OF the organized field.
instead of dragging thu organize
fields down 10 the degraded lev'
Of the non.union fieldsg
The United Mine Workers {
America face this struggle with m
firm belief that the American pull
lie realizes they are making a fift
for the maintenance Of justice {
the coal industry and for the pre-
ervation O. a moral standard /
business. We believe business me
should live up 70 their contracts.
United States produces and cor