South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-01
HALF MILF
UNION NIL
.SUSPN
Mon Officials Claiml
Non-Union Miners
Strike.
wALKOUT IS ORBS
$4,000 Union Men RenlaS
Mines to Protect PrOpe.
From Damage.

By Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS. March ST.
production was stopped Fridas
by the union miners who OUT
DAYS work In the mines Of 90
with The avowed policy OF RI
ing idle Indefinitely In an Ell
force the operators 10 acceI
miners terms for new wag
tracts.
officials ct the headquarters
az the United Mine Workers
America declared that the 81.
sion would not only include
million workers. but also ~
least 100. GOO nou-uuion men
join In the Raldout No last m
instructions were issued from
quarters. and the only signif
conference held during the doy
Pres't john Lewis YVES with Isony
Jackson, president of the Kentuc
union district. where 5000 union
men VIII continue at work because
their contract with the operators
has another year 10 run
SUSPENSION IN hAnSaS- =
During the day, Mr.. Lewis declar
cd that the suspension of work by
Kansas union miners would not DO
avertcd 10y the action OF the kansas
industrial court ordering that wage
scales OF the last two years Zoe con
tinued for so days. In a ArnaL<
statement Friday night. the hnh
chief declared the nation wide wall
ont would affect hundreds Of thou
sands OF citizens" not directly en-
gagged I'm the coal Industry. and he
reiterated that his charge that the
operators had forced the strike
upon the miners"
In addition 10 the Kentucky min
crs. union men iu Nova Sceba w
remain at work bat those "a -
western Canadian provinces wcrs'
expected 90 join the suspension The
conference over the Kentucky situa-
tion was said 10y dts participants -
have a general review OF the situa-
tion there with fres't Lewis taking
the position that the union must
obey it's contract with the operators.
Teup Is Complete.
Numerous reports from the Goa
fields of the country also reached
headquarters which Mr. Lewis said
indicated a complete tieup OF al
union fields. These reports also
show that Il 5000 union men would
be left IN the mines 20 protect the
properties from damage. and the
only trouble between operators and
miners IN this connection was re-
ported from Washington where OBJ
orators were said 20 be Directing 10
paying the wages provided for in
the contracts that expire at mid
night.
Lewis Statement 4
Mr.. Lewis formal statement rel
garding the suspension Of work FOL
lows:
THE strike upon which the Uni
ed Mine Workers Of America a
entering IS not a question OF sm1
magnitude nor one 70 be lightly &C
sidered by tho American people.
is fraught with far-reaching cons
Quences and responsibilities as a
feCting pubic veal The withdraw
of in excess OF 500. 900 men from III
mines OF the country constitutes
serious problem. Aside from the tn
evltable coal shortage which VIII en-
sue TO the profit OF coal operatorAl
and to the detriment OF the publ
it viii cause a dlslOcatfon OF induEr
throughout the nation. affecdn
hundreds OF thousands or citize
IN other walks OF life.
This IS a deplorabIe oond.
and nrueffFrrfne cod rrfvr
upon the relationships OF emploi
and emPloye IN American indusi
Every thoughtful man recogni
that IN the end a settlement Of -
problems Of the mining industry
must perforce be effected Such set
tlement must come through Joint
conference with accredited repre-
eentatlves OF the mine workers a
the nation.
Situation Unfortunate.
ut IS most unfortunate because Of
she arbitrary attitude OF the coal
operators that such meeting can
not be assembled until the countrr
has endured the agony and convul-
stons involved IN an industrial strife
on such gigantic scale. In ths
present issue the public has been
lLled into a sense Of false security
by the soothing statements OF those
who viii profit through a strike.
The mine workers have repeat
eddy called attention 20 those facts
and our statements have gone M
needed. The responsibility must
therefore. be with those who havs
forced the present situation and ara
seeking 90 beat the uiners back
wards.
AS sef-respecring citizens wa
are resolved 20 stand in opposition
20 those who deny Us "a living wage
and our proper aspirations FOR az