Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-04
UNION LEADERS
I'M ANTHRA ClTE
Zone cheerful,
Several Independent Com
panieS AcCede to Mems
Demands if They Will Re-
turn to Work at Once.

NtW DIX, April O,--OIllOu lcuu-
ers claimed the first victory for the
striking anthracite miners here to-
day when they announced several
Independent companies had offered
to grant all Of the nineteen wage
demands if the men would return TO
| their jobs Immediately.
Tho offer was first made by
William Peck, president of the
Grove Hin Mining company, of
(. Peckville, Pa, who came to New
YORK Tor the purpose, according to
/ William j. Brennan, of Scranton,
Pa, president Of the United Mine
workers Of America, in district
4 number l.
1t was followed, he said, by sim
liar offers from "other small indie
/. pendent mine operators" in the
Scranton area.
That this signfied a breach in
the ranks of organized mine owners
was denied by members of the An
thracite Operators association.
They branded owners who had
made such offers as independent
operators of wagon mines whose
production was a negligible factor
in the outcome of the strike" The
| Grove Hill company is not even af.
tiliated with the organization of
independent operators. they assert
ed.
Such offers will not win the
strike and will have no effect on
the stand for reduction in wages,
taken by the operators association"
SAID w. w. lnglis, president of the
| Glen Alden Coal company of Scran-
ton, and a member of the miners
and operators subcommittee on
wage contract negotiations, in ses-
sion here.
UniCn Leaders Optimistic.
Union leaders were optimistic,
however. According to Philip Mur-
ray, wee president CT the United
Nine workers international organ
lzauon, the Willingness of these
silaller operators to continue pro-
ductlon on OASIS or hlghef wages
70 tne miners IS ample PROOF that
tIere is no reason why pig opera
Tors employing {, thousands OIL men
allouiu eluoe 70 aeceoe 10 ouF ue'
iut ,,i
a., ms tlo tiIlio eaieil9ar uay Oh
e4iu ''ii'ili dSi'1 uiio oi1ui,ii'vu
~ my, Milleh pes3h Apill 1 mas
cnr v,hian 5"stn nt'u ~ ~ u 80
oo,t,ont ooetiatio, oas,,,,;tteo
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ona,S w. w. ato ro.n1 H.. ,,,to,,
nicl,ete hnaring etril,o 1;torat,,ra
p,e,,o in,,ol1i,,rr on-nnio, bitnr,in-
ous fialds of PennsvIvania and on
hortino worE mon tn Inv down tbai, |
tools
no This district leaders here re-
torted that w w Uierati1re was
being Circulated in strike areas |
calling on union men TO ioin the |
|. w. w. zone big union"
IF these men are being paid for !
such work, and we understand |
they are the money must be COM |
ing from the pockets of the OPERA |
tors" declared Thomas Kennedy, !
president of the district number
seven. 1t was evidently an attempt !
of the mine owners to disrupt the |
morale of the strikers. he said.
Threats by lrnionists.
Charges that several of the larg-
er anthracite operators were vio-
lating provisions of the suspension
agreement today. brought threats
from district labor chiefs that they
would withdraw the 5000 men as |
signed to protect mine property
during the shut down,
The charges were made by Mr.,
Kennedy, of district number seven
at Hazleton. C. J. Golden. presi-
dent of district number nine and
Mr.. Brennan of district number
one. Operators were discharging
union men left on duty as pump
men, engineers. firemen, stable
men and substituting non-union
salaried foremen and clerks. If was
asserted, in direct violation of rn
agreement subscribed to nv the
wage negotiations sub committee
only last week.
The subcommittee wage dis
cussions Temporarily were aban
doned TODAY ia Settle this nhase of
the strike. The four operator
members of the committee denied
all knowledge of such dism,ssals OF
union maintenance mon.
"Sayinr wage, scale
During n two hour discussion of
their demand number six for n new
contract based upon "savine,,
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