Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-03-03

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demanding coal Has there rot seei
a nesd for eoafz Ass. there hss keeI
the MED. but ire people eoald 10
nsy re PRICE BehhY ShaEsoe. wh,
went across the sea L settle me sezls
Of seal. bit he made tie sale So hlgi
IL IS ali Gu 81 proportion and the peo'
pie nave beea compelled u SUBSTITUTE,
Woed. cobS. etc. N tie rural districts
IN TIE cities and towns people havg
closed up part IF TIE house oa= *
count Of not having enough coal q
heat the whole house.
Any old shafts being opened: many
new shafts being sunk here and there
OF course, then there is some ever.
head TIA, always aids, What is TIE
solution q that coal problem Is II
naturalization II coal mines Not
on yaur life. Survival Of the ftteSt,
weak minds must fail by the way.
SIDE OF get into another trade Mines
producing poor coal must CO. Many
mines then could produce morc coal
ana better coal IN more economical
way What is the solution from tie
miners standpoint They want a
wage scale high enough Sc they can
work half OF the time and be sup
ported all the time.
How Is the record Of the L. $.
Mine Workers Is It clean Re
member last fail when most Of your
coal bins were empty. Was il be
cause you didn't want te buy coal
then or because you didn't have the
money to buy il With What did they
do They threatened strike upon
the people. The mine operators Of
Indiana and lliinois~did they sub
stitute non=union men in their place
No. Did they attempt OF cut the
scale Ne. What vas the trouble
theng Check off system had been
abolished. The check off system as
understand it is that system that
prevails among mines that compel
the employer 10 keep out from the
miners wages the amount of his un-
ion dues. Let me say TO the United
Mine Workers of the World. any or
ganization that hasn't enough merit
in itself 10 collect its own dues, but
must compel its employer To do so,
has no place in any federation Of
men. And the sooner il goes down,
the better il will be for the public
and the honest miner.
Before the War. many local miners
unions expelled members who be
longed to the National Guard. Let
me say this for the National Guard:
nv own Ohio town of 2ao0 people
sent company of guards as a unit
in the last war, previously trained by
border service. Eighteen of these
boys made the supreme sacrifice.
One of the largest townships Of this
county (Champalgnl only had about
three men on the firing line. The
guards and regulars held the line To
victory at am awful cost, while the
unframed men were being made
ready. Yet, scum of Europe, off
cered Miners Union, dared deny
membership such.
IL was a peaceful day in western
city. Men were working in a print
ing office To support the wives they
had sworn to. They were made re-
sponsible for printing much in this
world. A blastl Suffering! Death!
The Los Angeles Times Was blown
upill How did old Sam Gompers
act thenY Did he start an investi-
cation of printing trades involved to
clear the name
No, he said il was frame up,
false arrest, employers did il. They
did it themselves to bring a blot upon
the union. When old Mcnamara CON
fessed, Sam said il was bolt out
of cler sky"
| would not condemn an organiza-
ton on account of its weak members;
they have erept up, in everything
even into the church. But the test
is, how the leaders act when wrong
is found In their midst. The blood
stains have been washed away in that
printing office and the wreckage
cleared up in that city. You talk
about what Capitalists did TO nurt
Unionistsl The foes within ruled
Rome. The Capitalists combined eff
forts never hurt union labor half as
bad as the blot you put ON there,
which shall stand forever.
Many before me belong TO the
railroad brethren. Is your record
ciear2 | don't remember the strike
of 1893 personally, but the record on
either side was not clean. Ii was too
much for Gene Debs, because he de-
clared publicly, Il will never be Of
ficially connected with another
strike"
II is fresh in our minds, the patri-
otic offer of 1917 to tie up transpor-
tation of this country to give aid and
comfort to the enemy. Again, your
Bobby Shaftoe gives what you ask
ed for and more. Would that a
Grant, Lincoln, Roosevelt or Jackson
had been head. There would have
been no such sacrifice or surrender.
A new wage scale for the miners
goes into effect on April !, and they
have called on the railroad brother
hood to unite. Now is the time for
the testl Which shall rule-many or
few? Railroad or mines? Which
is the stronger, union or government 7
The handwriting is on the wall! -1ook
at the near split in the miners union
this last week. You never will win
a strike where you don't have the
support of public opinion and you
have lost that FOREVER
What is the record Of the Build
ing Trade, fire eXtortions and black
mail, smuggling, murder? Why, a
man can't even paint his house or
fix his own fence in Chicago without
being in danger of a gang Of union
sluggers. Is it right? Can such an
organization win? How could such
an organization win? Ought such
things TO triumph?
You say, 81 don't know the la
borer's side" These hands have
known nothing else since was Ii
years Of age. Until a year and a
half ago my labor was all for others.
What determined my way? There is
no union in the craft in which | work.
Study the lives Of any of the fol-