The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-23
UNION OFFICIALS
EXPECT INCREASE
OF 5000 N |I|.|''|!E {: R S;

! - - ~ - Y $i$-4Sl25&s l@4 W
| econtinu.d from, oake one,
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/ j but the union Officials expect to
secure them later.
/ More Companies Sign
| Il Additional coal companies that
/ signed up with the miners since
/; Yesterday are as follows in sub
| district 4, district II, Emitted Mine
Workers OF America; Low Sulphur
| Coal Co, Gonongah;> q T. Kelley
! Coal CO., Farm ont; Al
bright Coal Co.. FairInont: Clark5-
burg Gas Coal Co.. Clarksburg.
Strengthening Kinks
! The full force OF the Farm ont
| office Of the United Mine Work
I ers of America is at work in the
! field today trying to straighten-
cur the kinks an1 explain tt. the
men what the signing of the recene
cop.: Z cts mean It is explained that
| wherever the miners have had the
contract explained to them little
d:l:iy. lty is experisl;csa in E",,ins
! the men to understand and return
to work.
The officials Of the UNION say
that the disputes are not causing
a stoppage of work and that effort
made to explain matters out slde
OF working hours is usually sue
cessful.
Under the, constitution OF the
United Mine Workers of America,
it is imperative that the coal COM
uanies must first employ FORMER
employees in good union standing
Men who were non-union men,
that is those who never have been
affiliated with the union. must
ioin the organization by an init1a-
ton fee of $40. Then come the
former union men, who oroke
from the ranks of the organiza ton
and worked non.union In their
cases the constitution provides
that they pay an initiation fee OF
SO and be fined S1a apiece
some Dissatisfaction
Usually there are some rough
spots to be ironed out after new
contract is signed by the miners
union. Frequently the men do not
understand and it requires a Week
or ten days before they get the
drift OF things. IN some cases IRE
bosses quit because they did not
want to work with non-union men,
and other queer com pl1cat1on'
have developed. Fire bosses are
OF an official capacity and Usually
have no inclination toward 3 "a DOT
matters.
REPORTS are being circulated IN
the region that some miners are
sore because OF the limited relief
money they received during the
strike and others balk on the check
off. These are probably isola tea
ca SEES. considering what was paid
in by them and it is thought that
in another week matters will be
| working more smoothly. 1t is re-
norted that union officials threat
ened to revoke charters in some
cases il the miners did not cary
| out orders of their super1ors.
| Meeting Tonighe
A miners mass meeting VIII ,oe
held at O'Clock this evening at
Ida May Joseph Martin. mem,
her Of the scale committee VIII
| make a report.
| Officials Busy
| Patrick Buckley. vice preslden!
az sub district 4 district II. Joseph
Martin. Joseph Rogers and P
! Barthaiow. members Of the scale
committee and James McCleary-
district organizer, are in the MOT
| gantown section today
&C. H. Bailey, international re.
nresentatiye. today, conferred with
So S. Mccullough, labor, commits,
=! sioner. in regard to a numbef OF
matters arising from the rece1ss
| Nick Aiello. president Of sub
district 4. was at the office AZ
| day. He is nursing a sore jaw
! John Cornell, member OF tns
g IL we
today ni,.+
q II Batley and Nick Aiello
ddressed LIS members OF local
union 4oe7 shaft mine, Consoldas
ton Coal Co, at Labor Tempe PIE
Ilast night.
In sub district 5, United Mine
WORKERS Of America, with OFFICES
! q Grafton, several additional
coal companies have slgned up.
They include the following.
! Sterling Coal Co., Cecil; berry,
burg Coal Co, Berry burg. ahu
Dean Coal Co., Lillian. .
AS vet the West Slrglnla :. ., ~
q. CO., and other companies IN
other Elkins section have not
signed up. This is also true or
a number of mines along the
| Morgaptown e. Kingwood kali
way.
/, Waiter Dattiamen, secretary OF
! 81 b district 2, says some coal COM
pantes have signed up that had
not been formerly on the list.
The miners in sub district, &C
cording to Mr.. Dattiama are
1 pretty well satisfied With Scond1-
4 lions. except that some hesitate
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