Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-04
kACT|0N AVERTED
Elm UPSTATE MINES
sUpsrators Promise to Re-em-
ploy Maintenance Men Dis
placed by Bosses
Many LEAVE FOR EUROPE

DccauS0 anthracite operators IN some
instances have displaced pumpmen and
Remen with clerks and mine bosses has
bssn checked by the prompt cotton OF
the district leaders Of the anthracite
strikers in protesting to the Operators
Committee in New York.
Members of the miners Scale Com
mittee, left in the field TO make the
strike 100 per cent effective, have re-
ceiysd word from their leaders that
the operators have promised prompt
action in relation TO violation of the
tentative rule providing for maintenance
men being kept at the collieries.
Thomas Kennedy. president of Dis D..
trict No. I. has sent the following mes
sage to the union leaders Of three fields :
we have insisted to the operators
that no person be dismissed whose oc-
cupation was necessary during the
suspension, such as tiremen. pumpmen.
engineers. etc. We took the position
that they should not bc replaced by
monthly men or bosses. The operators
are going to take this matter mp with
the coal companies and they will let us
know the result.
Seek 10 Return Maintenance Men
I'VE are trying to have all the men
returned to their positions where they
have been permitted 20 work during the
suspension. and We are told that mine
foremen and monthly men should not
take the place Of any person whose
occupation is continued during the sus-
pension. Scale Committee members
will try to find out the name of every
company that has replaced maintenance
men with bosses and monthly men"
The strikers believe that this promise
of the operators committee will soon
straighten out q matter that has been
certain that there will not be friction
over the maintenance men.
The stride order remained 100 per
cent effective today. Operators put
forth no cfroit IN any of the districts
to mine coal. No disorder of any
nature occurred ami police reports are
that the miners are well behaved and
staying very close to their homes.
Exodus to Europe
The exodus of mine workers con-
ttnues unabated. Every train takes
away large number Of men. One
excursion train going to New York car
ried 700 passengers and 800 of these
were anthracite workers bound for Flu
rope. Many of them say they are not
coming back.
The radical activity is not curbed.
but is being carefully watched. Police
authorities are ready to break up any
attempted meetings and in that sense
they have joined forces with the United
Mine Workers Of Americn in repellng
still being circulated. but it is stealthly
done.
Reports have reached the miners that
the radical agents are paid agitators
The men claim that the radical menace
has rs much danger for the operators
as the United Mine Workers of Amer
tea.
Some of the smaller companies have
brought ali mules TO the surface and
drawn the fires. laying of the fire.
men.
Theatres are vel! patronized in the
anthracite fields. Miners are enjoying
a real holiday. Merchants report q
stimulated business but say it is due
to month end pay. The miners will
receive their last pay in the middle OF
April and no more after that unit.
peace is restored and the mines re
opened. The belief remains strong that
the strike will not last more than SIX
weeks.
Pottsville. Pa. April 4-Due to the
high exchange rates on American money
In Russia, Poland. Lithuania and Ger =
many hundreds of anthracite miners are
returning to their native lands. An
additional party OF strikers and their
families left this region today for Eu =
rope. The steamship companies are
busi'y informing the strikers that RI"
several thousand dollars they have in
hank will buy twenty times that amount
of European money. but no mention is
made Of the enormous prizes asked fol
goods in those countries.
: Visions of fine farms and comfort able
estates are being held to view. It is
confidently expected thar all of tines,
pilgrims will return to America after
having satisfied their longing 70 SET
their native lands once more
The last available coal has been sent
down the line from this region. There
are 450, 900 tons OF coal remaining at
the Landingville Yards. which th'
Philadelphia and Reading Railway i.
drawing on slowly and which will give
the road an appearanc" ar least Of Goa
this, however. Is Of the steam size
and not available for the general CON
sumner.
That the Schuylkill river miner j.
active Is evidenced by the offer of cou
here dredged from the river. The rive
miners" will work constantly during tn
strike as the waters constantly brinl
a fresh supply of coal down. 1t devel
( oped today that offers OF increaset
wages made to bitum!nous miners II
Tayette County were by non union o.
orators, with the distinct purpose o
getting union men 70 work for them
In some cases an increase OF 30 pc
cent in wages was offered. but the min
er realize this would be only TEN
porary. and would be withdrawn n
soon as the strike ends. \ large mum
her of railroad hands were suspende
today, and Mt Cressona the repair sho
employees were placed on four days
week schedule.
Mahsnoy City. Pa. April 4.-Thre
hundred men at the Lehiyh Valley Raj
road shops at Delano were placed o
half time beginning today and cont inn
a inR until further notice. the result {
x the coal tie-up. The schedule IS thre
z eight hour days per week. All the ire
men at the Girard mine, GIrardvill'
ouit work today when hosting en-
rtnecr, q pumpman and waterman WEI
discha rsed for refusing to fire the boil
erN. and mine foremen were summone
TO take their places. similar troub
was reported at the l.chiglI Vale
mines, but this was adjusted.
m Coal was shipped during the ngl
from the Lawrence and William Pen
mines to Philadelphia.
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