Arizona republican., 1922-04-02
HOW AT DENOUNCES
LEWIS AND KANSAS
INDUSTRIAL COURT
rRepubllcan A. P. Leased WlreI

SESSER, ILL.,. April 1.--Denouncing
John j.. Lewis, international presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers OF
America and Governor Allen OF
Kansas, in the same breath, AleXan-
der Howat, deposed chief OF the
Kansas union miners, helped usher In
the coal mine strike in southern I'LL
nois today as official guest OF tne
Ninth district branch of the Lewis
organization.
Speaking at Miners hall, with Lon
Fox, district president, and other
union officials, Howat attacked the
International president his organiza,
tion and the mine workers officlal
paper. and was cheered by 1900 MN
ers from Franklin county and nearoy
fields
II was a member of this union be-
fore John l. Lewis knew what Inc
United Mine Workers OF Amerlca
was. and now he has taken my caro-
away from me, said the Kansas oe-
posed leader, who served term ~
iail after defying the Kansas court OF
industrial relations.
The celebration here, marking tne
twenty-fourth anniversary OF the es-
| tablishment of the eight-ho day,
! furnished the only excitement IN
! southern Illinois on this, the first day
4 of the nation wide coal strike. MINI
| ers who quit their posts last nlght
| so confident that the mines could not
/ he operated without them that they
/ did not even leave pickets BEHIND;
1 gave the strike a holiday tone ana
/ announced their intention OF enjoying
the vacation. saw
eral weeks, piling up reserves on codi
/ ~. a
found no present pinch OF poverty OF
| inclination to economic.
Roth Lon Fox district president
and John II, Walker, president OF the
Illinois Federation of Labor, speaking
a. tbe eight-ho day celebration,
vrarned the men that they are PROB
ahIv making long fight and recalled
+bo suffering of past wage wars IN
tbe coal fields. Our outlook is any
Thing but good" Mr.. Fox SAID.
sTThere are thousands OF tons OF coal
on top Of the ground waiting to go TO
Tbe Illinois union men, he declared,
will hold out as long as possible 70
protect the weaker unions N tne
| eastern states. I'VE viii continue
that plan," he added, "as long as we
can safely do so. but we are not going
10 continue until we demoralize ouI
organization"
Howat. in an ironical speech. pic
+1red the $50 called 100 per cen'
American" as asking the miners tc
take a wage reduction which ne sal0
would limit them to starvation pay
and demanded the right of the mlnel
of a full loaf 30 eat and money te
dress their wives and children" JUS
as well as the coal operators dress
their families"
"The politicians and operators anC
the corporation press would lead IN
miners TO believe" be said, that /
thew accept a reduction to stabillz'
the market, the good people of Amer
lea will have coal and burn 1t up, JUS
to see if it burns, because they WI
: get it a few cents cheaper a ton
Then il that does not stabilize IN
2 market enough you can take anothe
2 cut and stabilize it some more
, ssIf the miners win just do thai
7 the corporation press viii call yo'
G ,hig broad minded Americans 1o'
men remember a few years ago whel
7 DR.. Harry Garfield, the coal director
!, told the miners that anybody coul
: mine coal, and that this great an
t powerful government would DO i
!. with every power at its command
we didn't.
but YOU also know that this grea
[. and powerful government did no
I get any coal out until we mined i
g and they won't again this time.
I anybody can mine coal, as Dr. Gar
L field said, why didn't some OF IN
d other 110, 100000 people do II?
n for my part | do not care II some c
o those so-called big loyal, 100 pc
cent Americans do freeze to death