The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-06
ADDITIONAL MEN
JOIN STRIKE I'm
NON-UNI0N FIELD
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The state police apparently did moi
interfere Where opposition was
met, It Is reported the strikers
marched peaceably to other mines
and did effective work. Mines be-
tween Brownsville and Poland are
said to be especially affected.
John l.. Lewis indianapolis. presi.
dent OF the United Mine Workers
of America. was expected there
today to address the miners &C!
cordIng to one report from that
section OF Pennsylvania.
Apparently the strike has not
penetrated the Conn
ellsyille section OF the coke region
very much, and It is a matter OF
conjecture as to whether It viii.
In perhaps several instances, ef-
fort was made to start mines un-
der heavy guard, according to re.
ports. The strike thus far ap3ar-
emily has been conducted without
great deal sot disorder.
Eleven mines we're reported to
be at work on the Monongahela
Railway in Pennsylvania today,
while one mine was at work In the
West Virginia end.
Work Effective
Activity on the part Of organ
:.zers was most effective on the
Monongahela south bf Browns
Vile where ten more mines were
idle today than yesterday.
In the past the coke belt has
withstood many organization
drives OF the miners. but this ap-
pears to have been the most sut-
Hcessful thus far, although whether
it will be a permanent condition
Is a matter OF grave doubt. The
strike appears to be spreading
through Central Pennsylvania and
other non union areas in West
moreland county, including the
Greensburg and Latrobe sections.
Reports Confirmed.
According ito Associated Press
dispatches six non.union mines in
the Monongahela River district Of
the Fayette County coke region
were closed today through the eff
forts Of union organizers, while one
union plant was placed in opera.
ton.
This record, according to the
union organizers, closes all but ten
Of the fifty.five non.uhion mines
along the river, which in this dis
trict separates Fayette and Wash
ington counties.
With the work on the river so far
advanced, the union organizers
moved up into the Connellsville re-
gion and there, under the direction
OF Francis Feeney, who establishe
headquarters In Uniontown, pre-
pared to hold a, number Of meet
ings this afternoon and tonight IL
an effort to bring out the thousands
Of non.union workers there.
$500 Join Union.
The organizers point to their sue
cess by declaring that $500 non
union miners were taken into the
union at Masontown yesterday and
today. They assembled in the vi
entity Of a public hall where the
cards were distributed. There was
no excitement other than the breal:'
ing up BY the state police of a pro-
cession Of some 500 men. Only one
arrest was made, the prisoner be
ing charged with drunkenness. The
troopers are vigorously carrying on
a campaign against moonshine
liqror. and drunkenness, they said,
had almost disappeared from that
section,
. More Police Arrive.
A special train Of three cars
carrying state police. their horses
and baggage, has arrived in Union.
town, bringing the force in Fayette
County TO about sixty trained men,
They are under command Of Car.
tain Herbert Smith, inspector Of the
state police at Harrisburg.
The word has gone out to all the
region that while orderly meetings
will be permitted. there must he
no marching. or interference with
men who want to work.
It is said that the seeds for the
effective piece Of organization work
were sown about a year ago when
some Of the companies in the coke
belt cut wages back to the 1917
scale. but the miners claimed they
failed to reduce the store prices ir
the same proportion. Later the
matter was amicably settled or at
least that was the surface effect,
but down deep the miners were
sore about what they regarded as
an imposition, and 1t Is thought
that this sets off the works, which
became manifest ct tho general
suspension on April 1.