The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-28
STRIKING COAL
DIGGERS AROUSE
JOHN |. LEWIS
Faker Calls District Of
fciaIs to Ell PasO
BY THOMAS MVERscouoH.
Special to the Daily werker)

| WILKES BARRE, Pa, Nov.
"a desperate effort by John
L. Lewis, International president
Of the United Mine Workers Of
America, to punish those re-.
sponsibIe for the many strikes
in the anthracite region, Is seen
in his latest move, that Of call
ling District Presidents cappel-
Iini, Kennedy and Golden to 81
Paso, Texas, on receipt of word
by him that the $4,000 miners
employed by the Hudson Coal
Co. had been ordered to strike
by their general grievance COM
nittee.
A truce has now been made
which sends the miners back to
work, with the understanding
that Cappellini lives up to his
promise to have the grievances
complained Of, disposed of in
ten days.
Strike Long Threatened.
This is, considered impossible now,
because Of the call to 81 Paso. but the
miners will take this into considers
ton il things are not adjusted In the
specified ten days. It does not, how.
ever, mean that they will allow an In
determinate period Of time to lapse,
before their grievances are aired, for
it is remembered that the strike
which has now been called on, was
threatened before and was delayed by
similar promises on the part OF the
officials at the time that the Glen AL
den men went on strike last month.
Lewis attitude thru all Of the re-
cent strikes hereabouts, so noticeable
as being solicitious for the continued
and uninterrupted flow Of PROFITS for
the operators, is being discussed by
miners hereabout and is described by
many, as the voice Of the operators
themselves.
Bosses Advertising.
Full page newspaper advertise
ments at the rate of $3.50 per column
inch are appearing in the local papers
urging the men employed By the Hud-
son Coal Co. to return to work and
to respect the agreement. these being
inserted and paid for by the com
pany.
Editorials are also being written
In the same tone, all refer to the Sec
ton of the agreement that relates to
the disposition of grievances by the
Cancellation board, but nothing is
said of the time period contained in
the agreement, within which all
grievances must be settled, nor of the
provocative tactics Of the operators
and their agents.
Got No-strIke Promise.
Lewis, it will be recalled, sent a
committee Of international board
members into this field few months
ago, and this committee exacted a
promise from each of the general
bodies that no strike would be called
by them in violation of the agreement
or without having first tried to settle
their grievances thru the medium OF
the district office. That these promises
have been lived up to nobody will
deny neither will anyone successfully
dispute the fact, that those promises
are the basic reason for this and all
other strikes that have been called
since the visit of Lewis committee.
Grievances that formerly were set
tied without trouble are now causing
unnecessary trouble and all because
the men promised not to strike any
more. The bosses at the various
mines are reported as laughing at the
grievance committees when they ask
for adjustment of wrongs committed,
brazenIy informing them that they
can do as they please. for the reason
that the men dare not strike.
Used Only Method.
Instead Of letting the companies get
away with that stuff, the records will
show that they have acted "a la Kan
sas" and struck anyway, this being
the only method by which they can
get consideration. There are other
strikes in the making now, II the talk
that is going the rounds means any
thing, unless the ofiicials do some
thing TO relieve the situation by act
ing upon and settling satisfactorily
the many grievances that have been
referred to them for that purpose. II
is claimed that the secretary of the
concilliation board is already in El
Paso, and some interesting threats
are looked for when the oficials re-
turn from their meeting with King"
John Lewis.