The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-27
Arbitration.

ClduoS W De WTlJt6u lnJO tue agree
ment under different name. A board
of two men has been given full au-
thority to settle any demand of either
party to the contract.
The board has been given full
power and with reservations or re-
strictions, and the parties agree to
abide by any decision or decisions of
such board either on the merits of the
controversy, or as to procedure to
be followed"
A forerunner of this condition was
found at one of the mines in Wilkes
Barre, belonging to the Pennsylvania
coal company, the first morning after
the strike. A dispute arose about a
certain kind of work at the mine, the
operators wanting to change the prev
ious custom. The miners Immediately
rejected the proposed change, with
the result that the men returned home
and refused to work until the matter
was settled Bear in mind that this
happened the first morning after the
men returned to work after having
been idle nearly six months, and in
starvation.
Will Not Submit.
TT goes to show the men are not go
ing to submit tamely to the. terms
of the traitorous agreement. 1t shows
something more. 1t shows the coal
operators are not going to wait long
before their campaign against the
miners wages and working conditions
is launched.
The operators feel they have a ire
mendous advantage over the men at
the present time. Knowing the men
are in destitute circumstances and
tied down with the agreement, which
will be carried out by the miners Of
ficials to the best of their ability, the
operators feel that the miners cannot
afford to fight against any of these
impositions, for fear of losing their
jobs and being kicked out of the in
dustry with no other employment to
go to.
a Repudiate IT.
TIME operators are gloating over
4 their victory, victory that could
never have occurred under the lead
ership of the progressive miners, or if
the strike had been managed by the
rank and file themselves. The CAPT
talist press is also gloating over the
miners defeat, but they are gloating
much too soon. The contract is sign
ed, but it is not carried out, and
make the rough guess that the miners
will not carry it out for five years.
Capitalists GIoat.
THE New York Times gloats editor
4 tally as follows, which is but
sample of the manner in which the
capitalist press is trying to break. the
morale of the miners and to destroy
the United Mine Workers of America:
1.-THE outcome reveals him John L.
Lewis beaten at nearly every point.
He ordered the strike in order to get
higher wages. He orders the men back
to work at the old wage. He demand
ed the check-off in its most rigorous
form. If he gets it at all, it is only
in modified form. For months he
vowed to high heaven that he would
never consent to arbitration, yet he
finally put his name to an agreement
which stipulates that controversies
not capable of being settled directly
shall be referred to a board-to all
intents and purposes a board of ar.
bitration-with full power and with
out reservation or restriction, and the
parties agree to abide by any decision
or decisions of such board. It is hard
to imagine retreat more complete or
defeat more absolute.
Expected Different Results
WE expect the capitalist press to
w gloat over the betrayal. That is
its service to its class. But surely the
miners are entitled to expect some
thing different from their leaders. We
pay them high salaries to look otter
orr interest and we dn not acrirn n