The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-23

associations OF this state has Just
been arranged, which centers around
the following surprising points.
~ No time limit is provided men
are to work on the basis Of the
Jacksonville agreement, until some
decision is made for the central com
petitive field, after which a new
agreement for Wyoming will be
made, embodying whatever changes
are made by the new situation in the
east.
p There is no stipulation as to how
the agreement in the central COM
petitive field shall be arrived at,
whether by strike or otherwise. The
Wyoming contract is virtually an
agreement by the miners to scab dur
ing coal strike, and then when it
shall have been broken, to take the
low wages assigned to the beaten
strikers.
81 No penalties for breach of con-
tract operate upon the employers.
~ 1t is clearly stated in the pre-
amble to the contract, which is signed
by the district officials of the coal
miners union, that the whole deal is
made under the authority, and ac-
cording to the general directions OF
the international officials, President
John L. Lewis, and his executive
board, and policy committee. It
quotes from a form letter sent by
international officers to all outlying
districts.
Same as Others.
1t is generally understood that sim
liar agreements are being signed in
parts of Pennsylvania, in the south
west, and are contemplated for Dis
trict II, Illinois. The result, miners
say, proves the New York Herald
Tribune, one of the most reactionary
papers in the United States, had adj
vance information when it quoted
Lewis as declaring: "There will be
no strike this year"
Blame Lewis Gang.
The operators, and Lewis bench
men, are proceeding, say progressive
miners, on the assumption that If the
union is not absolutely helpless, it
can be made so by it's officials in
short order, and any kind of condi-
/ tions or wages forced upon it that
the boss may desire to have. Pro-
I gressives call for organization Of the
unorganized fields, and for united,
nation wide action, to stave off the
low wages and union wreeking that
/ the bosses contemplate.
The Wyoming contract and cover
ing letter by District % officials is
as follows:
Partial Contracts.
Cheyenne, Wyo., March 7th,
| 1927.-To the officers and members
of Local Unions of Dist. %, U. NJ. w.
Of A.
! Brothers:
You are acquainted with the. fact
that the joint conference held at
Miami, Florida, adjourned without
reaching an agreement for the CEN
trail competitive field, the wage bas-
ing districts.
Upon the adjournment of the joint
conference, the International Policy
Committee was convened by Pres.
Lewis, this policy committee being
composed Of representatives Of every
district under the jurisdiction of the
/ U. NJ. w. of A.
The following policy was upani-
mously adopted by the above COM
mittee at its meeting February %,
1927.
"That the officers Of each outlying
bituminous district, where contracts
are expiring as Of March 31st, 1927,
authoritatively advise the operators
in their respective districts that their
mines may continue at work after
April LIST, 1927, upon the payment of
the existing wage rates and the
maintenance of present conditions
pending the negotiation Of a basis
agreement in the Central Competitive
field"
A Sample Seli-Out.
The officers Of Dist. %, acting UNI
der the above policy and instructions
from the international Policy Com
mittee, upon their return from the
conference arranged to meet with the
Operators comprising the Northern
and Southern Wyoming Coal Opera
tors Association. This meeting was
held in Cheyenne, Wyoming, March
7th, 1927, and the following agree
ment reached putting into the Nat
ional Policy in Dist. 20:
Cheyenne, Wyo., March 7th, 1897.
II is hereby mutually agreed to
between Dist. %, Of the u. NJ. w. of
A. acting under instructions issued
by the international Policy Commit
tee Of the U. NJ. w. Of A. at Miami,
Florida, February 23rd, 1927, and the
Northern Wyoming Coal Operators
Association and the Southern Wyom-
ing Coal Operators Association, re-
spectively, that the agreement in eff
feet as Of this date and which ex-
pires by limitation March 31st. 1927