The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-10-17
1OHN ]. WATT

/ e,l. for control of the
/ - IT;on in Illinois continues
i - nd -lls- violence, in fact it has
/ ! 81 such stage that today
! deputies and State Police
| s.. = On the job or in prepar-
] ak r1re in to the Southern
4 g casi Fields for duty imme-
i n DuQuoin where the
.-riD,mines in the state
..s,a-ion. miners are work
- : crew Of Sheriff's de-
- + The Dsnville section a
.i,pation prevails and in
- ! Tribune of September
Z. I555. the following statement en-
-. -VoOdey (Chief of the
- -, torces) on Sept: 1st had
= 60 - 1s,rolling state highways
e whom use motor
T.s number is expected 10
/ Z, 80 to $50 during the
|e;,tfr months. Precautions
20 roting this winter in the
1 e. Illinois coal fields, where
j s---,I differences have caused
! = Bitterness, are planned by
! -. He Is arranging to send
E-rs number Of his men to
- csnters in that region as
I, -irss open upon a large scale
| -sst increased demands for
-, coal" This movement of
] Vr5sTs and the other police for
! ! -lrurIput the State is to pro-
/ y As Coal Operators and the
! T,Sr henchmen they NAV choose
nv over the check-off to. but
] !. rp.lSa is only intensifying
eyurrle now eoing on and is
gTing the miseries the min
! = themselves are going thru.
The Inner Struggle
Ina regrettable fact that the
isr control caused by Lewis
rvr FarringtOn- Fishwick-Wal ak
sd, is having its most deadly
ad n the ranks of the miners
sglTes. Sides have been taken
tie miners either for one group
ss other, this being brought
BY bribing or placing on the
I'll important local figures
are using their influence for
rOup with whom they are
-sd, and fights, riots and kill
have been the results, not of
leadership who are responsible,
within the ranks of the miners
snseyes. Only a rank and file
pavement vii heal this breach,
,iced Of course by the continued
uggle nov going on within the
derShip, the sapping of the
'aunes by the Injunction, courts
laEyer process, and the wors-
lg Of the working conditions
IN the mines and about 500
enjoyment This is the only
IN spot in this debacle. The
',1 ard file miners are waken-
Up and beginning 10 see that
0hly can restore harmony and
within their own ranks.
reaoOdy Coal Control Now
ne 70 curt action the Walker.
rmgiOn-Fshwick Peabody Goa
have temporarily the edge
z ilght now going on. The
~ ceclsiOn Of Judge Briggle
. yet temporary, is a sweep
ne which prevents Lewis o.
i'ats in Illinois from secur
ly Injunction in the futur,
= qrtails or denies his oppon
e pntectiOn granted then
ne first injunction issued
the right to serve in I'LL
: TIE bOna-fide officials o
With full right to admins
]. = affairs Of the union, col
s. S ~ enforce contract wit
ga Operators, etc. This in
-, '-aa | predict will become per
~ 50 there is nothing lei
- y, Lewis only but thru hi
No - .duSe turmoil, in tn
!, ' y winning the Coal Opera
- w, 70 him. Without thi
n 'T a. ne is doomed, for he ha
=. - Political support in Ill
ss asd The TIE losing Of that powe
really started TIE fi0ht /
H.. The False Alarm
1 .s has been completely licl
- I very maneuver he has en-
- n Illinois and that We
49,, -. about because the Co;
=. i'I Us and the Politicians d,
~, nm "a and d lined up with Fa.
81 81 t,i Walker ksI and Fishwic,
~. '' Ria behind in every m,
! ..I Ms opponents o. beat hi:
:, n. ne best legal talent. e 3
and in enrlo,.; 49, Aa1oIaO