The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-30
COURT APPEAL
FIGHT DIVIDES
MINE FARLEY
Insurgents Renew Effort to
Prevent Alleged Die
tatorShip.
BITTERNESS FILLS AIR
FlStiCuftS Again Threaten
During Argument on
Injunction Ban.

Marked by an air of tenseness
which might be shown by those sit
ting on a rumbling volcano, dele
gates to the convention Of the
United Mine Workers of America,
assembled in Tomlinson hall today
for the fifth days session, and the
beginning Of third day of debate
upon an anti-injunction resolution.
Walter Nesbit, secretary of Dis
trict II of Illinois, who, with the
district chairman, John Walker, is
heading the insurgent group took
the floor at the opening Of the
session to continue his plea againAs
adoption of the resolution which
would debar members Of the union
from appealing to the courts.
Protection of Weak"
Like Walker, the secretary has
declared that he is championing the
''inalienable right to appeal from
edicts of the officers the protection
of the weak against the strong. -
introduced by the partisans of the
administration of President John l..
Lewis, the resolution is aimed
directly at the Illinois miners be-
cause of the fact that they went to
the state courts to obtain an in
junction against the president and
his aides interfering in their in
ternal affairs.
The Illinois miners have come to
the convention under a banner
shouting home rule on home
problems" and for three days have
ben fighting bitterly toward this
end.
Discussion Of the resolution loosed
a flood of venomeus allegations and
what up to now had been muffled
criticism of the Lewis twelve years
dictatorship" became open charges.
Fists Again Arc Menace
More than twenty delegates took
the floor Friday to argue the pros
and cons, and on several occasions
1t appeared that fisticuffs would
again be the prevailing argument.
A gesture toward arbitration OF
the differences between the union
executives and district officials was
made by Nesbit in suggesting that
the two groups meet in conferences
to smooth out the difficulties. He
suggested further that the conven-
ton reitierate its stand against in
functions in labor disputes.
His stand was interpreted as an
attempt of the insurgents to re-
establish harmony without endan-
gering their plea for the right to
appeal from decisions of higher Of
flcers.
Nesbit said that adoption Of the
resolution as it was drafted would
not create harmony, intimating that
the action would serve only to an
tagonize the Illinois group further.
Urge Harmony Gesture
Thomas Robertson of Versailles,
Pa. and John president of
District in Pennsylvania, both
urged a gesture toward harmony.
Boylan defended the international
executive board as being the talr
and proper tribunal for final deci-
sion on all union matters. Any OPP
position to the resolution, he said,
was equal to support of the an
tagonists of labor.
Henry Schuster Scranton, Pa,
favored the Illinois attitude and
said the individual miner needs pro-
lection.
If we can't get it," Schuster as
serted, we may as we'll set up
dictatorship"
Animosity within District l flared
when Thomas Maloney of Wilkes
barre, accused Boylan of breaking
up district convention. He re-
ferred also to court litigation in
volving his differences with the dis
trict officials which now is pending
before the state supreme court.