Evening star., 1933-08-08
U. S. Official Gains Speedy
Response From Over 100
Leaders of Locals.
EXPECTED OPPOSITION
FAILS TO MATERIALIZE
Men in Southwestern Pennsylvania
Have Been on Strike More
Than Two Weeks.

UNIONTOWN. Pa, August LP).-
More than 100 heads of United Mine
Workers locals, representing about
| 1000 miners, voted unanimously today
to return to work in the soft coal fields
| of Southwestern Pennsylvania
The action was taken in a rising
vote after Edward F. McGrady, labor
advisor of the National Recovery Ad-
ministration, delivered stirring appeal
to the men to support President Roose-
velt's recovery program.
McGrady few to the coal fields from
| Washington at the request of Gen.
Hugh S. johnson, recovery administra-
| tor.
Several hundred people, many OF
| them strikers, milled about the streets
as the decision was reached.
! The men have been on strike for
more than two weeks, demanding rec
! ignition of the United Mine Workers
OF America.
Opposition to the return-to-work
plan failed to materialize after NC
! Grady's appeal. brought directly from
|
Resume Work Tomorrow.
William Feeney. president Of the
unions district No. 4, said after the
meeting:
This means that the men will re-
turn to work tomorrow morning
| His statement was corroborated BY
Martin Ryan, president of Colonial, No
local, leader of a group that pre-
viously opposed returning to the pits
until full recognition of the union is
granted by the companies.
During the session and afterward
when McGrady spoke briefly to the
throng outside the meeting place, pro-
longed cheers greeted President Roose-
velts name every time it was spoken.
Il am here, acting for the President
of the United States and asking you
to go back to work." McGrady said al
the outset of his talk to the local chiefs
Will Insure Fair Play.
I'VE propose to see that the agree
ment which was entered into between
your organization, the operators ane
the President is carried out. I pledge
you that any grievances that may arist
will be handled promptly and that We
will appoint committee to rectify any
wrongs
The President has called every EN-.
ployer and every worker to the color!
In this war against depression
Your meeting today is a forerunnel
Of a meeting at Washington tomorrow
at which time great drama will bt
enacted. This is the first time in the
history of the Nation that the opera.
tors have agreed to talk in the opeI
about raising your wages and shorten.
ing your working hours.
There was never anything accom-.
plished like this before in this cpun.
try"
Rising Vote Follows Cheers.
McGrady referred to the hearings or
code of fair competition for the
bituminouS coal industry, which oper
tomorrow in the Capital
Concluding with a gesture of appeal
the mediator said:
In the name of President Franklin
D. Roosevelt, ask you to return Il
work"
cheer rose from the hall and tn,
rising vote followed
Duncan McCallum, Gov. Pinchot'
private secretary, and Joseph Washing
ton, the executives personal representa-
tive in the strike zone, attended tht
meeting, which was not open to tn,
public.
During the session a truckload O.
youthful strikers went through thu
downtown district and drew some "boos'
from the townsfolk, who are anxious fo
the strike TO end.