The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-16
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contracts with at least three Harlan

contracts with at least three Harlan mines.
 No Trouble As Yet
 Carter said a threatening atti- tude" had been observed at several unnamed localities in the county butt hat trouble had been averted thus far. He believed the present force of approximately 800 national guardsmen was sufficient to handle the situation, but said endorsements would be brought in if needed.
 Guard units were provided for all mines which asked protection except the two that extend into Bell county.
 Carter reported that the Bell county sheriff objected to the dis patch of troops but said Ines go- ing to get them"
 Violence Absent
 The violence characteristic of . ''bloody Harlan, scene of many bit ter labor wars, was absent as troops deployed on mine tippleS overlook : ing the green, heavily wooded val ! ley. Other troops blocked large in- fluxes of pickets at roads leading to mining areas. Union members made no effort to force their way past the guardsmen. < Guardsmen were more strict to- day than yesterday about letting s persons pass their lines. Newspa- per men were required to have signed passes from national guard 1. headquarters to travel about the county.
 A motorized caravan of miners ! which cruised around the county 2 yesetrday was bottled up at Brook side, Ky, early this morning. About ' 400 union miners in cars were stopped as they approached the ! mines of the Harlan Galleries Go. When they attempted to turn back another detachment of guards . blocked their way into Verda, the next village.
 !. Led by UNIV District President , William Turnblazer, union officials have met with the Black Mountain Corporation. Kenvir, Ky, and the Perkins Harlan Coal Co.,, Liggett, ! Ky, and have had an apparently non-productive one-hour and 45- minute session with three leaders of the operators association. Hopes to Sign Them Turnblazer said he hoped to sign standard union shop agreements with both the Black Mountain and Perkins-H Harlan companies. George Hitler, UNIV district sec- retary treasurer. said the union elso hoped to sign agreements with the Harcrow Coal Co., Draper, a member of the association; the To- cum Creek Coal Co.,, and Benito Mining Co.,, Benito.
 The current crisis in Harlan was caused by refusal of the operators association to accept the union shop demanded by UNIV President John L. Lewis. The Harlan operators were one of six groups which held out. The rest of the bituminous in- dustry agreed to the union shop and resumed work under new individual contracts.
 Troops Are Assigned
 Brig. Gen. Ellerbe Carter of the Kentucky National Guard assigned men to 19 coal properties which eX- pected to operate today.
 Six companies operated yesterday with skeleton forces. Union leaders estimated total men at work at 250. The operators declined an estimate.
 Many persons believed that if the 19 mines successfully reopened with a large personnel, it would be fore runner to the opening of other mines without much trouble.
 Turnblazer, however, said "crisis" and turning point would not be revealed until "the Harlan County Coal Operators Association signs standard union contract"
 Union officials pledged peaceful picketing.
 Gov. Called Mad Dog"
 Philadelphia, May 6.-1CUP)-As- sailing Gov. A. B. (Happy) Chand- Ter as "madman," John L. Lewis demanded a federal investigation of the use of National Guardsmen in the Harlan County mine feud.
 Happy Chandler is using the powers of the state to revenge him. self against the United Mine Work CTS who helped defeat him last year when he ran for senator against AL ben w. Barkley, the Congress of Industrial Organizations chieftain told delegates to the United Textile Workers convention last night.
 ''There also is an obligation on the part of the federal government to ascertain what Happy Chandler is doing with troops, since part of their pay and most of their equip ment is provided by the U. s. treas liry.
 ''The government also must as- certain what suppreSsions of civil liberties are taking place in those isolated communities by the thugs and gunmen of the mine operators under protection of state militia"
 West Virginia Signs
 Charleston, w. Va, May 16-(UP) --The entire soft coal industry in West Virginia employing more than KING 0TIEFN ARE