Evening star., 1939-05-17
Coal
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peIleVe Satisfactory agreement
could be reached
I'VE no longer regard him (the
GOVERNOR as a friend of labor, re-
gardless of his statement to the
contrary"
Brig. Gen Ellerbe Carter, in COM
mand of the State troops ordered
here by Gov. A B. Chandler as
mines closed since March 81 opened,
said the 400 more soldiers had not
been called to duty but "alerted"
for possible quick movement. There
are almost 800 militiamen here.
Adjt. Gen. Lee McClain was here
to confer with Gen. Carter. Further
than to say he was merely IAN OBJ
server the adjutant general de-
clined comment.
William Turnblazer, president of
the Harlan district of the United
Mine Workers, who yesterday wired
President Roosevelt a protest over
the presence of troops charging the
soldiers are being used as a strike
breaking agency" and asking the
President to do something to re
lieve the situation" was back at his
home in Jellico, Tenn.
Does Not Plan to Intervene.
Mr.. Roosevelt at Washington told
a press conference he had no inten-
tion of intervening in the contro-
versy over the use of troops in the
coal fields. He said the use of troops
primarily was up to the Governor
At the time he said he had not re-
ceived the Turnblazer protest.
The Federal Surplus Commodities
Corp. at Washington said it had
shipped food to Harlan County for
distribution among families on re-
lef and that it was probable" that
some of the products went to miners
involved in the labor dispute.
Dpring the past 10 days the F. S.
c. C. has shipped one carload each
of dry skim milk, wheat cereal and
graham flour. One carload of corn
meal is in transit.
Officials explained that determi-
nation of who should receive sur
plus commodities was left to State
and local relief officials.
Before leaving Harlan Mr.. Turn
blazer said he expected to resume
negotiations with the Harlan Coun-
ty Coal Operators Association Mon
day. George S. Ward, secretary of
the operators organization was nom
commlttal on the Monday confer
ence.
Gen. Carter said today Harlan
County coal mine pickets had failed
to comply with agreements made by
their leaders. He listed two in
stances.
One was a reported concentration
of trucks and automobiles two abreast
on a highway serving mining prop
critics near Cumberland, KY Carter
said he dispatched troops to clear
the road. No disturbance was re-
ported.
Gen. Carter said the massing of
hundreds of men and women at
Brookside also went against the
union leadership's agreement not to
permit mass picketing or to allow
men from one mining camp to
move to another for picketing.
Soldiers Halt Workers, Too.
A misunderstanding by which one
detail of Guardsmen prevented both
pickets and miners wishing to work
from approaching a mine was re-
lated by the general. For time
Carter said, soldiers stopped all per-
sons nearing the Kentucky Cardinal
Coal Mining Corps mine on the
Harlan-Bell Counties line. After
the situation was corrected 65 pei
cent of the expected workers re-
ported, he said
Gov. Chandler at the State Capt.
tol in Frankfort isued a lengthy
statement answering charges o1
John L. Lewis, who charged the
Governor with being mad" in send.
ing the troops.