The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
Tickets Fired Into
 West Virginia Men
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 posals in . single ballot-expected Co come by acelamation-eariy in the second days session.
 An expression of 100 per cent sup- port but coupled with Q fervent hope that the United States does not enter war, was indicated.
 CIO President Philip Murray touched upon the issue twice in yesterdays opening convention ses. sion. ,
 Tn his presidential report he said: {:
 "The CIO is firmly convinced that this nation must participate in the defeat of Maxi Germany. Toward this end the CIO offers its com plete support to presldent Roosevelt's policy of furnishing through our government all possible economic and material aid to Great Britain, the Soviet Union and China, which are the nations now carrying on the struggle to rid the world Of Naxsni, the enemy of mankind"
 In speech, he said he personally recommended "wholehearted sup- port of the presidents foreign pol- icy," adding: T hope and trust and pray that our great nation will never have to undergo the rigors of any war"
 Brother Denny" Starts Scrap
 It set of Q noisy demonstration. Virtually every delegation joined except those of the United Mine Workers and the Construction Workers Organization Committee. UNIV President John L. Lewis Is an iSolationist. His brother, A. D. (Den. ny) Lewis, Is chairman of the con. struction workers.
 Lewis charged that the adminis- tratlon is lon the road to another American Expeditionary Force" De. clined to say whether there would be an isolationist fight on the conven- ton floor.
 Delegates of oPM Associate Dl- rector Sidney Hillmans Amalga. mated Clothing Workers were ready for Q floor fight If Denny Lewis In. sists or his resolution demanding Hlllmans removal from the 0PM.
 Lewis submitted his resolution to the resolutions committee, charg. Ing that Hilman had diScrimlnated against C1o labor In opposing Q do. fenSe housing contract awagd to the P. J. Currier Company, of Detroit with which his union has closed shop contract.
 Shooting At Miners
 Gary, w. Va, Nov. le - (U.P.) - Two Negroe miners were shot and wounded today In an attempt to charge Q picket line at the No. 10 captive coal mine of the United States Coal and Coke Company.
 The wounded miners, William Lawson and William Rarrlston were taken by ambulance to Welch, seven miles away.
 Harriston was wounded in the left foot and Lawson in the shoulder when pickets fired at A group oe In. dependent union members marching up Q hill toward . closed mine.
 An estimated 50 plckets marched before the entrance to the No, 10 mine when the independent group, smaller in number, rushed the line, Witnesses said several plckets knelt and fired. After the shooting, the picket line quickly dispersed.
 Within five minutes after the shooting, only the wounded Negroes were still ct the scene. Thelf lunch pals, with contents scattered about, lay on the ground.
 At the company's No. 6 mine, where a picket line was dispersed after fist fighting had occurred, ins dependent union leaders persuaded some 400 workers not to enter the mines.
 No work: 90 home" Charles Swayne, spokesman for the indepen. dent miners told the men. Tom Reid, an official Of the Independent Min ers' Association, likewise urged the men to leave the grounds, and after milling around for several minutes, the miners left.
 It would be suicide to send the men against the picket iine," Swayne said.
 Company officials said their No. 2 mine was working at about 30 per cent of capacity with 30 miners on the job.
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 Harlan, Ky, Nov. ls. - (Up) - Picket lines were withdrawn today from the closed captive mines of the U. s. Coal & Coke O., at Lynch, Ky, and Q United Mine Workers (CIO) spokesman said negotiations Tor a closed shop contract should begin within a few days"
 Withdrawal of the piclsets in tra- ditionally bloody Harlan" county came at a time when violence was reported at the U. S. Coal & Coke captive mines at Gary, W. Va, about 60 miles northeast of Lynch.
 Ed Bean, field representative for district l9 of the UNIV, announcing withdrawal of the pickets on the second day of the strike at Lynch, said everything is going fine"
 There hes been no violence and picketing is not even necessary" he said. T believe negotiations between Local TAPS of the UNIV and the U. s. Coal & Coke Co. will start sometime this week."
 Company officials sad the mines would remain closed. The pits com prise the largest captive mine in Kentucky, employing 4,5O0 men. It is said to produce about 70 per cent of the output of captive mines sup plying the U. s. Steel Corporation, parent concern of U. s. Coal & Coke.