Evening star., 1949-09-29
TwoCoa| TiippIes
Blasted in New
Mine Violence
Man Shot, Another
Is Reported Killed;
Negotiations Reopen
GOV. TUCK ORDERS Virginia
Into Mining Business to Avoid
Fuel Shortage. Page AS.
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BY the Assoeiotsd Press
Dynamite blasts wrecked nom
union mine tipples in Pennsylvania
and Kentucky today in the fourth
straight day of violent outbreaks
in the Nations coal fields.
The explosion in Butler County.
KY. caused several thousands
dollars worth of damage. A tipple
and nearby motor house were de.
stroyed and the countryside rocked
for several miles.
The Pennsylvania blast at Grass
Flats was blamed by Robely M.
Smith, president Of the Junedals
Coal Co. on United Mine Workers
pickets.
There's no doubt about it,"
Mr.. Smith declared. TT was an
out-and-out case of sabotage"
He estimated damage at $4,000
and said it will take q week to put
his tipple back in operation.
No one was hurt in either blast.
Walkout in 11th Day.
The explosions, together with .
State of emergency directive by
Virginia's Governor, william M.
Tuck, provided a turbulent back
ground for the resumption Of
negotiations today between John
l.. Lewis mine workers and two
big branches of the coal industry.
The walkout Of 100000 mins
workers was in its l1th day today.
Mr.. Lewis, who isn't expected TO
attend meetings with the South
ern coal operators and with the
Northern and Western men, said
it was a spontaneous demonstra-
ton, not a strike.
Reports began circulating in the
anthracite fields of Eastern Penn.
sylyania that the hard coal men
would go back to work Monday.
There was no confirmation Of thu
rumor. s-gSss5ss;4As -
sone sources said that Thomas
Kennedy. UNIV vice president.
would make an announcement
that the 10000 anthracite miners
would return to work next week.
Violence In Alabama.
The hard coal men quit work
in sympathy with the soft coal
miners. Their welfare and PEN
sion benefits were not suspended.
There was violence. too in
Alabama. There, / miner Mas
reported killed by sunfire and
another seriously wounded. The
sheriff at Jasper said, however,
he couldn't confirm the death.
At least 1850 non-union miners
were working in coal operations,
of these 1850 were on the job
in Western Pennsylvania, 1 900
in Iowa and about 200 in Ken.
lucky. There were no official es-
Inmates.
The Kanawha County, w. Va,
Board Of Education Cancelled
school bus runs Tuesday in the
Tuppers Greek area fearing bat
ting between pickets and nom
union miners. The bus runs were
ordered resumed this afternoon.
Coal stocks were dwindling
rapidly. Thousands Of men had
been laid OF because OF the coal
stoppage.
At Snow Shoe Mountain In
Pennsylvania. not far from Grass
Flat, 13 trucks were fired on and
stoned. two days ago. That out
break brought q request to Penn
sylvania's Gov. James II. Dun for
help.
He passed the request along to
State Police Commissioner c. M.
Wilhelm who promised help ''in
keeping the highways open and
maintaining law and order"
Some 1,400 non-union miners
were at work in Pennsylvania pits.
Operators Get Injunction.
Sixteen small mine operators in
Kanawha County, West Virginia.
were granted a temporary injunc-
tion prohibiting picketing Of their
non-union mines In the Tuppers
(See COAL. Page A.50