Evening star., 1950-05-29
0usted Miner
Wins His Fight
Against UNIV
Sidener's $4,000
Fine ,Reseinded; Gets
Old Job and Back Pay
By Robert M. Levin
Correspondent for The Stor and
Chicooo D0iIy News.


CHICAGO, May 29.-Lloyd H.
Sidener, the discharged and fined
Canton GllD coal miner, has won
his fight against John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers.
UNIV Local 7455 yesterday re-
scinded the $4,000 fine it imposed
on Mr.. Sidener because he had
tried to go back to work during
the recent national coal strike.
Local 7455 voted that Mr.. Sid
ener could return to his job at
the United Electrical Coal Com
panies' Bucheart mine with back
pay for time lost any time he
wants.
The union acted after a lawyer
on Mr.. Lewis staff in Washington
came to Chicago last week and
discussed settlement of Sidener's
case. 1t is reported that Mr.. Lewis
had ordered a settlement.
NLRB Officials Silent.
The attorney talked at length
with National Labor Relations
Board officials here. An unfair
labor practice case is pending as a
result of charges filed by Mr..
Sidener. A hearing had been set
for June 20.
NLRB officials refused to COM
ment.
Mr.. Sidener was a shovel engi-
neer, earning $2105 a day,
Mr.. Sidener has not worked
since March 6, the day after the
strike ended, because the local
threatened to strike at Buckheart
If he worked.
Mr.. Sidener said that he would
go back to work as soon as all de-
tails of the settlement are ironed
out with him, including payment
for time lost. He said
I'm happy that I've been
exonerated by my local union.
MY position all along-that ]
wanted to return to my job-has
been upheld.
IT did not want to start new
union to rival the UNIV, as was
charged"
"DuaI Union" Charge Dropped.
Local 7455 dropped the dual
union" charge on. which it all
legedly based the punishment and
fine against Mr.. Sidener.
The union and company each
have agreed to pay half of the
earnings lost by Mr.. Sidener, esti-
mated now at some $4,000, in.
Guiding overtime.
Local 7455 dropped the charge
on which the union had based
the punishment and fine against
Mr.. Sidener - that he tried to
form a rival union to the UNIV.
He has denied the charge.
Yesterdays action wiping out
the previous action against Mr..
Sidener was taken at special
meeting at the unions meeting
hall.
Some rs members of Local 7455
attended the meeting. which also
was attended by Bernard j. Beas-
ley, Canton area member of the
UNIV board in Illinois. and his
alternate, Edward Lamm.
Wants Union Presidency Back.
Nothing was said at the union
meeting about reinstating Mr.. ST.
dener, who is "A, as president of
the local. He was deposed March
7, when the union first acted
against him.
However, Mr.. Sidener said that
he wants and expects to be REIN
stated as president of the local
He also expects to be paid the
presidents salary of $25 a month
for the three months he has been
out, he added.
The Sidener case caused JUS
tice investigation, carried on by
the FBI, and congressional in
veStigation.
Mr.. Sidener quoted Mr.. Beasley
as having told him February IL
soon after a Federal injunction
was issued ending the strike
John L. Lewis says the whistle
blew one for Monday.
In miners terms, that meant nc
work-in spite of the injunction.