Show U 0 MW W 00 0 0 0 M W maw wa M aw ow 0 am owe am M M 0 I 1 nt h li p s JIM it aim LIE I 1 E y 1 I labor U union M on runs open shop mine we ask no mans union nunila alons some humorous people will doubtless Z d got get a laugh out of this utterance 41 anyway its warren S stone who Is warren S stone Is in grand 4 w chief of the brotherhood of locomotive ak 4 engineers one of the oldest tind and strongest labor unions in the united states it Is his answer as chairman t of the board of directors of the coal R river Co colliery lifery company operating mines in west virginin virginia and eastern kentucky to tho the statement of fred mooney secretary of district 17 united 7 mino workers of america that the international miners union had called a strike at these mines because of 4 tho the adoption of the open shop policy cy at our workings in west virginia we pay fhe he union scale 11 stone explained at tits his offices in Clevel cleveland lind 0 men may join the union or stay shy out la eastern kentucky tho the miners aro are not organized they can form a union it if they lantto efant Wan tto to wo we pay thu tho prevailing rate of wages and we have not sought to compel the men either to stay out of the union or go into it the CORI coal iziver colliery company Is largely owned by members of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers r ngi A corporation was organized aurli during ig the coal strike of 1022 the mines purchased and in the announce announcement men t of policy it was stated that the company unlike other corporations phad had a soul |