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Show VISE PACT phn L. Lewis, Acting Head of Mine Work-lrs Work-lrs Urges Convention o Cancel Agreement. fould Obtain Six-hour pay and Five day Week or Call Strike n Entire Jurisdiction. ;i.V:W:UAM Sept. W:th siMnc 0 licios.vios friMu 1 vv'tiorii if i !u-iio.l !u-iio.l Stylos anl .ea :hcr i In t armory of tho CU..!.uHt vlr.iv t!w eniauonal cvnvonuon 01 the l" ni til ce Workers of Ameruu. the ton;-Ji ton;-Ji cov-stontivo i;at litM-'.tis? of that or-Ui.tun. or-Ui.tun. was oalUM to oiiU'i- at 10 lock tliis rr.omir.i;. Kvonts liave ooi rvil to mako it probacy tlo most Uu-tani Uu-tani in the history of tho V'nitetl M;ne irkers, since, quite apart from the pos-II::: pos-II::: es of trouble ooniained in Us at:i;os: tiiin ccnuir.ds for higher v;;i;es a:ul r.-.r hours, the miners of (.Treat I'rita-n l.ki;'? to it for support a::.l co-r.Uion co-r.Uion in the ciutstions o: tlie s'.x-t-.our ; thirty-hour week a:ul of th, r.-irhz.t::on r.-irhz.t::on of coal mint's. Hotti arti.I.s t .0 British r.ii tiers" program n-:nro r thai of the CkvtUr.d co:i -.u ;oti. KT.il a.-t:on. which is :iniie;paWi. o;'eeteil to react symrathetk-a'ly upou truile aeross tho Atlantic he con en'.iou was ea'Ied to or ier l- ' way T".r:.m. y. ar.d 1.. v.ird. i- ' h ' . t o!" i.i-- Oi-.h-r of K..:l.ty t , . , , i or . r. ; -e i-." A- IT. ul-:.' .i.-liu : w.s . : tht- i: i y-.i v v)v of A:- : :. a. :.: :h- h. :v of t..- von vitt io:i. ! ow::,- t' ti-- - of l'i hmt Kr.fh i of t . :t :.::, w!.:, h t'p-v(ol to j ::'(:: t o to t h' v. e h. UvOl'LD HASTKN PEACE TEEATV. Aiv.i.i., t;.. : wi;.-'; w:'! ...v.:.-.-I th- IV s: d...-u-: .!. .!!'.- ..y. r.;l tS i of r.i I. '-' w.th ..: . " ! -1 - ..r'- t., . it: : ::i t::..- :.-o;--.-- of t:...l :..-i.. K),?r I rtr. o .; ::::::. I ..r , ..ii..,:..r.u:o:i 'l'1!::-:! J !; i i. ;: ;. ,,, :i-!o:: of .l.Hlr iliv oil ...l.ti. ol . : - t:.n.v oor.i . .1. .t v uh th.- w.ir :i n . 1 i t .i.l- M:-. l.-w:... 1:1 h;- i .;... 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An import . di.ty of at h-.ist a dollar a harn-1 was ilc- 1 ' .-ir. d t n.'-x-l t.ns . 1 t-l i I .fii. he paid. ; t'oil hi. -lion in liOM had fall-n off TiiarV.-il.y. he s.iid, tile output during the f::t ?-in numths having heeri 1 .t't"t.U'ii i inns h-- than in tin- s.i ;ne noutlis of' . r.i. This r--lu.-tioii was ar.-onipair.ed , I hv -t.-nsi-.' iion-.-nip " mi'iit tor nnnt-is. j I 'T!,.- "a -t.n.ishinc I : u rt a In the eosi j of tiie n..i-.-s!t ie of 111-', l-'lt ly the mill- j ; . is v.i'.h partienl:ir s.-v.'iiiy owiiir lo their, ; I (. in ij-out'o'd .oi1.:r.uiiUi--s lar li'om ct n- I j t.-.s of illMrihlUhui. neri--s!latei Inline- I I ,;,1w- action to enalV.e iinr.e workers to j j n-'-'-l it. T1 t'diiin; iitre on policy already In I Vi i!( !i had drawn :p a s.-rn'S of r.-coin-fiu'iidatioius widoh 1'." einnii' i ated, hut no w.'i:- tnov.-m.'nt had he. mi though', ad- -1 .i t tiiis summer, owtni; to the indo-i- ; trial d- pre.-sum. Tne Hie'- for aetion hail j I now eonn-. In no way reponsihle for the , I failure of the Senate to ratify the treaty ! nf p. aft- and thus oMiemliy terminate J j thf W'.t.-ihn u-'on wa.M-f :invm''nt, the. l nite.i Mine Workers sli'-aid no lor.cer he, eousidfied hound hy Dial a ',-reeme r, t. J J e j tllerel'ore ivi'O'niilclvl.'il that the eonven- i ilou t el-mi n;i j.- th" Washington ak-rt-t-ment not later than Xovemher I; tlial. in the I f- i -i 1 1 nf no satisi'aetorv hasie agreement I ! h. !t:u' r.Mfl'ed hv that 'dale, there he no i 1 seeton:i: etilfments hy district hut that then- he "a complete cessation of mine op.-ra ; ions throui-'imut our entire Jurisdiction." Jurisdic-tion." and f'at any satisfactory hasic ai;reemenl reachfd in t lie central com- j Pi;Ute fi. !d antomatically affect all out- i lyint: districts. Membership (Jrows. j See relary-Treaf urer W;llir.in Oren re- M ported that the avtr-e ni..-inher -h i of the L'ni ted M inn 'or!; rs of America in I'.'i'.l constiUited the hili water record j in the history of the organization, an a vera e (Jf KM,!h5 7 nn mcs having heeu J carrh.l on the rolls during the first nine 1 nmm hs of l'.'l'.t. The finaneiai eon d it ion j it'" tiie organization, too, was stronger than ever hefove, .the i nt ei-na iona 1 union heii'tr entir-dv- out of .i. 'nt and carrying In its treasury over M.Tl'S.iMO. Sacli a strong treasui-y. said Mr. Green, was hound to have a favonihle moral effect ef-fect d urine,- witi;-' seale nentiations such as were now peiulim. Resolutions on this suhject, suhmitted hy (ho local unions, showed t ha t the men wore filled with a m ini detenu ir.at ion to secure shorter hours of lahor, increa-es in wan'os and ini-u-oeil conditions of i n i ploy i.i cut. The T'nittd Miners, he declared, had during the war not only arisen to the oe- i easitm in furnishing troops. reports ' from three-fourths of tlic local unions In the I'ldted States phowiM,i.r en- I I Htui.'nts of Tjo.U memhers. of whom I :::::: lai-l down their lies, hut had met ( their financial ohhvrn t ions loyally, the in- , 1 e-na I iona 1 anil loral unions having t-ol- lectively purchased over $ii.S'0.00n in T.ih- I erl honds and war savings stamjis. 'i Similar patriotic effort was shown in the jj production of coal, which steadily increased in-creased from r:in,(iiin,Oi'i) tons In PJlti, to t'.r.l,iMH),'iuij in it 17. and tS i , t0ti, 000 in mis. Wilson Criticized. rresident Shea of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Knjrlnemen hroiiKht in (be question of the national!- ( nation of railroads, evoking rounds of a)- plause. Me declared that, in some form I or ot her, the I'lurnh plan wa s ult hunt el y hound to he accepted. He denied charges tha I ra il way etnp!,iyees had received dis- R proporl iona t cly hih wajre increases to & the fiisa dva ntaee of other classes of lahor. t ami erilic'r.e'l I're.sitlent AVilson's demand I for tostiitueiiicnt. of waire itcrenses to ! J await the issue of atlfinpls to r..-(.iuce I t hif;h costs of living, sui.uf stint;-, as tlic i l better alternative, immctliale increases I subject to later motlifii-a lion in ease of I c decided reduction in prices of necessities I t of life. President Stone of the hhm i neers Hrothe-hood suested joint political ac- ! lion as the best means lor labor to enforce ' Us demands and secure improved coutii- , tions of Ubor. Strikes, h- said, were all very well in their way. but the best place I ti to strike was at Hie haliot box. ' J 0 |