| Show STATE STATEMENT nENT MADE MADEY BY Y GOAL MINERS Why They are Entering on the Great Strike on Monday REQUEST PUBLIC lImo he Indianapolis lad Ind Sept order to before the pUblic thi condl condi condition tion existing In the anthracite ot of Pennsylvania John oil and lid W U I VII son IGn ot of the United Mine lne Workers ot of America issued today to the public a giving tIme the causes that have led up to time the strike After the statement had heart given out for tor Mitchell saId Mid At this time I 1 do not bell believe anything will wI take place now and Monda that will Prevent the strike All the information comIng to tomy i In my tOil today that th time struggle Is practically on onI I have been receiving metiNg messages nil all nilda allday da day the anthracite region which clearly that We time endorsement ot of tb the strike und and the Issuance or of the I order h ha met lUet with the approval ot of th the miner There mire lue a fe few details to be b arranged but the Inen are for tor the fight I 1 have not received to today today day an any information direct or Indirect to 10 show how that the operators h re me recel cel ceded from their position IS TI STATE STATEMENT IE Irid Ind Sili Sept or of the national board ot of the Mine of at I realIzing that th the ImmateriaL welfare ot of a lae large number ot of the Amer Amerlean Jan lean people will I I b injuriously affected by I a suspension or of work In time the cl coat heidi ot of knowing tIme the Irresistible power ot of a concentrated Ilu lle opinion and amid having I a profound r respect pt for tor the o or of their tel fel fellowmen ha have decided to mke mke n a gen gneal eal statement to the public Nu No one calm CIUI have a greater toC tiomi ot of the of at n a astrike strike of at th the anthracite cl coal miners than coal miners and families the coal cOI end the rail mall oo ways uy Ind and but n a small portion ut of time the vt vast whose interests are I ao directly and amid indirectly wih with the coal 11 that limit a conflict of lr such luch magnitude wi will sited ther The he tue fuel ot of the It West Welt the great reat manufacturing indus Indu tri trl of the tbt t time the wholesale Ald mid ro me tail bURn business establishments the tal great rt o ocean al lake Jake MII cammal mind and railroad trans interest laboring men and capitalists wi will al all bI be affected by Jh Jha such sucha a struggle That the world ma may know that limit we have done al all that honorable men cn can do to avoid time the con w we herewith submit 1 a few tew taO facts for careful consideration rime rIle aveo Wae Wage ot of the cite miner for lor many years hat has ben been I less that Ihal SS O annually During Durin the pr period or time the ct coat ot of many or of the n earl ot of life ha has b bei Increased over Oer J 30 Ir per Ct coat An n Increase I Ic the It cost of living without a carr increase or of wares WI wages Is to 1 a reduction In The laws ot of the State of at vanla anla male make 2100 pound 1 a ton ot of In an coal anthracite coal C yet et col to rain from ate 1 minI t to 1010 0 pounds for a ton Ion and Itt In additiOn t 0 tat that ar are docked exorbitant Often reaching 1 12 pr per cent nt ot of dal deIty earnings In army tk t h h mi Le be sent out with their theirS r l 2 S 1 coat coal Were th they paLl paU by time the ca car In instead stead ted of at require required to furnish u uI a I ell rounded heap hap on the ear car t the breakers I as tau al originally ore agreed to the they have gradually been compelled to increase e time or OC coa coal In each car b by buIlding the alne from six Ix to eighteen incites ab aboVe the edge Hie They A are rumple compelled to chase time the powder Uld used tn in mining from their employers 11 paying 1 ier keg ker for tor I a grade ut of that cibe I be chased elsewhere tot 6 imer keg ker and which wholesales for tur about 1 per keg kel They are required by many of at the corn com to dell In Pluck me stor stores or theIr employment The They must II pity tl tO the 1 pr per month for a ado need him him not nOl do doctor tor whether they ne or Ind hare hAC no Voice In sain who the doctor tor shall hal be beThe The smallness ot of their earnings to wih whim the great Ot cost ut of living hu has them tu to take their children tram fromn school chol before the they have reached the site prescribed d b by law And place them Kle at work In th breaker In order to kM keep the family train from starvation When hn an any miner time the burden of oC thus conditions ha lime lone gone to the and to haV have them themI I he hl has been told that It if he do does enove not like I It t he can call quit quit WI Ue they hav have organist nt at an any colliery amid bave sent nt committees to the manage manae mont ment asking to have their grievances the ave either discharged or they ha have been told that the els evils not b be remedied because ot of time the fromn other companies bul II hen the cm ot of the p miners ot of the whole region lave have met and asked 01 coal tu to met meet them In joint convention to ar arrange tah range e wages ael and condItions upon al all equitable bull basis 11 so that ech each wi will know kno what hal hi his W was 8 paIn arid ad adno rio no advantage could be tal l u of al all Ole cite their fr a conference ha han has n In time the bu businesS ln Rs rota mn clergymen and other outside have hae aI aj pealed to the coal to rr rot mome me of at the evi evils O complaIned ot of rt ha In been dented and when ehen as a last resort the ot of our lat Imae wired the dents ot of th the great rat railroad companies anthracite coal nelds who control th cl to submit the whole question to arbitration the proposition has ben treated wih with silent contempt having 11 all other mens means ot of adjust adjustment ment Ye we have reached t the Int where We must elber eIther ld Ile ice mIners ot of the anthracite region to continue working thel these unjust t and tyrannical con or coun strike se I have hat hu ln the latter and hI having done S w 1 a thorough impartial and public of Ut time condItIons Ixl in II tb the anthracite cf cite COlt coal fields We 1 believe that time the great American heart II in ym sym for tor the and aDd up op oppressed pressed whether In this or a say other pre lane land We know the great rt power ot of time the publIc presa In iii public ell senti With an abiding faith In the justice of at our IU use I and amid u a conscious consciousness of time the Ih hg that whosoever I ness Ct cnn oh ia mozy Ab u us the Gret Great Jehovah ane and understands the rectitude ur r lr tin purpose we lp mop JI peel to the people and atm to 10 the a the arbi ten tera on omm earth t to 1 US UJ ant sustain u up In our hour tf if On behalf of th lii executive ln board Mill Wor of Anmer Amer Ira JOHN OIIN P President O n 11 VILt N eu Tn There I I no mesas I ot of ar at any an ot of the ot of tl his miners le tar for tie the main or of the thc to 10 l be cled called out b by the strike I im and Secretary Wison the litter tL time the hd o of th of th Lb huH imae firmly to 10 give out an s a on this point It Would he R a mailer er for tor the 0 to they said I it th knew what ht amount vf of w we commented to wait Until it II I is r rI I it olt b be folly on our lin to Ilk make 1110 at al this tine IT ulca which In an estimate ot of QUI ow could be bt based At the close of f last Yr year there were Ina bonn ld In tb the Ma Mine Woke o tt th the eOIn ion In January It was 1 Jee to le levy Upon each eh or of Ib these me al an fJ or of r CS cents 1 a month to l ie plated lal 1 I Lii llo iIi hands hand ot of the naU national br bairn ten fer u us a as 1 a defense find 1 Jat Of this h imas been n t tied in hi small mall but the bulk r It I is probably e X at this time Since January lr 41 ht he year there ha has bel 1 a air ir fr material increase In the member hll hleb ot of course carries with It Ital al Him mn In reseed defense fund Aside real from the mOle In the hd of t tile the national executive ban board local In I a number ot of State States have ac acI I large sums lum of at mOlle money In tim Ih Ir tr treasuries which while not at t the I ot of time the executive of at atI I the ht organization Uon wi wIll probably bly b be II lit time the strike fund Cont lions from other trades trade unions can be beI I on and anI from thee these facts fact It can be I acen fn that the miners miner mire art prepared for tor d a long Tomorrow wi will b be spent In tol to fo such uch emergencies a as may al arise luriri time strike Stura Saturday night Mitchell will go 10 to and from there to points In time for tor the ot of holding nasa nAM meeting |
