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Show iieds' u:::.: ISDECOGH liJ GOICiiicF Counsel for - Operator! Direct Attack on C ;c'.-off ;c'.-off Syitem and C'"p I Shop in Eituminou l ie! J CHARGE OFFICIALS ', REMAIN IICIILC Claim Organization LaJ-ers LaJ-ers Have No Interr t ii Mines Wkh No I.ocl Market; Veci L. I WASHiWtON, Aug. 1. -Attorney for th bituminous operators' oper-ators' apeclal committee tndtv submitted sub-mitted ta the t'nlted 6tt- oil commission a voluminous brlrf condemning the t'nlted Mm. Worker of America, ths checkn-f system and th clo-ed shoo. T -e commission wss Invited to vli t th nonunion coal field of V.v.t Virginia and satisfy Itself tvnt conditions thers wars net ss M 1 ss privet Investigators had pam:-ed pam:-ed them. Continued reetstsnes wnu'd he offered bv the mine cmvn;ei to efforts of ths TT. M. W. of A. 10 unionise dtitricts now operr- nonunion, ths commission was informed. in-formed. "Ths rompsnles are ennvlnf-M thst contracts with that f"r;m.7i-tlon f"r;m.7i-tlon are In the iniereit n- irer f the operator nor of trie mtn-ie, h it tend to etlfle Inrtii.Ty nni individual in-dividual Initiative uni tn cr" . a relatlrtn.hlp b..d no on n ii- tUal Confidence and S,r-e of rf snon.lhlllly, but on nr. , h-- tlll'v." . "Thev are convinced. - ' . document, "fit to r"Vn p i thlt prBr',lifta I. in t eronoml't f Mire r' which have no lor.,, i, the mercy of were n tf : ...r n -, tated hv Intern tlnn th t'nlted Mine America who hsvs a ri-, hostility to this fi.'i Ami el.. 9 primary Interests sre siewhr-. "Wisely or unwUe'y thy tect to the prlncl pie of V 1 ( compelled to employ only, manners man-ners of fhst orgsnlr.'lnn enil 11 being forred to eolie.-t hv t checkoff for that rin,n'!"i 1 dues and assessment e. ir , fit totlmnoee on each wom.r in their mines." SIX REASONS GIVE N. After reviewing the I'rurv, between th employer in Hi. w --t Virginia fields sines 1B0. in. P-i ' 1 t Ihs grest strike of 1901. the ( ,,t and Cabin CreeW ,.wire"' in. Winding r.ulf conflicts of IvlT m i the "slsrch on Mingo" with in stlendant wsrfars. tne brief rli-i six re e ions whv the oneratnre purpose to resist unionization (f their mines: "The eight-hour dnv Is unlvers.it among nonunion miners. Ths eamlnss of miners In nonunion non-union fields ere St least as hih as those In union flelns. ' "Ths earnings of nonunion -' i-srs i-srs range, far in advance of... -1 laborers and othsr - unisilud worksra .' "Tha miner I mor nearly h'e own boo a ta whether-he nt.l work - when the mine -le runnlrc, how Ion be will work and how he will work, than almost any oth-r claea of Ishorer. "The housinv snd llviir condition condi-tion of ths miners sre tho.e of a progrssslvs Induilrb! --"mmiiiii'r snd comoare -favorablv t tih mma communities ths coun' over In anion and. nonunion f . MINERS ARE ARMIU "Ths miners of soulheia t'e.l Vlrslnle. far from heiog held in subjection snd kept from unionising unionis-ing by force of srms, hsvs themselves them-selves tsken an arms to re. -t forcible attempts of ths - 1'nit.d Mine Workers of Amerlr to Impose Im-pose unionlxstloa on them mi la defense of their right to Twelve aversss communiues In th MlngO county field are d . cussed t demonstrate thet llv.i a- H conditions sre not ss thev Ui . been set forth by ether pun-evors of Informstlon. It is told .th.t some miners n Tean. Pi-eheo'M. snd Wlndinr , Otitf earned fim-n each In Housewives u.d , electric clothe wanhers. , Iroii.. 4 fsna. toaster and ranses at aniH il cost.- There were aood wsfer .imply .im-ply evatema. good choois. god ehurchee and good doctor., the hi- r, tumlnou operator' special torn- ', ml'ee mslntsmed. " "The llvln conditions were superior su-perior to those foimd In nonrom- . oanv owned towns," wss ths con-luston.- - The operator contended fur' her ' trSt th miners' union, sf'er hv. mg struggled until to ln th 'West Vlrainla flel h. ' ' ' ground raoidlv since then. 1 reaaons for the decline in u. 11 atrength were cited: ". The erhilrary of control organiaation of ti-e - -worker at Indian.noh I" ' sard of local sconomic n- - fi condlllcme. "J. The policy of c-m r the closed ehon snd the r Of the checkoff. " The actual vlo'-n. - -fiance of the author"" emment of V e.t ire t hss arcetnpanled the un-nn 1 t paign." |