| Show 1 1 MINERS EXPRESS I I THEIR CRA To President Roosevelt and the AmerIcan People JOlIN 10 o I flow lIoW Ir Jr I I t e III lie IS tu Oct Is IsI t com comI of I the tho I 16 10 Po Pa Oct I arro of O the j D C CI Unit d Slates am In of your our I Dear of Od Oct 10 1 whIch rends readI as n tol toli i lows appointed ns commissioners I 1 have I John M g W Georgo Grays Gray rE Clatl ci r Judge 1 fl Watkins and inn hop John JohnI with lion flon Carroll D DWright IA I These arc Wright M er and amI I 1 b by the ask anti 1011 urge tHat tho likewise of vital Ilal concern to 1111 It II 1 a matter people to those lii III our our dUes who s hu otc oe least well ell oft ot mining of coal cOlli lie wui e dolay a daYN unnecessary CALLED ing thereto I 1 ue beg to 10 Inform well our that your to the vu of I 1 7 and 9 tIll I ted 11 Worker of and they have h unanimously to cull call a deh nto c to 1 lM e next I will to 0 tle thO L all ll men noli aUW on strike rot return urn to 10 the po aWl working occupied by submIt to the appointed IJ 1 OU till all IU tiG It at I SUC ue het the opera tors Ind nd mine workers or of tho coal In III connection 1111 Bub i we ive arf ar glad to know that tho thio mi jers agers of the lIe coal conI de tided to r redo from the untenable po i whIch the they o Ion long I led und the I t II fl modified proposition tar Cor of the coal COllI to YoU full In III the tho oC I It will be le that thai we e ed on Oct 3 to place Ih the whole whale mattar In III your our a ato to accept a verdict ot Of II ft of our t town own It will also he be rome that the company ers at that thai refused to till tile ment of the president of the Sate Statts null that or at tile the local pleas judges Wo We to 1 everything to u Ii cc or re having the utmost In your our go judgment In their refusal to your an the operators sought to him OV Ou In part accountable for time the vo er which OU sero tr to rene anil to Instruct you ou ns aa to ye our duties concern In them Eight dim later they anIn aPPeared 1 before yr OU the common judge u to abide IJ hJ the verdict of 11 trIbunal by OU oti but lar Ing to prescrIbe with III 1111 lom limIts the anti Vocation ot of the men you wore were to name DID OPPOSE To thIs aS the tho operators rude nude It me e wore score oppose our OUI r for tor ou ns a anan n nn n nan n and our Ideas nil to t h l iii III I to 13 the of your demanded t U we c should not be a party parly to 10 a r tweet of oC you OU to accept this great re r by detail tI d ImpertInent restrictions as to the tI In ill which you hould fleet It I because careful analysis oC Ih their lr disclosed to us iii as a adil It dil to you OU and the that the rr ri were too to yu U to secure under them a ba d And ind thoroughly Impartial tr trl bunal Hut now that you OU hIne our tf f tillS objections b brood eting anti tile tho Ion me e feel teel confident that our con co atlon declara Its Iti to toh h hive e all the employ Ing and the tho P Ier cent of C who rho are of our cia by 1 the thc if cit anti Impartial men amen ChO chioe 11 E r yuu OU We feel grateful to you ou Mi 11 for tor tIie patriotic effort WIeh you have mode made to bring about nl a if the tho strike ef you QU continued tle ft and conduct which tI at found CountI In the compan We werl vere In n a position to you OU Inasmuch ns au we Ion IonIn In torr cd to O nn toti tI from the fourc TO TIm TIlE A Our III I du due to OI anti tI te tip American people and nn the lie press who tte kle you OU and us u In the long lon l we ve Ilotti I no nor 1 tt CIo DunIn all thieve lon long months In I Irh lur motives hove been Ien Sm and our characters malIciously all rl WI have 1 from In g any an rd Ird or taking any action tenth to reader r r t IC ra rp hut It no now l ft duty to ourIves Crom rota th tb t have bern hen pod upon U to that we hlll have Irvin from th the thc Is 11 to break tI tic til d lOCk It If Our proffer of or InvestIgatIon had hod hodI n six monthA ago Cl I bbl tOv there thre neel have havo uPon Iuen no flO bay so o eager Mr tr l 10 i the for II that during the of th II have more than one ot of 1 but we C have hae tr mw be en rrt with the We Ve will It to dictate to u uW ug the W ot of our own OIl 5 h hive lIp to ow of oC the rom coni 11 1 Lt b n b by you OU amid L t toj b t public this position we 10 arl ar t t firmness the heroic 0 ef our nut men mell anti women In r rt 01 r rights of n a vItal Ital merI Amerl a III won hi victory II I th r T Underpaid frI t oa n regions lon who toll toil barth I rm faI until late nt at night I ilI nobly b bI by a I r In thIs Anti other lands landl I L LPt Pt these corporation man a I ut n In civic anti c iv over these theM tributes to I ty I labor b because It Is t r h of rl ht and or of gool l Lot r hi not however exult over I We to ID them I t We hae from the first to C tutu turn p to tn anti to tn co coLt Lt t f U In an effort to e 5 ti n b I anI Im Hen employer r or Ihl ot of both Rl q funi We f fOTti them their rp i tl then lien th t with uS m anti and In hour Lre forced to acknowledge 41 their Inability to operate theIr without our CO we hot out ti hAUd or ti ship ark lucia to join John with us a In securing whole wi borne In this Wa Ve for give Ilc even evell the false which the they have maele mache liB us fhe I US with criminals riot I OrR ens amid our oar organ lion n lawless ant Thay Imol and did k that their wen vere and without lieu I tutu mm t ion S In a fact they lucy t knoll k that every clery of oC the 11 M lInc of Gf America from the ha urge urged upon Ita the imperative need of roo the law that lint every man who it deed of violence Is nn an eat eatto to our haM hns been our PEW S OI L JW Despite these with Iti all ull our theme them have havea been n a few fell crimes crIme und and n a number of meanor chargeable to thou those on sir hut Mr Ir President we ve make the un declaration that the guardians ot of la law anti order the com c janies coal anti and Iron have com ci more unprovoked ld duro ii Ing this titis strike titan cnn Can he charged to the lie great reat army of men who have li liIn In tor or the past months Wo have and In language not of misconstruction con condemned C of law on the ot oC those on strike we e ethe the coal companies to poInt to one pi lie Ic utterance on their pant In which they ti have elon een deprecated nets acts of violet committed d by b their Silted guards FOR INSULT We declare that It was unfair and a unmanly for tor the thc emil coni roam road to o Insult us while we were ere your guce charge our organIzation with rl for tor acts of lalle duro di ding In ng the It would be just nil as lo loci cal ci to charge chan c arm aria In the with being nn an army of mur murderers mi torturers torturer and n Cew ew crimes were miers committed by bi soldiers there hete Until the there will willbe i be IC crimes In every elrY community and hll Ii nan man nature Is same no better ii 10 worse orse among the half hiatt million people upon the coal fields nA as It Is In our country countr The pre dub ot If the operators th t they ther were we nimble to produce coal because dation atlon kept rem work men who wre we Suing to work vork has been hal b the fact that the tho which hey has haA leet Me rather rath Itami increased the number of men mIn mu rIg ig coal A troop could nol hot haVe tite 1111 operators to tart their mines for Cor the simple roast reason that the tho men work ork hem aro tm members of the UnIted of r men who tere lIerl to I stoat to the last for their right to toor I or antI tl through their 01 to demand letter better eB and In roved condItIons of employment STOOD DeprIvatIon mIsrepresentatIon all ai troops together were not to i irise rise them Into surrender They to shoulder to the last iti declared d lar 1 that lint they could hla nothing to the with the United yorkers Worker of merlea but bat they have ma It necessary to recognize the ii iier er or of the United MineWorkers of C through you ou Mr Ir id to seek peek terms ot of peace which shI table them to re resume ume their ot mIning and coal Time The lion ot of our thus thuR forced upon tho 0 operators II by stern necessity It we ex cx nit t over lot IT In spIrit but bu cause we se It mn marks rk n a sr n a ne new Ira era Upon the faun baum faunI I a lions laId through war we are nrc nely to joIn with them In for tor better belte nail n a long lasting peace The me MineWorkers ot of rice Its organIzation In the hi has hns constantly sought fair Id Just condItions condition of at labor ju It t to both bolh operators and mIners WI hr its mever nide IMle beyond the tb tilt of oC th Industry to pay ll on a hirish or of oC labor bor an and capital INVESTIGATION INVITED Amicable relations employ Irs I and tho atter their helm organization aH their rough h In main maintaining anti the companies nil all discIpline adjUstIng averting concIlIatory b by 5 onel nIl s securIng strikes al satisfactorY conditIOns to 0 the and amid b by the thene Our orl which wo 0 have proposed ne and such relations Just hall S I such Ruch results result In th coal roal fields of It like on an In th country hRs has must stand U upon II what It In Ine II We It Ilone me and tile tite life hM has amid of our e cool coal In the soft loft with conr conferences rents Joint us we and wIth Ith them we t adjust operators sign joint R settle dl ether we preserve maintain harmony antI hubs asked the trade We hue have to ot If to Inquire I tho I sofe Bofe coal opera operatOrs tOri hOlY well ell they era with their heir busIness rein rola with U 01 omIt not We kiC and render orvIce tot rOl paid to Our One business niami ht thus thull lenTIl lear from roam what I the lie of a our organization Many sort coal roal olor atone that the dispense with out anti would d em It n ml dlen ter I If to go o back Jacl to the chaotic which 1 existed III t 1 lien their lid labor was tl our record ve are wIlling to or fall WHAT UNION SI lm u C have time and tIme agaIn In th anthracIte to e and to tico with us on thin IN Despite ted rebuffs we persIsted hut but they nn any attempt upon our Part to their They refused our cia overtures for tor am Possible satIsfactory adjustment ot ci Wage dIfferences In joint The Thy refused to 10 have any ony dealings with their except as tho they refused concessions and refu refuse arbitration the they put theIr Jacks agaInst tile wall of Prejudice and theIr faces arbitrarily the thought themselves stronger stroner titan the thereat great reat union minIon princIple II Is such Hueh strides the combInIng their corporations and pool poolIng Ing their Interests In hard and nih Race the could den deny the tue men who worked rOl them tile the right to amid speak through their or organizations When hen the conflict caine on they nt at attempted tempted to justIfy themselves upon the false Calse plea that ours Is an Irresponsible organization when we ted our responsibility anti reliability the they then asserted that we were n a lawless organIzatIon which was dominated b by violence When socIety attempted to to tn the strIke the they tie de clarell their dIvInely appointed right to 1 q let alone When representatIves of n II nth state governments tried to they ther resented such lIuch med dung b by polIticIans nut But to you ou Mr tr PresIdent and to the ot cit Public they have been brought to ii a of time att that the In or welfare or of the AmerIcan peo pie Ille cannot ho he Ignored with IN I the eminent tribunal you have hao I I we have that lint justice 11 be done dOM our people S 1 o glad to have II a chance to appear before such a COUrt to consi her herand and 1 Ite of al all at Issue 1 lt t among amon these la Is the of the for tor increased wages natI I a reduction In the tho hours or of labor 1 bi the relations whIch ought t to exist rs anti the or which the 11 have hac formed fl which authorize to speak Cpr f r I this arbitratIon we hort hope anti believe bellevo Ili elme a 11 tory Lou In or of I troubles which ed the nathra ite Veil 1111 froni Crom ImmemorIal He Be yours JOHN IL C M I W VI of A |
