Show PAST PAS T V YEAR WIN AR no MOST ST k EVENTFUL president john mitchell of the united mine workers addresses convention 0 oh n conditions generally in hie his annual address to the united mine worker workers of america in conven I 1 tion at indian apol la ind last president john mitchell said thy the past year halbern had haL been mst most eventful uk with the tho suspension apt of work to enforce the restoration of the wage acal a ty fad prid ho be believed the adopted had baui for the avist while the membership showed a decrease of upon the record on account ot of exoneration from ducept many mem bera who had been 1 nn m strike there had la in reality been an increase tap field showed a de do liae of members wern bers and the president insisted upon increased activity in organization unless otherwise instructed he eald he be would put a gumbei of organizers zero in that field for the first timo in agars a the c bation was practically free from strikes leas money was wag being expended by unions docs for fot idle rien than at any previous time tho the address urges the reestablish ment meat of the interstate conference coofer enoa and recommended that the executive comi mitt negotiate with the operators opera tora of the central competitive held during the present year with an interstate meeting prior to april 1998 io lilo ellow show the importance of machine mining the address stated that last year 14 per cent kir f the brodu r was machine mined attention was called to an increasing number of casual ittes in mine mines legislation was asked providing for forudi ab examina ton tion of persons permitted to beem be employed in minea mines kip R of the apathy in tho an field which has reduced the membership so materially the ad dress said this indifference on tho the bartot part of the krit miners ners cannot bo be attrib 1 buted to failure upon the part of the organization to for them their wages have been advanced to a considerable extent their hours of work have been reduced the conditions of alto and labor have been greatly ameliorated and in addition thereto a relation has hii been eti t b between them and their eni em players that was even to most optimistic n few bears ears ago rho strike ut of lait la it year with the pro ceding conferences w wath oth the operators and tho the succeeding restoration tion of the advance in wages demanded was re viewed by mitchell bell aad and speaking of th arar ut the notion taken by tho miners eln la t clr eirl last ast national convention permitted signing a scale by districts antl oni lo locally call the address said taking a retrospect retrospective la view of the whole struggle in tho the anthracite and bituminous fields tta its inception to lt Its d lose I 1 am constrained to the belief hat all conald considered ored the aleo policy wae was kursu pur euti 1 ind nd tj th 14 befit obtained 10 that could be so cured under tinder the circumstances alvs I 1 am of course not unmindful of the tact fact that there were many disappoint tonta bonts that in some sev secona se fona fons leq members were ordered to yield old condit condition ione which they regarded as essential to their welfare in order that the in teresta of the whole number might be preserved and promoted whon when it is considered however ho wavor that more thun than four hundred thousand employed emp loyes wore were involved repart u benting seating a population of approximate ly two ni cifillo fillo dependent upon them thorny and tint that we entered the contest with only in our treasury trea siny suly I 1 feel that we se can well forget our vexatious vexations cougras congratulate ula ourselves upon our sue ceases join in a renewed effort to regain our comparatively small loizes and struggle on with untiring zeal lor for a larger and still larger share of tho the wealth that 0 wo o pl the vital question from frow tho standpoint of the in miners iners is bow how to prevent the tho terrible toa aa of life iner 1 dent to mining tho the nations fuel ac cording to the figi ired compiled by XV 13 lewis rawls secretary 2097 men were killed in tho mines bt of tev seventeen enteen coal 00 1 during tho last year while more were seriously injured one maa man was war killed foi every overy tote tors of coal mined moro more than ono one and women were deprived of their husband husbands while something ill IR t children were left father fatherless lesi lass condition conditions are improved many will crushed to dooh the year come |