Show t PRAYER IS WEAPON N OF MINE STRIKERS STRIKERS' i iI I W qT S. S S 1 i-i i JS- JS ee a C Cc C c p Q c r rr i 4 I 4 1 Above soldiers and strike-breakers strike stand quietly as union men pray for their protection and the leader of the union ance Below left a group of women in the union ranks singing hymns Right group group carries a hymn book instead of a a. weapon By NEA Service Okla Aug I The strangest strike that hat ever was seen SED is being conducted in the lie lIen Ilen- r etta coal fields here It is a strike in iii which v union un on pickets sing slog hymns and pray pra for forthe forthe or orthe the welfare and guidance of o strike strikebreakers breakers and anI mine I owners in which dally daily song service at the tile mine mine entrances have taken the place of oC the abusive threats that usually u are arc hurled at men who will I not Join the tho union You might call can it the Colder Goldel Rule nule strike SAYS IT WORKS WELL I Further officials of the Ih United Mire Mine Workers say this strange strange hike liike f is working out o f-o well that thai these Christian tactics will be continued all summer if need be There are arc five mines here cia cm- playing union non-union men The union men numbering between ZOO and 1000 quit work rather than accept a wage cut cul to the lie 1917 level Trouble was feared eared as feeling felIng ran high The state stale militIa was ordered out I Rut nut this Golden Rule Hule strike has bas left the soldiers with little to l do except polish their rifles and Uc the ritual of oC guard mount I Here Is a dally daily scene at each mine entrance I ISING I SING NATIONAL ANTHEM i At 4 o'clock In the afternoon the lie themen men quit null work vork On the road out out- skier sl o Is a crowd of oC union men with their wives and children Between them and the mine is a row of oC sol- sol with rifles The Tho workers I look out apprehensively The crowd of ot union pickets car car- carries carries carrica I ries rica many man American flags nags No placards no clubs no bricks Just bricks bricks Just i flags They group close together together and md and then hen they sing the Star Spangled Banner Banner The young young infantry lieutenant snaps Into a salute The privates present arms antis The union men inca I stand erect hats hals oft off gazing straight ahead ahead at at the mine I IThen iI I Then the anthem ends J Ilat lately h the lie pickets break Into inlo a aI hymn It is followed by another I then another Then a man in his shirt sleeves steps forward raises his hands and starts to pra pray Un 1 Un- Un UnIon Ion men and union non men bow their heads ASK DIVINE PROTECTION I And the Hie prayer payer It asks divine protection for the breakers strike str the the men who are dubbed scabs in most strikes I I Lord Jord we e would not have any I harm haim come conic to these men says the lie leader Lord hold the rocks of or i ithe the mountainside up from rom them II But nut Lord let them see se the light that thal they will not fot continue to de deprive deprive union men and their wives and an families of or that which they have worked for and which is rightfully theirs Tho leader also asks that God soften the hearts of oC the mine own own- eis Cis 15 Then he with a plea for COl the tho soldiers praying that Ihal Thou wilt wll guide guirle and protect these soldier boys and not let lel them hem come to any harm Then the tho services end arid The breakers strike pass out quietly The pickets stand still I INO NO INSULTING CRIES Instead of oC the tile Insulting cries crl s and cat calls that are usually heard at such times one hears a women woman call to lo a strike-breaker strike Im praying for Cor you John Smith or God God bless you Jim Jones And AnI that's all KrAli Eath E h afternoon such a scene Is enacted at each ach of or the five mines A few small groups of o men have ha been induced to quit work Mine owners say sa they cannot af at- afford ford font to yield to the he I unions union's de de- mands Union men reply that they will continue their fight tight until fall all if it i need be And all nil tho the while the Golden Rule nule strike goes on peacefully and ano orderly And Anti every afternoon oon tho ho leaders stand before beCore the var var- various arious ious bus mines with upraised hands and bared bated heads and repeat repeat- Oh Lord we v would not have any harm come to these men men men- THRONGS SEE BEAUTIES IN BEACH PARADE LOND D BEACH D Cal CU Aug AuF 10 fRi fRi-A A A throng of or pleasure seekers in excess of or Jammed the tle streets strand and and strand of or Long Beach ech Sunday to see for or themselves a a. parade of ot 34 bathing beauties e appearance floe anious church and reform organizations hind had fought for tor six weeks to pre ore vent ent I 1 So far for as al legal Ilg 1 action was w s ron Ion the fight against a the he parado iwas was wa lost last Tuesday when the i city lIy council voted 6 Ij to 2 not lo to interfere i with the scheduled din dill play play or of pulchritude But a. a cam campaign I r. to warn people away from Long LOni Beach this Sunday was wa con conI con con- continued I by h the opposition and when I It developed that thousands of or 1 either had hadnot hadnot not n t heard the or had dis disregarded I regarded it It volunteer orators at nt street corners exhorting visitors to stay away from Crom that immoral of or Indecency about lo to bo ho staged lag d within easy eallY walking dis die tance |