New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1921, Page 10

To NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, R — 1021. ET— WHAT ARE THE COAL MINERS THINKING ABOUT?—JOHN L. LEWIS ANSWERS QUERY President of Union Says They Want Square Deal— Special Correspondent Gives Details of Demands. WIS, various parti o' th posted notices that suming operation, duced wa Some cper gationi to the miners’ head here, entreating Presiden: Lewis sanction r pay cut To these Lew nas replied “that the miners will never consent to a lower scale and will fight to the last ditch any attempt to bring abou: such reduction.” countr hava their mines, after | will run on re- | @ even scn bor is being Just isked to carry more than hare of the burden in this Resting: on Dynamite. readjustment In th opinion of one high is thinking that the great|of the mine workers’ organization, the public will fi sce to it | probability of a national coal strike is a | imminen:. ) says ntire situatios i dynamite. Not very charge. received in egate BY JOHN L. I Tresident of the United Mine Work- officer ers of America. Indianapolis, Sept. 20.—What is on S Rauers & the coal miner's mind rizht now? RoslGbbone The coal miner is wondering wheth- % : " Sept. 20.—Grava ap- er he Is to have a square deal. The b o e sqaare deal Is the great, underlyinz, » United Mine Workers of America fundamental principles of tru Amer- | that there will he inother national lranism. But the coal minor thinks|coa) strike nex ho has not had a square deal, and he kr.ows that there is on foot right now Rionied a deep-seatod, deeprooted conspir- v and bituménous work ecy among a certain element of em 11 basec on th: di ployers to refuse the coal miner a| That mineri ara discatisficd with equare deal the present working and wag The coal miner sees a gigantie plot Th they will demand more mon to force a reduction in his wages, [ from thy ope wiien, at the same time, the cost o That the ators will refuso Mving Is going higher insteal of de-|an increasa and insist on a reduction creasing. He wants to know where|0f the present basic wago of $7.50 a tiie thing is going to end The coal miner knows that he not going to accept any reduction in wages! The coal very 8 estinz: on n lc « much i1 needed to set off thn Som: other resolutiont advanec oi arrival the d who formulated them, call for Governmen: interferencs with thi import of Mexican oil, which i1 com- peting with tha coal industry. by in- stitution o! »n high protective tarif!, tionalization of all coal mines in » United States means of pre- venting such disorders which recently oceurred in We Virg'nia. Steps to bring about the amalgan tion of transport workers, railroad em- ployes and miners, into a national bod ach to co-operate with the emen: and contract | Others in even: of strike. yen tho miners and Release of Eugene Debs from prison March 31, 11 Absolut v disarmamen® ented Recognition of Soviet almost without ex- A six-hou: day. five-day working week. Basi: following the last bicnnis nventions at Cleveland, demanc were ruade on the coal operators for basic awards in the central competi- tiva fleld which called for: on pointi to s hai every agr in the country bet operators expirea which i1 unprec hat the miners ception consider they were treated un- A fairly by Interference of the govern- ment during tho last strike, when In 1919 increase of 27 per cent. in wag o granted, compared to thei: den for a G0 per cent. advance. National Convention. On Sept. 20, miner delegates will asserable here from every section of [ A six-hour d miner fs thinking e the position in which he finds him- me't at this moment. Ho was loyal and patriotic during the war and did Iis part manfully and gloriously Jighty thousand union coal miners wore in the military service of Uncle Sam But the coal miner s wondering why, trter all this devotion to coun- try and to duty, and all of the sac- Awards, This picturc shows the impressive ceremony the American fliers who died in the ZR-2 disaster at with v Hull. CENE IN ENGLAND AS DAUNTLESS STARTS TO U. S. <h the Britsh forces paid final honor to The photograph was taken at Devenport, just before the eruiser Dauntless started across to New York bearing the bodies of the air heroes. The ‘| flag-draped coffins were carried from the trains to the Dauntless while honor guards of British and American sailors, soldiers and aviators stood at attention. | Manchester tomorrow. the United Statea and parta of Canada A five day w - S Already they have made known| The central competitive field em- their determination to fight to the |[braces eastern Pennsylvania, Ohio, last ditch for preservation of present |[Illinois and Indiana Pr wago scales and an increaso above the | Whatever award Is agreed upon by | the h: and soft coal workers will [crcise the basic $7.50 o day rate. the joint s committee of 64 opera- | co-operate with each other so that |inembership.” According to President John L. [tors and min is used the basis ch can gain their ends. — idle, and he is wondering why. Lewis, never was there a period in |for establishing working and wage = = — LICENSE TF The coal miner sees great employ-|the c industry when minera wero |rates throughout the country. Hardine Elected to o ers forcing reduced wages on their| 4 “entirely wrought up over tho wago “Wagen d wages only is to ba = employes, but they are not reducing|controversy.' the big issue,” says President Lewis Hollywood Golf Club| 0, 5 their own dividends or the interest on| Some of the proposals call for en- | “There can be no reduction. Further N. J.. Sept. '-’“-—""“«*“‘""‘1 their own investments. actment by tho convention of demands | than this I canno: comment.” ccepted honorary mem- | The coal miner is thinking that this|on coal operators for wago increases | In event of strike, the union could | Hollywood Golf club President Harry received y - | rev rifice that he has , he is being hound- ed with the demand that he must Jower the standard of living himself and family. The coal miner Is out of work, nearly 400,000 of his brothers are minous but also anthracite production. sident Lewis assumes that Palme: Deal, | Hardinz h Lership in the hiore. In a letter to Centent of the club, ael Reed, an s not a square deal. v cent call out every member, thereby com- licen The coal miner is thinking that la- contrast, certain operators in [pletely tying up not only the bitu- !d:!y. the chief executive =ald he hopmll Manv Ski"ed Workers Entering Country Now Sept. 20. — Skilled nts arriving in this country during the fiscal year end- 131,774 9 previous according to figures made ment of 1 There were 17,815 clerks and ac- both |Lie “may have the good f-~tune privileges of ho: AS TALE. London, Sept. 19.—The advances of 70, toward Rach- elderly widow, have ended in marriage, had not a dog se, which he sent al that he was married already. her, hel to e norary | Washington, workers among immigrs ing Jast June numbered inst 6 during the iant today by the depa bor. countants ped to | admitted during the econd in numbers. 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