The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 10, 1921, Page 2

“WE STAND PAT” SAY MINERS HERE * 6%, * * * * 'U. M. W. Officials Deny Operators’ Charge of Broken Contract * * “* * * * * ARNOLD PRINCE * must not only be skilled tn their | calling, but preferably know the | the United Mine Workers to workings. in this state—and these the statement of the Washing: | are precisely the type of craftamen, fon Oval Operators’ association | say the labor officials, which the | ta yesterday's Star on the trow | operators opposing the union will ble tn King and Pierce county | not be able to got. coal flelds ts this: Consequently, they a very “We stand pat” important source of fel sappty will ‘The repty, if backed by the! be curtailed tn its output, with the strength claimed by the union lead ere—and it must be said they acted Mep confident in a fight when T talked to them—have a vital bear. usual results attendant upon such a condition, Ing on the hopes of Seattle and the | people will have to stand the ‘Mate for a revival of industrial and} burden of the added expense, commertial activity this winter, Tndustry fepeniiing on the For tf the statement of the mine home depostts will be impeded, ‘Workers’ organization is correct, the} and a needlom obstacle placed ‘efforts to restore normal conditions| im the way of meeting the prob Um Basiness and trade will be vitally) leme of unemploymens and busi- by the fuel situation-~ ness drpresaion, ‘Peovided, us they put it, that the Householders, business mea, Gal operators persist in their ef: to ts upon this basta, and this ne, that the leaders of the ited Mine Workers insist on view | amount of coal that has been mitned the efforts of the operators to | since non-union men were brought Fesume production with nonorgan:| into the fields,” anid Samuel Caddy, ‘Aaation men. member of the international board ‘They denounce the charge that the trouble grew out of the break. of the United Mine Workers of | Ameriga, during the interview I had of their working contract by the Mine Workers, asserting that | with in Seattle headquarters of |the union in the Mutual Life butld- : only breach of faith that oc- was committed on the other jing. ‘There was also present Benja- | min Farrtmond, president of District No. 10, directly involved in the tight, They deny with visor having | and other officials, intimidation methods at the “There ts nothing to be gained by to prevent outside men from | the operators in misstating the facts the places of the union /in connection with production,” said Caddy. “We bave eur men tn the fielis who keep us accurately tnformed. The, operators are not getting out the coal. “They aay have between 400 and 500 men at work, but a majority of these men, our inquiry shows, seem to be guards. As to why they should bring In so many guards is difficult to understand, because we are not seeking te commit violence, FRANKLIN EPISODE ONLY A PARADE moment is their summing of the fuel situation as a conse of the dispute between them the operators. ICT DIREFUL a long time, say these labor | there has been general reo of the fact that the mining @eal in Washington is attended Peculiar difficulties. jase of what is called the “dis- @ondition of the strata,” coal ‘Washington not only i# hard to at, Dut requires the efforts of who know their business. They - Un was not in any sense of the word an advance on the mine. organized workery sought to mak: — —Aipped his pen into his heart when. he wrote— “THE Your life—your home—your mother—as they _ Cullen Landis, Helene Chadwick, Molly Malone, Johnnie Jones. “STRAND ORCHE Under S. K. Wineland STRA “Little Grey Home in the West” ¥. Had the/|an advance they SECOND NEAR SENECA The event of picturedom is here! ‘Hey, Public! These are just three of Seattle’s real, live Fashion Fete models, who next week will show the people of the Northwest the latest and best in things to wear. They were borrowed by “The incident referred to at Frank.| The Star from the Bon Marche to have their pictures taken—James & Merrihew, photo. OLD NEST —Fannie Hurst might have been or as they are—all lived by such sterling screen characters as Mary Alden, Louise Lovely and ARCHIE A. RUGGLES Singing “Mother o’ Mine” ‘would have encoun: | @utnumbesed the company’s men by tered little opposition, because they |* ‘arge majority. But they were not there to make trouble, “What happened was merely that the members of the United Mine era, know that ft does not make tem- porary agreements, “What took place ts well known, and has repeatediy been told. In an effort to adjust conditions in the state @ special comminsion was named to inquire into the facts and make. a report. SAY RAISE WAS WELL UNDERSTOOD | It began its work in July, 1920, and consummated an agreement ef- | toctive August 1 of that year. “A short time after the miners of | INinois and Indiana, some 120,000 in j all, protested an award they had ob- tained from the government commis. sion—which must not be confused |with the special commission for the | state of Washington—as applying to day men. “The sitnation became so acute that the Indiana and Illinois mines had to be closed. “At this point President Wilson ruled that if the miners of Illinois and Indiana would return to work he would order a reopening of the national bituminous coal commis. sion'’s award. “The miners returned to work, and at conferences $1.50 a day additional | Was granted the day men. “The commercial coal operators of Washington agreed to this additional increase with the rest. “The operators admit they signed the agreement of the special coal commission extending until April, 1922, but did not sign the amended agreement containing the additional $1.50 a day afterward awarded, “I say agnin that the operators know that when they agreed to the ad@tional $1.50 award, after signing the original award of the special commissi€n, and posted notices to that effect, that they were not | working under any temporary agree- ment, and that it was understood by all concerned that the terms agreed on were to last until April, 1922, “When the final increase was granted, the agreement reached by | the special commission went into ef- fect, and the working out of detaila at certain mines and signing the completed document was only a for- mality. “As for the contention that the United Mine Workers broke their Agreement in 1919 by going out on strike, the position of the union ts that the war had then been over for nearly a year, and that its contract | had, as provided by its text, expired. “The operators gay that the mem- THE SEATTLE STAR ‘Twon't Be Fair to Peek! Stores Will Dazzle Your Eyes Monday ei yo im ( Ce. ‘Ky hes {| ( i By Wanda von Kettler R PUBLIC: Quit peekin't Thore curtains are dérawn around the downtown shop windows Just to keep you out—isn't it awful? Just as If you didn't have the right— Oh, but it's all being done for your in this cast, too. ¢ ni cai ih “MOONGOLD” The newest in motion pictures—a ing with its beautiful and novel effecta, George Fawcett is COLISEUM CONCERT ORCHESTRA CONCERT SUNDAY—12:80 P. M. 4 Cot a | gen Vv, Bins ad FR Cap ete” three-act drama bewitch- ‘Wedding March, trom “A Midsummer Night's Dream“.......Mendelasohn Overture to opera, “Jean de Paris™...--— oo. sa-eeenerceen-Boleliiea | just what “Jentitied to the use of these homes But where those scenes will be—tn windows—well , that's some more of the secret. Saturday night, however, they were to be com- plete in all their splendor, and hid- den behind drawn curtaina, to wait for Monday at 10 o'clock. And in the meantime— Dear publio—quit peckin? the camps and are refusing to give them up for the use of the men be ing brought In from the outside, “We intend to continue that prac tice until the courts decide as to the validity of our contention’ that we have a contract unti] 1922, and us <j — until then, “It ts absolutely not the fact that | the United Mine Worker®’ organiza men of America, wil hold an epen tion ia seeking to make a sacrifice of we the state of Washington so as to | Smoker for ita membera and friands | maintain high wages elsewhere. 1} Tuesday evening, in the Knights of | may say that about 50 per cent re tet | our men in Washington are working | gt, under an agreement with other mines, that is, not under the contro! of the Operators’ Association, and that these mines shem to have no trouble in paying the wages. “The Washington Coal Operators’ | Association hag announced that at the same time of reducing the wages of the miners—the reduction amounts to about 28 per cent instead of 20 aw claimed by the company— it would reduce the price of coal to the public. But we have yet to hear of thie newly mined coal being sold at the new rate. ’ “The United Mine Workers in this district have been locked out for nearly six months, and have not in all that dme been gullty It's good, that’s sure, 400 Wupreme Blend Coffee, Jiansen, 40 Economy Market, Teachers’ Fe” YOUR BOY! Men, especially those who have dedicated their lives to such work, are best quall- fied to know your boy's ed: uational and character de- velopment needa. There must also be the personal contact of smal! classes, He gets these vital things in the SCHOOL FOR BOYS A high-grade private school of moderate cost for boys of the fifth, sixth, sev- enth and eighth grades. OPENS SEPT. 12 Provides means for rapid progress of boys with spe- After the show, we'll go to Boldt's Advertisement. LIFE’S . 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