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BlIBLIC SUPPORT SOUGHT BY MEN 1ND OPERATORS Sir; Baftlo, of Propaganda Ec-jgi- ns Bebycen lFactipiis in Vest Virginia Fields. HALF' OF MINES WORKING UllV Silk StOOluilffS W'Reers made $6 a day, mnfni atayed on the7 nnd actually and Phonographs While LeaaeEritiadrf\ Poverty. M By a Staff of Till SflH, CiiAnLBSTON, VT. Ta, Nov. 4. The coal West Virginia .la In Its second pbaso. It ia novr a battle of propaganda, open letterstypewritten \statrnents '.resolutions 'and' appeals.', mostly polite'. .Hair! tho mines ae closed, half aro working1. Just an they havo been since. Saturday and accord-In- s to, whether 'they or \ - \ ' \ - not. On tho miners' sldp. 'a head- line in tho war of words was an appeal pent to President Wilson by C T?r Kecney, president of thq .United Mine Workers for district 17, which lneludes n lorecr Dart of State,, Kcnney gavo figures of Vagea, production. prlce or coal ana living ixjbv uv\\1!\ to prove that tho-Wes- t Virginla.mlners wero Ho emphasized the ' matter of wages and did not mention the thirty hour week demanded by the national organization, qf which the men hero are members. . . His letter to the president ended f \But as God reigns' we will noteee our employers revel In wealth, oven though .they blind the public (which ia not blind to the number of wealthy coal. men wljo have appeared Buriflgr war)' and face the dreadful ordeal of wlntor In the mines without Just compensation suf- ficient to afford our families a decent liflng.\ If j, Operator Fled Aid. jilleanwhlle On operators of the Kanawha field, which has a normal production of 70,000 tons a day, met In (tharleston and adopted resolutions the slit or which is: .\The great majority of the miners did t it want to strike : that ' autocratic rile under one guise Is as bad as under n father, nnd Anally : 3 '\Wo pledge to the President of the hlted States, the Governor of West Ulrirlnia and other constituted author llies. Federal nnd State, our loyal and unqualified support, and place at their disposal ourselves nnd our property. In tie hope that such uso may be made of opr services and our mines as may seem bfct In this crisis to the representatives of the State and Federal Governments charged with the protection of the public Interest (And meanwhile tho 'striking miners, IrUleail nt training their saulrrel euns on United States troops or de- clined to strike, as some persons ex pected them to do, are devoting their vocation to shootlne 'possums, 'coons ahd the vagrant deer. The women folks, viith less cooking to do than usual, are finding time for seasonal recreation, i Luxury tn Cabins. tUp at Coalburg, on Cabin Creek, the bjorekeeper reported to-d- that among tie ninety women of the town 110 pairs or silk stockings were bought last montn. \Bhoefly\ Hazleton'a wife, Hetty, has bbuEht a $250 talking machine, which rather crowds the family cabin. She alio has a batch of high priced Teoords, including .three made by a famous do like that Galll-Curc- i; I think she sings right pretty,\ Mrc Hazleton cnnflded while her prize record was whirring. j '\Mammy\ Burgaff, wife and mother on miners one of her sons cuts 250 tons of coal a day when not strlkln; ritet the visitor In a calico gown and a emlskln stole over her shoulders. She arid others reported that an agent for .ftshlng machines, nppcallng became a monstrous rising sun was painted on the sides, did a right smart business in qibin Creek last spring, but that the reajorlty of the women of the com riunlty oon reverted, with unconcenW relief, to the good old family wash and mth tub for laundry purposes. I These are random prosperity notes from one mining settlement. Viewing tho entire landscape, strlko leader, Heency pictures the typical miner In h(s letter to tho President as follows I \He finds hlmxelf constantly falling tfchlnd, unable to pay his bills and at the same time has less to eat, and ob serves his wife and children looklns shabby and poorly clad when compared with the former days when he was only averaging 176 a month or less.\ I For Wilson's Information, I Keeney tclla President Wilson that tho facts ho presents \are presented for your Information In view of the attempt tj compel the miners to return to work at tha aarns waifti pH them trnen I they voluntarily quit work without ref- erence as to whether they were recelv , Intf .a decent living wage or not.\ He snyi the figures he give are from a renort of the Federal Department of Mines. They show that the average Bell-I- price o( ooal at the mines Iff 1918 was J2.S3, nn lncreaBo of 184.8 per' cent, over .the year 1918. \or approximately $1.22 pir ori above all wage increases granted the miners.\ \It la fair to assume,\ saya Keeney, \from these figures' that the operator made nn nvorage profit of 1.46'on eacn ton of coal mined.\ He continued : \The nvorago wage of pick miners, who are tho ,shllleil workmen' (Jf tfie industry, for ttio year 191C was till. 09 per month. This Is the highest wags the coal miners Of West Virginia ever earned, During this same period 'hatchet and saw car-ente- rs working On.the'Qovernment plant at NItro, right here In the heart of tho ,coal fields, averaged $198 n month or . , j V a J ear, un ino same worn alien RtrlWfl yetUho coal Job Corrttpontent strlko.in tho underpaid. the' mlriers.-wh- o produifsl 1,200,000 moro tons in 1918 than they did in 1917. In the process 404 miners wero killed outrlght-an- d 795 severely Injured, as against 394 kilted In 1917, a death 'rate higher than that of the A. E. F. With these fcold facts before them, who 'can question tho loy- alty and Intenso Americanism f the West Virginia miners? The coal miners of the country have not received one cent of wage Increases for two full years. During this period all, otner workers have had from one to four sub stantial Increase's.\ Cite JUplicr Cost of. Llvlnc Keeney cUes the rise in th cost of onions, prunes, potatoes, butter, sugar. ham, bflcon and other food staples, say- ing that'iabsolute necessities of life ad- vanced 100- - per cent, since July, 1914, vrniic me wage? or me most sKineu mlnexsj-oa- only CJ per cent. He gives figures from tho Matlonal inaustnai Conference Board as to rent, clothing, fuel, heat and light, etc., Indicating the increase of living cost nas averaged ia per cent. 'In other words,\ Keeney tens me President, \a miner who made $7B a month In July, 1914. must average US1 now to bo as well off ns he was In July, 1914, yet the official figures show that the miner only made an average wage of Jill per month during 1918. 'During the war or 1918 there were employed with la the Stato in tho coal industry 92,182 persons. 51,468 Of whom were Americans and 40,664 foreigners. Theso. are, the men who dug the coal during the war and are the men who will dig Uie coal now, if any Is dug. Loyal Darlwr \Wnr. \The were loyal during the war, they are loyal now, but they must .live. The rigors of winter are more terrible to them than any other class. They must have heavy clothing to keep Uie body warm, plenty of wholesome strength-givin- g food to keep It nourished so as to be able to meet the hard physical toll of tho mines. At the present wages re- ceived, these necessities cannot be had. Those who think differently, who envy the miner his lot, and who rest under the delusion that the miner Is overpaid, are welcome to the Job. it them coma on and go down into the bowels of the earth . where so many of us die each year. We shall not offer any resist ance As to tho Item of rent. It Is only fair to the operators to say the general testi- mony Is 'that It has not been Increased In any mining town of West Virginia; The companies own the houser and charge the occupants 87 a mon'Ji in some towns. 88 in others, which has beea the chargo for many years. . .The mine owners of the Kanawha dls trfct, who met here y, unanimously reported thnt their employees, most cf whom aro unionized, and all of whom ore on strike, did not want the six hour day or the flra day week. Many of the owners said the majority of tno men wanted to resume work but were re- strained by loyalty to the union. D. S. Kennedy, secretary ot the Kanawha Coal Operator Association, said after the meeting 1 \It was the general expression of tho meeting that the menace of group government In the country was' a 'greater peril than the German submarine during the world war.\ No Thought of Surrender. No action was taken as to reopening the mines. It was said that not one of tho operators suggested giving in to the union. No negotiations are afoot, apparently. Both sides are holding tnelr breath pending tho decision as to the permanency of the temporary Injunc- tion against tho union, on' which argu- ment is to be heard in Indianapolis on Saturday. Keeney will go to Indianapo lis fdr a, meeting Of the union chief at the samo time. The resolution' adopted by the Kana wha operators say tho strike was called without any previous demand for any change in hours, wages or working con- ditions, nnd Its continuance for even a short time would mean' Industrial paraly- sis and Indescribable suffering. The Issue Is described as \whether 'govern- ment of the people, by tho people and for .tho people,' acting through publlo servants duly elected or appointed, shall prevail and continue, or henceforward the people of the United States shall be subject to the rule of a few men clothed with brief but absolute authority by Ir- responsible organizations and arbitrarily and tyrannically exercising such author- - It' ...... Strike leader Keeney sam that 150 men In two mines of the strongly non-uni- field In Logan county struck y \In sympathy with their union brethren,\ and refused to return to work even when 810 a day was of fered. Walter E. Cunningham, secre tary of the State Operators Association, says this is untrue mai noooay in uio Guyan field has quf. As an official statement from the op- erators may be taken an announcement hv n. Welchtmnn Roberts, editor oi me West Virginia MMng Kexes, that the operators are not seeking settlement ana that before any settlement can be made tho miners must ngreo to abandon the check, nnd must give a bond or other are subtracted from the company pay check nnd must give a bond or other security guaranteeing the performance of the contract. No disorder Is reported anywnere in the State. NOVA SCOTIA CAN SPARE LITTLE COAL Operators Do Not Intend to Enter U. A. Market. Stdnet, N. S., Nov. 4. The strlko of coal miner's In the United States Is likely to have little or no effect on the Industry here, according to statements by operators and officials of the United Mine Workers. Operators said they would have little coal to spare after filling their present contracts and that they had no Intention of antagonizing Nova Scotia miners by seeking to enter the American market Secretary McLaughlin of thol Novi Scotia union said It was extremely un- likely miners here would go on a sympa- thetic strike without orders from till! parent organization tn the United States. Such ordcrS have not beon received. fluotv Falls In Vermont. Monttkueh, Vt., Nov. 4. An Inch of snow fell here It was the first fall of the season In this section. \C VERY man and woman from his, or her, own knows that a liquid is for proper ' No good houitkttptr would attempt to \dry clean\ her kitchen sink. Expert-enc- e has taught h'.r the efficacy of water at a (lathing agent I Nature, itself uses floods of rain, running streams and rushing torrents to prevent occurs ' in the human system where it is known by another, name The one best way to correct this condition of or in the hu- man intestinal tract is to flush away the waste matter. the sun, Wednesday, ,5, 1916. 2,000 MOMETDRN DRUGSTORE STRIKE TO ON PIERS! BEGINS TO-MORR- Grievances Forgotten by Long- shore Strikers in Luro of Much Overtime rLEA MADE do GOMPEBS Non-Unio- n Crows Will Not Bo Used if .Regular Forcer Come Back to Work. Election day along the piers wi ob- served by the return of 2,000 more long shoremen, who, taking advantage of tha overtime rate of 31 an hour, forgot their grievance at the National Adjustment Commission's award of 70 cents, When 800 or more of the strikers appeared, at tho Chelsea piers In the 'morning they found nearly as many strike breakers, mostly negroes, wop had been brought from various ports along the coast to ta.ke their places. Tlie men objecting to the strike break ers wero Informed that tho latter would not be employed, tt Is said, In caso suf- ficient union men returned to work to take care of the great cargoes of accu- mulated foodstuffs and other freight. Tho imported men, It Is understood, will be held here a few days pending the out- come of the promise of T. V. O'Connor and other union officials that the strike Is ended. The Vaccarelll-Butle- r faction, dis- claiming that the strike is over, ap- peared along the docks with bands In their hats reading, \Longshoremen on Strike.\ A committee of the strikers appealed to Samuel Gompers \to try and use his good offices and Influence to Induce the employers to accede to the requests of the men.\ The resolution, according to Dick Butler, William J. Smith and Thomas Weldon, who presented it, was adopted by the 22,500 members of twenty-fiv- e locals. It says further: \The false newspaper reports that 12,000 men have returned of the 30,000 tends only to rile the men now out on strike and make them more determined than evr to stay away from their work, unless their matter Is given a tearing In any fair court of arbitration ir any other form of arbitration that uay bo suggested by Samuel Gompers. president of tho American Federation of Labor.\ Miami Faces General Strike. Miaiii, Fla., Nov. 4. More than 90 per cent, of union men tn Miami have voted in favor of a general strike to uphold the principle of the closed shop. The strike committee y set next Monday for a general walkout. More than 3,600 union men will be affected and 32,000,000 worth of building held up. Real OsanceNabnaiade onlg a water laxative realty flushes! experience, required 'flushing. stagnation. Stagnation frequently con- stipation. stagna- tion, constipation, poisonous -- November WORK Cordon &Dilworih Only a water laxative can flush .your .system completely. \Dry\ cathartics, in the form of pilfe, tablets, powders, etc., deny you the benefit of this internal bath. Pluto, on thet other hand, is a water laxative which flushes away the disease-producin- g con- tents of the small and large bowel. It accomplishes this re- sult gently, pleasantly, but promptly and completely, because\ it cleanses all the myriad nooks and crannies of the intestinal tract. Pluto, Water, being- - a saline physic does not disturb the sys- tem like many vegetable purga tives, such as cascara sagrada and castor oil. Pluto Water is bottled at French Lick Springs, Indiana, .and is a recog- nized curative agent for kidney,liverandstomach troubles, rheumatism and nervous disorders. Your physician pre- scribes it. pEfffo i namim BOTTLED AT FRENCH LICK SPRINGS Jfc njlrjL FRENCH LICK INDIANA JNtp PLUTO WATER AMERICA'S PHYSIC Morp'Thnn 0,500 Employed in ShopB iii City to Quit . Work.. LONG BATTLE PLANNED Walltout .'\Will Not Affect Hospitals, Clinics or Dispensaries. More than 8,500 men and women employed In the drug, stores of the greater city will go out on strlko morning,., abandoning the prescrip- tion departments, soda fountains and ?ovelty counters of. the J.700 places. In- cluding the chain stores nffected. Tho Mrlko vote, was agreed upon fpllowlng n meeting of the executive committee ot the I'nlted Drug Ciirkj Union .c. 325 \of the A. B. U in the Tulltier Building, yesterday. \While more than a doien of the pro- prietors have agreed to tho terms of the union Indications' last night pointed to a hard and bitter fight br tho proprleWs, who are represented by the New. York Pharmaceutical Conference. More than a week ago this body, which represents fourteen organliatlons, passed a resolu- tion disavowing th,e Idea ot unionism In pharmacy. Tho strike will not affect hospitals, asylums, clinics or' dispensaries. The drug clerks' union Is demanding an In- crease of approximately 35 per cent, for all Its members, the right bargaining arid shorter hiura Accord- ing\ to Charles A. Affenkrautr attorney for the union, tho strike vote was not taken until after negotiations had failed between tho proprietors, Dr. Itoyal & Copeland, Health' Commissioner, and t'.te clerks. The wage scale demanded by the union and the present pay follows: Li- censed pharmacist, present pay per week, (30 ; union scale, $50. For Junior pharmacist, present pay. S20 j union scale, (35. For licensed clerks, present pay, $25 : union scale, 135- .- For Junior clerks, present pay, S20; union scale, 135. An Increase is demanded for women cashiers, novelty counter, candy and iperfumo counter workers. The soda fountatn managers and dispensers and porters also are Included In the wage Increase demands of the union. The leaders of the strikers say they will Au 2 ! OOOOi 8 I I I i s I 1 I SR. clog rrery drag iters tn the theatric! district on Broadway. nd hat they are going to receive the cooperation of tho Actors lEqulty Association in their fight against tha druggist proprietors along the Itlalto. Dr. Copeland, tn discussing the strike, said the union would affect almost every drug storo tn tr.e greater city and that arrangements had been made whereby most of the stores will abandon the soda 1890 New York City. fountains, perfum. candy and other nov-elt- y features and concentrate on pre- scription work exclusively. \There are 7.000 clerks In the city, said Copeland. \nd I think fully 1,600 of them are members of the union. Although a large number of the ,drug men In our hospitals and institutions are members of the union I have It arranged to prevent their becom- ing Involved.\ 30 CO. Eastern Trttr KatMHL Brllola and Chile haVe ratljle'di the' arMtrathm treaty' negotiated, some, months agos Stato announced y, Tho treaty is to continue fjnt force for rtve years and tends until a .year after1 nollee of In. tended termination by either When Is First Cost Absorbed? '' ' N ..... '' .i. 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