Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 April 1939 — Page 12

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WEST VIRGINIA

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IN MINE FIGHT

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Is Determined to Break A. AST DD AY! Grip of Levies. »

By FRED W. PERKINS Times Special Writer

CHARLESTON, W. Va. April 21.

—This is the storm center of the : o® o® A. F. of L. attack on the founda- 8 30 tions of its lusty rival, the C. I. O. #5 S e a QD : °® BR 3 . BR

This capial city of the largest soft-coal producing state is also the base of the most determined efforts

being made by the Progressive Miners of America against the United Mine Workers, who have furnished costs Ou on the leadership and much of the fin- «a ®

ancing for the C. I. O. This campaign is pelieved to be a main reason why the mine workers and bituminous operators have been deadlocked for weeks in New

York negotiations. | ] . If John L. Lewis can obtain a Die 5 Ww kg closed shop contract out of the New York parleys, or can get the “pen-! % ale alty clause” ditched so that his; $ 500000 miner members can strike . at will, he will be in position to E . Price stop the Progressives in the several E ; ) E localities where they are making =_ menacing moves. i The Progressives have nine or- = . X ¥ = 7

ganizers here, quartered in offices with other A. F. of L. affiliates./S : Some of the organizers are being'=E ; paid from A. F. of L. headquar-|E : ters in Washington, others from |S O N L Y 5 D O WwW N in Chi- 3 3

Progressive headquarters

cago. . Lewis’ Foes Determined BALANCE MONTHLY

Their leader here is Bernard : (Plus Carrying Charge) Michael O'Flaherty, a 6-foot, 69-| 3 year-old, smiling but determined | citizen who was born farther north in this state, was blacklisted here a It's big. it ; oi . : vit | Ne fia s big, it 1 : . for United Mine Worker activity! a ig, it's beautiful, it's got everything! From its gleam under John Mitchell, worked in the] an | ; \ | mines of Illinois until less than a, . an — 3 : : : : ; > a ; \ a Coldspot worthy of a place in any kitchen ! year ago, and calls John Lewis “the| a ] | P yotap yk in Americal At worst of all tyrants.” : 3 SR ; | ; The Progressives are “working! aN i : reli; : hardest here,” he said today, “be-| N LL efrigerator has so much to offer for so little. umes cause this district, southern West] : Virginia, is the ammunition dump of the United Mine Workers, Here| aN CN is where John L. Lewis collects most; = ; NN nN ? 5 : pe Exactly as

of his dues.” HE ; Mr Olah Oe ie = a IF LI 5 Complete With Illustrated! “every possible barrier, legal and il- ; : legal, has been put up against us;| :

ou ergengers rave ben bexen vr ES. IS SS ig Handibin Storage Drawer | NO OTHER WASHER FOR LESS

intimidated in every possible way,| prevented from going into mining| 3 Nl ; _E He Woes at ors) and All These Features ETHAN $50 CAN MATCH THIS NEW have been wrecked and our meetings| i : ;

have been broken up. But we are| CRS SN ; E "rhe. TE oetve leader is telling a a : ® Porcelain Enamel Interior Finish KEN MORE WA SHER INS mings tua we give You an 3 ! ® 3 Solid Inches "Coldex" Insulation = organization the members can con-| \ 3 ; SE | trol. You will elect your cwn of-| F ® 6.2 Cu. Ft. of Storage Space

ficers, make your own laws, and ne-| | — : 5 ® | 2 Sq. Ft. of Usable Reachable Shelf Area I DI

OPEN EVERY THURSDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK

ing white dulux exterior to its sturdy all-steel frame, here is

the price, it defies comparison because no other electric

gotiate your own contracts with X 3 8 coal operators.” | g 3 —— xd 3 ° Tip-proof Rustless Wire Shelves : $4.00 DOWN \ ® 9.Point Cold Control $5.00 MONTHLY

Opposes One-Man Control All this, he declared, “is now done | ® Automatic Reset Defrosting 2 (Plus Carrying Charge) : and: Your ou

for the United Mine Workers by, ] a pi - one man, John L. Lewis. In this Sane SP ® 105 lce Cubes Ib. | oz. of lee Old Washer goutne ye Jugs Jristct sel ) X SER : : ® 5 |ce Trays, Finger-tip Tray Release S ; rac -gov- | 3 3 | : grament h the ig phe otk | a : ® Porcelain Vegetable Freshener ® Big, white porcelain tub ® Adjustable Pressure on ers. John Lewis does everything for, eo Wi i a EN TE 5 | Wire Foodex Vegetable Storage Basket holds 18 gals. Wringer $7,200,000 in dues in the past six ® Famous Handibin Storage Compartment ® Safe wringer, 2-in. white ® Safety-sealed silent years.” | SS : nad | ® 3 b 3 ; “Recently a National Labor Rela- \ Quiet, Thrifty Rotorite Current Cutter balloon rolls Kenmore mechanism tions Board examiner decided in 3 : ® 2 Water Bottles—Glass Defrost Tray ® Safety Dry Feed Rest ® Oil.sealed motor favor of the Progressives on their 3 3 oA ic | ior El ie Ligh ; complaint against discharge of Eu-| Wa : utomatic Interior Electric Light ® Safety Wringer Release ® Automotive type clutch gene Shifflet, president of their local! 202 at Kelly Creek, near here. The examiner held that the U M. W. did not have a “closed shop” in the mine concerned. | This decision, Mr. O'Flaherty said, | “means that a miner can belong to any union or to none; that the coal operators cannot discriminate against us. and that our organizing efforts in this field have just begun.”

We Also Carry 9 Other Models of Kenmore Electric Washers

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U. M. W. Head Scoffs

William Blizzard, head of the U. M. W. forces here in the absence of Van Bittner—who has given most of his attention recently to the Chicago office of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee—scoffed at Mr. O'Flaherty’s claims of progress. | The Progressive organizer claimed) formation of seven locals and acqui-| sition of 3300 members in the 10 months of work here, but Mr. Blizzard gave the impression he] thought that was highly exaggerated. He mentioned that the U. M.! W. can claim 84000 cues-paying| members in this district. “There won't be any trouble in| this district,” he said, “despite the] fact that I guess more men have] been killed and murdered and jailed | in southern West Virginia in the past 20 years than in all the rest] of the United States put together.: “That is,” he added, “there won't] be any trouble unless the operators try to go nonunion. Then there] would be trouble. You might call this district a ‘volcano under con- | trol’—plenty of possible trouble, but the mine workers have the situation | well in hand and are going to keep | it that way.”

SHELBYVILLE STRIKE IS REPORTED SETTLED

Settlement of a strike of more] than 100 employees of the Albert] Furniture Co. at Shelbyville was] reported today by Thomas Hutson, State Labor Division director. A compromise agreement was) reached after more than a week of} conciliation efforts, Mr. Hutson said. Conciliators of the State division now are attempting to settle a strike of 1100 workers at the Singer Sewing Machine Co. at South Bend, he said.

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