Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1919 — NO INDIANA MINERS RETURN [ARTICLE]

NO INDIANA MINERS RETURN

Refuse to 14 Per Cent Raise —Shortage Becoming Acute. Union coal miners In the Indiana field have refused to accept the 14% wage increase and return to work, and just what the situation will develop into in the next few days is hard to figure out at this time. Transportation lines and manufacturing plants are rapidly being affected by the shortage of fuel aqd in many cities the wartime reservations have been put 1» force. Unless a nearly normal output can be had soon many millions of employes in the various manufacturing districts will be thrown out of employment by the necessary closing down of the factories. More severe weather can be expected now and of course Increased use of fuel will be necessary to prevent great suffering throughout the entire country. The miners refuse the Increase offered and also refuse to go to work and leave the matter to arbitration, which is sufficient evidence that they know that they are asking more than they should in justice receive. It Is a bad situation Indeed, and only goes to show that the power of the labor unions should have been curbed long ago. Full justice should be meted out to the laborer, of course, as well as to the employer and the public, which is the great sufferer from these strlkdh that paralyze the Industries of the entire country.