Mr. is's statement regarding the
sujip?ii?ion of work follows:
"The strike upon which the United
\Iine Workers of America are entering
1 Is r.ot a question of small magnitude
ror one to be lightly considered hy the
American peopV-. it Is fraught with far
reaching consequences and serious rs
iponslbillties as affecting the publi-:
weal. The withdrawal of In excess ot
600,000 rien from the mines of the coun
i'-v comitates a serious problem. Aside
from Uie inevitable coal shortage whicS
will ensue to the profit of coal operators
and to the detriment of the public, it
will ran** a dislocation of Induairv
throughout the nation, affecting bun
: rlreds of t'.iouiatki* ot citizens in othef
| walks of life.
! "This is a deplorable condition and
'?nstitutes s srcd commentary upon tha
'elatlonshlpa of employer and employe*
; In American Industry. Every thcughful
man recognises that In the end a settle
ment of tho problems of the minine Ir
histry must perfcrce be effected. Su<fh
settlement must come through Joint ror.
0tretice with sccredited representatives
of the mine workers of the nation.
I'lse*> Onn? on Operators.
"It is m^st unfortunate, because of the
srbltraiy attitude of the coat operators*
! that such n meeting cannot be as
Kembled until the country has endured
the agony nn<i convulsions involved 1 >?
mi Industrial sirike on such s gigantl*
scale In the present issue the nubile
| has been lulled to a sense of fatse se
; curlty by the soothing statements of
those who will profit through s strike
"Thj rr.ine workers repeatedly ha\?
called attention to those facts and oitH
etatements have gone unheeded. Thai
responsibility must therefore be wl?.|"
| those who have forced the present sit?
uatloii ar.d are necking to beat tlM
I m'nera backward.
