FACTS UPSET U. S. WHITEWASH OF OPERATORS
Olds, Leland
Facts Upset U. S. Whitewash of Operators By Leland Olds Fatalities in Coal Mines Have Not Decreased. Despite Government Claims THE attempt of Safety Service Director Read of the U. S....
...quite a different showing from Stewart's figures boa at fully featured at tbe Iron Age...
...tbe executive committee of the bureau includes Matthew Won of Chicago...
...The » years 1816-1820...
...As a matter of fact toe weekly wagu of these workers win pnrcbase only n.i per cent, more •than In m...
...Additional publications were approved, one of which la "Workmen'* Compensation," by Thomas Donnelly of the Ohio Federation of Labor, one of the leading authorities on workmen's compensation in this country...
...The bureau Is te publish a regular Information bulletin...
...This striking failure of the industry to protect the miner's life Is reflected In the tardiness with which coal operators are adopting rockdustlng in dusty or gaseous mines aa well as in their refusal to make general use of I tea—S»Sa8t> sa1a»f"BFS...
...tbe general manager ef the Railroads of Cuba, else conducts Important industries In Pennsylvania...
...Such per capita output affords ample support for the wage standards maintained by the*United Mine Worker...
...Continuing, Iiosovsky formulated tbe tasks of international trade union policy as follows...
...To carry on tbe s«U gae- the ueltlilhihajsant of a unnfit lirtsynsHOssil by convening an intenuv-' Usees...
...Rejected...
...Is talkie* about tbe "unity" altuatlosa, said: "In our dealing* wjth the British* trade unions we can afford te make concessions, but with Amsterdam we must be Quite definite, Negotiations with Amsterdam cannot an*) may net in any eaae lead te sSUUrtten with Amsterdam, far that would mean aot only a epUt in tbe R. T. U. L, but in many countries It weaht also mean tbe weakening of tbe position ot the Communist party...
...Gradually to extend tbe AngloRussian Committee and draw new or* ganizatlens into its ranks...
...The Field of Later Steel Workers Can't Eat U. S. Paper Increases Gross tiaMwatlan of the improvement la living standard* 'la the Iron aad steel industry appear* in an article in Iron Age buat aaj figures fbrnkahed by TJ...
...With tbe exception of 182) we must go back to 1811 to find as high an accident death rate...
...Notorious attempts were made to frame up the upstanding candidates in order to eliminate them before the conference was pulled off...
...Burke of Chicago...
...natty saasrint at which Ass-i eterSssm, the It T. TJ...
...The A. T. of L. is willing to assist the Cuban workers and have so communicated through tbe Paa-Ameriosa Federation of Labor...
...Tbee* figures show that In tbe last decade there has been no progress hi protecting tbe country's coaldiggers against haiards...
...John P. Frey of Cincinnati...
...Oernuuxy...
...American Miner* Produce Meet The tremendous productivity of American coal miners compared with those of any other country In the world te emphasised by figures reported In the monthly labor review of the TJ...
...tbe somewhat vague Ukrainian Socialist Party, represented by Shlapeval, and a small group ef Russian Left Secisl Revolutionaries, beaded by Steinberg...
...This compares with' an average ot 1.4T for the 13 preceding years...
...axataetvea designated** -permissible explosives" by tbe bureau of- mines...
...that delegates were selected and sent from mere Pullman agencies such aa Columbus, Ohio, aad Grand Rapids, Mich., with only a handful of porters, and such a large district aa Pennsylvania is without a representative, although the candidates in that district received a. large vote...
...By December, 1825...
...The figures are 0.11 per million bours exposure in the union period and 0.28 in the openahop period...
...aa wen e* ssamsn...
...Tbe Kuaalaa trade unions have declared from aa .International platform that they am for unity In tbe International "red* union movement and the mternattsaat working class Is watching intently al that the Russian trade union* say seat do...
...7.4 time* that/ in French mines, and nearly nine time* that in Belgium...
...Chicago watching the developments in the conference...
...The bureau's figures show the average production of soft coal la American mines In 1884...
...Thomas TE...
...The significant fact which Stewart omits Is that average fall-time hours per week have fallen from 8L4 ta'im and 78 la 1»1X te ««4 boars in Blast-furnace workers are even worse oft today than figures for 1M4 indicate, for the cost of living has been steadily rising without corresponding increase in steel wages...
...James H. Maurer of Harrisburg...
...During tbe discussion sven tbe most optimistic delegates admitted that the chances of lining up the unattached Swiss Socialist Party with them ware pretty slim...
...The men the company felt sure ot were selected and not elected...
...tbe small French^SocialistCo mm unlet Party, with Ernest Latent and Paul Louis as delegates...
...In the State of Wyoming alone more than 4efl students are already enrolled in classes started last'fall...
...Also, plans were considered for raising a permanent ^endowment fund to promote workers' education in the United States...
...I sad the varteas...
...Since the preceding meet lag in Berlin, the small Swedish dissenting Communist group, led by Hnegtund, baa left the "Rejected" and gone back to tbe Social Democratic Party...
...In ether words, if tbe All-Russian Trade Union Centre affiliate* with Amsterdam the influence of our opponent* will be increased, while we should lose power and suffer a split In our ranke...
...He is upset because editors- have charged the coal mining industry with reckless disregard of the lives of mine worker...
...Laat year leas than 38 percent of tbe explosives used in bituminous mines were permissible...
...The members of tha Shipping Union eater the units ef the Traffic Union with toll rights Sad en ©outribatioa* paid to the Shlpplag Union wit: he refftgulssd, The trees* tars are to be completed hp April L The seupptae Union, which wee et> filiated with the Red Trade Union International, waa founded la 1318 aad took ta dockers aad inland water weckers...
...The exebenge is handling the Herrln strip mine coal, owned by the Illinois Mine Workers, at a saving of $2 a ton to consumers over Chicago prices...
...The various districts are demanding that the delegates stand by the program of the Pullman porters' union.' A strict espionage is being maintained over every movement of the delegates by the company, fearing lest they get under the influence of A. Philip Randolph, the general organiser, who Is now in...
...To form direct links through tbe R. T. U. I., with the trade union movement la colonial and semi-colonial countries, more especially China...
...Despite Government Claims THE attempt of Safety Service Director Read of the U. S. Bureau of Mines to whitewash the coal' owners for their disregard of miners' lives,Is exposed by annuel figures issued from bis own bureau...
...and nearly St per cent abore ltd...
...The bope of the members of the "Rejected" seems to be that some day they wUl be able to play tbe part of Intermediaries between tbe Socialist aad Communist Internal ton sis, Iran out an the contradict toe* between these tern organisations by making the Comma nlate reasonable aad tbe Socialists "revolutionary...
...Meyer (Norway) aad Salvi (Italy), aa an executive committee...
...The House committee on Interstate and foreign commerce will wlndysp its Hearing* within a few days._ Workers' Education Making Great Progress DURING the dasTsix months there has been a most encouraging development of tbe workers' educational movement in this country, according to reports submitted to tbe executive committee of the-Workers' Education Bureau which just adjourned Its semi-annual meeting at headquarters of tbe bureau in New York...
...quoted by the tobsttriam Bnreau of the I. F T uTI These > euatetiens bring . oat w A. Laeovsky...
...Interna^Mtl Holds.% X***rm*THE latest move of the several parties and fraction* of parties asaking up uthat some European Socialist* and Communists call the "International of the Rejected," dud to the fact that most of them have been expelled from, or quit, the Communist International, was to hold a Congress over New Year's in the town hall of the little Paris suburb of St...
...l_ ¦,"*•*> • J Rail Station Employes Want More Pay r***rgtSfi.—Boston ft Maine R. R. station employee organised in the Brother___j of Railway station Employes, want • to 14 cents ear hour more iPay and IrflT and a half for Sundays and holidays...
...Hamilton & Hershey...
...But tbe general* sentiment among the men is that the movement to organize the porters compelled the company to call the conference and that whatever increase in wages or improvements in working conditions may be given by the conference that they can thank the Brotherhood and not the company for same...
...Tomsk* leading the All Russian radsraH— of Labor...
...Be issued his whitewash to the National Coal Association, the emxOoyer organisation...
...Labour Doing Abroad jr*^~~~***a?^4 ^^^^"^^^T?^ Towsky and Lesovsy at odds in Russ Congress FURTHER evidence of the tendency to break .way freer...
...This la four and one-haif times the dally produetlvify of British miners, 4.6 tunes per capita production la the Ruhr...
...A wave of resentment ha* swept .pver the porters against the conference on the grounds that It is hand-picked...
...S. bureau of labor statistics...
...The fatality rata In the last l years for which full records have been published exceeds by more than 8 percent the average of the preceding XZ years...
...Exchange Co-op Limburger for Union Coal Chicago.—Co-operatively ripened llmburger cheese 1* being sent to the Faxmer?Labor exrfifng* by the Hasty (Minn...
...but nevertheless he deI mands that we shall have nothing te do with Amsterdam...
...x >j These remark* moved Tordsky te sarcastic comment- la referring to the "striking contradictions in Comrade' Losovskys remarks,'' Tomsky aelsV "Be points out the growth of the left I wing element In the Amsterdam Interna tipnal...
...Ill gj Sam tin S8 wale* are net amnatsg...
...Co-cj^tatlve Cheese Co and In return the co-operators are buying union coal...
...Tomsky concluded by saying: r "The working class will soon Sac out the falsehood apd Insincerity et such a policy...
...tbe imn-rfJ authority of the Red TradTUu^a Ini.rBgS-rSn^n^^ so*ne section* •! the RtMsian tradg tmtoea and to make a 7mrJZ£ ?uetnpt wits the InttnnuJona] Federstion ©{.Trade LnSTSl found in^ official reports ©* the Fourteenth Congress of t*Tcorntt££l Psrtv of Ruasia...
...W6»j .are tbe facta t •¦ The fatality rate la 1*1* was 1-58 miners par million hours of exposure In tbe industry...
...Ouen, where they were cordially welcomed by the Soci»ltst-Con>» munist local administration...
...The Senate cammittee oa interstate commerce is expected to agree on a favorable report by February IS at latest...
...Tbe railroad men are ready te arrange with Hershey for Just terms te prevent a strike...
...while their purchasing power shows no improvement •ear 1*87...
...Te ays* tematleaOy strengthen the R. T. V. L and te tighten the connections '-between its affiliated organisations...
...The average fatality rate for the S years 1*22-24 wag 1.5C par million hours ci exposure...
...Tomsky then pointed out that the Russian leaders were only liiiilkel themselves by using tbe "united treat* cry as a blind in their attempts te force a split and that they were mistaken in thinking nobody would Seattle what they were up te...
...and coercion of the company to compel them to sign an agreement on the dotted line awithout'allowing them sufficient time and liberty to discuss wages and working conditions...
...If we picture the industry as manned by minora working steadily I throughout tbe yeaatbi* means 81 i miners killed per 10.5W1 employed in ' the openahop period compared with S3 per leveee in the period of union dominance...
...It was voted to move the headquarter* from Vienna to Parle and to retain tbe veteran Angelica Pale.la nova as general secretary ef the .International Bureau," supported by Louis and Let range (France...
...Net to affiliate with Amsterdam...
...head of tbe Red Trade Union International, and it...
...India, the, Dutch East Indies, etc...
...that some of the oldest, most responsible, most popular and independent porters were defeated in the election for the conference...
...S. Commissioner of Labor Statistics Ethel pert Stewart...
...Aside from the Msslmaiist Bests list Party of Italy and the Norwegian labor Party, the Internationa], which cannot stand for Communist taetlea bat is not yet ready to join tbe Boclanst and Leber International, takes In tbe remnant* of the German Independent Socialist Party, represented by Tbeodor Llebknecbt...
...Stewart has played directly into tbe bands of the steel barons by lis slug bis nstoiilstlsns on hourly rather than full-time weekly earnings...
...at 4.88 tons par worker per shift...
...By actual count an average of 408 miners a year were killed in BUch disasters in 18221924, compared with 203 per year In the earlier period...
...All of the strong men were defeated...
...tbe purchasing power of their waces warn only 7 per cent, abore Ult, and was thi par cent, below 1907...
...In bis speech at the December Congress Loaovsfcy...
...aad then lead tag united International in the final straggle with world ispltslissa . Genui Seamea's Ham Agres m Unity Treaty Unity baa beae aehleved asanas the German seamen Since January 1. under aa agreement between tbe Qsemsn Traffic Union and the German Shipping Union, tha Traffic Union to ©ousted as the sole trade union far <jer« man sailors...
...The sessions of the committee were devoted to the development of plane for, extending provisions for education to a larger number of wage earners through tbe establishment of special Institutes or fact finding councils which would aim to reveal the economic problems that face the various groups in this country...
...in which tbe miner unioi^ waa at the - peak of its influence, were years in which the fatality Tate fell far below the average...
...We must either go aa with our propaganda, as we have dee* in tbe past, or settle down serioeatp im deal With tbe problem ef unity...
...Tlte-aversgenear million hour* »xjtoaeaSNr^sTsai mbmmm mm l»a ¦ WW average of I.S8 la the years 1832-24 in which non-union mines wore forging ahead was 1.58 or more than 18 percent higher...
...Besides the local members...
...New- educational directors have been appolnted^-m Oregon^ Pennsylvania and WyotSTne...
...Pa., and John Van Varenewyok of Boston...
...Rail Labor Hearings Near Conclusion . Washington.—No amendments to the Watson-Parker railroad labor bill favored by the rail managers' organisation and by the organized rail workers are foreseen, as the hearings near completion...
...Read asserts: "The coal mining industry deserves great credit for what It has done in accident prevention work...
...John Brophy of Clearfield...
...The fatality rate from explosions of coal dust and gas in the i years 19221324 when the Industry was attempting to break away from union conditions averaged more than twice as high as in.the 5 years 1916-1820 when anion conditions predominated...
...The industry has been more interested -In undermining"" the United Mine Workers, which Is the ch*Jef force fighting for safety measures...
...to any International shall be represented...
...Cuban Railroad Men Seek to Avert Strike Washington.—The Cuban railroad men have appealed to the A. T. of I* and the Pan-American Federation ef labor for help to prevent a general Cuban rail .strike...
...Pullman Co* Tries to Force Agreement, But Is Meeting Resistance from Porters DSSPITE tbe attempt on the part of the Pullman Company to maintain the utmost secrecy around the wage conference now in process between the Pullman Company and the company union leaks are flying thick and fast that dissension and dissatisfaction are growing among the ' delegates against reported threats, intimidations...
...The number of centers has Increased te such an extent that the bureau now represents a federation of more than 526 national and International Uniofls, State federation* of labor, local batons and workers' educational enterprises...
...Stewart's Of urea show thjat In 1914 blast-furnace employee emleyed a eteavserd of living 48.8 per cent, above 1318...
Vol. 3 • February 1926 • No. 5
