Recognized and Endors- ed by More Than Fifty Local Unions and Cen- tral Bodies Over Cam- bria County and Ad- jacent Mining Areas. A GENERAL NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. UNION Union Press, Established May, 1935 AN ATTAINMENT OF THE LARGEST GENERAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. Our Shop Is Equipped to Do Job Printing of f All Kinds. Nothing Too Large or Too Small We Cater Especially to > Local Union eal Sun. Fruiting) Patton Courier, Established Oct., 1893. VOL. 45. NO. 32. MINERS RETURN TOWORK MONDAY OVER CAMBRIA Eighteen to Twenty Thousand Answer Whistles This Week, As New Contract Is Signed. Cambria County's major work in accordance with the new “un ion shop” agreement signed on Satur- day between operators and the United | Mine Workers of America, enc a period of idleness which star on the first day of April | Joining Cambria county's miners in | their trek to the pits v nds in other counties of the r bituminous fields. James Mark, president of Dist No. 2 of the United Mine Work America, an area embraced by eigh- teen Central Pennsylvania count said that about fifty thousand men der his jurisdiction had been order and have reportec In a number con insta Ss tered the mines on Sunday For the most part the re the day shift on Monda few of the operations didn't ed until Tuesday rorning. Joy reign- | ed in the company towns when secretaries of the read telegrams of instruct district headquarters were posted at tippl cinity of company store ber of instances the or siren was sounded on nal of work on Monday. With the pumping crews i maintenance men having continued work throughout the shutdown, m throughout the district had been } in readiness for resumption of tions. With ample supplies of rai cars on mine sidings, shippin began the outward influx of the fuel to all points in the east on Monday night. District President Mark announced Sunday last that with the signing of the agreement notices were forwarded to all UMW locals ordering union mi- ners to return to work ,with the ex- notices” OrK ception of miners employed at captive | mines where miners will not work un- til the company signs or agrees to sig the commercial agreement, that is, the same agreement entered into betwee the UMWA and operators of comme cial mines. industry | nday of this week with | | : resumed on Monday of this we x i } tation mit of the eighteen thousand miners returning to | the vi- | Sunday-—sig- | CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA. THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1939 COAL PEACE HERE"? SHOOTING DRIVE WITH Some is now listed as ers, according to with filiated Cambria county. HOF FMAN COMPANY RS ARE SIGNED C10 TRUCKERS weeks ago at the solicitation | of the Clerks Union, the Hoffman Ice Cream Company was published on an | “unfair” list, because drivers of the company were not organized. The firn “fair.” Hoffman driv Dan Morarity, Uni- | ted Mine Workers organizer, the U. M. W. of A.| Truckers of Barnesboro, the transpor CIO in Northerr 8s | under strict supervision. The law be- 3 MILLION WPA CIO President duction in Ut} jobs Cc 101 ve meet the need of country terr 300,000 jobs no duced by b would destr based upor In fact, aside from the captive mines | ¥*%° practically every large operation the county resumed operations on Mor day and the same good, old coopera- tion between the United Mine Workers of America and the operators in this section of the country again prevai —with the hope of both being a de- mand for coal-—and more coal. STATE FEDERATION OF | LABOR DEFENDS THE COMPENSATION ACT Philadelphia. — The Pennsylvania Federation of Labor was enlisted last week in a fight against what President James L. McDevitt said were attempts to discard the 1937 Workmen's = Com- pensation Act. McDevitt told delegates to the Fed eration’s annual conventicn the act, “for the first time in our history made occupational diseases compesable-—and raised Pennsylvania form one of the most backward states to a position of leadership in compensation legislation. Since then, he said, “reactionary em- ployers who failed to defeat the form by pressure turned to the courts. Only | recently we saved it from being en- | tirely invalidated by the Supreme Court.” The same group, he added, has renewed the fight in the legislature. “We will continue to fight to keep the compensation act on the books as it is,” McDevitt said. Parts of the act, passed by the Dem- ocratic administration of former Gov- ernor Earle, recently were declared un- | constitutional by the state supreme | court. BISHOP WILL ORDAIN SEMINARY AT LORETTO COLLEGE ery,” | ced that s iast week by of America's cit son that busines “holding its own” see no immediate prospect of prosper- ity. It was on this note that they joined w action which would transfer a greater ef load from the fed- { | portion of the eral gover | 1es. | dere has bee in employm sonal gain: | mobile, glass, | tries WPA employ | en economic | ries with i | warned. { forget the adopted at the fi Pittsburgh, Pa. believed the r ion of Labor recommend were supported by ‘There are situation basical if federal in WPA expendi the present time.” Lewis’ bus sharply with ed to the res es th Lewis The CIO chic Not on for all dara minimum “Any attempt to estab-| to th JOBS URGED BY JOHN L. LEWIS Demands Wages High Enough to Prevent Re- iion Standards. L. Lewis of Industril Or- ide 3,000,000 W. dards. n before the dward Taylor very wn k > right of WPA workers. to be socially useful ient’ to" maintain an of living and to in union standards. conditions,” program fully to unemployed in this would find itself speaking in f vaster figures. We ask for 3,- 1 figure to be re- by those who but as a figure floor of unem- or, Lewis was car- 1 of “jobs for all, CIO convention in year. He said he American Federa- membership agreed with | ions and that they the unemployed. strong indications of a y conductive to recov- the letter said. ‘But I am convin- h recovery will not come | ment in the way of is seriously cut at forecast nomic views present- | propriations committee | the mayors of a number | They said in uni- today is merely and professed to in protesting any e states and cit- ftain conceded that no substantial increase but he said that sea- | expected in auto- | and rubber indus- | does the reduction of | nt at this time threat- | the Spangler hospital on Monday suf- ersals, but it also car- | fering of injuries sustained while at political dangers,” Lewis | | dare now presi- | night demand- | 1e coming fiscal t to preveni re- nmittee which and which is 40 relief fund, cannot be ef- are slashed. He five point program: unemployed, without the 1 to the needs and CRACKER NOISE LABOR COUNCIL ~ INDORSES STORE HALF-HOLIDAYS | But, Then, You Can Celebrate | North County Union Represen- Harrisburg.—With a few strokes | A Toy Cap Pistol, | n | a pen, hibited the general sale and use V5: . : | fireworks in Pennsylvania. ,! caps and pistols and public displa came effective immediately. The Governor's signature to the bill ended a campaign for anti-fir | works legislation which began in th | ken then and the fight was renewe at the opening of the present session. Backers of the long sought measur predicted both a saving of lives an money through the law. lost thei jured in the state last Independenc Day. The act gives local authorities er to grant permits for firewo plays. A $500 bond must be posted local officials must be satisfied a com | petent operator will be in charge. State troopers, or any sher ' lice officer or constable may seize fireworks offered for sale at re violation of the law. A penalty of fines up to $100 or days’ Imprisonment 5s provided. NO LET-UP ON THE TRUCKERS SINCE Miners Pledge to Make It A Fin. ish Battle With A. F. L. Haul- ers Out of Johnstown. Signing of wage-hour contracts — by coal operators and United Mine Work ers brought no change in the status | in Johnstown of the “war” betweer the Union miners and Truck Local 110 (AFL). For some time the have ‘turned back” giving as the reason that the t body had “aided and abetted” | forts of the Progressive Miner to enter the Central Pennsylva | fields. With the United Mine Workers hav- ing obtained the “union shop” con | tract with Appalachian operators ma- | before | king more difficult than ever | the entry of the “Progressives” it w | whether the United Mine would pursue their activities Drivers Union 110. : | { Fred D. Thomas, veteran UMW or- | | ganizer and spokesman at Johnstown | explained the present status in this! way: | “With the return to work of union | | miners we will be in a better position 1 ditfered to ‘turn back’ trucks: driven by mem- before. | | bers of Local 110 than ever | United Mine Workers soon will be | drawing pay checks again and we { will be in a position to tell store own- ers not to accept deliveries by drivers | affiliated with the union of which H. | | D. Lehman is president. “The fight has just started against | the Lehman union. Union miners in company towns will have nothing to do with stores accepting deliveries from Johnstown stores in trucks man- ned by members of Local 110.” TWO MEN INJURED IN NORTH COUNTY MINES ON FIRST DAY OF WORK | Two coal miners were admitted tc work in north county pits. When a wire cable on a cutting ma- “A people bred in the traditions of | chine slipped, Richard Lawrence, 38, | the American people will not forever ) endure the hopelessness of unemploy- | | ment, relieved only by periodic threats | : TR rived | of utter privation,” STUDENTS [ lieve that they will much longer suf- | of the accident. fer this is to believe that they easily traditions of our forefath- Four members of the Loretto com- | ers.” munity of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis will be ordained to the priesthood today, Ascension Thursday, in the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacra- ment, Altoona, by the Most Reverend Bishop Richard T. Guilfoyle. The seminarians of St. Francis Col- lege who will be elevated to the priest- hood are: Rev. Fraters Eugene Estill, TOR, East St. Louis, IIL; TOR, Philadelphia; Mark Santucci, TOR, Palmer, Mass., and Daniel Egan, TOR, West Roxbury, Mass, All will celebrate their first next Sunday in their home parishes. Lewis 'warning about the effect of | struck by an electric drill. curbing relief spending was substan- working in Mine No. 15 of the Barnes tiated in part by deputy WPA adminis. i trator Howard O. Hunter in an ad- | dress over the Columbia Broadcasting System. He said that private industry cannot for many years absorb all of the unemployment and that curtailment of federal spending “will only increase Francis King, | the number of unemployed.” he said. “To be- | | A'*hough 1,500 elephants were killed in Uganda, British East Africa, last mass | year, numerous elephants still worry | | of Bakerton, suffered a severe lacera- tion of the left thumb. Lawrence was at work in No. 6 mine of the Sterling | Coal Company at Bakerton at the time Vincent Barett, 41, Spangler, sus- tained a severe laceration of the scalp | on Monday afternoon when he was He was and Tucker Coal Company at Barnes- boro and was operating the drill when it slipped. Married 35 Years, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Buck of Carr- olltown, recently observed their 35th wedding anniversary. A number of relatives tendered them a surprise party in honor of the anniversary. Brazil has a giant waterfall far, small settlements and damage crops. | larger than Niagara, | the Holiday By “Banging” on | of The Northern Governor James Monday pre-| Union The Governor signed a bill banning all fire works in the state except to) Eight persons r lives and hundreds were in- MONDAY BY UMW! Drivers’ | union miners trucks driven into coal towns by members of Local 110, | ; | other dance questioned by Johnstown newspapers | Workers | againt | tatives Urge Active Support of Thursday Closings. Cambria Industrial Council, the central body rep- resenting organized labor, at a recent meeting held at Revloc, g | following resolution, which the letter y | below plains: $ Of x Business Men's stings, Pa. e Cambria Industrial it a meeting held at 10th, voted approval the Northern 5s Association in res during the 1 orthern e ' 1938 special session. No action was ta- d e d sum- © 1 z the county, ¢ that go along witl 1 this WAYNE KING TO COME TO SUNSET Finest Dance Band Will Play Only Engagement in Penn- sylvania Friday, Next Week. | ee celia America's finest dance orchestre will play his.only en Pennsylvania at Sunset, 10st unique ball room, on Friday, 1 26th. The most recent or- chestra popularity poll, conducted by | Radio Guide i ong the da 1 | bands of America. While 7 conceded to be king, by no means y more waltzes than ra while playing His programs are the mc ardent the most firm- ition, “Annabelle”, 's most requested ‘Josephine” and many numbers written by him | a few years ago are still featured by | leading orchestras throughout the na- | | tion and definitely place him among | the country’s leading dance music | composers. On Decoration Day, Thursday, May | | 30th, Henry Busse famous for his ‘Hot | His own compe is one of W tunes. “Goof | | | | | | | | | | | ~ WAYNE KING | Lips’, trumpet solo, which is also his| theme song, will play his first engage- | ment at Sunset in two years. Featurea with Busse and his orchestra are love- ly ViMele, sweet swing singer; Ducky Young, comic vocalist; Dick Wharton, romantic baritone and the “Three | Strikes”, vocal trio specializing in | shuffle tunes. Henry Busse comes di- | rect to Sunset from a most successful theatre tour. The Sunset stage is ideally adapted to show to great advantage bands of | the above type, giving plenty of room in which to perform | passed the | May 12, 1939. Cam- | | Session Before End of 1939. NIGHT OF MAY 26 i=: laces Wayne's first am- | is the | jects. At times, two Democrats, William J. Eroe and Joseph P. Dando—have | voted with them, however. | the House, Democrats, too, showed un- | sociation. The pen was built on the | property of Sheridan Clossin. | ion, in the near future will send about | men. Members of the association will | feed and care for the birds until next entertainers | person. Tax is included in all admis- 723 South Fifth Ave. PATTON. PA. ‘SUBSCRIPTION, 52. 00 PER YEAR MINE IS IN FLAMES ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT RO AD IN PATTON DAMAGED BY FIRE IN mon sesame | CAVES IN WHEN tm COAL VEIN BURNS ectric current for more than two hours Fire in Abandoned Workings at last Thursday afternoon when fire damaged equipment in the substation | Flannigan Road Threatens the Buildings Nearby. of the Pennsylvania Edison Company. ! Fire, believed to have been caused | by a short circuit in an electric line, | broke out in the substation about noon. | | The Patton Volunteer Fire Company quickly extinguished the blaze. Undermined by a burning coal vein an abandoned mine of the Patton Clay Manufacturing Company, a section of the Patton-Flannigan road caved in on Sunday. A section of the road about four feet square caved in a short distance from the Clay Works plant, and forced the road to be closed to traffic. rr During the intervening period flames and smoke have been pouring at inter- vals from the large crevice. A tempor- ary wooden fene¢e: has been built ab- TO TRIM SAILS AND out the hazard, and the fence caught A fire on Monday night. Coal officials said indications ‘are: ‘that the coal in GO HOME MAY 7] the abandoned mine has been ignited v since early in 1936..The eruption of Sunday, however,. w the first in . . x rE which it created a menace to the sur- Which Likely Also Means That jo Saw a : f There Will Have to Be Special! On sons A crew of electricians was dis spatch- i ed to the sce and shortly after 2:30 | P. m,, electric current was restored to the community. Electric officials es- timated damage at about $300. Major- ity of the damage was to huge trans-! formers located outside the substation was reported. Febru: yur living andoned min bon dioxide seeped from the a l Veteran miners at the t the opinion that the gas from the bur coal vein. 1, 1936, nineteen per- he vicinity of the ab- were, overcome by car- reported to have workings. expressed riginated au ) concentrate shelve the rest journ the 1939 Persons of which will fumes live ir houses near the that there will! clay works since that time these | houses have been abandoned. Officials of the Patton Volunteer Fire Company ve requested Harris- burg to have state fire marshal in- spect the bl ¢ Fire comy offi eile estima pit left by the cavein is approximately 35 feet deep and in looking into the hole the flaming coal. and white hot WO | molten rock e¢ be seen. The night ne! Y relief workers | effect of the >ctacle is similar to | from civil Service, . | that of a minature volcano. | 2. Workmen's compensation. Five| The mine was abandoned about six bills revising the schedule of payments years ago by the Clay Manufacturing to injured employees have been ap- company after thousands of tons of proved by the House and are before a fire clay had been removed. The coal Senate Committee. Labor leaders are from the C prim taken out objecting to any change in the act of = Je between 35 1937, and plan to present their views The present al a second public he d 1 f thi ring on T confined to a 1 day of this week. y ; the workings 3. Liquor control. The house has moved. The bc sent three bills to the senate to set up | anywhere from local licensing boards, reduce the num- i thickness, ber of hotel licenses, mark up the li- It is understc cense fees and increase the sizes of the censo 7 pany did not dry” zones around churches and workings and was tak- schools. : oe or en out approximately 20 feet un- 4. Appropriations. Many of the| der the abandoned mine tunnels. In sums asked by the Governor to oper-| order to remove the clay a shaft was ate the state government in the next | sunk about 65 feet and miners worked two years have been sanctioned by the | under the abandoned coal operations House and sent to the senate. The topic The large plant of the Clay Company last major issue before the | is not without danger by the burning House. : top coal. It can be possible that the Republicans are one vote short of | fire will burn und:r the plant and | the 26 needed to assure passage of leg- possibly cause another cavein cn land islation affecting these principal sub- occupied by the buildings and yards. Patton miners and officials really are unable to give any feasible reason as to how the fire may have starte The Democratic floor leader, Harry | and 2 on he fre may Rite sos Shapiro, said his colleagues are ag-| that spontaneous combustion was the ainst the Van Allsburg relief plan and cause. The blaze I fanned from the liquor revision. By their debate in many openings and nts into the abandoned mines. Fire company are unable to sug which the : would prac tinguish the 50 feet under State Se cted by the poisonous to be a special session be- r is out. Singled out for n in the final days were: 1. Relief revision as proposed by the Van Allsburg bill, passed by the Iouse. It is now in a sub committee of | the senate for deletion of certain ob- jectionable features. One senator said it would be “killed” if brought up for a vote today. The bill would remove | | 5,000 unemployment I it imod, is er of boney left in n the coal was re- strip is said to be inches in )d that the” 7 com- N *oal from the i qualified objection to the new work- men’s compensation schedule. Shapiro asserted in the senate that early ad- | journment of the assembly without | legislation to reduce taxes “is nothing | short of criminal.” He read from a! peech of Governor James “G. O. P. still stands for | Gra nd Ol 1d Promises. The G. O. P. still | makes promises and still breaks them.” cfficials and miners any ‘way in an/be combatted. It y be imp le to ex- fire burning form 30 to ne groynd. natop Johh Hal been seek to obtajir’s in combatting the f that state autho ing the problem Local miners, the underground tunnels, point cut that the vein dips at places to 80 feet below the surface and in all probabil- ity the fire will follow the’ vein. Attracted by the flames:and smoke shooting into the air, hundreds ot spectators have been cted to the scene at night. Officials of the Patton Clay Manu- facturing Company have given per- mission to route a detour over the company’s land, in order to afford the { September or October when they will | residents of Flannigan an inlet to Pat- be liberated in various sections of the | ton. north of Cambria county. Sportsmen believe the shipment will be received about June 1st. The pen is is 48 fet square, has stance nderstood Ww ponder- | GALLITZIN HUNTERS BUILD PHEASANT PEN the lay of ho know A pen large enough to house 100 ringneck pheasants has been construc- ted by the Gallitzin Sportsmen’s As- The Pennsylvania Game Commiss- 100 ringneck pheasants to the sports- SPEED COSTS 120 RIGHT TO DRIVE Harrisburg.—Pennsylvania dirving privileges of 120 motorists have been withdrawn for 90 days for violating the fifty mile speed limit, the Depart- ment of Revenue reported today. The suspensions during the week ending May 8 applied to 49 Pennsyl- vania operators and 71 from outside the state. and affording complete visibility from | any point in the ball room. On Friday, May 19th, Tommy Tuck- er and his great band will be the at- traction at Sunset. The admission to the Wayne King dance will be $1,25 | per person; Henry Busse, $1.10 per per- son, and Tommy Tucker, 55 cents per Ee Protection for an invetion can be obtained in more than 200 countries. sion prices.
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