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The Anaconda Standard
Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana
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United Mine Workers appeal from Columbus, Ohio, on Jan. 4, claims Alabama miners treated worse than convicts amid competition with convict labor and corporate exploitation by British shareholders; seeks aid for wages and union rights.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 4.-The United Mine Workers have issued an appeal to organized labor unions throughout the country, which has been approved by the American Federation of Labor. The appeal concludes: "The miners of Alabama are worse treated than those of any other section of the country. Not only have we to compete with the curse of convict labor in the mines, but we are worse treated than the convicts we are compelled to work beside. While the free miners are practically at the mercy of the representatives of the corporations and monopolies, the shareholders who reside in Great Britain and have only an interest in the mines to the amount of the dividend they receive, caring little for the lives and welfare of those employed therein. If we are successful, these men must get assistance. This struggle is not only for wages, but for our rights to organize."
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Alabama
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Jan. 4
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The United Mine Workers issued an appeal to organized labor unions throughout the country, approved by the American Federation of Labor, stating that Alabama miners are worse treated than convicts, compete with convict labor, are at the mercy of corporations and monopolies owned by shareholders in Great Britain, and seek assistance for their struggle for wages and rights to organize.