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MB Ml fllUIH Th ^ ^ ^ ^ t ^ American C By AMEDEE J. CASEY. Editor, American Coal Journal, There be a strike of bituminous eo?l misers on November 1, according f to the announcement of the miners themselves, unless in the meantime 8? 'the ' conservative element of the Mine Worekrs o America jprces the organization to change it3 mind, or unless the government inM ferrenes. If the strike occurs it will K- .jnean untold suffering for the entire X" . .Country?for the whole world, for Bg^Jjilt matter?and the indefinite delay ;; 61 the national program of industrial R?"i*hibilitatlon, already very much be' bind schedule because of the attitude of labor generally. And the fault jfg. Jff"l He entirely with tho miners notwithstanding their -attempt to place " the blame on the mine operators. * ? tua tnut that the I'X' ^American public will understand the jU- true situation," says the concluding .T;a j>hra?e of the first papagraph of a ?? ? Statement issued by the workers In an attempt to Justify their position folthe adjournment of the wage fc~* 'iojnference in Philadelphia. There ' N c&n be no doubt that the public wih fe ' lad does understand the situation p- thoroughly. /Labor has made n.any demands < . lately. Some of them were warranted ^ by conditions; others were not. But for sheer, radical outrageousness, the demands of the coal mine worekrs go fcy.';. ft little beyond anything of the kind |? yet made public. Wf' ^ThB present scale of mine wages Is |'f . Ibg -war-time rate fixed by the govern'A itent and under it the workers' earnings can be equal to those of the %< pighest paid labor in most other lines. At the time the award was made,, the ;>?- united Mine Workers agreed ?made "i"*Contract, in fact?that the scale y Would remain in effect until peace 1 was declared, or until April 1, 1920, in case peace had not been declared U? that time. Last month the mine Jfflrkers had a convention In Cleveland when they swept aside tills conuract, declared arbitrarily that peace existed notwithstanding the fact that the'peace treaty has not yet beMi rati fled, abrogated the agreement and . demanded a 60 per cent increase In : ; wages, ine reuuciiun ui un m*.,,., v/, Ifkbpr from forty-eight to thirty a <?,' week, time-and-a-half for overtime and doable time for holiday work, together with other working conditions ^, tal'which the public has no interest |! but which nevertheless add to the t ; '-cost of producing coal. Then they apJ pointed a commitee to confer with the [; ; mine operators. The committee was K given no discretion; there were tho Jemands, backed by a threat to strike on November 1 if they were not acc'"pep ted as they stood. There were con, terences at Buffalo and at Philadelphia, where the mine operators exjttusted every effort to reach a rea< I' aon&ble working basis. Finally, seclog that further conferences were useless, the operators stood on the *?<" ibrernment award, holding, as has 5 b?en held by various agencies of the fpverament itself, that peace has not pet arrived, but offering to start a new wiles of conferences immediately {irlth a view of working out a new Contract to go into effect April 1 of next year, in case peace was not {ooner proclaimed. The miners' representatives would not consent to f--!' IW?; they could not, in fact, in view $ of the aKbitrary character of the unton's demands,' so the conference adj ^.Personally, I do not believe there V:' , Wfll be a strike, although every indi-1 fj- cation points that way. I do not ber. lieve, for one thing, that the public *111 permit a strike in the coal mines Kafrkr.LMiy' such outrageous set of d^ mands as those put forward by tlfl fi- miners. Coal is high enough now. In wf conscience, but even at the preset prices, few, if any, of the mines I ire making any money and some are " dnwing behind. If those that are ; wowing any net earnings at all were making four times as much, they 'Soeld not meet the demands of the , workers and continue in business IlStllont passing the increased cost of : production on to the public. The operators are not at all Inclined to do this. They realize that coal at present prices Is a very burdensome nec.,SSSity and, with the supply already rurtalled by millions of tons and with lije whole world calling for our coai tney are exerting every effort to keen Ibices from running away. I am well iware that this statement <loos not with the popular cor.ccplion <>r t . what a few newspapers are fond of ^ V'UlJJdlng to as "coal barons." but it li.irue nevertheless, and it has been lemoastrated at the investigation by Senator Prellnghuyscn's committee fe'>.flMch is now going on in Washington. JfV; Ijftj, mine operators are business men; Itsipr J Olive Tablets arouse Se bjaPRs a soothing, healing way. ] Whensfhe liver and bowels are pern forpng tberf natural functions, away toes indigestion and stomach troubles. Htve ifx a bad taste, coated v tongue, fleor appetite, a lazy, don'tno ambition or energy, jzflBNe with undigested foods? Take KiffilBflPTablcts, the substitute for calomel. Hlflter. .Edwards' Olive Tablets are a % purely vegetable compound mixed with IS? pjiveofl. Y?u will know them by their 3 pfire color. They do the work without - piping, cramps or pain. Take one or two at bedtime for quick Eat what you like. 10c and 25c ifflfii 1 IS, SAKS Cfflj h ly Cannot Stand Up Under ? i of the Editor of the ? oal Journal. ? , naturally they want to remain In bus[ Iness and they know they cannot If ^ the pries of their product reaches a 0 point be7ond the public's aibHlty to b pay. Nor, on the other hand, can they remain in business if they cannot 4 charge enough to cover their cost of production and yield a reasonable ? profit. It is a simple economic situation. As I write this, the weekly report of the United States Geological Survey has Just come in the mall. Ii * show the production of bituminous . coal for the calendar year up to Oc- * tober 4, to be 354,991,000 tons for tie I entire county. During the correspond- I lng period of 1918, there were produc- J ed 458,302.000 tons?over 100,000,000 tons more than this year. Last year was an exceptional year on account of the extraordinary demand for war purposes, but this year is an extraordinary year also because of the immense demand from foreign markets. It Is all very well and proper to say wo should take care of our own requirements first and I firmly be- ( lieve In this principle. But, given fuil production, wo could supply our own needs and most of the world's re- ( qulrements in addition and not suffer any inconvenience. We have the coal and when we sell it for export, t it brings just so much foreign money t here. Futhermore, it places us in a 2 strong position to develop and retali? j a big export trade that we, as a na- j tion, need. c But, with this tremendous decrease t in production and with this enormous e demand at home and abroad, the miners not only want GO per cent t more wages, but they want to cut 1 .1 hrtnra hv p(l*htf?Pn * a week To say that, by working steadily, they can produce as much coal in thirty hour^ as they can in forty-eight, is ridiculous It cannot be | done For one reason, many of the ! coal miners will not work steadily, i They work Just. Ions enough to earn [what ihey need for the week and j then dcclare a holiday They have j done this for years and there is nothj ing in their actions individually or I collectively, to indicate that they will j change their methods. What the miners demand, the coal industry cannot stand. It is not there More than that?much more?the public will not stand it. There is a TellIheWorld ! This Woman Says That Lydia E. Pinkham's : Vegetable Compound made IMe a WelkWoman. Los Angeles, C&J?" I suffered with female troubles ?r years, was sick lllllllilllll!llllllll!lllltfl,nost ?* t^ie 1 MbmhI Iwas not *^'9 to lisiffiMMtlttllniy own hou^vork, j pi^jour mecwfne ha^annent as I ments, inflamni ition, u\cJ&t\on, irregularities, backa he, heSdafhcs, nervousness or "the bl es," shqald do as Mrs. De Vine did, and iveLycfaE-Pinkham's Vegetable Com ound ^thorough trial. I For over fo ;y yelrs this famous j remedy, which :ontMns the curative, ! strengthening p^gn^ties of good old i j fashioned roots anil herbs, bas been j | correcting just such ailments. If you I | have mysterious complications write for | I advice to Lydla E. Pinkham Medietas i ' Co., Lynn, Moss. I-V- - ?3 "ONLMJNt IHINu / j mim QOLor ; "Th&i Dr. King*# N*tr m?? ^ ?ovb#? tar fifty yam jj i a?cold-breakernf A totHING but suMt*i(JHpiallty ; /[\ and?UDfalllD^e^enMaam # -1- ~ arolse auchjpthusMlin. Noth- ; < f inn but jure reUfcLfn*] itubborn , c f\ oil coldsjandnew oaM, I grinnfl. tfirooj^arlndfcough* ana c croup coffldflRv* m3(s Dr. King 3 New DIsdjjKr tlic nffeeally popu- , j. lar and swWard rejwy It 1? today. Fifty ylar? old.*!f,al??a?8 rf,I i ? nbie Good tor tie^hole family. aDIB. uoiu 'f. IT/iMu pnblnpt means a miort-UmT cold or cough. r ?0c. and $120. JOt druggists. s RejritarBowelg It Health a Bowels that move spasmodically ! ?free one diw and stubborn the ,1 next?should De healthfully regu- J lated by Dr. King's New Life Pills. ' 1 In this way you keep the Impurities > i of waste matter from clrculatlag ! ( through tho system by cleansing c the bowels thoroughly and promot-' ,' log the proper flow of bile. Mild, comfortable, yet always re- ! I liable, Dr. King's New Life Pills i j I work with precision without the c I coastipatlon results of vlolont pur- | f ; catives. 25c. as usual at all drag* 1 ^ |j ; ; : le public that labor's demands artj etting beyond all reason and snch empathy as has In the pest, been lanlfested for labor's position, la raplly disappearing. What is needed In le coal lndnstry as in all others, is I icreased production in order that thb| emand may be satisfied and prices' duced. This cannot.be accomplish-! d by increasing wages beyond rea-1 enable limits and decreasing the | ours of labor. The public is coming 3 a realizing sense of this fact and ; k ? * I. V.. T A* iVilnV hflfO will lot IS wu/ i UU uui Uliua ~ ? e a strike of coal miners on Ncvemer 1. However, my opinion will not revent a ttrike. The public must ct and the time Is short. TEACHER'S MEMORY. A school teacher who had been tellig a class of small pupils the story f the discovery of America by Columns ended with: '-And all this happened more than 00 years ago." A little boy, his eyes wide open with ronder, said, after a moment's thought: "Gee! What a memory you've got!" -Pittsburgh Sun. Double entry bookkeeping, orlginilly Italian bookkeeping, was used by HMD FRAZZLED NERVES BY HELPING NATURE AT WORK Set Back the Old "Pep" and Work as You Used to Do. ^RE'S WAY TO DO IT EASILY. Nervous? Well, a little. Don't like 0 admit, eh? No one does. But the lerves of all of us get a wee bit fraz;led at times. Shouldn't, but they do. Mature intended that wo should lead latural lives. We don't?at least all if us don't. Sometimes too much vork; sometimes too much play. Then in attack of "nerves." Then is the time for Pepsinol. Naure, overtaxed by a burden which wo lave ourselves imposed, is unable of tself to restore the health-equilibrium vhich we have thoughtlessly removed. Cature needs help. To give that heli< he formula for 1'epsinol was worked lUt. Most physical ailments may be raced to an acid stomach followed by 1 torpid liver. The kidneys and other irgans become deranged. Constipaion develops. Then insomnia wear* lown the strength that should be reiuilt rightly. The daily exercise that hould keep the muscles firm is abanloned because one is "too tired" to valk, or ride or play outdoor games. Next the dally headaches, dizziness, ontinued irritation, even at tho smallest trifles. Biliousness brings a sour tomach and a fetid breath, making heir possessor an annoyance to those learby. Finally a mental depression, a jrooding despondency evidenced by its of crying and a physical exhaus !*??* oanmo fcA malra Ifvincr a tnr ure. / Nature's load has been increasing all his time, .-things appear hopeless, >ut they a/e not. Take Pepslnol. It s a necos'sary aid to Nature. Pepilnol is .a' gentle laxative tonic. It is veil, ift is the BKSX/mmg to tap irhenf oni is runtdi^n^ivhen Naaro e&volin its 'eggC It causcy^D Papinol helpsNktujl by removiufe idp\Mils^^tall^gjj/he stJ^^Wt Take Pepsinol to help^MMi?M nove the fermenting \? and vaste matter that have*9ccui#ilated n the bowels. This removal Jwill b* accomplished easily, not nth the trenching that accompanies/the use f strong cathartics. Wlth#Pepsinol iomes the ipportunity for t|e liver to Wume Its lormal functions# The kldleys co-op? 'ate. f Digestion gets the help Itrneeds from 'epsinol. I our, undigested food is ex>elled from the stomachfcy Pepsinol. Icldlty dis; ppears. Thefbreath once nore becon ;s sweet aftv taking Pepilnol. One irjses afterli night spent n sound, i rftful sleen without that lark brown.laste in hit mouth which vas comm^il before pipsinol got rid >f it. Gertie Vre the i*somnia, mental lepressicn aixl kindrel ailments. Naure ij/agairi mlstrefc of the situaion-ythanks ? Pepsifol. Influenza hat beenk terrific scourgt n (ne world (Lringfmst months. Its tufagcH wero ap grcJt in England and JTalos that tholleailf rate ixceeded/he Firth rate. FortAw.Jvit'has notbeen so :eTere in this louftrr, &ul neverthe??r. tens of IS lie C tiled States hare snSired. The aftcr-effects of influenza may io most serious. The disease leaves he physical power of reiistanco greaty weakened. The convalescent paiCOUBay immediately fall victim to mother disease. To prevent this the >owu0f resistance mutt be strengthPopsinol alms to. be a strengthiner. Now acting in Its capacity of onlc, It should be taken to prevent urtber ravages of illness. It is a reonstructive agent?a bulwark against lisease. Tired mothers, worn out by the care if ailing and fretful children, will find i boon in Pcpsinol. Indigestion and leartbum are outcomes of their physi:al weariness. Pepsinol should help laiuiu udoagnui, "I'm almost tired to death" Is the ilaint of more than one wearied, worn ind distracted mother. She can tum 0 Pepslnol with expectation of relief rom both her mental and physical 1 train. Pepslnol Is marked by the purity of he ingredients used in its formula. Genuine Pepslnol is made only by ["he Peplax Medicine >Co., Memphis, fenn., and is in strict accordance with he Mcdical Standards of the United States Pharmacopea. To be convenient for everybody and yot to prevent ubstitutes being sold for Pepslnol, we lave appointed a special "Pepslnol Igent" in Fairmont. Martin's Drug Store, Main St., and H. J. Matthews & Jo., Mannington. Look tor the "Pepsinol Agent" in our locality. Cdlmnbus Day Committee Dined Antonio Vessecchia 1 delightful affair given last night ni his home on McKlnncy street, th> guests being the members of the com imittee for the Columbus Day con1 1 bration which was held here 1m: | week. A dinner of sumptuous appointment* was served and greatly enjoyec by the guests as well as the host. Mr Vessecchla felt that owing to tht great success of the celebration some recognition of those who served s( 1 faithfully on the committee was due | and accordingly staged the affair o yesterday. A feature of the celebra tlon was the singing of Pietro Pozzie tro. The committee was composed o WRI( 5c a pack; h, w 5c a pack di 5c a patfKi the/flai soyooes i t; Hall's \ | Does^^S. I LookGflDdq, Fuel is high?here vd if econom^nd a perfecfl; jlj save thjr gas half of pi ra stovc^vith the fuel skx I Cole's Origin; I Come in-?get /cqua yourself as to Jwie Fai superior eqiypment s service. / I . . ... v " the following: A. Angotti, D. Pal' lotta, D. Demarco, V. Ferrlce and A. I Giordano. A. P&llotta, A. Giordano, [ V. Ferrise, A. Anjottt, Pietro Porsletto and Joseph Lehman made after i dinner speeches. October Devotions I at St. Peter's Church There will be devotions held on i; Wednesday and Friday evenings of . j thl3 week at St. Peter's Catholic s j church and will continue each Wed:inesday and Friday during the month > | of October. The devotions will con,i sist of the recitation of the rosary r! and benediction of the Blessed Sacra | ment. ! Shaving off whiskers is a sign of f j mourning among the Hindos. ilEYS age efore the war age . [iritis the war ^?> krf POOTASTS ^ THE RICE! 7 heated homy Why not 5 coal wastdr by all other I MlBlast j *** No. 115 I intedVand judgp for j miontTrast Company's I md intellig&ntnjersonal , j ust Company" WE CARRY A FULL AND COMPLETE LINE OF Winter UnderwearJI FOR MEN, WOMEN, BOYS, GIRLS and mFAN^^W It Will Pay You Well to Bus^TO^Rro'm our Early || | we are nowijelling me^I! ' tary fleecer lined shiftier drawers>~^fl^^?% If .worth Stafcer dozen wdesale, at pjf CvUllllr Originators and Leaders of Low Prices in Fairmont: ) Be Photogradfed : Amett BroS., Tailors B "We Mske^hem Better" Sterling ^ldio. Altering. Djjfrg and Pressing T j Under/lanley Hotel Over Hall'^feardware. Pfame 1263-R. | I f No sjr^not a cent more do / yait'pay for the accommoda. HH^M ilon of our easy terms. Just s compare OUR VALUES and :