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...even a peaceful labor settlement would be no guarantee against trouble. The union is ripe for rebellion. Admirers of Joseph Yablonski, the assassinated U.M.W. official who lost a presidential race to Boyle in 1969, have maintained their dissident organization called Miners for Democracy. The Labor Department is now in court seeking to force a rerun of the 1969 election on grounds that it was conducted illegally. Boyle is under indictment by the Justice Department, charged with illegally using union funds for political contributions. To add to Boyle's problems, another bloc called the Black Lung Association has threatened wildcat...
...election. A group from his own rank and file is suing him and other top union officials for $75 million for conspiring to misuse pension and welfare funds. And in Washington County, Pa., District Attorney Jess Costa is readying the trial of one of the accused murderers of Joseph Yablonski, who challenged Boyle 15 months ago for the union presidency. Though Boyle is not linked with the murder charge, the trial is bound to reflect on his reputation...
...Yablonski told the group at the theatre that the miners would probably strike this summer...
...Americans may have to live without their air conditioners, and possibly by the light of a single bulb," Yablonski said, "but miners feel that only this kind of action will wake up people to the facts of poor mining conditions. 1970 is the year of the coal miner," he added...
...Unless the intellectual community rises in indignation over the plight of the coal miner, there's going to be hell in the coal fields of the United States," Yablonski said. "Miners have the power to raise havoc in this country and they're not afraid...