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RADICALS BUSY
INHARD COAL FIELD
|ntIamInatOry | W. W. Posters
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OENOUAeES ALL LEADERS
Calls Heads of Mine and Rail Unioni
"Fakes" Who Have Workingmer
Divided-Boishevik Menace is Real

Wilkes-Ba Pa, April 3.-ltadica
propaganda is flooding the anthracite
fields and is being put out under the
lame of the Industrial Workers CT tht
World Hard coal operators and con
serYative leaders are denounced anG
intiammatOry posters call on'the strlk
ers to join "One big union
From union leaders and coal 0perat
UrS comes the report that professional
agtators are in the field, taking ad
vantage of the present anthracite tie
up to spread Bolshevik doctrines
There have been a few reports made
to the state "olice of aliens purchaS
ing guns and pistols. One dOdger thai
has been generally circulated in al,
three districts reads as follows:
THE bosses one big union, the Goa
companies association, is preparing
for its big fight this spring against the
coal miners of America. Smash al
unions and cut all wages-rhat is the
bosses program.
Colorado wages are already cut 81
per cent. They will cut our wages
all over the country if they can. This
is fight for life by the coal miners
of America, which we are facing. Thf
bosses will grind us down to starva
tion conditions if we let them. Nothing
will save the miners from defeat ex
cept united action by miners and rail
road men and all their workers.
"AH coal districts must strike to
gether. To hell with this idea of one
union district working and sending its
coal into other districts to break the
strike, and to hell with the idea OF
union railroad men carrying coal foI
this purpose.
1t is time for one big union of the
workers to join a union that regards
an injury to one union as an injury
to all others.
Fake leadereS, like John l.. Lewis
and Lee, OF the railroad men, have
kept labor divided and weakened long
enough. 1t is time for us to cOntrol
our own affairs and to get together
Only one labor organization uKites al
workers Tor common action. This is
the Industrial Workers of the World
in one big union; one working class
and the only logical weapon against
the one big union of the BOSSES
The BolShevik menace is real, moi
fancied, and is causing alarm. LOcai
unions are taking notice of the danger
and many of them have called theiI
members together to warn then
81 .AH orrs
taking root in the coal field. From
one end of the field to another the
reds are active. The doctrine of the
Communist is being preached in al
open way, where it is possible and
under cover when occasion demands
it.
Among the anthracite miners now
on strike is the theory that their trou,
bles will be over within six weeks
The men are strongly of the belief
that they will get at least q renewal
of their present contract. But they
declare they will firmly stand by the
leaders and continue the strike indefi.
nitely if the operators make any effort
to cut wages IL per cent.
There is no spirit of bitterness any.
where throughout the strike area Evi,
dence of this comes in a resolution
adopted by members of Local Union
No. 1889, who sent a message to May.
or Daniel L. Hart and to the superin-
tendent of the Hudson Coal company
in which they offered the services "o1
any and all Of the members of this
local union for the purpose of protect.
ing all property of the Hudson Coal
company"
fire is raging in the Butler col.
liery of the Pennsylvania Coal com.
pany. started, it is believed, by boot
leggers, who had a still in the work.
ings. The fire has gained consider,
able headway and union leaders have
issued permit to strikers to engage
In the work of fire-fghting and the
company has been glad to accept theil
services. Three squads of men have
been placed at work
Reports from the state police pa
trolling the strike area were to the
effect that they had found the meL
very orderly and that no sign of fric.
ton has developed anywhere.