Evening star., 1923-09-11
Rr the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Sept. 11.-"Through the
encouragement of industrial strife and
the breeding of distrust between em-
pioyers and labor unions American
agents of the Communist International
Rt Moscow have undertaken to gain con-
troll of labor unions as the first step
toward revolution and the establish
ment of a communist regime on this
continent, the United Mine Workers of
America alleges in the second article of
an expose" of a widespread red plot
it claims to have uncovered.
In carrying out this program the COM
munists are as much the foe of the
trade unions as they are of the employ
ers, say authors of the miners doeu-
ment.
Miners Oppose "Reds".
There are persons who charge that
the United Mine Workers Is a red or
ganization. the document continues,
land that it works. sympathizes, Coop
crates with, and is dominated by conf
munists and communist Influences. But
the union has no sympathy with the
communist movement in any of its
phases. In fact, communists recognize
the miners union as their strongest and
bitterest enemy in America. That is
why the Moscow masters put forth such
tremendous effort to cripple and seize
the organization"
1t is asserted that eight months be-
fore the general coal strike of April /,
1892, Gregory ZinovieV of Moscow,
president of the Communist InteTna-
NAnai, began secretly instructing his
American agents Ito foster and en-
courage the threatened breach between
the operators and the mine workers
laying his plans with the strategy of
a field marshal"
See Peril to Unions.
Meantime, coal operators had care
fully watched the trend of the open
shop campaign, and it had been ap-
parent for some time that as soon
as this movement was sufficiently
entrenched in industry an effort
would be made to cripple the miners
union in the hope that there might
be a lower labor cost within the coal
industry. Coal in the ground does
not deteriorate and losses caused by
8 a strike can be added to the price
of the coal when it is finally mined.
Consequently, the coal operator has
nothing to lose. and possibly much to
gain. when a strike is precipitated."
Fully cogNzant of the attitude of
both sides in the impending strike,
Zinoviev, it is charged. sent to his
agents just prior to April 1, 1922,
this communications
THE central executive committee
OF the communist party of America
must direct its particular attention
to the progress of the miners strike
in America. Agitators and propa-
gandists must be sent to the strike
regions. IT. is necessary to rouse
striking coal miners to the point of
insurrection. Let them blow up and
food the shafts. Shower the strik e
regions with pFoclamations and ap-
peals. This arouses the revolutionary
spirit of the workers and prepares
them for the coming revolution in
America"
Urges Leaders Overthrow.
The mine workers chronicler con-
tinues:
In this troubled situation the COM
munist group of America was to
create a. condition within the strike
which would eventually eliminate the
officials of the miners union and
enable the reds to extend the strike
into great industrial upheaval, in
volving, as they hoped, sll labor
unions and all industry
Thus the United. Mine Workers of
America was attacked by an under
ground enemy at the same time that
1t was engaged in tremendous con-
test with the coal operators 1t was