The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-03
NOVA SCOTIA
Miners BUSY
ON CONVENTION
0. B. U. Busy Trying to
Split Union
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OCLs g ne tIllnSIS locals n0I0
are busy eIecting delegates to
attend the special convention
called by the Lewis henchmen
after the return Of Houston
from indianapolis. In calling
tho special convention for the
purpose of eIecting a temporary
district committee which will
take charge of the district until
regular elections are held Lewis
is running away from the fight
which is bound to come next
January when the present con-
tract with the British Empire
Steel Corporation expires.
Prior to his visit to Indiana
polls, Houston had an interview
with McLurg, superintendent of
the corporation, who informed
him that the corporation was
going to put wage cut into
effect at the expiration of the
contract and demanded that the
Lewis gang see to it that there
was no opposition from the min
ers. Immediately Hous ton.
rushed to Indianapolis to con-
suit Lewis. The result is that
Lewis has decided to restore the
charter of the district rather
than have his administration re-
sponsible for the fight that is
coming.
Lewis Unwilling to Fight.
In this action Lewis has run true
to form. He withdrew the district
charter to crush the fight Of the
miners against the troops sent against
them by the Canadian government in
July last year. Today he restores the
charter rather than show that he is
unwilling to fight the corporation to
defend the wages of the miners
Once he has got rid of the respon-
sibility for the conduct of the district
he can simply stand by and see the
miners beaten by the corporation and
not raise finger to help them.
o. 3. U. Defeated In Cape Breton.
The One Big Union apostles have
abandoned Cape Breton and have
concentrated their efforts on Pictou
County. The determined stand of the
militants among the miners against
splitting the union finally convinced
them that it was useless to continue
working in Cape Breton. Therefore
they transferred their activities to
Pictou where the miners are much
less militant and where patriotism is
rampant resulting in the miners
listening more eagerly to the plea for
purely made in Canada" union.
Legere had got himself in bad with
the miners owing to his vicious at.
tacks on the Communists. He SLAYER
ed at the mouth when he spoke of
them and denounced them as "Besco
stoolpigeons." This feeble-minded
conduct finished him with the miners
and have the greatest confidence in
their integrity as fighters against cap
talism.
Boasts of Victory"
The o. B. u. Bulletin is making
great noise about the great victory
the o. B. U. has won in Pictou county
Stellerton local union endorsed the
0. B. U. and this is claimed as great
victory. But the fact of the matter is
that SteIlerton local consists of
large number of foreign workers who
never attend the local meetings The
ones who attend are notorious for
their overwhelming desire to crawl in
to an Office no matter by what means |
Since they have always been defeated
in the u. M. w. district elections be-
cause the miners of Cape Breton, who
compose the majority of the member
ship, would have nothing to do with /
their reactionary, patriotic ideas, they
think that by going with the o. b. U. |
crowd they will be able to crafty
their ambitions and become officers. a
last.
1t is possible for the o. B. u. to
swing the miners of Pictou county for
a split simply because in Pictou the
miners have Jagged greatly behind the
miners Of Cape Breton in class con.
seriousness. It is we'll known fact
that when the militants held the dis
trict Offices before Lewis deposed
them the miners of Pictou were used
by Lewis against the reds" Now the
so-called revolutionary o. b. U. is
making progress only among the most
backward of the miners. This only
proves that the o, B. U. is seen in its
true light by the miners of Pictou--as
q made in Canada" product.
Communists viii Lead Fight.
But 1t is unlikely that the miners OF
Pictou will go along with the o. b. u.
now that the district charter has been
restored. Much as these miners dis.
like the reds they know that the
only ones who are able or willing to
lead them in the struggle against Bes.
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