The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-16
MINERS LOCAL
FOR FOSTER
GITLOW TICKET
COnsign GOnpers' Plea
to Waste Basket
BY JOHN INDoF.
Especial TO The Daily Worker)

TIL & TENN " n d., OCLs To-
That William z. Foster and Ben
jamin Gitlow are the candidates
for the rank and file of the min
ers' union was demonstrated at
a meeting Of Local Union No.
1858, Fitz Henry, recently, when
taking action on circular APP
peal Of the A. r. Of L. asking
endorsement and funds to fur
Their the candidacy Of LaFoIlette
and Wheeler.
At a previous meeting some
If the district officials of the
miners union attempted to get
the local to endorse the faker
but to no avail. The appeal was
unanimously voted down and the
following motion made and car
ried, "That we condemn the ex-
ecutive council of the A. F. of L.
for endorsing the little business
man. banker-middle class candi-
dates, and that we endorse the
candidacy of William u. Foster
and Benjamin Gitlow as the
'only candidates worthy of the
support of the working class"
Not content with this the miners
arranged a mass meeting and invited
speaker Of the Workers Party to ad-
dress it. Pat H. Toohey the well
known radical young mine leader ad.
dressed the meeting and it was well
attended by the miners, and at the
conclusion Of the speech a tremendous
ovation was given. The speaker, to
the satisfaction Of all very clearly an
alyzed and exposed the LaFollette il
fusion. OF course the reactionaries
will shout that it was the reds at
work, but there is not one single
member OF the Workers Party in this
place. The exploited miners know
that Foster and the Workers Party
are for the abolition of the capitalist
system, the system which Expresses
all workers and all the others are for
the capitalist system. The resolution
unanimously adopted by local 1858,
United Mine Workers Of America, fol
lows:
Whereas, Local Union No. 1858,
United Mine Workers Of America, is
in receipt of communication from
the American Federation of Labor,
urging endorsement of Robert M. La.
Toilette and B. K. Wheeler indepen-
dent candidates for president and vice
president Of the United States, and
requesting contributions to further
said candidacy and
Whereas; this local union has at
all times advocated independent po-
litical action Of the working class,
and have taken a definite stand for
the formation Of a Farmer-Labor
party, and
Whereas; the International con-
vention Of the United Mine Workers
of America in the 1921 convention
took a stand on the question Of indie.
pendent political action; therefore be
it
Resolved that local union No. 1858,
United Mine Workers Of merica, in
regular meeting assembled condemn
the action OF the Executive Council
Of the American Federation Of Labor
by endorsing the little business man
banker, middle class candidate, and
be It further
Resolved that we endorse and work
for William 2. Foster and Benjamin
Gitlow as the only candidates worthy
OF the support Of the oppressed work
ing class OF America; and be it fur
Their
Resolved that copies of this resolu-
ton be sent to the secretary OF the
American Federation Of Labor, to the
DAILY WORKER and spread upon
the minutes Of this local union"
John Indof,
Joe. Viale,
r. Emmett Beattie,
Committee.