The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02

The Miners Must
Save Themselves

THE coal miners of this country facing desperate
Tens of thousands of miners are out of Other
Of thousands working only part time In coal heds
the miners and their families are already suffering great hard
ships because the mines do not give the miners regular work or
are closed down altogether.
Twice in Eve wears the hafmion coal miners have had
strickland all that strike meann order to defend
against their standard of living and the
working conditions they have Each time the government
has been against them.
Another great April 1st. The miners will
have to fight again for scale that will give them
decent living and to safeguard their union.
The bad conditions in the mining industry not the result
of temporary situation: Unemployment short checks,
wages fights the attempt of the operators
destroy union will be part of the life of the miners
long present conditions continue in the coal industry
The situation in the mines due to the greedy struggle for
profits by the coal operators is due to which
aims first make profits for Che bosses and doesn't what
happens the workers the mines One hundred miners were
killed by operators while the convention session.
The industry overdeveoped during the 1t
because of this fact that unemployment and short time tor the
mnerwhich for the miner and his family to live
upon-are the order of the day in the coal industry
The coal operators will remedy the conditions they
created in industry thru They
without sacrifice of profits They will Gofaf
would rather sacrifice the miners.
The Lewis machine refuses face the situation and
make the fight which will the miners would rather
whole districts from the organization spends the of
the miners for the benefit of the machine rather than for
izng the unorganzed territory.
The miners themselves take the job They must
adopt and fight for program that will solve the
immediate problem of unemployment and solve the whole prob
lem of the badc conditions of the mining industry
The following program will the miners from the hard
ships of unemployment; will change the conditions OF the
mining industry:
Immediate legislation by Congress compel the coal
operators pay regular to unemployed of their
profits.
q Immediate legislation by Congress establishing the six
hour day and 6ve-day week in the coal industry.
3. Immediate naturalization of the mines.
Sending of delegation by the Convention to Congress
make these demands and fight for them and fight of the
whole miners organization for this program.
The passage of law compelling operators to to
unemployed will Immediately relieve the suffering existing
the coal industry. The sxhour day and hveday week will
help solve the problem and production
the coal fields Only naturalization of the mines will bring
solution of the problem of overdeveopment and
mismana cement by the operators
Miners! This is real for the coal industry This
is real program for the coal miners
Naturalization The six-hour day and hve-day weekl
Immediate unemployment relief from the coal operators!
delegation Congress to demand of these aws This
Is program Make the fight in Convention. Get
something real out of the Convention for the miners.
The miners must themselves