The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-27
LEWIS TOOL AT
PITTSBURGH MEET
PULLS HIS STUFF
Maurer Calls for Third
Party Movement

against the report Of the credentials
committee. when it was submitted TO
them here. In spite of this, the men
whose seats were contested were al
lowed to vote on the committees re-
port.
They come from local unions that
have long since gone out Of existence,
from locals that have never func-
toned and from LEGAL unions OF the
type described by J. A. Hamilton, on
page 5, of the DAILY WORKER,
March 18th issue, to such an extent
missively docile to "ozone" control,
or else accept the responsibility that
rents on their shoulders and take
the control Of the union in their own
hands.
Pagan Good Henehman.
President Pagan, presiding over his
convention, is doing his best to emu
| late his master, international presi-
dent. John l.. Lewis, and the man
ner in which he damned over the
credentials committee report, aided,
Of course, by his army of "Blue Sky"
delegates, was disgrace to the min
ers' organization.
The Progressives, however, are not
going to stop at this. They are go
ing to expose the machine and its
tricks. They are filing protests
against the seating of every delegate
from the questionable locals and in
tend to fight it out before any bust
ness is transacted.
Speakers occupied the rest of the
on xrrhnfn
the miners attorney in the Clifton
vile, West Va, riot cases, and
James H. Maurer, president of the
Pennsylvania State Federation OF
Labor. The Progressives have called
a protest mass meeting for tonight.
a "Jim" Maurer declared that,
"NOW is the time to launch Third
Party" to the delegates assembled in
! the convention.
! Amusement Parks--Some Issuel
Lee Hall, cog of the machine and
president of District 6, Ohio, pleaded
with the delegates to take part in the
I, old party primaries to- bring the
necessary relief.
Amusement was given considera-
ton when a representative OF an
: amusement park company was al
: lowed to describe the facilities of his
fun plant. While he was talking s
: delegate interrupted to inform thu
z convention that his local had sen
u him to the convention to work 70,
conditions and not to hear abou
amusement parks.
T. With the "Blue Sky delegates ant
u visiting speakers or spell-binders tn
machine is for having its own way
e Lies galore are being told, but tn
y ones against whom they are told ar
y not permitted to answer.
The outstanding feature of today
sessions was the insistance of Dele
n Pat HI Toohey to have an explains
to ton made of the revocation of tn
st charter of the local union at Arde
e. Mines.
This local, the one from whic
BIT Tom Myerscough was expelled, ha
ed its charter taken away because
its refusal to return to work aftt
e. striking against a violation of COZ
er tract. President Pagan took occasic
to make false charges against Myer
cough and stated that Myerscoue
:. was in the gallery. The charge WI
" that the secretary of the Progressi'
- International Committee, of Il
- United Mine Workers of Americ
~ made a motion to work the Ard'
~, mine nine hours a day.
Lewis Hasn't Confidence In Patio
III This was denied by delegates al
request was made that MyerscoAll
To-. "a
." ton, but no consideration was Civ
81 to the request by International Boa
, .ss lfAIeniber 'O'Leary. who is acting
chairman of the convention. Viz
President Patton, of District 5, is
the convention but it appears I'll
the the machine does not place cor
his dence in his ability to "run
the works"
tia
to Spent Over Million In Strike.
erai ALTOONA, Pa, March 26.--D
trict No. 2, United Mine Worke
nau spent s1,1s6,915.17 for relief q
ne other purposes during the 10
oe- drawn out coal strike that beg
ere in April 1922, the report Of Sec
any tary Richard Gilbert to the AltoC
convention shows. While/othe 3
al . tricts in the country settled the
ne tional strike in the summer Of Il
IN, IN the Somerset coal region Of Pc
nm sylvania was not included and
= W strike dragged on for 10 months
~. The convention settled the bit
'ileu dispute between President j
u Brophy of the district and T.
con. Stiles, editor, Penn-Central Ne
cut by voting to turn the property o
TO the stockholders. The paper
cially dies April Is. Publicai
1--WE had been held up by an injunci
re, obtained by Brophy. It'yas char
OF that II had become an organ hos
one to the district officials and favori
'urs: TO the international officials. s.
on peace has been made between
nary two groups the convention voted
olne- have nothing more to do with ="
III, LII cial organs"
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