The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-21
Lewis CROWD IS
HAND in GLOVE
With THE KLAN
Still They Meet With
Disastrous Defeat
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The United Mine Workers of
America, District 5, officials, II
not members themselves Of the
murderous Ku Klux Khan, are
working hand In glove with
these Fascists against the Conf
munists and other progressives.
But IN one instance they have
met with disastrous defeat.
Try to ExpsI Communist.
This was In the attempt to expel
Andrew Harrison, progressive can
didate Of the miners, and thus 10 set
his name of the ballet
Over q year ago, while a member
e MoadowiAnd Local No. 1889, An
drew Harrison had his back broken
n the Meadowland mine. But while
q member working with the other coal
diegsrs he won the majority Of the
local membership to the progressive
cause and this riled the missionaries.
But ne Meadowland miners elected
comrads Harmison to the Indianapolis
convention as their delegate.
Take Advantage Of Cripple.
While ct indianapolis. comrade
Harmison fought the Lewis machine.
and when he came back and had to
re-snter the hospital. the financial
secretary Of the Meadowland local.
who Is a member Of the Khan, made
q motion in the local while Comrade
HArmison was still In the hospital to
oxpel him because he IL q self-ad-
mitted Communist" Notice was
served upon Harrison in the hospital
to appear to answer charges as soon
as possible.
Two days after the framed-up farce
Of a trial" at the Pittsburgh district
ONCE, the travelling auditor, George
Fenton. and the Kluxsr financial secre-
tary Of Meadowland Local 1929 came
over to the house Of the financial sec
Rotary Of Local 1874 and asked him
to turn over Comrade Harmison's
card. When he baked at doing this
and asked, "whatn tell Andy when
he comes after his card?" Fenton
said: TEL him it is voidl"
Licks Gang Unanimously.
This shows how desperate the gang
in District 5 is getting to throw the
progressives OF the ballot If they
could have gotten Harmisons card,
they would have destroyed it and he
would have had no proof Of this mem
bership. But the game didn't work.
On Thursday, Comrade Harrison
finally was able to appear for trial
before the Meadowland local. And the
crooks and takers and Kluxers caught
hell in particular. Dobbins and Fenton
were in the meeting and had to take
water. Harrison talked for an hour
exposing their crookedness.
The only excuse Fenton could rake
up for trying to get hold Of Com
rade Harmison's card was that he was
''just going to bring the card to the
local until the charges were disposed
Of" This sounded pretty thin to the
coal diggers and by q unanimous vote
the charges against Comrade Harmi.
son were dismissed.
kIuxer's Flowers to Dead Boss.
Immediately a progressive miner
preferred charges against the Kluxer
financial secretary Of Meadowland for
his conspiracy to frame up Andrew
Harmison. This will BE- acted upon
at the next meeting and the Klansman
10 likely to get il in the neck as he
has the coal diggers hating his CUTS
for sending a $1,000 bunch Of flowers
in the name of the local when a coal
operator died.
At this meeting Pat H. Toohey, an
other candidate Of the progressive
miners also took the floor and the
officials did not dare reply. Fenton,
Dobbins and Board Member Hughes
are members OF this local and by the
unanimous vote in favor Of Comrade