The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-13
Schwab Drives Miners
From Their Homes and
Into Communist Ranks
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TO-DAY, coal miners, with their families being
driven from companyowned shacks called "homes," at
Dakota and Barracksvie near Farmont, West Virginia
capital city of the brutal white domnons Of the
home state of John wall Street. Davis democratic cand-
Davis does protest 1t has his Job in the past
and may be again. when election day has passed. aid on
the legal side OF these ruling class attacks the workers.
Davis is lawyer.
But the yellow officials Of the United Mine Workers Of
America who are kissing the feet of The Strike Breaker
occupying the White House, thought this Coolidge
stuff!
Van A. Rittner, Of Pittsburgh official red batter" Of
the John l. Lewis administration in the International min
es union sent the telegram to the ivory domed sphinx
the White House, that to draw protest from him
against the West virginan eviotons
President Lewis is political ackey Of the Coolidge
administrations Lewis wants The Strike Breaker"
international Organizer sIttnsr also wants Coolidge
But the coal miners know they getting
out OF it. They want to know how the million coal miners
of the nation benefng thru this alliance Of their high
est officials with the open shop administration in WASH
ington.
Btner is in West Virginia for the Lewis administration.
He has to show results telegram from Coolidge
the republican protesting aagnst capitalist msrue in demo-
Bttner, in his fondest Dreams republican votes
sprouting everywhere in the mining camps would also
help in the coming referendum in the miners union for the
election OF international officials.
But the White House was as silent as ever cooIdge's
brain refused to function Btner had hoped Labor
officials accepted bootlickers But they must
ask favors.
They given kick in the face occasionally, to keep
them in their places they are very; very good under
these circumstances they may get cheap meal ticket in
the shape of government job.
But they ask favos on behalf of the work.
rank and file Of their respective unions That Is treason to
the capitalist master.
The coal miners Of West Virginia may starve. Their
children may sicken and de- under the open Skies
ter coming on with no homes and no work But Coolidge
remains silent When he speaks it only on the side of the
mine owners:
Schwab Schwab typical of the American capitalist
Bethlehem Pa, schwab's home town, is typical American
Coolidge is silent because he is for sohwab and the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation He afford silent
because he knows the deputy sheris of West Virginia will
do their duty as Interpreted by the mine owners
because t6sy object to wsge CUT sohwab trying to
slash wages fifty per cent This huge wage cut is in VIOLA
ton Of the union agreement signed Baltimore by the
But contracts only pieces of paper be
to shreds by the mine whenever they wish. Only
the workers consider wage sacred" and
never violate Them
For 81 years, since 1863, the coal miners Of West
Virginia thru their toll have been sending forth coal
rest Of the world by the hundreds Of millions Of tons They
dig coal 81 of the SIS counties of the state They labor in
of the largest continuous coal fields in the world The
ar d one Of the o d no West stands
it is the label nonunon that is put upon most of the coal
produced 1t is put there by the mine successful
in their long against the mine workers.
But the coal miners of West Virginia, dispossessed
Jobs hunted by mine guards, fight Their record
Of the most militant in Americas labor history. They will
build their economic power thru their union, in spite of
Coodges booticking ackeys, Lewis and Bitner. They
will achieve their 100 per cent union like the coal miners Of
Illinois. They will the need Of class political action.
They will realize and in the days come, like
the coal miners of the Ruhr in the valley of death between
France and Germany that their interests demand that they
join the Communist ranks.
Miners Of West Virginia! Let the days Of begging favors
from the mine owners and their political puppets pass!
party the Workers communs Party for the seizure Of all