The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-20
CAPITAL DOFFS
HAT TO lie Wis,
SAYS SCAB SHEET
Operator Lauds Him for
Attack on Howat
BY THOMAS MYERScoUGH
Especial TO The Daily wOrker)

PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 49,
John L. Lewis is labor leader af.
ter the heart of AL R. Hamilton, the
most notorious anti-union coal opera.
tor in western Pennsylvania. In the
Goal Trade Bulletin" published in
Pittsburgh and owned by Hamilton
Lewis is lauded as labor leader to
whom Capital can doff it's hat"
The editorial is reprinted from
Financial World" of New York and
follows, in part, under the title,
Lewis a Fearless Leader"
Lewis A Fearless Leader"
cat times Capital has had a
good reason for feeling resentful
towards certain leaders of organiz-
ed labor for their unfair attitude
towards it and their exploitation
of their unions to further their
personal ambitions. 1t has felt
that, were it not for this self
pampering, numerous strikes and
walk-outs could have been avoid
ed and considerable financial loss
to wage earners prevented.
There is no ground for such a
complaint against a labor leader
like Lewis, head of the United
Mine Workers, the international
union of soft coal miners. Capital
can doff its hat to him in admir-
alton and deep in its heart wish
there were more like him, for it
is the kind of leadership based
upon the mutually of understand
ing. Lewis is capable of appreciat-
ing there must be an amicable
partnership between capital and
labor to secure the maximum ad-
vantage for each of them.
He is without fear as a labor
leader. This he has shown in his
handling of Howat at the unions
recent convention at Indianapolis
when the fire-eater, who served a
jail term in Kansas for preach
ing anarchy, tried to force his re-
instatement. Howat found out
what a two-fsted fighter Lewis
was and that he was no match for
him. In such hands the interest
of the soft coal miner can be trust
ed'.
Has Army of Thugs
'The Coal Trade Bulletin" which
carried the above as an editorial is
owned by the notorious coal operator
and financial wizard of Pittsburgh.
and is edited by an arch enemy of
union miners whose name is r. q.
Virgin. The latter is best known for
his exploits in West Virginia, where
he made bitter fight to prevent the
United Mine Workers from estab-
fishing itself in that terror ridden
state. In 1914 when the U. NJ. W.
of A. was making a fight to estab-
lish a local union at Golfers, West
in connection with its drive
in that state. Jimmy Oates Second"
Calefi, Frank Ledvinka and the late
Iamented Fannie Sellins, afterwards
to death) all organizers of
the union, were attacked by an army
Of thugs and hoodlums under this
nan Virgin.
Get Rid of Lewis
This man who was so bitterly OPP
posed to the union then, is now the
editor of a coal trade paper, owned
BY a non-union operator and is loud
n his praise Of Lewis. It has come
% a nice pass when publications own
ID and controlled by non-union oper-
ltors serve as the mediums of pub
lefty for union leaders. But the
editor evidently knows what he is
,alking about when he says that
Capital can doff its hat" to leader
# that type. The miners must take
advantage of every opportunity that
presents itself now and in the flu
.ure and remove from their midst
hat type of leader. They must know
hat leader who can win the praise
If a scab operator can not serve
hem and win for them the things
hat they so much need.