The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-17
MILITANT'S NAME.
N 0 7 ANTI-TOXIN
FOR WRONG IDEAS
Same Cognomen But
Different Bean
By THOMAS MYERscoUcH,
See'y Progressive Miners COMMITTEES.


A Kentucky miner, secretary of
the local union of the u. M. w. of
A., at Cary, KY, and who, by a
strange coincidence, possesses the
same initials and surname as the
butte, Montana) Dunno of Portland
fame, except that the letter "e" is
missing from the last name, has sent
the following letter to the Progress
sive Committee:
Cary, Ky.
December 29th, 1928.
Mr.. Thomas Myerseough,
Chicago, iii.
Sir:
Your letter of Dec 10 Rec &
contents fulley Noted wish to say
that the members of Local Union
2052 u M w of A is not a Dis
fryer of Organised Labor and is
not in favor of no man or group of
men WHO'D is trying to Doso being
fully informed as to the Entent
and purpos of your so called and
self stiled Progressive Committy of
America something which is not
Eny part Of the u M w of A there
fore we condem you and your as
soeiates as Being traitors and Emil
mys of the u M w of A and all
other forms of Union Labor you
and your class is not friends of
Labor neither are you friend to
the American Government of
which you please to call your self
a part But you and your associates
are the paid servants of the Bal
sheviek Reads of rushia whoes sole.
anne is to teardown and destroy the
cause of unionism and the rights
of free speech and the American
Government and plase the American
Labor on a Level with the people
of the read Rushia we do not favor
no such men as Alex Howett of
Kansas and the Miners of Kansas
has got the right to Belong to the
u M w of A if they so desire as
for Jim Melachlan and all other
such men who has got NO respect
for the Law Of the u M w Of A
they are not fit to be called Amer
lean citisens & you and all such as
your class should not be called
american cInSenS
Approved By Local Union 2052
Cary, Ky.
local SeaD
w F Dunn, RS
Lee York. Pres
The foregoing letter is on exact
copy of the one received from the
Kentuckian, and is not the fault Of
L. L a
s-.~ ...aOsJ r. Va,~---.~.- - yvs. ....ss..s
be prompted to think. AS the follow
ing reply to Mr.. Dunn shows, we
have published his letter to show our
supporters that all miners are not in
accord with our views.
1910 AltgeId St.,
Chicago, III.
January 9Th, 1924.
Dear Sir and Brother:
Yours of December 18th re-
eeived today and same has been
read with much interest. In reply
| must say that | am unable to ac-
count for the apparent delay oeea-
stoned for your letter to reach me,
hence this delayed answer. | am
going to take the liberty of pub
fishing your letter, in verbatim
form, just to show that we are inn
partial and that we welcome even
ridieule. However, am forced to
ask, "If your letter expresses your
views on Labor and Unionism,"
how can you reconcile such views
with the action of the Kentucky
miners during the 1922 strike?
will send you a copy of your letter
in print, which of course, will be
accompanied by my article of COM
ment. | remain,
In the fight for Labor's Rights,
Thomas Myerscough.
1t will be remembered that while
the rest of the miners of the country
were on strike in 1922, the Kentucky
feds were working steadily, more SO
than ever before or since, and it is
my opinion that then was the time
for the secretary of the Cary, KY,
local union to state his views on I'm
ionism and also to make practical APP
plication of them. AS for the other
questions he raises, comment is un-
necessary, because | am convinced
that the things he says are parrot
typed" learned from the Capitalist
Press, and are only an innocent con-
fession Of his total ignorance of the
system under which he slaves to live.
Capitalism thrives on this type of
worker, and taking it for granted
that ne is an American, cannot see
much room for a Boosting about a