The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-22
UNITY OF Mine
WORKERS
OF U. S. MINERS.
Must Not Scab Upon
British Strikers
BY ALEX REID.
(Secretary Progressive Miners
Committed

committee)
At no stage in history Of the labor
movement thruout the world has in
ternationaI trade union unity been
more necessary than at the present
time. From all over the world come
reports that the labor unions are be-
ing attacked, and In many places de.
stroyed by intense desperate on
sIaughts Of national and international
| capitalists.
British Miners Fight.
The miners of England, Scotland
and Wales are standing with their
back to the wall in what appears to
be the most desperate struggle in
their history. The first skirmish has
! taken place in Wales between the po-
ice and the strikers, with the strikers
cling successful to the extent of pull
ng out every man on the job, that
vas in the care Of the uniformed
hugs.
Trouble is reported also from the
Douglas colliery in Lanarkshire, Scot
and, with the Scotchmen standing
'eady and determined to protect them
selves and their working conditions
and fight for an increase in their
wages.
Introduce scab Coal.
The impending general strike in
Britain has caused CONSERVATION in
the capitalist ranks and steps are be-
ing taken to keep the industries in
| England running with power supplied
| by the introduction of American and
| German coal. The American union
miners will again be asked to dig
coal, to be shipped by the railroad
union men and transport workers TO
defeat their starving brothers across
the sea and the American miners and
railroad workers must realize that
the impending fight in Britain is their
| fight, just as much as it is the fight
of the toilers across the pond, and
must notify the operators that the
day has gone by that they can be used
to scab against their brothers in Bri-
tain or anywhere else.
Triple Alliance.
The miners, with the transport
workers and railroad men are meet
ing OF determine upon a concerted
plan of action to govern their rela.
/ tions, during the strike and prevent
a similar betrayal to that which took
place on memorable BLACK Friday"
| by Thomas of the railroaders' union.
| This meeting is arranged by A, J.
Cook, the militant secretary of the
British miners, with the support of
the left wing of the British workers.
in spite Of the opposition Of the Eng.
llsh labor bureaucracy. The fact that
the left wing is successful in bring
ing about this meeting proves that
the minority power in the British
unions has reached a stage where il
cannot any longer be ignored, and is
practically the directing force in the
labor movement in the isle across the
sea.
Expect No Trouble.
The situation of our brothers in
Germany, where they have been re.
duced to the verge of slavery under
the Dawes plan, is being duplicated
IN England, as it is on the American
continent, West Virginia, Alberta and
Nova SCOTIA, and other places in the
mining regions of this country where
the workers are in starvation and
despair.
The capitalists feel the workers are
so far reduced that they will be un-
able to resist the offer to work (even
ii 1t is to produce coal to be used
against the miners in Brittany and no
trouble is expedite from the slaves
in America by the capitalists.
No Bourgeois Alliance.
We must meet this intense interna.
I tional offensive of the capitalist class
with an organization of the workers
on a policy based on the class strug.
gle, and freedom from all alliances
with the bourgeoisie.
International trade union unity "a
Of the utmost Importance and has
arisen from the dire need OF the work
ing class to protect themselves
| against the encroachment of interna.
tional capitalism, and prepare them.
selves to take over the industries Of
he world.
Pledge Support.
The progressive miners thruont
America stand ready to aid in every
way at their command their brother
miners in Britain and pledge ourselves
to that end. Sympathetic strikes are
contemplated in Germany, Belgium.
France and in America and Canada.
Naturalization of the coal mines
with workers control" is the slogan
Of the miners turnout the world and
the British miners are leading the
fight.