The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-18
DISTRICT NO. 1S
Miners BESET
ONlALL SIDES
Takers and
Bosses All Enemies
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cuss the question, no vote was given |
them to ratify or reject the illegal
agreement, and no explanation were
offered them.
The miners of that valley were Of
fered a settlement at the old wage
scale, which was in existance prior to
the latest cut1oor attempted cut, and |
were further Offered the right to be-
long to whatever union they wished
to, and the guarantee that the coal |
operators w0hild recognize their union,
providing the men would go back to
work pending7lR settlement for the |
whole valleyI This the men refused to |
do and are standing for All agreement |
for the whole valley, and the right to
have one union of the mems choosing |
In the face of this the union officials |
have signed an agreement that is a |
great deal worse than the one that |
the men could have got themselves, |
and in a desperate effort to put it |
over the labor takers are resorting
to any and all methods they think
necessary to- accomplish their trea-
cherous desires. tssc
Police Begin Violence
On Thursday evening July 9Th,
group of boys were playing near the
coal company's property when a dozen
or more policemen chased the boys
down the hillside, and sent a couple
of shots into them, striking one boy
who today lies in very critical con-
dition with no hope of recovery.
Everything that can be done to goad
the men to commit violence is being
carried on to supply the excuse need
ed for general massacre, but up to
the moment of writing the friends of
Lewis with their gunrfien and police
have failed to break the spirit of the
strikers, or succeed in their attempt
to split solidarity.
The Drumheller men are determin-
ed to fight sfor an agreement for the
whole of the Valley with no reduc-
lions in wages, or reduced condition
and the balance of the men in the
valley are rallying to their support,
even the scabs quitting and repudiat-
| ing the coal company.
The following resolution was passed
at one of the local unions, and shows
the sentiment of the men in the dis
trict and their feelings for their fake
officials.
To Officers and Members Of District
10, U. M. w. of A.-Greetings,
WHEREAS, the present district
officials have by their policy of class
collaboration, deliberately played into
the hands Of the coal operators, caus-
ing the disruption OF District is, and
WHEREAS, our district officers
have ~xicieuslys attacked the active
union men of the district, more espe-
cially those of Sub-District 5, and are
at present openly sabotaging their
duty, acting as dictators rather than
as servants. They have not only nego-
tiated wage reduction for the Red
Deer Valley Mine Workers, but have
done so without the sanction of the
rank and file or their representatives
and without taking a referendum vote
on the question of endorsing the new
wage scale, and
WHEREAS, they are now openly
cooperating with the coal operators
of the Drumheller Valley, and with
the police in forcing the miners of
Sub-District to accept unthinkably
low standards of living, and at the
same time pay per capita to the pres
ent incompetents in the district office,
which action from the point of view
of the workers, amounts to betrayal
after betrayal
THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED.
that this local union circularize the
remaining locals of old District IS de-
manding that they force the present
! district officers to resign, and make
room for such miners representatives
as will work in the interests of the
mine workers and the working class
as a whole, and
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED.
that we are for the SOLIDARITY of
the mine workers of this district, for
a union in reality, not merely union
in name; we are against splits, even
though those who are working for
split profess to seek the interests of
the United Mine Workers of America,
and @aon
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED,
that we will not tolerate another COM
mission in this district"
Your fraternally,
ROY REID,
JOHN MICHAYLUK