The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-29
FIGHT DEMANDED
BY PROGRESSIVE
COAL DIGGERS
Urge Attack on the West
Virginia Injunction
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West Virginia would certainly bring
every miner Of that state into the
union in spite of all the injunctions
of all the courts.
The courts, state and federal, have
issued injunctions against Lewis and
the U. M. w. of A. to prevent peace
full picketing." This has been done
many times, previously, and with the
same procedure. We have seen high
priced lawyers engaged to fight the
injunction in courtrooms, one decision
favoring the miners, then the disco
very Of endless technicalities, another
injunction, and so on and so on.
The Method Of Failure.
] Meanwhile this is going on, the
abandonment of peaceful picketing,"
the working OF scabs, the renewed pro-
duction Of coal, the creeping danger
Of company unions chartered by the
state, the weakening of the fighting
spirit Of the miners by the long seige
OF hunger. the long drawn out and
sickly policy Of the oflcials and-final-
ly, the collapse OF the movement.
Mass violation Of iniunctions, led
by Lewis-whose duty 1t is as head Of
the union to lead or get out-would
once and for all end tho injunctions
in West Virginia. Mass meetings in
each locality with progressive miner
speakers to solidify the fighting spir-
1t and lead militant picketing cam
paign would clinch the victory.
From Courts to Picket Line.
Tens of thousands Of dollars have
been wasted in the courts fighting
the injunctions, together with wasted
time of the officials. This has Grip
pied the campaign-but above all, it
has sidetracked the struggle from a
place where the miners can win-the
picket line-to place where they can
never win-the capitalist courts.
This money would much better be
used to feed and shelter the destitute
women and children of the miners
who are being evicted from the homes
and who have had all grocery stores
closed against them and who suffer
danger Of slow starvation and actual
death.
Is II Plot Against union7
The meek and apologize policy Of
the leaders, their hypocritical prayer
meetings, their class collaboration
with sheriffs and state police, have
Disguised the miners, who now ask,
rs this campaign a part of an ar
rangement with the coal operators to
fool the workers into defeat, to keep
the officials in Office and to give them
an excuse for the tragic lack of or
ganization?"
The progressive miners also demand
an immediate working alliance with
the railroad unions, to aid them in
their organization campaign. Not an
agreement to pass resolutions of SYM
pathy for each other. but pledge of
cooperation where during strikes the
railroaders would refuse to haul scah
coal and in return would receive SINH
lar support when the railway men are
on strike.
Paelfism Leads to Defeat.
Every miner, even every intelligent
worker, knows that West Virginia is
under the brutal terror OF company
gunner, cossacks, and innumerable
spies, that union men who venture
alone and unprotected by a miners
army into the unorganized fields are
. beaten up and jailed, deported or shot
down in cold blood.
Under such conditions the miners
are actual slaves, and any officials
who pretend to organize by prayer
meetings and peaceful picketing are
either totally ignorant or traitors to
the union.
Make Labor Leaders Lead.
No one can doubt the earnest de-
sire of the West Virginia miners to
organize. But the U. M. w. of A.
must give them the chance. 1t must
lead a real militant campaign-call
out the miners of the whole country
on strike. organize march into West
Virginia under the banner of the
union, compel Lewis, Green, Murray
and the tribe of towards and weak
sisters drawing fat salaries to walk
at the head Of the march as is their
duty as labor leaders occupying
office.
Let this be done and thousands OF
men would respond to the call for a
war on the open shop that would
shake the rule of scabdom in West
Virginia and thruout the country into
ruins. Let this be done and the U.
M. w. OF A. would regain its power
and the miners their wages and jobs.
THE EssIvE MINERS
COMMITTEE.
Alex Reid. National Secretary,