The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-05
UNEMPL OYMENT
COUNCILS DUAL,
SAYS HARRINGTON
Expulsion Plus Hunger
Face Union Miners
Especial to The Daily Workerl

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March 3.-An
unemployment council is now dual
union" in the eyes of Frank Earring.
ton and his flunkey Walter Nesbit.
Any organization that is designed to
benefit the working class comes under
the ban of these capitalist lackeyss
1t is significant that no such ukase
has yet been delivered against the
ku klux khan. ~ ssM
The wrath of the officialdom was
arounsed thru the action OF the miners
in southern Illinois in organizing I'M
employment councils and appealing for
a special state convention to consider
the question of modifying the state
agreement relative to sharing work.
Bound Hand And Foot 49,
In a circular letter to all local
unions in District -, Walter Nesbit,
secretary-treasurer of the district or
ganization advised the members Of
the union that even a special conven'
ton could not modify the agreement
with the operators. The workers are
tied hand and foot to their masters.
They must take their medicine no
matter how unpleasant 1t may be.
The letter concludes: 'It was also
decided that the formation Of any or
ganization of unemployed would be
considered as a dual organization and
the advocates Of same must abandon
their attempts to form such organiza.
tions within the United Mine Workers
OF America. This is the action of the
district executive board and am
hereby notifying all members accord
ingly."
The resolution which ELECTED the
above remarkable decision originated
in O'Fallon and was sent out by Local
Union No. 7O5. 1t is as follows:
O'Fallon, ILL.,, Jan. z, 1925.
To All Local Unions Of Dist. No. IL:
Whereas, Local Union 705, U. M.
w. of A., of O'Fallon, ILL.,, has for the
past months been trying to get work
for the miners who were thrown idle
by mines closed, according to the 18th
section Of our agreement, both by Pc
tition and also by taking up two divis.
ions of work cases, and under said
agreement no decision has been made
by our officials up to the present date.
THEREFORE,, Be 1t Resolved, That
this Local Union, No. 7O5, y. M. w.
Of A., of O'Fallon, ILL.,, is in favor OF
organizing the unemployed miners in
District No. 70, by electing commit
tee to go to each local union In this
Sub District and asking their coop
GRAFTON in endeavoring to stop this un'
employment, and to give all members
Of District No. IL chance to earn
living. Also to send all local unions
in this district this appeal for action
at once on behalf of the 100 per cent
membership.
In explaining same will say that on
April Is the Taylor mine working I'M
der the jurisdiction of Local Union
No. 705, voted unanimously for the
division of work with the Carbon men
and IL went to the executive board
and there has been no decision rem
dered on same On Sept. II resolu.
ton was sent to said board asking
them to take action on placing the
idle men in mines then working, with
the Coal Operators in accordance with
section No. ~ Of the district agree
ment. After waiting 30 days the 10.
cal union circularized the local unions
asking for a state convention to take
up the unemployment question on a