The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-06

Igfaceful shacKs unaer Une fiosU
wrecthed conditions. Today when we
make an effort to have our meager
earnings increased ten per cent, that
we may be a little more able to live
like human beings, we are ruthless
ly denied and forced to strike to at
tain our demands.
Must Fight Capitalist Government.
Brothers, the combined organized
capital of the capitalist class is fight
ing us. Every arm of the capitalist
state will be used to crush us if nee
essary, in this industrial battle. The
state troops, state police, injunctions,
spies, courts, and the pulpit. The
capitalist press is broadcasting lies
turnout America about our standard
of living, every effort is being made
to discredit and defeat US. Every eff
fort is being made to undermine us
and break our morale, to have us lose
confidence in our ability to win, to
break our strike and defeat us in our
meager demands.
To meet this organized force of cap
ital we demand that our leaders take
every step necessary to protect the
coal diggers and carry the struggle
to successful conclusion. Our lead
ers met at Atlantic City with rep
resentatiyes of the coal trust in a
million dollar hotel swept by ocean
breezes far from the coal face.
At that meeting Lewis failed to
make an agreement with the coal bar.
ons as we expected he would. The
miners demands were emphatically
laid down at the Tri-District conven.
ton, and John L. Lewis knew that
he could not betray them at the be.
ginning of the struggle, in the face
of the determination of the coal dig
gers to fight for our demands.
Lewis Will Not Fiaht.
Lewis idea of struggle has been
demonstrated to us in the past. We
will not forget his betrayals of the
miners turnout America, by his sur.
render to Judge Anderson, and his
treachery to Nova Scotia and Alberta
miners. Arbitration is again raised
as means Of settlement, but the min
ers must spurn that treacherous pol
icy and insist that no settlement can
be made without approval of a spe.
cial convention, Of the Tri-District
miners.
The progressive miners of the an
thracite demand that five-day week
be fought for, yearly agreements,
minimum wage, relief of the unem-
ployed, and abolition of the concilia-
ton board. The Progressive Miners
Committee calls upon all railroad
workers to refuse to haul scab coal
| and to aid the miners in every way
morally, financially, and actively. We
demand that our leaders fight for
workers control. We stand for a la
Dor party of the workers and farmers.
naturalization of the mines, with
workers control.
Observation-Disclosures Control.
The Progressive Miners Commit
tee appeals to all workers to come to
the aid of the anthracite miners.
Their fight is your fight, their victory
is your victory, and If they are defeat
ed, 1t will be your turn next. The
mine workers of America are facing
the greatest struggle in their history.
The bituminous miners have been idle
practically for the past two years,
and now that the anthracite is facing
a struggle, the bituminous miners are
permitted to go back to work to pro-
duce coal to defeat the hard coal
miners.
We demand that John L. Lewis
bring out the bituminous miners
with the hard coal miners and make
it national coal strike.
Our slogan is Naturalization and
Workers Control.