The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-23
COMMUNISTS
STIR Miners
IN ANTHRACITE
Raise Slogan, Bring
Out Maintenance Men,
BY AUGUST VALENTINE
Especial to The Daily Worker)

Especial to The Daily Worker)
WILKES BARRE, Pa, Sept. 2t.-As
the campaign of the Workers Party
among the anthracite miners, who
have been on strike for several weeks,
gains Roadway, the union bureaucracy
is waking up to the fact that a great
awakening is taking place among the
strikers, hitherto apathetic and NOR
bid but now raising certain slogans
turnout the section ralIying to their
side the rank and file.
Communists Raise Slogan
The Communists have raised the
slogan of Bring Out the Mainten-
ance Men" These are the 10000
miners who have continued work,
keeping the mines drained of water,
keeping the roof posted and doing
other work of a like character. The
Communists have pointed out in many
mass meetings, among many other
things, that this situation cannot con-
tinue; to insure the strike success
every miner must drop tools. This
slogan is gaining power among the
strikers. Thru the Pottsville- Shenan-
doah valley this slogan is on the lips
of thousands of miners.
Toohey-the "TerribIe Red"
The officials are becoming worried.
Instructions have been sent to the
lackeys Of Lewis to get the leaders of
the progressive movement. First on
the list comes Pat Toohey very ter
rible Red who is causing Lewis so
much concern in this region. 1t was
Toohey who led the small but well
organized radical delegation at the
tri-district convention in Scranton in
June, where the miners demands
were formulated.
1t was at this convention Toohey
got the goat Of Lewis who in turn
grandly shook his fist in the direction
OF our terrible Red. This was not
the INSTRUMENTATION Toohey succeeded
in getting Lewis goat, the same little
thing was done two years ago at the
international convention, Is months
ago atrthe Pittsburgh convention.
sItts we'll known Lewis loves our
Red lsOuwell, so well in fact that his
lackey,osWm. Feeney, leader" of the
great Connellsville coke region strike
attempted with the aid of a gang of
sluggers to beat him up in a dark
alley at the Allentown convention of
the Federation of Labor in 1924.
uI5fsgReds Here To Stay
MartinoDavis, executive board mem
berg from District No. 8, informed a
localaunion president of Pittsville he
Is after stwo ducks, Toohey and an
other militant, Peter Billick. 1t seems
these two. arch-Reds are very terrible
people, when all that fuss is made
over them Davis said he was order
ed to Edrive them from the organiza-
tom We might humbly inform Mr..
Davis that has been tried four times
before and in every instance failed,
even with Phil Murray special prose
cutor on two occasions.
. The Reds are here, here to stay. the
Reds will be here when Mr.. Davis and
his gang are dead and forgotten.
They might be driven from the organ
ization but others will rise in their
place and carry on the work started
by them. We might inform Mr.. Davis
he will have a sweet time driving
them from the union.
1t is all too evident the Communist
campaign among the strikers is sue
cessful and a great source of worry
to the takers, who the Communists
do not hesitate bit to expose and
place in the same category with the
exploiters. The campaign will con-
tinue, the many mass meetings ar
ranged to date will be held, the dance
goes on.