The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-21
'Zeigler!p and Scranton
Clarion Calls to Miners
Who Fight for Progress
AND zEIoLER!
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

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- The names of the two coal mining towns in the
Pennsylvania anthracite field the other the southern
Illinois soft coal field ypfy methods of the of enthroned
reaction in the United Mine Workers of America against the
developing left wing.
czardom But they demand thoro study by the thinking ee
ents among the coal miners who striving promote
the class integrity OF their organization
Scranton stands out big again. it has in the past
the of vicious oppression within the miners union
Six hundred delegates, representing $4,000 organized
miners had been gathered together great expense from
every of the anthracite field to discuss the Back
Friday" betrayal put thru by President John l. Lewis
philadelphia last week. Thoro discussion OF the agreement
had taken place in many of the miners unions and quite
number had instructed their delegates to wage bitter
against i.
barre miners demanded the floor discuss the agreement
red-batng drive was launched against him and he was
literature of the Progressive Miners Committee in his pos
session. and President Lewis appearing witness for him
the s u s a
ated with the Workers (communst) Party.
bee ta OF sneet No one Knows
mittee is not dual organization. He knows that he lies
with the Industrial Workers of the World lone Big
Union the latter organization being confined to small
ton OF Canada Lewis knows that the Progressive Miners
Committee has fought the Zone Big Union in the Nova
Scotia coal strike, for instance and that the Progressive
Miners Committee has fought every splitting and dual ten
Lewis knows that his whole against the Progressive
Miners Committee built an unstable SALES.--FUTURE of
malicious falsehoods No wonder he wouldn't give Delegate
Scharfenberg opportunity his The
coward and cheap bully that he is wouldn't accept
Scharfenbegs challenge read the leaflets that his henc
claimed they had stolen from the progressive delegate
The truths set forth the leaflets might be the spark
would set the discomfort against Lewis seout flaming in
the convention.
This criminal deed of suppression perpetrated by Pres-
dent Lewis at Scranton is confession of the unstable
dation on which his traitorous regime wobbles.
In ZegIer the LewisFarrngton outfit cooperating with
the Ku Kux Kan aided the capitalist convict left
wing mine workers The only crime of the Zeger miners is
that they hold progressive views in conflict with the pre-
datory interests Of the ocadom They dragged into
the courts for this crime, and attempt will be made
complete the attack by sending them prison. just
HoWat sent to jail in Kansas thru the collaboration of
President Lewis with the mine and their capitalist
state
Scranton" and "ZegIer" clarion calls to all mill
tants in the miners union to organize energeca and in
diligently for new struggles.
The veyear slave contract has gone into effect the
anthracite coal fields. The actual workings of this
pact will become apparent with each days develop
ments.
Scranton" and "ZegIer" are admissions of weakness
by totteng regime trying to play Musson role in the
American labor movement The future belongs the mill
tant masses of miners seeking weld their organization
weapon for combat against the mine barons and the whole
ruling class in America.