The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-06
The Die Is Cast!

Midnight Monday hour for British labor Four million
workers in the basic industries United Kingdom joined
million miners that laid May Day challenge
to ruling class desperately striving regain it's place
the mghest empire by beating
the standard Of living of it's workers. it could unders in
The world market the products of the lowest paid workers Of other
countries
the tory was to utterly destroy the
OF organized labor that the workers would be helpless
before the greed Of their the eternal credit of the
British workers that they perceived the contained ALL
LABOR in the drive against the miners The game mobilize
the Of the and its hoodum backg auxares
the fasc organized the "order for the Of
plies and smash the great miners organization and then rapid
succession, break the other unions.
1t the realization this threat the very existence Of
organized labor that provoked the general strike.
The leaders the unions Willingness TO
any compromise the powers that
unydng They carefully prepared struggle
The puppe premier of British Imperialism Stanley Baldwin, had
with the most sardnc rone contempuousy demanded that
the Trade Union Congress call off the order for the general strike
before the government would discuss the coal situation
To have yielded this demand would have been
able act Of eachey to the millions of workers whose organza
tions threatened with humiliation.
1t only with the greatest reluctance that j. H. Thomas
earuy left minute conference with Baldwin admitted
that the strike could be prevented j. Ramsey Macdonald
former premier pleaded for in the house Of but the
arrogant attitude impossible
bourgeoe the strength The
accept gladly the support of these men, but their leadership
Cook Of his cabe the Thomae the lead
Of British labor.
The die is cast!
The tory government carrying out warke activities Bat
taons soldiers fully with infantry Held artillery
have been rushed to the important strike cnters Baesp have
recalled service in the Atlantic anchored the
Liverpool Gunboats threaten the industrial city of Hull
Bombing planes thru the air accompanying lores
full soldiers Hyde Park closed workers The
endeavorng establish veribe dictatorship has pro
claimed state Of siege The first belgerent has been made
against Saklavaa arrested
that other prominent Communists being
sought As the determined fighters the vanguard the work
ing class the Communist Party meets the first impact Of the
fict
Against preparations government the strikers
taking The printers Monday the
papers preparing provocative scurrlous
against the threatened general strike News dispatches
reveal disturbances the and the forced to
public denial that five hundred had been executed for
Inutiny There muny among
strike the workers the Woolwch arsenal is
blow the government it partially crppes military supplies
Bitter conflicts rage thruout the kingdom.
Unquesonaby strikers will appeal the soldiers
obey the command crush the strike by military might
will try provoke outbreaks that will be
with fierce resistance
political struggle plain everyone
preserve labor .strugge the
mnt be recognized such by the workers In the
the Kingdom sufficient merely
struggle industrial conflict it be
held within such limits The strike should be made the
startling point revolutionary political action against not merely
government against the capitalist government
its Ggurehead, King George
neglect drive forward the revolution
is defeat and pave the way for period OF fascim in
Britain which will entail long bloody struggle regain the
that is today in the hands OF British labor.
The only reply the ruling class Of England and its
the upheaya in
ling class into complete subsection he proletaran revolution