The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-25
SOVIET MINERS
warn WORKERS
OF new ATTACK
Attack Amsterdam for
British Treachery
Especial to The Daily worker)

Especial to The Daily Worker)
MOSCOW, U. S. S. r., Nov. ga
meeting of the enlarged executive of
the miners union Of the Soviet Union
had before 1t the problem of the Brit
ish coal strike and the international
unity of the mine workers. The ex-
ecutive drafted a statement on the
crises in the world coal industry, the
betrayal of the British miners by the
Amsterdam miners international and
sent message of courage to the
struggling members Of the British
Miners Federation.
Concerning the international situa-
ton in the coal industry, the execu-
tive conference declared:
The world coal industry is passing
thru crisis resulting from the devel-
opment Of the production of coal in
countries formerly importing, the
more economical consumption of fuel,
the competition of petroleum, the car
rying out of the Dawes plan and the
disorder which is still felt in many
branches Of industry. The English
miners strike and the lack of Eng
lish coal on the world market has
temporarily weakened this crisis, but
with the temperance Of English coal
on the market 1t will become still
more acute.
Attack Workers.
In order to extricate themselves
from this situation the capitalists are
endeavoring to cheaper coal produc-
ton. They are lowering the miners
wages, frightening their working day.
introducing the naturalization OF pro-
duction and forcing the miners to
work with greater intensity. The cap
italists are closing the pits and mines
wholesale, and turning the workers
on to the streets in tens and hun
dreds of persons.
The attacks of mining industry cap
italism continually increase. This
should evoke the increased resistance
of the mine workers. The miners of
almost all capitalist countries are on
the eve of a period Of intensified con-
aicts and strikes. The mine workers
of the whole world are confronted by
the inevitability of an obstinate strug
gle for the inviolability of their in
terests.
international Unity.
Dealing with the question of united
international action of the worlds
mine workers, tEe declaration contin-
ues:
In these circumstances the unifica-
ton and closing up of the ranks, for
resistance to the insolence of mining
industry capitalism, is a pressing ne
cessity for the miners of all countries.
Raps Amsterdam.
The so-called miners international
will do nothing in this regard; on the
contrary, it will dispense and scatter
the miners ranks.
Instead of assisting its belligerent
miners sections, it blacklegs individ-
ual organizations joining its ranks.
The disgraceful behavior of this So
called international during the British
miners strike is the best proof of
this. Therefore the plenum of the
executive of the U. S. s. r. miners
union absolutely and entirely ap-
proves of the determined refusal of
the presidium of the committee to &C.
cept the disgraceful and discourteous
terms offered to our union by the ex-
ecutive committee of the International
Federation Of Miners.
In the name of 100000 Soviet min
ers the plenum declares that not con-
versations but a struggle should be
carried on with such an international
to expose its dastardly, treacherous
blacklegging and descriptive policies.