The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-09
To Stand By the Miners
Is to Wage the Fight Of
the Whole Working Class
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY the $4,000 strikers of the Pennsylvania anthracite
coal fields start the second week Of the sixth month Of
their struggle The end of the strike not in sight
That the mine barons are satisfied with the trend of
developments shown by the fact that Coolidge refuses
interfere and the United States senate baks at taking
action.
That the strikers are not content with results so far
secured becomes apparent with demands they
ing upon President John l. Lewis thru their grievance
mttee in the strike field is also revealed in their rapid
drift toward overwhelming support of the militant demands
New York congressman profess to be very angry be.
cause President Coolidge refused to listen to the story of
the hadshps of the freezing anthracite in
metropolitan district Coolidge didn't have time to receive
deegaton headed by Congressman Somers a democrat,
who claims he wishes to join with the republicans in mon
partisan conference They must keep up the camoufage
OF claiming TO protect their constituencies Just to relieve
himself of his disappointment at being able Coo
Idge, Somers declared:
president many unmpont conferences recently
Yet he did not have time
the problem example, spent by
IN POSING FOR PICTURE IN RIDICULOUS PIECE OF HARER-
DAsHERY wLLED TO HIM BY THE LATE FRANK MUNsEY!"
Congressman somers doesn't yet know why we have
presidents of this capitalist republic They furnished
entertain and deude the mutudes Somers either
Gently or Intentionally tries to convey the idea that if Coo
dge would only give him audience that would help the
coal strike situation. 1t would do nothing of the kind.
If the spirit Of protest would develop to great and bitter
proportions in New York. the New England states and other
anthracite consuming districts then Coolidge would prob
ably receive congressional delegation But not for the pur
pose of relieving the situation Instead would merely
tute an attempt to calm the Disconnected into the belief
that the White House was attending to their
At the same time, however, the White House would be
the of visits from the mine barons probably headed by
their diehard John Hays Hammond demanding that
treme governmental be taken bring the miners
to their knees Somers has already urged that troops
sent into the coal fields with the evident hope they
force the strikers back to work.
The government Washington kept going for the
purpose of relieving the suerings of the Masses either of
the battling strikers the helpless consumers 1t
the government Of the mine owhers will only be used
in effort to drive the strikers back their jobs
protect the mine barons in their property rights charging
the consumers pretty much what they please.
The strikers instncvey realize position by inten-
styling their demands especially the demand strike
Their militant spirit is atesed by their refusal
to acquesce in the of President Lewis for
render The strikers want compromise written in
of defeat No coal is being mined and they determined
that none shall be mined until they triumph.
This the situation the beginning of 1926 The great
capitalists have been warned prepare for industrial
preston toward the end OF the year. The the
thracte miners only part of the wage cutting campaign
of the mine that being pushed hruout the whole
industry The coal profteers not waiting for indus
trial crisis with its growing army of unemployed aid them
in their attacks the mine workers demands They
the war year in ADVANCE
Thus the victory the anthracite miners recording an
achievement in great basic industry will again become
victory of the whole working class in the present crisis since
be blow to similar attempts of the capitalists in all other
industries.
TO STAND BY THE ANTHRACITE STRIKERS NOW
Is TO WAGE THE FIGHT OF THE WHOLE, WORKING
GLASS;