The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-05
DEMAND REAL
AID FOR The
STRIKERS
Progressive Miners in
Call to "A. F. of L.
BY ALEX REID
Secretary Progressive Miners
Committee.

secretary progressive miners
Committee.
According to reports coming from
the anthracite, rslief stations, better
known as soup Kitchens, have appear
ed throughout the anthracite. The
miners are starring. they have but
little to eat or wear, and are cold for
lack Of fuel. A crisis exists in the
field, which must receive the imms.
dlate attention and aid Of the entire
working class in this country.
Four hundred thousand dollars have
been collected from the maintainence
men, according to reports. and an
assessment of 100000 from the
miners just prior to the strike is all
that has been collected to date. $780,
900 among $4,000 men is but $500
each approximately, and pitiably In
adequate, considering the fact that
the miners are now on strike four
months.
Cold Homes.
The miners are crying for aid. 1t is
the duty of all workers In America
to respond to the appeal. The miners,
their wives and little children, are in
destitute circumstances, and suffering
in many instances is beyond descrip-
ton. The miners at all times living
on the edge Of want, with barely
enough to keep the wolf from the door
now in the middle of winter, existing
in shacks. where the cold wintry
blasts rush through, without coal, are
in the depths offeespair.
The PROGRESSIVE Miners demand
that Green, ex-oAaeial of the Miners
Union, act at once, in a more definite
and practical manner than he has up
to the present time in behalf of the
miners. A public statement of the
conditions of the miners is not enuf.
We demand that he Immediately cali
meeting of the presidents of the
unions comprising the American Fed
Grafton of Laborsand lay before them
the appeal of the miners, with recon-
mendations that their treasures be
placed at the disposal of the miners,
in this, the battle of the whole work
ing class. We demand that all organ
lied labor be assessed to win this
strike. 1t is the fight of all labor in
America. A victory or defeat to the
miners in this strike is victory or
defeat of all labor in this country.
Local Strike Committees.
The Progressive Miners demand
that local strike committees be or
ganized in each local union to take
care of this aid. Special meetings
should be called at once to organize
for relief to the most needy. Appeals
should be sent to all central bodies for
relief. All members of central bodies
should call upon the membership OF
their respective local unions for im-
mediate aid, and1dispatch such aid as
collected to the local union strike COM
mittee at once.
The American Federation Of Labor
has three and half million members
An assessment of $1.00 per month on
the membership would return $500,
900 per month. orIS23.O0 per month to
each miner, which would guarantee
victory to the hard coal slaves. We
demand that Green start a campaign
for the assessment Of the membership
at once.
The officials, including Green and
the labor bureaucracy, underestimate
the gravity Of the situation. A serious
attempt to destroy the miners union
is under way in the hard coal industry
and should the openshoppers be sue
cessful in the anthracite, It will com
pletely demoralize the whole labor
movement in this country. p
We call upon all workers to get
behind the appeal for aid, and send
all aid they secure to the miners in
the anthracite at once.
Stand by the anthracite mlnersi
Fight, and aid until victory crowns
their effortsl