The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-18
MINE STRIKE
NEEDS URGENT,
SAYS PURCELL
Quick Aid Vital; World
Labor Must Assist
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or even for each separate mine. The
finish would be that each factory
would have its own agreement.
The support which the international
proletariat can give the fighting min
ers is, above ALL financial assistance.
Here must mention that the assist
ance of the Russian comrades is the
greatest proof of International soli-
darity in the history Of the proletariat,
and the British miners recognize this
completely. The methods OF the Rus
sian comrades, who form women's
committees to lead the collections,
should be copied in all other countries
AS far as the international aid is
concerned, the British miners are of
the opinion that much more could be
done. II is hoped that with the send
ing Of miners delegations to the con-
tinent and to the United States GER
tain difficulties which have previously
showed themselves will be overcome.
With regard to the support of the
British miners by a general prohibi-
ton of coal transport, this prohibition
can only be effected II the miners
unions in the various countries see to
it that the production Of coal is not
increased. If no more coal is produced
than usual then no more can be trans
ported to Great Britain.
The International Miners Fedora
ton has not yet seen its way clear
to issue such prohibition to prevent
the increase of production, and with
regard to the prohibition Of coal trans
ports, the international Transport
Workers Federation and the Interna-
tional Miners Federation have not yet
come to any agreement, altho the lead
ers of the British miners have sug-
gested this a number of times.
Few Miners Return.
The reports of the bourgeois press
that there is a mass return to work
must not be believed. Even IL all
the reports upon the return to work
which the bourgeois press spreads
were true, then there would still be
something like 100000 miners out.
One must not forget that from those
strikebreakers who have returned to
work not all of them are coal hewers,
but many of them are mechanics and
other workers who work upon the sur
face. For instance, 1t was recorded
some time ago that 900 men had re-
turned to work in one mine. OF these
900, however, only AZ were hewers.
The tremendous volume Of imported
coal to Great Britain is shown by a
report Of the Daily Mail that last week
a million tons of coal were imported
to Great Britain. This report is nat
urally to be accepted with great res
ervation.
Refutes Socialist Lies.
The statement of various social
democratic papers that the Russians
are stabbing the British miners in the
back by exporting naphtha to Great
Britain and that they are trying to
persuade the British capitalists to re-
place coal by oil fuel. is absolute non
sense. On the contrary, we have proofs
that the Russians are seeing to it that
no more naphtha is sent to Great Brit
ain than usual. must also remark
that naphtha has not the faintest in
iuence upon the coal market, because
it is quite impossible within so short
a space of time to adapt the machines
to use oil fuel instead OF coal.
German Unions Charge Interest.
To the question what attitude did he
take with regard to the loan OF the
German Trade Union Federation CA.
ID. G. b. and its interest, Purcell
made the following remark:
THE British trade unions, which
were badly hit from the financial point
of view by the general strike, were
compelled to take loan from the A.
ID. G. B. in order to fulfill their duties
towards their members. Altho the
British trade unions would rather have
seen the A. ID. G. b. grant this loan
free OF interest, as this is the case in
Great Britain when one trade union
lends another trade union money, they
were nevertheless compelled to ac-
cept the condition Of the A. ID. G. b.
in preference TO taking a still more
expensive loan from bank. The A.
d. G.. b. demanded, after a higher de-
mand had been rejected, Az per cent.
The amount of the loan was 10000
noundo