The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-02
U. M. W. PROPOSE
TO Send AGENT
into COL ORADO
Announcement Made by
District Secretary
By FRANK L. PALMER
Especial to The Daily Worker) i.

DENVER, Colo, Dec. Felix
Pogliano, secretary of District No. 15
] United Mine Workers of America, an
Enounced today that President John
T.. Lewis of the United Mine Workers
will send committee to Colorado
shortly to organize the miners and to
sign agreements with any operator
willing to deal with the union.
Ignored Union Before Strike.
All operators had refused to deal
with the United Mine Workers of
America before the present strike
broke out in this state. Not a single
coal mine in the state is operating
under a union agreement and the
great strike Of 1914, during the
course of which Ludlow massacre oc-
Cured, was largely fought to force
recognition of the union, but was lost
I Any such agreement as is proposed
by the mine union leader must, under
The alleged national policy, include
the Jacksonville agreement and prac-
tically ali demands made by the 1. w.
W. in the present strike, with the eX-
Icoption of the six hour day.
If the miners split over the or
ganization question it will be the
first break in the solidarity of the
ranks since the beginning of the
strike on October IS.
Strike Effective.
The fact of l. w. w. leadership of
the strike has been stressed and the
subject of attacks in the capitalist
press. but it is difficult to deny that
they have Conducted the most effec-
tive strike in the history of the state.
/ Reorganize Militia.
The militia is being filled with
thugs as college boys go home and
the tactics which caused the Ludlow
massacre are being repeated. There
is report that the state police will
be reduced to two or three members
and that former members of the force
will be made civilian intelligence of
ficers of the militia. Whether This
means the spread of military rule to
the southern section of the state and
make possible the holding of prison
ers without charges, denied the right
OF release on habeas corpus proceed
ings or on bond, is not known at this
time.
Strike Leaders Rearrested.
Paul Sideler and Hugo Oehler, re-
arrested after their release, and
Aurora Samson, woman leader, ar
rested Wednesday, will not be taken
north for military arrest, according
to assurance given A. A. Heist, of the
Civil Liberties Union, by the gov
ernor of the state, although rumors
to that effect persist.
Fail to Open Mines.
Efforts on the part of the mine
owners to reopen the mines is an ad-
United failure by the capitalist press
The News says that dozen men
showed up at half dozen mines this
( morning and that several mines sup
posed to open did not do So The
Columbine, which was the scene OF
the massacre the other day, is oper-
ating but with reduced force
Demand Right to Move.
Heist asked the governor today for
an order that all families held in
armed camps be permitted to move
: when they desire and received prom
Use that such an order would be is
sued. 1t is reporteds that many
families are forcibly divided, some in
Columbine and some in nearby towns
not allowed to get out and in some
cases not allowed to even go to the
company store, so that actual suffer,
ing for lack of food is near.