The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-01
"RedbIooded Workers
To Rally to |. w. w.
Strike" Says T.U.E.L

CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-The Trade
Union Educational League, over the
signature of William 2. Foster, secre-
tary, has issued the following state
ment calling for aid for the Colora-
do miners strike.
every redblooded worked will raj
ly to the support of the I. W. w.
Colorado miners strike" says the
statement.
"The Colorado coal miners are on
strike again. Under the leadership of
the Industrial Workers of the World,
the exploited workers in the mines
Of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Com
pany and other mining concerns have
declared war on the Rockefeller in
terests. The struggle, the first on a
major scale among these workers
since the great strike of 1912, which
climaxed in the Ludlow massacre,
promises to be most bitterly fought,
with the combined powers of capital
ism, courts, police, and the rest,
pitted against the miners. 1t is a
situation which calls for every red
blooded worker to rally in support of
the I. w. w. Colorado miners strike.
Unorganized For IA Years.
For ID years the Colorado miners
have remained unorganized. Rookie
Teller has used every trick Of COM
pany unionism and terrorism to keep
them disunited and helpless. But the
most powerful demoralizing influence
was the corrupt leadership of the
United Mine Workers. While pre-
tending to stand for the interests of
the miners, these misleaders in real
ity functioned as agents of the c. F.
g. /. to keep the workers demoralized.
The quick success of the I. w. ". in
this field shows that the men were
ripe for organization and that the
corrupt officialdom of the Lewis ma
chine made no effort to unite them.
Failure of Lewis Policy.
'The failure of Lewis policies in
Colorado is only one phase of their
failure in the coal fields generally.
Betrayal Of the workers in wage ne
gotiations, war against the left wing,
refusal to organize the unorganized
miners-these are but a few of the
ruinous policies that have wrecked
the U. NJ. w. of A. in Colorado, Ken
lucky, Alabama, West Virginia, and
are now threatening the very exist
ence of the organization nationally.
Reaches Lowest Depths.
THE fatal Lewis policy reached its
depths in the present bituminous
strike, which is ending so disastrously
for the union. If at the outset of
the strike Lewis had made even the
slightest effort to organize the min.
ers in West Virginia and other I'M
organized territories, they would have
responded en- masse, despite his rec
ord of betrayal, and would have turn
cd the strike into great victory, in
stead Of what it now is, a big defeat
for the union.
Militant Bid For Mines.
at is high time for the progressive
and militant elements in the u. M. w.
Of A. TO take an aggressive stand
against Lewis and his clique and to
wrest the organization from their
hands. Otherwise it will be de-
stroyed. The Lewises, the Earring
tons, the Van Bittners, and the hun
dreds of other officials like them,
agents of the coal operators, must be
driven out of the ranks of the organ
ICED workers.
"All hail the struggling Colorado
minersl They must be helped in
every way. They have burning need
for funds. Money must be gathered
and sent them at once. Let every left
wing and progressive worker stand
shoulder to shoulder with them in
this struggle