The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-06
Miners Declare They
Rely on Left Wing

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other labor officials in the struggle.
ave fought in the strike of 1922" he
pointed out. Lewis broke that strike.
At that time the labor leaders stressed
the sacredness of the agreement with
the coal owners, but when Mellon
broke the agreement, these leaders did
nothing.
To-day the police are being sent
into the strike area. Boys of A years
are being sent to prison for melting
to riot 4. Before Governor Pinchot
was elected he promised he would use
no state police in labor disputes but
the police are still there. -.
The miners are in need of all the
help that can be given them. The A.
F. of L. meets and passes resolutions
but one cannot eat resolutions. They
promised to organize relief commit
tees but since they met things have
become worse, not better. :"
League Will Help.
In response to the appeal, VIM. 2.
Foster, Secretary Treasurer of the
Trade Union Educational League,
pledged the leagues unstinted support
of the miners struggle.
"The STRIKE" he said, sis a strike
to save the very life of the miners
union. The welfare of the whole labor
movement is at stake. Unparalleled
in our labor history, the strike is a
monument to the treachery of the
Lewis administration of the United
Mine Workers of America.
"The purpose of this strike could
have been accomplished years ago,
had Lewis organized the unorganized
miners. Instead of the union now
fighting for its life, it could be fight
ing for an advance in the conditions
of the miners.
what is the left wing going to do
about it? Are we going to stand
aside and see the destruction of the
miners organization. In the past we
fought side by side with them, and
we will continue to fight side by side
with them in the future. =.
eve will rally to the support of the
miners and organize relief; also for
the miners in Colorado. We will unite
our forces . in the work for the or
ganization of the unorganized that
will not only win this strike but will
drive out all the union traitors who
stand at the head Of the U. M. w. A"
Enthusiasm For Pledge.
The Importance of the pledge to
rally the left wing in support of the
various struggles in the labor move
ment was met with the greatest en-
thusiasm by the delegates and visit
ors. Immediately in response to the
appeal over fifteen hundred dollars
was raised for miners relief.
Resolutions on Miners Relief, on the
International Labor Defense, and on
support of the Soviet Union against
the war danger were passed with
equal enthusiasm. kilograms to
Mooney and Billings, the Colorado
prisoners, and the Pennsylvania and
Ohio miners pledged the left wing to
the task of working unremittingly in
behalf Of these victims of the class
war.
Foster Reelected.
VIM. q. Foster was reelected unani-
mously for the position of Secretary
Treasurer of the League.
Meeting at period in the history
of the American class struggle when
the forces of reaction both in and out
side of the labor movement are CEN
tering their drive against the mill
tants, the third conference of the
Trade Union Educational League con-
Quoted its sessions in a spirit of the
fullest realization of it's obligations
and tasks. By far the largest and
most momentous conference yet held
by the League it was at the same time
one which created record for the
clarity of its understanding of the
problems and difficulties before it.
(See Resolutions and Gables
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