The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-08
Avella Miners Demand
Mass Picketing
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is a very important one. The orders
issued by the sheriffs Of Allegheny
and Washington counties against
large scale picketing is un-American.
These orders were issued in order to
protect the interests of the coal OPP
orators and is blow at the striking
miners and at labor generally. Every
ounce of our energy must lie mobil-
lied in order to defeat these vicious
anti-labor orders of the sheriffs."
The resolution in regard to picket
ing says;
WHEREAS, the sheriffs Of Alle-
gheny and Washington counties Of the
state of Pennsylvania posted notices
prohibiting mass meetings OF union
miners and pieketing near the scab
mines, and
"WHEREAS, such an order of the
sheriffs is an arbitrary and unwar-
ranted act aimed to help the coal cp-
orators to break the union, and
WHEREAS, the present system
of picketing, where the union men are
prevented from coming together in
large groups and to speak to the
strize-breakers is ineffective, and
WHEREAS, this makes it neces-
sary to fight for our rights to picket
lawfully in any way we may find it
necessary, therefore be it
"RESOLVED, that we call upon our
International and District Presidents
to fight against this vicious order Of
the sheriffs by organizing mass pick
citing at number of mines in viola
ton of the sheriff's orders and that
our District and international Presi-
dents shall lead this picketing in or
to picket to the attention of all work.
der to bring the question of the right
ers and the public at large"
The other resolution calling for
more effective relief measures de-
mands:
THAT we call upon the Inter-
national officials Of the UMWA to
Immediately place 1870 strike as
sessment during the period of the
strike, upon all miners now at work
in the anthracite and the union BIZ
luminous districts, the money so col
lected to be used entirely for strike
relief.
"2.-That we request the Interna-
tional officials of the UaJNA to inn
mediately issue a call for financial
assistance for the miners and 70 urge
the American Federation of Labor to
issue a similar appeal.
"9.-That we call upon the district
officers Of District No. 3 to stimulate
the collection of relief from labor
unions and sympathizing elements in
Western Pennsylvania, and should
urge other districts Of the UMWA to
do likewise.
"4.-That local unions of the UNI
WA shall take the initiative in form
ing local relief committees in all min
ing centers to be made up Of repre-
sentatives Of miners unions and
friendly local unions Of other trades,
for the purpose Of raising funds for
the relief of the miners on strike"
Workers Aid Raising Relief.
The international Workers Aid
will do its share in this relief work
in this district as long as the strug-
gle between the miners and the coal
operators continue. The International
Workers Aid of Western Pennsyl-
vanian will hold a huge picnic at the
farm Of Frank Gaida, Cheswick, Pa,
on Sunday, June H. An elaborate
program which includes dancing,
speaking and sports was arranged by
the arrangements committee. and the
motion picture Breaking Chains" viii
be shown free. The picnic can easily
be reached by trains, street car and
automobile.
Directions to the picnic grounds
from Pittsburgh. Take car 80 at
smithfield and Sixth, go TO end Of
line, transfer to car No. "a then go
to the end OF line to the Cheswick car.
Trains 1910, 1925 a. M, $3.50 p. m.
to Cheswick, Pa, or by auto-follow
the Freeport Road.