The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-14
MINERS MUST HAVE HELP AS BITTER STRIKE
ENTERS SIXTH MONTH AND FAMILIES STARVE

but the miners have reached the point
where everyone is in need after 6
months of strike. The Miners Relief
Conference would give much more
substantial help if the work of the
Conference was not blocked by the
District and International Union. At
the time that the Miners Relief Con-
ference asked a donation from the
Creation Fraternal Union, the Croa
tian Fraternal Union made inquiries
and P. hurry, vice-president of the
United Mine Workers, answered that
his organization did not have anything
to do with the Miners Relief Confer
ence which was not bona fide or
ganization, and this despite the fact
that the Miners Relief Conference
was organized by bona fide local I'M
ions, and no action has ever been
taken against anyone on the executive
committee of the Relief Conference,
or of any local union which has re-
ceived help from them.
The miners are waiting for the A.
F. Of L. to act, but they fear that its
action will not be of such nature
as to give real help. The various in
ternational unions will come into this
district and make a few speeches, say
ing chow great fight you are put
ting up" and that "they are with US, "
that morally we will win" since the
"public is with u.s." But all this will
not feed our starving families nor
keep scabs from coming in and taking
our jobs. The houses at Richeyville
are built by union men, union plaster
ers are working on them now. If the
A. F. of L. stopped these men from
building these houses it would really
help us to win more than their speech
es, and good wishes.
Should Form Conferences.
Talk of any kind will not win this
strike, least of all the talk of the
various international presidents, vice.
presidents, etc, etc, who are so dis
I credited in their own organizations
that the only way they can keep their
offices is by vote-stealing, bribing
and such tactics. What is needed is
bread. Instead of talking they should
call upon all the A. F. of l.. unions
to assess their treasures, to put thru
special. assessments, and to call upon
all central labor bodies to organize
Miners Relief Conferences in every
town. To these Conferences they
/ should then invite all the fraterna,
and political organizations existing IT
/ these communities. Then we Should
see how many democrat or repub'
lican organizations would respond
That they are afraid to do this, is
evident from all their actions up til
now. They don't dare to expose the
political corruption of the old parties
since that would turn thousands Of
workers from them and lead to the
formation a working class Labol
Party.
It lies with the progressive ele
ments in the American labor move
ment to save the Miners Union.
they don't act, and force the officia
families to act, the miners, left t.
themselves, poorly prepared for thi
long fight, will be starved into sub
mission. Everyone who knows any
thing, knows what that would meal
for the American Labor movement.
}, Up to the present very little hell
has come for the miners. Only in tn
Croatian Fraternal Union some pro
tests were raised against the execu
tive committee for not paying tn
$1,000 voted to the Miners Relic
Conference. More help to tn
miners!" should be the motto of ev
cry worker in the United States. /
the miners union is smashed it vii
be signal for the bosses all over tn
country to begin union-busting
wage-cutting campaign. Workers ev
erywhere must help since the Inter
national Union does not. 1t is up t
your organizations and you.
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