The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-16

The steel towns IN Beaver valley
have entered the relief movement.
Delegates from organizations repre-
senting many nationalties met in
Ambridge, Pa, Sunday night. A
house to house collection will be the
first thing undertaken. Stations to
which to bring clothes and food will
be established in every Beaver Valley
town.
YOUNGSTOWN, O., Dec. 15.-La-
Dor at this town created it's relief
committee Sunday for the striking
miners. Labor unions and workers
fraternal organizations were repre-
sented by delegates anxious to start
work at once.
The first undertaking will be mass
meeting to awaken the city to the
need of full cooperation.
GREENSBURG, Pa, Dec 15.-Re-
lief conferences will be held in West
moreland County, Pa, and in Fayette
County, Pa, this Sunday.
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place at Greensburg, Columbus Hall,
10 a. m.
The Fayette conferences will be
held in Republic in the Croatian Hall,
at 3 p. m. Wide activity for relief
is expected among the unorganized
miners in both these counties.
CANTON, O., Dec. Is. - Hobart
Scott, relief organizer for Ohio, has
organized a house to house collection
in Canton. Akron: Warren, Lima, Col
umbus, Cincinnati and Toledo will be
visited by him shortly.
RANKIN, Pa, Dec 15.-The re-
lief committee of East Pittsburgh
will hold a two-floor dance in the
Croatian Hall, Rankin, Pa, Jan. IA,
The industrial workers of this prole-
tartan section, steel workers, Westing-
house workers and railroad workers,
all unorganized, will attend in num-
bers.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa, Dec. Is. -
Relief conferences will take place at
Wilkes-Barre, Old Forge and Lu-
zerne, Dec. IS. Anthracite workers
intend taking greater interest in the
struggles of their brothers in the soft
coal fields.
Since two miners from the Penn
sylvania coal fields visited New
York City thousands of workers are
on tip-toe ready for service in aid of
the miners. An office has been es-
tablished at 799 Broadway, Room 233,
which according to last reports, was
so full of warm clothes for miners,
their wives and children, that the sec
rotary had to do business in the hall
way Special youth, womens' and
language conferences are under way.
Contribution lists have had a wide
distribution and house to house col
lection and tag day are scheduled for
January and 8.
Only serviceable clothes and shoes
should be contributed to the various
relief committees. Emphasis is placed
upon money contributions so that food
can be bought.
Sunday will be an eventful day in
the campaign for the relief of the
striking and locked-out miners of
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado be-
ing carried on by the Miners Relief
Committee, 799 Broadway.
Besides the conference called by the
United Council of Workingclass
Women, taking in all women's organ
izations, for Irving Plaza, Victoria
Hall, at 7:30 p. M, there will be
similar one at 604 Suffer Ave, Brook
Ign, at 10 a. M, called by the East
New York Workers Circle. All work
ers clubs and similar associations are
invited to attend. ..
A Striker Will Speak.
At each of these a striking miner
direct from the field will outline the
situation graphically.
The Miners Relief Committee sent
four large crates of clothing to the
Pennsylvania field yesterday and will
send four crates to Colorado today.
A package containing complete out
fit of baby clothes is being dispatched
to Russelton, Pa, where the first ba-
by born in the barracks erected by
the evicted miners was brought into
the world a few days ago.
Arrangements can be made through
the committee for a striking miner to
address any relief meeting in this dis
trict. Organizations are urged to send
the committee their meeting dates so
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