The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-06
Mine Delegates Carry Fight to Locals

appeared on the scene, in full force,
delegation representing the Striking
Miners Clubs singing songs and Civ
ing yells in the gallery in response
to the speech made from the plat
form by John Foley, twelve years
old, and in the eighth grade in Mol
lenauer.
He reported the tactics Of the COM
pany teachers who try to tell the
children that their fathers are lazy
for striking and not taking proper
care of them. He told of 1900 chill
dren organized in twelve clubs at
Mollenauer, of children who do not
believe this propaganda of the teach
ers. He read a resolution endorsing
the work of the children's clubs, and
it went over with roar.
Lewis was roundly condemned for
drawing over $11, 900 during the first
seven months of the strike in wages
and personal expenses, other officials
also looting the treasury. Lewis eff
frontery in raising his salary $4,000
year on the eve of the strike was
denounced as an example Of the way
in which high salaried corrupt Off
Gals were bleeding the union while
miners starve. Resolutions for salary
based on the wages of a miner, and
only necessary expenses, and during
strike for no salary at all but only
expenses were passed.
Endorse Labor Party.
John Brophy, speaking in favor of
resolution for labor party pointed
out that this is an old desire, backed
by many convention resolutions, on
the part of the miners, but that
Lewis and his group prefer to truckle
with the republican and democratic
parties, neither of which can do the
workers any good. The convention
voted unanimously for labor party.
A resolution after some discussion
was passed to have the executive
committee make a thorough investi-
cation of the problem of loading and
cutting machinery, and issue state
ment.
Delegates from Colorado were
unanimously greeted, and told of
Lewis misleadership in the 1929
strike, when Colorado struck with
the rest of the miners; told also of
Lewis failure to organize since then,
resulting in the miners going into
an independent organization.
The miners in Colorado realize,
however, that it is very difficult to
win strike with only one state fight
ing and those around working. They
want to be in the main national or
ganization and many will respond to
the Save-the-U Union movement if the
Lewis group can be thrust out.
A delegate from West Virginia
told of the breaking down of the
union there, and denied that the min
ers really got the enormous sums Of
"relief" for the 1924 strike, which
show in the reports of the Lewis Of
ficials.
1925 Attended.
Other resolutions and greetings
were accepted and Chairman John
Watts summed up the results in
short speech on the single topic, $50
home for the real battle-go to these
district conventions, and throw the
traitors out!"
The final report of the credentials
committee showed LIPS delegates, but
there is some doubt whether the lat
est arrivals registered with the Gre
dentials committee. The distribution
was as follows: 1862 from District 5
(Pittsburgh); 254 from unorganized
territory; 152 from District (Ohio);
80 from District IL (Illinois); SO
from District l (Wilkes-B Barre, an
thracite); 81 from District CLEAR
field); 33 from District 81 and others
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