The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-13
MINERS PREPARE
THRUOUT FIELDS
FOR new UNION
Many Locals Go Over
to Progressives
Continued from Paae One


Jacksonville scale and demanding
the resignation of Fishwick and the
state scale committee. The POGO
hontas local adopted a resolution
calling upon the miners to strike
against the wage cut and to dis
continue paying dues to the Lewis
Fishwick machine. These are typ
ical of the resolutions adopted by
numerous locals in Southern and
Central Illinois.
Basis for New Union.
These reports leave no doubt that
the National Convention will be a
real success, laying firm basis for
the new miners union, provided the
National Arrangements Committee
will have sufficient funds at its dis
posal to bring the delegates from
the various mining fields to Pitts
burgh. The bulk of the miners in
what has been known as the union
fields are still unemployed and can
not raise the necessary funds. The
National Arrangements Commit
tee has appealed to all progressive
workers to make contributions and
to use the collection and certificate
lists to raise funds among their fell
low-workers and forward them,
without delay, to the National Min
ers' Convention Arrangements Com
mittee, 119 Federal St., Room All,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Big Meetings.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. IAN
thony Minerich, Of the National Ar
engagements Committee, addressed
a large mass meeting Of mine work
ers at CHRISTOPHER, Illinois, Thurs
day, Aug. 2. Sub-district Secretary
Lowden was present at the meeting
but kept his peace. On August 5
sub-district conference was held at
Harrisburg, followed by a large
mass meeting in the ball park,
which was addressed by John J.
Watt, Anthony Minerich, Dan Slim
ger, progressive secretary-treasurer
of District IL, and J. ]. McGuinn,
president of the Eldorado Local
Union. McGuinn who is we'll
known throughout Illinois, flayed
the Lewis machine numerically for
it's betrayal of the miners. He
ridiculed Lewis statement in the
last issue Of his journal that the
Jacksonville scale was abandoned
because "the e-the-union sup
porters had all gone back to scab
bling in Pennsylvania and Ohio"
"Do not forget, toys,' IcGuinn
said, Gust a short time ago they
told the world that it was tie
Southern Illinois miners who made
them change their policy"
Welcomed Everywhere.
On Monday, August C, Anthony
Minerich spoke at Pocohontas and
Watt at Orient, No. !. Tuesday,
August 7, a conference was held at
Buckner, and Anthony Minerich
spoke at the meeting OF the Liv-
ingston local union, where he was
given a great reception by the mem
bership, despite the presence of
Board Member Walter Koch. The
membership here is determined to
fight against a wage cut and will
stop paying dues to the Lewis
Fishwick machine. On Wednesday
sub-district conference was held
at West Frankfort, followed by a
large mass meeting, which was adj
dressed by Watt, Minerich and Nc
Quinn.
Two large mass meetings were
scheduled for Sunday at Bend and
Springfield. Watt and Minerich adj
dressed both meetings.
A report Of Mother E. R. Bloor,
organizer for Indiana and Western
Kentucky, speaks of successful mass
meetings held in both of these states
and of a number of local unions or