The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-12
Miners Lead in
Fight of Labor
Party in Penna.
By FRANK HENDERSON

workers who dare to oppose the die
tatorship of the coal barons and
steel kings-in this atmosphere the
workers have planted the seeds of
a strong Labor Party. The candi-
oates OF the Labor Party from the
mines and factories are carving on
campaign to bring before the
workers the platform of the Party.
Against the strikebreakine candi-
dates of the republican and demo-
cratic parties backed by the coal
barons and the steel trust, the La
Tor Party has elected workers from
the pits of the mines and the "hot
mills" and the factories to represent
the workers in the coming election
campaign. Against the almighty
dollar, by which the other two mar
ties buy votes and place candidates
IN office, the Labor Party offers
the workers and farmers of Belmont
county their program which repre-
sents the interests and demands of
working people rather than the in
terests of a few dollar-grabbing.
pocket-squeezing parasites.
Full Dinner Pair Bluff.
Against the "full dinner nail"
bluff of the republicans and the
"foamy beer glass promise" of the
democrats, the Labor Party puts
forward the demands for the right
to organize, unemployment insur-
ance, old age insurance, against
court injunctions, maximum S-hour
day, 6-hour day for young workers.
no night work for women, protec-
ton OF the foreign-born, equal
rights for Negroes, abolition of the
criminal syndicalist law, release of
all victims of the labor struggle.
free hospitals and free clinics, fac
tory inspection and mining boards,
better roads, lower taxation. with
drawal of marines and warships
from Nicaragua and China, against
war and military training of the
youth in schools, for state and ma
tional Labor Party, and for a Labor
government in the United States.
Miners Not to Be Fooled.
The beautiful promises of the can
didates of the republican and demo-
cratic parties will have little appeal
to the miners who have been starved
for months and forced to live IN bar
racks because Of the "justice" and
support" they received from both
parties of finance capital and big
business. The votes Of the miners
will not be lured into the ballot
boxes of the big bosses because the
picture of republican prosperity is
before them and democratic "democ-
racy" still rings in their ears. For
years the workers of Belmont
County have followed the bosses
parties to the ballot boxes, but now
they are determined to build La
Dor Party of their own and put for
ward the workers candidates to fill
the offices of the county. Instead
Of strikebreaking sheriffs, the work
ers of Belmont County are deter
mined to have county officials who
will look after the interests of the
workers.
Workers Will Not Forget.
The workers of Belmont County
will not forget the strikebreaking
activities of Sheriff Clyde Hardesty,
nor will the miners wives, nor, in
fact, any women in the county for
get the mistreatment the daughters
and wives of the striking miners re-
ceived when, with the aid of Gov
ernor Donahey's "nursemaids" (Na-
tional Guardsmen), he herded fifty
one women and children into the
dirty, crowded county Jail at st.
Clairsville. And, when the citizens
of Belmont County go to the ballot
boxes they will remember the break
ing up of the meetings of workers
throughout the county. The recent
arrests in Martins Ferry in connec-
ton with the Sacco-V anzetti meet
ings will be remembered as a sample
Of the dictatorship of the steel trust.
The entire county has for months,
especially during the strike, been
sinking from the smell of capitalist
Justice" and sham democracy. This
offensive smell the Labor Party has
pledged itself TO eliminate and to
create a more pleasant atmosphere
for those who toll in the mines and
factories and produce the wealth of
the land,
Miners Lead Fight.
With the same determination that
exposed the corruption and mislead-
ership Of the United Mine Workers
Union and built New Miners
Union, the coal diggers of Belmont
County, with the help of other
workers. will expose the role of the
existing political parties and build
a Labor Party.
The Labor Party is not backed
by the almighty dollar, but by
platform that represents the inter-
csts and demands not only of the
workers of Belmont County, but of
the workers and farmers of the en-
tire country. The workers of Bel
mont County believe that they have
taken the first step for a strong
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