The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-14

utenan With the aid of the police in many cases.
throughout the coal mining regions having an effect which
Lewis did not intend.
Lewis gang the will the majority of the United
Mine Workers by stealing the last election in 1925
Lewis gang resorted murder in the anthracite
1t has aided the police and jail mine
whose only oens has been loyalty their Union and to
their class.
1t has sold the Union thousand historic
pulled Illinois key district out of the strike at critical
when all indications that to do would break the
backbone of the strike
the 1922 settlement Lewis betrayed the Washington and
Fayete county with the organized men
by leaving them out of the settlement and thus practically threw
them back into disorganizaton.
Lewis gang expelled the Union wherever possible
every stood the of Lewis plans of
betrayal.
MIXED treasury the Union for his
sona benefit while the miners and their wives and children have
been starving While drawing $4,000 per year high
$1,000 per year additional for Lewis mas at the same
saboaged the relief of striking and has sought h
egg the police to break the relief organization which the
miners themselves established to meet their need. i
Lewis not president of the United
lea by any the Unionhree in
stolen the election by of fraudulent
mo- methods otter no and a noIice had failed In blackjack the
miners into voting for him.
eight years election in 1920 Lewis himself
wealthy business and politician of the ruling has ridden
the United Nine Workers for his benefit and for the benefit
of the ruling class.
During the past eight years Lewis betrayal the Union
Teen gradually broken down until has but fraction of its
former strength
presidency of the Union time 70
of the coal mined the United States dug by Union
A. Under operators benefit amount
by the Union sunk percent Union
in 1920 had membership Of over 100000 1t has been ridden by
evils until it has hardly than half that number al
though Lewis still claims 100000.
The overwhelming share of the output produced in
lea is produced in nonunon fields The organization of the
organized fields eneed of the United Mine Workers Union
yet Lewis makes towards the organization of the
organized.
spite Lewis miners fought for nearly
year the most heroic battle American labor history. In spite
of Lewis pulling out the Illinois key district with
the critical of his sabotagng the relief
directing the police up relief organization
shed by the themselves spite of his bring
other fields into the struggle with Pennsylvania and
miners are fighting on and fighting better with chance to win
the strike
established proceeded with reign of
operators police and Lewis attack
their enemy the mine workers committed
by the Lewis machine in the Anthracite region where the
selected down with machine guns
the public street Brophy and Toohey assaulted
rested by Lewis henchmen the coal and iron police paid by
operators.
Lewis reign of added the operators reign of
terror.
But what is the effect of Lewis reign of terror?
wave of resentment and rebellion against Lewis that
sweeping the coal fields is the
The workers. way but to fight are
driven to fight harder.
Mass pketing is spreading and making stronger
Mass determination take the Union the
miners growing by leaps and very
fact that Lewis murdered Alex Campbell and Pete Reilly
and wounded sugged and jailed others Under
cumstances terror but in this goads
miners to fight more courageously than
Save the Union committees sprngng every dis
trc the coal fields All efforts stop them only stimulate
them further In Illinois, Fishwck leader of the Lewis machine
with the aid of the police tried dispense the Save Union
the point of the gun But this only stimulated the
mine workers to greater efforts build the Save the Union
conference
April when the big national conference will come together
at Pittsburgh to direct the fight ID the greatest union of the
American labor destruction fight
the operators and to cleanse the Union operators
agents who in control will be redetter day labor
history
Miners, take the Union into your hands
Win the Strike!
Organize unorganized and bring them into the