The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-03
Lewis Fires HIS Own
St00Ibige0n

The miners OF the Hooking Valley shocked when
Oral Daghery late president OF Subdstrlct one DStrct
the United Mine Workers Union removed from office by
John L. Lewis "for disloyalty to the union.
It is true that Oral Daugherty is traitor to the Unlon but
how does it happen that traitor Lewis kicks out another
traitor, Daugherty.
Is disloyalty Daugherty new? is not Did
only today? No. of not Lewis has
known about for time and yet he did nothing despite the
protests of the miners
Daughery had been carrying propaganda for months
for fair agreement with the coal operators In February he
called upon business Athens Ohio to bring about
which they might come to an understanding he qua not demand
the Jacksonville scafar be it from that Daugherty was will
ing to surrender to the operators.
Even before this he had spoken at mass meetings OF the
miners advocating the plan He had his spokesman the
miners who proposed the thing When this called to
the attention of the miners and the spokesman called
stools of the coal operators the miners did not surprised
dd.they take any action against these reptiles,
While Daugherty doing this dirty work, he lead
ing the marches the mines where scabs had been
brought attempts being made open the mines with
scab labor This deceived the miners and raised Daugher
stock in their minds.
Lewis knew about this In reliably reported that
had ordered Lee Hail. the district president to fire Daugh
but that Hall had pleaded behalf of Daughery and had
maintained him in office.
When the last meeting held, Daugherty
openly the work conditions that they
could get TINS was the signal 1o Lewis 10 So" MS authority ana
try square himself with the mine workers. against whom
Lewis has carried the stkebeag that Daugherty had
Two mines in the Hooking Valley are opening on the 1917
the result of the propaganda of Oral Daughe the
whom Lewis allowed to remain IN OFFICE doing TINS dastardy
work Why does Lewis fire him now? Why didn't ne fire him
while he doing the dirty work with Lewis full knowledge?
Lewis had scheme in this matter. He thought movement
ba the mines would be started Lewis trusted that the
would be strong enough capture the entire field The
would demand that the strike end matter how
and humiEating the conditions might be.
How could that be done By stimulating rank and file
sentiment back the BY having it take volume
and momentum, till Lewis would be poweress stem it, and
then Lewis would be freed of all responsibility He thought the
would go back work. the strike would be he could
that had followed will membership" And
he would continue to reign supreme.
Only thing married this dirty strikebreaking plan of
Lewis The SaveheUnion Committee through his plans.
They knew and declared that Oral Daughery is the tool of John
L. Lewis if he did Daugherty from office Daugherty
the agent of Lewis spreading decentralization in the ranks of
the union Daughery is at the time the agent of the coal
operators
The actions of Daughery and of Lewis ay-and Daughery,
though he the goat is less the tool Of Lewis.
has long been noted that though he received salary
the first of the because he renowned it, Daughery
has always had plenty of Operators money? Traitors
money? From just where John l.. Lewis gets it
The SavetheUnon Committee is correct in branding Lewis
and his henchman Daughery the stripe Daugh
has gonee has the vile seed of the idea of returning
the pits under any conditions But will Lewis
The Of miners standing They will take
And for Lewis: he clear his by firing
his strebreang sooigeon He has played his game
late and loose The Save-the-Union Committee has laid
bare his treacheryhe and his kind go Daughery
be fired by Lewis Next the Halls Fagans Fishwcks, Murays
Kennedyshen the biggest traitor of aJohn L. Lewiswi be
fired by the mine workers!