The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-13
By PAT TOOHEY.
by III IOOdEI.
(Secretary Treasurer National Min
ers' Union.)

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PITTSBURGH, Dec. IL. = The
capitalist government, the coal OPP
orators and the remnants of the
degenerated, corrupt bureaucracy of
the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea have jointly launched a new at
tack against the militant National
Miners Union, and the unions
leadership. The new attack is on
the legal front, and a concentrated
effort is under way to frame up
and railroad to prison various lead
ing. officials Of the new miners
union. The new attack is also an
attack. directed against the union it.
self and the right of the miners to
organize.
The forces of reaction have, it is
clear, girded for war against the
new union and its leadership. Some
recent developments in this respect
convince us that this joint attack
is to restrict, curtail and if pos
sible stop the sweeping successes
being made by the new miners
union. The efforts are being d.
rected towards falling those respon-
sible for organization work amongst
the miners. Within a few weeks
the following developments have
occurred:
Minerich Arrested.
Anthony Minerich, Executiv e
Board member of the National Min
ers' Union, was arrested and held
incommunicado by the infamous
Cossacks in the anthracite region,
charged with two attempts of dy-
namiting. That the charge is a
frame-up, weak, fake, and with
out proof is clearly evidenced by
the fact that the case has finally
been dismissed. Minerich was &C
tive among the struggling hard coal
miners.
Horthy Wants Victim.
The federal government hurriedly
called to trial the case of John
Topolchany, miner of Herminie, Pa.
supporter of the National Miners
Union. The prosecution attempts
revocation of the defendants citi.
zenship papers because Of "alleget
C m m III i S t C tendencies" The
charge originated thru the Horthy
censors confiscating letter sent by
Topolchany to a brother in Hun.
gary, denouncing him for joining
the White Army, numbering work.
ers, and acting as tool of fascism
The letter was forwarded to the
American authorities by the Horthy
fascist, whereupon Topolchany was
arrested and held on bail, while ar
effort was made to revoke his citi
zenship papers and deport him tt
Hungary, where he would be i'm
mediately executed for opposition t.
the fascist dictatorship.
Hurry Cheswick Trial.
The hurried calling to trial of the
% miners indicted on various
charges in connection with the Ches.
wick mass meeting. The day prio,
to the murder of Sacco and Van
zetti, several thousand miners anc
wives assembled on a farm neal
Cheswick to protest the execution
and demand the release Of theil
comrades. A small army Of state
cossacks, detectives, coal and iror
police, deputy sheriffs, ETC., de-
scended upon the meeting, dubbed
tear gassed and dispersed the crowd
Scores were gravely injured, many
were taken to hospitals. The cos
sacks then toured the mining towns
hunting down active strikers, beat
ing and smuggling them. During thu
riot which was precipitated by the
cossacks, one of the cossacks wa!
killed by a person unknown. AS 6
result of the trouble, % active left
wing miners were arrested and in.
dicted on charges Of rioting, incit.
ing to riot and unlawful assem-
blage. The case is now called tt
trial after a long rest in the ar.
chives of the district attorney.