The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-02
ASAvE-THE-UNION"
DELEGATES VOTE
TO GUST LEWIS
Conference Lays Plans
to Extend Strike
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militants Of Illinois, was chosen per-
manent chairman of today's confer
ence. Pat Toohey, long prominent in
the front ranks among those who have
fought and sacrificed for the miners,
was chosen secretary.
John Brophy,, former president Of
District 2, and one of the leading
figures in the Save-the- Union move
ment received an ovation as he arose
to speak "One Of the leading expon-
cnts of the Save-the- Union forces"
was the way Watts characterized
trophy.
I Crisis in Union.
I'm my SO years of experience of
sacrifice and struggle among the
miners, / have never seen the union
in so serious crisis as it is at pres
emit" Brophy said "The miners have
had bitter and complete proof that
the Lewis machine will do nothing to
rescue us from the present ever-deep-
ching calamity. Only the Save-the-
Union forces can and will accom-
plish this necessary task"
Brophy then launched into detailed
and vigorous denunciation of Lewis,
Of his program of betrayal, of his
lenchmen who have carried out his
policy Of treachery and of his latest
attempts to end militant unionism in
the coal fields.
Lewis Record of Treachery.
Brophy touched upon the great 1922
betrayal when Lewis sold out the coke
miners end forced over 100000 cour-,
ageous miners back into the open
shop slavery Of the steel trust; he
denounced the Lewis policy of class
collaboration with the operators and
the government; he attacked the
treachery of signing up separate
agreements resulting in division
Of the strike forces; he analysed the
Lewis policy in moving ever farther
from the task of organizing the I'M
organized.
Coming to the question of the sem
ate investigation, Brophy showed in
word the true nature and purposes
Of the investigation. The conference
went almost wild as he called out;
"The senate will never organize the
unorganized." He would up with
stirring appeal to build the Save the
Union movement and to support the
progressive program for the mine in
dustry.
Anthracite Strong
Over $50 delegates are already here
from the anthracite, scene Of historic
struggles during the past few months,
and word has been received that more
delegates are coming. There is no
doubt now that the hard coal miners
will support their common cause with
the bituminous workers.
Seventy-five delegates from the I'M
organized fields Of West Virginia have
arrived and others are coming in
every hour. Logan county is here
represented. And everyone under
stands that in the presence Of a dele
cation from this section lies the great
est mark of the vitality and success
Of the conference.
Unorganized Respond.
Nearly 200 delegates are present
from Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri
and the southwest. Scores arrived
during every hour of the session this
morning. In the scantiness Of car
fare provisions, in the badness of the
roads, in the breakdown of Ford Eek
press trains" in the necessity on the
part of many to walk and "hitch-hike"
tc the conference, lies the explanation
Of the lateness Of many of the dele
gates.
Lewises, the VOLS with their thou
sand-a-menth salary and thousand-a-
month expense accounts who have
come to this conference. But dele
gates are getting here somehow, in
ways and under sacrifices and over
obstacles for which only the record
of the past year Of miners struggle
could provide the basis and the ex-
PLANTATION.
kilograms of support were received
from Duncan Mcdonald, formerly
president Of District IL, from Gerry
Allard, one of the leading militants of
Illinois who was recently hurt in an
accident. big Sam" Grecio, at Pitts
ton, still alive in spite Of the p1llets
Of the Cappelini killers, but too weak
to go to Pittsburgh, wired his hope
and good wishes. Word was received
that Alex HOwat was on the wav