The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-19
World Struggle Of Miners

The coal miners engaged the heroic struggle in the
history of American labor should give keen attention to two news
items in tooay's paper.
The first is the report of the opening of the world
congress the Red International of Labor Unions meeting in
Moscow.
The second is the appeal of the Cooperation
creation miners international by the call
ing of international congress of miners
the type of John L. Lewis habtuay try to
the vision the workers locality industry or
special trade Lewis who tried to gut the strike months ago by
pulling the Illinois miners out of the strike with separate agree
only tries prevent the mine workers seeing and I'M
Outstanding aspects their struggle but to
prevent their solidarity national scale within the United
States Lewis uphoer of the capitalist SYSTEM wetodo
leader Of the political party of the biggest con-
ssten works restrict the mine workers forces to the mar
weakest dimensions he wants the mine workers
fighting strength to be always at minimum not International
nationwide to extend to the limits of the in
dust not to the limits of the organized portion OF the
industry.
This policy Lewis keeping the miners fighting line as
small possible while the bosses fighting line is broadened out
bigger scale than before clearly in the interests Of the
bosses Capitalists can successfully fight Pennsylvania miners
with coal dug in Illinois with the help of Lewis
the mine workers struggle is not confined to the
borders international struggle just the crisis
in the industry is an international crisis
The report Cooperation Committee of the coal miners
the of the Union of Socialist Soviet Repub
called for international conference of coal miners of
unres where coal dug the conference to establish in
deratve organization for the mining industry of all
lands has Importance which would be Impossible to over
British coal strike and general strike showed that the
coal industry international when it comes to breaking big
strike in country The conduct OF the reaconary trade
bureaucracy all countries deliberately and confessedy
helping to break the British general strike is proof that the
struggle international also in its aspect of struggle against
treason.
The news of what doing abroad
should be inspiration the miners of all parts of the United
States who about into the most important trade union
conference perhaps in the history of American aborthe
tional Save the Union Conference at Pittsburgh April l.
The determination expressed in the world congress of the
Red International of Labor Unions to meet the worldwide of
fnsve of capital by worldwide ounteroffensve of labor is in
with the needs of the American mine workers
tionally and internationally
The proposal of the RussoSwedh Cooperation Committee
oil
equally accord with the needs of the American miners
Two weeks from the Pittsburgh conference begins
On its may depend the winning of the strike the
ing of the Union the wrestling of the United Mine Workers Union
from the hands of the agents of the operators the preservation
of the of the American trade union from de-
struction
Every coal miner worker in industry it to
the of Labor to do everything his power help bring
Pittsburgh April the representatives of local union of
the United Mine Workers of America and representative of
cry mine which the workers present unorganzed
Whatever the of $2000year leaders, the proeta
an character of the who dig coal is sound The solidarity
of Labor nationally and internationally entrusted their
hands.