The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-07
PEACE" PLAN IS
PUSHED IN Order
TO STOP WALKOUT
Miners Attack Officers
for Betrayal
BY LAWRENCE ROSS

oChAN L YIN, April .. - ne GER
tainty of strike in the anthracite in
the near future is causing consider
able concern among the operators,
merchants, chambers of commerce of
the hard coal districts as we'll as
among their allies, the Lewis hench-
men of these districts. The sentiment
for such a strike has been greatly
strengthened by the call of the ma
tional Save-the- Union conference just
adjourned at Pittsburgh.
One of the methods by which the
operators and the Lewis henchmen
are seeking to combat this sentiment
is through propaganda issued by the
so-called Anthracite Cooperative AS
soeiation.
Anthracite Spirit
Under the slogan Americas Most
Unique Organization" a combination
of Chamber of Commerce officials,
bank presidents, leading merchants,
coal operators protective associations
and officials of the Lewis machine in
the United Mine Workers are adver-
Using extensively the Anthracite Co.
operative Association, the avowed
purposes of which are to secure a
constant and uninterrupted supply of
coal; to broaden the scope and use
fitness of anthracite; to emphasize
through education the value of an
thracite; to increase prosperity thru
steady employment; to assure self
preservation through cooperation,
and to create and maintain the
Anthracite Spirit"
The object of this cooperative move
ment is to lower the coast of anthra-
cite production and to break the min
ers' union through the most fragrant
observation-disclosures methods. The
leaflet distributed by the association
speaks of a program of education"
the results of which are to be the en-
thronement of anthracite as something
holy, untouchable, american; An
thracite is to be proven the "founda-
ton stone in American life," a pio-
neer industry in american progress
snd property"
Poisonous Education.
A glance at the benefactors behind
the Anthracite Cooperative Associa-
zion, it's board of directors, is decid-
eddy Illuminating: 1t includes such
bosom pals as R. H. Buchanan, presi-
dent of the Northumberland Mining
Co. of Scranton, Rinaldo Cappelini,
Lewis henchman, president of Dis
trict No. l, Chris ]. Golden, Tri-Dis-
trict Chairman and President of Dis
trict No. 8, Thomas Kennedy, Inter-
national Secretary Treasurer of the
union. Andrew Mattey, President
District No. 7, Daniel 7. Pierce, Vice
Chairman, Anthracite Operators Con-
ference and E. H. Suender, General
Manager, Madeira Hill Coal Co. The
rest of the members of the Board are
all presidents of chambers of COM
merce, merchants protective associa-
tions and bankers.
Cooperation"
The revelation has been made that
operators, corrupt union officials and
bankers are actually cooperating with
one another! Cooperating against the
impending strike in the anthracite
Cooperating to prepare public senti-
ment against such a strike! Cooper
ating, in short, against the progress
sive and militant miners in the an
thracite field, and indirectly patting
the murderers of Alex Campbell, Pete
Reilly, and Thomas Lillis on the back
as builders of "the foundation stone
Of American life" as preservers of
American progress and property" 1t
is this same crew of "benefactors"
who are using another foundation
stone of American life" the frame-up
in an attempt to railroad to the
electric chair Bonita, Moleski and
MENDOZA, accused of the murder of
Frank Agati, tool of the Lewis-C Cap
pelini murder machine.