The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-22
KANSAS Miners
WILL take over
UNION ON JULY |
Special Convention Call
Goes Out
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Brought upon the union by the incom'
petence and corruption of the Lewis
Burr Skahan administration, to place
the union in control Of the rank and
file and to remove the bankrupt of
ficialdom.
The miners union faces destruc-
ton at the hands of the coal oper-
ators. The Lewis-Burr- Skahan adj
ministration through their incompe-
tenee have rendered assistance to the
operators. In District IA our union
IS no more than a semi-company
union. The operators dictate condi.
tions and do not pay the scale in
many eases, with the Lewis machine
doing nothing to remedy this.
The Pennsylvania Ohio miners have
been on strike for over IA months
fighting off the attempts of the op-
orators to crush their union. They
have been left alone to fight this bat
tie. The separate agreement Of Hin
OILS, Kansas, and other temporary
agreements of various kinds signed
up by the officialdom without giving
the members a chance to vote on the
separate agreement has given away
all conditions won through the hard
struggles Of the past.
Machine of Betrayal.
The Lewis urr-S kahan machine
win not call a special convention to
consider the emergency in the miners
union and to take the necessary steps
to remedy it. They are doing all in
their power to pacify the members,
.expel the militant leaders of today's
struggle, and collaborate with the
operators.
Pieketing of the rank and file "led"
by Skahan while strip pits and mines
work under separate agreement is be-
trayal Of the miners bv the officials.
President Lewis and Secretary of
the U. S. Treasury 4ellon both sup
port Hoover. Lewis, the Tabor lead
er," joins hands openly with Mellon.
the scab coal operator.
The District IA special convention
called by this committee will elect
temporary officers from the rank and
ie who are for the rank and file,
ID VINO will take care of the interest
the rank and file. The special Dis
sfet Convention must work out new
pelicies in line with the interest of
5he members. 1t must help win the
Penn-Ohio strike, take concrete steps
in the Kansas strike, to fight for a
national agreement, to fight against
wage cuts, to fight for the organiza-
ton of the unorganized, to fight for
the six hour day and the five-day
week.
Rank and File Acts.
Throughout the organized districts
the rank and file have held conven-
tions and are taking over their
unions. In Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
Penn. the miners have already regis
tered their majority opinion behind
the militant left wing of the U. M.
W. A., the Save the Union Commit
tee. 1t is up to the miners of Dis
trict IA to take control of their union
and GUST the Lewis machine. The
miners Of the southwest have been be-
trayed by the Lewis pelicy. Our con-
vention,, our call, is the battle call of
the Southwest miners against the
operators, the Lewis machine and
their company union
The rank and file demanded a spe-
cial convention. The rank and file
are calling a special convention. Min
ers of Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma and
Colorado, who have been betrayed by
the Lewis machine should send fra
ternal- delegates to the convention.
Send your credentials to Everett
Cook, Mulberry, Kansas. If your
union does not hold a meeting before
the oath, call special meeting at
once.
Fraternally yours,
Everett Cook, Mulberry, Kan.
Robert Ramadge, Franklin; James
Hunter, Arma; Frank Pernott,
Arma; James Bousfield, Gross;
Chas. White, Crowburg; Tom
Wakefield, Mulberry; Annie Mar
tier, Franklin; Joe Brasso, Mulber-
~; William Verren, Arma; VIII
liam Cusic, Englevale; Geo. Pugh,
Franklin; Quinto Borello, Arma
Stephen WEIGH, Pittsburgh; Joe
Studdard, Anna; Ferdinand God
ard, ia, Girard; Dan Fenoglio, En-
glevale; Lewis Marshall, Gross;
Matt TAFT, Girard; Ray Smith,
Arma; Joe Bierbrodt, Croweburg
John Keith, Girard; Albert. Brtol,
Arma; John Fleming, Frontenac.
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