The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
UNION LEADER
WARNS Miners
IN ANTHRACITE
Papcun Shows Danger
Facing Coal Diggers
BY GEORGE PAPCUN.

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the special district convention in
District l was held in which the
Bremen, McGarry, Harris forces
were the dominating factors and
which expelled and removed Cap
pellini as president of District /. 1t
is very important for the miners
of District l to take into considera-
ton the action of the new district
officials as it has become more evil
dent that they will not carry out
even the weak program which they
adopted at the special convention be-
cause of being forced by rank and
file. Immediately after the conyen-
ton and even now in spite of the
onslaught by Lewis against them
the Harris, Bremen, McGarry and
Issac combination still thinks that
Lewis will recognize them, are still
spreading the illusions among the
miners about Lewis, saying that
Lewis is different from Cappellini.
Outside of establishing headquar-
tiers, the McGarry, Harris combina-
ton has done nothing.
Discrimination Remains.
The discrimination against the
rank and file willing to fight is be-
ing intensified by the old officials
and the coal operators. The con-
tractors system still remains and is
spreading rapidly. The Pennsyl
vania Coal Co. has again locked out
the miners of the No. colliery, the
unemployment situation is getting
worse, there is general worsening
of the conditions and wage cuts are
taking place, yet the new district
officials refuse to put up fight and
lead the miners in the struggle
against these deplorable conditions.
The rank and file turnout District
l is ready for a fight. This has
been demonstrated by the fact that
many local unions have refused to
pay the special assessment to the
Lewis machine, and in many cases
are sending money direct to the rank
and file in the soft coal strike dis
tricts. There is the other proof
that many local unions are daily on
strike against the grievances which
confront them.
The left wing in Pittston has
shown up McGarry for what he ac-
tually is to the miners of Pittston.
Here where the miners are the first
to be attacked, the McGarry forces
are doing nothing, the left wing
presented a resolution for general
strike of all the Penn. coal miners.
While the rank and file was for
the resolution, McGarry saw fit not
to bring the resolution to a vote.
| McGarry is allowing the Penn
Coal Co., the contractors and the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES machine to
starve, demoralize and whip the
miners into submission. The new
district officials have consistently
fought against the national move
ment of the miners to destroy the
Lewis, Murray, Kennedy machine,
and are at this time, though not
openly, fighting against the Nation
al convention, which is to be held
in Pittsburgh, Sept. 9 to 16.
Miners Must Fight.
The miners of the anthracite, par
ticularly of District l, must fight
and force the new officials to fight
for the National convention, and
for the building of new miners
on. TIL miners must understand
that the movement cannot be limited
to kicking out Cappelini, who is but
part of the Lewis machine. The
whole machine must be kicked out.
The so-called leaders must give up
their scramble for office in District
| with which they are destroying
the miners union. The miners must
also ask why it is that the new dis
trict officials do not concern them
selves with the condition of the
miners in District /. Why is it that
the new officials are not preparing
for the time of struggle when the
operators will try to destroy the
miners union completely in the an
thracite. 1t must be clear to every
one that the operators today are
preparing to deliver the final blow
20 the miners union at the expira-
lion of the 5 year agreement or
even sooner. The miners must also
ask the new district officials why
they are SO anxious to form new
anthracite miners union separated
from the soft coal, as it is a we'll
known fact that union separated
from the soft coal miners will tend
to become a company union used
by the company to promote their
own purposes.