The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-20
FARMERS HELP THE
COLORADO MINERS
By Hupo OobI0u

Denver, Colo.-Tbe S+ril,o &c a.
ten thousand Colorado miners un6or
the leadership of the I w w H.
mas been on since October tho 18Th
is a battle of the whole worlrino, 49,
population of Colorado The ntS,' vra1o
u tnese miners has takne the yerv
eCoHonlc structure of the capitalism
IN Colorado. 1t has swept through All
avenues of the class forces in Coio-
faao and has left its marks upon the
The Colorado miners are on strike
TO obtain the recognition of the nnion
the checkWelghman, the pit commit,
zee ana the Jacksonville scale. These
are the main points of the % de-
mands presented to the coal onerat-
orS by the Strikers State Fxecn+ivo
Committee. '''i'e
Can't lntimidate Miners
from one end of the state +o tho
other, from the south field where tae
Colorado Fuel and Iron Companv
(kOckefeller Institute) has its mineS
to the north field where the Stoto
Police massacred their comrades and
IeloW-Woorkers, a reign of terror and
suppression has met the miners at
every turn. First the coal operators
used the Industrial Commission and
the State Mine Inspectors until thew
tailed to keep in bounds the miners
when the strike came then the local
authorities did their duty and as soon
as the capitalists saw that the strike
contributed the State Police were or
de1e0 out by the Governor. Follow
ing this the National Guards were
turned loose upon the miners and
their families.
6unmen, spies police, military au-
tho1ltles and the yellow press could
not stem the tide. Mass arrests. alb
Icgatlon of free speech, press and as
semblage was also a failure The
strike continued. Beating of strikers.
riding horses into miners march
Gripping miners and numbering min
es dld not stop the workers from
their tight for better conditions.
The stike today has reached the
point where relief and picketing are
the two most important weapons of
these workers. Picketing to keep the
coal in the mines and relief to keen
the miners out. From one field to the
other men ana women and children
are on ration. Food is needed everv-
where.
working Farmers Supply Food
The progressive section of the far
mers OF Colorado are lined up behind
the strikers. The majority of the
oeeC workers In the north who are
! wage slaves and exploited as bad if
not worse than the miners, have in
the maJoritv stood with the miners
and although out of work themselves
nave not scabbed on the miners. AZ
Ft. LuptOn where the strikers hold
meetings every few nights the hall
mas always great number of beet
/ workers who will stand to the last bv
the miners. The majority of these
workers are Spanish-American work
ers.
In many other sections the small
exploited farmer assists with what
food stuff he can donate. In Elnaso
country, where the city of the rich
tourist is located, Colorado Springs.
the farmers have rendered great as
slstance to the miners. In this county
there are four mines with about SOC
miners on strike. The farmers in this
county have filled the sur~1~ room OF
the wobblies relief kitchen with sacks
of potatoes, beans, etc. The farmers
have informed the strikers that they
will furnish such food products as
long as they have them and ask in
return a pledge from the miners that
they will not go back to work until
they win, nor back to scab.
Rich Farmers Against Strike
This unity of the workers and the
farmers of Colorado is growing. The
exploited poor farmer and the ex-
plotted worker realize more and more