The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-03
LANSING MINERS
SHOW SOLIDARITY
ut Big MASS MEET
10 Back Save Union
Movement to Limit

tSpeciqt to The DAILY WORKER.)
LANSING, O., (By Mail).--At a
meeting held on June 4th in Lansing,
the miners showed what real solidarity
meant. Fully three hundred and fifty
OF them Packed the hall where only
two days before the deposed sub-dis-
trlct officials, aided by the women
jailers, sheriff Hardesty and bis
deputies, and representative of the
American Federation Of Labor, could
not get fifty men in, altho they sent
trucks and cars to various parts Of
the sub7district to transport Lewis
men to the meeting.
The meeting was opened by Frank
Sepich, the new sub-district vice
praald1nt, who spoke on the need for
Ehe rank and file to control the union
3bEd its officers.
III John Barto, one of the local men
S'and also one of the new TRUSTEES, was
interrupted turnout his speech by APP
plause and it was very soon proved
to him that we could hold a meeting
in peace for the Lewis gang did not
have nerve enough to come down and
break up the meeting SO we did not
need sheriffs to protect US.
Brother Weber told of the school
Naining received by the children and
pointed out that each child would have
chance to be president if he first
became a nationally known strike
breaker. He told of governor Danahey
and his milk men, who protect the
scabs and his democracy in Ohio by
using clubs, failing women and starry
ing babies.
When asked if they were willing to
give up now and go back where they
were thirty-eight years ago when the
uaion was built, there was murmur-
ing dissent and not single man was
IN favor of doing it.
II Miners Behind Saye-the- Union.
U In conclusion, president Bob Matu-
SAX, Of the sub-distriet, spoke. Here
more than anywhere else the miners
showed that they are all for the Save
the Union movement.
Bob speaks in convincing tone and
has no flewery speeches to make. One
amusing incident he told was as fol-
lows. At Duneanweed he and the
vice-president were present to hear
what the fat boys had to say. There
was quite an argument and in the
course of it, a man who used to work
in noa-union field got up to defend
the chairman, who was reactionary.
The chairman, evidently mistaking
his intention, said, "You shut up,
damn you. You used to be scab,"
This so enraged the man that he
finally changed to the Save-the- Union
, bunch on the other end of the hall
J and it was very soon proved to him
that we can hold meeting in peace,
A speaker emphasized the differ
ence between the reactionary officials
with their sheriffs and the Save-the-
Union meeting with SO much en-
thusiasm: He told of the money that
was being used by the reactionarias
in taking away the charters and seals
while the babies go hungry. he also
proved that Lewis must break up the
union or face charges of embezzle-
n,ent in the next convention.
Brother Joe Weber, who is very ac-
tive turnout the sub-district, was the
next speaker. His opening words
We're, = am very much disappointed,
my good friend and women jailer, Mr..
Sardesty, is not present" But he was
not to be disappointed for altho the
sheriff could not be present the chief
Of police of Bridgeport was there. He
did not stay long, however, when he
found he was not wanted.
at the conclusion of this meeting,
this appeal was made: Fight for your
kiddies! Give support to your new
sub-district officersl
The way the applause sounded it
would take more than a few of John
L. Lewis scab dollars and more than
a few blows on the head from clubs
of strikebreaking county and state Of
ficers to change their minds.