The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-29
The Challenge of Logan County


point from which the scab coal magnaes conduct operations to
break unonism throughout West Virginia and in Kentucky
and Tennessee
But this gives no excuse for Percy Teow agent of the
L. Lewis machine the Union lie for the benefit of the scab
coal operators in estfyng about notorious Logan county be-
fore the fake Investigation committee of the senate
What kind "leader" is Teow who position of
president Of District II of the United Mine Workers. district
having the glorious traditions in the annals of Laboas he
publicly offers OF the scab coal operators out
side of the county for abandoning the Jacksonville scale break
ing contracts with the Union and sutng the scab shop
the ground that they have to do to meet the competition OF
Logan County?
When this yelo-streaked ader offers an aib for his
cowardy failure to rebuild United Mine Workers.
mery splendid organization in West Virginia the ground
that Logan County has always been closed against the Union
when at the time he provides a for the scab coal
orators of the rest of the state destroying Union
ing slaves of the miners the ground that the Logan County
operators "underseing them-Mr Teow showing him
self to be typical representative of the crawling begging
policies of the John Lewis machine of which
member
In every that has been made eight years the coal
industry the scabherng operators have successfully
policy making Union take responsibility for the cond
ton of the industry the from
forcing their demands until after they be quite that the
wealthy stockholders of the coal properties are getting fat dv
dends John L. Lewis the United
Mine Workers Union under his presidency guarantee good
salary to himself second to see that the stockholders of the cor
porations dividends profits and third and last the
shall have somethngprovded they get without fight
ing for it.
Is there any not understand what it
when this fellow Teow put the stand president of
the West Virginia district of the Union testify that the
competitive field is faced with the necessity of abandoning
Union wage scale?
Is such fit to be labor leader?
Notorious Logan County" is pague-spot the map of
coal mningbu what Teow president of District Seventeen
of the United Mine Workers Union for up
plague spo Why it that Lewis and Tetow and Kennedy
given practically all of the Union territory in West Virginia
while refusing make effort brave gunner
Of Logan County and to organize that territory Every tradition
of the fighting miners of West Virginia wiped off the slate by
Lewis who puts in their place the policies of strike organ
zaton of the unorganed expulsion every worker who
class collaboration between Lewis bureaucracy
selling the mine workers the capast
political party that headed by Andrew W. Mellon, Millionaire
scab coal property owner
Logan county giving to the cab operators
claims the necessity Union wages
where in order to meet the competition of Logan County mines
Teow had enough be fit for the presidency
II ne would put through the organization of the mines of Logan
County instead of whining abs for the other operators
Secondly the militant membership of the United Mine Workers
of America cannot let Notorious Logan County be perpetual
cowardy of the Union to refuse to organize
the great majority of the coal mine workers of Ameawho
unorganzed
Notorious Logan County" of so many murders of
union men, not the main reason why 100000 mine workers
unorganzed.
Lewis agent of the coal operators more
of and notorious Teow notorious Murray
Pagan notorious Kennedy and notorious Cappenhe whole
notorious which openly boasts of the policy collaboration
with the enemies of the workerhe the
why the Mine Workers Union Quilted than half
of its members and the Unionug coal reduced to
ptifu thirty per cent.
The United Mine Workers America must clean up Logan
County. John L. Lewis & Co. won't do it,
100000 unorganized mine workers must be organized
into the Union. John L. Lewis & Co. won't do it,
The inosnda district the Anthracite districts and
Kansas and all other dsrtctS of the u M W. of
brought into the fighting line to win the strike John Lewis
4 Co. against doing that)
The four strategic unorganized counties Penns
vana must out April l6 John L. is against it
John Lewis and his whole corrupt bureaucracy opposed
TO that will win the strike
OF this the most important of all the American
So John L. Lewis must 60 With him go his funkeys
Tetlow Kennedy Murray Pagan Fshwick Hail. Cappeni Boy
an and all other traitors who cutting Union within
The great national Savethe Union Conference