The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-03

Conference of the Mine Workers at Pittsburgh
with the adjournment of the sessions of the Pittsburgh
conference fight the saving of the Union will only
begin. The conference mobilization, Qualification of pro-
gram, measuring of the forces willing to fight for the Union
The mobilization has successfully begun repre-
sented by the 1000 delegates constitute the conscious militant
which could be reached prior the conference and which
physically able to send representatives This preliminary
mobilization overwhelmingly mobilization must
be still gigantic scale The full potential
coal fields be mustered while the
real fight opens
The workers must also the forces of the enemy
they have contend with The membership of the United Mine
Workers Union will not lack enemies for its fight.
Even the bndest worker sees at first glance coal
operators must be fought and beaten.
But the coal operators only small part of the
strike could be the first day, the
forces of the State he fed
government disposal the operators
police Pennsylvania and the police in
other states have been the verv front line of the coal operators
this fight The workers recognize that all of the gi
atve judicial and police machinery of the state will be used
against them and that they not for instant relax their
vigilance and their dstru of all intervention
sort in this struggle.
The forces of government always the side of the
poyerbut in this particular the highest of the
iat government is especially interested in smashing all
unonism the coal industry The coal industry is logically an
integral part of the colossus of fnancecapita and yet
point the monopoly industry
not kept up with other basic industries the process of
onopozaton desired by The biggest finance capitalists The
interests the Trust Rockefeller interests
biggest railroad combines General Motors and the big banking
nteroed with these colossal industrial want
complete monopoly by sweeping trustifca
ton of the remaining coal fields which will eliminate the small
operators.
But when speak the Mellon interests the Trust
the Rockefeller interests the railroad combines General Motors
and the biggest banking concernhese the
Coolidge but small servant of these interests and Coolidge
will do their bidding in doing all in his towards moving
possible government against the workers
(Sti the and must defeat these enemies
Lewis usurpe presidency the United Mine
Workers
ital which especially interested in smashing the Union
That the reactonary officials of the John L. machine
will their command break the strike
at the cost of entire destruction of the Union must be clearly
drstood by every Lewis opposed everything
mine workers stand for Lewis working with the
scab operators help bring about the complete monopozaon
coal production by single Not the organization labor
but the organization of coal mine capital against the workers.
Lewis object Lewis takes into consideration first
all the profits of the rich investors he insists that
take responsibility for stockholders profits before thinking
wages or CONDITIONS instead OF organizing the nonunon fields
he jusfies the reduction of in the Union fields
the competition of the non-union fields.
(StiI the Mine Workers must defeat the Lewis
machine)
There are many nsncere men in every mine field
who quite certain whether they the
Mine Workers or on the side of their enemies These will
uncertain" Uncertain" men are Lewis
But the mine workers can and will compel all uncertain men
get off the fence and declare themselves for against the
workers)
Against all these enemies the coal mine workers can success
fully carry out their struggle
they do it only if they the Pittsburgh
the beginning of their fight The miners they
fight every field and into every unorganzed territory
They win only if they carry their program real
action.
This program be looked upon program of the
United Mine Workers Union alone 1t program which
the entire labor movement.
The victory the Miners will be the victory the entire
working class.
The entire working class must help.
Mine Workers at the beginning of their fight