The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-08
3 new LOCALS
FOR NATIONAL!
MINERS union
Injunction Won't Halt
Conference in Sub !.
Districts Sunday
e.
Watt Calls in UMWA
Tries to Pack Staunton
Meet With Fakers

WEST FRANKFORT, ILL.,, Nov.
7..-There are three new local
unions Of the National Miners
Union ready to enter the battle for
the s,x-hour day, and union condi-
tons in the coal mines. Organizer
freeman Thompson has wired for
charters for these three new locals
in Springfield sub-district, the capi-
tai city Of the Fishwick-F Harrington
CLIQUE now running the Illinois dis
trict of the United Mine Workers
company union, and the home town
of John Lewis, international presi-
dent of the u. M. W.. A.
An important sub-district confer
ence will be held in Springfield Sun
day to mobilize forces to carry OUT
the decisions Of the district con-
vention called by the National Min.
ers' Union and held Oct. 26 and p
in Belleville.
1t appears now that one of the
very best Of the proposed sub-dis'
trict conferences will be that ir
Harrisburg, Saline County, in the
southern part of Illinois. The min
ers there are ralying in force to the
militant N. M. u, in spite of every
obstacle the coal operators, the cap
italist courts, and the u. M. W. A
conthrow in their way. The enemy
has even gone so far as to secure
an injunction prohibiting r. Q
Rice, organizer for the n M. U.
from walking the streets Of certain
parts of Wasson, the company towr
here he lives.
Plans are complete for good
conference in Staunton sub-district
at Staunton. This is an important
coal enter, and the sub-district con-
pference will be particularly jmpor-
tant because Staunton local has this
only following of Watt, the national
president now rejected overwhelm-
ingly by the rank and file of the
N. M. u, on account Of his anti
worker policies
Next door to Staunton is Living
ston, one of the largest locals, which
has entirely repudiated Watt, and
will not even permit him to speak
at its meetings The Staunton sub
district i'll have complete National
Miners Union conference, under the
leadership of the grievance commit
tee =
Watt Calls U. NJ. w. A.
Watt is issuing his own confer
cncc call, proposing to pack it with
Fishwick delegates. His call from
Staunton states: Representation
shall be five delegates for each one
hundred members, who shall be
elected at regular or special meet
ings called for this purpose. A spe-
cial invitation is sent to all local
unions of the U. M. w. A., which
have not broken over to the Ma
tional Miners Union, to send dele
gates to this conference on the same
basis of representation"
The National Miners Union in
vites delegates from U. M. w. A.
locals, but only from such as shave
taken action to repudiate the U.
NJ. w. A. takers, stop paying them
dues, ETC., but have not as yet
transformed themselves into N. M.
U. locals" (From the call of the
District Grievance Board of the N.
M. u, Illinois district.)
Watt claims that his instructions
for U. M. w. A. delegates were is
sued "in accordance with instruc'
tions sert out by District Griev-
ance Board of the National Miners
Union" but comparison of the
two calls will show that this is not
so.
These conferences are for Sunday
November 10, and another is ar.
ranged for the same date in Belle
vile, the place the district conven.
tion was held.
The conference originally intend
ed to be held Nov. 10 in West
Frankfort, seat of the district Of
fjces of the National Miners Union,
which will make the conference
there much more important thar
was supposed. i Aea