The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-27
The Illinois Mine Strike---A A
Struggle of the Whole
Working Class!
Two facts stand out in the struggle of the Illinois


q The miltany of the working class in the strike districts
where 10000 miners end their famesome 100000 aogthehave
SHOWN by mass pcetng and the continuation of the struggle spite
Of the open campaign bosses
Lewis FangtonF Fshwick machine government the
reaction.
2 The extensive character of the aniworking united
including the bureaucracy socialist
party the and national
and gunmen recruited from the gangser districts of Chicago
is clear that in such struggles the Illinois strike while the
main issues simply those of hours conditions
masses Of workers in basic ndustryhe entire force of the cap
taist class and their government against
The Illinois strike political struggle very
dh striking miners confronted with the armed forces of
the govenmentbh official and unofficial and privately paid
armed mercenares.
drawa of unconditional jailed strikers darmng
of the fascist gangs of the coal barons, etc.
1t is entirely futile the paid press say
that the strike Communist strike that the regular"
issues have been showed into the background
that the more the National Miners Union stresses the and
working conditions demands the sharper the struggle becomes Pre-
csey because the militant
not betrayed.
The basic struggle attempt baons
to maintain profits at the of the miners and their
families This drive launched right after the Jacksonville
ing january 1924 the United Mine
planned by the coal barons with the cooperation John Lewis who
agreed that meeting to help 100000
industry.
Chronic unemployment has the outstanding characteristic
of the Illinois mine situation for five long machinery
is the
biggest coal producer worker employed of all mines the world
workemoval of rock ehave been
discontinued altogether The and living of
have been lowered constantly and rapidly
The Illinois strike is basic struggle. 1t the fight
of the working with its back wabu
its situation where has been defensive
The Illinois struggle is the kind of all
lean workers in decisive industries will have More than
that the whole exploited population will be coming
struggles The shock troops of class Illinois already
the battle front.
No issue which affects the lives of the
attract attention Lenn the struggle
workers the right drink the bosses
of such small beginnings the revolutionary
which brought the working class led by its Bev
But to specialize such issues without the raising
important broadening the base the struggle
pairing the and the whole working sectional
finally national strike in the industry the oppoune
would condemn the struggle sranguon brought about by
and lack of perspective this sharpening
class conflicts resulting from the everowng kenness of the class
relationships.
The task comrades in the coal fields and Party
whole spread Illinois struggle
other industries
Mne Fight for demand that beers conditions
weakens the coal barons
Spread the strke Widen the leadership the struggle bring
ing rank and file miners all committees!
Smash the reactonay y throwing fresh poaran
into the struggle!
the shops and factories in the ports and the railroads!