The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
I. s. SENDS WAR NOTE THREA TENINC SOVIET REPUBLIC
Illinois Miners Are In Revolt;
General Strike December 9

The miners of Illinois will strike the district
December the call of the National Miners Union.
sands coal dggers will be ketng before struck mine
and thousands will call
workers into the biggest militant battle of their
The miners are revolt against wage cuts inflicted on them
against such dangerous underground conditions as has just Yesterday
killed them the Old Ben mine West Frankfort against
with the A against arbitration
their grievances and against the robbery of the cheo which
taken their the and the baed
the U. W. peedup unemployment
which has half them work within the last three
Illinois fighting hour the
day week. Led last by their union the National Miners Union
the burning of of injustice will through the
Illinois fields organized of the best
fighters in the American labor movement.
Every worker the country rally support
heroic struggle
Every the employers their their shers and depu
ties their militia undoubtedly the gangsters of the Fshwick and
United Mine Workers of America will be hastily
mobizd this big movement of miners whose fighting
the wildcat" strike of 919 in stubboy fought strikes
in and 1927-1928.
And only with brute force will the fight The
guers of the Music movement the deeas
senng the Cannon and Loveston enegas already busy spread
ing pessmsm trying to msea trying to split and divide the work
office n National Miners Union
movement which controls the Federated Press
hundred speaks is the custom with
with % and and but clearly enough for all that
Operators Associations union In this
utonary he American working class all industries
and to lead section of into the slough of new ALL with pro
gressve camoufage Hae petybougeois scrbber
of the FP writes article its service of Nov so entitled;
these Musteies base seputsbe saying
Fshwicks from the UMWA becomes second
then the according to gossip for
federation They hint alleged hope to bring
broherhoods which betrayed the hopmens
unions whose gangses assault
garment pckets New York. and other
ALL" undoubtedly the
Union that betrayed the Ezabethton and
srikes-for it controlled by the Music
Such organization-f formedwould have it ele
Sinner than those admitted labor uen-
ants capital and the VOLS and would be
radcad workers of
L. The Music and their Federated Press
they could bring such movement about
of
workers situation where is longer possible
for them to speak retaining the graft
Apparently in the words of Carl Haesser in the above
be well discount these specuaons
should of these tricks and not be fooled
by huge liberalism thrown the Fish
W. Workers well recognize that
background other than Frank Far
and readmtted to the Fish
wick hand mantle representative of the
Illinois Coal Operators.
The strike Miners Union Illinois must
of militant workers The OF them
unemployed relief There will certainly be need for
legal defense brutal used against these
Gasona The whole history of the Illinois
miners they defend themselves and have
submitted tamey terrorism by the bosses
the strike, will be red letter day in
American history celebrated in the future date Of
of the whole revolutionary work
ing class of modified back of the strike this
Union be beaten state,
revolutionary labor forward with un-
precedented speed
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