The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-18
illinois Mine Strike
A Lesson in Tactics
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ACONttHOtU JfUHC L u9C OHSy
NM.U. and the Communists. The
Militant and the Trotzkyite (Joe
Angelo are acting openly as the
stool pigeons of the Lewis and Fish
wick machines and the coal opera
tors.
an the Counter Revolutionary
Age the renegade Myerscough joins
with the rest of the counter-revolu-
tionary forces in an attack against
the N.M.U. after sabotaging its work
for some time.
"Jchn Watt, a renegade recently
ousted from the presidency of the
N.M.U., is, according to the local
press, ready to act as a strike break
er. 1t is significant that all these
forces are united. 1t shows very
clearly that the line of the class
struggle is much more clear in &C
ton. Just yesterday, the Trotzky-
ties, Watt, the I.W.W., and the Love
stoneites, were trying to pose as
friends of the miners, and today
they are on the other side of the
barricade, and they are, with the
Lewis and FishWick machines, the
worst and most bitter enemies of
the miners. They are acting as
strikebreakers.
1.-THE strike of the Illinois miners
under the leadership of the National
liners Union struck terror into the
IS of the coal operators. On the
I'D day of the strike the militia
was sent into the field, to protect
the loyal members of the United
Mine Workers of America, to pro
tect' the I.W.W.s who are scabbing.
But bringing the militia into the
field did not help the coal operators.
The miners refuse to work under
the protection of machine guns and
bayonets.
Find New Leaders.
"When the old leaders like Thomp-
son and Voyzay are arrested, new
leaders arise from the ranks of the
miners. Broad rank and file strike
committees have been set up, unit
ing members of the N.M.U. and
U.M.W.A. in the strike. Young
miners committees are set up and
strike committees are leading the
strike
''The miners are using new tao.
tics in spreading the strike. When
one mine in a given territory is on
strike then they march the next day
to another mine, picket it, and with
the help of the miners inside pull
that mine on strike and then march
forward to another mine. The strike
of the miners is successful also be-
cause of the fact that together with
the men, the heroic miners wives,
sisters and children are on the picket
line, showing their determination in
the struggle. The young miners are
playing a very important role, and
are known as the most courageous
on the picket lines, and are giving
leadership to the strike.
This tactic was applied in the
Taylorville section, in Springfield,
Pana, Auburn, Nokomis and other
parts of the northern section of the
Illinois coal fields, as the best
means to spread the strike. This
mass movement of the miners has
grown to such an extent that the
local police forces and Lewis-Fish-
wick gangsters are unable to stop
it. They call the militia for help.
The tactics of the northern section
must be the tactics of the miners
throughout the coal fields of Illinois
and other coal fields.
U.M.W.A. Fascist.
"The assassination of the U. M.
w. A. is one of the fastest develop
ments known today in the labor
movement. With the help of the
police they attack picket lines, and
at the point of the gun they are
keeping out masses of miners from
meetings of the U.M.W.A., so they
can proclaim their strike-breaking
slCtlOllS. lilib was Pefi y
demonstrated at meetings of the
UMWA locals at Buckner and Co.
clio, where the strikers were elected
by the sheriffs and thugs from the
halls. This is true in many other
locations. At the same time the
miners in the northern section voted
in a body at meetings of the U. M.
w. A. to destroy the charters Of the
company unionized U.M.W.A. and
soin the militant N.M.U.
"Flrhwick in lengthy telegram
to the county sheriffs thanks them
for their cooperation with the
U.M.W.A. attempt to stop the
progress of the strike. The U.
M.W.A. and the ALL. in this strug-
gle Of the miners in Illinois stand
naked and exposed as scab and
strike breaking organizations, act
ing also as Pinkerton agency, along
with the Trotskyites and the LW.W.
This strike once more proves to the
working class of this country that
the ALL, the Trotskyites and the
-ostones, the I.W.W., the Music