The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-18
z MINERS KILLED THROUGH Meal ESTER BOSSES GREED
Miners! Now Is the Time to
Fight! All Workers! Support
the Strike!

Now is the critical of the Illinois miners strike.
Mines in practically every important subdstrict of the
state have been shut down. the miners mlany pick
eng tear and machine fire have failed to stop
them from pckeng and from marching. Arrests have
failed to ntimidate them in fact, at Livingston where
Mayor Gor pulled and tried to personally place under
arrest the treasurer of the National Miners Union
and the head Of the unions youth department. angry miners
simply took the prisoners away from the authorities and
set them free.
This is a good spirit but this is not enough.
It is not enough to merely keep the scabs away from
the mines that have struck There not enough mines
strike to victory of real Importance If $4,000
strike the turning point toward victory toward
defeat lies with the next $4,000 The strike must spread
The today that the grievance board of the Illinois
district of the National Miners Union has issued $4,000
strike call leaflets and intends to circulate them in the
regions still at work. is good but all depends the
effectiveness of the distribution The best distribution is
by of marching miners, crushing through all
position and pcketng the mines that have not struck yet
The miners enemies realize the Importance of the
few days well do Yesterday Harry Fshwick dis
trict president of the company unon the United Mine
Workers of America District of Illinois, used the Music
organ the Federated Press declare the N NJ u strike
failure. "That collapse said Fishwck marks the end of
the N. NJ u"
Fishwick lies, but this lie is dangerous lie, weapon
in the class war.
The bosses press tries to tell the story. fake
meeting at Langeyve mine of the Peabody Coal Co. where
the right wing local president called few of his henchmen
together and got slim majority with only few of the
mitans present for returning to work. being featured
in the capitalist press though it marked the beginning of
the end of the strike.
1t does not. The miners in Christian County will know
that lie for what s and they will not be fooled But the
lie is intended to fool the Herrn miners debating whether
they should join the strike; meant bosses weapon
in Kentucky in Indiana to which the strike must be spread
the Illinois miners to the full fruits of victory
the exploited miners of Kentucky and Indiana to gain
anything.
This barage of capitalist and labor faker lies must be
counteracted.
The miners not yet strike must be told the facts
They must know that the strike is spreading They must
know that terrific battle is for the sxhour day and the
fiveday week. for $35 minimum wage for bigger
the machines and rest periods every hour against the check
off against penalties against discrimination for equal treat
ment of the youth and of Negro workers, etc.
Any hesitancy any sackenng of the miners offensive
any sinking back to rest weWon aures would be fatal
Every miner must jump into the fight be-
fore Every worker must support with money contributions
the Workers International Relief to feed the strikers and
the international Labor Defense to protect the arrested
miners Every worker must be ready for sympathetic strikes
stop the of scab COAL stop the transportation of
scabs and scab coal Now is the critical moment