The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-01
By IRING KEITH

A MINER working at the Underwood Colliery
II Of the Penna, Coal Co.. near Throop, Pa,
brings home pay of $29.26 after two weeks Of
work under killing speed-up system. He has
few children to support and asks HOWE A
young mine laborer working at an other colliery
in Throop brings home $1,000 pay after $3.50 is
deducted for ton Of coal. He worked 10 shifts
Of hours each in the two weeks for which the
pay is. A young worker working in the breakers
gets about $500 to $500 per day. The miners
are being forced to turn out more coal; the
operators demand and are getting, higher tops
piled on the cars; they want clean coal and
more Of 1t. They are speeding up the mine work.
ers in order to get this increased production.
Wages, paid according to the car are not going
up, the miner must load between a half a ton
to ton more coal in each car. About IS per
cent Of the miners in the Anthracite who are
working are only working two or three days per
week Over fifteen thousand miners are unen-
ployed. The suffering Of the miners, once we'll
paid, is indescribable. In many towns miners
children cannot go to school because OF lack Of
clothing and Shoes
The United Mine Workers of1cialdom, the
Lewis machine, have put across one of the black
est betrayals Of the interests of the miners to the
Anthracite operators. The agreement, which
went into effect on September 1st, paves the way
for the e-cutting and speed-up campaign of
the operators. The improved car of coal" means
speeding up the miners and docking them few
days If the coal is not clean. 1t is wage cut
for the miners; 1t means more profits for the
check-off is system Of robbery whereby the
district and international officers of the UNIV.
are assured OF collecting over $150,000 per month
IN the Anthracite regions. The clause which
takes from the grievance committees the right
ton" 1t is, in other words giving the operators
the right to cut the wages whenever they please
James Davis, Secretary of Labor of the u S.
and now republican candidate for u S. Senate
in Pennsylvania, was present at the signing of
the agreement between the UNIV. and the
Anthracite operators. He put the official OK. Of
the bosses government on the five and half
year no-strike agreement. Now the UNIV en-
dorses him for the senate and his running mate
Clifford Pinchot for the Governorship. Pinchot
and Davis parade as friends Of labor" For
years Davis in his capacity Of Secretary of Labor
was in the forefront Of every attack of the Wall
Street government on the workers. He was
leader in demanding anti-labor legislation
Pinchot's record as governor Of the state before
proves him an arch strike breaker, surpassed
only perhaps by his running mate. Today they
offer nothing for the workers but promises Of
pubic CONSTRUCTION 10 relleVe UNEMPLOYMENT
Pinchot promises that if elected he will replace
the oal & Iron police with state constabulary
It'll be cheering to the workers to know that the
gunner who will shoot them when they demon
strate for Unemployment Insurance or go on
strike will wear the uniform of the state Of
Pennsylvania instead of the one they wear now
Hemphill, the wet liberal" is the democratic
and liberal parties candidate for the Governor
ship. The bus which carries stamping COM
mittee through the state is marked Built by
American Workers Of American Materials" 1t
should read, Built by American Workers under
Killing Speed-up at SIS Weekly Wage" The
main issue raised by Hemphill is that Pinchot
drives foreign car while he drives an American
made Ford This, he claims, helps American
prosperity. The democrats also promise public
works" to relieve unemployment They promise
an "old age pension law" but do not specify how
much or at what age one is entitled to 1t. 1t
dates offer nothing to the workers.
James Maurer is the standard bearer Of the
socialist" party. He has been member of the
Socialist" city council in Reading, Pa for long
time The unemployed workers in Reading get
no social insurance. The socialist party has many
times sent organizers to various hosiery mills In
Reading to discourage the workers from going on
strike against wage cuts. Maurer exposed him.
self and his party completely When he spoke
Partisan League, 1t was announced that he
would speak at an open mass meeting . week
later. He was told that the mayor had threat