The daily worker., 1930-03-28
The Labor Leaders of the
Coal Companies

IS Vaccinations Of the coal operators The new
revolutionary miners union, on three import
fronts, leads on a terrific battle against h.
odds In the last two years the National Miners
Union has unquestionably taken its place at
the only force that has heard the sufferings
of the coal miners and organized staunch
struggle against the brutal drive of the coal
operators. The NMU, elimination of the mill
tant, heroic stand of the Pennsylvania Ohio
miners struggle against the treacherous betray-
ais on the part of the officaldom, has taken
its place as the integral force of American
coal miners.
The captains of American industry from ex-
perience know the role that the coal miners
have played in the general history of American
labor. The miners have been organized for
years, they have over half century fought
as well and successfully as any other section
of the American proletarat. The miners today
also represent one of the main forces challeng-
ing the bosses in the cause of the unskilled and
unorganized workers who have been so misera-
bly, treated by the A. F. of L. bureaucracy.
The mass strike of the Illinois miners under
its leadership, the present West Virginia and
Ohio local strikes that are raging in several
places, are a clear indication that the bosses
have not succeeded in hog -teing the coal min
ers. 1t is in this light that the coal operators
along with the ENJOYS from the Hoover peace
in industry government are so vitality interested
in the welfare" of the United Mine Workers
of America The Lewis crowd represent the
staunch, loyal supporters of the Hoover gov
ernment md imperialist plutocracy while the
Fishwick-Peabody coal company combination,
along with the camouflage of Germer, Brophy,
Hapgood, etc, is double safety valve
The coal perators are not asleep, they are
of -y11Irop hat I11a1 i1,cra
fits as a result of John L. Lewis's rationaliza-
ton program, will not be interrupted They
will support both movements. Both move
ments are in action at the command
of the coal operators, the menace of
the National Miners Union in the coal and
iron miners to the operators determines such
course. The salaries and expenses of the
officialdom is a guarantee when the coal min
ers ceased to be hog-tied to the "check-off,"
when all resources of the miners have been
squandered, the coal operators will be there to
cover the differences and vouch for the safety
of the pot bellied, diamond studded takers that
strut at large, calling themselves representa-
tives of the interests of the miners.
Bribed Boss Agents.
Does anyone doubt this for moment? No one
one else but John L. Lewis accused Harrington
and Fishwick, during the hectic 1922 national
struggle of the coal miners, of receiving the
stipulated sum of 100000 from the Lester
Coal Company, the company that was respon-
sible for the herding Of scabs in the heart of
southern Illinois that resulted in the famous
Herrin riots, where the union miners routed
the scabs and decisively defeated the united at
tempts Of the union officials and the coal oper-
ators to make break in the center of the
great strike.
Harrington and Fishwick never denied this,
they attempt to justify their act by counter
charging that Lewis had received $65000 from
the Hartman bank of New YORK as compen-
sation for certain IDEAL" that Lewis and the
international officers pulled off in selling out
in the most shameful.manner the 100000 miners
of the coke regions of Green, Fayette and Som
erset counties of Pennsylvania. The takers
were fighting over which gang received the
most. However, the left wing forces brought
pressure upon them and they united together
in order to save themselves from office.
The National Miners Union Convention.
The answer of the coal miners to these fake
conventions have been a splendid sign Of poll
tical aertness and class-co consciousness The
miners never permitted the allies of the coal
operators to fool them. The reply Of The coal