The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-20
RALLY MINERS FOR Big MASS
DEMONSTRATIONS ON AUGUST |;
MASS PICkETING ON TODAY


Up Bionias, and Joe Bianco.
The released men reported TO the
National Miners Union Office that
they were kept on severe monoton-
Gus discipline; up at $50, walk in
the range" which is block of cells
housing from II to 20 mem until
muddy coffee and three slices of bread
are given them for breakfast; walk
again until bad soup and three more
slices of bread come for dinner;
tramp the range again until three
slices of bread and sometimes but
not always, a little hamburger are
given at night, Then they are locked,
each man alone, in a tiny cell at
4 20. Twice week they can send out
for cigarettes, but nobody can bring
them tobacco. They can buy at near
ly double price the lying capitalist
press, but working class papers are
barred, The men had only frag-
mentary news Of the great United
Front National Conference, but were
intensely interested.
Even at that, it's better In Jail
than working for the coal company
for nothing" they said.
MOLLENAUER, Pa, July 17.-Here
is a sample Of Justice" as it operates
in a coal company squire's Office. Mrs.
Alex Gatalsky was summoned before
Squire ], M. O'Rourke, charged with
throwing stones at the automobile of
two of Fagan's henchmen, the broth
ers John j. Dugan and James Du-
gan. The auto was stoned by min
ers' children on a day when Pagan
had announced meeting, but got
cold feet and vanished with his squad
of gunner when he saw the hatred
of the miners.
Now, James Dugan is a former u.
M. w. checkweighman, with soft
county park JOHN his spare time
he peddles Faganism to the miners.
John Dugan is salesman of lottery
mainly, but in his spare time
he also sells Faganism. Squire o.
Rourke is famous as a drunkard, and
is former clerk for the Pittsburgh
Terminal, whose Mine No. 3 is at
Mollenauer.
The Dugans and the squire held
a long conference before the trial.
Previously the Dugans had told Mrs.
Gatalsky's husband that he would
join the U. M. w. and go scabbing,
the case would be dropped.
During the course of the case, the
squire showed the International Labor
Defense Attorney a warrant already
made out against Mrs. Gatalsky,
charging her with rioting which he
said he would have her arrested I'M
der if he ever heard of her being
active in the strike again.
But as for this case of throwing
stones at the Dugan car-the squire
thought, after listening to the vigor-
Gus defense of the National Miners
Union and exposure of the U. M. w.
by both lawyer and defendant, that
he would need more time to decide.
BLAWNOX, Pa, July II. - The
Blawnox Steel Co. recently gave "yel-
low slips to AZ workers, laying them
off and telling them, there's no more
work for you" This lay-of followed
the spreading through the plant of
leaflets Of the Metal Workers Indus
trial League, calling the workers to
unite and struggle against the 1875
per cent wage cut in some depart
ments, and the proposed general Is
per cent cut. Organization into the
League and building of grievance
committees did not stop because OF
the lay-offs.
Then Raleigh the vice president OF
the company, began to call workers
at random into his Office and threaten
them about the leaflet 1t happened
that none of those so called were &C
tually the ones who distributed it.
This not working, a further terror
ristic attempt was resorted to by the
Fifteen workers, again
tlone of those involved in the organi-
cation attempt but just picked by the
at random, were notified
they were to be evicted from COM
pany houses, which Blawnox Steel
owns through its subsidiary. the "Ho-
boken Land Company. No reason
was given for the evictions.
1t is evident that all this is to COW
the men and try to prevent any re-
sistance to the Is per cent cut when
it is announced. Steel bosses are
pending millions and making mil
lions on war preparations. but give
for the unemployed. The
Metal Workers Industrial League, Gil
Penn Ave, calls ON steel workers to
build relief committees for the strik-
ing miners. 1t calls on steel workers
of Blawnox to line up with the rest
of the working class ON August /
and demonstrate against the plans
for imperialist war.