The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-29
Striking Miners
Send Thanks
For Solidarity

| wonderful assistance IN our struggle
against starvation, which you have
given US" a letter from local No. 126,
National Miners Union of Coverdale,
Pa, declares.
"Our Comrade Frank Koran who
has just returned from New York,
told us of the sacrifices you made in
our behalf.
I'VE hope you will continue to give
us your assistance because we have a
much bigger struggle now, and our
strike is spreading We have added
Kentucky, West Virginia and Central
Pennsylvania to our struggle, and we
hope to spread it to every mine in the
country. Because we must win this
strike, and then nothing will keep us
back from winning national agree
ment for all the miners of this here
United States.
"Our slogan is: Fight to the end
against starvation conditions"
The letter was adopted by the rank
and file strike committee and signed
by its chairman, Andrew Snyder, To-
cal union No. 126 president, Charles
Sage and H. j. Arnold, secretary.
MCKEESPORT, Pa, July %. - The
steel workers of McKeesport held a
big picnic in lakewood Park last Sun
dya to raise funds to help feed the
striking miners families. Workers
went from house to house to sell tick
etc. $3.50 was brought into the Penn
sylvania Ohio Striking Miners Relief
Committee headquarters at Gil Penn
Ave, Pittsburgh, today. The remain
der Of the proceeds will be turned in
when all tickets are settled for.
Frank Hill, young steel worker, told
about the miners struggle against
starvation. The workers responded
literally with a spontaneous collec-
ton.
Five young workers, members of the
Solidarity Sports Club, brought
large truck, tightly packed with can
ned foods, bread and clothing from
Farrell, Pa, to the Pittsburgh head
quarters of the Pennsylvania Ohio
Striking Miners Relief Committee at
| GIL Penn Avenue
In addition, the young workers
brought $3.50, collected among their
members. They took back to Farrell
collection lists so that the entire club
could organize and participate in a
widespread collection for relief.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July %. - II
truckloads of food and clothing were
received here today from New York
City. Another large truckload came
from Detroit. The food was irnme-
diately divided and sent to dozens of
strike camps. The clothing is being
divided and within the next days will
also be sent into a few mining towns.
Food is needed by scores Of other
strike camps. All available funds are
stretched TO reach as many camps as
possible. Shoes, also, are greatly in
demand.
The need is still tremendous. AL
ready $4,000 families need relief. And
with the spread Of the strike, comes
greater and greater demands for
bread. The Relief Committee is ap-
pealing to all workers to collect funds
and rush them to the Pittsburgh
headquarters. GIL Penn Ave. Women
and children, as well as the menfolk,
who are terrorized on picket lines,
ask for one meal day. This must
be supplied.
Many Trade Union Unity League
organizations, American Federation of
Labor locals, Communist Party units,
fraternal societies, as well as thou
sands Of individual workers have al
ready responded and made it possible
to supply bread to strike camps in
four states.
Today's contributions, among 9TH
ers, come from the Cleveland branch |
of the Pennsylvania Ohio Striking
Miners Relief, $500 Gag day re-
ceipts); Carpenters Local 257, N. Y. |
c., $40; German Beneficial Union of |
Baltimore, $40; of DiIles Bottom
Ohio Branch, SIS, and the Indianap-
oils Branch, IS; the German Solvak
Workers Society Of Newark, N. j., !
500; Westville, ILL.,, $4317 and Yu-
kon, Pa.
Butchers Local 174, S25; Commu-
mist Party Nucleus 81 of New York
City, $25; National Croatian Home,
Detroit, $50; Ukrainian Working
mems Assn, Scranton, $25; George
town Lithuanian Citizens Club, $40;
Finnish women's organizations of
group of Rhode Island towns. S26.25.
From the branches of the Penna-
Ohio Relief Committees in Walker
vile, Montana, 1920; Akron, Ohio,
$l25; st. Louis, SIS; Cleveland, $500;
Pittsburgh, $50; Houston, Texas,
$14.33; McKeesport, $3.50. Additional
donations came from the Red Build
ers' Club. Los Angeles; Mill unit in
North Carolina; International Labor
Defense of Atlanta, Georgia, S..
Finnish Socialist Branch, West Paris,
Maine, $l135.
Swift Gifts ParkinC