The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-27
United Front tor Action Against Hunger, Terrorism

The Pittsburgh Press also rejoices in the
peaceful settlement" between the Pittsburgh
Terminal Coal Company and the UNTWA.
The Post-Gazette, not so interested in the po-
1itica1 fortunes of Pinchot, stresses more the
Importance Of reorganization of the industry as
a whole"-federal control with the UMWA as
the fascist instrument for naturalization The
Post-Gazette says:
Resumption Of contract relations between the
United Mine Workers and the Pittsburgh Ter
minal Coal Company will be generally accepted
as a constructive development in the present
strike situation The wage scale accepted
in the contract is no higher than that paid by
a number of companies now operating on an
open shop basis and is not as high some.
Pennsylvania cannot be considered as a single
unit, but must be grouped with other coal pro-
ducing states that are in direct competition with
it for the same markets. The hope of permanent
betterment lies in the reorganization Of the in
dustry as a whole. The federal. government is
the only agency that can compel consideration
of the industry's ills on this scale. That it has
become an emergency situation is evidenced by
the continued outbreaks of Misunderstanding
loss Of lfe-that have marked the strike in the
past week" CMy enphasis-B.D0
The un-Teegraph Gearst) says: "The salts
faction felt over the announcement that the
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company has entered
into an agreement with the UNTWA is marred by
the killing of bystander and the wounding of a
number Of strikers in battle between the lat
ter and deputy Sheriffs employed by the Pitts
burgh Coal Company at its Arnold City mine.
They are nominally responsible to the sher-
if, but are paid by the coal company-an unde-
sirable condition"
We see the capitalist press Pinchot and the
UNIWA officials united on the policy of sta
biIizing the coal industry, curing its ills" at
the expense of the miners. The agreement
with the PFC. Co. Is rightfulIy welcomed by
these elements as a step in the right direction.
1t Is a wage cutting agreement for mines that
already paid a starvation wage.
The capitalist press Is likewise united on the
question Of abolishing the armed coal and iron
police and deputy shertffs paid by the coal
companies-and replacing them with better
armed, better trained, better disciplined, and
therefore more effective state cossacks.
The socialist party which, at its district con-
vention here recently supported the UMWA-
Pinchot-capitalst press policy of 're-organiza-
ton Of the industry as a whole follows in the
footsteps of the liberal bourgeoisie by laying the
entire blame for the murders and nlaimings
upon the deputy sherffs 1t calls in it's public
statement for "the immediate arrest of every
deputy involved in the shooting on charge Of
murder" In other words the socialist party
which up to date has "aided" the miners by
gathering contributions for the strike breaking
UMWA, proposes to punish murderers of work.
ers, hired by coal operators, by turning them
over to the courts controlled by their paymas-
tiers. The socialist party would like to have
workers believe that there are some political diff
ferences between courts and gunner in this
principality of Schwab and Mellon.
John L. Lewis has recently called upon Hoo
yer to sponsor the Reorganization of the indus
try as whole" Senator James j. Davis in
speech in Pittsburgh the other day urged the
Reorganization of the industry as whole and
intimated that it would be quite easy to get
around any legal obstacles such as antitrust
laws If serious effort were made
Howat, now once more in the arms Of Lewis,
is likewise for the Reorganization of the in
dustry as a whole Frank Keeney and Fred
Mooney, whose leadership Of the somewhat
nebulous West Virginia Mine Workers Union, is
of the Musteite persuasion, are also for re-
organization of the industry as whole" under
government auspices
All of these elements, openly or covertly, are