The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25
By CARL PRICE.

THIS year. August First. the International Day
/ of demonstration against irnperialist war,
finds strike OF 10000 coal miners IN the Pitts
burgh District In the mining field, the steel
towns and in Pittsburgh, the August First DEM
onstration this year will be demonstration IN
support of the strike of the miners against star
walton, q demonstration in support of the de-
mands Of the miners, struggling in the N.M.U.
against the wage cuts, speed-up drive in the coal
industry.
August First demonstrations will be held IN
every section Of the mining field. including
Avella, New Kensington Johnstown, Steuben-
vile, Ohio; Wheeling, West Virginia; Cannons-
burg, Washington, Brownsville, Bentleyville, etc.
These demonstrations have been called by the
Central Rank and File Strike Committee, and
BY the Communist Party. Thousands Of strik-
ing and unemployed miners together with their
families. will demonstrate for the demands Of
the National Miners Union against unemploy-
nent and against the preparation Of the bosses
for irnperialist war.
The August First demonstration will empha-
size the struggle against unemployment. Thou
sands of both unemployed and striking miners
have been evicted. One of the demands on Au-
gust First will be against evictions Of unem-
ployed and strikers, no shutting off of gas, heat
or light Of the strikers or unemployed miners,
and for immediate social insurance for both
unemployed and strikers, and the immediate
appropriation by the county. state and national
government of immediate unemployment relief
TO the strikers and unemployed miners and their
families The hunger marches which were held
IN washington Pa Pittsburgh, demonstrated
the unity of unemployed miners in the mass
struggle now going on in the coal fields.
The August First demonstrations this year will
mark also the outpouring Of thousands to DEM
onstrate the unity Of the unemployed and strik-
ers in the struggle against starvation.
The unemployed workers of Pittsburgh have
already demonstrated their solidarity with the
striking miners The Unemployed Councils Of
Pittsburgh are plcketing the scab employment
agencies in Pittsburgh, which are trying to ship
scabs, to the coal fields Several times in the
last two weeks, large numbers Of unemployed
workers have demolished employment agencies
and prevented the shipment of trucks of scabs.
The unemployed workers of Pittsburgh are be-
ginning a militant struggle for their demands.
Fred Kearns, secretary Of the Unemployed
Council Of the Hill Section, Pittsburgh and
George Brown, young Negro worker, are now
held under $4,000 bond each, because they took
part in preventing sheriffs from evicting an I'M
employed Negro family on the Hill in Pittsburgh.
They are charged with rioting and melting to
riot telonious assault, resisting an officer ana
disturbing the peace. Recently in McKees Rocks,
workers prevented an eviction and organized an
Unemployed Council right on the spot. In
the Pittsburgh August First demonstration to be
held in West Park at 2 pm, the unemployed
workers of Pittsburgh will not only demonstrate
their solidarity with the striking miners, but will
demonstrate on behalf Of the 10000 unen1-
foloyed workers Of the city, against ev1ctions,
against the corrupt Mellon-Kline administration
IN Pittsburgh, which has shut off all relief, and
Is picking I'D workers on vagrsncy charges, and