The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-02
HARLAN COAL
MINERS CALL
FOR ACTION
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only two and three days a week,
without ever seeing any cash. Our
families are starving. Our children
are dying Of hunger. The coal ap-
orators are not satisfied even with
these intolerable conditions. They
continue TO cut our wages, to worsen
our conditions and to increase our
starvation in order that they may pile
up bigger profits.
I'm order to carry out their Starva-
ton program the coal operators have
brought in the worst characters from
all over the Countrywide gunner,
who are terrorizing the militant
miners and their families. The ter
ror in Kentucky is simply going mad.
Thirty-six of our miners are facing
the electric chair, and more than q
hundred and fifty are facing long
jail sentences. Continual arrests and
terrorization of militant miners are
taking place daily. Over four thous-
and OF the most militant miners are
BE- c,-listed and are exposed to hor-
+ hunger. The "blacklisting'
pcncy of the operators is spreading
throughout the state. We, the en-
ployed miners, are not permitted to
support the soup kitchens of the
blacl1listed miners. Some Of our best
fighters have been driven out Of the
country, and their families left with
out any means to live on. The gun
men are raiding and destroying the
homes and the furniture OF the
miners. When we protest against
these slave-conditions the governor
sends troops against us, the judges
issue injunctions and every other gov
ermental power is used to whip us
into submission.
The u. M. w. A. and The i. w. w.
Arc Betraying Us
Tn the spring of this year we went
on strike against the above condi-
tons. The United Mine Workers Of
America, with its long record of be-
trayals, took over the leadership Of
our strike only to betray us once
more. When the governor sent his
armed forces against us the U. M. w.
A. disappeared from the field. The
I. W. w. fully participated in this
shameful betrayal. Thus the U. M,
W. A. and I. w. w. are helping the
coal operators to keep us in sub
mission Now, when we are once more
organizing, under the Natiopal Miners
Union leadership, to strike against
starvation, the U. M. w. A. and I.
". W. are again trying to step in
In order TO again betray US. We must
be ON guard against these agents OF
the coal operators.
We Must Defeat the Slave
Conditions.
"Shan we continue TO work and
starve? Shall we continue to permit
the coal operators and their gum
men to terrorize us? Shall we permit
I've coal operators to continue to
7f'1cklist us7 Shall we permit that
t',irty-six of our comrades die in the
electric chair. and that a hundred
5i'Sy of them go to serve long jail
essences, because they fought against
tie intolerable conditions? Shall we
] < peacefully on while our children
cying of starvation? The answer
] lar: We cannot and must not
! II these conditions to exist any
j :. We have starved long enough
We have been terrorized too long
+, rust organize and strike In order
10 defeat the starvation program Of
4 coal operators and their agents
Every man and woman. Negro and
white, young and old, yes. and every
child, must organize to fight against
hunger and terror.
Now Is the time when we have the
best opportunity to put an end to
starvation and terror. We have built
our own militant organization-The
National Miners Union. Our union Is
strong enough to lead the miners In
strike and to defeat the coal op-
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