The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-18
United Front Miners Meet Drafts
Program Of National Struggle

Gay al p. III. Inc conference Closed
with singing of Solidarity"
The Committee of Action held
meeting Immediately afterward and
elected as it's secretary Tom Myers
courgh, out on $12,5OO bail and
charged with rioting and man
slaughter because deputies trying to
kill Tom killed another man on the
picket line instead.
Members OF the Committee of Ac-
ton were proposed by the delegations
they represent, and accepted unan-
imously by the conference as a whole.
They are: $780,.
Western Pennsylvania District:
Tom Myerscough, Fred Siders, Harry
Wilson, Vincent Kemenovich, Dan
Lane Negro miner, Mary Smith and
George Patrick. Kentucky: Jason
Afford, w. N. Mahan and Duncan.
Ohio and West Virginia: Alex Dorsey
Negro minerl, Wright, Firby and
Robert Sivert Anthracite: Carl Her
man, Schwartz, Bronich. Arnold and
Joe Weber Alabama and Tennessee:
Pierce and Braxton. Illinois: Earl
Wilkerson, Joe fash, and Mike Ru-
kivina Youth: A. Wally, Stuewicki
and Brown. Central Pennsylvania:
T O benominated later
Adopt Reports
The full meeting of the conference,
that is, of the delegations from out
side the tri-state struck area and the
executive committees of the stduck
area, heard reports from the series
of district and departmental con-
ferences held today before it as
sembled and in each case adopted
them unanimously.
The Kentucky delegation reported
through Dan Brooks that it was re-
turning tonight to Kentucky with
1000 blank membership cards in the
National Miners Union which it eX-
pe2ted to use within the next few
weeks. 1t decided to call meeting
of the general district strike COM
mittee of Harlan County and intro
duce to it the tactic Of mass picket
! ing.
1t will prepare a state conference
on August / at Wallins Creek and
will also report on the Pittsburgh
conference at mass meetings through
out Kentucky, at the same time
broadening leaflets explaining the
program of the Unity Committee of
Action and of the National Miners
Union. The Kentucky delegation re-
quests that it's relief organization be
added to that of the Pennsylvania
Ohio-West Virginia Relief Committee,
ard announced that it is planning
soup kitchens and sectional and state
wide relief organization 1t proposed
a series of mass demonstrations
throughout Kentucky, Tennessee and
| Virginia for the release Of the 13l
Harlan strikers held in jail, many
of them being charged with murder.
In making the report, the Kentucky
delegation expressed thanks to the
International Labor Defense and con-
fidence that with the support of all
the workers, these men can be freed
The Western Pennsylvania delega-
ton, reporting on its conference thru
Kemenovich, stated that they were
convinced the immediate next step
was still the fight to smash the strike
breaking agreement the UNIV had
made in the Pittsburgh Terminal
Mines. Shortly after the delegation
reported, news was brought that hall
the remaining workers in "P and W.
Mine of the Pittsburgh Terminal had
walked out because, despite the UNIV
contract supposed to assure them IS
cents top, the company cut the
pay to 80 cents.
To Extend Strike
The Central Pennsylvania confer
ence reported preparations to ex-
tend the strike there. A special
United Front Conference has been
called for Sunday, in Johnstown
which will be addressed by Foster
and by Carl Price. These two will
also speak, the same afternoon to a
mass meeting at Woodyale, near
Johnstown. This will be the first
National Miners Union Conference
ever held in Central Pennsylvania.
The joint Ohio and West Virginia
conference reported program Of sec
tional conferences and organization
A sectional conference for the Pan
handle will be held July 20. On the
same date, there will be one in Dill
lcnvaIe, Ohio. On the Goth there will
be a conference. in northern West
Virginia. and on the same date one
for. the Blair section; Ohio, Cambria
Ice will have a sectional conference
on August @, .-s
Bohus, reporting, described plans
to build the Ohio and West Virginia
picket lines in groups, and announced
there would be. next Tuesday hun
ger march in Jefferson county, Ohio
There will be hunger march in Ohio
county, West Virginia, soon. State
hunger marches will follow. Organi-
cation of Joint Unity Committee is
to be started at once, and reliet
committee for Northern West Vir-
ginia. ...s
A report on the role of the young
miners in the industry and in the
present strike was given by A. Wally
National Youth Organizer of the
union William e.. Foster, bringing
greetings of the Trade Union Unity