The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-22

ld1oAIAs lullus, anu drawing IN OF new
members are some of the immediate
steps taken by these branches.
Miners Union Office, declaring they
were hired in Cleveland where Cor
RADIO Bros, has an agency at East
Ninth and Public Square, and at
other places in Cleveland, They we're
not told there was a strike. In fact,
the Corraddo Bros. nan-catchers as
sured them that there was mo labor
trouble"
Corraddo promises the men hired
S6.25 a day and free fare. The first
thing they know of a strike Is when
shotgun deputies are placed In
charge of them at Youngstown. AS
soon as they get to the mine, they
are prisoners, forced to labor at the
point of gun and shot Zone actual
case so far if they try to quit.
Budd-DaviS hires through the In
ternational Agency at 207 Superior,
Cleveland and promises Sc a day,
free fare, free board, and clothing.
When the men get to the mine, they
find deductions are to be made from
their pay for all these things. Pick
citing in Cleveland is necessary.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 2l.-The
National Miners Union has received
the following cablegrams which we're
read amidst great enthusiasm at the
last meeting of the Central Rank
and File Strike Committee:
THE central committee of the
Workers International Relief lat in
ternational headquarters of the w.
I, r., Berlin, Germany sends greet
ings of flaming solidarity to the
striking miners of Pennsylvania.
From the struggle aaginst the wage
cutting offensive, unemployment and
the Young Plan, the German work
ers appeal to the American working
class to support the N. M. U. and the
Workers International Relief in the
present struggle
The other cablegran is as follows:
THE Miners Conference of Wei
helm and the District leadership of
the Ruhr district of the Unity Coun-
Gil Of the miners of Germany send
to the fighting miners of Pennsyl-
vania warm revolutionary greetings
and wish them the greatest success
in their struggle. The miners of the
Ruhr district are preparing their
own struggle against the wage cuts
and the starvation program of the
hunger dictatorship. Long live the
struggle Of all miners against the
murderous mine capitalists! Long
live the solidarity of the whole work.
ing classi
Following are the demands in full
as presented on behalf of the striking
Pennsylvania miners by Frank b.
rich, spokesman for the Pittsburgh
Terminal strikers in the interview
recently with Governor Pinchot of
Pennsylvania. The Daily Worker
heretofore published extracts from
these demands sent over the capital
list news wires;
|, Open hearing in Pittsburgh on
the Pennsylvania mine situation to
give the striking and unemployed
miners an opportunity to expose the
existing mass starvation.
2. Removal of all armed forces,
including state police, coal and iron
police and deputy sheriffs from the
strike area.
8. Immediate release of all pris-
oners arrested in connection with
the strike and unemployment demon
strations.
4. Establishment of state unem-
ployment insurance and immediate
relief to all unemployed workers and
striking miners.
5. No restrictions In any COM
munity on relief collections for the
striking miners.
6. Abolition of injunctions against
the striking miners.
7. Establishment of full right to
speak, to assemble, to picket, and to
demonstrate and annullment OF
sheriffs' proclamation Of Washington
and other counties, denying the
workers these rights.
8. Abolition of terror against for
eign-born workers, right to fully par
ticipate in strike activities and repu-
diation and rejection of Sheriff
Gains proposal for the wholesale
deportation of foreisn-born workers.
8. Abolition of persecution against
Negroes and women in the strike
area.
10, Abolition of evictions the
state to pay the rent for all evicted
workers.
II, Adoption and enforcement of
adequate legislation to protect the
miners from the devastating effects
of the unhealthy and unsafe condi-
tons in the mines.
IL. Abolition of forcible dealing
with company stores-the company