The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-14


building their own union, are leading
the first really big struggle against
the starvation program of the CAPT.
talists in this period of crisis.
BENTLEYVILLE, Pa, July H.
Cokebwg Junction mine of the Hahn
81 Hahn Co., tried to reopen yester-
day (July 100 and instead of the 100
men they predicted would be there,
hardly one got in. There was a fine
picket line. Five big women sat on
one Scab until he yelled for mercy.
HENDERSONVILLE, Pa. July f2.-
Henderson Coal Co., evicted several
families yesterday, and moved them
three or four miles down the road
and drop them with their furniture
off on the road side, in the midst of
a heavy rain. This is one of tho
places tents are needed.
There are so many eviction in the
Cannonsburg section, that the section
strike committee has a special sub
committee with truck which is not
used for anything else than to gather
UP evicted families furniture and
carry 1t TO places where some one
will keep it under cover.
COVERDALE. Pa, Jly lathe
United Mine Workers officials have
found out that something is happen
ing in Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Co.
mine No. here. The miners are
coming out again. In this emergency,
Pat Pagan, district president OF UNIV
rushed down to be the chief stool for
the company. Yesterday he stood at
the shaft entrance as the men came
out, and approached each one with
a demand that he join the UMWA.
Whoever refused was pointed out to
the superintendent by Pagan, to be
immediately fired
But no terror and no UMWA, spy
ing can keep these men working un-
der the UMWA slave contract. Here
is the pay slip of the man who Is the
highest paid in this mine; he has
what all agree is the very best sec
ton" in the mine. For two weeks
work, he was credited for $35.2S. Then
the company took away 81 for lights.
So for caps and powder, rs cents for
doctor, ..s125 for insurance, rs cents
for smithing, so cents for bath house,
rs cents for dues to the U.M.W.A,
81 to pay the UNIV checkweighmaen,
81 for electric light, $3.50 for rent Of
the company house. All these charges
added up amount to $23.1o. That
leaves the best paid man in the mine
$12.1s to buy food for himself and
family for two weeks. If he does not
buy the food in the company store, he
will be fired. An average miners
family Of six children could about
three days with the prices the way
they are in the company stores.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 12.-Ar
order is out to be served On the bonds
men, who put up $4,000 on charge
of 'inciting to riot" against Tom Ny
erscough, section organizer Of the
Central Rank and File Strike Commit
tee in Allegheny Valley, to forfeit
this bond unless Myerscough is sur
rendered Monday, on the coroner's
court charge of involuntary man
slaughter"
The International Labor Defense
makes the following hot rejoindel
against this outrageous action:
'"The court now proposes merely
because the authorities have failed
to serve Myerscough with a warrant
for an entirely different charge OF
'manslaughter,' to forfeit bonds which
relate only to incitment to riot
charge.
1.-THE 'manslaughter' charge deve.
Hoped when the coroners court, II
defiance of all reason, held Myer-
scough to the grand jury because
deputy sheriffs shooting at him, al
wildwood, killed a fellow picket in
stead
1.-THE International Labor Defense
further states that on Monday NOR
ming Myerscough will appear with In
transitional Labor Defense bondsman
and that bonds will be placed on the
'n1anslaughter' charge"
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 12.-The
unemployed counciie picketed the
star Employment Agency on Third
Ave, here today, and stopped six men
being sent TO scab at Harmerville
This agency gets most OF the men
from the Helping Hand city char
ity. It has been sending them. under
threat Of losing the charity to YER
sailles, Freeport, Library. Hornins,
Harmervlle and Kinloch.
FREDRICKToWN, Pa, July H.
Fifteen children of strikers at Clyde
mine here, are being held to the
higher court by the company squire
because they used direct action on
children of a scab. The scab children
followed them On private property
and hurled insults at them. Regular
warrants we're issued as a result OF
this little fight, with hearings, several
times postponed, all in the most Sc
riously legal manner. The results are
not trivial, however, the company
,o,,rtx shouting n determination to