The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-06

Solldarlty Tor our strike, to organize
the miners into a powerful movement
to fight starvation everywhere. Our
conference is held in the heart Of the
coal fields. Hoover hides his con-
ference in Washington, far from the
centers Of the industry. But we will
find means to make a mighty protest
against Hoover's starvation confer
ence."
(SignedD
Frank Borich, Secretary National
Miners Union.
(Signed)
Vincent Kemenovich, Secretary
Central Rank and File Strike
Committee.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 5.-The
Lamont Hoover-Doak coal operators
sand UNIV national strike breaking
conference continues to absorb the
attention of the capitalists of this
section. There is no doubt that this
conference is the continuation, in a.
centralized, determined manner, with
the labor-hating Hoover administra-
ton as the pivot around which every
thing moves, to forcibly rationalize
the coal industry, and Starve out of
it some half million miners. The
opposition of the small companies
which Mellon, Taplin, and Morgan
Baker interests will take over, is not
going to count for much. The fact
that Lamont is brought into this,
issuing the formal call for the pre-
liminary meeting, is significant, as
Morgan and Mellon dominate the
coal fields and Lamont is member
Of the house of Morgan
The date of the preliminary con-
ference, set now tentatively for July
9, is chosen to anticipate action of
the national conference of miners,
called by the Central Rank and File
Strike Committee of the National
Miners Union, to meet in Pittsburgh
July Is and Is.
The capitalist press here makes no
secret of the reason why the con-
ference, like the Pinchot scab con-
vention in Harrisburgh, will try to
revive the UNIV. Says Hearst's
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, editor
tally today: Mr.. Lewis desired such
a parley three years ago. but was
unable TO get it because of the sus-
picion of the coal operators. The
operators at that time had just Sc
vered contractual relations with the
union and we're preparing to run
open shop But while the
United Mine Workers was dealt a
severe blow, the radical National
Mine Workers has sprung up, to ha-
rass the operators. This seems a
propitious time for parley."
The Scripps- Howard Pittsburgh
Press today has a special article on
the front page, signed by regular
staff member which says: THE
same operators who defeated the
United Mine Workers OF America in
1927 would like to return to the union
fold as the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal
Corporation, second largest COM
mercial producer in Pittsburgh did
ten days ago. They fear the left
wing leadership of the National Min
ers Union, rival of the United Mine
Workers, so much they are willing
TO forget their old war with the
American Federation Of Labor mem
ber."
This fairly frank talk from papers
which have entered into conspiracy
of silence on the denunciation which
the NMU launched against the pro-
posed national strike-b breaking con-
ference called by Lamont. Neither
do the Pittsburgh papers ever bring
out the fact that the UNIV made a
wage cutting agreement with the
Pittsburgh Terminal.
The National Miners Union today
sent around a committee TO the Of
fices of the Telegraph, the Press
and the Post Gazette (owned by Paul
Block and warned them that unless
they at least took notice Of the feet