The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-25


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A ring Of machine guns encircles
Pineville from the surrounding hills,
and gun thugs are stationed at every
mine within a radius of 40 miles.
Martial law was threatened yes
terday by the sheriff Of Bell County.
who called in local strike leaders and
told them that the miners would face
death today # the demonstration IS
held. The miners replied that moth
ing was going to prevent them from
fighting FOR the right to live.
Bates, 2 notorious Ptnevills crgsn-
iger Of the United Mine Workers Of
America, is driving around the city
with the sheriff. pointing out strikers
to the sheriff. The militancy of the
miners is at high pitch as a result
of the terror which is even greater
than that Of bloody Blair of Harlan
County The whereabouts of the
strike leaders. in Pineyille was I'm
known at the time this telegram was
sent to the Daily Worker,
Allan Taub, attorney for the strik-
ing miners, and Tom Jones, a Ns-
tional Miners Union organizer, were
held on the road near Maynards-
vile by the Pineville chief Of police
and eight armed gunner. They
were turned back from Pinevil1e.
The strike continues in Tennessee
and a huge picket line is planned
for Monday in Harlan and other
places.
Miners at Cold Greek, Tenn, so
miles from Pineville, are begging the
NM.U. to send in an organizer. Beck
Greek miners are preparing to strike
-Four hundred Rush Greek miners will
walk IS miles Monday to help the
Gstliff miners picket.
Miners at King Mountain, Tennes-
see, picketed despite the command
to stop given by five deputies with
automatic Winchesters. who raised
their guns and aimed, but were afraid
to fire into the ranks of the militant
miners.
The sheriff of Woodley County,
Tennessee says he will arrest any
miner carrying N.MU. leaflets on
the charge of criminal syndicalism.
Operators are resorting to the
wider use OF the frame-up to crush
the strike. Noah Turner, striking
miner Of stoney Fork, KY, is in jail
charged with stealing dynamite from
the Gunner Mine. Warrants are out
for six other miners on the same
charge. -- ----s.
Miners continue TO be jailed for
criminal syndicalism on the ground
of reading the Daily Worker. Post
offices throughout the strike zone
are refusing to mail the Daily
Worker. John Hodges, IS year old
miner Of Dagoit, Kq., was jailed for
criminal syndiealism yesterday when
he called at the post office for the
Daily Worker bundle. Harlan gun
thugs arrested him and took him to
the Harlan jail.
Joe Phillip was arrested for putting
his furniture back into his home at
Pruden, Tenn. where n miners have
been evicted. Tents will soon have to
be furnished by the Workers Inter-
national Relief.
Sixteen miners were reported to
work at Brush Greek, but 600 miners
Immediately formed picket line and
now the entire section is out again
A successful Bell County youth
conference was held yesterday, as
well as the relief conference, attended
by $50 representatives from mines.
Section conferences will be held in
Wallins Greek and Niddlesboro.
PINEVILLE, KY Jan %. -- The
striking of new mines in Tennessee
and the forcing of Governor Laffoon
to listen to the miners delegations
demands for the cessation of terror