The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-06
STRIKERS IN
KY. JOIN FEB.
18th MEETINGS
CONTINUED FROsa PAGE ONE,

now cooperating closely to smash the
strike
Learn Names of Weber Duncan
Kidnappers
The Daily Worker has established
concIusively that the kidnapping of
Weber and Duncan was arranged
at conference attended by the
mayor of PinevilIe, the mayors of
Harlan and Pineville and chief of
police. Eye witnesses to the kid
mapping are certain that police chief
Pearl Osborne accompanied the
Harlan gun thugs when they kid
mapped Weber and Duncan and
transported them from Tennessee to
Kentucky where they were logged
into insensibility.
Believing Duncan was Borich, the
operators paid the Tennessee sher-
ifs the reward offered for Borich.
Unemployment Demonstrations
Successful unemployment demon
STATIONS were held in the strike area
yesterday, notably in Middlesboro de-
spite the threats of the police to
smash them. At one held in Brush
Greek in conjunction with the section
conference, two deputies, both Chi
cago gunner, entered the meeting
hall TO arrest the National Miners
Union organizer, but the miners sur
rounded him, while one miner mount
ed chair and relentlessly excoriated
the deputies.
After the meeting 25 miners escort
ed the organizer out of the section.
EYictions are taking place in Dean
Branch mines at Greasy Greek. Sud-
denly after apparently no incident,
several houses have been burned from
which miners have been eyicted and
of Drum house. Lightning is the
possible cause
Continued heavy rains, from Sun
day to Thursday which made the
roads impossible and threatened
new flood, prevented mass marches to
smash the federal injunction at
Straight Creek, but they Will be in
stituted when the roads improve
In order to arrive at the executive
meeting, despite the impossible roads,
four miners walked IS miles across
mountains.
Twenty-Five miners in Morley, Tenn.
sent petition to the Control Strike
Committee for National Miners
Union local, saying their mine is anx-
ious to join the strike. A mass meet
ing has been arranged there for Sun
day. ..
Miners who went back at -Four Miles
and Kettle Island are re-striking.
Kettle Island Mine is owned by Sack
EFT, U. 8. Ambassador to Germany,
who lives in Louisville This company
has had their county injunction con-
verted into federal injunction, pro-
hibiting all speaking and picketing
on their property. The miners are
organizing 10 Smash II.
Trucks carrying relief from Pine
vile to Mathell was held up at Ma
then by gunner, apparently deputies,
and the food removed. This outrage
follows the warning by Sheriff Blair
that all relief workers would be Jailed
for rriminal syndidalism.
In GatlifT, "a armed miners escort
ed the relief trucks after the deputies
announced they would prevent relief
from coming in.
The mass picket line at Smiths
Blue Gem Mine in Gatliff was led
by a woman on Tuesday. The op-
orators pulled a gun on her and
threatened to shoot, but the woman
continued to lead the march and
the operators withdrew.
Gun thugs have set up living quar-
tiers in the Dayhoite and Harlan
County post office to arrest miners
calling for the Waily Worker.
The Central Strike Committee de-
cided on one hand to strengthen the
strike by pulling at least two mines
next week and re-striking the few
which have gone back, and on the
other hand to consider individual
settlements and institute scale COM
mittees.
All strike leaders are redoubling
their efforts to combat and expose
new flood of lies against the Com
munist PaPrty and the National Min
ers Union being spread by the op-
orators, the newspapers, the American
Legion and preachers. At meeting
Of the Kiwanis Club on Tuesday at
which the National Miners Union was
called terroristic organization de-
signed TO spread Comnunistic strife,
the chairman announced that the
contribution of the entire Kiwanis
supplying Ma with arms. The i'm
perialist press later admitted that