The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-25
Quinn MINE And BIG BLACK
NINE IN TENN. STRIKE 1OOP.C.;; HUGE
PICKET LINE IN STRIKE AREA TODAY

and for Unemployment insurance,
combined with increased pickettng,
are infusing fresh enthusiasm into
the 10000 striking and biscklsted
miners who are lighting for the right
to live on the so mile strike trort.
Plans for the huge demonstration
and the Spread the Strike Confer.
-ence" for Sunday, as we'll as for the
vigorous defenss OF both, we're LAID
down Thursday night at q meeting
Of the strike executive COMMITTEES.
The COMMITTEES pointed out the
following weak points IN the strike
insufficient mass picksting. too much
individual relief. insufficient soup
kitchens where miners can meet and
discuss thsir strike problems, insult
feient drawings in Of women and
youth, insufficient exposure Of the
lies Of the operators courts, news
papers and the American Legion.
The strike spread to new mines in
Tennessee Thursday. The entire
Gum mine in Pruden came out solid
and the Big Block mine is reported
to be out 100 per cent and 100 more
are out at the Pruden mine, leaving
only few left there.
New Warrants Act
The spreading Of the strike in Ten
nessee is followed by an immediate
increase in the terror. Warrants are
out for National Miners Union mem
bers and the miners have voted to
send picket line Of 500 around the
Balkan mine in Bell County TO an
swer the threats of the operators vhc
say that anyone trying to picket the
mine will be shot.
mass pieketing march viii alss
be thrown around the Big Fork
idge Mine in Bell County on Tues
day. rhe Section Strike cenfes-
ence which was held in Gatlitf,
Tennessee, yesterday, Is similar 80
the conferences to be held IN Wal
Inns Greek and MiddlesbOro over
the week end.
Two workers in the Mlddlesbcro
overall factory reported at the Ma
tienal Miners Union meeting in Mid
dlesbore that they witnessed the kid
mapping of Weber and Duncan.
A discussion in the Pineville high
school of 'the red menace" led to
passionate defense of Communism
by miners daughter who now faces
| dismissal.
Dean, of the Branch Coal CO
plans to evict 2 striking miners ano
their families today in Grassy Greek
Bell County. where the mines arr
shut down tight. Miners say they
will refuse to be eFicted
Raid SOM Kitchen.
The Harlan SOUP kitchen is raleed
almost daily for Daily Workers.
The constable in Gatliff resigned
to join the National Miners Union,
Harlan miners report that their let
tiers to the Daily Worker are being
stolen by the deputies.
The Creeeh Mines in Wallins Greek
filed petition of bankruptcy. Greech
is ameTng the most vicious OF the
operations. He supplied three giris
with money and clothes to spy or
the miners.
The operators are charging thai
the, reds" drove the Bell County
National Bank into Bankruptcy.
A miners wife marched on the
Glendon picket line against her own
husband and said she would leave
him if ne continued scabbiug. Els
mother Joined his wife and the miner
is now striking
A big mass meeting of the Work
ers' International Relief Is TO take
place in Knoxville toight, 4 min
ers' orchestra will play. 4 meeting
of all the relief committees Will
take place on Saturday to reotr
ganize the relief on the basis Of
soup Kitchens wherever posstbis.