The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-01


While miners of Illinois, In
diana and Kentucky look to the
tIi-state conference tomorrow
in Gillespie to unite the strug-
gle against wage cuts in all
three states, they call on the
workers everywhere for relief.
In the midst of their bitter
struggle for the right to live,
for the right to strike against the
is per cent wage cut and to picket,
they are much encouraged by news
that the workers of the big cities are
rallying to their support. Particu-
larly it is necessary for the workers
of Chicago, Cleveland, and Detroit,
near by cities to aid this heroic
fight of the miners.
Hold city conferences in all cities,
elect united front committees, col
lect by tag days and house to house
canvasses, and in mass meetings
called to protest the terror in Illinois
Work through local office of the
Workers International Relief!
Chicago In Action.
CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 3l.-Ener-
getic preparations are going ahead
here to mobilize the city workers for
mass Eelief support of the striking
miners of Southern Illinois, under
the leadership of the Workers In
ternational Relief and its United
Front Miners Relief Committee,
Closely following up the emergency
conference for the relief support OF
the Illinois miners, organizers of the
Workers International Relief are
now busy in and around Chicago or
ganizing relief committees for collec-
lions and distribution of relief among
the miners. Everything should be
sent to the w. 1. r. at EAST West
Chicago Ave.
A central relief committee of sew
enteen members is now working, in
full charge of the relief campaign.
Among the important actions
planned to mobilize the Chicago
workers for the support, of the strik-
ing miners are series of tag days
tentatively set for September and
or September 10 and IL.
A huge protest meeting against
terror in Illinois is to be held here
September at the Peoples Audito-
rum, at which striking Illinois min
ers will speak.
A truckload of food for the miners
has already been dispatched by the
central relief committee of the Work
ers' International Relief,
Detroit Organizes for Miners.
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 3l-Though
not so we'll attended as expected, the
Striking Miners Relief Conference,
held here on Aug. II, prepared to to
organize Miners Relief Committees
in workers organizations throughout
the city. The first fruit of the work
of the conference was shown when a
truckload of food and clothing was
announced to leave here Sept. for
the Illinois strike area.
Special effort is being made by the
conference and the Workers Inter
national Relief to make the tag days
to be held Sept. 10 and IL a success
Sectional conferences will be held to
mobilize the workers of all sections
for these tag days.
Fight Wage Cut.
Illinois miners are fighting an Ia
per cent cut which they twice voted
down, but which their United Mine
Worker officials agreed to behind
their backs. They have marched in
numbers up to $4,000 to close down
mines, and they have been dubbed
and shot up. Two of their number
have been murdered. They are fight
ing all the harder, preparing new
picket demonstrations.
The Indiana miners have picketed
with rifles when attacked by armed
mine guards, and in two days bat
tie recently at the Dixie Bee Mine
fought and defeated the company
gunner, until militia came to the
aid of the thugs. They fight against
a wage-cut from s61o day to 81