The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-27

M. w. A. and P. M. A., % striking
miners Of Christian County have
been indicted on frame-up charges
of murder and were held without
bail in the county Jail in Taylor
vile, and a number Of miners we're
killed on the picket lines by
the armed thugs and the National
Guard. The indignation of the
miners, both in the P. M. A. and
U. M. w. A. against these SELL
outs and betrayals of the miners,
is growing and is already assuming
organizational forms. Here, for
instance, is a letter written by a
member of the U.M.WA. to a mem
Der of the PIMA:
Dear Brother:
"You are a member of one
union and am of another. But
what we are striving for is a good
union with correct leadership. I
mean that the membership of
both unions have common aims.
l mean that the membership Of
our local (UM.W.AD has elected
a committee to visit every local
union in the sub district to get
them to elect committees of their
own to serve with ours, without
pay, unless they are called upon
to serve and lose a shift at the
mines. So far two locals have
elected committees Of three. Next
week we Will call on other locals.
Then we are going to call sub
district conference of all elected
committees to formulate a pro-
gram of demands, to unite all
miners to struggle against the
operators and misleaders' wage
cutting policy. We estimate that
30 per cent of the membership are
disguised and have lost confidence
in the leadership. After we have
our Sub-diStrict meeting we are
going to seek the other sub-dis-
trlctS' cooperation and have a
state conference. We will circu-
late literature and explain to the
miners our aims. Our movement
Goes not intend to fight against
members of the PIMA, but want
their cooperation as well as the
cooperation of the unemployed
and non-union miners. We will
try to establish a united front on
a class struggle basis-miners
against coal operators, no dis
elimination or wage-cuts, Short
ening working hours, unemploy-
ment insurance at the expense of
the bosses and government and
support the struggles of the I'M
employed for immediate relief.
We are going to try to show the
membership (U.M.W.A.) it is
wrong to have grudges and ILL
feelings against each other and
II Is best for all of us TO be
brothers and put our shoulders
10 The wheel and push. hope
you viii get a clear conception of
what we are trying to start
within the U.M.W.A. TO make it
a.good militant union and SO that
the membership will be the dicta-
tors and not the officers, as the
present constitution reads. With
best wishes to you. :"
This letter of rank and file
miner, member of the U.M.W.A., to
a rank and file miner of the
PIMA, expresses the sentiment of
the broad masses OF miners in both
unions, the UM.W.A. and PIMA,
the atmosphere for unity in action
against the officialdom of the U.
M. w. A. and P. M. A. is growing
as the miners are learning in their
daily struggles that the officialdom
of both unions, although under
different phrases, are carrying
through the same policy.
D
THE task confronting the miners
! is to speed up the unity move
ment Of all miners on program
OF reputation Of the S. day
agreement signec for the next two
years, for immediate relief, for I'M
employment insurance at the ex-
pense of the bosses and govern
ment, and withdrawal Of troops,
disarm armed thugs and for free
dom Of the miners to meet, Or
ganise, picket and strike, and pre-
pare crgantxationsIly for a strike
on April I, 1888. To carry this
through successfully the miners
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