The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-07
MINERS REJECT
LEWIS SELL OUT
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as Roosevelt recently made over the
radio when he says: For this
moment let controversy cease"
Lewis sent his message after the
rank and file miners clearly spurned
the Roosevelt-Lewis agreement.
At meeting of local U. M. w. Of
A. leaders in Fayette County, VIII
liam Feeney, president Of District No.
4, urged the miners to return to
work. He was voted down.
The vote to continue the strike was
14o to 3. A district convention, to
take further action was called for
next Friday night.
The decision of the Lewis machine
that the men return to work has
aroused a spirit of revolt among the
miners against this new betrayal
which is added to the already long
list Of treacheries. In Library, a
meeting of 5000 miners booed the
mention OF Pat Fagan's name. Fa-
gan is president of District No. 5 Of
the U. M w. of A., and immedi-
ately following the Washington
agreement he announced that he,
together with other union officials,
will have "the miners Immediately
return to work"
Discomfort is widespread through
out the mine fields. On the miners
own Initiative trucks carrying signs,
Don't be tricked, the strike is not
over" are being sent from town to
town in Fayette County, where the
strike is most effective.
Miners Must Decide.
The National Miners Union has
modified all its forces for a dis
tribution Of leaflets outlining a pro-
gram Of united struggle. 1t urges
the election of rank and file COM
mittees to lead the strike. The leaf
let calls for a continuation Of the
strike, and demands the right of the
miners to vote on a settlement
Meanwhile the strike is taking on
greater proportions each day, with
an estimate of close to 10000 miners
cut. The strike is spreading to many
parts of Westmoreland County. The
joint strike committee at Renton and
Newfield mines adopted a resolution
condemning U. NJ. w. Of A. officials
for trying to block the spreading of
the strike.
In Fayette County the two Oliver
mines of the Pleasant Valley Coal
Company were shut down. Four
mines in Washington we're closed,
with about 1900 men joining the
strike.
With the closing Of the Trotter
and Kyle mines the H. C. Prick Coke
Company was left without any Of its
mines working. This is the biggest
blow against the U. S. Steel Com
pany, of which Prick is subsidiary.
Consequently the steel corporations
express no little fear Of the effects
that the strike has on the workers
in the steel industry. This is OBJ
served in the increased response to-
wards the program Of the Steel and
Metal Workers Industrial Union and
organizational steps which are taken
in the Allegheny Steel Company's
mills.
The determination Of the miners
to win has been retaliated by Gov
ernor Pinchot with threat to send
in more troops and to further tighten
up martial law which prevails in
the strike area. The governor, who
at first promised to recall the 325
troops,
Encouraged by this action of the
liberal" Governor Pinchot, deputies
are rounding up militant miners and
making numerous arrests. Forty
two pickets were arrested and held
on trumped up charges of assault
and battery. Most of the miners are
held in jail as the U. NJ w. A. Off
Gals make no efforts to get them
out, with the exception of the aid
the arrested miners receive from
their own locals and relatives.