The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-04
By TOM MYERsCOUGH

0AiA D%AANAg pbllhAAlfS oCOO0
outside Fraternal Hall in Union
town, Wednesday, where their del
egate representatives were gather
Y I'd at the call of Lewis new APP
kointee, Hynes, and in no mistaken
Terms, let it be known that they
Would not accept the agreement"
Inside the hall, the local union
representatives, knowing that they
are the ones who are supposed to
work under this "peace pact SELL
out" and not Lewis or Hynes, made
it so clear that they will not ac-
cept, that Hynes was afraid to put
ths question to vote. And this
in spite of the fact that he had
called the meeting at the instruc-
ton of Lewis for the purpose Of
doing this and ordering the men
back into the pits.
Putting Ryan "On the Spot
But Hynes has not had his years
of experience in the Socialist Party
for nothing. Knowing that he can
not any LONGER fool the miners, he
took advantage of the confusion
that has been common with the So
called insurgent Ryan since the
strike began. And because he now
has to get the men back to work
or suffer the consequences, (be
bounced out like Feeney was), he
tactfully arranged for Ryan to be
made the goat, and arranged for
another delegation to go to Wash
ingtor to see President Roosevelt.
with Ryan as its CHAIR. OF
course, he too will go with the DEL
egation which, when it gets there,
viii probably be joined by Lewis.
Together they will attempt to have
Ryan discredited by the simple pro-
cess of forcing him to accept Roose-
velt's assurance that the agreement
is alright, and then come back and
sell the idea to the miners.
Soc alist Servility of Hynes
Hynes is doing his very best to
justify the appointment he got to
the presidency of the Fayette
County district. Servility seems to
. laave become his watchword. When
Ford reached the field that "peace
rfact' had been made in Washing
gon, through The medium o. the
capitalist press reporters, Hynes'
first remarks were that he would
await word from Lewis, if it is
what the government wants, the
U. NJ w. A. will undoubtedly go
along" His next utterances, some
hours later, made it very obvious
that Lewis had spoken, for he de-
clared 81 think they 1.-THE striking
miners, T, NJ will find that they
are up against stone wall and
they will have to go along"
Militia Gets Orders
An evidence that those who sign
ed the "peace pact" are aware of
the real feelings of the men, can be
found in the fact that preparations
are on foot to unloose terror meth
Eds as a means of putting the
gagreement" over. From a reliable
f,ource we have learned that several
National Guard outfits have been
ordered to be ready for strike duty
on "a hours notice. This desire to
have the men back at work, under
any terms, is shared by Roosevelt,
johnson, Lewis, Hynes, Pinchot and
the operators. What they do not
seem to realize is the fact that it
takes more than militia and bayo-
nets to dig coal. 1t also takes more
than "Peace Pacts" to bring peace
of the desired kind.
Ryan's Mass of Confusion
To show how Ryan has proved
such an easy mark for Hynes, it is
only necessary to point to his utter
confusion at every turn the strike
has taken. Ryan's greatest weak
ness is his fear to violate the U. M.
W. A. constitution. Because of
this he has moved only when sure
he was in keeping with Lewis pre-
cious laws. He perhaps character
ICES himself best when, in answer
to the questioning of the reporters
as to his opinion of the Settle
ment" of the strike, he said 81 am
deaf, dumb and blind,' adding that
until we get direct word from
Roosevelt, don't know what to
do" After all doubt as to the
reaching of that sell-out agreement
had been removed, Ryan declared
"if the men want to 20 to work,
I am not standing in the way, nor
am l telling them not to-" In the
meeting called by Hynes however,
1t is said that Ryan, knowing the
attitude Of the men, declared that
"the agreement is not satisfc cory
and we will do nothing until we
talk to the President, then we will
follow his advice" And so he is
going to get the chance to get that
advice to send the miners back to
work under an agreement made by
the enemies Of the miners. 1t is
all agreement" like the Greensburg
! AM Weirton agreements, that will
pJmit blacklist and victimization.
N. NJ. U. Gives Warning
In a leaflet, written a week be-
fore the sell-out, but only distrib-
uted on the day Of the betrayal (for
the reason that two of our or
ganizers were in Jail and three
others were involved in court ac-
lions for activity plus the lack of
funds for the printer speaks for
itself in giving the N. M. U. posi-
ton. This leaflet said in part:
"The Fayette County miners and
those working in other captive
mines were left in the cold. The
strike dwindled from 100000 strik-
ers down to about $4,000. Now
every possible maneuver is being
made to drive thS miners in the
+ nptive mires back to work. Fake
, Hgotiations took place between
+ Noses and Murray. At that time
Roosevelt gave the operators "a
hours to make up their minds.
Then the time was offended for
one week and again for 10 days.
The TINA will he nvtnndod n ccoi,