The daily worker., 1933-01-07

who was killed in front Of mine by
coal operators thugs. About 1000
miners are expected to attend her
funeral.
Want March on TayIorvilIe.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. [By MaiD. -
The situation in the Southern I'LL
nois coal fields remains very tense
as the militancy of the rank and file
miners shows itself. The miners,
disgusted with the rotten leadership
Of the Progressive Miners of America.
want mass march on Taylorville.
In Springfield the miners are
picketing five Of the Peabody mines.
At Peabody No. 81 the imported
scabs are forced to buy guns from
the company. These imported thugs
check their guns when they enter
the mines in the morning and take
them from the racks when they go
out at night, Today seven car loads
of scabs were sent in here to work
Peabody Mines No. 81 and So.
The miners here demand that
every Peabody mine be closed. Word
has been received that the Lincoln
mine has voted to go Progressive. 3
mines in West Franklin, the Franklin
county mines which the miners tried
to get out last summer, will vote to-
night on the walk-out.
HI. r.
Demonstrate Against Peabody.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6. - The Unem-
uloyed Councils, Trade Union Unity
League, and International Labor De-
fense are calling for a denonstrs-
ton in front OF the main office Of the
Peabody Coal Company at 20 North
Wacker Drive, tomorrow, Jan. z, at
1890 p. m, against the bloody terror
carried out by the orders Of the Pea
body Company against the striking
miners in Christian ana Williamson
Counties.
In Christian County there is actu-
ally a little civil wsr going on. BY
orders Of the Peabody company, the
newly elected Democratic Governor
Horner, ally and part and parcel Of
the Cermak- Tammany machine, sent
five companies of the Illinois Ma
tional Guard, who according to the
story in the Chicago Tribune with
fixed bayonets. were enforcing peace
in Christian county coal fields" In
addition to the 300 militia men,
with helmets and armed with ma
chine guns, rifles, and bayonets,
there. are so deputy sheriffs with re-
volvers on their hips, walking the
streets, terrorizing the miners. Be-
sides these forces, 200 strike break
ers. recruited by the order Of the
Peabody Coal Company, by the Of
ficials Of the United Mine workers
from Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
and counties in Illinois outside OF
Christian County, have been depu-
tized and another 1000 strike-break-
ers are allowed to carry guns. -
All these forces have been mob
ilized in war againsa the striking
miners Of four Peabody mines in
Christian County. These miners re-
fuse to submit TO the rule OF John
L. Lewis and his company union, the
U.M.W.A. They are fighting for the
right to live and build their own or
ganization.
The leadership given the striking
miners by the officials Of the Pro-
gressive Miners has been Of the most
uncertain kind. These are the same
officials that signed individual agree
ments accepting wage reductions and
thus allowed the Lewis United Mine
Workers gang to gain foothold in
Christian County. The P. M. A. Of
ficials also rejected the united front
offer of the militant National Miners
Union, aff1liated with the Trade
Union Unity League. The sentiment
of the rank and file is for unity OF
all miners in the struggle against
the coal operators and their tools,
the government and the Lewis gang.