The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-07
towards a victory?
WAVE OF NEW
WAGE GIFTS


WAVE OF NEW
WAGE CUTS
The situation in the mining
fields is getting very tense. A wave
of general wage cuts swept the
Eastern coal fields on January /.
H. c. Prick Coal Co., subsidiary of
the U. S. Steel, cut wages Is per
cent. Vesta Coal Co., subsidiary of
the Jones and Laughlin Steel Cor
poration, Is per cent; Hillman Coal
Co., Is per cent; Pittsburgh Ter
minal Coal Co., 10 per cent, etc.
These wage cuts affected over 3d.
600 miners.
THE CAMPAIGN
BY THE COMPANIES
Feeling the strike mood of the
miners, yet determined to force
through this wage cut, the coal
operators, through their various in
struments, are desperately engaged
in a war campaign: II Every con-
ceivable attempt is being made to
prevent the strike; q If the strike
take place definite preparations are
being made to take over the lead
ership, demOralize the miners and
force them into submission.
INTIMIDATION AND
DEMAGOGY
The first phase Of this campaign
is expressed in the increased mass
terror, intimidation and mass
blacklisting; in making the miners
debtors TO the company and the
state, on one hand, and on the
other hand, IN the demagogic cam
paign led by Governor Pinchot,
supported by the UM.W-A. off
cialdon, 70 the effect that the
State Assembly, now in session,
will stop the worsening of working
and living conditions OF the miners.
THE MORE
DANGEROUS ATTEMPTS
The second phase of the CAM
paign is much more dangerous.
This phase of the campaign is ex-
pressed in the enormously in
creased activity of the United Mine
Workers, Progressive Miners Asso-
citation and the West Virginia Min
ers Union, supported by the Social
list Party.
The high salaried U.MW.A. Off
Gals are engaged in big organ
national drive to the extent of
canvassing miners houses.
UNCONVENTIONAL"
WORK
The former local officials of the
UM.WA., who still maintain their
connections with the higher off,
Gals, and who are the main link
between the masses of miners and
the top officials, are spending
enormous sums of money In an
extensive campaign in the mines,
booze Joints, pool rooms, etc. True,
this campaign is not directed
against the present wage cuts, for
they support these wage cuts, but
this campaign is laying the basis
for an attempt TO take over the
leadership Of the Ruturc strikes.
This is a central part of the cam
paign Of the coal operators against
the miners.
The leadership Of the PIMA,
while signing agreements based on
huge wage cuts, carries on agitation
for So rational movement" telling
the miners that wage cuts cannot
be stopped without such q move
lnent.
STRIKE
DEMAGOGY
In the center OF this entire cam
paign the question of strike is
raised, not against the present
ware cuts, but in some remote fu-
ture. This alarming campaign
causes some o. our comrades TO
run ahead IN setting the strike
dates without taking into consid-
Grafton several important factors
The chief immediate purpose of
this Pinchot- Q M. W.A.-P.M.A. cam
paign is to sidetrack the Issue of
present wage cuts and to help the
coal operators to put the wage
cuts through.
N.MU. PREPARING
FOR MASS BATTLES
The National Miners Union Is
taking cognizance OF every phase
Of this campaign and is making
attempts to expose it. In exposing
this campaign it is trying to lay the
organizational basis for a real mass
strike.
The MMU. is reorganizine its
entire machinery trying to adapt
this machinery to the requirements
OF the present eituation. 1t is call
ing District Conventions, drawing
III new Sorces. sosiNZins whole
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