The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-16
AGREE TO STOP
Mine PICkETING
Officials Of 2 Unions
in Secret Sellout
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cent wage-cut agreement lin actual
practice this has become % percent)
already signed by Lewis and Walker.
These mGneuvers also expose the
monstrous treachery of the Progress
siye Miners leadership, dominated by
Musteites and Trotskyites, who, I'M
der the slogan of carrying on a strug-
gle against the corrupt Lewis gang,
are again surrendering to the oper-
atorS as they did on the question of
the wage-cut.
The rank and file of the P. NJ. A.
and the U. M. w. A. are against these
sellout plans of their officials; they
are beginning a move for united
front of all miners to compel the
withdrawal of the troops halt to
the deputized gunner terror and the
release Of "a strikers now in jail on
murder charges, They are starting
to organize united efforts to provide
relief and to prepare a statewide
strike April 1.
Jobless Conference Jan, "a.
The state conference on unemploy-
ment Jan. "a will give an additional
impetus to this movement. Besides
those already reported, nine Spring
field P. M. A. locals have elected del
egates to this conference. Locals in
Springfield County and Women's
AuXiliaries are also electing delegates,
as we'll as a number of U. M. W. 10
Gals.
Mass meetings are being held in
mining towns throughout the state,
explaining the situation and mobiliz-
ing the miners to defeat the con-
spiracy of their officials. A mass
meeting in Riverton, held at the
Town Hall, resulted in the organiza-
ton of an Unemployed Council of
$50 members, and a meeting in
Thayer organized 100. Meetings are
being arranged in Pawnee, Pana and
other towns.
Webb, delegate on the National
Hunger March. and captain of the
local Bonus Expeditionary Forces
camp was arrested on a vagrancy
charge. He was bailed out and re-
arrested on a warrant issued by the
sheriff of Christian county on riot
ing charge.
Threaten Foreign Born.
In Fulton County the immigration
authorities are threatening to arrest
foreign-bor miners, members of the
P. M. A. Throughout the coalfields
the miners have enthusiastically
greeted the news Of the Chicago
solidarity demonstration, held in
front of the office of the Peabody
Coal Co. on Jan. Z.
A truckload of food is being
shipped this week from Chicago to
Christian County. All donations of
money, food and clothing should be
sent to the Workers International
Relief, PAST w. Chicago Ave, Chicago.
LID. Again Offers Aid.
NEW YORK-With the terror
against the striking miners of Chris
tian County continuing, the Interna-
tional Labor Defense, in a second
wire to the Progressive Miners
Union, has offered the membership
united defense front, with the re-
sources of it's national organization
thrown into the struggle against the
murderous offensive of the coal
barons.
The offer was made despite pre-
vious refusal of assistance by the
president Of the P. M. A., C. E.
Pearcy.
The wire is as follows:
Despite previous refusal, we re-
new offer to render every possible
assistance in defense of miners and
fighting Christian County terror.
We offer working class united de-
Tense front. viii rouse mass pro-
test all over country. Offer Chi
cago defense counsel. Desperate
ness of situation makes necessary
reconsideration of our offer. Min
ers need every defense.
W.L. Patterson, Nat. Sec'y,
international Labor Defense"