The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
Spirit
Stirs Rank and
File in Strik e
Rapid Progress of Strike Shows Miners Learn
ing How to Combat Slave Conditions, and
Treachery of UMWA Leaders

as the best answer as to what they
think of this section Of the code.
Another important feature Of the
strike is the adoption of the slogans
and fighting methods Of the N.MU.
by the rank and file. To be sure the
miners are fighting for recognition Of
the U.M.WA, but they always add
that they are also going to clean
house as far as Lewis and Co. are
concerned. Among the present re-
sponsible leaders of the strike there
are without doubt some misleaders,
and above all, people who because Of
their lack Of understanding and ex-
perience cannot lead the miners to
victory. But already there are signs
that real left wing will be crystal
lized within a short period of time.
Beginnings are already under way.
The members of the N.M.U, former
members of the NM.U., the miners
who went through the schooling of
the left wing, are beginning to assert
themselves and will gain the conf
dence of the miners The NM.U. is
helping the miners to carry through
this policy within the UMW.A. That
there exist great possibilities in this
direction is also indicated by the fact
that U.M.W.A miners are joining in
picket lines with the striking steel
workers Of Greensburg, who are or
ganized in the Steel and Metal Work
ers Industrial Union. The road to
one united class struggle union in the
mining industry may not be a
smooth one. But the N.M.U. and the
left clements in the UMW.A. are
surely taking some important steps
in that direction.
One of the most important features
of the strike is the march Of the min
ers to the Clarion works of the U. S.
Steel Corporation in order to strike
the coke and tar plants that furnish
power to many Of the steel mills. The
miners are beginning to grasp the
necessity Of the Joint struggle Of the
miners and the steel workers. They
understand the power and Importance
of the Q. S. Steel Corporation. This
DEVELOPMENT will have great conse-
quences in the very near future. 1t
represents a very important develop
uent O. the struggles Of the workers
of this country to a much higher
Level.
The outcome Of the miners strug-
gle is still to be determined in the
field of battle But surely the miners
have great opportunities. The strug-
gle will become more bitter. The
operators refuse to recognize the
UMW.A. That is the big open shop
operators who operate the so-called
captive mines - mines producing for
the various steel and other mills and
not for commercial purposes. Ac-
cording to the claims of the operators
this represents the majority of the
| tonnage mined in these regions. This
means that the situation is about at
the same stage as it was before the
code was signed. It means that the
whole Lewis" victory for the miners
was a big swindle In which also the
MIRA and President Roosevelt par
ticipated. In this situation the Lewis
machine is caught in a very tight
/ corner. It Is facing a real crisis. The
miners will not accept conditions as
they are. They will continue the
struggle.
The whole labor movement must not
only carefully watch and follow up
the great struggle of the miners, but
mobilize all its forces to help the
miners The workers throughout the
country, especially the members of
the A. F. of L., must help the miners
to fight against the operators-Lewis-
MIRA conspiracy to keep them in slav-
cry. To help the miners in the heroic
struggle for their demands.