The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-30
Logans Ferry Mine
Strikers Are Aided
By Valley Locals
Unions Call Meeting
To Support Strike
of 900 Men

PITTSBURGH, Pa, June %
After five weeks Of striking, tbs
500 Logans Ferry miners of the
Pittsburgh and Allegheny Coal Co..
owned by the West Penn Power
Co.. are still out solid. The leaders
of the U. M. w. A. and the coal
company are busy trying to send
the miners back. Members Of the
other locals in the Allegheny Vail
ley held meeting to discuss ways
and means Of helping the miners
and of fighting against the District
U. NJ. w. A. leaders.
The coal miners came out on
strike demanding the dismissal Of
G. E. Reynolds, superintendent Of
the mine. The company paid no
attention to their dmeands. The
miners decided to go to work and
not do any work" After two days,
the mine was shut down by the
company.
Fire Union Leaders
After weeks of this, the company
decided to open the mine and not
allow the leaders of the local union
to work in the mine. They tried
to work the mine, but only few
miners went to work. A large
picket line stopped this.
Mass picketing is now going on.
The company is no longer trying
to work the mine, as the pickets
are too strong. Many deputies Of
Allegheny County are on guard
duty.
c. E. Reynolds, the superinten-
dent Of the mine, is out to break
all records. Especially does he want
to break the safety record" In
order to do this, he demands that
injured workers must report for
work. Many miners hardly able u
walk were told to report for work.
you have to be killed before you
are excused from work" the miners
say
The U. M. w A. district officials
have delegated Murray, board
member of the sub-district and
relative of Phil Murray, the Inter-
national vice. president; Tony Fed
croft, an organizer with a very bad
record, and Jack Hasson, who used
to be organizer of the U. M w.
A. and later took job as county
detective. Now he is back o. the
U. M. w. A. payroll.
Strike May Spread
These U. M w. A. organizers
are busy helping the company.
They are especially vicious against
the leaders of the local union. At
the recent district convention the
delegates of this local led the fight
against the Lewis machine. The
organizers are "out to get them"
Meetings were held With tie
rank and file leaders of the other
locals in the Allegheny Valley. All
of the men are talking about
coming out in support of the
Logans Ferry miners.
Before, when all of the miners
in the Valley we're in the U. NJ.
w. A., only the Logans Ferry
miners did not have union.
Many attempts we're made to or
ganize the mine, but the company
patch is so far from the road that
this was impossible. Recently
many militant miners, including
the local leaders, got jobs there
and did the job from the inside.
The U. M. W. A. district leaders
have organized a meeting with the
coal company. They do not want
any of the rank and file leaders at
this meeting. Nothing is going to
be put over on u.s." the rank and
file say.
The picketing is going on morn
ing and night, and all of the
miners turn out. Every day the
miners from the other locals show
up to see how things are going.
A delegated conference is being
held to see what help the. other
miners will give.