The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
anthracite Takers STAGE
Off Immediate Strike Vote
By DAN Singer

By DAN SLlNGEH
WILKES BARRE, Pa. - Holding
true to their promises, Maloney and
Cappellini, leaders of the United
Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania,
have stopped the miners from strik-
ing.
They took this action at the U. A.
M. P. Convention which closed in
Wilkes-Barre on January End.
Thomas Maloney, president Of the
union, said the convention was not
being called for the purpose OF call
ing strike. He said the miners
could air their grievances for the
benefit of Major Moore, representa-
tive of the National Labor Board. The
Major is the same one who broke
the strike of the Utah and New
Mexico miners. Martial law, troops,
tear gas, and drumhead trials were
i used against the New Mexico min
ers.
But the delegates brought up the
question Of strike and made it
dominate the whole convention. They
told their leaders fatty they were
tired Of being given the run-around.
Hold Off Action
Finally, the officials introduced d
resolution which asked the miners to
postpone action until Jan. Is. The
| purpose Of this is to give breathing
space to the leaders so they can work
out strike breaking plans.
Maloney trooped in his old stand
bys-his usual fireworks when the
miners move for struggle. He called
on Father Curran, Col. Smith and
Major Moore. Many of the miners
were against listening to these sooth-
sayers.
| Father Curran came with the same
plea he used at the last convention.
He told the miners to accept arbitra-
ton, to give the N. r. A. another
chance to send commission. He
oozed with Christmas spirit. What a
wonderful, dear, glorious president is
Roosevelt, he said. At the same time
he told the miners that this grand
and glorious" president would send
troops If they called a general strike.
He talked Of shivering wives and
children without coal, if the strike
was called. He did everything he
could to make the miners forget their
demand for strike.
The Mayor Jokes
Major Moore acted his stuff. He
told all sorts of jokes about people
falling out OF airplanes, and being
/ pushed from high buildings.
One delegate got up and asked
What the hell are we here for"
1--WE don't want to waste our time
listening to this nonsense" he said.
Major Moore, of course, forgot to
tell the miners how the National
Labor Board broke the Wierton Steel
Co. strike, the Budd Auto strike, and
the Philadelphia taxi drivers strike.
| When delegate after delegate
started to question him about why
the commission of which he was a
member failed to live up to the
agreement that there would be no
discrimination against the strikers,
he was in g bad way for about 80
minutes. He then tried to say some
thing was being done about it in
the Delaware and Hudson Coal Co.,
where he said miners were rein
stated But he was not allowed to
/ finish.
/ Miners Hit His Lies
Miners started to shout from all
sections Of the convention that his
i figures were lot of damn lies. He
then slipped and said that the Labor
Board was made up Of lot of dig
nif1ed bankers and employers. He
didn't raise the miners confidence
any more by telling them that John
L. Lewis and William Green were
Oh the board.
A resolution came before the con-
vention demanding that John L.
Lewis be removed from the National