The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-15

2Plnchot OF pennsylvania, the
biggest police concentration in
the history Of the region was ef-
fected today, with an additional
hundred of state troopers brought in
along with numerous deputies and
other coal operators gunner.
Steps for a general anthracite
strike followed the enthusiastic
unanimous vote of approximately 500
delegates at the special United
Anthracite Miners Union Conven-
ton held yesterday at the Y. M. c. A.
Auditorium which declared the gem
eral strike for District 1 in Luzerne
and Lackawanna Counties.
Rinaldo Capellini, state president
of the union. and Thomas Maloney,
district president, we're severely de-
feated in their first attempt to split
the ranks of the miners.
Both Maloney and Capellini
pleaded with the delegates to pass
the motion Of the resolution COM
mittee empowering the District
Executive Board ito permit all coal
operators to work their respective
collieries If they are willing to rec
ognize the United Anthracite Miners
district officers and local union Off
GERS now and after the present
strike
Injunction Looms
AS steps for the strike get unders
way rapidly, the Penn Anthracite CT
hos oIroadNr fi1nd a hill w
questing a stringent --1Junctiod
against all union ''-a..lDers to pred
vent picketine ziIe injunction plea
is bein1 card tomorrow in the
I,en;s- :; anna County Court at Scran-
.on, Pa.
Captain Clark, Pinchot's State Po-
lice commander here, has issued a
statement on behalf OF the local
army of State Police that mass pick
citing is not allowed, and that no
marchers nor gatherings would be
permitted. The only pickets to be
permitted to appear at a mine are
those directly employed at the mine.
The biggest strikebreaking effort,
however, comes from the U.MW.A.
officials, led by District President
John Boylan Of the UM.W.A. The
UM.W.A. Convention at Scranton
yesterday was composed mostly Of
officials and Boylan hangers-on.
They ordered the miners in the U.
M. w. A. to return to work.
Boylan declared today: IF the
worker has a hard time getting to
work on Monday, he will go the next
day with a group. Our officers and
men will be on hand Monday to urge
the men to work"
N.R.A. and U.M.W.A. to Break Strike
Boylan announced that UMW.A.
officials and operators would meet
the National Labor Board on Mon
day at Washington to discuss break
ing the strike.
This o. M. w. A. officials trump
card in calling for scabbing was adj
dressed also to the unemployed, and
has the backing of the Labor Board.
| In the face Of tremendous mob
ilization against the miners, Maloney
and Capellini are showing great
weakness in their statements.
Maloney's statement today again
emphasized his regrets for calling the
strike, and pleaded for full inyes-
tigation by the National Labor Board
Commission" The only demands in
his statement today were for the
abolition Of the check-off, for recog-
milton, and for reinstatement of 900
blacklisted in the last strike.
Maloney and Capellini throughout
the Saturday convention emphasized
getting Boylan out. The main de-
mands Of enforcement of wages, con-
ditions and present agreement, which
is now disregarded entirely, were not
even mentioned.
Spread the Strike, Says C. p.
John Muldowney, section organizer
of the Communist Party here, issued
a statement to the miners on the
main tasks confronting them.
He called for defiance Of all In
functions and orders against mass
picketing. Spread the strike to all
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