The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-07

: are completed for the calling of a
broad conference to coordinate the
work Of the rank and file fight
against J. L. Lewis. president Of the
u M. w. A., and his czarist APP
pointive powers.
Recently the Smithfield local,
union, leader of the district in
the anti-Lewis struggle, sent a let
ter to other locals asking that the
question be put TO all members,
whether they favored a fight for
autonomy, the calling of a con-
ference for this purpose, and
whether they would endorse such a
call with the signature of the local.
Six Locals Endorse Conference
Six strong Iocals-Neffs. Blaine.
Flushing, Fairpoint, Stanley and
Witchhazel-acted upon the letter
Immediately, passed resolutions en-
dorsing the autonomy fight and
conference call and communicated
their decisions to Smithfield. A
committee is now being set up
which will draft the conference
call and prepare the meeting.
Considerable opposition to Lewis
has been already evidenced in the
Eastern Ohio District. At the Til
tonyille mine CRedbird) of the
Warner Galleries Company the
miners uncovered sufficient evil
dence to prove that John Barto,
checkweighman of the mine and a
leading light Of the local Lewis
machine, was juggling the weights
against them.
At the next meeting of the local
the question of Bartos dishonesty
was raised, and the miners de-
manded that a new election for
checkWeighman be held. The Lewis
machine was successful, however,
in postponing the election until a
special meeting, as provided for in
the constitution, could be called.
Last week the special meeting
was duly called, a vote was taken,
and John Tylus was elected check
weighman over Barto by a plurality
of only two votes.
Locals Reject Green Letter
Now the Lewis leadership of the
district office refuses to remove
Barto and install Tylus in his place
until written evidence" of the
formers dishonesty be presented.
The written evidence" is being
gathered.
Green's letter ordering the ex-
pulsion Of all Communists from
local unions received but short
shrift in many Of the locals. At
the Florence mine of the Wayne
Coal Company q. U. No. 284) the
secretary started to read Green's
letter, was interrupted by the mem
bers, and the missive was consigned
to the waste basket
In the Smithfield local union a
letter was sent in reply to Green,
condemning the order as a DELHI
crate move to split the workers and
contrary to the constitution of the
United Mine Workers"
The rank and file miners of Dis
trict Six have accepted the Goal
Digger" as their paper,
The Lewis machine has already
made oDen boasts that the name Of
Oscar Guynn, rank and file candi-
date for international vice. presi.
dent against the Lewis slate, will
not appear on the ballot. CHARGES
have been preferred against Guynn
by the Lewis stool pigeons. Of
working with dual organization,
and under clause of the constitu-
ton no member can be a candidate
for office while charges are lodged
against him.
The date of Guynn's hearing, be-
fore the international board, has
not yet been set. That of John
Sloan, candidate for international
president against Lewis, will take
place on Nov. 8.
On the basis of united front for
unemployment insurance, a number
of fraternal and beneficial organiza-
tons and local unions, which have
| already endorsed the Workers Bill
Oh. r. 1899, are calling an Eastern
Ohio Conference in Bellaire CBo-
hemian Hall) on Dec. 9, where plans
will be laid for broadening the sup
port Of the Workers Bill in antici-
patton of the opening of Congress