The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 19, 1925, Page 14

Young Miners! F ight Against the Bosses! | (Continued from page 1) same time hand bigger and bigger profits to “those who own.” _ Not only is it impossible for the ‘hard coal diggers to accept these terms, but their very lives and the Mfe of their union depends upon a militant struggle to get their demands ‘granted in this strike, Already the coal barons have forced down the standard of-living of the bituminous miners with the help of shifting oper- lations to’ non-union flelds and by con- ducting a huge campaign against the union miners, Now that this campaign is so well under way, the operators are concentrating a huge drive on the hurd coal miners aimed as much against the union as against their sfindard of living. Yourig Miners, How Does This Affect You? How does this present struggle in the anthracite affect the young min- era? In those flelds where the union is strong and the conditions of the min- ers are best, the young miner finds himself equally well off. For example, in the Mlinois district all young work- ers in and around the mines (with the exception of the trapper boys on mule haulage in a few of the small- est mines) get full pay and the min- ers refuse to allow any discrimina- tion against the younger workers either in the way of lower wages or worse working conditions. But as soon as there is any forc- ing down of the standard of living as there has been in the bituminous fields and in the anthracite, the young miners will be among the first to feel it and will be the first ones the operators will discriminate against. Not only this, but lowered wages and worse conditions for the miners force more and more of the youngest work- ers into the mines and factories when thetr fathers can no longer support the family alone on the small wages ‘of_a hard coal digger. Youtig Miners! “The fight in the anthracite is your fight. You will be among the hardest hit if this strike is not won. Get into the front ranks with the fighters, and not only see that this strike is won, but make sure that. you will get your share of the victory and equal wages for equal work once the strike is over. For a Standard Wage. While Lewis and other fake lead- ers of the United Mine Workers have been busy compromising every strug- gle of the miners for small wage in- creases (as in 1922) one of the gr est evils for the miners, especially the young miners, has been left un- touched. This is the chaotic system of “scales” which has been ‘in effect since 1900 in the anthracite. All! the wage advances of the. anthracite miners have been based on these acales and the operators have had a’ 2 good chance to do a lot of juggling of “wages and haye been able to discrim-: inate against different groups of min- ers whenever they ‘felt strong enuf to get away with it. These scales are of great danger to the young miners. They offer the coal barons an opportunity especially to discriminate against the young miners, often paying him much lower wages even when doing the same _work as an adult miner. Young Miners! scales in the anthracite. Fight not only for the increases but keep up. the fight along with the. progressive. miners for a minimum wage of $10 a day for all miners at the face, wheth- er they are young or old. : For Real Solidarity. The anthracite operators are the best organized group of mine own- ere in the whole world. Anthracite is completely under the control of a -gmall group of capitalists made up of a combination of banks, railroad com; | Ti panies and coal interests. Eight huge ot this type control more ‘than-70 per. cent of the anthracite field, Not only are the anthracite op- erators 80 strongly organized, but they are closely connected with the bituminous operators and will get’ their full support against the miners. If the miners are to win in this strike the workers will have to show - the ee solidarity, In the past not only have union railways men hauled scab coal during strikes of the miners, but there has never been real solidarity between the hard and soft coal diggers themselves. Though Lewis and other fakers withiri the 'U. Mo W, A. have always pretended to be for solidarity. They have permitted the hard and soft coal agreément to expire at different times and have never fought for a real na- tional, agreément covering the entire industry. If the anthracite miners lose this strike, it will, be one of the great- est ‘plows ipossible against the soft coal” “miners and ‘all organized labor. Not only will it mean-a further weak- ening of the miners’ union, but once the operators ‘are able to smash the resistance of the hard coal miners, they will be able to turn their atten- tion towards forcing down the stand- ards of the bituminous miners to an even lower level. On the other hand, by joining in the strike the bituminous miners will have a chance to restore their. old conditions and to save the union from the present position to which it has been reduced by the campaign of the} ‘bituminoug operators. If the railroad workers will also support the min- ers, the capitalists will ‘be met by. such a united front as is ra ox: im- possible to break. For Nationalization of the Miries and . Workers’ Control. The winning of the present strike will not end the many grievances of the anthracite miners, The winning of the demands for a dollar a day in- crease; for the check-off, and the 10 per cent increase for miners will not put an end to the intolerable work- ing conditions in the anthracite, It will not prevent the operators from, taking the increases they..are forced to grant out in worse, working condi- tions for the hard coal diggers. it will not abolish contract labor in the mines, It will not. abolish. child la- bor in and around the mines. It’ will not end unemployment and all’ the anarchy at present existing in the ih- dustry. It will not get. the 6-hour LIST OF CHARTER MEMBERS OF THE DAILY WORKER BUILDERS’ CLUB WITH VOTE AT MONDAY’S MEETING IN N. Y. NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—Each of the comrades whose names are given be- low have qualified for membership in the DAILY WORKER Builders’ Club of New York by securing at least six dollars worth of subscriptions or three dollars in donations for the DAILY WORKER since July 1st, or by help-: ing with the work of the DAILY WORKER New York agency a certain minimum of time, . Every’ one whose name is here: given is entitled to a vote at the mesting of the DAILY WORKER Builders Club which will take: place this Monday evening, Sept. 2ist; In- ternational Press Day, at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th’ Street, New York ' city. Benjamin Anapol, nudse. Elizabeth Balogh, Lester Balogh, Stephen Balogh, A. Barkinsky, Lydia Bass, G. Basky, Louis Baum, J. O. Bentall, Philip Beral, Berkowitz (care of Markoff), Rae~ Berson, Pauline Berzon, Bordinaro, Herman Botwinick, S. Boyajian, Bessie Braden, Joe Brah- dy, Bessie Brownstein. Fred Cammer, Harry Canter, Bea- trice Carlin, John Carras, Herry Ca- sten, Gideon Cayer, Rose Chester, A. Chorover, Julius Codkind, B, Cohen, J. Cohen, Anne Coles, Copoulos, E. Cooper, Mrs. Cooper, J. L. Cooper, Leah Cooper, Joe Crane, Fay Croll. George Ashke- Ben Davidson ,Rose Davis, Yetta Davis, Solon De Leon, Benjamin Dick- ermdn,’Chas. Dirba, E. Willis Dirba, Chas. Disenhaus, Sonia Dropkin, Min- nie Drosnin, David Dubinsky. — Samuel Einwohner, Harry Bisman, Irving Eisner, W. Elf, Abraham Elkin, F, Etkin.’ Harry Fainaru, _“ Feldman, Esther Finkelstein, .N. Fishman, An- ton Foders, Harry Fox, Harry Fox (Y. W. L.), Philip Frankfeld, Anna Frau- wirth, Zoltan Freedman, Ernest Fried- man, M. Friedman, Abe Furman, . . J. Gaal, E. Gardos, P. Gelman, T zewski, Alice Gold, C. Golos, J. N. Golos, Max Goodman, M, Gordon H. Gordon, G. Gordon, R. Gordon, W. A. Gordon, May Gostin, Clara Gottlieb, Pearl Gottlieb, Lena Greenberg, J. Griman, F. Gross, Sylvia Gudesman, A, Gusakoff, A. Guttman, G. Gyorffy. David Haas, Max Hagen, Samuel Halpern, Rae Heimowitz, Bessie Hel- fand, A: Hendrickson, M. Hershko- witz, Leo Hofbauer, Rachael-Holtman, Mathias Holzbauer, Helen Horn, Mor- ris Horwitz, © *D, Ionescue, Annie Ipaacson; E, C. Jaccod, Adele Jager, C. K. Jan- kaitis, Julius Janocsik, M. Jarosevsky, ¥. Jehn.. Edna Kagan, Morris Kahn, B, G. ‘Kalfides, Dave Kanner, Peter Karklin, John Kasper, Bert Katterfeld, L. B. Katterfeld, Marjorie Katterfeld, Mar- tin. Katz, Mary Kerschner, Joseph Kertesz, ,Anna Kimberg, L. Charles Kin, sane Rienwpate, N. 1 Kishor, L. t Klein, Jearl. Kleinman, Leo Kling, Abraham Koosis, Kosatchkoff, J. Kos- sove, Sophie Krieger, M. BE. Kull, So- phie Kurey, Hyman Kusher, M, Kush- insky. Leo Lamport, Joseph Lapides, I. Lasker, Lewis Lazer, Harry Leff, Na- than Leibowitz, Tessie Leibowitz, 8. W. Levich, Eva Liberador, Alex Lif- shitz, Edward Lindgren, Pearl Litvae- koff, Leon Litvin, Harry N. Lorch, Wm. Lupu, M. Lurie, Jim Lustig. Hugh McKierman, Mitiam Mach- over, Mary Mackler, ‘Fred Macy, M. Malkin, Max. Manes, Freda Margulis; Leon Margulis, Wm. Margulis, Max Mariash, E. Marks, A. Mellina, Sophie Meliman, Clara Meltzer, Clara Meltzer (Y. W. 'L.), Hillian Michaels, Louis Michaels,» Frank Miller, Elizabeth Mins, H. F. Mins, Chas. Mitchell, Louise Mitchell, A. Moss, Chas, Musil. Henry Minogradoff. Henry Nauthner, C. Nemeroff, Bes- sie Newman, Joseph Newman, Celia Nesin, Samuel Nesin, Joseph Nestor. Oberfeld, Louis Objile, May O’Brien, S. Ogrodnick, Arved Osol, Eugene Ossipoff. P. H, Palter,; Theano’Papasogion, A. Popkin, Gussie Parr, .M. Pasternak, Sarah Pecker,, Arthur Peer Louis Pep- per, C. O. Peterson, Wm. Peterson, George Petkus, Sophia Petkus, Mollie Picheny, Mrs: F, Pilat, Gertrude Pin- cus, Anna Podalsky, Podalsky, Sylvan A. Pollack, H, Paley, Stephen Poyda- sheff, B. Prsybyszewski. . Tadeus Radwanski, M. Rappaport, Anna Rieger, A. Riemer, Belle Rob- bins, Mary Rosen, B.*Rosenfeld, Mae Rosenblatt, Rose Rotherberg, F. Roth- man, H. Rothstein, Ed. Royce, Abe Rubin. Victor Saarkoppel, Edith Sarachik, Matilda. Schneider, Sophia Schneider, Rose Schwartz, S. Shkop, B, Seelen, ‘Edith Segel, M. Shulman, I. Shurman, Sam Siegal, Ella Silverstein, Charles Simon, L. Siselman, ‘Arthur Smith, “ ‘| Rosa Spiro, Victor Soos, Lena Stark- Fight against these’ Germ, Kate Gitlow, : Veronica Golas- man, Louis Steiabers, Sylvia Stein- wasser, C, Stekloff, F. Surtshin, Max Sylvan, Geza Szepesi, Elizabeth Szoke. Lillian Tannenbaum, Jacob: Tarle, J. Toplensky, Bernard Trembach, pA Undjus. Hazel Venus, John Virkus, Beatrice Vogel. Aranka Waldner, Sarah Wand, Mil- ton Weich, Morris Weinfeld, Albert Weisbord, Frank Weisenburger. A.. Zablackas,, Helen Zaikowski, parent ‘Ziebel, Mary Zfassman. If any one who should be included in the ‘DAILY ‘WORKER Builders’ Club of New York, does not find his name here he ‘should immediately not- ify L, B, Katterfeld at 108 Bast 14th. Street. A Wrap your Iunch in a copy of the DAILY. WORKER and give it (the DAILY WORKER, not the Janek) ‘to an —— mate. | thracite minets day and 5-day week for the miners and thus regulate the hours #0 as ta give everyone employment, It is true that victory in the pres ent struggle will prevent the bosses from forcing down the standard of: . the miners for the moment, and will’ strengthen the union. But as long as the present powerful group of capt. talists is in unchallenged control of the industry, they will be able to force: intolerable conditions on the workers: and the greatest. grievance of the. min- ers will remain unsettled. . . , ‘The only solution for this is @ strong fight against this private own- ership of the mines by a few corpora- tions and a fight for the nationaliza- tion of the mines under workers’ con- trol. é Against the Use of Troops in Strikest Against ‘Government. Interference, The powerful anthracite operators, linked up with the coal barons of the bituminous fields, never have, any trouble in getting. the éo-operation: of the bosses’: govertiment | against the miners. First the. goveriiment offérs its‘hely"thri appointing: aco Pe RE EN CONE 3 —— stot « which ig supposed to “arbitrate”--and-—}~~ does its best to force the miners to~ accept only the slightest increases, Second, if this fails, the government intervenes to the extent of sending its armed troops against the unarmed coal diggers. For a Labor Party. The manner in which the operators use the capitalist government against the miners in addition to their use of the courts, the press, the schools, etc., makes it clear to the miners that they must fight for political organization of the working. class. Only by build- ing a labor party supported by the masses of workers in America, can we be sure of the backing so neces- sary in order to carry our struggles thru to victory.. Only with a huge la- bor party representing the workers can we fight. the attempts of the bosses’. governments to turn our in- dustriat victories into defeats,, tab oe i with-the help~of a‘labor force the nationalization of + iepth mines and carry the struggle thru for a* workers’ and farmers’ government that will be a government of the workers and will not issue injunctions and break strikes of the miners as the present’ bosses’ government did in 1919 and 1922. The young workers who know so well what wage cuts and worse con- ditions mean must be the first to rally to the support of the anthracite miners. If the government should call on scabs to break the strike the young workers must be among the: first to rally to the aid of the union. They will refuse to fight against the miners if they. are put into uniform and called upon for Ste menr enn pur- poses. The young workers who know from bitter experienée what a victory for. the operators wfll mean for the miners, must give their militant sup. port. They must, fight with. thé’ an- and help. to turn’ this: strike into such a victory that. it will mark a turning point in the retreat - of the working class before the hugé. offensive of the American — bosses. Young workers, young miners, fight for these demands! : A 6hour day, 5-day week!’ Standardization of wages and work- ing conditions! A minimum wage of $10 a day for all miners, young or old, at the face! Nationalization of the mifies and workers’ control! ~ .No government intervention! Against the use of troops in strikes! No an bitration! For a labor party! ; Support the Progressive ™ _ Miners’ Committee and its program !- Repudi- jate Lewis and other fake leaders of the United Mine Workers who act as agents of the bosses within our union! No young workers under 18 to be alloyed to work in or around bs mines! Young workers! Young miners!. Support the anthracite miners in their - strike, Help defeat the big oper shop wage cutting drive of the employers. © Young Workers League of America, John Williamson, National Sec’y, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, | ¢ a 9 > Soyen’ ».