The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 23, 1926, Page 7

iJ abis ae ae | a, SL LteeseenNiNe sehen Buylmet + THE DAILY WORKER Second Section! Thig Magazine Section Appears Every Saturday in The DAILY WORKER. SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1926 SS 290 In the Anthracite is ae that if the workers want,to compel the boss really . “Those fellows going to work—are they scabs?” “No, they're union maintenance men. Théy have to take care of the boss’ property while we strike.” MAKE IT A HUNDRED PERCENT STRIKE! Ty the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania we have’ a strange sight. The coal miners’ union—the United Mine Workers of America—is a powerful organization. Under its leadership the coal diggers are on strike for some very simple, elementary demands which every worker understands at a glance to be necessary for the lives of these coal diggers. ‘The workers go out on strike to win these demands, Commoy sensg would tell you that in order to make the best possible chance of winning it is necessary that every man in the mirtes should stop work. What is the purpose-of stopping work? What is the purpose of walking out of the mines and leaving the boss without any workers to run the property for him? Of course, it is to deprive the employers of the opportunity to heap up profits. With this weapon hitting at the pocketbook of the boss, the work puts pressure upon the boss to make him concede the demands. But do all of the workers go out on this strike? No! Some of the union men are ordered by the union offici to stay at the jobs in the mines. These are the maintenance me The union officials authorize these union men to stay in the mines to take care of the property of the boss. What is the purpose of keeping the maintenance men at work? The answer is simply: To prevent the deterioration of the boss’ property, that is, to prevent any property loss to the boss. So the purpose of the strike is to inflict a property loss on the boss, and the purpose of keeping the maintenance men at work is to prevent a property loss to the boss. Why does the union work against itself in this way? Is it not to give in to he workers’ demands, they would all go out and thereby compel the ‘bosses to rash to them to make conéessions? What is wrong? , we / The truth is that the coal operators:haye made an ideal arrange- ment—for themselves. The coal mine bosses have their own agents as the chief officials of the coal. miners’ union. John UL, Lewis, Rinaldo Cappellini and others are the officials of the union, but at the'same time the agents of the boss. These union officials serve the boss by directing the policies of the union so as-to keep. the ‘main- tenance men at work and protect the boss from any great loss— to make it unnecessary for the boss to make any*concexsions to the workers, ‘ si ES cen a The policy of the most advanced of the coal diggers is: “Call out the maintenance! Make it a 100% strike!” The workers all over America and particularly coal diggers in other fields and the railroad workers, should support the anthra- cite coal diggers’ strike with all of their power. When coal diggers anywhere go on strike, the coal diggers all over the country should go on strike at one time. The railroad workers should refuse to haul scab-dug coal. And it is very simple and plain that: thé “an: thracite miners should immediately compel their officials to call out the maintenance men. It is time to put an end to the practice of the union scabbing against itself—fighting the boss and helping the boss to beat, the union at the same time. FIGHT WELL, MEXICO! WAR of the United States against Mexico is rapidly developing away from a mere possibility and toward an immediate cer- tainty. At the present moment the causes of the coming war are edly exposed. The cause is simple: that the United States cap- italists who have by. various devices wrung concessions of big property rights in Mexico, now.demand to be given complete control, . over the Mexican government, the setting aside of the Mexican con- stitution, the right to veto in their Wall Street offices any law which the Mexican congress may pass which’ does not conform to the American capitalists’ desires for the exploitation of Mexican. ata few cents a day, and the stealing of the oil wells, the copper and silver mines and all other valuable national resources of tha | smaller republic. ; a It-is the American workers’ duty to oppose with all means in their power the effort of American capitalists to enslave Mexico, | It is the duty of Mexico to stand firm and to protect its people from the effort to make them slaves of American imperialism. It is the duty of the Mexican workers to rally the Mexican labor move- ment as the leading force to prevent the surrender of Mexico to the: American Wall Street by the present government of Mexico. It is’ the duty of the United States workers and the American labor move- ment to make themselves the allies of the Mexican workers to fight against this aggression. Mexico must protect itself from the American invading ex- ploiters, whether in war or in peace, More power to Mexico’s arms! —R. M.