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g MINERS GOING TO JAIL FOR RELIEF IN UNION
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  PINEVILLE,KY, · The numucr of miners arrested in the wake of the relief g`
  attempt of the New York wr1texs• comnittee has risen above Z0, and more »~
¥   are being arrested all the time, 3, 3, Brnckctt, who was beaten up by 1;
? Harlan deputies 10 days ago, and Jess Qmith, another striker, are held ??
i; for criminal ayndicalism for distributing leaflets calling for a memorial l¢
N meeting for Harry Simms, 19 year old organizer shot to death by mine ,3
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 i &h1rty strikers from Straight creek have been cited for contempt for gi
j violating a federal injunction against picketing and all strike activity, é}
;" Authorities have closed the central relief warehouse in Pineville, {
1 and xayor Brooks declared ogcnly that members of the National xiners Union V g
{ will uc treated as criminals and enemies of the c1ty_ 43
fi BTUSF Crack miners report that deputies have told them they would _*
* kill all N M. U, organizers on sight as well as any local miners who §
“ would try %0 protect them, ’ ·,
- Plas Thomas, Harlan m1ner,who has been collecting funds and dis-  
  tributing relief to strikers near mlcomb, had his house burned, The burn- q
‘ ing is a mystery to the deputies, they say, altho wit might have been done _
  by miners dissatisfied with the rc11ef,¤ A short time before the burning, .
3 deputies had attempted to arrest Thomas on criminal synd1ca11gm charges, _ 
j because he subscribed to the Daily Vorker. Thomas barricaaad himself and  
I later escaped, His home was the target of some EQ2 bullets that night,  
; stated a press dispatch next day,  
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* » Alfred fagcnknecht, in charge of the workers International gelief ·
 Z in the coal fields, sent a wire to rittsburg only recently stating that
i 89 large cases of clothes ana n¤n—perishab1e food had been received from
i Detroit, pittsburgh sent 7 bundles, New York sent 47 cases, and Washing-  
‘ ton, D, ®,, sent 10, Qeveral truck loads are reported on their vay frgm
_ the Qhicag¤,Ill,, territory, _]
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