O §‘ CALL ISSUED BY STRIKE RELIEF CONFERENCE held In PIN VILLE on
if JAN. 25rd under the AUSPICES of theSIRIKE RELIEF COMMITTEE and the
Q KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE STRIKING HINERS RELIEF CALEAIGN of the
l' WORKERS INTEIIMTIONAL RELIEF. '
I WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY:
IN SPITE OF ALL THE EFFORTS OF THE COAL
E OPERATORS AND THEIR GOVTTRNIIT3I\TT AGENTS, THUGS AND GUNMENWE HAVE
REACHED THE FOURTH WEEK OF THE STRIKE, DETERMINED TO WIN OUR ` X
STRUGGLE AGAINST STARVATICH, NOW THEY HAVE STARTED TO THROW US
I. OUT OF OUR MISERAIIE CCLfA“f OWNED SHACHS. OVER ONE HUNDRED HAVE
.‘ RECEIVED EVICTION NOTICES WHICH TAFE EFFECT THIS WEEK. CHARLES
. PETERS, THE CHAIRMAN OF OUR STRIKE RELIEF COINHTTEE HAS BEEN
R_ ARRESTED AND PLACED UNDER $2,500.00 BOND CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL
ty SYNDICALISM WHILE HE WAS DISTRIBUTING RELIEF.
. ` From the very first day when the coal operator;
§ had nine of our strike and relief workers arrested until today they
I have done everything in their power to stop relief from coming in A
4 because the operators realize that FOOD IS OUR ANUIHTIONI ‘
' Arrests, kidnapping and brutal torture of our ·
leaders cannot stop our fight for the right to live-to earn a living I
I wage-we develop new leaders from among our ranks. Sheriff Blair's ;
I threat to shoot our wives and children should we attend meetings
called by the National Miners Union which is leading us in our =
uncompromising fight;has only increased our determination to spread
. the strike and build apowerful National Miners Union throughout the y
A south. ‘ I
Your help through th efforts of the Kentucky-
Tennessee Striking Miners Relief Campaign of the Workers Internation-
al Relief, has made it possible for us to keep up our strike in
spite of all the attacks of the coal operators.
BUT FELLOW WORKERS WE HAVE REACHED A STAGE AFTER
THREE WEEKS OF STRIKING AND SACRIFICE WHERE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE
. JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET. WE HAVE AT LEAST BOOO MINERS AND THEIR ;
FAMILIES-52000 M NgWOMEN AND CHILDREN THAT HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO MEANS
. OF KEEPING ALIVE EXCEPT THROUGH YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS OF HTLIDARITY. ‘
I THE REIIEF THAT IS COMING HARDLY FEEDS ONE FIFTH OF THEM AND THAT
I NOT EVERY DAY. _ — E _ 1 · §
I WE ARE FIGHTING AGAINST THE EVICTIOHS JUST AS YOU ARE
DOING THROUGH MASS DEMONSTRATIONS-WE REPLACE THE FURNITURE INTO THE E
MHSERABLE SHAOKS •BUT THERE WILL BE HUNDREDS THIS WEEK THAT WILL EE
‘ FORCED ON TO LIVE IN THE BARE HILLS IH SPITE CF OUR FIGHT;UNLESS YOU {
PROVIDE ENTS OR FUNDS TO BUILD BARRACKS WITH. I
V , ,THE MISERY IS SO GREAT THAN DOZENS OF NEW BORN`INF;NTS Q
I have begun to starve to death before they have learned to cry. Their
I starved mothers can't feed them and there isn’t even enough condensed
i` milk to go around, Women and children who could go on the picket
lines are kept at home because they have no clothes or sheesh Rank
,t and file organizers that arc developing with a marvelous speed; trod ‘
I as many as 50 miles a day from CAMP TO CANT IN "PIECES" SHOES. INST — I
OF US PRESENT AT THIS CONFERENCE PLODDED THROUGH RAIN AND MUD FOR . I
- HOURS IN ORDER TO GET HERE. _ (Next page-over) l
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