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Letter to Editor
July 20, 1931
The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
What is this article about?
A miner from Worwood, West Virginia, describes a strike meeting called by Sheriff Hebig under UMWA auspices. Miners, supported by National Miners Union pickets, reject returning to work on current terms, present their demands including removal of armed forces, and vote against UMWA proposals. They appeal for worker relief to win the strike.
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Worwood, W. Va
Dear Editor:-
The Sheriff of Ohio County called a meeting under the auspices of the strikebreaking U.M.W.A. to try to call the strike off in Worwood. But of course we had our pickets there too and when Sheriff Hebig asked the miners to return to work on the present scale and only have a check-weighman, the men were not satisfied. We all knew that the Sheriff is paid by the mine owners to break the strike. We demanded a National Miners Union settlement or none and the recognition of all our demands.
They then asked what the demands were, but the U.M.W.A. were without any demands. So the members of the National Miners Union rose up and put in our demands, the first of which was to remove the armed forces from the mine zone.
They then forced us to sit down, but the men present forced the Sheriff to let us present our demands, and this sure hurt the Sheriff much. The majority of the miners in the hall agreed to all our demands and when it came to a vote to return to work on the U.M.W.A. scab scale nobody would raise their hands. Nobody wanted to work to pay the scab officials who are backed up by the armed deputies-the same deputies who shot and killed our fellow workers.
We are all solid for the National Miners Union in this town and the scab U.M.W.A. hasn't got a show.
We appeal to the workers everywhere to send us relief. This is all we need to win this strike.
-A Miner.
Dear Editor:-
The Sheriff of Ohio County called a meeting under the auspices of the strikebreaking U.M.W.A. to try to call the strike off in Worwood. But of course we had our pickets there too and when Sheriff Hebig asked the miners to return to work on the present scale and only have a check-weighman, the men were not satisfied. We all knew that the Sheriff is paid by the mine owners to break the strike. We demanded a National Miners Union settlement or none and the recognition of all our demands.
They then asked what the demands were, but the U.M.W.A. were without any demands. So the members of the National Miners Union rose up and put in our demands, the first of which was to remove the armed forces from the mine zone.
They then forced us to sit down, but the men present forced the Sheriff to let us present our demands, and this sure hurt the Sheriff much. The majority of the miners in the hall agreed to all our demands and when it came to a vote to return to work on the U.M.W.A. scab scale nobody would raise their hands. Nobody wanted to work to pay the scab officials who are backed up by the armed deputies-the same deputies who shot and killed our fellow workers.
We are all solid for the National Miners Union in this town and the scab U.M.W.A. hasn't got a show.
We appeal to the workers everywhere to send us relief. This is all we need to win this strike.
-A Miner.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Political
Social Critique
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Social Issues
What keywords are associated?
Miners Strike
National Miners Union
Umwa
Sheriff Hebig
Worwood West Virginia
Armed Deputies
Strike Relief
What entities or persons were involved?
A Miner.
Dear Editor:
Letter to Editor Details
Author
A Miner.
Recipient
Dear Editor:
Main Argument
miners in worwood reject sheriff hebig's call to end the strike on umwa terms, demand national miners union settlement, recognition of all demands including removal of armed forces, and appeal for relief from workers to win the strike.
Notable Details
Sheriff Paid By Mine Owners
Pickets Present
Demands Presented Despite Opposition
Vote Against Returning To Work
Deputies Shot And Killed Fellow Workers