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| fhe Progressive Jaien wae formed in 1052 as « revolt against f — an effort by Lewis te feres a reduced wage seale upon the alners — . in Tllinoeis, whieh theretefore had been the _atreng-held efthe @nited Mine Workers. fhere Lewis had builded his power as & laber leader. A referendus of the nimere bad rejested the - - pedveed seale, During & second referendva, the ballet dbexe - , were mysteriously etclem. Lewis, declaring an omergensy, signed up with the eperaters. 88,000 miners reve) ted and set up the ; new organisation, whieh grow rapidly and sooth dominated the . entire state. Lewis bitterly ewore to win tack the lost torrie tery ani break the rebel] unign. , . SBaeme _ 45a £22 Po Vay Pa a ai&nacm From i833 witil 1541, inelwcing the peried from i987 te 194) (when the payments ware mado) the United Mine Workers, by eapionage, vielense, and ether methods ef laber warfare, feught relentlessly te win back the miners, It was a bitter struggio — vetween the two wiens for supremacy, marked by lawlese rieting and mass picketing. Many persons were killed and several eountios were leng wider martial law. ds @ result of the bombings ef rail- roade, bridges and mines, thirty-six members of the Progressive were eonvieted fer violations ef Federal laws, 2, fhe Strategie Importance ef Mine sy" ¢e Lewis Mine "gs" was the strong-hold of the Progressives. Moresver, it wae located at Springfield, Lewis’ former home and present Legal residence, It was & symbol of vietory or defeat. Lewis | and his effisiala resolved that their exapaigs te break the | Progressives should be direoted primeipelly against Kine “B%, j - =. sias ee ee ae ae. ae ee S. Goinsidence sf Payments with Unfair abor Fradtise. ° In May, 2937, the Progressives discovered that 14 of their menbers were paid spies ef the United Mine Workers. The spies were ejected from the wien and the Progressives insisted that they be fired, eiting their closed ehop agreement. Slshoff refu and the mine struck, Jt remained elosed until Hovenber, * 3989, 2% years later, oO 3 a ” againat, the ‘Progressives, among which are the followings (a) Keeping the mines shut dow in erder to assist the Toited VOrKke@rG@e "“ASELETARCS e on a taba. + =the Tike any other employer ascistanes, is farbidden.* La a \