▁in ▁Western ▁Pennsylvania , ▁ran ▁against ▁Lewis ▁under ▁the ▁b anner ▁of ▁" Save ▁the ▁Union ". ▁Bro phy ▁might ▁have ▁won ▁if ▁the ▁ball ots ▁had ▁been ▁counted ▁honest ly , ▁but ▁they ▁were ▁not . ▁Even ▁so , ▁the ▁diss idents ▁retained ▁substantial ▁prest ige ▁within ▁the ▁union ▁and ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁establish ▁themselves ▁as ▁a ▁union ▁administration ▁in ▁ex ile ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁coal ▁strike , ▁running ▁a ▁separate ▁program ▁of ▁strike ▁relief ▁that ▁allowed ▁the ▁strike ▁to ▁continue ▁when ▁the ▁Lewis ▁Administration ▁proved ▁unable ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁ ▁These ▁efforts ▁were ▁leading ▁in ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁formation ▁of ▁a ▁rival ▁union , ▁something ▁that ▁F oster ▁rejected ▁but ▁which ▁appeared ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁only ▁possibility ▁left ▁to ▁the ▁Party . ▁As ▁signals ▁from ▁the ▁Com intern ▁indicated ▁the ▁imp ending ▁change ▁of ▁policy ▁in ▁the ▁Third ▁Period , ▁when ▁the ▁American ▁party ▁was ▁directed ▁to ▁abandon ▁its ▁work ▁within ▁the ▁A FL ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁form ▁separate ▁revolution ary ▁un ions , ▁even ▁former ▁supp or ters ▁of ▁F oster , ▁such ▁as ▁Earl ▁Brow der , ▁began ▁critic izing ▁F oster ▁for ▁his ▁rel uct ance ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁dual ▁union ▁of ▁min ers . ▁As ▁it ▁turned ▁out , ▁F oster ' s ▁hal ting ▁efforts ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁separate ▁power ▁center ▁within ▁the ▁U M WA ▁had ▁this ▁effect ▁in ▁any ▁case , ▁as ▁How at , ▁Bro phy ▁and ▁his ▁al lies ▁dropped ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁" Save ▁the ▁Union