The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 12, 1924, Page 1

SS THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD * FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Workers! Farmers! Demand: | The Labor Party | Amalgamation Organization of Unorganized The Land for the Users The Incustries for the Workers Protection of the Foreign-Born Recognition of Soviet Russia Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the PostOffice at Chicago, Ilinols, under the Act of March 8, 1879. VOL. I. No. 337. ty eee oe Gieoge. by mail, $6.00 per year TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1924 <EBe es Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER Price 3 Cents PUBLISHING CO., 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Ilinois, MCADOO HELD JOB TILL DOHENY CONFESSED Strike of Miners at Herrin To Oust the Klan HERRIN UNDER Sc AB HOTEL Historic Negro All-Race Congress W AS DOHENY Abraham Lincoln i Makes Unity Its Watchword and -. Ds | b one i His Birthday Today, February 12th HOLDS [ AST Sees Labor as Big, Dominant Issue ADVISER TILL ' Visitors to the great Negro All-Race Assembly, or San- hedrin, which began its sessions at Wabash avenue Y. M. C. A., YOUNG IS J C p r A Wabash avenue and 38th street, Chicago, yesterday, could not E Ri A } obatia Bj fail to be impressed with the zeal for unity, which prevailed i Pineal among the delegates. besa i R Unity was the watchword of all, from Dean Kelly Miller, H Troops and Klan Are Patrolling St. Louis Conferance Is Small} of Howard University, the presiding officer, down to the various As Legal Mentor Was Inno- j i the Streets representatives of the 61 na-———————___________ 4 5 Gloomy Gathering —[fonat "Negro “oreanszationsl OBRERON SENT “Contly Ignorant a eee pe ge i fatione H pecta ¢ Daily Worl eal GT pie Wess sags a Eg aaa (Special to The Daily Worker) | j 5 | HERRIN, IIL, Feb. 11.—Fear ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 11.— Oe ee eee WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—| j \ | of a strike of several thousand R. D. Cramer, editor of the| . Most encouraging of all, Two political careers teetered ' * |coal miners further compli- Minneapolis Labor Review, and| there is recognition that the in the balance today as William| * } cated the situation today. a delegate to the Conference| dominant question before the y Gibbs McAdoo went before the} |; 4 |Members of the United Mine for Progressive Political Action| Negro Race is that of Labor. Senate Teapot Dome Commit-| } P ¢ | Workers of America declared here, caused .a sensation just} As Dean Miller said: tee and Secretary of the Navy! ; ~ j. {they would not tolerate klans- before the noon adjournment\ “The Negro group is essentially a Loamind | Denby faced a vote of condem- : } | men in their ranks. Many of when he asked: ig group, beetles Jaber. i Only Head of Capitalist, "tion in the Senate. ory ; |the miners are klansmen and “Why is this conference i the most important issue before McAdoo appeared to explain} j; : 4 | the bulk of the miners are said meeting in a scab hotel?” ig egg said this to a labor Government to Act ; his relations as attorney for} j 3 | to be ready to strike until the Convening its first session in a Yeporter before the first session, held : | Edward L. Doheny, lessee of | * |klansmen are ousted. Parlor of the Hotel Statler here with poraciny attstaicny, sad he mo iit sherry Geers ro hore nee two California naval reserves.| | 3 Adjutant General Carlos on - ie , a ——d | » i Ps ;, ‘. } ag: aa ne Ln jes gf ctl | ee sig ot Se 2.7) econ Whites Obregon, president of Mexico, was The candidate for the demo- j : amg is determined there shall Political Action, which last year filled | man, arose and asked him whether|the only head of a government to cratic presidential nomination t é no repetition of the massa- the auditorium of the Engineers | Labor would be discussed. send condolences to Russia on the has already denied any connec- { } cre of June, 1922, when 25 building in Cleveland, opened with a Daily Worker An Isgue, death of Lenin, according to advices |+i9n with the leases and has| { union and non-union ‘miners bp atmosphere prevailing. Most| An implied objection to recognition | "ceived igs from Mexico. His tele- said his association with Do- ; | ywere slain. of the delegates present are from| of the international character of the|&™@™ Tead: A t 1 teal aa.|. 3 4 Herrin is under “military law,” railway unions. labor movement came from the con-|, “The death of Lenin, chief of the 'Meny was merely as legal ad- which differs from martial lees the Chairman William H. Jolwnston did | servative wing at the afternoon ses-| international workers’ moyements, | viser in connection with Do- i |the military is not in absolute con. nothing to relieve the general ap-|sion when a representative from a|C@USes us profound sorrow. A. Obre-| heny’s Mexican oil affairs. ¢ |trol of the town, Under military rule pearance of discouragement when he gon,” ¥ 2 Louisville theological pacha te asked As the senate prepared to vote on rather sharply if the DAILY t ees oti spanee his speech with an apology ‘ORK-| The Communist Party of Mexico; | the Denby ouster resolutions, rumors ‘or not having prepared a longer re-! ER’s report that the convention] on learning of this, sent the president were afloat that Denby had re- Limited military rule was extended Port, pleading pressure of other|would adopt. a resolution for the re-|a telegram to army headquarters on. signed. The sectetary answered these, ; : to Marion and Johnson: City. duties, ’ cognition of Soviet Russia was true.|the Western front, where he. is di ly Worker, “I have no BAS! Three Spanish pe 2e bert “the De aT A reading of the report soon|He was promptly corrected by _ Mr. | ri E .. tele 2 F F y : CaN vEcen a2 ect : o e 1 was: Johnson; National onal Odd ‘Fellows S tC y ‘you ; ~ a - ‘ ' , and four are held at Marion, gt pgrpeceeteg been | retary, who said that he had read the . of the workers and you ples ; 4 ‘ ° 3 where an armed guard was stationed done ie “ bn tow ge Session ex-| DAILY WORKER'S story and that)it! peasants of Mexico, the Communist ‘Toten Doln Resolution. % : ; 3 over the county jail where Mayor A. ones wes oy ate gt and|did not state that such a resolution Party thanks you for your cable of, simultaneously wora came from C. Anderson of Herrin, and..14 ‘pe re 0: 000. The con-} was going thru but only that it : on the death of Lenin.” | Capitol Hill to President Coolidge known anti-Klansmen are held on the troops are technically subordinate to the civil authorities. i Re AO Sore Ae, | eked boa eden Obie aie The State of San Luis Potosi, and other cabinet: officials that “the reo codons pao noe murder Same Old Stuff. DAILY WORKER, the only Chicago der its new governor, Aurelio M Robinson resolution wil] not pass.” bn MN gg agle, Klan leader, Friday In. the name of the national com-|daily to report this important con-|Ziq¥ey member of the Agrarista|This sentiment in the senate is said oh iff George Gallic: tie alton mittee a recommendation to the vention, were bought eagerly by dele-| (F@rmer-Peasant) Party, who was| to have been wrought by introduction th res h Ls follc TEOH, Wi yet hyn es supported in his cangnign by the] of Senator Jones, Washington, of a e troops here following the slaying phalgeendg es paige her dlp gc ean Miller, in conversation: with | L@borista and Communi Parties, | “softening” resolution which does of Cagle and the shooting of Deputy pledged to a program of public own-|newspapermen, showed himself sym- ership of railroads, the abolition of | pathetic to Russian recognition. He went further. Tho not classed as a radical he is a sociologist, and very frankly declared that it was only common sense that labor should re- ceive all it produced, and that it pro- duced all, The real test of the convention will begin this morning. Most of yesterday was taken up with the ap- Congressman Sinclair of North Da- pointment of committees and other kota, addressed the conference on the | preliminary work and the evening Sinclair-Norris marketing bill. He|was given ‘over to a public reception said: B at the Vincennes Hote!. Sinclair Pessimistic. Committees Will Be Permanent. “Democratic govérnment is on} On the wisdom shown in selecting trial in the Uprited States and I|committeemen will depend the value doubt whether democratic govern-|of the united front congress, for it ment will survive. The farmers arejis very probable that the convention the most downtrodden ‘group in the} will decide to continue the commit- inston, © Sheriff John Layman, was held cap- tive in the city hall here by the fol- lowers of S. Glenn Young, dictator of Herrin. Galligan was arrested for the murder. Young has taken over the office of chief of police here. Military Deposes Young. S. Glenn Young, “prohibition czar of Williamson County,” and acting chief of police of Herrin, today was deposed by the military. Major General Milton Foreman, arriving here with 1,000 state militia- men from Chicago, notified the for- mer prohibition agent he was ousted. Two automatics strapped about his waist and several hundred Ku Klux Klansmen under his orders, S. Glenn Young, dominated Herrin today. Two Klansmen mith machine guns were stationed in front of the city hall, where Young established him- declared a three days’ mourning for | not flatly demand Denby resign but the death of Lenin, and much to the|says public welfare would be pre- rey cape pe mel be te press | served if he would quit. of this city and of the state in ques-| Jt appeared certain however, that tion, all flags flew at half mast for | a resolution in condemnation of Den- the period designated. The Com-|pby's action in the oil leases would munist Party also sent a telegram of | pass not later than five p. m. Under thanks and congratulations to Man-/an agreement debate is limited to rique. two hours before that time and the The ,Agrarista and Communista | voting upon amendements must begin Parties held a joint ceremony of | before five. mourning for the death of Lenin, McAdoo on Defensive. ‘ 5 t Feb..\8, in one of the largest ‘the- McAdoo went before the committee I t the use of injunction in labor dis- putes and the punishment for con- be + without a jury trial, etc. e recommendation indicates that the standpat leaders of the organiza- tion intend to stick to the old “re- ward and punish” non-partisan policy and are against the farmer-labor party movement, i } i aters of Mexico, The theater was ; : ‘ * to eradicate any taint of oil that oe by bys sh vee ae might have been smeared upon his nt jeri a Dien, Rin bye presidential campaign by Doheny, me OF cen. of tha eran | who testified that McAdoo had been and a peasant member of the Agrar- | aid $150,000 retainer fees in the last ista Party made brief speeches. The on Years. funeral march and two minutes of |" yy, hoe silence followed. The singing of the International terminated the cere- mony. Diego Rivera painted a big et eye an elaboration of his recent letter to the committee in which he protested against inferences $A country. Fifty per cent of the North|tees as permanent committees or Dakota farmers it : A . $ | self after usurping the job of chief t. ., fgets oo ara anti ioe cent fidiained picture of Lenin for the occasion, ned i be pg = oy wey c i, | of police. eeeRevised ares will show that even These standing committees for A score of witnesses are under sub- Coal 3 Sheriff A Prisoner. more than fifty per cent are totally|Labor, Education, the Negro Press,| How many new readers have you|poena to appear before the public See iN Sheriff George Galligan, arrested . ruined. The farmers are so badly ” (Continued on page 2.) secured for THE DAILY WORKER? | lands investigating committee, J. Leo es $ | on Young’s orders, was held a pris- off that many creditors are not fore- * a 3 Stack, bhi 3 oil man, who with 6 ’ Ma — bs supe ed er the — because se associates obtained promise of $1,- ing. Young refused to turn him ei epee fear ething Locomotive Eng ineers Quit Their 000,000 from pany F. Sinclair for over < the pi sheriff, 4 by foreclosures, - orang “ ° laims to Teapot Dome, is scheduled i id: “ William McCown. mali vas Wake of the dormers Affi iliation With the C. P. . P. . A. to take the satund Septet ne Abraham Lincoln said: The strongest bond of human ‘Youngs: XTsmeeo and th} seven , susataes se ee re My ecknise2 d McAdoo's Oil. Patriotism. sympathy, outside of the family relation, should be the one | companies of state troops quartered For. $22,000,000,000 but received for (Spectal to The Daily Worker) In_a statement to the senate Tea-| uniting all working people of all nations, and tongues and |here are patrolling the city separate- thei prod EVE! . 1 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers ia be A ly without recognizing each other. he peers fond B teaorne sa has ion ay 5 Posh ty = tole meeting of the Conference cs Pro- a ae hee a eee ae kindreds.”—Before the New York a Workingmen’s a Many miners vere, loafing about Sinclair caused a laugh when he | gressive Political Action and has decided definitely to sever its connection | voitner he nor bers of the law| Association. (Article on Lincoln on Page 3. e streets today. ey were talk- suddenly announced wey farm by|with that organization. yg of MeAdeo, Cotton he F sith, . ) mostly about Young. The troops ma | the Wag hie Me have been called out by violence: six proxy.” Continuing he said: “I do Stone, head of reed In place of the daily cartoon today | ether ) Y ] timés in the last fifty years, but only oat Row garg the problem. sg the her. a s made of Teapot | COCA COLA GETS MORE pad pico pid By ot of the once has there been a Glenn Young. inclined to believe nothing will | hood of oil reserve. There only statue of Lincolt/ which gives a | Miners Are Idle. be until the farmers | this action was given by the ive Engineers pve for February | is, therefore, nothing more to be said ADVERTISING WITH ONE peeking ag het mesg pagll accep All of the coal mines in “Little and workers take control of the gov- oie cof oes coe pie’ edited by Coyle, gave not | oy that score,” , remain! ind 8 i ant ty gy ek of “Beypt” reported jiwvork today,” but ernment, publiei al many 0; e miners didn’t work. Fe eI lindas bi snsih ab vecipericcniandsaelntiacaantenielotiriaien BOTTLE IN THE CASE en rrygited coslael ihe sities They came to Herrin to see what was McAdoo accompanied his unquali- e Whirlwind Start and ig Wika protested against it be- doing. fied denial of any connection with the Adjutant General Carlos Black is St. Louis ference. e ° e bs Made in Chicago Sub Campaign |=: sss Sorsc"h: ‘ <4 cause Lincoln’s pants weren't press- rH *, x! Live wires were busy in every part jing the standing of the competition | poses and’ with a scathing: denureia: ed and in’ general he didn't look like Dive; martial law has been taken, An avalanche of new subscrip- | of the city ‘Sunday visiting prospec- as. the campatie, Perrone em | Sieh, of may whe are gullty in con- great man, |" General Milton Forema res og tive subscribers. stants in the|day to day, who have not | nection with the leases. When the statue was unveiled in here this afternoon with tions taken on the first day of the ted that they |registered for the campaign should| Ho said that as director general of Manchester the cotton workers, who Infantry Regiment of Chicago, will Chicago subscription competition, ie extreme ease |do so at once, as the drive will ter- | railroads, he realized the sap ce » had been arrested || were the children of the cotton work- take charge of all troops, and prob- has made it impossible to give tabu- i Al ge Able to sell/minate promptly on March 10 and] of fuel oil from Mexico. serva- || in am apartment with two men. ers who, under the leadership of Karl ably will take positive action to quiet Marx had kept Englangx out of the the bitter hatred between drys and day wil be of great importance 10 pendson this ell supply, he word “Necl] ouethneme bye aden ty ‘American Civil War on the side of wotaKlana and anti-Kland, that broke busy militants who are ambitious alone is this true but the question of || rushed hundreds of extra copies || the South, gave tho statue their ap- out Friday night in a half dozen gun From) FH to gain the honor and rewards which o scene oil sopply and € an here for sale. Enterprising n. proval by rpvsraing the unveiling by (tas th shoe Gente “s Conse ome become it it instead New equal reserve one || boys posted the: the tens ousands, sar Cagle, n leader, an e cl 1 te tt bety casbetiners ig rn werdlerdn gout th {he most important for any nation under|| the Iauatery Mebicc’ hondans eal wounding of Deputy Sheriff John ‘goal ¥ year and one year 4 co ns lern warfare, Las , anti-Klan chief. pelcn ths gure Will’ be doubled at | "The DAILY WORKER. business {at the. city office of Wy fact, the crucial test in the next war, || 224, Cold Papers at 25 conte = || How many of your shop-mates |/Azman, an long as the supply lasted. |! Brigadier General Milton J. Fore- very ign | office promises that from tomorrow |Party, 166 W. if one should come, is going to be|| “77 “* : read the DAILY WORKER? Get rrived today with 1,000 men of led ais aa i Acuity mi statements will be printed show- | 307. : Woe. on page 3) | man a y en o' one of them to subscribe today. (Continued on page 2.) ussian Novel, Starts Satur : : ih ba ease rer reports tanding of subscriptions. are few English |the way matters have started every |tion of “our internal economy” de- y pen aH o eh Tasue, ve the axe workers in the city, ater | ¥ DAILY WORKER goes to press. |say, who are not somewhat familiar the returns turned in thus far | vith ‘The DAILY WORKER, and it We y in THE DAILY WORKER q eo * f