The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 26, 1924, Page 3

Tuesday, August 26, 1924 EEE DEFEAT K. KK. DISRUPTION IN ZIEGLER, ILL. Miners Reveal Hooded Klan Gunmen By KARL REEVE. ‘(Staff Writer, Daily Worker) ZIEGLER, Ill., Aug. 25.—The long fight that the Ku Klux Klan has been waging here to .disrupt the focal union, No. 2376, of the United Mine Work- ers of America, was finally pee when the Ziegler cal met and transacted busi- ness for the first time in two months, In a final desperate effort to disrupt the miners’ organiza- tion, and aid their inspirers, the non-union “open shop” business men, the Klansmen called to their aid Mayor A. C. Carr, of Ziegler, who is sympathetic to the klan. The sheriff, Charlie Doris, was called over from Benton, and Mayor Carr, attempting a grandstand play, forced himself into the miners’ hall and demanded to see Chairman Cor- bishley. “It looks like you're going to have war here tonight,” he yelled at Corbishley, “and I'm going to search every one of the miners.” Cor- bishley replied: “Come right in, you are welcome to do it.” Klansmen Carry Guns. After searching every one of the three hundred people in the hall, the sheriff found guns on 13 men, but they were all members of the rowdy Klan gang who have been trying for so long to disrupt the Ziegler local. The local union preferred charges against these men. The Klansmen first came out in the open and revealed the true pur- pose of their organization to disrupt labor organizations, during the last election of officers to the local union. A progressive slate was elected, head- ed by Corbishley, and the elections were over, having'been conducted in an orderly manner. Kluxers Start Riot. The Klan gangsters then started a riot, beating up “Billy” Hogan of the Miners’ Union, and jumping on chairs and trying to throw miners out of the window. To avert serious trouble, Corbishley adjourned the meeting New York and Detroit Enthusiastic About The Daily Worker ‘Specials’ 5 Weber proposal to issue special editions of THE DAILY WORKER in connection with the Foster and Gitlow meetings has met with instant and universal approval. In each instance where local organizations of the Workers Party have had opportunity to act decisions have been immediate to accept the obviously ad- vantageous arrangements. Let the comrades in Detroit and New York speak for them- selves regarding the local sentiment in these places: “Your proposition meets with distinct favor here,” writes Edgar Owens, District Organizer of the Party in Detroit. “We would like to know if we can from time to time secure special Detroit Editions. If this is possible we will be able to bring the activities for THE DAILY WORKDR up to and beyond the high standard we established when THE DAILY WORKER was established.” Comrade L. B. Katterfeld, newly appointed City Agent for THE DAILY WORKER in New York has much bigger plans still. “We will order 10,000 specials for our Gitlow meeting Sept. 9. These will be distributed by the branches. In addition we will address mail wrappers for 10,000 registered socialist voters here to which you are to send copies of our special edition. That ought to assure a pretty good Gitlow meeting, also some subs. “The proposition for the Foster meeting is different. The Comrades here would like to know how much 50,000 copies would cost, with THREE PAGES of special New York matter.” That certainly makes Chicago look like a village in the sticks. It's hardly fair to ask THE DAILY WORKER to wear out its press, just to make the New York meetings go over, but‘ under the circumstances we'll have to agree. Comrade Charles Krumbein, District Organizer in New York, expresses the sentiments of the New York party members when he writes: “Rest assured that we are all enthused about the possibilities behind the special issues of THE DAILY WORKHR for New York and I feel certain we will make a big thing out of it.” If there is a Foster or a Gitlow meeting that is allowed to pass by with- out the accompaniment of a copy of the special edition of THE DAILY WORKER, the Workers Party campaign, the Workers Party itself and the DAILY WORKER all lose. Read the advertisement appearing on this page and if you have not already acted WRITE OR WIRE YOUR ORDERS. RUTHENBERG CASE TO COME UP AGAIN EARLY IN OCTOBER (Special to the Dally Worker.) LANSING, Mich., Aug. 25.—After nine months of delay, the supreme court hat it a date for hearing the appeal of C. &. Ruthenberg, execu- tive secretary of the Workers Par- ty, convicted In a lower court un- der the Michigan criminal syndic: ist law. The case will be argued in the early part of the October term. Distribute a bundle of the DAILY WORKER'S first Special Campaign Edition, dated Saturday, August 30. and the miners went home: The Klansmen then held a second meet- ing, elected Klansmen to the offices which had already been filled, and stole the books of the miners’ local union. Corbishley protested to the sub-district officials, and the bona fide miners have been upheld and vindicated even by the Farrington machine. ‘h Last night’s meeting was orderly and successful. George Voyzey, of Local Union No. 5686, was nominated for president of the United Mine Workers. Arley Staples was nomin- ated for vice-president, and Joe Near- ing, of Cape Breton, for secretary- treasurer. THE DAILY WORKER. TTT WIT How many thousand will your local order? GOES WITH FOSTER and GITLOW TO YOUR CITY! To assist the campaign managers and committees at the Foster, Gitlow and all campaign mass meetings of the Workers Party—as a part of the first Communist political campaign. Tue DAILY WORKER WILL UPON REQUEST PRINT A SPECIAL LOCAL EDI- TION FOR YOU! THE entire front page (as in adjoining miniature) will be covered with local news, a local headline and a large streamer ad of your meeting— AT A COST LOWER THAN YOUR ADVERTISING. Tris i is part of the plan of ; National ‘Workers Party Campaign Committee. Daily will help build your local—your local can build the Daily—We can build the Workers Party. ‘|mond, Speakers: Get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER, Se) WRITE OR WIRE FOR FULL DETAILS. Se] THE DAILY WORKER. THE DAILY WORKER PITTSBURGH DRIVE FOR SIGNATURES PROCEEDING FAST Street Moines Being Held in Steel Town (Special to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa,, Aug, 25.—Mem- bers of the Workers Party thrudut District Five were busy for the last few weeks getting signatures for the nomination petitions. Over 7,000 sig- natures are necessary to make sure that the W. P. ticket will be placed on the ballot. We are still short of this number and there is only one week left for this work, In view of this the D. B: C. at its last meeting passed a motion instructing the branches to see that a committee goes from house to house to solicit signatures for our petitions, The campaign was started last week with street meetings in different parts of Pittsburgh. This week there will be street meetings held almost every evening in Pittsburgh and East Pitts- burgh with Comrades Mrs. Knight, Maguire, Otis and others as speak- ers. Comrade Benjamin Gitlow will speak at Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Sep- tember 2, at the Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller St., Pittsburgh, Pa., at 8 p.m. Comrades are requested to call at the District office for tickets and adver- tising matter for the Gitlow meeting. On Saturday, August 30, Local Pitts- burgh, will hold the last picnic of the season at Schutzen Park. Comrade Mrs. Knight will speak at this picnic. A good time is assured to all com- rades and the readers of the DAILY WORKER are urged to attend this meeting. The following street meetings will be held this week: Thursday, Aug. 28, McClure and Preble, Speaker: Maguire. Thursday, Aug. 28, James and Ohio, Speaker: Mrs, Knight. Friday, Aug. 29, Homewood and Hamilton, Speaker: Rasnick and Ma- guire. Saturday, Aug. 30, Federal and Dia- Mrs. Knight and Rasnick. Saturday, Aug. 30, James and Ohio, Speakers: Otis and Maguire. Draft Evader Starves MISSOULA, Mont., August 25.—Aati Tyrkainen, arrested in Butte as a draft evader, died last night after a self imposed starvation in the form of a hunger strike of 42 days. Send in that Subscription Today. erican Worki class had ganizer and m the ticket of the coming tions is hundred-fold t the ands of of ind pig masses of tl back upon a record so full of earnest and able service to the working - class. Never has the Am- a leader from whom more could be. expe in continued ‘devo- tion and able lead- That the ablest or- tireless worker in the American labor movement heads Workers Party in elec- root the only party’ of labor will enter the campaign militant- ly and with all the energy the thous- dherents ndent working-class poll- ties can command. Admission 25 cents IAS WE SEE IT (Continued from page 1) France despite the undoubted desire|s' speech. International solidarity is|0f America’s society ladies to growing. Under the hammer blows of|everyhing in their power to please the Communist international pro-| Let us not be misunderstood by some} paganda and its revolutionary leader-| liberal emancipated member of the| ship national boundaries’ are being| female sex, who might think we are| se jof the Prince. Nothing of the kind. the inhabitants of our planet because |™ire feminine loveliness without eith their planet is millions of years older|Tecelving the attentions of the An than this one. The way some scien-|Saloon League or of Anthony Com- tists hurl figures around deserves con-| Stock, whereas in the United States, siderable admiration, tho some who| are not scientists would like to bé|he finds agreeable. shown before they believe everything | Ot ak | placed on the market as fact. In tact| [7 18 great to be a prince under a scientists are oftentimes anything but| # Socialist administration. scientific. Whether Martians exist |80es that when Wales went to the or not outside the fertile imagination |S@mbling den at Deauville, he dropped of H. G. Wells is an interesting sub-|ten thousand francs on one of the ject for speculation, but a more inter-|sreen tables and said “shoot!’ The esting form of activity is getting rid|8ambling boss “shot” until the Prince had a win- of consider- of the capitalist system and the cap-|Was cleaned up. He italists. After that is done we will|"ing streak until a lady government recently announced a con- cession of $57,000 to the Sacred House of Loreto for charity work. The House of Loreto has large tracts of land and immense wealth in jewels and money. But this wealth has been in the possession of the government since 1860, and the present donation is more important because of the pre- cedent it establishes than because of ‘its intrinsic worth. Mussolini is play- ing for a powerful ally. 8 ious for positions next to the British princeling were American girls. It is safe to say that American working girls were not present in large num- bers. The girls who were ground out of the toil of those slaves. their idle daughters have a mer: time in the gambling dens of Europe hobnobbing with the aristocracy. *** HAT a glorious system is capi- talism? can lose 100,000 francs in a gambling joint, yet when he wakes up on the following morning he has not to wor- ry about his meals for the rest of the day. Daughters and wives of mil- lionaires are spending fortunes in Europe or somewhere else while mil- lions of workers are facing starvation 'HE Prince of Wales is preparing himself for the day on which -he ascends the British Throne. In the meantime Ramsay MacDonald, social- ist premier, is taking care of his business. The Prince was having a good time in France until Ramsay MacDonald, Phil Snowden, Stephen Walsh ‘and the other Irish and Scotch socialists who are now running the Empire decided he should go to the|tho willing to work. The Prince’s United States in order to give the | purse will be kept filled by the tm- masses a thrill and prepare the way |poverished British workers. But real- for another diplomatic effort toward |ly, the American workers, who sneer staving off the inevitable war be-|at their British comrades for keeping tween the British and American/a useless parasite, are no more sen- imperialism. sible. For every dollar the decadent British aristocrats spend on luxuries our American money kings and their parasitical entourage spend one thou- HE Prince will not have as jolly a time in America as he had in , SPECIAL NEW YORK EDITION GREAT CROW do| world [backs as the Russian workers did? Trib. French scientist tells us that Mar- |What we mean is that in France the|not because of the men that were tians are more intelligent than|Prince could have his drink and ad-)ijled during the civil war, hatched’ by Tribune, no doubt, because he did not kill working meng |The Tribune honors General Pershing, he must act with more dignity than) who led nearly 100,000 men to France |who never returned. pushing up the lilies and the pope} Let the Tribune rave. The story|sees any virtue in Lenin or Leninismy} it will be time for Communists to sit} down and overhaul their gence | * ; pies. don agreement? amount THE DAILY WORKER. By T. J. and. throw *« Page Threa O'Flaherty When will the workers of the the pi arasites off their * ‘HE Chicago Tribune is clean mad because But the Tri the capitalists ~* ID McKOY has the wi orld has written broken down and a real international | Suggesting that society ladies would|/renin down as one of the greatest army of labor is being built. Speed|Ot conduct themselves according to/fgures in human history. “Think of the day! the New Testament in the presence|ajj the men he killed,” growlg the jbune hates Lenin and in which the had a hand, but They are now; It it ever# 4 taken to religion. The boxer is charged with the} at a premium ahd the most anx-|tion of books on religion. to pull him thru. G. RAKOVSK | H. London after at Deau-| with Great Britain and made his r ville are daughters of capitalists who| port to the Moscow Soviet. exploit other American girls eight or|imagine Charles Evans Hughes o' ten hours a day, and out of the profits | Andrew Mellon returning from Lo! don and hot-footing it to the Was y\ington Central Labor Union, to giv the workers the low-down on the Lo: The Moscow wor! ers listened critically to Rakovsky’ report and gave him the glad hans A weak-minded prince} w hen he got thru. comrade,” they said. of treaty we want, that upholds th principles of the revoution.” Foreign Secretary, addressed them and he got a big han Yet, some disgruntled socialists an syndicalists tell us the workers don’ rule in Russia. FR ice can said ton administration is preventin; American capitalists from exploitin; oil concessions in Siberia. conference ward to “<a MINIATURE LAYOUT OF SPECIAL EDITIONS OF THE DAILY WORKER FOR FOSTER AND GITLOW MEETINGR 4 D EXPECTED AT OPENING MEETING OF . COMMUNIST ELECTION DRIVE, In what is expected to be ever held by Labor in this city, officially its election c his: Trade Unionists country. N ewer Line Up for h American | Unemployed Hail Pp been “able to. look| Workers Party W. P. Ticket Program. Sam Gompers and W. H. Johnson may have pledged thelaborvote! to LaFollette but they are going to have a hard time to deliver if the sentiment among thetrades unionists Severe unemploy- ment, constantly growing in every part of the country as the season prog- resses, is proving to be a bitter but a valuable lesson to ns- cted = | thousands of work- ¢ medigte and ‘fu-| ers. ‘They are be: this city indicates ture struggles.|coming convinced anything. A strong that the Workers Party has the only solution for the un~ rank and file move- ost ment has been de- veloping which is employment prob- rapidly swinging lem, Among them hundreds of work- the | Foster Gitlow and the rest of the orkers Party ‘a\tioket is finding some of its great- est strength. Miners Hard Hit Miners in the soft coal districts are said to be almost 100 per cent strong for Foster, in the steel towns of Indi- ers into the Foster- Gitlow camp. Out of the election campaign a strong and militant left wing movement will result. Rank and File For Foster Particularly|¢ among the garment workers and the metal trades work- ers is the Foster- ‘aamoanscecraashctee nce SAA occas is sussccgaaay hat WILLIAM Z. FOSTER Communist Candidate for President PLACING FULL TICKET IN FIELD IN NEW YORK ana, Ohio and that paign of the Work- charge. ers Party gs 4 More solicitors, All wedaee Party. During Au- Party gust, September point say the cor- iH rd however, are nec- have. : and October, the rect but is cesary, Those who| both fi Party is campalgn- (Conti ued page 3) nt ont. on page 3° are willing to help aistrict pts ing for new mem- Party Campaign Fund Mounts but Thousands Are Still Needed Pronounced suc- cess has been met in the efforts made both locally and nationally to finance the Foster- Gitlow campaign. While Big Wally Street is producing the coin for Cool- idge and Davis and Little Wall Street is forking over the | necessary funds for La Folletta, the Wage workers who have a head for thought and a heart for fighting are digging deep to make the Conan nist ca mp possible. Gcoukee campaign menag- ers are plannin; cheap ca this year an pect ‘to spend Ie han $10,000,000.00, Davis will have to fen Foster's speaking| Pennsylvania Lasriwe Gitlow — sentiment | struggle along with tour of the coun where Foster is] The Worker s/in this work should |manifesting itself. |@ven less than has brough ‘ht each| best known. Pasty will contest apply for their sup- that, while LaFol- day new Shundreds (Continued page 2)|the New. York|plies at once at one|Workers Party|lette spokesmen of working men State elections injof the following) Campaigns for believe they can the and women into Work office. A| places. ” swing the country tye fold gf "the| Young Workers complete ‘ticket. is|” worKERS New Members | {for a paltry $5,000,~ Workers Party ague Tal being placed in the] paRTy LOCAL — caw .00. The campaign ding Part In| field and petitions SRRICS If you are a sup-| Against thone A rea! Meader and i have been printed] oo. 1) qweitth st.| Porter of Foster) Workers Party is organizer of the Campaign and put in circula- Frethelt: *jand Gitlow, if you|war chests the bog ogee clags, Fos: tio Party mem-| 47 cnrystio Street, | Delieve in the class suipsing into the ter n ideal can-| While it tr and sympa- Volkszeitung: | Strugsle and are/field nothing but didate ‘to head aj|that thegreat thizers are now 16 Spruc Benot whit to fight on/its nerve to begin ty baa proportion of its|hard at work in se-| i hrice ioe’ |the side of thejon and with the membership is* curt signatures | ip rit sath st, | Working class—in|/hopes that mili- yet unable to vote,|to these petitions. | Si Mast Sith ft; [other words, if you| tants will produce ie phrases ‘and | the Young Work-|A com prehensive | {oper seutour at’ |are a revolutionary | the huge amount of Foster has|ers League is ape organization has) ‘1 rae Higgins’ |¥OU, belong in the| $100,000 to conyince demo aerated | Dy lertheless taking 81) 908 worked out Book. Stine, arty of the revo- | the workers of this of actual ex-jlead or evel e' a utional workin, country to ie coin the|putting the cam-|with captains in| 127 University’ PL | C08, Workers | party program. bers, and mili who can are welcom the ranks. with France looking t recognition would take plac soon, and that the British loan would approximately betwee: $200,000,000 and $300,000,000. Communist Candidates WILLIAM Z. For Vice-President: BENJAMIN GITLOW murder of the wife of a millionairej with whom he was living at the tim MeCoy has acted like since the murder. Di Alienists em¢ fox. They alway hit on the goo d a large collec have plenty of time to spend gazing|@ble pulehritude hove in the vicinity.| 0° ner death iis tha baherelaleactan et, Mare. Her presence had a disconcerting| (v2. sian ¢ rae jeffect on the Prince's thinking @P-\ronge alienists came to the conclusio HE Fascisti government of Italy| P@"atus, with the result that his luck! inat he was off his bat. which at times in the past has les while his eyes were turned in| Dioveq py the prosecution also though taken a hostile attitude toward the|'%® ‘rection of the lady. he was crazy—like a Catholic Church is now, in its extrem- cae do. McCoy finally ity, catering to that organization. The | Q2EATS in the Prince's vicinity were} stunt, He requeste That ough . Y returned fro. signing a treat; Can yo “That’s the stuff, “That's the kin Thei: Tchitcherin, als * ~ sew that the Washin; He said For President: 0: MASS MEETING HERE IN SUPPORT OF WORKERS PARTY CAMPAIGN COMMUNIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAS LONG RECORD OF SERVICE TO LABOR William Z. Foster, candidate on the Workers Party ticket for president of the United States, needs no introduction >-—————_____— one of the greatest meetin, the Workers Party will tineg’ campaign here with a mass meeting —+the big Madisor Square Garden: With William 2 in Foster as the pig! cipal speak the evening ‘and “al score of other lead, ing labor men an women on the pro: gram, the cpeniny of the Communis' Sopaien in Ne Y ‘ork w 1 make C; ren is of the capi talist candidates fade into insignii cance. Plan Parade Great prepares tions are bei made to make this meeting a striking example and be: ning for the en! campaign. Enthu- siastic militants have repared to meet Foster at ‘the railroad station up- on his arrival here from “Boston. A parade has been arranged from the station to the hall. Seats at Premium Because of the known demand for seats, the commit- tee in charge has found it necessary |to permit admit~- |tance by ticket only. Tickets have been printed in sufficient number to provide for each seat in the ha! No more wilt be issued. Those who wish to be sure of obtain- ing entrance to the |hall should secure their tickets In ad- vance. They may be obtained at any of the following lace! M Workers Party e: 208 EB. Twelfth St. Jimmie Higgins’ Book Store, 127 University Pl. Fretheit: 47 Chrystie Street WORKERS PARTY ELECTION CAMPAIGN MASS MEETING Speakers: WILLIAM z. FOSTER and Others MADISON SQUARE GARDENS FRIDAY NING, AUGUST 15, AT 8 P. M. Doors open at 6:30