The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 21, 1924, Page 3

Tuesday, October 21, 1924 CAL’S CHIEF LABOR SKATE BANS STRIKE Lewis and | Operators Keep in Touch By THOMAS MYERSCOUGH. (Spectal fo the DAILY WORKER.) WILKES BARRE, Pa., Oct. 20 Only a few hours passed be- tween the calling of a general strike of the Glen Alden Coal company properties, by the gen- eral grievance committee of the local unions attached to these mines and the publication of a lengthy telegram from John L. Lewis, , international president of the United Mine Workers of America, to the effect that the strike was illegal and that the men must return to work. The strike was ordered by the gen- eral grievance body at a meeting in Wilkes Barre on Saturday afternoon, but the Sunday morning papers car: ried a lengthy article built around Lewis’, teelgram ,and a statement by District President Cappellini, order- ing the miners employed by the Glen Alden Co. to disregard the strike or- der, Lewis’ order dated at Spring- jfield, Ill, was in response to a wire from a high official of the coal com- pany, which indicates the very close connections held by these people, Lewis Cjose to Bosses. If Cappellini’s statement is to be taken at face value, then it. is ap- parent that Lewis was in receipt of the news regarding the strike order, even before the president of the dis- trict who lives on the ground, so to speak. That the miners employed by the Glen Alden have just cause to take strike action noone will deny, for there have been grievances galore during the past three months, and the slow process employed to adjudicate same -has more than worn out the patience of the men affected. In spite of this order, the mines of this company were nearly all idle Monday and Tuesday, while the of- ficials have ordered special meetings to enable them to assemble the rank ‘and file and urge the return to the task of piling up profits for the coal barons. While, the men responded to the strike call in large percentage, it ‘1s conceded that they will return just as quickly, with few exceptions, and punishment of the Lewis kind will be summarily dealt to those refusing. Discharged Without Cause. We can well ask, “what are griev- ances to Lewis, when the coal com- pany profits are temporarily stopped?” For it matters not that men are dis- charged without cause, or are, by one of the many tricks employed, forced into the army of the unemployed without thé formality of being fired. This kind of a thing is what the strike order was based on. Of course, the vice-president of the coal company, in a statement .made public Monday, admitted that there, were men who were not employed, but that the company was doing its best to take care of them, The fact fs that there are all kinds of wrongs being perpetrated by all the coal companies, and when it takes a couple of months to get eVen a hearing on the grievances, it not to be won- dered at when the men decide to go ‘ on strike. Defending Coal Lords. . Cappellini knows this, for he is the one who was most instrumental in forming the general grievance bodies and for that very reason. With him tho it is different now. He is just as eloquent as Lewis himself in defend- ing the coal lords against the things that completely stop their profit, even tho there are none sa adept at game as he was when he was engaged in his fights with former president Dempsey and later with president Brennan. . This region, because of the many wrongs perpetrated against the min- ers, is famous for such strikes, so much so that Lewis sent a commis- sion of international board members down here to threaten the men against local strikes, and the coal companies have not failed to take advantage of | WE ARE TAPPING YOU ON THE ARM By ALFRED WAGENKNECHT. VERY old man was walking ahead of me. His shoulders were stooped. He negotiated the curbs with difficulty. His head bowed low, shook to and fro constantly. His legs seemed to insist that shoes were made to wear out sidewalks. Looking at him made me feel as | did in younger days when stealing rides on brick wagons—days before asphalt was invented and concrete discovered. Looking at him made me wonder if he’d make another ten feet before he fell apart. A spritely young woman advanced towards the old man from the opposite direction. She smiled at him knowingly but he did not see. All he saw was the sidewalk. As she passed him she tapped him on the arm, The old man walked half a block, stopped short, looked around— but his acquaintance had turned a corner. It took half a block for the tap to register in the old man’s brain. There are 400 cities in the United States in which the Workers Party Has organizations. We're tapping each of these 400 on the arm. We are reminding you that on Nov. 7, 1917, the workers, peasants and soldiers of Russia established the first Red Republic. We're reminding you that for seven years the proletariat of Soviet Russia have kept the Red Flag flying in the face of the vicious Wall Streets of all countries. We're reminding you that a 100 per cent Communist érganization should celebrate this anniversary of the seventh victorious year of Soviet Russia in every one of the cities where it has membership. will our tap on your arm register instantly? Or will our locals and branches “look down, see nothing but sidewalk, walk for half_a block, stop short, look around” only to abruptly become aware that Nov. 7 has slipped around the corner, not to return during 1924, | talked to a comrade about this story of tapping you on the arm: He thought a bit more emphasis would be obtained if | took the half block and with it hit our tardy affiliations over the head. Maybe—maybe there are a few, a very few locals and branches who have so far for- gotten themselves that they have forgotten Nov. 7 and Soviet Russia. We'd all hate to believe it, tho. And we don’t. And who would dare to liken our locals and branches to decrepit old men! In us there is the youth, spirit and inspiration of a cause that is winning! Communist organizations are not the kind that, looking at them you wonder whether they will last another month before they fall apart. Communist locafs and branches never fall apart. They constitute an iron fist which grows and grows until it is large enough to hit the final smashing blow. WE ARE READY—ARE YOU? It is a foregone conclusion that every City Central Committee will celebrate the seventh anniversary of the birth of Soviet Russia, Nov. 7. This will total 93 demonstrations. Every branch in cities where there is no city committee must also celebrate. There are 307 of these. That makes a total of 400 cities where we have affiliations. WE ARE READY TO HELP EVERY ONE OF THESE 400 IN EVERY WAY! * We will send you posters with which to advertise. We will send you a number of the most artistic pins our movement has yet produced, a relief of Lenin and the party emblem in bronze, which are to be sold at your meeting. ’ We will print a program for your meeting jn your language in your federation paper. This program will contain speeches by Lenin and others which are to be read at your celebration. We will send you an English speaker if you apply. WRITE US AT ONCE! If we are to help you then you must write us today. You must let us know that you intend celebrating the seventh anniversary of Soviet Russia. You must begin today arranging the details for your celebra- tion. Every celebration held will sharpen one of our! main instruments of An attempt to secure release for 41 of the Negro troopers of | struggle. That is, the net proceeds of all celebrations held, excepting 25 THE DAILY WORKER COURT BLOCKS RELEASE OF 41 NEGRO SOLDIERS Have Already Been 7 Years in Prison (Special to The Dailv Worker) ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 20.— the Twenty-fourth infantry, sentenced to life imprisonment by a general court-martial in| December, 1917, on a charge of taking part in a race riot at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, has} been frustrated by the United States circuit court of appeals | here. The court has upheld the de- cision’ of the United States dis-| trict court at Leavenworth, | Kansas, in denying writs of | habeas corpus to the Negro} prisoners. Facts Are Falsified. The true story of the Sam Houston race riots, which has been consist- ently falsified by the capitalist news- papers, resembles the story of many other “race riots” for which the Ne- groes have invariably been imprison- ed. It is universally admitted by im- partial observers of the Sam Houston affair that a group of Negro soldiers came upon a policeman brutally beat- ing a Negro woman with his clu, One of the soldiers tried to remon- strate with the officer, and asked why the woman was not arrested, instead of being assaulted. For his pains, the | Negro received a blow from the of- ficer's club. The other Negro soldiers came to the rescue, and manhandled the officer. town came to the help of the police-| man, and drove the soldiers away, firing on them as they fied. For this affair thirteen of the Negro soldiers were hanged—after a pre-| tense of trial—and many more sen- | tenced to long terms in the federal | penitentaries. | Suffer Terrible Conditions. | From the few men who have been released from the prison can be learn- | ed something of the terrible condi-| tions to which the American gov-| ernment condemns its prisoners, and especially its Negro prisoners. Al- most unbelievable brutalities—phys- may have been entered into at the time of secretary Hughes’ London. roboration in the reports being re- ceived from Peking on the co-ordin- jated action of the British, the Ameri- representatives as well as the com- |Missouri Comrades |is survived by seven children. And the citizens of the, va her husbanl te her bedvid>, sie | d them ali good bye and passed | away. The burtal toca place at te | ‘» the afterno EXISTS BETWEEN RUSSIANS CHARGE AN AGREEMENT UNITED STATES AND THE BRITISH AGAINST CHINA (Special to The | MOSCOW, Oct. 20,—That the simultaneous interventionist actions of the great powers in China were preceded by the reaching of an agreement be- tween them on taking China under t Daily, Worker) heir tutelage and dividing her into “spheres of influence,” is the belief prevalent among Moscow political circles. In particular, there circulates a version that there exists a special agree: | ment between Great Britain and the +—~ United States, which arrangement visit to Such surmises find further cor- can, the French, and the Japanese mundents of the foreign land and naval forces in China, the activities of the Britishers at Canton and those of the Americans at Shanghai being more especially conspicuous. Mourn the Loss of Very Devoted Worker | (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 20.—It is with sad regrets that we report to you the death of our beloved Comrade Rune Lubertousky, 37 years old and wife of Comrade Morris Lubertousky, A bad cold resulting in pneumonia took our comrade from us. Comrade Lubertousky became inter- ested in.the movement 20 years ago and she was an ardent worker in the | cause ever since. She was very active | in the Kansas City local of the Work- ers Party along with her husband and | nothing was toc mah or too difficult | where party work was concerned. She | Conscious tha‘ the end hai come, she met death with the poise ard dig- | nity that she executed all tasks before her. Calling for her seven children Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER. | Communist Open Air Meetings in Chicago Tuesday, Oct. 21. | Wilton and Belmont, auspices North | ests developed their commercial ma: |chinery, built up their industries, and took away many markets from the | European competitors. | however, big as it may be, is actually not as big |would lead one |must take into account the great rise in prices since the pre-war days. POLICE TORTURE YOUNG STUDENT ELEVEN DAYS TO GET HIS ‘CONFESSION’ (Special to the Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—Friends of Ziang Sung Wan, formerly a student of Columbia University, arrested in New York for the murder of Dr. Ben Sen Wu; Dr. C. H. Hsie and Dr. Theodore T. Wong of the Chinese mission tn Washington and subse- quently sentenced to death five years ago are rejoicing in the news that the supreme court of the Unit- ed States has ordered a new trial. Use of the “third degree” to tor- ture a “confession” from the prison- er led to the court’s decision, says the statement handed down by Just- ice Brandies. Ziang Sung Wan was tortured for 11 days by a superin- tendent of police in Washington and half a cozen detectives — tortured so strenuously that the dicks ex- hausted themselves. On the eleventh day he signed the “confession” which led to his conviction. |J. Page Three THRONGS CHEER | COMMUNISM IN BIGRED NIGHTS es and #. Brownseifie Hear Party Speakers (Special to the Daily Worker.) NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 20.— Red Nights in the Bronx and in Brownsville were a tremendous success. The two sets of eleven meetings, addressed by fifty- eight speakers, were well at- tended and then the audiences jand speakers all. repaired to the grand wind-up meetings at 10:30 p. m. where H. M. Wicks, Padgug, R. Grecht, J. S. Poyntz, C. Krumbein and H. M. Wi- nitsky addressed the Bronx grand wind-up and A. Trachtenbehg, F. War- | shafs) B. Lifshitz, J. 8. Poyntz, H. M. Wicks, H. M. Winitsky addressed the Brownsville wind-up. Neither the Bronx nor Brownsville have even ex- perienced such a thrilling adventure and it is a safe bet that the comrades will never forget the wonderful en- thusiasm and spirit called forth by these Red Nights held by the New. | York comrades. HOOVER SEES INCREASE IN U. S. FOREIGN TRADE OVER PRE-WAR ERA WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 20.—Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover |has announced that the foreign trade figures for the nine months ending Oct. 1, show a decided increase over the pre-war trade of the United States, For the nine months ending Oct. 1, the exports from the United Stateg totaled $3,124,146,000. At the same time the imports were $2,904,137,000. The foreign trade expansion of the United States exceeds that of any other country. It was during the great The increase over the 1913 fiigures. indications One surface to conclude. as PRE Shahn font es It is also to be noted that there has been a sharp drop in the foreign trade days when European industry was not of this country since the war + Side English branch, Good speakers. competing to the extent that it does .|8on Coal Co, “BLACK JACK” DESCRIBES CAPITALISM per cent which will remain in the district, is to be sent to the DAILY WORKER, our English dally, so that it may work on and on for the revolution in this country. To support the DAILY WORKER should enthuse you equally as much as celebrating the victory of Soviet Russia. For victory here is ‘also essential and the DAILY WORKER will help us to victory mightily. ON THE JOB THIS MINUTE! IMMEDIATE AND EARNEST ATTENTION ONCE! YOUR MANDED! BEGIN ARRANGEMENTS AT IS DE- We are tapping you on the arm. Need we do more? the threats made against the miners in this respect. They have been known to laugh at the grievances brought before them, telling the men that they dare not strike. Strike Belated, The Glen Alden strike was called and took effect in spite of the warning, and it should have been called long.ago by the the officials, if they were at all concerned inthe welfare of the mem- bership, Onthe same day another gener- al strike of another coal company was averted by the action of the company in ordering some of their employes to join the union. This was the Hud- but their action was not taken until they could see that the general grievance body meant business and had assembled to take a strike vote. At the meeting there appeared a representative of the coal company, a district official and a fed- eral mediator, Several strikes of a local character were also had at the mines of the Pennsylvania Coal Co., and one of them held out after all the others had been scared back to work. At this mine an attempt was made by interna- tional board member Campbell to get a “return to work” vote, but despite his efforts and those of federal mediator Davis, a gun display by an unidenti- fied miner broke up the meeting, and it’s all because the men are treated as they are, as mere wage slaves, News articles in the local press Our retired-on-full-pay-general has just said something: “Let us look cold facts in the face. If we knew to a certainty that armed conflict would come In 20 years there would be an immediate demand for preparation. — PROXIMATE INTERVAL THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST BETWEEN MAJOR WARS.” In plain the average lifetime of every person who Is lucky enough not to Ms i one or the othér of these wars, YET THAT IS THE AP- guage, the kind of peace capitalism can guarantee to the rkers is a war in every generation. Three MAJOR wars AT aatapel And yet how “Black Jack” and te yellow socialists rave barack a little, single “revolution by forve and violence!” There will be a major war every twenty years, says Pershing. What about all the peace slogans and schemes of the capitalist class whom he serves at full pay: the war to end war, the Washington Disarmament Conference, the Dawes Plan of Pacification, the new Disarmament Con- ference in July, 1925, the Peace Protocol of the League of Nations signed by 54 capitalist governments, the pious, pacifistic balderdash of the MacDonalds, the who is In on the Follettes, the Herriots? All froth, says Pershing, jow. The approximate interval between major wars tho are of a tone that indicates that the life of the general grievance bodies is going to be shot to pieces by being outlawed While there is nothing to indicate that the officers have decided on such action, it is well known that the constitution is very flexible on the subject and the only thing that is necessary to outlaw them is an order to that effect. These bodies have been a good thing for the miners, they have pro- vided a means of centralizing their strength and power, for at regular intervals men from each of the mines meet at a central point and the grievances at each of the mines are aired and action is decided upon. Need for Protection. Mention of this is made so that the miners will begin now to protect themselves against any attempt to do away with the general grievance com- mittees, for to allow this weapon to slip out of their hands will mean the end of the only meager bit of protec- tion the anthracite miners have to depend on. What should be done is to merge the different grievance bodies into an all-embracing general body, whose first task would be to bring about some degree of uniformi- ty in wage schedules and working. conditions. All power to the workers who pay the bills, prepare to replace the tyrants who now rule instead of serving you, with men who know your needs and fear not. to fight for them, Klan “Buries” Underwood. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. 20. — Eighteen members of the Jefferson county grand jury which was recently asked by Senator Underwood to inves- tigate Ku Klux Klan lawlessness, took part in a Klan celebration here yester- day, acting as pallbearers in the burn- ing in effigy of Senator Underwood, conducted by the Klan, Senator Underwood has charged that the Klan is terrorizing the state of Alabama with its invisible empire. The grand jury members were among the most conspicuous in the Klan cel- ebration, in which 1,000 klansmen were initiated: into the Klan before 15,000 spectators, Two goats, one labeled Oscar Under- wood and tho other Al Smith, brot up the rear of tho procession which ger Underwood in a mock fun- doin the Workers Party! 14th and 49th court, auspices Cicero branches. Good speakers. ical) and mental/~are inflicted on these men. today with American interests in fal world market. | war that the American business inter- “A Harvest Stiff Comes Back to Town” By KEENE WALLIS. A.poem with the keen-atmosphere of proletarian struggle. THE WORKERS MONTHLY Out November First—Subseribel! That the friends of the Negro prisoners will have a difficult time in obtaining a shortening of the sen- tence is again indicated by the re- fusal of the courts to permit oppor- tunity for a fair hearing. Pittsburgh Miners And Steel Workers | Greet Communist You’re (Special to The Daily Worker) | PITTSBURGH, Pa., Oct. 20—Min-| ers and steel workers are giving an! enthusiastic response to the Commun- ist mass meetings organized by the Workers Party in the Pittsburgh dis- trict, At the meeting addressed by Jay Lovestone, member of the Central | Executive Committee of the Workers} Party, at Pittsburgh, several hundred workers turned out. Election litera- ture was well sold and the working| men gave liberally to help wage the| workers’ battles— Communist campaign. Four new/ members were enrolled at the meeting by the party. . Lovestone told his audience about the present conditions of the working and farming masses. The role of the government and the political parties was traced by the speaker at length. Speaking of the capitalist candidates, Coolidge, Davis and LaFollette, Love- stone declared: “A politician is to be judged by the company he keeps. Coolidge made his way to the White House as a bell-hop for Murray Crane, the head of the vilest school in Aweri- can employing class politics. Davis, the leader of the democrats, won his first chevrons by helping the West Virginia coal operators evict mae miners. “He became a national iigurehead 18 Wall Stteet politics when he argued | for the draft law, conscripting millions of workers and poor farmers during the last imperialist war.” The andi- ence was especially interested in the | analysis of LaFollette and LaFollette- | ism as made by tho speaker. Great enthusiasm was aroused among the workers when Lovestone showed thatthe only way out for the workers ‘is in their assuming com- plete political power, setting up a pro- letarian dictatorship, and organizing an Amerrican Soviet Republic to take its place rightfully as a member of an international federation of Soviet Re- publics—the goal of the Communist International. Israel Blankenstein, the acting district organizer, presided. New Zealand Against Japs. . WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Oct. 20.—Premier Thomas Massey, of New rei id, replying today to questions m ‘the ogposition regrading the Jap- NAME STREET. CITY. too, amendment to t league of na- tions arbitration 1, declared that New Zealand will refuse to admit Japanese immigrants, ae KE H Hired! 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