The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 25, 1924, Page 3

Saturday, October 25, 1924 Ona ’ FARRINGTON IS FORCED TO GIVE AN ACCOUNTING Had Peabody Boss on Payroll in 1922 By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Article Twelve.) Frank Farrington crushed the 1919 strike but it cost the di ‘trict treasury $27,000 to do so, and of this sum he failed to give an itemized, account as required by the district constitution, sec- tion 13, article 8, outlining the duties of the secretary treas- urer, which reads: “He shall submit to the locals, quarterly, an itemized statement of salary and expenses of each officer and employe of the district organi- zation in separate items, and detailing the receipts and dis- bursements of all money belong- ing to the district union.” This strike and the methods he used to crush it rose up continually to plague Farrington like Banquo’s ghost to Macbeth. The president stated that he had never seen a bill for any part of the $27,000 yet every dollar of that amount if spent had te be legalized by his signature before such a check could be cashed. Locals Appealed Nesbit refused to give an itemized statement claiming that the executive board of the district ordered him not to do 80. Several locals appealed to (the International _ Executive Board against this decision and the case eame up in Indianapolis on Dec. 3, and 4, 1920. When the so-called outlaw strike ‘was practically at the end President Farrington made the following state- men: “They say a hundred men are n the payroll of the district organ- ization in Springfield. A hundred men. Never did a story have less basis for ® statement than that one. Not a single man has been placed on the Payroll of the district organization in that district—I repeat that not a in the 7th Cong 2:30 ORDER! The special editions, Engdahl, C. B. Ruthenberg, and others. 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Weas/S - - - « - USE THIS BLANK - -- + s-e4- DAILY WORKER T ONC1OBO Grsssssssesernessedorneesrvesee OF itsmninnnnnnnnnnnesnnnninOD@8—-NOVEMBER 1st issue, “iuinsninnnmn annie 0OPles—NOVEMBER 6th issue, single man has been placed on the payroll of the district since the trouble began.” The locals which insisted on hay- ing an itemized report did not know but this statement. may be true, so they were more anxious than ever to find where the mysterious $27,000 1 went to. Committee Appointed The International Executive Board appointed a committee to conduct an investigation into the expenditure of the money. The committee after holding conferences with all con- cerned in the matter made the follow- ing report. “Mr. John L, Lewis, President, United Mine Workers of America. Indianapoils, Ind. “Dear Sir and Brother: The Committee selected by the In- ternational Executive Board to con- duct an investigation and render de- cision concerning appeal of aforesaid looal union, in which it accuses Sec- retary Walter Nesbit, of improperly of the district organization funds ex- pended during a’ so-called unauthor- ized strike which occured the sum- mer of 1919, desires to submit the following report: “We proceeded to Illinois as per in- struction, conferred with Secretary Nesbit most extensively, relative to THE YOUNG’ WORKER has in his possession receipts for same, but the district executive board authorized him to enter this appro- priatiog in his report in the way and manner he did. “In view of Section 18, Article 8, District Constitution hereinbefore re- produced, if it has any meaning at all, we are forced to the conclusion that the District Executive Board was in error when it took occasion to author- ize Secretary Nesbit to not publish an itemized account of the expendit- ures over which this controversy arose. Thus the appeal of the local union is sustained and we therefore, decided that the district exectitive board stand reversed and the expen- ditures shall be itemized.” The report was signed by the com: mittee. Farrington appealed from this décision to the International Bxecut- ive Board and the case was heard on Dec. 3 and 4, 1920. Were Not Friends Farrington and Lewis at this time accounting for approximately $27,000 were not on friendly terms as a tran- seript of the case shows. They had not then reached the conclusion’ that it was. better for them to hang to- gether than hang separately, so Lewis was quite willing to make his then hated enemy sweat blood over the $27,000. After listening to a reading of the the matter and afterwards sought to; @Ppeals from the various locals, Far- arrange a meeting of all interested parties at Majestic Hotel, Sept. 15, which matured and was represented by numerous representatives of the local union together with represent- atives of various other local unions who had also registered complaint in this connection. “The appellant local union alleges that the secretary in his quarterly re- ports seeks to account for expenditure hereinbefore named in lump sum, under title “Wild-Cat-Strike” instead of itemizing same, basing their con- tention on Section 13, Article 8, Dis- trict No. 12, Constitution (section quoted already given in opening of this article) Paid From District Funds “The secretary makes no denial of this charge, but in defense of his ac- tion he states that an insurgent organ- ization became very active in Illinois during the bummer of 1919, which re- sulted in the district organization em- ploying, temporarily, several men to prevent such insurgents from inter- tupting the United Mine Workers; that such special employes were paid out of the district funds and that he ressional District P.M. - NOW! a copy larger in size, will include Max Bedacht, James P. Can- Chicago, Illinois \seeanvseuneanenssennensnserssusensessenauusnaamuennennessnesssenses rington stated that he did not think it was the business of the International union to interfere in any way with the manner in which District 12, spent its funds. He charged Lewis with put- ting out propaganda about the matter and repeated that “not a single man has been placed on the payroll since the trouble started.” But Secretary Treasurer Nesbit, made the statement that “I think we had on’ the payroll at the time be- tween four and six hundred men who were going around denying state- ments those other men were making and persuading men to stay at work.” It was not surprising* that Farring- ton and his henchmen were opposed to giving an itemized account of the Labor Faker’s Trail |ing Farrington of the time of depar- ture of the Collinsville committee, so that Brown, Maher and Wall, the slugging committee, could meet them. The miners were beaten in front of the hotel where Farrington stayed by the three thugs. Wall and Maher are running for the jobs of legal investig- ators in the district election, A letter written by Harry Fishwick, vice-president of the Illinois Miners’ Union, to the notorious crook Brown, on Sept. 1, 1922, is hereby repro- duced, also a note mentioned in the letter. It should be remembered that at the time this letter was written by Fishwick and addressed to Brown that the latter was a boss af the Pea- body Coal coffipany of which Farring- ton is reported to be a member. Fishwick’s Letter expenditure of the $27,000 as it was Farrington Note to “Slugger” Jack Brown gater on learned when the miners forced Lewis to compel Farrington give an itemized report of the $27,000 that $320.50 was paid to one Jack Brown a boss for the Peabody Coal company at Andrews, Illinois, and that this money was paid to him for slugging the Collinsville dele: the streets of Springfield. This man Brown is still a Peabody boss at Kincaid, and is still lined up with Farrington, or at least was in 1922 as we shall show. We have al- ready published the telegram notify- Madison Pharmacy INC. BETTER DRUGS Light Luncheon Served 1154 Madison Street, Corner Ann OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Four Phones Chicago IMMERMAN DEnw ris. ve MITA MY NEW LOCATION jal X-Ray rices — to Gas Workers Given ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. My Examination le Free My Prices Are Reasonabl My Work Is Guaranteed Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY The day on which this letter was written coinsides with the time district officers were nominated, elections tak- ing places every two years. The note came due six months from the! date or just about the time Farrington an- nounced the results of the last district election. The rank and file of the miners of Illinois believe that Farrington has an invisible payroll, with bosses, gamb- lers and other criminals on it. These fellows must be paid without a record of such transactions appearing in the official publications of the union. Therefore the best and safest way to pay them is from the jackpot provided by padded payrolls. Had Reason to Fear. In view of the relationship between Farrington and the underworld on one side, and the bosses and Farrington on the other, it is not surprising that he should loathe the radicals who are out to.rid the union of his crooked gang of looters. It is not surprising that he should hate the Communists and The DAILY WORKER for ex- posing his slimy trail in the Illinois Mine Workers’ Union. The motley crew of payroll patriots who surround Farrington know that once the radi- cals get control of the miners’ union, their days of luxury and ease, loung- ing around small town hotels, will be at an end and that their opportunity to share in the prosperity of the coal operators at the expense of the coal diggers will come to an end, Farrington’s henchmen are now skulking thru the Illinois ‘coal fields denouncing The DAILY WORKER . They have very good reason for this hate. The DAILY WORKER will not be deterred from exposng the labor fakers and Farringtgn is only one of the thousands with which this coun- try is infested, but it must be admit- ted that while he has never risen to the heights that his once hated foe John L. Lewis has risen to (or sunk perhaps) as one of Coolidge’s right hand labor fakers, Farrington is a dis- tinguished member of the labor lieut- enants of capitalism, Sunk Low Enough. TOTO | 22 PPLtics Farrington has never gone beyond being a lackey for Len Small, one of the cheapest political crooks in the nation, \For this dirty work, Farrington gets well paid. Len and Frank are birds of a feather; Farrington lootting and wrecking the miners union while Len Small and his gang of burglars rob the state treasury. After a hard fight Farrington was obliged to give an itemized account of the $27,000. Many facts were brot out at the Indianapolis trial which go |to prove what kind of cattle were used to smash the 1919 strike. It was shown that an embezzler named Lee, a member of the union, was appointed deputy sheriff by the sheriff of Sangamon County at the request of Farrington. Others who had stolen money from the union were beneficiaries of the $27,000 fund and roamed around the streets of Springfield unmolested. One of the district board members, a man by the name of Hutton, and one of Farring- to Peabody Boss ‘ ton’s most loyal supporters, is now in the employ of the coal operators in Springfield, Ill. A man is known by his friends. Farrington friends are to be found among the coal barons. The revealing correspondence be- tween Lewis and Farrington and the latter’s about face on the Howat case will be dealt with in future articles. Spain Busy In the Air. MADRID, Oct. 24——A military air- plane built in Spain has had a sucess- ful trial here, attaining a speed of 185 kilometers an hour. PARALYSIS CURE POSSIBLE SAYS NOTED SURGEON Last Year Brot Many Successful Results (Special to the Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Oct, 24.—A simple op- eration, discovered recently by two Australian surgeons, which will re- store to normal functioning the limbs of sufferers from rigid paralysis, was announced here this afternoon by Dr. Charles H. Mayo of Rochester, Minn., |Dr. Mayo is attending the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons here. » The operation, Dr. Mayo said, had been tried several times within the last year with success. Other doctors attending the congress predicted that, as a result of Dr. Mayo’s description and his endorsement of the opera- tion, it ‘soon would come into general use in the United States. Dr. Mayo gave warning that the op- eration was dangerous in the hands of g@inexperienced men and said that paralytics should consult none but surgeons expert in its workings. Mis- takes, he said were apt to prove fatal. LET’S MAKE A DATE! If you were there last Sunday night, you'll want to come next Sunday night, too. If you weren't there, and don’t know what-you missed, you will come Sunday after next, if you come next Sunday night. This sounds like a habit, and it is. 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