The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 13, 1924, Page 5

| | i Ph DAILY WORKER: THE DAILY WORKER FARRINGTON IS SCUTTLING THE MINERS’ UNION Treasury Exhausted i in Paying “Back Salaries” ‘Special to the Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Nov. 12, ——The last published quarterly report of the secretary-treas- urer of District No. 12 (Illinois), United Mine Workers, showed they took in for dues, fines, as~ sessments and so forth $255,- 699.09 and expended in the same period $355,074.19, in other words the report (swindle sheet) indicated they. run be- hind $89,375.10 for the 91 days in that quarter or an average of ge $1000 a day for the period including Sun- days. At this rate the Illinois min- ers’ treasury will not last as long as the three year agree- ment. Nor was this money spent for strikes, Of the above amount there was spent $81,100 for relief and aid and the balance for salaries and alleged expenses of the officers, attorneys, stool pigeons, wrecking crews and so forth. One of the stool pigeons was the former mayor of Zeigler, Bill Ho- gan, who is alleged. to have stolen the vote for Farrington for a num- ber of years and finally lost his graft at Zeigler and had to be taken care of by Farrington to keep him quiet as he could tell.some wonderful stor- jes. No one knows what Hogan’s du- ties are except to boost for Farring: ton and help get the votes on election day and have Workers Party mem- bers run out-of Zeigler if they chirp against Farrington or his machine. Faking Accounts, During the strike of 1922 the offi- cial family of Illinois made-a pre- tense of donating their salaries dur- ing the strike. Some of -them ebarged up the amount.to “telegrams while traveling” and in other ways made up for the loss and now they are sneaking it out of the treasury as. “back salaries.” Some did it Secretary Wanted ‘Women stenographer, competent to prepare manuscript for publica- tion. Must have extensive “knowl- edge of labor movement. Position open in December. Age between 35 and 50. Single. J. R. SWARTS ¢. 0 Charles H, Kerr & Co, 349 E. OHIO ST. CHICAGO, ILL. WORKER SUES STEEL TRUST ROAD HIBBING, Minn., Nov. 12.-Too busy piling up exorbitant Profits to In- spect the brakes properly the Duluth, Mis: & Northern railway is defend- ant in a $25,000-suit by a mine loader for loss of his left leg. Peter Peneff ear passed over his leg after brakes negligence. was 75 per cent. .The boldly while others are taking it out so that it won't appear before elec- tion time but they.are all grabbing as they realize the bird is about plucked and they are gettirig it while the get: ting is good, Of the alleged ‘“bal- ancé on hand” only a part of it is real qamoney but much it it is only paper and cannot be realized on. During the last strike the money collected for strike . purposes. for years was not, available for strike purposes but, had been stolen or squandered in salaries and, padded expense accounts. and the officials borrowed. some two hundred thousand dollars in order to pay out five dol- lars per member for. a five. month strike or at the rate of one dollar per month. Some benefits, This was the strike that Farrington tried to break by forcing a separate wage: agree- ment at a reduction in wages and ac- tually had the executive board sup- port his position but there was such a storm raised that he was forced to back up on the matter and allow the miners to win the strike despite his promise to the operators to gtve them a substantial reduction in wages and a settlement in June. Has Willing Tools. Farington now boasts. that he re- ceived 282 nominations in the recent primary but fails to show where they were received. A good pencil and some willing togls can work wonders in an election in the Miners’ Union. One can comb the mining centers of Illinois and outside of those on the payroll scarcely a miner will admit, that he ever voted for Far- rington either in the primary or at election time, in fact, Farrington him: self admits that he does not need votes to be elected as he brazenly states “I don’t give a god | damn whether, you. fellows vote for me or not, I'll be your next president any- way.” A clear cut admisison that he does not depend on votes to retain his power, In the now famous “Herrin” case where civil war broke out between the. scabs and union ‘miners and a number on both sides were killed Farrington had given permission to| y,. the Lester company to do work dur- ing the strike. Protests were made to him against his blundering order to permit this mine to strip coal but to no avail. It has been alleged that he was well paid for this piece of treachery but after giving the per- mission and the deaths occurred he then made a pretense of getting be- hind the Herrin miners with millions OUR DAILY PATTERNS A SIMPLE ONE-PIECE APRON ‘The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: Small, ; medium, 38-40; large, 42-44; xetra) large, 46-48 inches bust measure, ‘A mdfum size requires 3% yards of 36-inch | material. This model is cut without underarm seams. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps, Send 12c in silver or stamps for ou UP-TO-DATE FALL & WINTER 1924- 1925 BOOK OF FASHIONS, r “Your Daily, , % A SIMPLE, PLEASING MODEL 1925 bt OF FASHIONS. The Dal paste ce — Wiskara, 15 W. 1 List c. C. Collection se rah Singe: a. suffered the accident, resulting in amputation, when the railroad’s freight did not.act properly. -The charge is The Duluth, Missabe & Northern road.is a steel trust subsidiary.: it-has paid amazing. dividends to the steel trust for many years. Its. 1922 dividend me was paid in 1921 and 1920, or over $3,000,000 a year clear in paid dividends on its $4,112,500 stock, ‘ A of dollars none of which has been ac- counted for to this time and not likely will be so long as he remains in his present stolen position. Nothing for Unemployed, Farington's officialdom has cost the Mlinois miners millions of dollars but not a cent is available for those out of work and starving. 192 mines out of 397 are shut down and winter is staring them in the face. Children are barefoot and without the neces- sary clothing to go to school and yet Farrington charges up an average of seven dollars a day for hotel and takes the money out of the treasury while the men who pay his salary do not make this amount even when at work. Another term of Farrington and the once proud organization of Illinois, the boast of the organized labor movement will be but a sad memory. Women’s Groups Are Rallying to Help of ° Paterson Strikers NEW YORK, N. Y,, Nov. 12.—The Women’s Committee of the Workers Party and the United Council of Work- ing Women are very active in col- lecting money for the Paterson strikers. In this work Councils No. 7 and 1 of Harlem; Hungarian Coun- cil No. 2, the Yorkville Council, the Finnish, Esthonian and Jewish com- rades of the Workers Party have all taken active part. Bronx Women Joining On Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 8 p. m,,'Councils No, 8 and 5 will have a joint meeting at 1347 Boston Road, Bronx, A joint committee of the W. C: W. P, and U. C. W. W, will be organ- ized to help the Paterson strikers. Bronx women ainst come to this meet- ing. The collection for Paterson strik- ers to date follows: Councils No. 7 and 1—Harlem Celia Shur, ot? Kate Fabricant, i E. 97th 8 ¥., List No. 4 Open Air mestinos. ealisetions Mad. Ave & 106th SI 11 110th St. & Park A’ Park ot 102nd St. Oct. 2, 3 and Seuseils No. 8, Meetin Washington Ave., & C! way, Sept. 27. Hungarian Council No.2. M. Kertesz, 350 E. 81: N.Y. List No. 2890 Emma Farber, 3: 3 onx—Open Air emont Pk- by - BaSRS & F rt ppetecem go Py & ov Ss Hilja ‘Whakkaner, 1 Emma Linkkoner, fist No. 2908 Anna Wilson, List No. 2846 ¥,, List "No. 2851 By Nobie,, Esthonian ‘Harlem 7B, 107th St. N. ¥. List No. abt Y aang List No, 2899 No, 2898 ke 289: 5.05 cartridges. Antho1 yr Ave, va No. Kertows, Ti No. # It 895, 00 i) 's1 it 0. 3 Murla Alges, 801 Av ton, ", , Texas, Money Ord Total ‘Amount ie total amount w: er to the 2 Workers Per Rellet Cor lite f the Paterson strikers "39 Sf E,W. RIECK LUNGH HOOMS Seven Places. Buren ( 42 W. Harrison 118 8. Clark 67 N. f 62 W. Van 23.35! tering of members outside. AMALGAMATION CRYING NEED IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY Workers Divided While Bosses Soak Them By ART SHIELDS. (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) NEW. YORK.—Six rival unions are dividing the forces of the textile workers who wish to resist the wage reductions’ scheduled to come now that Coolidge “and Dawes are safely elected. This Jack of labor solidarity is generally regarded as the greatest asset of the open’ shop cotton and woolen manufacturers in New Eng- land and the southern states. The great majority of the textile workers are outside any union. The division of the remainder into com- peting organizations makes common resistance enormously difficult. Competing Unions. If New England is again the scene of big textile strikes this winter a situation may develop similar to the great 1922 strikes when the United Textile Workers led the fight at Man- chester, N. H., the Blackstone valley in Rhode Island and some smaller lo- calities; with the Amalgamated Tex- tile Workers prominent in the Paw- tuxet valley of Rhode Island and the One Big Union and the United Textile Workers at Lawrence. There were divisions of effort with some mutual recriminations among the striking unions and one of the largest unions, the American Federa- tion of Textile Operatives, which con- trolled at Fall River and New Bedford stayed on the job with mills working overtime, tho furnishing some finan- cial assistance to the struck localities. The Leading Union. The United Textile Workers is the leading union in the field in numbers and in support it can get from the American Federation of Labor, It is the only union with a membership in the southern states, tho its strength is very limited there. Second in membership strength is the American Federation of Textile Operatives, ° This union has a few thousand members in Fall River and New Bedford. Jt has.some strength in Salem, Mass,and.dn.some smaller towns in Massachusetts and Connecti- cut, It is a very conservative organ- ization but has taken a step towards unity by forming a loose link with several independent local unions in New England. and Philadelphia and sits with them in annual conventions. The Amalgamated Téxtile Workers’ union has an active local in the Paw- tuxet valley, Rhode Island and a scat- It start- ed out with a bang during the 1919 Lawrence strike. Later it lost its hold in Lawrence to the One Big Un- ion. Should a big textile strike come this winter it expects to take the lead- ership in its Pawtuxet valley field again, The One Big Union is not maintain- ing an office in Lawrence at present tho some members remain. The In- dustrial Workers of the World, who led the successful Lawrence strike of 1912 and some dramatic battles in oth- er textile towns 10 and 12 years ago, are also lacking in New England or- ganization today, their activity being limited to occasional meetings. An- other independent industrial union, the Amalgamated Textile Workers’ Council, claims 1,500 members in Rhode Island and Massachusetts and conducted a small strike in Middle- “)boro, Mass., this fall. It is safe to say that in no other industry is unionized labor so divided as in the field of cotton and wool. On the other hand the manufacturers are consolidating, both north and south. Belgian Miners’ 18th Week of Strike. BRUSSELS, Nov. 12—Thd Belgian miners’ strike, now in its 18th week in the Borinage basin, is assuming a revolutionary character. Mounted police fired into the masses of strik- ers early in October, but used blank In Quaregnon the streets have been barricaded, barbed wire and broken glass planted, street cars stopped, and in various districts mov- ing picture shows were interrupted at the demand of the strikers. The work- ers demand adequate wages, shorter TENTRALIA, Wash., fendants following the Armistice Day were shot on November 11, 1919. fellow-unionists, is serving 25 to 40 years in prison. Simultaneously with the Sherlie statement came another affidavit from Samuel Johnson, one of the jurors who convicted the I. W. W. de- fendants. Johnson declares the seven prisoners in Walla Walla peni- tentiary. ought to be liberated; that he and his fellow-jurors, in finding the defendants guilty of second de- gree murder, understood that the penalty for that crime would be five to fifteen years; and that a commuta- tion of sentences for the seven would be in keeping with the plea for leni- ency signed by the whole jury, which was ignored by Judge John M. Wil- son. Eugene Barnett, coal miner, was alleged to have shot Lieutenant Grimm from a window in the Avalon hotel. Mrs. Sherlie, then Elsie Horn- back, bookkeeper in a garage across the street, saw a man with a gun in the hotel window at the height of the excitement, On the witness stand she expressed the opinion that Barnett had the same general appearance as the man with the gun—and at one point, in answer to a question put by the defense, she did say yes, that in her opinion Barnett was that man. But, she now declares: “It was never my intention to say on the witness stand that Eugene Barnett positivel¥ was the man with the gun whom I saw in the Avalon window. Y. W. L. Branch OF Coal Miners Reports Progress (Speciat to the Daily Worker) DILLONVILLE, Ohio, Nov. 12—It is appropriate at this time when the Young Workers League has launched a national campaign in the mining industry to hear the report-of one of the branches of the Y. W. L. located down in Dillonville, Ohio. This branch was organized exactly a year ago and is composed overwhelmingly of coal miners. These young workers know what it is to crawl thru the bowels of the earth in a most hazardous oc- cupation where thousands are killed yearly. These young miners organ- ize@ a branch of the Young Workers League and altho they are located away from the large industrial centers they have been one of the most active units in Ohio. Active in Unions. The report of the last year covers their various activities in every field. Every member of the branch who is eligible to union membership must be- long to the union. Preparations are being made to re- organize the branch definitely on the basis of shop nuclei in accordance with the national decisions. Establish Live Junior Group. This branch was also reponsible for establishing another Y..W. L. branch of miners in Bradley, Ohio. A live Junior movement under the direction of Comrade Kobylak has also been established. During the past year many contributions to various drives, totalling $305.00 have been given. These donations included the DAILY WORKER, $45.00, Y. W. L. national office $60.00, Labor Defense Council $46.00, Int. Workers’ Aid $60.00, W. P. of Ohio $40.00, I. W. W. Defense $20.00, Farmer Labor campaign $25.00 and the Foster campaign $10.00, This shows a good record of activ- ity. In addition to the above many vropaganda meetings wits various somrades: from Chicago and Cleve- land have also been held. Probe Revenue Bureau. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—The sen- ate investigation of the bureau of in- ternal revenue, including the enforce- ment of the prohibition law, will be re- sumed on November 19, it was an- nounced this afternoon., Senator hours, and the overthrow of the plan. UNCLE WIGGILY’S TRICKS James Couzens, republican, of Michi- gan, will be in charge of the inquiry. ANOTHER CENTRALIA WITNESS IN REPUDIATION OF TRIAL TESTIMONY (By. Defense News Service) Noy, 12.—Elsie Hornbeck Sherlie, for the prosecution in the trial of the Industrial Workers of the World de- star witness tragedy here five years ago, has just come forward with an affidavit in which she declares that she never intended to identify Eugene Barnett positively as the man with a gun whom she saw in a window of the Avalon hotel where three parading American Legionaires Her testimony was the deciding factor which brought about the convic- tion of Barnett, who with six of his¢————-—-_________ Your Union Meeting Second Thursday, Nov. 13, 1924, Name of Local and No, Place of Meeting. 6 Brick and Clay, A. O. U. W. Hall, Dolten, Il. Blvd. | St. field and Worth’ A Hod Carriers, Harrison and ¢ Ladies' Garment Workers Van Buren 8 Marble Polish Nurses, 771 ¢ Avi Painters’ District Council, 1446 W. St. Hall, Chicago Paper Rulers, 59 E. Van Buren St., 6330 Park Railway Clerks, stone. Railway Clerks, 3124 5S. Halsted St. Reilway Clerks, Harrison afd Green Sts. Railway Trainmen, sity, 8:15 p. m. Signalmen, 180 W. Teamsters, 9206 Houston Ave. otherWwose all meetings Dutt's Binplaves, 810 W. Harrison 17301 774 55th and Black- 1269. 1344 » 817 4 64th & Univer- Washington St. "tote tinioes are at 8 ) (Note—Untess otherwise meetings are at 8 p. m. SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT stated all e SOCIETIES MEETING TONIGHT. German-Hungarian—631 Willow St, John Freifogel, Sec’y, 3741 Semi- nary Ave. Open Forum, Sunday Night, Lodge Room, Ashland Auditorium. Cleveland Workers Shivering in Front of the Factory Gates CLEVELAND, Noy. Ohioans, many of whom probably voted for Coolidge and prosperity, are shivering before factory gates as win- ter approaches, awaiting the burst of industrial activity promised by the re- publican party. Only one of every three men seek ing jobs in Cleveland employment of- fices was successful. Seven thousand were turned away during election week, despite the unusual amount of street work which the local republican administration found needed in the month preceding the national election day. Dozens of busy Cleveland thoro- fares were suddenly torn to pieces as beneficiaries of ward bosses werc given jobs. acute unemployment problem is fore- seen. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER. 11037 | 12.— Jobless When these thousands end their labors in early November, an TIGHTEN KNOT ON RAILROAD LABORS NECK {Labor Fakers Continue to Sit Pretty By CARL HAESSLER, (Federated Press Staff Correspondent As soon as the reactionary election landslide we afely recorded with its implied indorsement of the Esch- Cummins transportation act, U. S. district judge, James Wilkerson—the Daugherty rail injunction judge — twisted another knot in the attempt |to hogtie railroad labor. If sustained, Wilkerson can imprison for contempt without jury trial. | Called to Obey. | Appealed to some time ago by the jrail labor board Wilkerson ruled on |Nov. 6, two days after the election, that railroad union. representatives must obey the board’s summons to ’|testify or become liable to. court ac tion. The case immediately in question was the western railroads and the en- gine service brotherhoods. Negotia- tions on wage and working rules had gone on intermittently when the roads suddenly took the case to the board. The unions refused to appear before the board, preferring direet confer- ence with the roads and charging that the board had shown itself deeply prejudiced against the workers in its decisions. Autocratic Powers. The brotherhoods will appeal the court's decision because its reaction- ary and usurpatory character is a most dangerous menace to union la- bor. If Wilkerson gets higher court backing he can order any unionist in- volved in a wage case to appear be- fore the board in Chicago whether the man lives in Maine or California, If the rail worker refuses he is liable to sentence by Wilkerson for con- tempt of court. That means a jail sentence if Wilkerson feels like it. And the recent supreme court decis- ion providing a jury trial will not protect the workers because this of- fense will not be a crime. Other signs of the railroad-govern- ment offensive against :ail labor are not lacking. For example, The Sur- vey, a New York social welfare maga- zine, carries a page ad by the Metro- politan Life Insurance Co. with an attack on railroad unions. The in- surance company, which is heavily interested in railroad securities, paints a scare-picture of what will tappen to babies and invalids when railroaders strike and the milk supply is interrupted: The Old Bogey. “But our railroads have sometimes been hampered,” reads the neatly dressed-up ‘ad in The Survey, “and in Octber of 1921 they were threatened with a complete stoppage. At that time the authorities of the district of New York with 8,000,000 people to care for were at their wit’s end. The flour would be exhausted in a month, the fresh meat in a week. The fresh milk so essential for babies and in- valids would be gone in a day and storage was out of the question.” ED. GARBER QUALITY SHOES FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN 2427 LINCOLN AVENUE CHICAGO Telephone Diversey 6129 PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. 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