The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 2, 1925, Page 1

Daily Worker Annual Sub- scription Drive Now on in Full Blast! GET IN ON IT! in Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicagc, by mail, $6.00 per year. Vol. II. No. 69. POLISH P SUBSCRIPTION RATES; 32%, fINMRD MURDERS THIRTY-THREE MINERS wood, near Newoastle, (Special to The Dally Worker.) 4 WARSAW, Poland, March 31.—The whole working class population of Po- land is boiling with anger at the mur- der of two Communists by their Po- lish guard convoy who was taking them to the border of Soviet Russia as prisoners to be exchanged for Po- lish spies held in Soviet Russia, Police Sergeant Muraszko, the mur- derer, was among the police convoy on the train bearing the party, includ- ing Comrades Baginski and Wierzor- kiewicz, as prisoners, to the border, Suddenly the police officer drew his revolver and shot the two Commun- ists who were helpless, béing shackl- ed, from protecting themselves. “A Patriotic Murder.” The police officer then shouted, “I have acted as a patriot! I have kill AS WE SEE IT escape. By T. J. O')FLAHERTY ‘OU cannot Beat a fake iabor sheet for optimism. Without hardly an exception every so-called official or- > gan of the American Federation of Labor, either local or national has buried the hatchet with the employing class and now smoke the pipe of peace under the master’s fig tree, or perhaps within reach of his cellar. The Fed- erationist, official organ of the Kana wha Valley Central Labor Union and the Charlestown Building Trades Council, West Virginia, was once a rather decent labor organ. But the wave of class collaboration, which is} ed two traitors!” now sweeping the land has engulfed! The Polish workers, however, are it. demanding immediate execution of . eee the murderer and grave fears are felt that unless the Polish white guard government quickly, acts the Polish spies held prisoner in Russia may be executed. Especially, are the work- ers aroused at the government not: fication sent to Soviet Russia today, that the exchange of prisonerg has “been postponed.” Sentenced Over Explosion in Fort. This exchange was arranged some time ago, but only became known a few days ago, upon the acquital of Stanislav Lanzutsky following world- wide proletarian demonstrations of protest. Comrades Baginski and Wierzork- iewicz were sentenced to death last year, upon an allegation that they were concerned in the dstruction of the mine. the hope of rescue. The rescue teams present, greatly lessening 'N a recent issue of the Federationist, the editor exults over the bright prospects facing the workers and poor farmers of that balliwick of those “sinister financial interests” which the labor fakers denounce with tongue in cheek. A new governor decided to give the “people” a “new deal.” Wise governor! Wise owners of the gov- ernor! They can repudiate the acts of former puppets and start Mr. Gore , out with a clean slate. “* @ i HAT elicited the hearty approval | of the Federationist was the gov- ) ] ] men would escape alive. ernor’s gesture in calling a conference By A. W. HARVITT. of the leaders of the state, labor lead- ers, business men, the press and other ; volt in protest against the goose step —. SPORE Soon anc | teh Warsaw fort, which an unexplain- | policy of President Stowe. 3 ” 2) hat sapheads|°4,, *Plosion destroyed in October,| A storm that has been brewing for i ps 1923. The frame up against the Com- munists was so apparent, even for white guard Poland that has 4,000 workers in prison, that President Wo- joieshowski commuted the two death sentences to life imprisonment. Soyiet Russia May Retaliate. Their murder under convoy is ex- cted to” r ment in Soviet Russia. Already it is learned that one of the Polish spies to be returned from Russia un- der the exchange has been stopped en- route to the Polish frontier. He is M. Laszkiewicz, an attache to the Polish embassy at Tiflis, condemned to, death for actively assisting armed counter-revolution against Soviet Rus- sia. The accusation is openly made that the government instructed the police sergeant to murder the pris- oners on the train. Indignation is at white heat. MINERS’ STRIKE IN WEST VIRGINIA OPENS TOMORROW (Special to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, March 31.— Meet- ings are being held by the officers of the United Mine Workers thruout the northern part of West Va. ag part of the campaign launched today to un- jonize those coal fields. A strike order has been issued by Van Bittner, international organizer for West Virginia, which takes effect today. Owing to the almost complete liquidation of the union in West Vir- ginia the officials were obliged to re- Sort to advertisements in the capital- ist press announcing the strike; Two Main Objects, The union officials declare that the two main objects in calling the strike are, to organize the non-union mines, in West Virginia so that the operator: in that field will not be able to flood the market with “cheaper coal,” thus offering “unfair” competition to the Pittsburg coal barons, and secondly, to rob the coal operators of an argu: ment for a reduction in wages. Officials of the miners’ union dict that besides the 16,000 mi already on strike in West Virginia, t some for several years, 6,000 more will come out today, Preparation Demanded, While the mine leaders dismiss the conferences now being held by the operators in Cleveland, members of the rank and file of the United Mine Workers of America express the opin- fon that those secret conferences which have been taking place tor two weeks, demand that the miners’ union should prepare for the most a conflict in its history. Tho the miners’ officials admit ‘that the operators of the Ohio and western Pennsylvania fields are planning on a complete shut down on April.1,, th former claim that only the large oper. ators contemplate such a move and.) that the small fellows will continue to do business as usual, other West Vs. zevernurs must have Leen, that did not conceive of the idea ot making pals of the labor fxkers in- | stead of fighting them? A labor taker will swell out like a poisoned pup | when a rotarian banker slaps him on the back and in the best babbittarian style les: “Well, how are _you to- “Way you” old horse thief?” Meaning that the labor faker is “one of our- selves” and eligible to enjoy the next cotarian stag party. } to be recognized! of the président. Stowe’s resignation. | The sors, Bradley, Nurse, and Jones. FEW quotations from the Federa: tionist may serve to give the reader a clear picture of the attitude of the average labor faker. “Governor Gore made it plain that jhe proposed to give all groups a voice in all matters in which they were con- cerned and to hear both sides of all questions involving the good and wel- fare of the state and deal impartially with all concerned.” No class distinc- | tion here! One can’t imagine a coal professors are discharged. have been interviewed, say strike in a state governed by such an Yet there is. testing against angelic public servant. 2 ND again he chirps: “In the discus- sion, Governor Gore paid a high tribute te the loyalty of organized la- bor to this state and nation during the world wer and recited the great serv- ice performed by labor in that conflict and he #xpressed his confidence that labor wil contribute the same service n the reconstruction work and in soly- ing the problems that resulted from the war.” The labor fakers are always generous with the lives of the workert. While the youth of the country was being frittered away on the baitlefields of Europe, the labor leaders were drawing large» salariés from te government, in their capac- ity as \rained rams, leading the work- ers to the slaughter. ‘4% 8 , HE labor leaders are not’ ‘satistied with a compliment. They demand something more substantial.’ But recognition in the form ‘of%a’ compli: ment for being damned fodls} ‘id good mough fof the rank and file. Oh Apri? 1 the United Mine Workers of Am- erica will down tools in West Va. The fact that the U. M. W. of A.\in West * exists chiefly in sent (Continued on 4 : rs tas Lop ID /AB 4. 2 t) | > © Ferguson Puts It Over, | ; AUSTIN, Tex., March 31,— James F. Ferguson, impeached governor of Texas, is, after eight years of political banishment, permitted to hold office, The amnesty’ bill restoring hig rights and privileges taken away by the im- peachment court, passed by the 39th legislature, became a law today when the former executiye’s wife, Governor Miriam A. Ferguson, added her signa- ture. ' it is carried out. and anarchists. 540 names. mass meeting of protest. standing. The will oppose it. Chi icago Unions Are ;| traetion steal, demned the Dever ordinance, Forty local under the protection of Dever. Lod Association of Machinists Iron Workers Meet April 7-19 Pa.—The conven- mated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers of North . America opens in Pittsburgh April 7 to remain in session until April 19, Get a sub—make another Com- munist ! Steel Plant Chan Calumet district, has | toda: declared, TRAPPED IN MINE BY — TWO CO ie gre’ tso NERS ON WATER AND GASES ROAD TO EXCHANGE-n BORDER) 232-22 In the Montague colliery at Scob- this after- noon by a sudden inrush of water. Two hundred men were under- ground when the flood started, but all except thirty-three made their Eight of the entombed men were said to be in a perilous position to- night on a ridge near the roof of Rescue work was being greatly hampered by foul gases. Scores of relatives are gathered about the pit head, including many ‘women, who have stood in the cold Fain for fourteen hours or more in were with- drawn at midnight. Nothing further is possible until greater pumping power is provided to cope with the flood, which is increasing rapidly. Men who attempted to enter the pit mouth today said the waters were rising rapidly and that the deadly black damp was already chances that any of the imprisoned SOCIAL STANDING ADMITS STUDENTS TO UNIVERSITY Students onl Faculty Revolt at Practice [he made his TOLEDO, Ohio, March 31.— Stu- dents at Toledo university are in re- several months in Toledo university broke a few days ago, when the stu- dent body demanded the dismissal The demands of the students were so urgent that the board of directors were forced to ask for President retaliate by dismissing three profes- These three members of the facul- ty are charged with being rebels and anarchists, and of being responsible for the agitation that brought about the resignation of President Stowe. The rest of the faculty have threat- ened to quit in a body if the three Some of the faculty members who President Stowe is not a man big enough for the job he holds, and that he tried to make up for what he lack- ed in ability by his arbitrary and pet- ty policy in dealing with the faculty. The faculty are unaninious in pro- the action by the board in dismissing the three profes- sors and threaten to quit in a body if The board of directors accuse sev- eral other professors of being rebels The students have circulated a pe- tion protesting against the dismissal of the professors on which they have They have also called a The students say that President Stowe was instituting a policy of se- lecting students who applied for ad- mission to the university, according to their social and economic position in society, giving the preference to applicants who had a better social students and professors are against this new policy and say they ., Against Bill Giving “Cars to the Bankers ‘ Local unions which have responded ‘to the referendum on the report of ‘the Chicago Federation of Labor's ‘traction committee, against the Dever have unanimously in- rx, | 1orsed the committee's report and eon_ unions have sent in ‘votes on the ordinance, and every one hus unanimously voted against grant- ing the bankers a perpetual franchise Among the unions opposing the or- dinance are the Die and Toolmakers’ No, 113 of the International with a membership of 750, and the four local unions of the leather workers, Hands. The Republic Iron and Steel com- plant at Kast Chicago, one of the best equipped’ rolling mills in the been sold to Briggs and Turvin, it was announced Operations will be resumed early this summer, the new owne! es Defy Meal Artist (Special to The Dally Worker.) GREAT FALLS, Montana, March 31. —Paul Smith, meal ticket disor- ganizer who ded in partially wrecking the ide union movement in Minneapolie and St. Paul, arrived here a few ago to perform the same kind of ructive feat in Great Fal But about all he has accom- plished so far ig winning the praise of the Anaconda and exposing him- self to the ‘S as a species of dankey that bray loudly! and use his hind legs, has a natural disin- clation to ref any kind of work. Snfith is mad because the Federal Labor Union, refuse to go into his vest pocket and comé forth only when the pie card autocrat gives the word. The workers from the great open spaces have taken Smith's measure, The local paper, Great Falls Town Topics, has laid down a barrage against Smith, that keeps the slimy faker, running for help to the Anaconda Mining Com- d in Minneapolis, was exposed in a ent isue of Town Top- ics by C. A, Hathaway, Workers Party in Minnesota. The lishment of Paul lis was to spend F. of L.’s money and of the Minneapolis Assembly. rrived in Great Falls, lence known to the capitalist papers and issued a state- ment, charging the labor troubles in this city to the domination by radicals of the local lal movement. Smith made His first public appear ance at the meeting of the Federal Labor Union where he made a short speech. He requested that a special meeting of the union be called. Smith and a half, making m the Commu:_its. , his hearers felt as principal act Smith in Minn $20,000 of the lift the chi Trades and When Smith called on Steve Ely to say what he had to°say. Steve is as ready to talk as @ street fakir and selected the I. W..W. for attack. By the time Fly got thfu, the audience had forgotten what Smith said and the two tirades sounded’to them like the rant- ings of addle-brained medicine men. Smith informed the officers of the Federal Union that they had no busi- ness in the organization. This union has cooks andr waiters, clerks and waiters in it, somewhat like the Irish Transport and General Workers Union. Holding aloft the banner of craft un- ionism, Smith delivered his ultimatum decreeing that the workers must be separated or elsedo without a charter. Why should cooks, waiters, clerks, teamsters and creamery workers be united when they:could be worse off separated? No reason in the world declared Smith. Ditto, said the Great Falls capitalist rags. According to Smith nobody really belongs to the Federal Union and the organization should be immediately scrambled. This prospect is not to the liking of the progresives in Great Falls, so Smith finds his teeth biting a granite rock. Smith’s arrival in Great Falls coin- cides with the exposure of the Black Magic Oil company which promised to produce oil where there was no oil. Perhaps its promoters read in the bible that the prophets occassion- ally made water gush from a rock with a blow from a rod. The of] magicians however, legally entitled themselves to receive $250,000 from the public for stock. They are still at large and selling stock at a dollar and a halt a throw. The supply of suckers is decidedly on the wane. ; ‘The point in this story is that H. E. Gallagher, secretary of the Smelter- men’s Union is an officer in the Black Magic Oil company and this is the gentleman into whose oily hands Smith intends to place the labor movement in Great Falls. The board of directors of this fake oil company is composed of) labor fakers and cronies of Gallagher. The progressives are determined to give Smith and hig reactionary co- horts the fight of their lives, Get a sub—make another Com- munist! Horsebreeder Succeeds Publisher. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 31— The resignation of Theodore Bren- tano, former Chicago judge, as min- ister to Hungary,.will be accepted, it was stated at thé White House. Al- exande Moore, Pittsburgh publisher, will soon resignias ambassador to Spain to make room for A. K. Macom- ber of Stamford,)Conn., horse breeder. GET A SUB\AND GIVE ONE! EE 290 Only Four Pages Today Due to trouble with electrical power, shortly before going to press, it was necessary to reduce this issue to four pages in order 1o meet the mailing schedule. The DAILY WORKER will appear tomorrow again in its regular size. WAGE SCALE IN |HARRY JENSEN JERSEY TOWN IS | BILLY SUNDAY WORST KNOWN) OF CARPENTERS Workers Get | as Low as 12 Cents Per Hour By GEORGE BENDER. (Special to The Dally Worker) PHILLIPSBURG, N. J.—The Can- ister company of this city is owned by A. Garpeen, well known New York vanker. He is also president of the Phillipsburg First National Bank This company employs about workers, mostly middle-aged women and men, with some young workers, and has a wage scale the worst every known. Women and girls get only from 12 to 25 cents and hour, a 50- hour weekly pay averaging from $9 to $15. Low Wages and Speed Up. For men they pay from 36 to 45 cents an hour, their pay ranging from $18 to $22.50 a week. As for speed-up systems, the com- pany pays a “premium” adjusted ac- cording to the above scales, so that when payday comes the women re- ceive, counting their piece rate pre- mium, from $15 to $19 a week, the men from $18 to $23, Then the bosses cut down the force, laying off workers for several days or a week to walk the streets looking for work, while the ones who are left at work have to do the added work for the same or less money. At the same time, the bosses set the produc- tion rate so high on piece work that the workers are not able to make the required number. Yet the bosses claim the Canister to money by their “premiums.” The other day tlie work’s manager and bosses’ lackey presented the workers in the press room with a warning notice on the bulletin board. It said that the press machine operators were not working fast enough for him. The notice threatened to penalize any worker found “soldiering or loafing” in the shops. Victims of Injuries, This flunkey doesn’t consider the dangerous handling of tins by work- ers whose hands are always cut and bandaged as it is now. With more speed there will be more injuries. Canister workers! Organize a shop committee at once! Unite your- selves completely thruout the shop, electing a committee which must be your best fighters to take up your complaints with the boss. By stand- ing solid and true behind your shop committee you can resist wage cuts, get ~higher wages and bétter condi- tions, and stop the tyranny of the snobby manager who wants to speed everybody to death. And then you must subscribe to the DAILY WORK- ER, the only daily paper which as- sists the workers in all phases of their struggles. Evangelist Now that the five members of Chi- cago Local 181 of the Carpenters’ Un- ion who were expelled thru the trick- ery of Harry Jensen, have been rein- stated by the local, Harry is running around to the other locals claiming 76 | credit for the belated act of justice. Jensen is telling the members that he went down to Indianapolis in or- der to use his influence with “czar” Hutcheson to get the “expelled” mem- bers back into the union. The car- penters know that Harry was talking nonsense. It was the splendid fight made by Local 181 and the support of the other locals that forced Jen- sen and Hutcheson to eat crow. Trying to Square Himself. Jensen paid a visit to Local 1786 last week. When the votes on the re- cent wage scale for the inside locals were counted and the report announc- ed at the district council, the delegates from Local 1786 learned to their amazement that their local had vot- ed for the low wage scale that was put over by Jensen. The fact was that the local had voted against the agreement. Jensen denied having any hand in the mess, so he went be- fore the local to square himself. The secretary of the local did not know how it happened but acknowl- edged that he did not have his glass- es on when he Sent in ene vote tabu- lation to Harry Jensen. This was a pretty thin alibi, In fact, the carpen- ters could see thru it, at least better than the secretary could see without his glasses. But bétter still the car- penters are seeing thru Harry Jen- sen, Another Billy Sunday. Those who saw Jensen perform said that he had Billy Sunday backed off the boards. When Billy is busy in- ducing sinners to hit the sawdust trail he pulls off a madman stunt, tearing off a perfectly good collar, drinking | and doing hand springs. All this to show that he is possessed of the spirit of Jesus. Jensen almost destroyed ten dol- lars’ worth of furniture while explain- ing himself to the carpenters. But for his lack of hair, he would have done better than Billy. When denounc- ing the Communists he is in the habit of grabbing for hfs foliage only to run into a more or less bald head. Some people say Harry lost his hair because the roots got worn away rub- bing against his brains. Others believe that on the contrary, the roots of his hair got cold feet looking into a vacu- um, which means an empty space. Alsace-Lorraine Question Is Still Up for Discussion Russia Buys Tractors ODESSA, March 31,—The co-oper- itives bought up a supply of tractors vhich were received in Odessa, with- n two weeks. COMMUNISTS TO RUN THAELMANN IN 2ND GERMAN ELECTIONS (Special to The Daily Worker.) BERLIN, Germany, March 31— The Communist Party of Germany, will run Ernst Thaelmann, who poll-.. ed two million votes in the first Ger- man election, a candidate in the final election to be held April) 26. Since no candidate secured a ma- jority in the first election, arun- off contest was necessary, accord- ing to the German law. Comrade Thaelmann is expected to.poll an even larger vote in the coming elec- tion. Otto Braun, socialist candidate, will not run again, it is announced, as the social-democrats will form a coalition with the “republican” bourgeois parties. Former chancel- lor Marx is being talked of as the candidate of the left block, which will oppose the fascist-monarchist coalitio# and the Communists. The former crown prince Fred- erick William who voted for the monarchist Jarres, declared that he hopes to have his son take power and re-establish the monarchy, (Special to the Daily Worker.) PARIS, March 31.—Alsace-Lorraine is a French department and as such should adopt the French legal code at the end of the special regime there, Premier Herriot declared today, in a long address to the chamber of de- puties. Alsace-Lorraine was taken from France by Germany after the Franco- Prussian war. France secured it again in the world war and it is now govern- ed by a high commission. It is rich in iron, coal and other products. To Tone Down Peru Protest. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 31-— The note of protest sent by Peru to President Coolidge, protesting against his award in the Tacna-Arica dispute between Chile and Peru, and against the appointment of the military dic- tator, General Pershing, to head the plebiscite to’ settle the controversy, will be delivered to Coolidge by the Peruvian embassy here soon, it was announced, The original note will be toned down before presentation, it is ru- mored. Two More Storm Dead. HERRIN, Ill, March 31—-Two more names were added to the recent tor- nado roster of death today when Mrs. man, both brot to hospitals here from Bush, IL, died from lockjaw, Doing His Stuff Like an| WORKER. | Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WO. 7 (GERMAN RAIL a big jug of water, standing on chairs | 0. M. Monks and Mrs, Lilian Stead. | strom had held the fort until he could | sideration, ~NEW YoRK | YORK EDITION KER PUBLISHING CO., 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL Price 3 Cents WORKERS WAR ON DAWES PLAN Amalgamate Unions to Unite All Action (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, March 31.—Sporadic “out- law” strikes on many divisions of the former national railway lines now un- der direct private management of the Dawes’ plan, continue to disturb both the management and the social demo- cratic leaders who fear a general strike as the devil fears holy water. Amalgamation in June. However, under pressure from the Communist left wing, a conference of representatives of the two principal railway unions, the German Railroad- ers’ Union and the National Union of German Railroad Officials (clerical workers) met two weeks ago at Frank- fort and agreed to a united front in any action until the two unions are formally amalgamated at a conference to be held in June. 300,000 Fired; Others Speeded. Under the beauties of the Dawes’ plan, 300,000 railway workers have been discharged and those remaining have been compelled to do the work on longer hours and speed up systems imposed by,the Dawes’ plan control, They work 54 hours a week. Moreover, their wages have been cut down until the 750,000 ratiroaders are getting lower pay than the already starvation wage average of German workers as a whole. Profits All For Reparations. The men are aroused over the atti- tude of the arbitration commission which refuses to grant them any con- cession whatever, meanwhile that the railway lines under the Dawes’ *plan are doing well financially and can afford to grant increases, but instead wishes to devote all profits to paying reparations with the exception of re cent increases given to the high offi- cials. Wages now are below the pre-war Jevel, while freight and passenger rates are above it. Demand 8Hour Day. The men demand the effective eight- hour day as provided in the German constitution and abolished by the Dawes plan; abolition of the contract system of speeding up workers bey- ond their endurance; the abolition of the bonus system. The speed up system is responsible for sickness and many injuries, as shown in the Berlin district sickness was nine per cent the first part of January. And the management itself jadmits that the number of employes injured from April to September, 1924, was 626, against 513 the year before. Six Hundred Mill ‘, Workers Lose Jobs in Lawrence Flood (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Mass., March 31.—Rivers and Brooks of northern Neéw Ene- land were far above their banks to day, the third day of flood conditions. The floods have one life. Six hundred textile operators were thrown out of work at Lawrence when high waters of the Merrimac river flooded the mill cellars. Several main highways in western Massachusetts and along Massachu- setts-New Hampshire border line were under water. Bridge Falls; 70 Soldiers Drown, DETMOND, Germany, March 31.~ Seventy soldiers were drowned, ac- cording to latest reports, when a pon- toon bridge spanning the upper Weser river collapsed today during maneu- vers, of reichswehr troops. Hundreds of soldiers were on the bridge at the time. ANTI-INJUNCTION BILL SAVED FROM FAILURE BY QUICK FLOOR WORK (Special to The Daily Worker.) SPRINGFIELD, ‘Ill, March 31— By quick action on a_ sudden “hunch” Representative Roger Sod- erstrom, of Streator, sponsor of the i ‘anti-injunction bill,” saved the measure from defeat today when a vote of the house failed to pi it. ‘ ] The vote showed 74 ayes and mays, but lacked three votes having a constitutional majority. Taking the floor before the vote was announced, Soderstrom saved the situation by moving that further con. sideration be postponed, It was ex plained that more than enuf ‘favorable votes to insure the bill's victory were absent and that by his action, Soder. marshall his full foree for later com