The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 2, 1925, Page 3

a a Te ee THIS PAGE. Is Devoted to the Activity and Interests of the Trade Union Educational League (1. 0, BL.) North American Sectlon of the RED INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR UNIONS (RL LU.) wee THE T. Represents the Left Wing U.E.L. . of the Lahor Movement. its Purpose Is to Strengthen the Labor Unions by Amalgamation of Existing Unions, Organization of the Unorganized, and by Replacing. Reactionary and Cl 8 Collaboration Policies with a Unified Program for the Transformation of the Unions Into Organs of Revolutionary Class Struggle for the Overthrowal of Capitalism and the Establishment of a Workers’ and Farm- ere’ Government. MINE INSPECTOR ELECTION GIVES MACHINE DEFEAT County Supervisors Turn Down Fakers By ALEX REID. CHRISTOPHDR, Ul, April 30.— The Farrington machine goes down to inglorious defeat in the latest elec- tion fiasco, “The election of county mine inspector,” in Franklin county. The appointment of the mine in- spector takes place, after the miners show their preferance by ballot, and same is recorded with county super- yisors, who in turn, elect the choice of the miners. Voted Full Membership. Said election recently took place in Franklin county, and the ballots were withheld from the Freeman local un- ion with approximately 700 members. The Middlefork local union with a membership of 600, when the mine is in operation and which has been idle for over two years, cast a vote ap- proximately a full membership. Jack James, one of the candidates, and a democrat, refused to worship at the republican shrine, or the Far- rington bench and thereby incurred the wrath of the unholy machine, who went out to annihilate him, and place their own stool pigeon in his place, by name, Chas. Robinson, a pliant tool of the bureaucracy, from Benton, gigi vier Maohine Tried to Get False Cou Jack James from Christopher would have received practically a 100 per cent vote: from Freeman local, 700 membership, as Mr. James is well- known and respected in Freeman, and the Farrington and sub-district ma- chine is hated as only those machines deserve’ and would have received a secant vote there indeed. Knowing this, the Lowe Fox, presi- dent sub-district 9, Fox by name as well as nature, has the ballots held up from Freeman on the ground that it is not in sub-district 9, and attempts to lead the’ supervisors to believe the mine was in Williamson county, when the facts of the.case are that the mine is in Franklin county and the inspector must examine that mine with the rest of the mines in Frank- lin county. They, “the machine,” did not attempt to explain the full ballot from the mine that was shut down for two years. Lewis’ Ruling Didn’t Count. John L. Lewis has ruled the actions of that local union since, and prior to the December 9 elections, illegal; yet in spite of this ruling by the in- ternational president, and with the aid and connivance of the Farrington machine and the sub-district tools, they attempted to beat Mr. James and put over Mr. Robinson in line with their policy of rule or ruin. Their contempt for the Lewis rul- ing is seen in their defiance to issue transfer cards, which are about to be declared illegal, and which is caus- ing bitter comments against the ma- chine from the decent miners who have been duped by the fakers and who now arerswearing retaliation. Try to Get County’ Supervisors’ Aid. On Saturday, April 25, the whole Farrington outfit with their candidate Robinson appeared at the county court house in Benton to clinch the deal. Headed by the Fox, assisted by Board Member Harry Madden, also Assistant Board Member James Hicks, and others around Benton and, in- cidentally, the miners’ attorney, A, C. Lewis was in deep conversation with them, and was very prominent in the room of the supervisors during the session, their foul efforts went for naught. County w Supervisors Reject Fakers’ Plot. The supervisors were informed of the facts of the Freeman local, like- wise the conditions of the Middlefork local, and as one of the supervisors was overheard to say afterwards, “It was a clear case of saving the min- ers’ franchise from destruction by their officers.” It was the clear in- tent of the miners to have Mr. James vn Me, ill examine. thi If Mr, Robinson w! @ the personnel of his supporters, together “with letters from Mr. Cobb, and nl statements soliciting support for Mr. Robinson on the back of his official stationery of the U. M. W. of A, coupled with the Freeman local incl- dent and the Middlefork local situa- tion, with the miners’ total disgust, of the Farrington, Fox, Cobb, Lowden machine he will readily understand the cause of his defeat by the overwhelm- ing vote of the supervisors which was 14 votes for Mr, James and 4 votes for Mr, Robinson. On the strength of that vote one would be safe in say- ing that his friends, the machine, beat him, Four Defeats. This is the fourth defeat of the ma- chine in the last few weeks. First, the local election held in Ziegler with the international officers; in this prior election justice could not be had, as the Farrington-Fox machine, with Madden and Wright ably assisting them, destroyed the miners’ franchise, but was later repudiated in this last election, by relegating them to the scrap heap. Second, the Ziegler city election which was won by the opponents of the Farrington machine that had been used to defeat the miners in their elections. Third, the West Frankfort city elec- tion which resulted in the complete defeat of the Farrington machine, and fourth, the victory of Mr) John James for mine inspector of Franklin county. Various local unions are preparing resolutions to be sent to, the board of supervisors commending: them for their absolute fairness and justice in TEXTILE WORKERS ADOPT PROGRAM AT CONFERENCE YT Adaisd.. Plane Call for United Front By JOSEPH MANLEY. LAWRENOD, Mass., April. 30. — Lawrence, Mass., known thruout the labor movement as the scene of historic struggles in the textile in- dustry, was the location of a textile conference held last Sunday, April 26, The Lawrence conference is signifi- cant and important to the extent that the miserable conditions of the textile workers generally are becoming worse. The entire textile industry is faced with serious developments for the, workers, brought about by the con- centration of capital; the wholesale in- troduction of automatic machinery, the application of efficiency methods of production, and the use of super power which, together with the semi- automatic machinery, enables the use of black and white unskilled labor close to the source of the raw mater- ial in the south. The textile trust in its ruthless grasp for profits is grind- ing its vast army of workers down to the very lowest degree of wage slaves. Out of Date Unions and Leaders The many unions, in the modern textile industry are antiquated in policy and structure. Officered as they are by men and women (the later of the type of Sarah Conboy) whose principles are bounded by class colla- boration and whose ideology is essent- jally capitalistic, offer no resistance whatever to the growing power and Profits of the textile trust. The many unions as they stand now, whether of the craft or semi-indus- trial type, cannot and will not organ- ize the textile workers. Not more than 100,000 workers out of a total of over a million and a half are now divided between these various unions. Not a single one, of these unions attempts to meet constructively, or even intelligently such obstacles as the race problem or the tendency to- ward craft division in the three basic woolen,cotton and silk, divisions of the industry. The,inability to organ- ize the textile workers by a bank- rupt bureaucracy at the head of anti- quated unions has for a long time been pointed out by the Trade Union helping by their decisions to safe-| Educational League. guard the miners’ franchise against the corruption of their union official- dom. } = ..hewls" Letter on Transfer. A copy of a letter of J. L. Lewis, president of the U. M. W. of A., to the Local Union No. 1969 is given below. This is the letter and decision made in compliance with the miners’ constitution that Farrington and his gang in Sub-District 9 hold in contempt and which has’ taused the miners to again get the locals togeth- er to have a delegation go to Indiana- Polis to see Lewis and plead for a special commission to come here and clean out the rottenness, as no. effort can result in any relief from within the district. “Indianapolis, April 21, 1925, To Mr. G. R. Price, 802 Fairland St., Benton, Ilinois. “Dear Sir and Brother:—Replying to your inquiry of recent date, permit me to advise that if the officers of Local Union 1959 have taken their cards from that local union and de- posited them in some other local un- ion they would not be eligible to serve as officers of Local Union 1959. They were without authority to issue trans- fer cards. When the officers of Local Union 1959, to whom you refer drew their transfer cards from Local Union 1959 and went elsewhere to work, the local union should have elected officers to serve in their place. Trust- ing this will give you the desired information. “Yours truly, J. L. Lewis.” This letter supplemented telegrams from Lewis prior to Dee. 9, which held those officers could not legally hold the elections, but which was, and is, held in contempt and scorn by Far- rington and his henchmen, and which now seems to be a means of declaring about 300 transfer cards invalid. The miners of the whole sub-district are up in arms against the Farring- ton, Fox, Madden, Cobb, Lowden ma- chine and are preparing to remove them from office, ee See Prison Labor Issue Raised WASHINGTON, D. C., April 30.— American Federation of Labor offi- cials are watching closely the fight in Oklahoma, launched by the State Federation of Labor, to defeat by re- ferendum vote the bill driven thru the legislature by Gov, Trapp, which would remove the label “prison made” from garments and brooms made by convicts in contract shop in the Okla- homa penitentiary, The Oklahoma Farmers’ Union is cooperating with organized labor in this attack on the prison contract labor trust. Urges Air Armaments for Britain. ROME, April 30. — Great Britain should oppose any move toward air disarmament, accordjng to Air Min- ister Hoare, in an interview today. He said Bngland would soon in- augurate a Cairo-Bagdad air service, as well a8 regular flights between London and India, Previous Work Laid Basis The organization of the left wing elements in the textile industry has been advocated, and to some extent been carried on for the last couple of years by the Trade Union Educa, tional League. Two years ago con; ferences of militants in the textile industry were organized. ‘ An amalgamiation committee was formed, a textile union amalgamation program was adopted, and other measures proposed to crystalize the militant movement in the industry. This propaganda and agitation, by the T. U. E. L., national committee thru- out the entire industry has firmly con- vinced the textile workers that amal- gamation is a practical necessity look- ing to the organization of the un- organized. The Wage Cut Drive For months past, the textile trust has been making war upon its work- ers. -The seat of this war has been in New England. The signal for the battle was given by the trust in the form of wage cuts and large scale un- employment. Immediately that the textile barons anounced their inten- tions, the T. U. E. L. national com- mittee sounded the alarm to the work- ers, : In addition, it proposed a line of policy and program to effectively re- sist wage reductions and unemploy- ment. The T. U. E. L. issued a mani- testo addressed particularly to New England textile workers calling upon them to follow its lead in the initia- tion of a wide campaign for a broad united front movement of the textile unions, and the unorganized textile workers against the united front of the textile millionaires. The T. U. EL. Fighting Plan Militant resistance to wage cuts, and increased in hours was declared for. The organization of shop com- mittees, in every mill, was proposed. Immediate measures to resist the widespread unemployment was con- tained in the manifesto. To deal with the New England crisis, it was pro- posed to call a series of conferences at which basic programs should be adopted, such conferences and pro- wrams to lead to the inauguration of 4 broad mass movement of textile workers that will effectively meet the onslaught of the textile capitalists, The Lawrence conference is the first of a series, It was called by Dis- trict Organizer J. J. Ballam for the T. U. BE. L, There were present at this conference some forty odd delegates, members of five unions from thirteen New England textile cities. The Present Conference Four language bodies: Russian, Fin- nish, Armenian and Iranco-Belgian were represented along with three lo- cal united front committees. The chairman of} the conference was an old time textile worker—J. P. Reid of Providence, Rv I. The secretary was a te _ Worker—Fred EB, Beal of Lawrenee, M. discussion took place the organization of workers’ commit THE DAILY WORKER NEEDLE-TRADES SECTION OF THE TX. E. L. CALLS CLOAKMAKERS ~“AND ALL I. L. G. W. INTO ACTION To the cloak ere of New York and All Members of the I. L. G. W. U.: Fellow Workers:—Once more we are confronted with the necessity of struggle for a decent standard of living for ourselves and our families. Again the bureaucrats! of the international are threatening to disrupt the morale and unity of the union with the object in view of terrorizing the members into acceptance of their surrender to the bosses thru the governor's com- mission for which they are preparing. This can be the only interpreta- tion of the behavior of Vice-President 4———_____________ Perlstein and others at severeal meet- ings of the locals of the international. Fellow Workers: Previous to the expiration of last year’s cloak and dressmakers’ agree- ment, as Well as others thruout the industry, the officials of the Interna tional prepared to crush all opposition to their tactics thru expulsions of our best and most active members and reorganization of opposition locals. on the pretense that these members be- long to the T. U. E. L. It is now clear to everyone thatthe real reason for that terrorism was to smother the opposition in order to be able thru the tactic of a governor's com- mission to abandon the struggle for the vital demands so necessary to make a decent living in our industry. Do you still remember how for weeks and weeks they conducted se- eret diplomacy behind closed doors, the end of which was that a deal was made that no strike be called for any of the demands and all demands were referred to the governor's commis- sion? Against Class Collaboration. Now, what is this governor's com- mission? ~As everyone knows, and surely our leaders ought to know, the U. 8. government as well as the gov- ernment of the state of New York, is controlled by Wall Street. Al Smith is their governor, elected by Tam- many Hall, and this governor, a mere tool of Wall Street capital, appointed other tools—capitalists themselves— as a commission, and our leaders have put our fate—the well-being of our families, our bread and butter—into the hands of, this commission;. in other words, into the hands of Wall Street. Who are the rulers of Wall Street? They are the biggest labor-baiting capitalists of the country, and the commission is their commission. What can we expect from such a commis- sion? Nothing, or even worse. What is our union for, if Wall Street com- missions are the arbiters of our con- ditions? Class collaboration is the policy that our officials follow in deal- ing with the bosses. Their motto is to have peage. with the bosses. Conditions, in the Industry Are Growing Worse. Do you yw that the workers of the ent industry, accord- ing to the Idtest reports of the U. S. census buréau, are producing 35 per cent more garments than. before, while the “humber of employed is 10 per cent less? You may not know that, but you'do know that your sea- sons are getting shorter every year and that your income as figured per year is getting smalier year by year. That the contractor system that pre- vails thruout New York has made your job insecure, subjected you to speed up and bad sanitary conditions. If the bosses could produce 35 per cent more garments than before with 10 per cent less workers employed, it was of course at your expense; in other words, the jobbers and manu- facturers are getting richer and stronger while we are getting poorer and weaker. Where will that lead us to? Will we at last make the union our instrument or will we remain mere pawns in the hands of the offi ? The rank and file has suffered enough abuse, Democracy in our union has become a farce. Our best and active members are subject to expulsion and persecution. We are taxed and dues are increased without consulting the membership, the union has become a gold mine for the offi- cials instead of being an instrument for the workers to fight for better conditions, We suffered and stood for all that for the sake of keeping our union intact for the big thing— the struggle for better conditions. Once more our leaders are prepar- ing to abandon definitely all our vital demands to the mercy of the gover- nor’s commission, and in preparation for this purpose threaten again to dis- tees, and the shop committee system in its application to the textile indus- try. Along with this, other special problems, as Well as the general con- dition’ in the industry were discussed’ Organizational Tasks A central’ bureau of united front committees of New England to carry on the future work was organized. A program was adopted, which calls for the immediate organization thruout New England of united front textile workers’ committees; the organization fo shop committees in the Various mills; using both the united front com mittee and the shop committee as the basis for an amalgamation movement from below; organization of relief and defense for the, textile workers in their present struggle; concrete proposa’ on the ner of handling present un- employment; @ united front on the political field—Jabor party. This program as well as the financ- ing of the ent, its organization and the future,publication of a bulle- tin was ref to the elected New Bngland of the united from am rupt those locals that favor and are ready to strike for these demands and against the governor's commission. As long as the corruption and the dictatorship of the officials did not directly concern the conditions of the shops, there may have been indiffer- ence by some members, but now that it goes for our most vital economic interests there must be but one single unified front of all the rank and file against this traitorous policy of class collaboration of our international offi- cials. If they will not fight for these demands, the membership must find ways to rally for the struggle, and stand pat on this issue. We urge the members therefore to force our offi- cials to insist upon the following de- mands: What Are These Demands? 1, The basic agreement should be between the union and these jobbers and manufacturers and should hold them fully responsible for all condi- tions in the contracting shops, The contractor not to be recognized as the employer, but merely as intermediary agent (straw boss). 2. In order to enforce the agree- ment all contracting shops working for one and the same capitalist should be considered a unit and the workers of these shops should hold joint shop meetings and elect a joint shop com- mittee and in case of stoppage or strike all should act together the same as in inside shops. 3. That those jobbers and manufac- turers who have an agreement with the union should not be allowed to supply new contracting shops with work and that the number of existing contracting shoys should be reduced as rapidly as possible so as to allow the remaining shops to grow in size, until the big shop again prevails in the industry. q 4, An increase on the scale of wages of 20 per cent. 5. Forty full weeks of employment for the year guaranteed. 6. Forty-hour week. 7. Unemployment insurance fund, paid by the bosses only and adminis- tered by the union. These are in essence the demands of the officials themselves as ex- pressed on varicus occasions in the official organ of the union, the Jus- tice. We urge the members to insist that the officials stand pat and fight for these demands, and for this pur- Pose we propose as follows: 1. That the union does not submit to the decision of the governor’s com- mission and prepares for a strike, 2. In order to have the full confi- dence and raise the morale of the membership a strike committee be directly elected by the members of the locals on a proportional basis and that the negotiations and conduct of the strike be under the leadership of this rank and file strike committee. 3. That shop committees be imme- diately elected in every shop in order to draw the mass of the membership into the various activities in prepara- tion for the strike. 4, The reinstatement of expelled and suspended members. . Fellow workers: In order to fight for these demands we need UNITY and a strong fighting union. At this time, when good morale and fighting spirit are most necessary, the mem- bership of the union must stand on guard against any attempt to break or demoralize our ranks. Do not wait or rely upon the deci- sion of the governor’s commission. This decision, which the bosses and reactionary union officials will attempt to force upon you, will mean only more misery and oppression for the rank and file. Down with the governor’s commis- sion! Down with class collaboration! Prepare for the strike! With working class greetings, The National Committee of the Needle Trade: ction, T. U. E. L. The writer and William Z. Foster were present. Foster spoke on the present situation in the textile indus; try, He contributed many suggestions toward the practical organization of the work in the district. The Lawrence conference will be followed by others, which will lead to the organizing of a general mass gath- ering which, it is hoped, will launch a broad mas movement in the textile industry. Such a movement can only come about by the persistent efforts of the various elements, who accept the leadership and follow the program of the Trade Union Educational League. ‘ Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, ‘April 30.—Great Bri- tain, pound sterling, demand 484%; cable 484%. France, franc, demand 5.21%; cable 5,22, Belgium, franc, de- mand 5.07; cable 5.07%. Italy, lira, demand 4,10; cable 4.10%. Sweden, krone, demand 26,75; cable 16.41, Den- mark, krone, demand 18.60; cable 18.- 62, Germany, “fark, not quoted. Shanghai! tael démand 74.25; cable “6, rw DISTRICT ONE MINERS REJECT CAPPELLINI TOOL Mass Demonstration Against Faker By PAT TOOHEY. WILKES BARRE, Pa.—Miners of the Woodward colliery, Edwardsville, Pa., for the second time in April staged @ mass parade in protest against the actions of Rinaldo Cap- pellini, president of District 1, U. M. W. of A. The parade occurred on the day the district board was conducting the “special election” at the Woodward colliery. The faction headed by Stan- ley Edmunds, of over 1,200 men, re- fused to participate in the election but chose to parade in protest. Trouble Long Brewing. The trouble at the Woodward col- Mery has been brewing for many months, in fact long before Cappellini revoked the local charter, a la Lewis. The group led by Adam Dunn, school director and peanut politician, has been recognized by the district execu- tive board as the local union officials for some time. The membership of the local abso- lutely refuse to recognize Dunn and his cohorts as their officers, claiming that the Dunn group, consisting of about 500 of the 1,700 members, met secretly and elected themselves. As @ consequence there has been two local unions functioning at the mine for the past few months. Martial Law in Union Fight. The sequel came when the Edmunds group refused to pay dues to the Dunn officials. The “officers” then re- taliated by refusing to permit the Edmunds followers to enter the mine. The Edmundsites then paraded ‘thru Kingston, Edwardsville and Wilkes Barre, A miner or two was knifed or shot you that occasion—otherwise the pa- rade was peaceful. The situation be- came so tense that the state cossacks practically placed the whole section closing of poolrooms, hotels, etc. Cappellini then stepped in and after a three-hour meeting the district ex- ecutive board by a vote of four to three decided that the Woodward col- liery should hold a special election with the district board as tellers. They decided that Dunn and Edmunds should each submit a list of candi- dates. 1,200 Miners in Protest Parade, Dunn accepted this, but Edmunds refused on the basis that his officers were the regularly elected officials and that it was contrary to the dis- trict and international law to remove officers in his manner, Three of the executive board thought likewise. However, the “election” took place with Dunn’s men voting and Edmunds’ 1,200 men parading the streets of Wilkes Barre and adjacent towns. More trouble is expected at the Woodward colliery, and the miners of the district are waiting patiently for future developments. The Edmunds group is expected to parade again soon as it will soon be time for Dunn’s “button committee” to examine the dues books of the miners. It is gen- erally thought that the Edmunds fac- tion, heretofore staunch Lewis sup- porters, will be the bulk of opposition at the tri-district convention against the Lewis-Cappellini aggregation. Waking Up. The miners of the Woodward col- liery and of the Pennsylvania Coal Co, have had their eyes opened has to the real type of gentlemen Lewis and Cappellini are. Since they have ex- perienced official opposition and char- ter revocation, they are beginning to realize that the ducks heading their organization have as their motto “Rule or Ruin.” They are beginning to realize that the militant struggle waged by the Kansas and Noya Sco tia miners was not for the reasons Lewis told them, and that the 66,000 miners who voted anti-Lewis last elec- tion certainly knew what they were doing. Scores of local unions are selecting committees to personally investigate the Woodward situation, and as many conflicting reports are heard. Cappel- lini is determined to get rid of Ed- munds and retain Dunn in defiance of the will of the Woodward member- ship. Lewis Won't Answer Letter. Lewis was asked by Edmunds for a ruling on the charge that the special election was illegal and contrary to the union laws, but evidently Lewis is too busy selling out the Nova Scotia miners to Besco to answer, as Ed- munds is still waiting for a reply to hie wire, Cappellini is being denounced and condemned by the miners thruout the jentire district. They speak plainly and say he sold them out time and time again. His mouthings of “soli- darity” are laughed at when the char- ter revocations of the 12,000 Pennsy miners and 1,700 Woodward miners are recalled. Cappellini is going from local to local trying to get the men to believe the fairy tale he has, that the reason he failed in his promises, the reason he has had 610 strikes in 18 months, ances are unsettled, is because of his Otandasbe i reason their hundreds of griev- under martial law by ordering the | JOHNSTON LOSING I, A. M, ELECTION, RETURNS SHOW Check Up to April 21 Gives Anderson Lead The election in the International Association of Machinists as reported by the Anderson group, looks like Johnston is going to have to do some tall election cheating to count him- self in. Premonition may account for the Johnston gang prophesying that Johnston is going to get from 15,000 to 19,000 votes while Anderson is due to get from 12,000 to 14,000, And then again it may not be premonition but premeditation in figuring that they will give an take about that much in the counting. The Anderson group has issued the following statement of the returns that have come in up to April 21: Some of these locals have closed their polls; others will continue vot- ing till the end of the month. (NOTE) An asterisk following the lodge number indicates that lodge nominated Johnston. (nn) following lodge number indicates that lodge made no nominations. Ander- Johns- City Lodge No. son ton New York City 304 25 2 New York City 402 47 4 New York C 48 35 ° New York 900 80. 0 New York 406 42 1 New York 447 167 3 New York 401 32 1 New York 27 0 New York 65 8 New York 14 2 New York 370 4 New York 9 0 Chicago, Ill. 200 4 Chicago, 111. 40 2 Chicago, Ill. 69 52s Chicago, Ill. 364 1 Chicago, Ill. 11 2 Chicago, III. 104 88 Chicago, Il 25 5 Chicago, Il. 172 9 Chieago, Ill. 62 6 | Chicago, Tl. 72 28 | Chicago, 11 71 4 Chicago, Til. 1 187 Chicago, Ill. 7 0 Chicago, Ill. 39 15 Elizabeth, N. J.* 315* 16 0 Perth Amboy, N. J.367* 11 5 St. Louis, Mo. 41 80 ll St. Louis, Mo, 394* 9 s St. Louis, Mo. 688 32 0 St. Louis, Mo. 777 29 0 Belleville, TI. 353 18 3 East St. Louis, Ill. 121 22 0 Granite City, Ill. 572 65 1 Washington, D.C. 174* 295 7 302 Gary, Ind. 1135 60 :Y San Francisco, Cal. 68 181 39 San Francisco, ” 1305* 41 19 Sacramento, Cal. 33* 30 9 Oakland, Cal. 284nn 452 28 Oakland, Cal. 1546* 6 14 San Jose, Cal. 504nn 13 0 Los Angeles, Cal. 311 42 18 Seattle, Wash. 79. 100 5 LaFayette, Ind. 181* 61 34 TOTAL 2086 521 The following lodges have voted a majority for Anderson, but have not furnished figures: Ottumwa, Ia. No. 269*; Huntington, W. V., No. 104; Covington, Ky. No. 125; Ashland, Ky. No. 334*; Ironton, O. No. 249*. Only a few locals have sent in items on the complete ballots. On those received, the Anderson slate is leading. More bulletins will be is- sued ag returns come in. J. F. ANDERSON, F lenis! Mei Tried to Check Meeting; Buf Only Got Miners Sore By WILLIAM SCHROEDER. WEST FRANKFORT, Il—A very interesting mass meeting took place here with Freeman Thompson and John Watt as speakers. It was the intention to hold the meeting at the band stand in the open air. But the local branch of the Farrington ma- chine succeeded in having the elect- ric light of the bandstand cut off. If the speakers had used it, they could have had an audience of several thou- sand. So Farrington’s agents got ¢hat stopped. The meeting, therefore, had to be held at the South Mine Local hall, The hall was packed to full capacity and hundreds of men had to be turn- 19:30 ed away. The meeting lasted until Pp. m., but not a mran left the hall be- fore the meeting was over. Many times Thompson, and Watt had to stop speaking on account P- plause. Freeman Thompson promised to re- turn in about two weeks. When he does, the militant workers here will see to it that he and Watt have @ chance to speak to a larger audience _ than they had tonight. The ball is rolling—may it break Farrington’s — neck! of al to Have to Get Him. ¢ GRANVILLE, Vermont, April 30-— Armed with carbines and mounted i cavalry horses, military cadets pte { Norwich university—800 strong—took the field today in seach for Harl Wood- ward, ex-convict, Subseribe for the DAT