The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 5, 1925, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER TREDISTRICT MINE CONVENTION ADJOURNS; PROGRESSIVES BATTLE HARD FOR HIGHER WAGE DEMANDS (Special to The Dally Worker} SCRANTON, Pa., July 3.—The tri-district convention ad-| journed last night after the scale committee had rushed thru its report in about two hours’ time, following a big battle between progressives and the Lewis-Cappellini machine. The committee proposed only a ten per cent wage increase and a dollar increase for company laborers. Pat Toohey and Howell of Pottsville, along with other pro- gressives demanded a twenty per cent increase with a two dollar | raise for the laborers. Lewis Clashes with Progressives. Lewis continually interrupted the progressive speakers and shook his fist at Toohey. Miners’ Committee and the rank it has won, has learned John L.+ not to go beyond such demon- strations at present. Cappellini was bitterly attacked by speaker after speaker from Progressives for his betrayals of the rank and file, but Lewis ruled always that discussion on Cappellini was “out of order.” Left Wing Wins Partial Demands. Pat Toohey demanded action on the conciliation board resolution on which the committee failed to report. None the less, the battle by the ad- herents of the Progressive Miners’ Committee in the convention of the Tri-District marks a significant step forward for the American miners. Besides the political resolutions adopted previously, many of the measures of the Progressives were. adopted such as the payment on ton- nage basis, higer pay for overtime, payment for dead work and other matters of great interest to the min- ers. the} Evidently, however, the Progressive and file attention and adherence ANTI-IMPERIALIST OPEN AIR MEETINGS TO BE HELD TONIGHT At the meeting of the South Side English branch of the Workers (Communist) Party, five Negro workers who had attended last week's street meetings filled In ap- plications and applied for entrance into the Workers Party. The branch meets at 3201 South Wabash Ave. Tonight antidmperialist open air meetings will be conducted on the corner of 32nd and State and 30th and State Sts., as well as several other South Side corners. J. Louis Engdahl, Robert Minor, Paul Cline, Victor Zokaltis, Nat Kaplan and Karl Reeve will be among the speakers. Other street meetings will be held thruout the city. 1a FOREIGN IMPERIALISTS REFUSE TO DISCUSS CHINESE TREATIES ‘AND NEW CONFERENCE COLLAPSES PEKING, China, July 3—Upon the refusal ef the representatives of the foreign powers to discuss treaty revision and the whole causative back- ground of the murder of Chinese by foreign troops at Shanghal and the re- sulting national strike, the Chinese members of the conference attended by both sides to discuss the events at Shanghai, resigned yesterday, causing a breakdown of the conference. The parley had Just started. WESTERN ELECTRIC CO., ORDERS SLAVES 10 DO GOOSE STEP TODAY The Western Electric company, and arm of the Morgan Electric ‘Trust, has ordered its employes to take part in an all day observance of the military demonstration order- ed by Coolidge for today. The Western Electric company, when running at capacity, employs fortyfive thousand workers in Chi- cago. Twenty-five thousand |are now employed in the nonunion tant. 7 Strike Talk Grows. ispute between the elevated empioyes and the company, over the wage increase of five cents an ed demanded by the men, is Sitrfke sentiment is growing. There will be no further action until the — of the union on L PHT Ld ~ INFORMATION WANTED ! . About Jacques Margolis Born in Johannesburg, So. Africa; studied violin in Brussels, Belgium; 25 yrs. of age; wears glasses; lean; deep voice; speaks English and French. Notice of past or present whereabouts deeply appre- ciated; important. Mail at once to THE DAILY WORKER. a eT is 8 that Sub—Campaign ends Remember the Date! transfer on Madison Street Yellow I. W. W. at ALTENHEIM PARK July Fourth---1 P. M. All Afternoon and Eve Hear James P. Thompson Sports and games, dancing to the music of the Black Cat Orchestra, refreshments on the grounds, and a general all-around good time. DIRECTIONS—-Take any car to West Madison Street and Austin, LABOR COUNCIL, LOS ANGELES, IS AGAINST WAR By R. BELLIT (Worker Correspondent) LOS ANGELES, July 3.—The Cen- tral Labor Council of Los Angeles, re- fused to participate in the mobiliza- tion program of Defense Day July 4th. John Horn, secretary of the Central Labor Council, pleaded for the De- fense Day. He made a motion that all the delegates should officially re- present organized labor of Los Ange- les at the parade; furthermore he want that the communication of the war department should be published in The Citizen, official weekly of the Central Labor Council. During his speech he did not over- look to remind the delegates that 10 Communists were expelled of the council due to their disloyalty and unpatriotic attitude. He also threat- ened should the council decide con- trarily to his motion. He himself as an individual would attend the parade. In reply to that the delegate of the Cigar Makers’ Union Local No. 225 sald, “Should you decide to fine one hundred dollars, I shall refuse to take part in that shameless imperialist parade.” He also pointed out that war is always the rich man’s sport where the poor man 1s the looser. Other delegates opposed the motion. When a vote was taken, the results was as follows: 24 for the motion, and 27 against, approximately about 25 have not voted at all. There is no doubt about that, that organized labor of Los Angeles is against the Defense Day parade, against war, against the imperialistic operations of Sec’y. of War Weeks. John Horn is a little bit in despair, he had seen that when he goes too far, then, his own fellowers are turn- ing away from him. PICNIC Car line, get off at 7800. Or take Garfield Park Blevated to Forest Park Station, and walk one-half block northwest to park. Two fares on surface lines or one on Blevated. ADMISSION FIFTY CENTS. For ‘Law and Order’ | | The British and French bringing law and order into their colonies. “Amalgamated” Is Standing Firmly for Real Union (Continued from page 1) bunches of detectives with their ma- chine guns and riot clubs and billies and the private sluggers in droves, the already small number Of scabs is being whittled down. The strikers manage to talk with them in one lan- guage or another and put forth con- vincing argument against scabbing. Scabs Have Gay Time. Twelve of these smelly United Gar- ment scabs were let out of the back door into the alley, lined up like prisoners surrounded by 15 cops and a squad of sluggers, marched like pris@fers out into the street along the gutter of one block, into the alley on the next block and by devious route into the elevated station. Thére the cops tried to stop the pickets from entering until the scabs were safely flown, but one woman managed to have a chat with one scab, who was so interested that he went away and forgot his hat, which wasn’t worth much except for cow feed, however. The outside contract firms that used to make many of the firms’ order have shut off doing so, and at the meeting Friday night of shop chairmen, in- structions were issued to stop all at- tempts to get the scabby firms orders made in other shops. The morale of the strikers is ex- cellent and they are determined to see the fight thru, in spite of all po- lice brutality, there being nine arrests Thursday and many clubbings by the police, one striker being . knocked down with the butt end of a gun. Among those arrested were M. Weiss, M. Ziccarelli and Mike Florida. Have to Fight Class War. The meetings at Hod Carriers’ Hall maintain the mass morale at fighting pitch. Many officials spoke. Refer- ring to the Fourth of July, one speak- er said, “The patriots will tell you about liberty and democracy, but the workers never get any of either unless they fight for it. They will tell you this stuff on Saturday, but when you come down to the shop on Monday you will get slugged and arrested for your share of liberty and democracy.” General Organizer Grandinatti, just came from St. Louis, told the strikers here of the strike there against the Curlees Company and what the strike meant for the union, and an official of Local 89 pledged that the 12,000 members of that local would stand by the International strikers to the point of going on strike if necessary to aid them, Up to Chicago Federation. The strikers are waiting impatiently to see what will be the response of the labor unions of the Chicago Feder- ation of Labor next Sunday to the scabbing agreement of the United Garment Workers crew headed by George C. Slater. London Imperielien Tries to Blame the Soviets for Its Woes (Continued from page 1) ing class over the head of Lord Birkenhead warns that Soviet Russia is aware of the war threat behind the maneuver of Britain, Austen Chamberlain, foreign min- ister, is more shrewd than Birkenhead and fears to venture upon the road to war with what amounts to the work- ing class of the world. But—even Chamberlain says that Britain “will take whatever steps are necessary to protect British interests.” Regarding the charges that Soviet Russia is directly aiding the Chinese liberation movement, dispatches from Moscow state that Tchitcherin hag de- clared in an official statement that while the workers and peasants of Russia are on the side of the Chinese in their struggle for complete libera- tion from foreign domination, the Soviet government has a@ policy of avoiding any action which could be regarded as intervention in China's affaire. Your neighbor would like to read this issue of the DAILY WORKER. Be neighborly—give it to him} CURLEE STRIKE EFFECTIVE: NO CLOTHES MADE St. Louis Girls Fight Loyally for Union 8T. LOUIS, Mo,, July, 3—The St. Louls strike of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of Curlee Manufac- turing Co. has been bitterly fought for over a month, The Police brutality in the strike aroused the public to such an extent thi protest meeting was held by men and women, representing many organizations on Wednesday afternoon, Lawyers, doctors, businessmen and club women expressed their disap- proval of the methods used by the employers to break this strike. Nearly $8,000 in fines have filed-up against the strikers in wholesale arrests. In one day, fifty-two union men. and women were arrested, and every day many more are dragged to court on all kinds of trumped-up charges. Mother Bloor, former General Or- ganizer of the United Cloth Hat & Cap Makers, now touring the country for the DAILY WORKER, received a great ovation from the strikers at their meeting on Thursday morning, where she appeared, very unexpect- edly, and addressed them—on the fun- damental principles of their great union—solidarity of all workers in the shop, without regard to color, race nationality or creed. She showed how the standards of living both mental and physical, had been uplifted by the power of the workers themselves. That union men and women do things for themselves, do not ask charity in any form. Good union men and women are self-respecting workSrs with an inter- est in there own class, their own life, and their fellow workers. Brother Oliver is doing good work as manager of the strike and is ably assisted by some of the women organ- izers. One feature of this strike is the great activity of the women workers. They are just as strong.as when the fight first started, and are out to win recognition of the union and union conditions for their shop in spite of Police brutality, in spite of Curlee’s determination to make open shop con- ditions, and even in. spite of the in- junction issued against the Picketing. They are good strikers and know what TO ASK FEDERAL WRIT TO HALT SCOPES" TRIAL Clarance Darrow has announced that a federal injunction will be asked Monday to restrain in the state of Tennessee from prosecuting John T. Scopes. This means that, if the injunction is granted, the widely heralded “evolu- tion trial” will not take place July 10 in Dayton as scheduled. Instead the case will be one merely of local technicalities, without wit- nesses being called and without the subject of evolution itself being dis- cussed, and will be held before a fed- eral court, “A favorable decision in our peti- tion for an injunction will save Mr. Scopes from trial,” said Darrow “and will be a very detrimental influence upon further prosecutions in Tennes- see and upon further passage of si- milar ‘Gag Laws’ by other states.” MacMillan Hits Bad Weather, on Pole Trip, in Labrador WASHINGTON, July 3,—The flag- ship Bowdoin of the MacMillan Arctic expedition is lying at Battle Harbor, Labrador, awaiting the arrival of the airplane carrier Peary, said a radio dispatch to the national geographic saciety this afternoon from Command- er Donald B. MacMilian. Fog, Ice floes and a falling barome- hort delay at Battle Ty, according to Mac- Millan, even after the Peary arrives, Gov. Small Gives His Son Fat Job As State Agent SPRINGFIELD, Ul, July 3—Three state appointments were made public by Governors Small, here today. They were: L. H. Becherer, as state purchasing agent; Leslie C, Small, the governor's son, director of pur- chases and construction; Alma B. Lewis, director of mines and min- erals, Philadelphia, Notice! Weber Printing Co. 360 N. FIFTH STRENT, Philadelphia, Pa. | | | | Imperialist “War” Cry Herald of Labor’s Civil ‘War Against Capitalism By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. "TOPAY: the imperialist ory for “WAR!” voiced from the slavery mouths of the billion copies of its inspired daily press, thunders ‘round the globe. The imperialists: try, as best they can, to forget their differences, in China, in North Africa, in Mexico, everywhere, in their frantic efforts to unite “in the common cry for “WAR!” against their recognized common foe, the Union of Soviet Republics. . * » * London dispatches say that the majority of the tory cabinet that rules the British empire is in favor of breaking off all diplomatic relations with Georges Tchitcherin, Soviet foreign minister, who declares that severing of relations would be an unfriendly act, “the last consequence of which is war.” No secret diplomacy here. The Soviet foreign minister points the goal toward which British imperialisism is head- ing. The British workers will be advised accordingly. e e e e U. S. imperialism, with its political seat in Washington, is trying to call the anti-Chinese allies Into conference to discuss the difficult dilemma of international banditry in the Orient. The dollar dictatorship at Washin, vinced as Baldwin rule in London that “Moscow” is to blame for the flaming unrest that is sweeping Asia, in ever-widen- ing regions, that “Moscow” is responsible for the uprising of the peoples of North Africa, from the coast of the Atlantic to the Nile, that it is “Moscow” that Is plotting “Soviet Rule” in the Mexican republic on the southern brink of continental Wall Street. Thus imperialism stands blind upon the precipice. nis just as con- e e e e President P. W. Kuo, of the Southeastern University, of Nanking, China, speaks to the students of the Rocke- feller oil university, pointing out that Soviet Russia has come forward proclaiming herself to be China's best friend. For- eign Minister Tchitcherin, at Moscow, issues a statement de- claring that: “Altho the sympathies of the Russians are en the side of the Chinese In thelr struggle for complete liberation from foreign domination, the Soviet government’s polloy Is to avold any action which could be regard- ed as Intervention In China's International affairs.” ° e s e The Soviet Union does not need to intervene in China. Imperialism has created in China all the conditions necessary for the present revolutionary struggle, not only against im- perialism, but also against native capitalism. The growing proletarian masses in China are developing their struggle for all power, in common with the arent of American labor, British labor, French labor, German labor, all in their own countries. President Kuo, from Rockefeller’s forum, urges the United States to take the same attitude toward China that has been adopted by the Soviet Union. He asks the impos- sible. Imperialism goes abroad to plunder and murder, to oppress subject peoples. Bolshevism, on the other hand, struggles for the world fraternity of all peoples, for a world economy, where no great nations will crucify smaller nations on its altar of greed, but all live in harmony and peaceful development. President Kuo will learn that as the struggle in China develops, if he continues to cling to the Soviet view- point. ee: e And the world imperialists, torn by internal rivalries, will not be able to develop unity, neither against the Chinese people nor against the Soviet Union. It is the United States against the Japanese, the French against the British, or any other combinations that keen competition for domination in the Orient, or elsewhere, demands. Not even “WAR!” against the Soviet Union will unite all capitalism. Within every capitalist nation there stands the growing proletarian power demanding civil war against and the overthrow of the capitalist oppressor. eee#e World imperialism cries “WAR!” World labor replies, “Then let there be war!” But not the fratricidal war fought ky workers of one nation, or group of nations, against the workers of another nation, or group of nations. But let it be the war of the workers against the present master class, that sees its sun rapidly setting. This is something for the workers of the United States to think about on so-called “Defense Day,” July 4, 1925. It must be a day of defense of working class interests, a mile- stone of the growing offensive of the working class against the boss class, that ends in labor's victory. : CHINESE ON BRITISH BOAT STRIKE | (Continued from page 1.) and to communicate such news to the editors, I find such an instance ob- of the San Francisco Amalgamated Food Worker GENERAL HEADQUARTERS 81 East 10th Street, New York, N. Y. securely concealed in the Shipping News column Examiner of June 27, It says: A “VICTORIA, British Columbia, June 26—After four days’ d here, the Steamer “City of Van- couver” left Pler No. 1 for Austral- la manned with a white crew. ‘Twentyfour reactionary (Why the word “ri jonary” Instead of “revoe lutionary” only Christ and the Frie- co Examiner editor knows—M. H.) Chinese who refused duty, were to- day sentenced in police court here to six weeks in jail with hard labor. The ship laden with 4,750,000 feet of lumber, cleared for sea at 6 o'clock tonight, after recruiting the white crew.” To me threo queries arise: How can these Chinese seamen be impris- oned who have left their boat safely in a port? What can be said of the “superior” Anglo-Saxons who scab on Chinese striking union seamen? Thirdly, will somebody in. the marine unions of the United States or Can- ada, cable a demand on the Austral jan port workers’ unions to show in- ternational solidarity and lay a boy- cott on the lumber cargo of the “City of Vancouver?” THIS An Industrial All Workers in EMBLEM THIRTY MILLION DOLLAR CRASH OF STOCK FIRM Brokerage Firm Did Not Meet Payments A $30,000,000 crash rocked the fin- ancial district here yesterday when Dean Onativia and Co., one of the oldest brokerage houses in Chicago was placed in the hands of recelvere by Federal Judge Carpenter. Creditor banke filed the petition. The Chicago Title and Trust Co, was named recelver, Chester R. Davis of the Chicago Title and Trust Co,, was placed in charge of the company’s offices, occu- pying an entire floor of a loop office building. Offices Closed. Davis barred every one but his im- mediate aids from the offices, and de- tails concerning the financial difficul- ties of the company were meagre. 29 Million Liabilities. The petition for receivership was filed in conjunction with a petition for adjudication. Altho merchandising bills totalling $844.73 threw the firm into receivership, the receivership pe- tition avers that the liabilities of the firm approximate $29,000.000. “Its said liabilities of $29,000,000,” the petition avers, “are almost wholly stock and other securities which are in fact the property of its customers and are pledged in various banks.” The petttion charged that the firm committed an act of bankruptcy on July 1 by paying to Charles J. Trott- man $22,000 with intent, it is alleged, to give Trottman preference over other creditors. So suddenly did the petition come that the board of governors of the Board of Trade were not appraised of the action until late last night, after, it is understood, the creditors held a meeting and determined upon the bankruptcy proceedings. A meeting of the governors was called at 6 A. M. and the board voted the customary five day suspension. New York Petition. NEW YORK, July 8.— Coincident with the announcement that the New York Stock Exchange suspended the firm of Dean Onativia and Company, for failure to meet its obligations, an involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in the United States District Court against the firm by three em- Ployes. The assets were given at $4,000,000 and liabilities $1,000,000 in excess. assets, according to the petiti creditors. The suspension had little effect on the trading in Wall Street, altho it brougtt some liquidation for evening up accounts, The New York Curb Market fol- lowed the exchange, and also an- nounced suspension of the company, William M. Cannon of the New York Federal Court was appointed re- ceiver for Dean Onativia & Oo, nn- der a bond of $50,000. ~ Genova Restaurant ITALIAN-AMERICAN 1238 Madison Street N. E. 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