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

o% | The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard fora Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Il. No. 174. Subscription Rates: Outside Chicago, é ¢ » ee" + RAILROAD WORKERS OF U. $. AND CANADA TO HOLD AMALGAMATION CONFERENCE AT CHICAGO SEPT. 12 (Special to The Daily Worker) ST. PAUL, Minn., duly 30.—The International Committee for Amalgamation in the Railroad Industry, has issued thru its secretary, O. H. Wangerin, a cal Conference of amalgamationists the United States and Canada, and Sunday, September 12 and Hirsch Boulevard. Invitations have been sent ti | for the Second Amalgamation and progressive railroad men of to meet in Chicago on Saturday 13, at the Workers’ Lyceum, 2733 © all local unions of the sixteen standard railroad organizations of the United States and Canada, and all indications promise the largest railroad amalgamation conference yet held. Great numbers of local unions in Canada afd the United States have already signified their intention of AS WE SEE IT By T, J. O'FLAHERTY British tories have something @lse to worry about just now be- sides plotting a war against Soviet Russia, Hven if the threatened strike does not materialize now, it cannot be postponed for long. The condition of British capitalism is such that it can- not survive, except at the. further ex- pense of the workers’ standard of liv- ing. It appears that the workers are tired of allowing themselves to be sacrificed “for the good of,the em- pire,” as @ 8 Moone can predict what may de- velop out of the present industrial crisis in England. It is different by far to any of those great upheavals that preceded it. There is a purpose behind the movements of the workers today that was previously lacking. They see before their eyes in the splendid progress being made imthe Soviet Union an example of what the workers can do if they only have-the will. They certainly have the way. 7 e+ @ laa income of the Soviet Union has surpased that of the Czar’s govern- ment in 1913, It has reached the colos- sal sum of two billion dollars. And that money is going to be used to de- velop Soviet agriculture and industry to educate the masses to improve their social conditions and to defend their government. No rouble of it will go to forge chains for the producing classes as is the case with the revenue of capitalist countries. “ee TLE *the economy of Britain, France and Germany is on the downgrade, that of the Soviet Union is going up. British capitalism can only continue to exist only if the workers agree to less wages, as well as work longer hours. But the Soviet Union becomes stronger as the stan- dard of living of the workers and peasants rises. And this can only come about thru increased production. But the workers and peasants having the control of Russian industries are interested in increasing production, the benefits of which they receive. eee HEREFORE the present industrial crisis in Britain carries a more sinister meaning to the capitalists than other strikes that took place be- fore the Soviet Republic was estab- lished, or even after it was estab- lished, and when it was: hanging on (Continued on Page 2) petition eee cote SS Bin Ee) AREAS, SHS UR being represented at the Chica- go conference, Since the first conference, which also met in Chicago, on December 9-10, 1922, there have been several regional amalgamation conferences, all with large “delegations. The official call for this second con- ference issued by the committee reads as follows: “To All Railroad Local Unions in the United States and Canada. “Dear Sirs and Brothers: “The past four years has been the most tragic period in the history of railroad unionism in America, Dur ing this time the great strike of the Shopmen took place. Its disastrous outcome is known to all railroad work- ers, Some of these unions have been almost entirely destroyed, while others are completely demoralized and beaten down far below their pre-war status, With the exception of the four transportation brotherhoods, all unions have suffered immeasurably in morale and membership, with hun- dreds of thousands of their former members in company associations or 4m-no unions at all. All told, over a half million members haye been to the bonafide rafiroad unions. Disorganized and Defeated, - “Taking advantage of the weakened condition of the unions, the railroad companies are carrying on relentless war against wages, hours and working conditions. With the help of the rail- road labor board reductions amount- ing to millions of dollars a year have been forced on the workers. Not only has the national agreement been lost| and told in detail of what is happen-| Amalgamated i (Continued on page 3.) MOVE TO OUST COMMUNIST FROM REICHSTAG FAILS BERLIN, Germany, July 31,—An at- tempt of the presiding: officer of the Reichstag, Herr Graef, a nationalist, to expel the Communist Deputy Jadasch failed when the Reichstag voted that he remain. The monarchist deputies toted when Jadasch denounced the ¢atholic church for its support of the capital- ists and its antagonism to the Soviet Union, Jadasch denounced the attempt of the catholic center party to pass new tariff rates on grain which would in- crease the cost of bread to the Ger- man workers. ec GENERAL STRIKE OF BUILDING TRADES AT EAST LIVERPOOL, 0. EAST LIVERPOOL, July 31.—‘“Mother” Bloor has arrived in this city on her cross-country hike for the DAILY WORKER in the midst of 4 gen- eral strike of the building trades that has impaired thé this city. building activities of In addition to the left wing paper, the Progressive Building Trades Worker, being circulatde by a few of ~ (Continued SPEAKERS: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER THERS AND the local left wingers, the visit of on page 2) 4 DAILY In Chicage, by mail, $8.00 per sear. by mail, $6.00 per year, WHOLESALE ARRESTS OF BULGARIAN WORKERS CONTINUE IN BULGARIA SOFIA, July 31—According to the Bulgarian secret police, the whole- sale raids In Sofia had “very satis- factory results.” Four hundred peo- ple who could not produce “proper” documents were arrested. In the vicinity of Seiman, mass arrests have taken place. Three hundred peasants and workers ac- cused of supporting the rebel de- tachment of Mitia Ganev were ar- rested. In the town of Khaskovs 35 Com- munists and several members .of the peasant party were arrested, among them is the barrister Keino Mitiev and his assistant Chem- shirev. The latter threw himself from the fourth floor and was killed, HYMAN WINS | PHILADELPHIA CLOAK MAKERS 500 I. L. G. W. Members Repudiate Sigman (Special to The Daily Warker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 31—In spite of the fact that shop chairmen were told by the watchers of the I. L. G. W. U. machine not to attend the meeting called for Tuesday, July 28, the meeting was a success. More than 500 workers came to the meet- ing and listened with great enthusi- asm to everything the members of the Joint Action Committee from New York had to } Phe: .meeting== with Levin, who was chairmand of the Cloak Makers’ Joint Board of Phila- delphia and was expelled from the union for belonging to the Trade Union Educational League in spite of the fact that a membership meeting called to decide on this question, voted more than 400 to 8 against ex- pulsion. Rose Wortis was then introduced ing in New York and went on to ; point out that the offilials of the In- iternational figured that if they sue- ceeded in lining up the capitalist press and the manufacturers they would be safe, but they did not con- sider the fact that the I. L. G. ¥”. U. has a membership to reckon with. But what is happening in New York is sufficient proof that the members of the union are alike and mean busi- ness when there is a militant leader- ship ready to lead and encourage them in the right direction. No Gangsters Needed in Left Wing. She further showed that the offici- als are trying to create an impres- sion that the workers don’t want to fight, and they are simply carrying out the wishes of the membership; but to see the picke: lines in New York consisting of men and women from the shops, and not paid gang- sters, is sufficient to prove that they are lying. She finished by saying, “We the workers of the I. L. G. W. U. will not get discouraged, for we are fight- win.” At this time a motion by one of the audience was made that since the Joint Board of the Furriers: Union of New York.are installing real lead- ers elected out of the rank and file and by the rank and file, that this meeting send greetings to them. The motion was passed unantmously. Hyman Is Different. Louis Hyman, the chairman of the (Continued on Page 2) SUNDAY, Al COAL BAR piece work, : H i Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879, SE 200 GARMENT PLANT Pam Again Postpones Decision on Writ As the fifth week of the strike of the members of, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, semployed by the International. TaHoring company and the J. L. Taylor company, came to a close yesterday, strikers learned that work Is entirely at a standstill within the plant, Authoritative jrmation has leak- ed out that only fifteen suits were turned out Thursday by the few scabs within the plant and most of these were so poorly made they could not be sold. Before the strike over 200 suits a day were turned out in one shop. se Pickets on the Job Judge Pam, meanwhile, again post- poned the rend of his decision on the bill of the ational for an in- junction to restrain the strikers from picketing. Pam had the case un- der advisement and is expected to rule this morning constitutionality of the Tilinole Biciencucs, law which the comipatiy's attorneys charge is unconstiti There were yesterday. A not return to suaded the night Strikebreaki There were | less scabs at work dozen of them did k, having been per- ore to drop out. Get Shivers three button hole makers in the ire plant yesterday, the DAILY WORKER learns. These three are scared to death. They are “stalling” on the boss, they admitted. One of the scabs said, “Now they are giving us good pay, but when the strike is ovgr they will put. us on enter breaker. Give Out: Vouchers vouchers for the strike benefits were distributed, strikers with dependents receiving $12,00; and those without $8.00. The strike fund of the Chicago fficing to pay these benefits, and thesunion has not found it necessary to call on the New York office for aid. Speaking of the:right of the work- ers to strike Ii Rothbart, business agent of the pautsmakers, told the strikers that the» International was (Continuedbon Page 2) Slave Act Catches Kluxer NEWARK, N. J., July 31—Rev. R. Carl Zeigler, methodist minister and former ku klux klan official, and Miss Margaret Roberts 22, with whom he recently eloped, surrendered to United States Commissioner Frank Sommer here today. They were at once taken into custody on a warrant charging them with violation of the Mann white slave act. STRIKING FRENCH BANK EMPLOYES FIGHT POLICE ON STREETS OF PARIS PARIS, France, July 31.—Street ing a just cause and we are sure to! sighting between the striking bank employes and the police, who have been called out by the large insti- tutions thruout France, again has taken place here. Practically all of the large staff of employes at the Credit Lyonnais, totaling 5,000, remained away from work. The Banque Nationale de Credit, and the Comptoir National d’Escompte are also tied up as the result of the general strike of the bank employes thruout France. ST 2, 1925 + PERSUADE SCABS will save our head that organization prevented such slave driving conditions, he being a “hundred per cent American” strike- At the strike meeting yesterday the PUBLIS: WORKER. NEW YORK EDITION | Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER Washington Blyd., Chicago, Ill. ING CO., 1118 W. Price 5 Cents CONS WEAKEN Profiteers Seeking Truce in the Face of Civil War With the general strike of 1,200,000 British coal miners'temporarily suspended by an ele- venth-hour surrender of the mine barons, who were forced to withdraw their posted notices of a wage cut of 20 per cent and | labor, still the situation of European capitalism confronts continual crises of class war. The aristocratic “Court of Ing the British government declares that the coal mining question is ‘insoluble’—which it is if private capitalist ownership is to tionalization” is the answer given by the British | miners: and sooner or later this will be forced | by the miners’ union in the face of ajl opposi- tion. Altho a continued profit takin ers is impossible if the miners are to evade mass starvation and incredible oppression—this col- lapse of capitalist production h ** STRIKE ORDER SUSPENDED IN GREAT BRITAIN Operators Surrender at Eleventh Hour (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, July 31.—Britain’s coal strike which treatened to assume the proportions of industrial civil war was | averted at the eleventh hour today but only temporarily. The miner owners agreed to with-| draw for two weeks their notice for a| 20 per cent wage cut, longer hours and”a cancellmg or the present wage agreement as from midnight tonight, on this basis the miners’ executives telegraphed their district organiza- tions to continue working the mines. “Notices suspended, continue work” was the laconic message which went out in’all directions from union head- quarters and marked the end, at least temporarily, of the threatened indus- trial tie-np of England. $50,000,000 from Government. | It is understood mine owners with-| drew their notice suspending the ex isting wage agreement only on a prom- ise that the coal industry would be subsidized by the government to the extent of $50,000,000 to help main- tain their present profit rate until | next spring. Later Cook declared. “It is now too late to prevent stoppage of work by miners in the day shift who come up out of the mines at 2 o'clock this afternoon and brought their tools with them.” Premier Baldwin's secretary an- nounced that a provisional settlement of the coal strike had. been reached He said the notices suspending the present wage agreement had been withdrawn for two weeks from mid- night tonight subject to confirmation of this agreement by the coal miners’; district organizations, While the general strike order is} off, there are 40,000 anthracite miners striking in Wales, and altho little ap- pears in the London papers, the strike is being waged with unprecedented bitterness. The whole anthracite dis- trict of England is completely tied up. Miners Raid Welsh Collieries. Six collieries at Tirydail, Emlyn, Daron, Rhos, Pantyffon and Wernos were raided by miners singing the “Red Flag”, who ran the officials off the premises with shotguns and cut all telegraph and telephone wires. The strike started over the discharge of William Wilson, a local leader of the miners, whom the bosses tried to suppress by forcing him to move from (Continued on page 2) _ CHICAGO WORKERS! Rally to the Support of Your Press at the ourth Annual Sunday, August 2ne | THE ENTERTAINMENT OF MILITANT WORKERS and for onger hours of of nations in French coal m vote, and in A able suffering uiry” set up by continue. “Na- ig for the own- as not led the jing in luxury. CONFLICT OF MINE WORKERS OF WORLD TOLD IN SUMMARY The coal operators of Great Brit- ain surrendered a few hours before the strike began—agreeing to with- draw their notices of wage cut of 20 per cent and longer hours of la- bor. Union halts strike action of 1,200,000 miners. Government subsidy of $50,000,- 000 reported to be given to owners in order that their profits may not suffer by continuing present scale. A. J. Cook, Communist secretary of the British Miners’ Federation, says that strike is only postponed. French coal miners, in resent- ment of continued increase of cost of living and continued depreciation: of the franc, have voted to#Strike work in northern France, Miners ofthe Saar Basin, striking against wage rates of the league of natoins administration because of French france depreciation, struck Monday last 74,000 strong. In Germany, the Ruhr district alone has 70,000 unemployed miners, with unemployment thruout Ger- many combined with an attack on wages and hours under the Dawes plan. Miners’ conference at Ber- lin announces a policy of struggle against long hours, and full support of the British miners. In America the non-union mines are winning thé union, supplying 70 per cent of the bituminous coal to the union fields 30 per cent. Of the “200,000 surplus miners” the elimination is being made of the union men from the industry. Strike of 150,000 anthracite miners is threatened on September 1. Brookhart-Steck Contest Close WASHINGTON. D C., July 31.—The Brookhart-Steck contest for the sen- ate seat now occupied by Senator Brookhart of Iowa uarrowed down to- day to where it hinges on a decision by the senate elections committee as to the legality of slightly more than 1,300 votes. These votes have been challenged— about 1,000 of them, claimed by Brook- mine owners to turn over their mines peaceably and without resistance. England to the brink of civil war. Similar situations face the miners of the whole world—except Soviet Russia. miners are desperate under the tyranny of the Dawes Plan, 74,000 working under the league It has merely brought German the Saar Basin are on strike. iners have already taken a strike merican mine districts indeserlb- exists among the coal miners with an anthracite strike in prospect Sept. 1. Symbolic of capitalist contradictions as a whole is the fact that over the whole world the miners, who are among the most necessary, hard worked and underpaid of workers, eng: \in dirty and dangerous employment are literally starving with inadequate wages or complete un- employment while the coal mine owners are liv- GERMAN MINE CRISIS. GRIPS RUHR REGION Miners’ Union Begins to Plan Fight (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Germany, July 31—The coal industry of all Europe is in a critical condition. Germany is per haps the worst of all. Wage reduc. tions are threatened. Unemployment is increasing. Yesterday the German Miners’ ‘Union “met in Berlin and pledged their uttermost support to the Brit ish miners. They protested to the government ‘against the hig taxes against their wages, the tariff policy which keeps the cost of living going up, and they planned to refuse to work—which means to strike— against overtime, Ruhr Paralyzed. The Rubr is paralyzea. Smal towns are deserted. Wittennam haw lost 92 per cent of its population, Hattingen 52 per cent. “Over-produc- tion is given as the cause. The in- flation period sent nearly 200,000 new workers into the mines. Nearly 8,000,000 tons of coal lie at the pit heads, unable to be ‘sold, tho the owners say they have reduced. prices for export from $3.57 to’ $3.61 per ton, the cost of mining, according to their figures. A special commission of inquiry is appointed, but the question is re- garded as “insoluble.” The mine owners want an advance of 10 per cent on mined coal valued at $35,700,000, and a loan of $3,570,000. The Reichsbank opposes the loan. Z Communists Have Solution, Meanwhile the Communists, the strongest party in the Ruhr, demand hart and challenged by Steck, and ap-}a 25 per cent wage increase and na- proximately 300 claimed by Steck and challenged by Brookhart. tionalization of the mines \ warkers’ control of production. with FRENCH COMMUNISTS INDICTED FOR OPPOSITION TO RIFFIAN CAMPAIGN PARIS, July 31.—Formal charges of sedition were lodged against Com- munist deputy Doriot and the members of the “Committee of Action Against the Morocean War” by the French government. Doriot and his comrades were specifically charged with Inciting the French soldiers in Morocco to mutiny and to fraternize with Abd-el-Krim’s tribesmen, -GAMES Workers’ Press Picnic Given for the Benefit of the Communist Newspapers MUSIC CONTESTS DANCING PRIZES REFRESHMENTS MERRIMENT . 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