The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 12, 1925, Page 5

Aaa tae IRON WORKERS MOURN THEIR DEAD COMRADES But Capitalist Politi- cians Get Honors PHILADELPHIA, Pa., August 10.— Four hundred Iron workers laid down their tools for the day as an expres- sion of solidarity and grief to the lives of two fellow workers killed on the great Delaware River Bridge. Theodore Joinen, aged 25, of Bil Ings, Montana, and Albert Miedema, age 29, of Troy, N. Y., were Instantly kifled when a huge girder struck them and they fell 65 feet. The men were employed in the rais- ing gang on the Camden side of the bridge. A total of nine workers’ lives have been sacrificed in the building of this huge steel structure, the greatest of tts kind in the world. The DAILY WORKER correspondent found some difficulty in securing the information until he met some of the workers who remembered him from their resent strike for an increase in wages which they won after short demonstration of solidarity. When the great Delaware River bridge is finally completed in July, 1926, the names of the capitalist poli- ticians of Philadelphia and Camden will be ‘installed on the steel girders of the bridge in hige bronze plates and speschss and orations will be made to fhetr honor and glory, but only the iron workers, who are now riveting their Hives and blond into the steel beams and girders will remem- ber the names of Miedema and Joinen ‘and the seven other iron workers who gave their lives that the great struc- ture may be completed. God Disapproves of Klan, Rain Scatters Praying Ku Kluxers WASHINGTON, D. C., August 10— Just as the ku klix klan was begin- ning {ts prayers, after the parade slong Pennsylvania avemne, a deluge of rain fell, interrupting the prayers of Rey, A. H. Gulledge, and scattering the night shirt brigade from the Wash- ington Monument grounds. Poland Supresses German Paper. BERLIN, Germany, Angnust 10.—The ‘Upper Silesian Courier, principal Ger- man newspaper in Poland has been suppressed, it is reported, for print- ing the 'remarks of German foreign minister Stressemann concerning Po- Jan's attitude toward German in Po- land. Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or two will make a better Communist of you. FARRINGTON HAD SCHEME TO CUT WAGES AT JOHNSTON CITY MINES BUT PROGRESSIVE SPOILED IT By ALEX REID (Secretary of the Progressive Miners’ Committee.) ARTICLE XII. The notorious attempt to betray the miners of Johnston City, Ill, long remembered by the coal digging slaves of that community, The DAILY WORKER carried a complete exposure of the case about a month ago, so I will heré mention only the outstanding Farrington had a conference with the coal operators of Johnston City, about the month of May, 1925, and immediately afterwards suggested to the} miners of Johnston City that they+ accept a reduction of twelve cents per ton. Frank Farrington went to Johnston City and made a long speech to the men urging the men to accept the reduction, as he said it was the. only way the miners in that community ‘would be able to get any work. He, Didn’t—Neither Did They Care. At that meeting Frank saw his treacherous move. was not being well taken by the wary coal miners, so Fragk got mad and‘ said to the dis: gusted miners “I. know you don’t like me, but I don’t .give a god damn.” He was right, The men did not like him, it was plain to see; neither did they like his treacherous scheme, and de- néunced both. A out in the miserable, starvation pittance of a wage that the Johnston City men are getting now. would re- duce them to slaves of the poorest type, but this condition of slavery did not concern Farrington. What does the miners’ interest amount to when the ooal operators desire reduc- tion in coal diggers wages? “We must co-operate with the boss,” said Far- rington at the last district conven- tion. The progressive miners of John- ston City ably supported and led by Freeman Thompson and John J. Watt, fought this nefarious scheme of the. traitor Farrington and sent it into eternal oblivion, where the same pro- gressive miners will soon send its sponsor, When Watt and Thompson heard of this attempted treason, they hur- ried from Springfield to Johnston City and deliberated with the miners, and to them is due the credit of its defeat, Farrington is well aware of this fact and hence his bitter hatred of the progressive miners, Even John L. Lewis, was also moved to make an objection to the proposed treachery, on prassure being brought to bear by the progres- sive miners of Johnston City. The following telegrams were sent and are self-explanatory: “Indianapolis, Ind., May 12 1925. “To Secretary |. U. 3192, John- ston City, Ill. “Acknowledging your telegram and in connection thereof which | herein after quote copy of telegram which 1 have today sent Frank Farrington of District 12 U. M. W. of A. From Lewis to Farrington “I have telegrams from two local unions in Johnston City asking me to be present at a meeting there Thurs- day night which you are presumed to address and implying their opposition to a proposed local union agreement OUR DAILY PATTERNS A OOMFORTABLE MORNING FROCK FOR WOMEN OF MATURE FIGURE. 5034, Striped gingham or linen will ‘be good for this model, with facing of contrasting material in a plain color. ‘The sleeve may be in wrist or elbow length. This Pattern is cut in’9 sizes: 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 62, 54 and 66 inches bust measure with corresponding waist measure, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47 and 49 inches. To make the dress as illustrated for a 44 inch bust will require 4% yards of 36 inche striped material, and % yard of plain for facings. The width at the foot is 1% yard. NOTICE vain PATTERN baba Song FR sold thru keep a. stock Deliv, of age take at Teast 0 of mailing the order. tient your pattern is A GOOD STYLE FORA SCHOOL DRESS, 4909. Plaid or checked gingham, wool crepe; jersey weaves or char: meen would be good for this design. The tabs. on skirt and sleeve may be omitted. This Pattern is cut im 4 sizes: 6, 8, 10 and 12 years, A 10 year size requires 2% yards of 36 inch material with % yard af contrasting material for collar and tabs. If made of one material entirely, the dress will re- quire 2% yards, FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Send 120 in silver or sta) for our i aed Pa ee 1926.26, 43 contain rf Paleses and ¢) Maite oe GARY, IND., ATTENTION! The DAILY WORKER, Work- ers Monthly, Rabotnicza Tri- buna and Novy Mir are for sale at the Workers’ Co-operative Restaurant, 1733 Broadway, will be points, which would permit the company to drill and shoot the coal under a re- duced tonnage rate. | have also wire from the officers of Sub-District Ten stating same facts and making in- quiries whether or not such proposed local agreement would not be in vio- lation of existing agreement. | am not sufficiently advised of the facts to warrant the expression of a defi- nite opinion without taking up the stated by the local Union and ‘the @ub- before you take any action making such agreement the matter be made the subject of a conference between yourself and the Internationa cers. | feel red that under pres- ent conditions any modifications of the existing tonnage rate thru, local contract would be widely advertised throughout the industry and create grave misunderstanding.’ “You will note in the foregoing telegram | have sugg id to Frank Farrington the advisability of a con- ference with the international offi- cers before any action it taken on the suggested agreement.” (Signed) John L. Lewis. Two days after this telegram was sent by Lewis Watf, and Thompson sent the following wire to Farring- matter with you, | “lf the facts are substantiated as| district officials | would suggest that! | per cent in cotton manufacture, 7 per | | tiles and 8 per cent in hostery and THE DAILY oe Fae UNEMPLOYMENT ON INCREASE IN MASS, INDUSTRY Shoe, Textile Trades Lay Off Thousands BOSTON, Aug. 10—A drop of 2.9 per cent in the number of workers em- ployed in manufacturing establish- mente in Massachusetts between May and June is reported by the state de- partment of labor. The totat amount paid In wages decreased 4.2 per cent involving a decline of 1.3 per cent in average weekly earnings. Average mounted to $23.42. The number of. employes declined jim: 16 out of; the, 20 major tnaustrial groups covéred by the report, the heaviest Jayoffs including 12% per cent in the boot and shoe industry, 4 cent in dyeing and finishing of tex knit goods. 40 Per Cent on Part Time. Of the 220,911 workers covered by the June report 128,778 or 68.8 per cent were employed in plants running full time, This means that over 40 per cent of the factory workers in the state were working part time. This is a slight improvément over May when nearly 48 per cent of the work- ers in the state were on part time. Shoe Industry Hard Hit. The number of workers on part time exceeded the number on full time in practically all branches of the textile) industry and in the manufacture of boots and shoes. Over 60 per cent of ton: (Copy of wire.) “Springfield, Ill, May 14, 1926. Frank Farrington. Illinois Miners Building, Springfield, Ilinois. “We have been advised that our efforts in Johnston City have pre- vented you from puting into effect a wage reduction in Illinois. No wonder you want us put out of of- fice and miners’ union when you are prevented from putting over the coal operators’ program.” Signed, Freeman Thompson John Watt, After this exposure Farrington be- came furious. His collaboration with the bosses being laid bare, he set out to politically exterminate the progressive miners and started on Thompson, Watt, and Perry first. Into this unholy work his whole machine, consisting of republicans, K. K, K. thugs, booze hoisters, thieves and embezzlers were brought. Thru- out the state the progressive miners elected to office have been illegally removed and the fakers are in frenzy, as we will see in tomorrow's DAILY WORKER, Children Must. Accept Dope. VIRGINIA, Minn., Aug; 10.—In a de- cision handed down today Judge Ed- ward Freeman declared bible reading to’ school classrooms is permissible. Wheat Hits High Mark. September wheat hit a new high mark of $1.67% on the Chicago board of trade, (With 38 photographs) By Paxton Hibben, to, western civilization.) Leon Trotsky, Chicago, ie the boot and shoe workers were on part time while the percentages on part time in various branches of tex- tiles were: cotton, 51 per cent; fin- ishing, 53 per cent; silk, 59 per cent and woolen, 62 per cent. Boots and Woolens Decline. The department's index shows the number on factory payrolis as 87 per cent of the average number employed in 1922. A year ago it was 85 per cent of the 1922 level. The important industries registering a decline com- pared with last year are the boot and shoe industry and the manufacturers of woolen and worsted goods. Stinnes Co. Gets Big Loan. BERLIN, Germany, Aug. 10—Sixty million marks, fifteen million dollars, has been received iby the Stinnes in- terests toward lation of an in- debtedness of hundred million marks, fifty million dollars, it is learned. |Would Move Reichstag to Tiergarten. BERLIN, August 10—A deputy has made a motion that the reichstag move its sittings into the open Tier- garten, “since most of the deputies are sitting out under trees in the Tiergarten anyway.” Silk Workers Won't Strike. PATERSON, N. J., Aug. 10.—(FP)— Paterson ribbon weavers organized in the Associated Silk Workers and in the United Textile Workers unions voted to waive their demand for the $36 weekly minimum wage, averting TUTTI LLL LLL LLL LL LCL Among The Very Latest BOOKS RECEIVED Lenin Memorial Album.. Reconstruction in Soviet Russ (The latest tacts on Soviet Russia.) Russell-Nearing Debate (On whether the Soviet Id My Flight from Siberia... By Le (A story of escape from exile.) The Daily Worker Publishing Co. 1113 W. Washington Blvd. the strike threatened. ceenceg URE AAAG AN URED CSTR BAO EE 25 Cents .15 ‘Cents Pibpabiecoese 50 Cents is applicable HHA SUILDERY AT WORK” IT’S THE WORK THAT COUNTS IT MAKES YOU ABI BETTER COMMUNIST. Going “to the masses” for WORKER has a great deal of the subscription you may secu as little as a sub to the DAILY importance. of re—which, is a sure It isn’t because of course, way to build the Communist movement. But it is also what going If you have never done it, try ge shop mate, in your trade union “to the masses” will do to you. tting a sub sometime—from your or from any worker you know. If the worker you approach has thought a great deal about his problems, ‘you’ll haye no trouble.in getting a subscription. But if this worker is not yet class consciuos, you will soon find out how: clear ‘a Communist-you yourself are. You will be forced to expla why he belongs in our ranks, t Communist principles and Com: to answer his arguments—often is no simple matter. And in doing this you will of yourself. You will learn the in—to patiently tell this worker 0 Carefully and clearly expound munist practice. You will have so confused that answering them be making a better Communist methods of approach, the details of the interests and the problems of the worker and you will be forced to clarify your own ideas—when you go masses.” And when you do all the highest type of Communist “to the this, you are making of yourself agitator and organizer—a most valuable asset to the Communist movement. The importance of this kin d of basic activity of our move- ment—as simple as getting a sub to the DAILY WORKER—has often been stressed by our party. has clearly pointed out that th which we are to build the Communist movement in this country. And the leaders of our party and the world Communist have re- peatedly stressed the importance: The Communist International his must be the chief means by e of this work. The day when a greater part of the American Communist movement learns this fact and puts it into practice— the DAILY WORKER will become one of the world’s great Communist newspapers and the American movement will show a correspond- ing growth. If we put our shoulder to t off. Again Urges Mine Dusting. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—(FP)— Dusting of coal mines—applying of in- ert rock dust to the walls and floors in such quantity that dust explosions will be prevented or smothered—is once more urged upon American mine operators by the United States bureau of mines, after a survey of the 979 deaths of miners in the past three .years due to explosions of coal dust. A bulletin has been prepared by the bureau, showing where the life-saving rock dust may be obtained in various mining regions. Hard on the British. LONDON, Aug. 10.—The president of the board of trade today considered a request from the British Cinemato- graph Association asking that English exhibitors be relieved of the present business hazard involved in having to book American films many months in advance, without seeing them or know- ing whether they will pass the censor. For Rent: Front bed-room. Joe Tripp, 1306 Miller street, Chicago, Your Union Meeting Second Tuesday, July 11, 1925. Name of Locat and Place of Meeting. Boot and Shoe Workers, 1939 Mil- jor Council, 814 Hail, High- calumes Joint 117th Ins) |» Clark St. Carriers, éand anc La Vergne "n enue. H 1 Union, bern he 26th St. . Adams ts 8 3.3 21 912 W. Monroe S' 58 "8, Ricersey 30 ne, “Shettie. 141 inters, 1023 E. 272 nters, Moose Sane * chisnge V prinofield and 26th. ioe rs, 180 wi yeerneee St. 5 E. 15th Street, ights mt. 6 814 W. Harrison 8t., 81 at “Cuitters, 9208 Houston Ave. Funke Pe Mg oor Taig Wi Madise anit Carmen, 11037 Michi jan Carmen, 5324 S. Halsted Moose Hall, Chi- 5438 Si, rgieted men, 3389 W. M: rict Council, 220 S, ulevard. 180 W. Washington Carmen, 8617 Vincennes m. 849 W. Washington Street. Marine Fire and Oilers, 357 N, Wark St. W. Randolph St, Hogd €. cor. California and are 8. Fas ited St. ind 55th. mbull Ogden Ave. ro, Monroe rir Pooria Sts. p_ Sterks, 809 W. Washing. } T Waiters, 234 W. Randoloh #& a la a ne aml he wheel now—this day will not FRANCE DENIES REPORT OF BREAK WITH SOVIET TREATY IS NOT DROPPED NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—(FP)—A cable from the Moscow office to the New York office of the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Socialist Re- publics (formerly Rosta) states: “M. Herbette, ambassador of France in Moscow, after consulta- tion with his government, officially informed the commissariat of for- eign affairs that certain radio re- ports from Paris about Franco- Soviet relations are without founda- tion. “These reports claimed that the French government intended to ob- tain clear evidence regarding the nature of the ties between the So- viet government and the Third In- ternational before starting economic negotiations with the Soviet Union; also that France, Great Britain, Bel- gium, Italy, and the little entente would hold a conference in Septem- ber for the formation of an anti- Soviet bloc.” Vermont Mill Wages Cut. CAVENDISH, Vt., Aug. 10.—(FP)— ‘Wage cuts of 4 per cent and the 60- hour week, ten hours per day, are an- nounced for Gay's Woolen Mill, SYLVAN LAKES PARK Free! $800 Touring Car; DANCING ALL DAY Pier) at 9 A. M. await you, By Busses: Park Buss; minutes, By Troll Page Five PAINTERS’ LOCAL HITS RICKERT'S UNION SCABBERY Endorses Amalgamated C lothing Strike Painters’ Local 275, which has a membership of 1,100, at a special meeting last Tuesday night unani- | mously passed a resolution endorsing | the strike of the Amalgamated Cloth- ing Workers and condemning the strikebreaking tactics of the United Garment Workers which strikebreale ing tactics have the endorsement of President William Green of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, The resolution was introduced by John T. Heinrichson, an active mill- tant and member of the Trade Union Educational League. * Other resolutions which were pass- ed was one protesting against the ex- pulsion of painter’ delegates from the Central Labor bod in apol:s and Seattle. The resolution demands that the coming international conven- tion of the union take up the matter with the secrearies of he Seattle and Minneapolis Central Labor unions and algo at the next A. F. of L. conyen- tion Soviet Russia and Amalgamation. Other resolutions Br Soviet 1 unions ¢ Russi: ssteamas tion ©} ged in the building trades; ‘otection against poisonous used in the painting industr; rT hours, & machine and that ng workers be not per- mitted to work more than six hours a day; for the organ tion of the un- organized and for a labor party. Facts for Workers AUSTRIA: Coloniza’ On June 17, 1925, an “Austrian Colon- ization Society” was formed in Vien- na, the aims of which are to study foreign territories suitable for Austri- an colonization and to keep in touch PUBLIC FESTIVAL for the Benefit of the DAILY WORKER and UL ELORE * $120 Radio Set; $60 Gold Watch and 96 other valuable articles. FIRST CLASS ORCHESTRA REFRESHMENTS Singing Contest — Athletic Events — Bathing — Fishing Boating and Other Amusements. REAL HUNGARIAN GOULASH AND PAPRIKA FISH Ticket $1.00—Children Free DIRECTION—By sige Take the Wilson Line Boat (Chestnut Street Burlington, At Camden Ferries take Sylvan Lakes it takes you direct to the Park. : At Campden Ferries take the Trenton car; get off in Burlington at Broad Street. and get off at 18th Street, walk left one square to the Park. with emigrants. CANADA: Emigration, — Senator Benbien, of Quebec, is quoted as esti- mating that in ten years Canada has lost 2,000,0000 emigrants, both thru lawful and unlawful exit. ENGLAND: Unemployment. — The total number of persons registered at employment bureaus in Great Britain and northern Ireland as unemployed on May 25, 1925, was approximately 1,253,000 which was 2,000 greater than the number of unemployed registered on April 27, 1925. By June 1, 1925, the figure had fallen to 1,247,306, which is the lowest number of unemployed dur- ing 1925, Wages.—-There was an aggregate reduction May, 1925 (in the industries for which statistics are regularly available), of £16,400 in the weekly full time wages of over 500,000, and an aggregate increase df £3,350 in the weekly wages of 36,000 work people. MEXICO: Emigration.—Large num- bers of farm laborers are reported as continuing to leave the Guadalajara district for the United States. SUMATRA: Import Labor.—Owing to the scanty population of Northern Sumatra, it is necessary to import la- borers from Java and China to oper- ate the European estates in the Medan district. Spaniards Attack French Cafe. PARIS, Aug. 10.—Five persons were wounded by flying bottles, chairs and knives when a group of Spaniards at- tacked a French cafe at Bordeaux, the Petit Parisien said today. The reason for the attack was unknown. Under the auspices of the workingmen of Philadelphia, Trenton and Roebling Sunday, August 16, 1925 BURLINGTON, W. J. $300 Parlor Suit; Free! —_—_— At Burlington committee will Buss leaves every 30 Then take the green car a eee NN Mate SS AR al Atl mc tl att ~ a tt Bat