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

Page Two ANTHRACITE STRIKE FINDS UNION FAKERS AND CAPITALIST STATE LINE UP WITH THE MINE OWNERS By ALEX REID (Secretary of the Progres: sive Miners’ Committee.) The mine workers of the anthracite region, are on a strike against one of the most powerfu world. They are in a struggle f as a 10 per cent increase in the | combinations of capital in the or a few meager demands such contract wage and a $1.00 per day increase for day men; establishment of the check-off and a betterment of working condition Ss. These demands, modest tho they be, are meeting with the bxterest opposition from the representatives of the anthracite mozropoly. The Strikebreaker: s of Government. This trust, swollen with huge profits wrung from blood and bone, fights against giving the robs them of millions. ..It busily engagkd in spreading lies about the miners’ standard of living, its publicity agents and politicians are all ready to help defeat their interest. and to join in with the operators.in helping to crush the union, if necessary with troops, militarism and forceful oppression. The governor of the state and the president of the United States are all ready to prevent a finish fight be- tween us and our bosses, the owners of the anthracite mines and railroads | —the anthracite trust. Our leaders meet at Atlantic City with the representative of the trust, in a million dollar hotel swept by ocean breezes far from the face of the coal. They showed no inclination to lead us in a militant struggle against the powerful anthracite oper- ators. Such a struggle would imply ehtirely different ideas and theories than those expressed by John L. Lewis at the recent Tri-District con- vention. Lewis, in his speech, proves our contention that his views, of what is wrong with the industry, the indus- try that should be the workers’—are the same as those held by its present owners, Rockefeller and Morgan. No Real Fight Probable. How can Lewis really fight against the trust when he is a leading sup- Porter of Coolidge and the republican party owned by the same Rockefeller and Morgan, who also own the demo- cratic party? Lewis does not want to fight the trust; he would rather fight the pro- gressive miners. He wants to collabo- rate with the trust, accepting a bone from its heavily laden table that will keep us t{ed to its backbreaking lay ‘ber;"misery and suffering and in too Many cases actual death. At this moment when we are on strike in the anthracite, there are hundreds of thousands of our brother bituminous mine workers unemploy- ed. Nor is this serious crisis confined to America. Across the Atlantic in England 250,000 miners are also on strike to retain a few of the hard-won concessions gained by them during the war period. Worked Themselves Out of Work. In Germany, too, the struggle is on. } There the coal miners of the Ruhr miners a few pennies which it is+ 7 PATENT RIGHTS OF OLD REGIME MUST BE RESUBMITTED TO U.S.S,R. (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Sept. 3.—(Tass)—The Soviet government has notified for- eign inventors and patentees that under the new patent law adopted last fall patents issued and register. ed in Russia under the cld regime, or applied for prior to November 7, 1918, should be re-submitted to the inventions committee, Leningrad, for renewal. Foreign inventors must make their applications thru some representative residing in the Soviet Union. Applications for renewals may be made up to September 25. — who are being exploited under the in- famous Dawes’ plan, financed by American gold, have piled up 10,000,- 000 tons at the Ruhr pitheads. Both British and American capitalists are now looking at this reserve stock with greedy eyes, to use it in helping to crush the struggle of both the American and English workers. ’ The anthracite railroads own and control the seven biggest anthracite operating companies. Seventy per cent of the tonnage carried? by. these railroads is anthracite, A’ ‘Well as owning the coal lands and/the'mines, these anthracite railroads extract a tremendous profit from carrying at high rates the coal from the anthra- cite region. Miners and R. R. Men Must Unite. The closest bonds of solidarity must be established between the workers in the anthracite mines and the workers on the anthratite rail- roads—they work for the same boss- es, Morgan and Rockefeller. Anthra- cite railroad workers refuse to haul scab anthracite. The strike against the anthracite trust is of the most vital import- ance to all workers. This greedy monopoly must be defeated, all workers must lend their full sup- port to the anthracite miners In this present struggle. The Pro- gressive miners demand national- ization of the mines with workers’ control. T. U. E. L. and Freiheit| Picnic to Attract Big Crowd on Labor Day There is only,one Labor Day picnic this year, for any one who wants to throw dull care to the bow wows and rollick with the youngsters. That will be the joint affair arranged by the Trade Union Educational League and the Freiheit for Monday at Stickney Park, Lyons, Ilinois, a cool and shady retreat on the southwestern edge of Chicago. The youngsters will be there in force, according to the junior director, Louise Morrison, and one of the finest stunts promised among a lot of other things is the Junior contests, a boys’ and girls’ baseball team contending, Junior foot races, Junior speéches and a regular Junior activization program. The older comrades will have to step around on Labor Day, if they expect to keep up with the parade. Other games and contests are ar- ranged for the grown ups, and there will be a pile of good eats and hot and cold drinks for the unwary palate. Take the 22nd street surface car to end of line, transfer to Ber- wyn-Lyons car, get off at Harlem and Ogden avenues and walk six blocks south, STRIKERS LAUGH AT LETTERS OF GARMENT BOSSES The strikers employed by the Inter- national Tailoring company have brot to their Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers’ union headquarters at S. Halsted St., letters sent them by the garment manufacturers, beseeching them to return to work. The strikers , of course, are paying no attention to thees letters. The International sent the letters out as part of their long, and unsuc- cessful campaign to break the solidar- ity of the strikers, who have now been out eleven weeks. The picket line is as large as ever. The busy season is on and a victory is looked for soon. Coolidge Takes a Firmer Hand in the Peru-Chile Dispute WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 3.— Chile has turned over the state of Tarata to Peru, in accordance with President Coolidge’s award in set- tling the boundary dispute between Chile and Peru. “Black Jack” Pershing is now in Arica, attempting to arrange a ple- biscite in the disputed territory of Tacna Arica. Postpone Naval Maneuver SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 3— Flight of the giant PB-1, scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, was indefi- nitely postponed today, following re- ceipt of order from Secretary of the Navy Wilbur. Build the DAILY WORKER with subs. THE DAILY* WORKER HORRIBLE ‘DEATH FOR 13 OF NAVY AIRSHIP’S CREW Survivors Are Muzzled, Los Angeles to Fly (Special to The Daily Worker) ZANESVILLE, Ohio, September 3 —The survivors of the wreck of the naval dirigible Shenandgah, which broke in two near bere, killing 13 and injuring twenty ofthe members of the crew, were ordered ,not to talk by Lieutenant Henley, who himself refused to make a statement. Word was received here from Sec- retary of the Navy Wilbur at Wash- ington that despite the terrible dis- aster, the plans of the navy depart- ment for the operation of the dirigible Los Angeles have not been changed, The Shenandoah broke in two near Ava, Ohio, the front end filling to the ground, and the rear end floating un- til reaching a point ‘near Sharon about ten miles South of Ava, and then landing, All of the killed and injired were in the front end of the airship. Front End. Crashes. The cabin of the front-end of the Shenandoah fell to the ground, all the men in it meeting a_ horrible death, the engines falling on them. The wreckage of that part of the ship was scattered all over the field in which it landed. The bodies were al- most beyond recognition as those of human beings. Blood and bones vir- tually covered the field. About four miles south of this field the next piece of the ship came to earth. This piece ‘of. wreckage perched on top of a house. Farmers shot the gas bag fullof holes, and it fell to the ground. Six of the: pas- Sengers were taken from the wreck- age, some of them in a serious Gondi- tion. a8 Survivors Go" East. ‘ One of the men on. the rear end, which fell near Sharon, dropped off the end of a long rope,.near Belle Valley, and was taken to Caldwell with fractured ribs. Two, members of the crew were reported missing, . Most of the survivors, will reach Philadelphia tomorrow morning by train, it is announced. Forty-three men were abroad the ship, which was enroute to,-Scott Field, Illinois, as |. part of the navy’s pir maneuvers, SEAMEN’S STRIKE IN ENGLAND SPREADS; CREW OUT IN LIVERPOOL (Special to The Daily Worker) LIVERPOOL, Sept. ¢8.—Seamen and firemen of the li Montcalm handed in their notices today, Cana- dian Pacific officials were making vain efforts to securé’ a scratch crew so that the line® might sall tomorrow as scheduled,* Stand by the Anthracite Coal Strikers! Join the Big Fight Against the Employers! (Continued from page 1.) ing conditions all along the line. It is time for the workers to call a halt. United support of the miners’ strike must be the beginning of general re- sistance of the workers against the attack upon their standard of living. The Situation in the Coal Industry. HE workers in the coal mines have had to fight desperately ever since the end of the war to protect themselves against the attempts of the capitalist bosses to force unbearable conditions upon them. In 1919, the soft coal miners were compelled to strike against the attacks of the bosses. In 1922, they again laid down their tools. In 1923, the anthracite miners were out, and now again in 1925, the anthracite miners are forced to resort to a strike to protect themselves. The heroic resistance of the miners’ union against the open shop, against wage cuts, has been a stumbling block In the path of the capi- talist bosses who want to reduce the workers of this country to the status of coolies. They are out to destroy the miners’ union. In the anthracite they are attempting to carry thru their program by direct attack. In the bituminous they are trying to starve out the union by shifting operations to the non-union field. Two years ago 70 per cent of the bituminous coal was produced in union mines. Today only 30 per cent is produced in union mines. The coal miners have not only had to meet these attacks of their bosses; they have also had to fight against the treachery of the reac- tionary Lewis machine, which stands in the way of the miners making a militant fight in their own interests. The anthracite strike Is the fight of all coal miners. There must be a united stand In the coal industry by all coal miners. The bituminous miners must stand behind their fellow workers in the anthracite. A GENERAL STRIKE OF ALL MINERS! NO SEPARATE AGREEMENT FOR ANTRACITE AND BITUMINOUS FIELDS! MUST BE THE SLOGAN OF THE MINERS. Nationalize.the Mines—Workers Control. : ee solution of the situation in the coal industry can only be realized thru a united struggle of all coal miners supported by the workers generally. NATIONALIZATION OF THE MINES! WORKERS’ CON. TROL THRU PARTICIPATION IN THE MANAGEMENT! A SIX HOUR DAY AND THIRTY-HOUR WEEK is the only program which will safeguard the miners against the suffering and misery which private operation for the profit of the capitalist coal boss brings upon the workers. NATIONALIZATION AND WORKERS’ CONTROL can only be aohloved thru a political struggle of the miners. it will help the miners only If at th ime time they, together with other workers, organize a * fill the mines with soldie LABOR PARTY to carry on a struggle for a Workers’ and Farmers’ government. Government Interference. iy every coal strike the government has stepped in to help the bosses beat the workers. President Wilson secured an injunction against the miners’ union in 1919, to break the strike. Harding called upon the state governors to in 1923, so that the scabs could operate them. In the anthracite strike of 1923, the state and national government went to the ald of the coal operators. There is already talk of Coolidge using soldiers against the anthracite miners in the present striké, The workers must exert their mass strength to prevent the govern- ment stepping into the strike to aid the coal bosses. 10 GOVERN. MENTAL INTERFERENCE TO AID THE COAL BOSSES must be the slogan of every mass meeting and of every trade union supporting the anthracite strike. GOVERNMENTAL INTERVENTION SHOULD BE ANSWERED BY A GENERAL STRIKE OF ALL COAL MINERS. Workers! Resist the Attack of the Bosses. The strike of the anthracite miners must have the support of the whole working class. Support of the hard coal miners. This / eneral support of the workers must be the Every workers’ organization must, rally to the % beginning of a general resistance to the attacks of the capitalists upon the workers, NO GOVERNMENTAL INTERVENTION to help the, bosses must be the demand of the whole working class. Anthracite and Bituminous miners! Your slogans must be—A COM- MON FIGHT AGAINST THE COAL OPERATORS; NO SEPARATE AGREEMENTS; GUARD AGAINST THE TREACHERY OF THE LEWIS MACHINE. Morgan and Morones in Agreement There Is No By J, LOUIS ENGDAHL. Toay. Luis N. Morones, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Labor in the Calles government of Mexico, is in town, visiting with local American Federation of Labor of- ficials, and denying that there are classes in Mexico; denying that the Calles government is a class government. : Morones, who is a former soak of the Mexican Fed- eration of Labor, will no doubt draw applause from John Fitzpatrick, Edward N. Nockles, Oscar Nelson and other local labor officials, when he says that the present Mexican government does not favor one class over another. But this will not put truth into the declaration. * * * * When Morones says there is no class government in Mexico, that means that the capitalist.class still rules, that the nation is still under the thumb of foreign imperialists and native industrialists and landlords. It means that the wages system still lives in Mexico, that the workers have not yet won over industry, that the land has not been res- tored to the tillers of the soil. .* * e e Morones does not parade about as a “socialist” as strenuously as does Calles. President Calles is quite as roud of his job as “socialist” president of Mexico, in the interests of Wall Street, as Fritz Ebert was in his role of “socialist” president of Germany under the Morgan-Dawes plan. But Ebert helped pave the way for the seating of the monarchist Hindenburg, as president of the republic, and the Calles-Morones. combination in Mexico helps fasten the American dollar still tighter about the throats of the whole Mexican people. Morones confidently asserts that there is no class in Mexico today that is greater than the government. This is quite trye. The government that is in power is the class govern- ment of the capitalists. If the working class, the city and land workers, were greater than this capitalist government, that desperately struggles to maintain the capitalist social system, then the rule of capitalism would be destroyed, * * * * For a little while Fitzpatrick and Nockles, in Chicago, saw the gleam of the class struggle when they joined in the organization of the Farmer-Labor Party, seeking to break the workers of Chicago away from the two old parties of Wall Street. But that did not last long. They have now returned to the camp of labor's enemy. So Morones claims that the present Mexican government is not a Labor Party government, because he wants to es- cape from the exacting demands of the class struggle on the side of labor. . ec ° e But Morones knows, just as well as Fitzpatrick and Nockles, that there are growing numbers of workers who believe in the class struggle, and fight their own battles. Morones showed this when he expelled Communists from th Mexican Federation of Labor, r A a at with the encour; it 0 the late Sam Gompers. So Fitzpatrick and he a kg ~ a the Communists in the Chicago Federation of ‘Labor, * * * * Insinuating that it has no chance at all, Morones claims that, “Bolshevism has the same chance in Mexico as it has in the United States.” But the facts, the growing Strength of the Communist movement in both countries, is effective reply to this declara- tion. Increasing exploitation by foreign capitalism will drive the workers and formers of Mexico to renewed struggles, that will unseat both Morgan and Morones, Bolshevism has the same chance in Mexico as in the United States, to raise the “red flag of Communism in Mexico City, as well as in Washing- ton, D.C. Class Rule in Mexico Increase in wages; full recognition of the union; better working conditions in the anthracite coal fields. You Must Fight For: A LABOR PARTY! NATIONALIZATION OF THE MINES! “ WORKERS’ CONTROL! A SIX-HOUR DAY AND FIVE-DAY WEEK! Central Executive Com 5 : Workers Party of Ai . ‘ mete All Aboard for the N. Y. Excursion of the Daily Worker (Continued from Page 1) have already been distributed to these DAILY WORKER builders, and additional tickets are being given out every hour as other comrades qualify for membership in the New York DAILY WORKER Builders’ Club. Still Time to Make Good. To accommodate those who may have found it impossible to bring in their subscriptins and donations dur- | x, ing the week, the DAILY WORKER New York office at 108 East 14th street will be open Saturday evening until eleven o’clock and Sunday after- noon from, two to eight. However, it is not wise to wait until the last min- ute, because when the 400 tickets are distributed no more can be furnished, The FIRST 400 will go. Therefore every reader of the DAILY WORKER who would like ‘to go on the excurs- ion and become a charter member of the New York DAILY WORKER Builders’ Club should turn in the | Ros necessary subscriptions or donations. Daily Worker Builders, Tickets for the DAILY WORKER Excursion to Stony Point on the Hud- son next Monday, Labor Day, Sept. 7, have already been mailed to the fol- lowing DAILY WORKER builders who have qualified for membership in the DAILY WORKER'S Builders “Club: Roplien Downtown Branch — Philip Beral, Samuel Einwohner, Philip Frank. feld, Rae Heimowitz, Bert Katterfeld, L. E. Katterfeld, Martin Katz (2), Pearl Lityaekoff, John Nestor, Abe Rubin, M. 8. esppelder (4), Victor oSos, Helen Zai- ski, kor English West Side Branch—Bessie Braden (2), Fred Cammer (2), Beatrice Carlin (2), Harry Casten, Ben Davidson, Solon De Leon, Kate Gitlow, Sam Hal- pern, Fred Macy. 8; 2), English Yorkville—Max Hagen Arthur Smith (2), J. Tople Frank Welsenberger. sim aoe English Harlem—Gideon Cayer, one 7 Ind, ‘hester, A. Chorover, preg juste Jullus Codkt Elizabeth Mins, H. F. Mins (5) gene Ossipoft, Hazel Venus, & Bronx No, 1—Leo Cooper, Rose Davis, Leo Kling (4), Oberfeld, ‘Arved woh (2), Xt, ro Sylvan Pollack, wen eh Rose’ Surtshin, ir INKS. Gri} A Btaln ‘2, Anna Podalsky (2), Louls C. E, Ruthenberg, General Secretary, ave Kanwery Jon Lapidos (ah award Lindgren, Joseph Newman. English Brownsville—Sam Levich, Max Maraish, Frank Miller (2), C. Nemeroff, L. Pepper, Gertrude Pincus, Bernard ‘Trembach, cay zeche-Stovak Branch—Charles Musil mibsthenian Branch—T. Germ, Anna ger, V. Saarkoppel, John Virkus. Finnish South Brooklyn—A. Henrick- me Wm. prio ke jerman ht ki Mathisa Holzbauer (2). 0" Yorkville— Greek West Side—B. G. Kalfides, Theano Papasogion. Hungarian Downtown—M. Fried: Hungarian York Eg. Gatoce Pr rn Vville—Irving Hungarian Eisne lat, Geza Szepest (5). Bronx jo. 45—Stephan logh, J. Gaal (2), C! ReCeabary. (2), Clara Gottlieb, Rose Italian West Side—A. Mellina. Jewish 00) Downtown 1—Abraham ish Bronx—Joseph Feldman,’ Rachel Klein, Leon Titvin’ Go ate ‘onx No. 2—A. Gusakoff, Jewish Wililamsburg—M. Gordon (2), H. Gordon, G. Gordon, Beatrice Vogel (2)! Jer Island—Joe Crane, Lettish—Peter Karklan (2). Suesian (iitlamenuey '. L. Cooper. Loken, é lo. 1~Lydia Bass, Harry . » No, 2—Mii - Man Michaels, Lillian ‘Tannenbeaee his Pat ane o a Sata Fox, Julius Tin Leche im, Joseph Kertesr (4), Y. W. L.—Fay Croll, David Dubinsky, Alexander Litshite (2), Se 4 e Schwarts, Milton Weick sonmelaed, ‘Waldner, » W. Le No. Zoltan Freedman ig oer aut W. L. No. 12—Clara Meltzer, L, Y. W. L. No, ut achanan” Le aerman Botwinick, v ¥ be He ‘ore Librador, + W. L. No. lasz i C. Stekloff, Morris: Welntaaa i \, rite Beene uelbowlts (2), L. No. 25—Beasle Newmar Y. 28—Sonia Dro; a ie ie Drosman (3) lee dont a) Bana » All ‘agan, Sophie Kurey (3), Leo Lamport, Louis Objile, 8. ot Henry Winoeradott NearyD 88) ath ig Mary Zfassma: N.S. No. 4-Adele Jager. N. + No, 9—William’ Lupu, Sarah N. ey , Sophie Krie- bs Ne Yip oe. ‘4 gules, Mariorie Kattertela, L. Chas. etn, Far tt “i M. Luire, Albert Weisbord, Bvery hour additional returns are coming in, and it is probable that the capacity of the boat, 400, will be reached long before the hour of sail- ing. If any who have already quali- fled do not find their names in this list, they should see L. E, Katterfeld, DAILY WORKER New York Agent, 108 Hast 14th as quickly as possible, ‘ECONOMY’ CAL ROBS DISABLED VETS OF DOLES Told They Are Well, Thrust on Streets That the Coolidge government is enacting its “economy” program at the expense of the disabled ex-sol- diers is shown by letters which have come into the possession of the DAILY WORKER, The United States Veterans’ Bureau, in order to keep within its restricted budget, is cut- ting thousands of soldiers off of the disabled list. The budget for war pre- parations was not in any way dim- inished. A letter, sent to Giannantonio Pupi, 925 S. Hermitage Ave., by Charles B. Campbell, chief of the claims divi- sion, Chicago regional office, states, “This division has received notice that your vocational training pay will terminate on September 15, 1925.” “Please be advised that your dis- ability at present is rated as being of a non-compensable degree, and therefore, you will not be entitled to :]/ compensation after your maintenance pay is discontinued.” Pupi answered as follows: “I have received your letter that my voca- tional training pay will terminate on September 15. Please be advised that my disability is incurable. Yet I know I bear a heavy cross on my shoulders. My hands and feet are crippled by rheumatism and my heart is out of order. It will not take very long for me to depart from this world. Yet you say you have rated ‘me as non-compensable. Thank you. I got what I deserved, “Yes, I gave my health to. increase the United States bankers’ wealth. It is not such bad luck for Mr. J. P. Morgan. Hé is going to collect bil- lions of dollars from European coun- tries. Now I am learning to be a good soldier and fight my own battles, —G, Pupi.” See Months of Struggle Ahead in Anthracite Field (Continued from page 1) their furnace arrarigements to acco- modate the use of a new fuel when they believe that anthracite will be available at the end of the strike. Lewis Is Not a Bolshevik Another amusing. trick of the oper- ators and the capitalist newspapers is to raise the bogey—to the capital- ists—that the miners’ union is geek- ing nationalization of the mines. The bosses are thus trying’ to represent John L. Lewis as a fire-eating Bol- shevik, intent on “confiscation of the mines.” Yet this is pure fiction, as Lewis in this matter as in others, has shown that he is an arch reactionary and has knifed the nationalization ‘Plan on every occasion he could, The nationalization plan was, in- deed, officially advanced by the U. M. W. of A. in 1922, and a committee chosen to draw up a plan and submit it to the convention of the interna- tional. But at the last convention the whole Lewis reactionary machine was lined up against the plan to suchga degree that it was never even pres- ented. Ridiculous excuses were giv- en, such as the illness of ©. J. Golden, but Lewis was rather raw and open in his opposition. “Nationalization,” he said, “it just a Greenwich Village dream.” Only Progressives Advocate Nationalization Since that time the progressive miners’ committee is the only group or influence in the miners’ union that has advocated nationalization of the mines. The progressives are the only element in the present fight who are advocating nationalization in their program, and John L. Lewis ig fight- ing these progressives with expul- sions and every other weapon, ; Sunday-like silence prevafis in the cities and suburbs of the anthracite region, The familiar figure of the grimy coal digger coming from his shift is inissing. Men gathe: on cor- ners to discuss the strike or gO va- _>ationing in the hills, and the only “disorder” reported was the stamp- ede of mine mules at Shamokin, where the pit mules escaped in a wild rush to the mountains, ‘ The Ashley shops of the railroad are closed, and at some half time and some pve Suspensions were ordered on the Le- high Valley road. At least 2,200 rai]- i og are affected in these two places. We regret to announce the death of Mrs, Mary Bllen Murphy, mother of Angela Murphy, at 932 Swann St., Parkersburg, West Va, Angela Murphy is one of our best Worker Correspondents and writes frequently for the DAILY WORKER on the Ia- bor situatfon in West Virginia, that balliwick o} talist reaction. The DAILY W extends sympathy to Miss Murphy and her relatixes in their bereavement sy} catleey