The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 24, 1925, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ Vol. I. N17. 8 a ? é 4 ey 8/0 mae <5 ¥ ~ » Subscription Rates: and Farmers’ Government } Tee PAG ANTHRACITE MINERS DEMAND ALL MAINTENANCE MEN JOIN STRIKE; BIG MEETINGS HEAR COMMUNISTS In Chicage, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. ; tthe Post Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, PARIS LIKE DEAD CITY UNTIL WIRE STRIKERS WERE GRANTED RAISE PARIS, Sept. 22.—For several hours yesterday the city of Paris had great difficulty in comrgunicat- ing with the outside world when telephone and telegraph workers, Office at Chicago, Liinols, under the Act of Maroh 3, 1879, THURSDAY, |SEPTEMBER 24, 1925 ‘STRIKE GRIP T WORKERS STIRRED BY U. S. BARRING OF SAKLATVALA; CHEERS a” PUBLI Published Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents SHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ml, WORLD SHIPPING —+ : (Special to The Daily Worker) WILKES BARRE, Pa., Sept. 22.—Big mass meetings of strik- ing anthracite miners hejd in the mining towns-of Shenandoah, St. Clair, Minersville and Scranton, have roused great interest in the Workers (Communist) Party under whose auspices Ben Git- low, Pat Toohey and other speakers addressed the meetings. Large numbers of the DAILY WORKER and manifestoes were distributed among the anthracite strikers. Considerable sentiment is backing up the demand for the withdrawal of the demanding an increase of wages, walked out and left every wire dead. Business thruout the city was paralyzed until, the demands of the strikers being granted, they return- ed to work at 1 p.-m. Train Hits Auto; 2 Dead. ROCK ISLAND, Ill, Sept, 22.—Mr, and Mrs. George Wesley Yingling, of GREET COMMUNIST IN. ENGLAND (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, U.S. S. R., Sept. 22.—The workers and peasants of Soviet Russia are protesting en masse against the exclusion from the United States of Shapurji Saklatvala, Communist mem- | ber of the British parliament, by the Coolidge government. Thou- sands arewattending the great protest demonstrations held in every part of the Soviet Union. The Soviet press reflects the demand of the workers that maintenance men from the pits to force the operators to grant the strikers’ demands without delay. The operators want a long AS WE SEE IT By T. J, O'FLAHERTY NE of the latest plots that Moscow has been found guilty of in the éditorial sanctums of some American capitalist publications, is a scheme to manipulate the world wheat market in order to beggar the American farmer and make him discontented. This aim, the Bolsheviks attempt to ac- complish by circulating fantastic Tre- ports of fabulous grain crops in the Soviet Republic, which policy has a tendency to lower the price of grain. ‘The American speculators should not have any fault to find with a plot like this, “4 URING the years that Russia was ravaged by civil war and famine we were told that those evils, par- ticularly poor crops, were the result of Communist rule. Even the chris- tian god could not stand those evil people. Now that god has either gone to sleep or become a Communist sympathizer,” if the “bumper ~ Soviet crops be a criterion, the plute serib- blers have changed. their, tune and. now accuse the Russian peasants of having evil. designs on the farmers of this country... Perhaps the wisest of the American farmers may see in this smoke screen an effort on the part of the speculators to hide their thievery. ; cw % LOYD GEORGE is ambitious to get back again as the leading clown in the British imperial show. George is a versatile genius. In the land question, he thinks he has found an issue that will provide him with the motive power for a successful campaign for the premiership. But he has not ignored lesser factors. It is reported that the wily Welshman has induced his wife to put on a prohi- bition campaign, as a side line. If it succeeds, George will grab off the credit. If it fails, Mrs. George alone will suffer. And she is not running for office. . “PQRITAIN faces as serious a crisis i 8 ever a nation in modern his- tory.” This is the Chicago Tribune talking. The Trib. goes on to tell that the foreign commerce of Great Britain has decreased, she is no longer su- preme in the shipping world; in fact, that she bas suffered a steady de- érease in everything except popula- tion and unemployment. To add to her troubles, the workers are becom- ing more ‘and more revolutionary. This connects up naturally with the waning fortunes of British capitalism. . * 8 7*strike in order to get rid of sur- plus coal and gigantic stocks of inferior grades otherwise un- saleable, but now put on the market at fabulous prices. Lewis Seeking to Sell Out. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America and in charge of the strike is clearly trying to betray the wage, increase demand of the strikers and trade these demands off for the operators’ granting of the check-off. To support this move, the mayors of sixty-three towns in the anthracite region are making a common declara- tion asking the operators to grant the check-off. Miners are beginning to feel the effects of the strike, and the store- |keepers are adding to the pressure by refusing the miners credit for groceries. In many places other in- dustrial undertakings will not employ striking miners. | Speak Despite Refusal In spite of the denial of a permit to speak. by the burgess at Old Forge, the Workers (Communist) Party is holuding a meeting there this after- noon. _The miners at all mee} jastically support the d progressive miners’ co! cheer the speakers of Party. | * ris STOVE WORKERS PICKET LARGE CHICAGO PLANT Bosses Try to Coerce Laborers to Scab In spite of the cold, biting wind and the drizzling rain, the striking polish- ers and buffers of the Cribben and Sexton Co., manufacturers of the Uni- versal stoves, ranges and furnaces at Sacramento Blvd. and Chicago Ave. maintained their picket lines around the plant. is The pickets stand in two groups; one at the north end of the plant and the other at the south end. Every un- employed worker looking for a job is made aware of the strike by two huge banners and the ever-watchful pick- ets. So far not a single strikebreak- er has entered the polishing room. The company has resorted to adver- T is a sad, sad story. Most of the blind ads and ads telling wh - capitalist papers and practically all vertising for the paniNanw bg th the labor fakers blame the Commun-| org Not only has the Chicago Tri- ists for this situation. The Commun-| pyung py een. ists have not created those conditions.. ator to ae in Weis ee ie About the’only thing they can do is to perintendent has al: i give direction to the struggles of the | one who has pen three wing (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 5) RIKE GRIPS BRITISH LINERS, ONLY WHITE STAR LINE RUNNING; SEAMEN APPEAL TO ALL UNIONS (Spectat to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Sept. 22.—The Union Castle line announces that after its liner to Capetown sails with a “scratch” crew on Sep- tember 25, nothing will be promised as to future sailings. The Peninsula and Oriental line specifies five scheduled sai ings for Australia which are ordered postponed indefinitely, while other cancelled sailings include those of the Commonwealth and Dom- inion and the Orient and Ellerman lines. Scabs are keeping up the show of Atlantic passenger traffic by sneaking aboard at Cowes Roadstead d . 6. (Continued on page ¢). from ‘tenders, The Sterling, are dead today, killed when the automobile in which they were returning home after a family re- union here, was struck by a train. Coolidge government as “ON STRIKE! International Strike of eae Sins U Saklatvala be admitted to the United States, and exposes the a tool of the imperialist bankers, who are (Continued on page 2) TIE ’EM UP” pa Million Tons of N.Y. TAX! DRIVERS HOLD ORGANIZATION MEET THURSDAY NIGHT (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 22.—A special organization meeting of the New York taxi drivers will be held at the Brooklyn Labor Lyceum, 947 Willoughby avenue on Thursday evening, September 24. This meeting, to which all taxi drivers of New York City are invli- ted, will be held under the auspices of the Taxi-Limousine Chauffuers’ Union, Local 643 of the American Federation of Labor, STRIKE GROWS IN GULF AND | THE ATLANTIC | The Spirit of Struggle Sweeps Seamen (Special to The NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 22.—The pickets of the Marine Transport | Workers of the I, W. W. report addl- tions to the list of ships tied up in New York harbor. Splendid spirit is shown among almost all seafarers, | who need but an invitation to join the general strike now filling the harbors of the world with idle ships and rot- ting cargoes. At Jersey y the steamer Veer went out 100 per cent Sunday, also two boats from the West Coast, the Kaleckala and the West Cannon, all piling over the side with enthusiasm. At Perth Amboy, the Norwegian ship Vaarly lost its crew 100 per cent to the strike call of the M, T. W In Baltimore strike enthusiasm runs Daily Worker) That worker next door to you may not have anything to do to night. Hand him this copy of the DAILY WORKER. high. Many ships. lost their crews at the first notice. The crew of the Van Dyke came over when they first glimpsed the wobbly picket line. The port captain of the Atlantic Refinery company ran all over town hunting scabs for the company’s ships, of- fering as high as $65 for able séa- men, but without success. Baltimore and Philadelphia Out. The Baltimore crimps who were be- ing razzed by pickets, turned in a riot call, thinking to see the pickets lock- ed up, but instead*the wagon was used to escort the finks to safety. In Philadelphia, the M. T. W. re- Wports the strike progresses wonderful- ly, with crews coming out glad of the chance to do a little scrapping against their bad conditions and low wages. Every night the hall at 928 Hast Moyammensing avenue is pack- ed.with big crowds of seamen eager for speakers and enthusiasti¢ over’ the strike. The manner of the Seamen's Insti- tute at Philadelptiia has yielded to the sweep of strike sentiment and refused to ship any seamen while the strike is on. How well the strike call is working may be judged from the fact that in the dry dock of Phil adelphia a Norwegian ship has re- sruited four successive—but not suc- cessful crews. Each time the new crew left at the pickets’ call and the ship has no crew yet. Mobile Carries on Strike. At Mobile, Alabama, the M. T. W. secretary and another member of the M. T. W. arrested under the “anti- boycott” law at the beginning of the strike have had their cases dismiss- ed. The strike is on full blast with ships tied up as fast as they dock. Here in New York harbor the tight- ness of the strike is shown by the fact that the British liner Carmania left short handed only by taking men from several other ships, while the Shipping. JAPANESE WORKERS GIVE WARM WELCOME TO SOVIET UNIONISTS (Special to The Daily Worker) TOKIO, Sept. 22—When four representatives of the trade unions of Soviet Russia arrived here today, thousands of workers assembled at the Tokio station to greet them began to sing the International and to wave red flags, entirely disregarding the law against “dangerous thoughts” which such activities indicate. The police called ‘out reserve forces and charged the crowds of work- ers, meeting with such resistance that considerable conflict resulted. Six- teen workers were arrested, é \ The Soviet labor delegation is composed of the labor unionists that previously had visited Shanghai by invitation of the Chinese unions. While they were in China, a number of influential Japanese unions formally in- vited them to visit Japan. The Japanese police are maintaining the strictest surveillance over the Russian labor leaders and threaten to deport them at once if they “spread Communist propaganda.” Apparently undismayed,' the Russians announce that the purpose of their visit is to urge all Japanese labor organizations te join the movement for international trai union unity against capitalist exploitation. NO. EUROPEAN ANTHRACITE TO AMERICA DURING THE STRIKE (Special to The Daily Worker) BRUSSELS, Sept. 22.—Striking anthracite miners in America today were given the support of the miners’ international committee, when dele- gates from England, France, Germany, Holland and Belgium voted unan- imously to reduce exportations of Welsh coal to Canada and the United States, — ' The report of the American miners on conditions leading up to the walkout September 1 was received and con: they determined thelr action, FRED. MERRICK GOES TO TRIAL | ON OCTOBER 5 PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 22.—The cases of our Pittsburgh defendant, | Comrades Merrick, Horacek and eight | others have been listed for trial Oc- tober 5. Funds are urgently needed for this trial, contribution lists are being sent to all party units in Dis- trict Five and we expect the comrades to go ahead and work immediately collecting as much as they possibly can and return the lists to the secre- tary of the Labor Defense, M. Ras- nick, addressed to the party office, 805 James St., N. S. Pittsburgh. The Law's Delays. The delays attendant upon court proceedings was exemplified before Circuit Judge Jesse Holdom today} when the damage suit of Mrs. Gene- vieve Ligregni against a taxicab com- pany was called for trial. Mrs. Lig- reni, it developed, was murdered in her home at Bartlett, Ill., four years | ago and her husband, John, hanged for the crime, Brothers Escape Posse, SEYMOUR, Ind., Sept. 22.—Walter Wright, 22, and Fred Wright, 19, brothers, wanted in connection with the killing of Patrolman Ed Fowler at North Vernon yesterday, eluded a sidered by the delegates before |. message recelved by W, A. Misch, large posse of farmers in a dense woods near Comisky, Ind., and escaped in a stolen automobile, according to Seymour police é today, liner Cedric got away only with an impossible crew of forty Bowery bums who demanded and received a rate of $70 for the trip over and free passage back to the States. Trick Backfired. The captain of the Norwegian freighter Sokndal thot he would beat the strike by refusing to pay off the men. But the M. T. W. used a little legal action and had the ship libel- led for the wages due her seamen and she is now tied up at the Na- tional Reflinery at the foot of Main street, Yonkers. NEW HAVEN WORKERS SUPPORT SUSPENDED N.Y. GARMENT LOCALS NEW HAVEN, Sept, 22—Last week a conference took place in support of the Joint Action \Com- mittee of Locals 9, 9 and 22 of the 1. L. G. W. U, of New York City, On the initiative of Workmen's Circle Branch 598, sixteen organizations were represented who elected an executive committee, and laid plans for work. A mass meeting is planned for next Friday, Sept, 25, with speakers from the Joint Action Committee from New York. The conference re- solved to do all it could In the cau f the needle workers in ques- tion. This is especially necessary, since the |, L. G. W. U. has done nothing in the last few years to or- ganize New Haven, and by its pre- vious mishandling of a strike pro- duced a eondition which makes or- ganization work exceedingly dif- ficult, What is the National Mino Mass meetings are held every night at South street and Coenties Slip, with meetings going on in Brooklyn attended by big crowds of seamen from all nations of the earth. Many jcrews now laying aboard are coming off when they are paid their wages. To prevent any trickery the names of these ships are not announced. The |M. T. W. held a meeting yesterday at noon hour on the corner of West |street and 14th, with one of the big- gest crowds, enthusiastic and inter- ested. |. &. U. Officials Urge Union Scabbing The only detraction from the spirit of solidarity of the seamen, is the union scabbery promoted by the offi- (Continued on page 2) “READ FRIDAY'S DAILY WORKER! rity Movement of Great Britain? It is not—as you might think—a movement of an oppressed racial minority struggling against repression, but a revolutionary move- ment of the English proletariat, the revolutionists working with- in the British labor unions. There is a lesson to be learned by American workers in the article written by Carl Brannin’ on this movement. The article will be published in Friday’s DAILY WORKER. No unionist or labor radical should miss fs,