The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 7, 1925, Page 4

ge Four {ISH WORKERS HAVE NO JOBS “AND NO HOMES Strikes Increase Under So-called “Free State” (Special to The Daily Worker) .UEENSTOWN, Ireland, Nov. 5.— Thd unemployment crisis, coupled with the severe housing problem which are now raging in the British Isles, are particularly acute in Ireland under the capitalist Free State gov- ernment. Strikes are increasing thruout the country, and the government while it issues resolutions urging ‘“co-opera- tion,” has followed the lead of the | Baldwin government and definitely made it known that if necessary, it will act as a strikebreaking agency. New Dail Will Show Up Lies. In a short time from now the Dail will be sitting, and the workers, espe- cialfy in southern Ireland, will find that the rosy promises of “prosperity” made when the present government, the servant of British capitalism, was formed, have materialized into uni- versal unemployment, abject poverty and downright starvation. It is now admitted that never since 1847 have the workers and peasants of Ireland undergone such distress, not only in Cork, but in the country towns, notably those that during the British regime were made into mili- tary encampments, and which are now practically derelict. When the Free State was formed, it was promised that industries would start, that there would be employ- ment and a “living wage” for all, and that taxes would be slashed. Just the reverse is now the case. The Dail has not even seen fit to| supply the unemployment dole to the thousands of jobless and needy work- ers. The British government has/| added to the misery by cutting the | small old age pension by a shilling} a week, . Added to this, the cost of living has increased. In Cork, where the em- ployers are circulating talk of another general rdeuction in wages, the prices have increased in some eases fifty per cent. For example, potatoes are now sold for 1s 2d per weight, altho ee a | workers. THE DAILY WORKER and GREEK MILITARY DICTATORSHIP ANNULS ELECTION MAYORS OF XANTHI AND SALONIKI (Special to The ATHENS, Nov. 5.—The two Communists elected as mayors of Xanthi and Saloniki will not be allowed to serve as mayors. ernment has annulled the election of t! of the state.” OF COMMUNIST | Dally Worker) | The Greek Pangalos gov- hese two Communists “for the safety | CARPENTERS’ WAGES GO UP, SAYS U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUT FOR HOW LONG IT DOESN'T SAY) : By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) | Union carpenters have continued to advance the general level of wages | during 1925 altho their gains have not been so numerous as those recorded | by the bricklayers and electrical workers, according to the report on the U, S. | department of labor on union wages cities covered by the report union rates 1925, than in 1924. In two cities there w x3, + PURCELL SPEAKS IN CLEVELAND ON TUESDAY, NOV. 10 World Trade Unity Is; Subject of Meeting (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, 0O., Nov. 5.—Arthur A. Purcell will be in. Cleveland on Tuesday, Nov. 10. Brother Purcell is promised a fine reception,since the Cleveland Federation of Labor is sponsoring his meeting which will be held at the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Auditorium, St. Clair and Ontario. Brother Purcell comes to Cleveland as the president of the Amsterdam International of Trade Unions, an or- vere decreases, The average rose from and hours. In seven of thirty-eight | for carpenters were higher on May 1,| $1.056 per hour in 1924 to $1.071 in 1925, a gain of less than 144%. But How Long Will It Last? Extending the comparison back to 1920 we find 21 of the 38 cities re- porting increases while six cities show declines in minimum wages paid union carpenters. The average of the 88 cities rose from 97.6c. in 1920 to $1.071.in 1925, a gain of 9.3%. As the cost of living has fallen over 15% in the same period, the last 5 years have witnessed material improvement in the living standards of union carpent- ers, The 44-hour prevails except in Cin- | cinnati where they work 4414 hours and in Richmond where the regular week is 47 hours. In 1920 union car- penters worked longer hours in Char- leston, S. C., Cincinnati, Indianapolis, New Orleans and Richmond. Since 1913 14 cities have been brought into the 44-hour column. St. Louis at Top St. Louis tops the list in carpenter wages with a minimum of $1.50 an hour. Pittsburgh follows with $1.37%. ganization of 27,000,000 organized Purcell is also member ef the British parliament, and the mess- age he brings to the American work- ers on the question of world trade union unity is so important that no worker of Cleveland should fail to attend the meeting. In addition the the endorsement of The rate in St. Louis is a gain of 50% Over 1920 and of 140% over 1913. In Pittsburgh the gains have amounted to 53% and 150% respectively, Union carpenters have the lowest scale in| Charleston with a rate of 70 cents, vhich means a reduction of 12% per cent from 1920. Minimum hourly rates for snion “CELEBRATE | THE GREATEST DAY IN THE HISTORY OF LABOR AND SUPPORT : THE WORLD’S ONLY WORKERS’ GOVERNMENT THE ONLY MILITANT AMERICAN LABOR DAILY MASS ME : GREETING BY ATTENDING THE EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE \ ETINGS | RUSSIAN. REVOLUTION they are purchased by the speculators | the Cleveland Federation of Labor, 2} -arpenters in 18 leading cities in for less than 5d per weight. Milk 4s| number of unions individually are 913, 1920 and 1925 were: Biss 2s per gallon, altho the small farmers | supporting the meeting through.a con- ; Carpenter 1 . are forced to sell it for 1s 6d at the| ference, so that one can say that pay»per hr. 1913 1920 1925 Proce s of All Meetings Goes to Fand most. practically the entire organized labor | pajtimore . 438 $0.90 $1.00 i A British ex-soldier, now residing | movement of Cleveland is back of it.| Bostairs 50 1.00 110 in Cork declares, “Tuberculosis still} The admission is 25c —a fee that | Qnicago 65 1.25 scourges ‘Dear Old Cork.’ Treatment/ allows every worker to be present | cleveland 50 1.25 , is most essential in some cases. Never-| and hear this brilliant speaker. No | nenyer. 1.125 theless concessions by the government ! workers interested in the progress of | netrojt 115 , ‘ are withheld from many. Immediate | the organized labor movement should | Indianapo! 1.10 r x - , treatment is the only prospect of re-| fail to be there. {Kansas City 1,125 . covery. I am awaiting institutional Sn arte Los Angeles 1,00 treatment, and hoping that those who Firemen Rescue 100 |New Orleans 30 See TAL pEoune: Pett. NEW YORK, Nov-6--One tiundrel [New oer ur ‘ Family Lives in Stable. persons were rescued by firemen in Philadelphia 1125 1125 " There are numerous evidences of Sb eparthens Poees Pee ie Brooklyn, Pittsburgh 90 1.375 : i 375 * tue actte housing problem, The las iareweneb porte Bes pr pe 89 eee 100 150 | Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 6, 7 and 8 session of the Cork county council » |San Francisco 1.063 1.044 e was forced to consider the case of | °*liné ladders. Seattle .. 563 1.00 1.00 Look for Place and Date in Your City Mrs. K. Neligan Morrissy, a widow MILWAUKEE CELEBRATES Washington 500 95 1,125 e supporting eleven children ‘and living Cities in h union carpenters FAMOUS SPEAKERS in a stable. P. H. Barry of the board of health said it might be cheaper to rent a house for her than to.send her and her children to the workhouse. This woman continues to reside in her stable at Doneraile, and has de- clared that she will die on the road- side rather than receive charity from the Free State. Conditions in Ireland are but a sharp reflection of conditions prevail- ing in England, which have been given wider publicity. Just as Premier Bald- win mutters about “discussing the housing problem with the house of lords,” while thousands of unemployed face eviction in. overerowded slums, So does the Dail do nothing but pass resolutions of “sympathy.” Just as the British home secretary, Joynson- Hicks, declare that his government will “protect the community,” by doing the work of strikers, so does the Free State government intimidate the Flax Spinning and Weaving com- Pany employes at Cork who are threatened with starvation because they resisted wage cuts, é 8TH YEAR OF RUSSIAN WORKERS’ GOVERNMENT MILWAUKEE, Nov. 5.—A mass meeting and celebration of the 8th anniversary of the Russian revolu- tion will take place Sunday evening, Nov. 8 at the Labor Temple Hall, 8th and Walnut Sts., at 7:30 under the auspices of the Workers Party and the Young Workers League, with D. E. Early and John Edwards of Chicago speaking on the world significance of the Russian workers revolution and Herbert Zam, repres- enting the Young Workers League and speaking on the youth and the Russian revolution, Sylvia Selender will speak for the Junior group. Besides this array of speakers there will songs from the Jewish Freiheit, the Russian and Ukrainian “Bright Star,” and the South Slavie “Future” singing societies. A small admission will be charged. EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE Union of Socialist SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1925, 8 P. M. at TEMPLE (Van Buren and Marshfield, One Block West of Ashland) SPEAKERS: EARL R. BROWDER, Director Research Dept. Workers (Com- ‘ munist) Party MAX BEDACHT, Member C. E. C. Workers Soviet Republics HALL, (Communist) Party |fall materially short of the average | | ton, haye secured increases since 1924 are Baltimore, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Memphis, Newark, Providence and Seattle. Decreases were reported from Charleston and Los Angeles. South Has Poor Showing. Cities in which union carpenters include Atlanta, Birmingham, Charles- Jacksonville, Little Rock, New Orleans and Richmond, all in the south. In these cities the minimum hourly rate ig 90 cents or less. Tak- ing the 38 cities as a group the aver- age for 1925 represents a gain of 107 per cent over 1913, FIFTY WORKERS ESCAPE DOOM AS HOTEL COLLAPSES Bosses Tried to Rush Construction Fifty building trades workers nar- rowly, escaped with their lives when five floors of the John Evans Hotel, now under construction at Hinman Avenue and Davis Street, Evanston, collapsed and fell to the ground a mass of twisted girders and shattered concret#. In an Attempt to hurry the construstion of the hotel so that it could be paying the proprietor profits ag soon as possible the supports hold- ing up the building were taken out before the concrete pillars that were to hold the building were dry enough to stand the strain, As the men were working on the upper floors they noticed the floors sag. They dropped their tools and got down to the street as fast as they could, Shortly after the last building MARTIN ABERN, Dist. Organizer, Workers (Communist) Party | trades Worker had reached the ground, MAX SHACHTMAN, Editor YOUNG WORKER H. ZAM, Secretary, Young Workers League MUSIC: EF reiheit Singing Society and Mandolin Orchestra Admission Auspices: Workers (Communist) Party, Local Chicago 25 Cents 7 one of tthe walls gave in and fell to the ground with a deafening roar, Those living at the North Shore Hotel ran to the street fearing that one of the walls might fall across the alley and onto the east wall of the hotel. When that argument begins at lunch time in your shop tomor- oo them what the DAILY ORKER says about it. NEW YORK CITY. Central Opera House, 205 E. 67th St., Nov. 6 in the evening. C. E. Ruthenberg, Moissaye J. Olgin, Benjamin Gitlow. BROOKLYN, N. .«. Grand Assembly Hall, 318) Grand St., Nov. 6 in the evening. | C. E. Ruthenberg, Moissaye J. Olgin, Benjamin Gitlow. ROCHESTER, N. Y. | Labor Lyceum, 580 St. Paul St., Nov. 8, at 7:00 p.m. Ella Reeve Bloor. BUFFALO, N. Y. Labor Lyceum, 376 William St., Nov. 8, at 2:00 p.m. Ella Reeve Bloor. UTICA, N. A Labor Temple Hall, 714 Char- lotte St., Nov. 6, at 8 p.m. Rose Pastor Stokes. ei . JAMESTOWN, N. Y, Swedish Br. Hall!3rd & Main St., Nov. 8, at 8 p. Rose Pas- tor Stokes. & BINGHAMTON, N.Y. Lithuanian Hall, 271 Clinton St., Nov. 8, at 7 p. ti, Al Schaap. BAYONNE, N. J. Workmen's Circle Hall, 725 W. 25th St., Nov. 8, 2p. m. NEWARK, N. J. Newark Labor Lyceum, 704 S. 14th St., Nov. 6, at 8 p. m. Joseph Manley. ‘i JERSEY CITY, N. J. Workers’ Hall, 387 Grand St., Nov. 7, at 8 p. m. PATERSON, N. J. Carpenters’ Haff, 54-56 Van er gee: St., Novi Mat 7:30 p. m.| D x DENVER, COLO. Social Turner Hall, 10th and Larimer Sts., Nov. 8, at 7:30 p. m. Wm. Dietrich. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. CaliforniatHall, Polk & Turk St., Nov. 6, at 8 p.m. Tom Lewis. BERKELEY, CALIF. “Finnish Hall, 1819 10th St., Nov. 8. PUNE ie BOSTON, MASS. At Scenic Auditorium, Berke- ley & Tremont, Nov. 8, at 2:30 p.m. C. E. Ruthenberg. WORCESTER, MASS. Beimont Halll, 54 Belmont St., Nov. 7, at 7:00 p.m. C. E. Ruthenberg,. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Liberty Hall, 592 North St., Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. Alexander Trachtenberg. WASHINGTON, D. C. Playhouse, 1814 N. Street, N.W., Nov. 8, at 8 p.m. Bert- ram D. Wolfe. BALTIMORE, MD. Brith Sholom Hall, 1012-14 E. Baltimore St., Nov. 10, at 8 p. m. Rose Pastor Stokes. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Labor Lyceum, 6th & Brown Sts., Nov. 6, at 8 p. m. Jay Lovestone, N. H. Tallentire. PITTSBURGH, PA. Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller St., No¥. 8, at 2p. m. William F. unne MUSICAL PROGRAMS CLEVELAND, OHIO. Moose Temple Hall, 1000 Wal- nut St., Nov. 8, 2:30 p.m. Jay Lovestone. CANTON, OHIO. Canton Music Hall, 812 Tuse St. E., Nov. 8 in the evening. Jay Lovestone. BELLAIRE, OHIO. Bohemian Hall, 41st & Harri-|* son Sts., Nov. 6, at6 p.m. Wm. J. White. “4 CONNEAUT, OHIO. Workers’ Hall, Broad Street, Nov. 7. — HARTFORD, CONN. Labor Educational Ailiance, 287 Windsor Ave., Nov. 6, at 8 g m. Bertram D. Wolfe and am Darcy. NEW HAVEN, CONN. " Harmanson’s Hall, 158 Crown St., Nov. 6, at 8 p.m. J, O. Bentall. WATERBURY, CONN. Garden Hall, East Main St., Nov. 1st, at 2:30 p. m. Charles Krumbein. CHICAGO, ILL. “Temple Hall, Van Buren & Marshfield Aves., Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. M. Bedacht, E. R. Brow- der. i WAUKEGAN, ILL. Workers’ Hall, 517 Helmholz Ave., Nov. 8, at 2 p.m. Max Schachiman. EAS7 ST. LOUIS, ILL. Hall, Grand & 8, at 8 p.m Page! ROCKFORD, ILL. Workers’ Hall, 511 7th Street Nov. 8, at 3:00 p. m. Max Salz- man. PULLMAN. ILL. Strumils Hall, 107th St. and Indiana Ave., Nov. 8, at 6:30 p.m. Martin Abern, Nat Kap- lan. FRANKFORT, ILL. St., 300 Bik., Nov. 8, at 2 p. m. Manuel Gomez. SOUTH BEND, IND. Hungarian Hall, 316 South Chopin St., Nov. 8, at 2 p. m. Lovett Fort-Whiteman. — KENOSHA, WIS. Schlitz Hall, N. Main St. & Milwaukee Ave., Nov. 6, at 8 p. m. DETROIT, MICH. Finnish Hall, 5969 14th St., Nov. 7, at 8:00 p.m. J. Louis Engdahl. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Son's & Daughters’ Hall, 1057 Hamilton Ave. N. W. Nov. 8, at 2:30 p. m. J. L. Engdahl, MASS, MICH. Mass Fire Hall, Nov. 8th. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Moose Hall, 43 So. 4th St. Nov. 8, at 8p. m. James P, Can- i non. ST. PAUL, MINA. German Place, 444 Rice St., Nov. 8, at 2:00 p.m. James P. Cannon. - DULUTH, MINN. Workers’ Hall, 19 Ave. W. # NOV. By, Majestic Theater) W. Maine