The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 21, 1925, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. II. No, 267.. Subscription Rates: THE DAILY WO! Entered as Second-clase matter September 21, 1933, ot an Bet SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 192 ““NISTS DEF In Chit Outside Chicago, COALDIGGERS HAVE HARD TIME IN MINE STRIKE WHILE UNION: HEADS PLAY OPERATORS’ GAME By WILLIAM F. DUNNE. ARTICLE VII. HAZLETON, Pa., Nov. 19.—Ask anyone in this city where Ahe headquarters of the United Mine Workers for this district is located, how long the strike will last and most of them will tell ou: “Until the operators dispose of their surplus coal.” ‘ But a new opinion is slowly making headway sincé the break- down of the negotiations started by Pinchot. The belief is tak- ing shape that the operators do not want any kind of a settlement with the union except one that AS WE SEE IT By. T. J. O'RLAHERTY INCE the até Dean O’Bannion, gunman, florist and gentleman of many other qualities, became the re- pository of enough lead to sink a battleship, there was no greater di- version than following the antics of the - Chicago police dodging shadow of Martin Durkin, automobile thief and war hero who shot a govern- ment detective and a policemun and scared the rest of the police depart- ment. The citizens are vastiy im greater danger of getting shot up by the police than they are of gétting robbed or killed by gangsters and burglars, 4 * * URKIN made a living separating automobiles from <ieir owners, ever since he returned from making the world safe, for demccracy. He was over in France during the war and getting praised in the capitalist * the} press while radicals who opposed the War were getting into jail, Eyidently Martin came to ,the 1 5 ae Jusion that | if ft was proper for him to shoot Ger: mans over in Frence in order to save the loans of the House oi Morgan, ne would Be justified in doing a little killing here to save himself from get- ting killed or at least from a jaii sen- tence. But he did not have ine dope straight. The war is over and good heroes are a drug on the market. They are committing suicide every day, while the “Huns” are uow wel- come on Fifth avenue, New York and on the Gold Coast cf Chicago. . ete i fpae first to fall before Durkin’s gat was a gentleman by the name of Shanahan who par‘icipated in the vaid on the Communist convention at Bridgeman. Somebody else can shed my tears over his demise, ately the ccps gave chase and looked into garbage cans, milk bottles and tall hats for the missing bandit. Finally they gct a tip tua: he was to visit a certain house one night. Capiain Schoemaker, reported to be the greatest policeman in the United States, surrounded the house with enough policemen to dry up ine nead- quarters of the Genna alcohoi gang. Durkin and his wife walked into the house and before the smoke of bat- tle cleared, Durkin had killed one po- liceman and the policeman killed or wounded everybody else except Dur- kin, who is breaking his sides laugh- ing at his pursuers—perhaps on Michigan boulevard. Immedi-} pea. * FEW evenings ago another po- lice officer announced that he was going to capture Durkin that very night. To show how ciever he was he had the story on the front page of an afternoon newspaper with (Continued on page 2) 800 Killed as Cyclone Sweeps Southern India LONDON, \Nov. 19.—Eight hundred persons have been killed and damage estimated at half a million dollars has been done by a terrific cyclone which has swept Southern India, according to @ telegraph dispatch from Bombay? will ruin it as a weapon of the ——* coal diggers. In other words, some sanity is be- ginning to creep in to the minds of people who hitherto had been regard- ing the “suspension” more or less as a temporary disagreemént between friends. Among the best informed of the miners, those. closest to the national and district officialdom, this belief in a much longer and more bitter Struggle than was expected at. first, finds confirmation, Orders have been issued in the last day or so to local unions to discon tinue relief to all except the most. needy and urgent cases. Hitherto the local unions have been allowed, ex- cept in special cases, to, make their own regulations for strike relief and some locals have practically emptied their treasuries. There is no acute distress in the anthracite fields as yet, but this strike has to be fought‘ under adverse weather conditions contrary to those (Continued on page 5) nite eee COKE MINER FOR SPEECH Want to Fight Bosses, Not Progressives By A. JAKIRA. (Special to The Daily Worker) MARIANNA, Pa., Noy. 18.—Several thousand miners from various parts of the coke region gathered together in mass meeting in this city Sunday, November 15, to express their soli- darity with the men who are out on strike against the attempts of the Bethlehem Steel corporation to en- force the 1917 scale. The mass meet- ing, held in open air, was arranged by the Union Mine Workers of Ameri- Philip Murray and Fagan, presi- dent of the Union’ Mine Workers,, Dis- trict No. 5, were present to ad- dress the meeting. The police and the armed sheriffs were conspicious by their absence while the thousands of miners were gathering in trucks and busses, full of enthusiasm and determination to fight to the very limit for a living wage and for the union. Every one was anxious to heat what the head of the Miners’ Union of District No. 5, had to say about the situation. Every one was waiting for the president of District No. 56 of the U. M. W. to outline before this historic gathering 1 plan of action against the outrage- ous actions of the operators. Wants No Fight With Bosses. After speakers addressed the huge gathering in Italian and Croation, Fagan mounted the platform and opened his speech with a plea for unity of all factions in the organ: ization, He then proceeded to “praise” the U, M. W. of A. for its being a peaceful organization always ready to meet the operators at a “round table” to discuss agreements in order to avoid a fight. He followed this up by further (Continued on page 5) WHERE IS THE POLICY OF HILLMAN IN “THE AMALGAMATED” T AKING THE MEMBERS AND THE OFFICIALS? By BEN. GORDON. The latest developments in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers are not at all surprising, At least not to those members who take an active part in the organization, who have been watching closely the acts and accomplish- ments of our union in the past 20 months. The most Wisgusting incidents in our union are the latest sluggings of our brothers and sisters that took place at last Nriday night's’ general mem- and bersh 4 meeting, followed up at the Sunday morhing gathering. . (Continued on page s * oat e, by mail, $8.00 per year. by mail, $6.00 per year, a Who Is , LIE H the Amalgamated Clothing Sunday. RE is a reproduction of a photograph t: Workers of Office at Chicago, Lilinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. EB **? gen following an attack made on many members of erica meeting in a public hall in Chicago last It shows only three of the many victims. The attack was not made by the hired sluggers of the employers. It was made by armed thugs, flashing revolvers and eatrying blaekjacks, under the direction of officals of the union. But it is not enough to charge that thet tardly attack on the members of their own union. i mated Clothing Workers’ Union, had just spent land (Carmen's) Auditorium last Friday night, when bers attending the union meeting to consider the rmath of the strike against the International Tailoring Sidney Hillman, president similar attacks were made on Company. the same building. So did Sidney Executive Board member. ~ Hillman, Lb on these members of their own swer to the question: By WILLIAM F. DUNNE. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Nov, 19.— The drive for the repeal of the Pennsylvania miners’ license law has begun. All open shop organiza- tions on the Atlantic seaboard are today in receipt of a resolution passed Tuesday by the Manufac- turers’ Association of West Phila- delphia which says: “Resolved, that the Manufacturers’ Association ot West Philadelphia invites the en- tire citizenship of Pennsylvania to join with it in an urgent demand for the repeal of such laws as give the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica a labor monopoly in the anthra- nearly a week in the city. He was in the A‘ raising an emergency strike fund, an afte: Rissman, assistant manag of the A numerous ‘aan " union. It is not sufficient to blame minor officials. The members of the union must join in looking higher up to find an an- WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? Attack Mine Safety Law As An Aid to Scabbing cite industry, and that other existing evils which characterize the produc- tion of anthracite coal be eliminated by making effective the principles laid down in the anthracite award of 1903, to the end that anthracite coal may be made available to the Public on a basis of efficiency, rea- sonable costs and continuity.” The resolution ites further that the miners’ license law which re- quires a minimum of two years min- ing exeperience before men are al- lowed to-workimt the face, “is un- reasonable, discriminatory, inde- fensible and wholly un-American.” The immediate. purpose of the drive against the miners’ license law, which has: saved the lives of thousands of workers since its pas- ENEMY OF RED INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR UNICNS ALTERS His STAND AT L. W. W. CONVENTION “I believe that the I. W. W. ing to lose at this time by a of Labor Unions.” ’ has everything ‘ain and noth- ation with the Red International The above is the closing sentence of the report of Gordon Cascaden, an old and influential member of the Industrial Work- ers of the World, to the 17th general convention of that organ- ization, in an effort to correct th in 1921 against affiliation to the Rol LU. Copies of the report were delivered to each delegate on Monday, but a dead silence has greeted it at» the convention, and he was not given the floor to elaborate or explain, un- der a rule seemingly made for the oc- casion, After some effort The DAILY WORKER hus obtained a copy, which {s much’ too Jong to publish here in full, but whith may be summarized as follows’ ''’* \'* ris" of e harm done by a previous report \ Progress or Die. The I. W. W., like everything else, must go forward or backward, Like other American movements, it is pass- ing thru a crisis. Reference is made to the long contact he had with the I. W. W., which “moulded his life.” Reference is made to the report of the general executive board in 1920 to the convention that year, favoring affiilation to the Communist Interna- (Continued om page 2). minor officials are guilty of this criminal and das- Sam Levin, manager of the Chicago Joint Board, and also a member of the General Executive Board of the union, was in the Ashland Auditorium and knew of the sluggings taking place in r of the Chicago Joint Board, and another General evin and Rissman, While condoning the vicious beating up of union members at last Friday night's meeting, thru their failureito repudiate such tactics, also expose themselves to the charge that they were responsible for the murderous attack Sunday morning, two days later, Sage, is to force Pinchot to call a Special session of the legislature for its repeal. This new move of the bosses is interpreted as an indication that Speedy settlement of the strike is Probable, altho such open shop or- ganizations as the National Associa- tion of Manufacturers, the Founders’ Association and the National Erectors’ Association, declare that it is “designed to bring early peace in the anthracite fields,” Speaking for the miners here last night, Chris Golden, president of district nine, said that “the men in the anthracite fields will lie down and die rather than accept neutral arbitration of the present contro- versy with the operators.” POLICE RAID MINERS’ HALL; SLUG PICKETS By GEORGE PAPCUN (Worker Correspondent) REPUBLIC, Pa.—(By Mail)—Stat« police this week raided strike head quarters of the coal miners here, fol- lowing the beating up of pickets at Tower Hill No. 1 mine and the arrest of a striker on the highway. No strikers were arrested when the raid took place, tho copies of strike leaflets and of The DAILY WORKER were confiscated. When one of the police saw the article in the Nov, 11th DAILY WORKER tetting of Gov. Pin- chot's proposed strike mediation, he said, “Here is something about our dear governor.” The “dear governor's” police are active beating up strikers on the pick- et line, besides arresting one on the public road on the charge of carrying concealed weapons. This charge war made, despite the fact that all strikers have been instructed not to carry (Continued on page * a ment. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1118 W.. Washington Blvd., Chicago) fll, NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cent FASCIST. TERROR sponsible? TERRIFIC FIGHT RAGES IN THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT AS) WAFFT CHALLENGES NUSSOLINI (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, Italy, Nov. 19.—Serious disorders broke out in the chamber of deputies this afternoon when the Communist deputy, Maffi, rose and hurled defiance at the Mussolini regime, as a re~ | sult of the fascist chief yesterday demanding complete domination jof the government, proclaiming, himself responsible only to the king and practically destroying the parliamentary form of govern- In a bitter speech Maffi declared that the demonstration for | Mussolini in the chamber of deputies yesterday was a mechanic-_ jally staged affair and did not at all represent the sentiment of t Fascist deputies and their sus ~ |porters created a terrific uproar and fist fighting ensued in whic country towards the premier. \the chamber was thrown into a general melee. Thé Communist deputy was finally forcibly ejected from the chamber af- | ter being terribly beaten by the band- |it gang under the leadership of Mus- | solint. He fought well against terri- \fic odds and it was only the over- whelming numbers of fascist deputies hangers-on that enabled and their them to eject him. Reign of Assassination. The proposal to abolish parliament is nothing more than a brazen ef- fort to stifle all criticism of the mur- derous rule of fascism. The affair of the murder of the socialist deputy, Matteotti, determined Mussolini to take drastic steps to prevent a repi- tition of it. In the Matteoti case a parliamentary struggle ensued which gave the outer world a glimpse of the total depravity of the government. Also it was the presence in parlia- ment of Matteotti with incriminating documents of graft and governmental thievery against Mussolini and his lieutenants that caused the fascist chief ‘to order the assassination of Matteotti before he could expose the government. “SMYsplini-hopes, thru the dispersal of ent, to be enabled to con- ducth dmpaign of assassination unchecked by any exposures. Bill Will Pass. The\ new and drastic bill proposed by Mussolini will unquestionably pass, and onlyya)small group of Commun- ists’ and a‘few liberals will combat it. tho they admit they have no chance 6f. defeating it. In his speech yesterday Mussolini indulged in the fustian and bombast that has caused him to be ridiculed as the braggart of Europe. He told his fascist thugs that deputies in par- iaments outside of Italy were insult- 8 ing “this people” (meaning fascism). “I tell you,” bellowed the tyrant, “that. no regime can be menaced from abroad because as soon as this men- ace rises the nation rises as one man. I will not menace any govern- ment but in my capacity as chief of this government, I warn the entire world.” Even the saner elements among the fascists could hardly suppress smiles at this vain glorious boasting, as they know the position of Italy precludes it menacing any nations other thai the weaker European powers, and that, at best, it can only be the pawn of larger and more powerful govern- ments. Communists Will Fight. The Communists have been steadily gaining in influence among the mass- es of workers in Italy and they are prepared to become completely ille- gal and prepare for the armed strug- gle against the fascist regime. Other opposition activities, particularly those of the yellow socialists and liberals are likely to be shifted ffom Italy to adjoining countries, as the result of the drastic legislation laid before the ‘hamber of deputies last. night by Premier Mussolini, it was stated to- day. This action is being planned despite he fact that Mussolini has also pro- “osed legislation which would deny citizenship to . Italians who operate against fascismo from foreign bases and would confiscate the Italian prop- erty of such persons. The newspaper Impero states that maxilmalist socialists are planning to transfer to Paris their daily newspa- per Avanti, which is scheduled for suppression. Sign Tariff Agreement, MADRID, Nov. 19.—A_ temporary six months commercial agreement be- tween Spain and Germany has been signed, The treaty provides for a re- ciprocal reduction of tariffs, Small Try, Surender. Five of the persons, indicted by: a federal grand jury here as_partici- pants in a $9,000,000 beer syndicate surtendered here and prepared to give bonds of $5,000 each, Sr astilbin nsec vn peesspsrnendo ssn oon ise oe ater i naan at JS CET eS MUSSOLINI TERRORISM GETS $10,000,000 OF LOOT FROM J. P. MORGAN According to an announcement from New York yesterday, the firm of J. P..Morgan & Co. and a group of other bankers controlled by Mor- gan have arranged a loan of $100,- 000,000 to the fascist dictator of Italy. This is the first definite re- sult of the Italian debt settlement and it is worthy of note that the loan is made at the identical mo- ment Mussolini is launching a more vicious terror against the people of Italy than ever before. The workers of America should most vehemently protest against this government supporting the blood-streaked bandit who waded to power thru oceans of blood of the working class and now holds power as the agent of American imperial- ism. REBELS STILL GAIN AGAINST FRENCH FORCES Avalanche of Lies Flood the World (Special to The Daily Worker) BEIRUT, Syria, Nov, 19.—Steadty advancing in Lebanon the rebel fore- es fighting the French invaders march from victory to victory. In spite of} the flood of reorults being sent In to. aid the French butchers, the hordes of natives from the south pouring Into the rebel armies far more than offset the French. The French forces here are despem ate and the pen prostitutes on the capitalist press of the United States, France and Italy, are sending out lurid tales, containing not one syl- lable of truth, to the effect that Amer- ican women and children are being held prisoners by the rebels. This- cannot too emphatically be branded | a lie out of whole cloth. The stories wired from this part of the world to the Chicago Tribune by George Seldes are monstrous fabri- cations concocted for the purpose of preparing the way for the invasion of American forces now lying menacing- ty in Syrian and Lebanon ports, anxi- ous for an excuse to aid the Frerch maintain their domination over Syria, No Rebel Prisoners. The rebels are not holding any pris- oners and if there are any American women and children being held they are detained by French mercenaries with the full knowledge of the con- spirators representing the American government who are doing everything within their power to create a situa- tion that will give the American fore- es a chance to join the French in their attempted looting of Syria and Lebanon. o> es Take Away Mandate Demand. LONDON, Nov, 19. — Suggestions may be made to the league of nations when it meets in. December that the mandate for Syria be taken away from France, on. account of the French policy and the rebellion of (Continued on page 2) Riff War Costly. LONDON, Noy, 19.—The Morocean war js costing the French and Spanish $250,000 a day to hold their 350-mile front.