The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 21, 1925, Page 5

RAZZ FAGAN (Continued from page 1) praising the U. M. W. of A. for hav- ing sent not less than 80,000 coal dig- gers to the slaughter-house during the world war to fight for “democ- racy,” stating that the U. M. W. of A. was in a position during the war to tie-up every industry in the country and thus prevent America from going into war. The union for “patriotic” reasons did not take advantage of its power at that time, but instead did everything possible to help make the war a success. rn After a brief denunciation of Charlie Schwab, head of the Belitlehem'Steel corporation, who also took at’ attive part in the’'world war and is’ now waging a néw War against the niin- ers and their union, Mr.’ Fagan “pro- ceeded to bitterly attack and de- nouncte the’ progressive miners and thé Workers Party. : In his rage against the progres- sive elements of the Miners’ Union, he forgot all about the situation in Marianna and the iron fences around the mines here. He forgot to men- tion the eviction of the miners from the company houses and about the armed, guards who were protecting thé scabs against the striking miners. Only two days previously armed hirelings of the company were using tear bombs to disperse a group of miners and their wives and sisters, but Fagan had not a word to say about this. Only two days ago a strik- ing miner, who had served in the army during the world war, was beat- en up by the police, and was now standing on the platform holding the American flag with his head still bandaged, but the president of the Miners’ Union of District No. 5 had forgotten even to mention this. Miners Show Hot Resentment. Instead, he indulged in a tirade against the progressive miners and the Workers Party, misrepresenting facts, and tellink all kinds of lies in order to achieve his aims. This was too much for the men who had gather- ed, together to organize for a struggle against the 1917 scale and for the preservation of the union. Shouts “It is a lie,” “We challenge you to prove it,” “We came to fight the operators and not the militants in our union” rang thru the audience preventing the speaker from continu- ing*his tirade. Some of the machine met résponding with shouts, “Throw them out,” meaning the Communists and the progressive miners. The situation became too tense and Fagan hurriedly concluded his speech without mentioning a word about the situation in Marianna and in other| parts of the coke region. ‘The ‘meeting was called for the purpose of organizing against the on- slaughts of the Bethlehem Steel cor- poration and other coal companies. It was turned by Fagan into a meet- ing against the progressive elements im, the union who have been demand- ing action and not words from their officials, That is exactly what the Bethlehem Steel corporation is anxi- ous to see Fagan do. Nothing could please the Bethlehem Steel corpora- ‘fon more than did the action of Mr. Fagan at the meeting last Sunday. 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This discontent is due to several causes—namely, economic insecurity, bad conditions of employment, and the wag to maintain a fair standard of living, conditions of employment. ment in the conditions of employ-+ ment for a number of years. Low Wages Cause Discontent. The primary cause of the industrial discontent at the present time, how- ever, is the low basic wage. It can- not be expected ‘vf a worker to be contented when he finds that after working the whole week round he cannot buy a sufficient amount éf the necessities of life for his wife and children, The basic wage rate is $18.48 for a 44-hour week, $19.32 for a 40-hour week, and $20.16 for a 48- hour week. This has just been in- creased by 2 cents per hour, making the rates $19.36, $20,24, and $21.12 for a 44, 46- and 48-hoir week respective- ly, but the workers cannot get this increase until théir union secures it es now being paid not being sufficient Added to the foregoing, there are the In many industries there has been no improve- by application to the arbitration court. j Organize Industriativ, Recently the New Zealand Alliance | of Labor demanded a commission to! go into the question of providing a higher basic wage, but the govern- ment refused to appoint the commis- sion, contending that a higher basic wage was not permissable—that in- dustry could not carry it. Since arbi- tration seems to have failed them bad- ly, the New Zealand workers are de- voting more attention to the question of organization on industrial lines, feeling sure that_when industrial or- ganization completely displaces. craft organt they will secure some improvement in the economic posi- tion. Fight Operators’ Game in Anthracite (Continued’ from page 1) which prevailed in the strike of 1922 which lasted five months and three weeks but which ended early in the fall. 5 The anthracite miners are not inur- ed to long strikes with the bitter op- position to which thousands of bitu- minous miners are accustomed, From 1910 until 1912 there was no Strike and the 1912 strike lasted only about three weeks. There was no suspen- sion of work except in sporacdic in- stances and in isolated cases, as in Cappellini’s district, until 1922. The anthracite mining communities are therefore. fairly, stable and the employment is of a..comparatively steady character. » Business Men. Worried. The abnormal nattire of the present struggle so far ascthe: middle class elements are coneernéd-and every mining community -has<a;well-develop- ed cockroach capitalist group—is shown by the manner. in which they whistle to keep. up -theiri'eourage, so to speak. Every event:¢hat by any stretch of imagination, ean; have a bearing on the strfkenis given,a favor- able interpreation.,.; The: local pro- phets specialize in collection of such data and its purveyors,almays find interested listeners: 343 40 One day the rumor is that the mules for a certain mine-haye been brough' back te:the camp from their pasturc where, they . have: \beeme/sojourning since the strike—inimuchranore com fort than the .minerse: This; is con- sidered an infallible signo)that the mines are soon to opets, Then another optimist<will .produce alleged evidence—in, these/icases the local station agent. is gonsidered an authority—that “coal; cars,.are being called back from. the,;seuth.” This arouses even more.bopethan mule rumor. esa 7 The statement thatsthe local iron- works has received an order for a dozen or so mine.jcars—which a couple of good mechanics can turn out in a week—is sufficient to bring GIRLS’ DRESS. 5024. Cut in 4 sizes;,8, 10, 12-and 14 years. 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A local chamber of commerce was en the point of staging a celebration the other day because the coal com- pany in its town was rushing work on a set of load scales. Helpless Middle Class. So it goes. There could be found nowhere a more classic example of ti® helpless role of the middle class when the forces of the workers and capitalist clash. They are caught between two fires, The missiles of the master they ac- cept in good part and display the bruises as badges of honor. But the abrasions caused by the missiles of the miners aropse a re- sentment which the local shopkeep- ers have a hard time concealing and which will burst out just as soon as the coal barons give the word. * The greatest myth in the anthracite district is that the operators are los- ing money by the strike. They cannot lose a dime unless the maintenance men are called out and their properties begin to deteriorate in consequence. There js lots of stored coal for them to sell. Just. how much. there..is no one is in a cosition to say but so far no one has suffered much exeept in the fancy avices that have been 2xturted. The fear ¢f an “anthracite famine” in the immediate future is put out only for public consumption in order to give a plausible excuse for gov- ernment intervention against the miners. Out to Spring Old Gag. It is possible, and indeed quite probable, that Lewis would welcome government intervention which would relieve him of resporsibility and al- low him to use his old excuse—‘we cannot fight our government”—for not calling out the maintenance men. One of Pinchot’s experts has given out figures on the amount of anthra- cite immediately available. Undoubt- edly the estimates are conservative but they place the amount of anthra- eite held by consumers in bins at 32,000,000 tons. There are approx- imately 8,000,000 users of anthracite and this would give an average of 4 tons per consumer—surely -nothing like a “famine.” The coal held in reserve by the THE, DAILY, WORKER FUNDAMENTALIST CETS AN ANSWER TOHOLY INSULT Calls Cop) Instead of Turnin; ng Cheek By L. P, RINDAL (Worker Correspondent) LOS ANGELES, Calif, Nov, 18— This city of ostracized angels is called the “white spot’ on the map of this glorious land, of by and for the plun- derbund, Why? Probably because {this burg of W itp terror has rail- roaded more innocent “reds” to the “penitentiary” than any other munj- cipality in the country. “White” but savage acts of fhi kind come, I sup- pose, under tp ,gvpocritical term: “The white man’s burden.” Supporters of, Terrorism. Plaza is the omlynpoint on said won- EXHIBIT OF DRAWINGS AND CARTOONS BY REVOLUTIONARY FEATURE AT NEW Y ARTISTS WILL BE ORK RESCUE PARTY NEW YORK, Nov. 19—Original drawings of many 6f thé’ cartoons that have appeared in the Workers Monthly and The DAILY WORKER and also a number of original drawings by revolutionary artists that have never been published, will be on exhibition at The DAILY WORKER rescue party this Friday evening at 66 East 4th Street, M ders for the benefit of The DAILY WORKER. This collection’ includes some of the most powerful cartoons ever pub- Ushed, works of art that will be handed down to posterity as memen- tos of the struggles of today. It will be worth the price of “ admission} merely: to see them, Besides the auction of cartoons and drawings, a first class musical pro- gram and entertainment will be given, including the famous “Jap- anese Sword Dance,” and the eve- ning will conclude with a grand ball. Make note of place and date: Man- hattan Lyceum, 66 Hast 4th street, derful spot wheresopen air meetings have been tolerated—to a certain ex- tent—when condueted by real repres- entatives of the yseful workers. Re- ligious fakerdomi,! however, seems to have the key tosthe.city at all times. People backimg organizations like the bible institute; midnight mis- sions; the K. KwK.,-the bitter Better American Federation; the C. of C, and M. & M.,, reals eatate hogs; employ ment sharks; ythes American legion; grafting officials and policemen; movie czars; beneficiaries of booze, prostitu- tion, dope and gambling; profiteers-in climate and hot air, and other all around parasites and crooks are ali trying to make the color scheme on the old Plaza to harmonize with the “whiteness” of the rest. Fear Russian “Experiment.” These hopeless efforts are spent by hypocrites in the name of “Jerusalem Slim” and patriotism with plenty of dollar marks stamped on it, or, rather because of fear; fear of the Russian “experiment” as they call it; fear of yellow, black, and other imaginary perils with or without color; they are even fearful gf Comrade Queen Sil- ver’s magazine——with the picture of an innocent Tgoking baby monkey on the cover; they, are afraid of their own shadow; they, see in it the sym- bol of the rea] devil keeping house in their own black hearts. Therefore, it is no wonder that tiey are scared to death over the onward march of Communism—the, real thing. "Woman ot ..Brave Spirit. At last a fearless person of the “weaker” sex—a heroine if you please —has appeared on the scene where heretofore hundreds of huskies of the opposite sex haye shamfully submit- ted themselves. to humiliation spewed out ofthe mth of James Merry of bible. institute,;@Mr. Merry used to brag about his /jehristian” deeds—that of causing jen ,and women to be ar- rested and.thrown, into the nasty dun- geons of barbarious California, an act which no .doubt,.pleased his blood- thirsty god of the old testament—just as much as it ywas praised by his earthly supporters. The brave woman refered to is Comrade Grace, VY. Roser of Ingle- wood, Calif. She.has been arrested many times, and.a few years ago her stock’ of radical;jiterature—1,500 dol- jars worth—was destroyed by the au- thorities. Not long ago, she was for- ced to give up bgp literature stand at the Plaza also..,What kind of a rat was back of that? James Merry? The writer just likes to know. On Sunday, Oct, 25th, Comrade Grace V. Roser, her devoted daughter, Queen Silver, and a man named Henry, were all in- sulted again by this “holy” man who characterized them all as “degener ates” and everything else that is bad in the English language.—Bang— Bang — Bang.— Direct Action on “Christian.” “_., The chain landed on my left operators and their sales agencies is estimated at 10,000,000 tons. 79,000,000 tons of anthracite were mined in 1924 so that the coal in re- serve and the amount held by con- sumers, a total of 42,000,000 tons, is nore than half of the total production or 1924—certainly not a serious si tuation considering the availability ot substitutes. In addition to this the operator we sneaking out, in defiance of the anion officials or with their consent . considerable amount of anthracite from breakers and washers which adds to the stocks on hand. All of the*above points to but one conclusion: Call Out Maintenance Men! That no decisive victory can b won by the miners unless the mair tenance men are pulled out, Barring government intervention } the form of “arbitration,” the co consumers will be made to wor? along somehow until spring. Th surplus stocks of the operators w - be found surprisingly elastic if it necessary to allay public disconten’, Summer will come and go and 1’ winter will find the miners starv: out while the properties of the oper tors will be in the best of conditic due to the thotful care of the univ officialdom in leeping the mainte ance men at work. To those who work hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. DR: RASNICK “RENTIST 648°'Smithfield Street, RGH, PA. nt ie j eye, struck my right jaw and wrapped itself around my neck. If left two bruises and one Jarge swelling. My glasses shot into {ye crowd. I attempt- ed to seize the ae but two men of the rougher element interfered,” Jimmie says to th gapitalist press. Mr. Merry, a fol wer of ‘the lowly Nazarene, did no! fern the othei cheek, A battery co, plaint was issue -gainst Grace V. Roger on Nov. 6th. She had a hearing on Nov. 9th in judge Bullqck’s cout, Queen Silver, ‘the girl evolt Ty. 14, noted far and wide as aut}OP of the lecture: uvolution From’ the Monkey t aryan,” defended her devoted mother ‘Modern Portia,” a8 called by the oress, is a membef bf the Y. W. L he case was set for Monday, Nov. 3, at 10 a. m. No UMP'was' demanded Nature of “Befense. The right or wrong of the evolu on or fundamentalist doctrine is not se question, says ae en, out whether 1 public speake: a right t lity another. The defense will be at direct action was justified, \iter all, an iron “necklace” around 2 neck of an English fundamentalist lt to be as honorable a décoratig: , the iron cross on the breast of a | vrman— junker,—especially whee aced there by a real American with al Red Indian blood in her veins, World’s Fastest Railroad, PARIS, Nov. 19—The world’s fast- st train wil begin operation in May hen the French Nord system inaug- trates a three-hour service between aris and Calias on the London route. New York. tonight, Friday, Nov, 20. How Andre Sabatier Died During Strike Against French Wars PARIS, (IRA)—(By Mail)—During be auctioned off to the highest bid-+- anhattan Lyceum, New York, and will DETROIT A.W. L. G, WILL | HOLD PROTEST AGAINST | TRIAL OF OSSIAN SWEET DETROIT, Nov. 19—A maes meet- ing protesting against the trial of / Dr. Ossian H. Sweet and ten other members of the race will be held at Liberty Hall, Monday, Nov. 23, 1616 Russell street, Detroit, Mich., under the auspices of the American Negro Labor Congres: Lovett Fort-Whiteman, national organizer of “the congress, will speak, The slogans raised by the Amer- ican Negro Labor Congress for this meeting are: Against segregation! Against prejudiced juries! Against mob rule! “Dr, Sweet and his co-defendants are on trial for the ctime of defend- ing their own homes against a bru- the protest strike against the Moroc- can and Syrian wars, the worker André Sabatier in Suresnes, near Paris, was killed by the revolver shot of a factory engineer. The demonstra- tion which ended with the murdering »f a worker, a brave revolutionary, took place in the following way ac- cording to statements of eye witness- es: At two o’clock in the afternoon a group of workers marched thru Sures- nes in order to participate in a meet: ing in Putean. When they came to the Radio Blectric factory where the workers did not strike, they called: Down with the war} Join the strike! Immediately the police interfered and dispersed the demonstrators. La- ter on another group of 30 workers came to the building and appealed to the scabs to give up working. The workers were just going away when a man in uniform, without any reason, directed the factory hose against the workers. Indignant at this unexpect- ed brutality, some workers approach: | ed the gate of the factory in order to} tell to the uniformed man to stop im- mediately. Suddenly a shot was heard and with bleeding head, the worker Sabatier, fell to the ground. His comrades, his mother and sister who were at his side, wanted to help him up but they were prevented by the hose that was directed on them. The indignant workers shouted: Stop the water! One of us is lying here dead: He has been shot! ’ The water was only stopped after the demonstrators began to throw stones against the factory. The en gineer who had fired the shot, said calmly to a policeman “I have only acted in self-defense.” The workers went away furious an: a policeman said: “You can’t mak omelettes without breaking the eggs! This was the memorial speech of French fascism for the still warm dead body of a murdered worker. Australian Military Budget Increases MELBOURNE, Australia,—(FPP) —j; Nov. 19. — In the prewar year, 1913, the expenditure on naval and milit- ary defense in Australia was esti- mated at $14,300,000, and for 1925 the estimate is $22,000,000. For 1926, the estimate is slightly higher. In 1914, the Australian people were toll that the war was a war to end war, but it has not ended war. nor has it led to a decrease in “defense” expenditure. Wrap your lunck in a copy of the DAILY WORKER and give it (the DAILY WORKER, not the 'unch) to your shop-mate. SSS tal mob inflamed with race-preju- dice,” said Whiteman in reference to the Sweet trial. “These eleven members of the race are victims of a system which tolerates and even furthers segregation and mob rule. “Of the jurymen empanelled, only One was a Negro. This man was im- mediately dismissed. It never oc- curred to the court that Negroes should be allowed to sit on this jury. “The American Negro Labor Con- gress is demanding the right of every man to live where he pleases, without discrimination as to race or color, We demand that Negroes be allowed to sit on juries, and that in cases where members of our own race are tried, the jury be composed of at least one-half of Negroes.” Admission to the meeting will be free, Denies Guilt. BOSTON, Noy. 19—Col, W. A. Gas- ton, denied that he had sent telegrams to Charles Ponzi regarding Florida real estates, He said: “I do not know the man,:never have met him and am not .interested in him.‘ My only interest; in southern real estate is in Kelsey; City, Fla.,. bought some years ago.” eo Fascists Pass Tin Cup. ROME, Nov. 19~The Genoa eham- ber of commerce has launched a plea for,’ 1,000,000 Italians to donate §$1| each to’the ‘government to help make the annual payment of the debt to America. Tf you likes. tea Half as much as me You're going to be —At the House of the Masses You kin have your tea black, You kin have your tea green At the reddest tea party What's ever been seen —At the House of the Masses We'll has the worst speeches To be got in the town, But we'll use darn good grub To choke it down —At the House of the Masses This is the Fairy Tales r Workers’ Children By Herminia Zur Miihlen,. Translation by Ida Dailes. 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