The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 17, 1925, Page 5

. Workers : « MINER'S HOME DYNAMITED IN STRIKE FIELD Bosses’ Scheme to Pin Job on Strikers By GEORGE PAPCUN. (Worker Correspondent) PITTSBURGH, Pa. Dec. 15,—A house of a union coal miner was dy- namited at 9:30 in the evening at Westland. The house is owned by the coal company and was occupied by John Gillis a Scotch miner, one of the strikers on strike at the Midland mine, . who had lived in that district for 22 years and for the past six years had resided in the house which was wrecked. Bosses’ Agents Cook Up Story, The miners in: the Midland mine have been on strike for the past two months. The company that owns the Three valuable prizes will be Correspondents’ stories sent in th WORKER. The first prize is the , harin, “Historical Materialism”; land” by Leon Trotsky and the thi page. Hurry up and write your story and send it in. ers as well as party members a hout t “THREE VALUABLE PRIZES OFFERED FOR BEST CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORKER CORRESPONDENTS’ PAGE TH offered for the three best Worker is week, These will be published on the Friday, Dec, 18th, Worker Correspondent’s page of The DAILY much valued book by Nikolai Buk- the second prize, “Whither Eng- rd prize the original of the cartoon by R. Logan, framed, the reproduction of which will appear in this Non-party work- re included in this contest. Any worker can be a Worker Correspondent. Send all contributions to: Editor, DAILY WORKER, 1113 West Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. COMPANY USES EX-CRIMINALS AS SCABS IN BOSTON DRIVERS’ STRIKE; MEN STAND FIRM ‘iicn's: tvs veeinaing ot tis seve, CHECKER T AXI By SAUL. WHITE, a Worker Correspondent. BOSTON, Mass., Dec. :15.The s trike of the 600 checker taxi drivers mine is the Pittsburgh Coal Co., who for a closed shop is now in its éfghth week and still going strong. The fight- has tried to operate the mine on the 1917 scale. A score of detectives and deputies were brought on,the scene, and each and every one of them is making discoveries and getting clues which always seem to point to union} Checker Taxi Corporation;;Mri(Charles Innis, the company lawyer, is the | ists” told the wa@rkers to drop their | ing spirit of those boys ‘1s Wonderful phey have to face, : The Line-Up A in spite of the tremendous opposition st Workers. The deputy superintendent of Police, Mr. Goode, is a shareholder in the miners. The company is cleverly republican boss of the city who glected the hew mayor of Boston, Mr, Mal- playing up the outrage against the}colm Nichols; what further explana-4— union miner and is trying to get the miners to go to work. All the miners are of the opinion that it was nothing but a frame-up by the coal company to scare the fellows into starting to come back to work. The company has issued a state- ment for propaganda purposes to fool the miners and the local papers are playing it up big. The statement says, “In view of the disturbance in Lib- rary and Westland, three facts stand forth as significant of the miner of the company. The number of miners at work this morning is greater than yesterday. The total number of min- ers working in the mines of the Pitts- burgh Coal company in the Pitts- burgh district, is greater today than at any time since the company re- sumed operations under the 1917 scale and the amount of coal brought from the mines and loaded in railroad cars was the largest since the mines have ..been reopened. The company regrets greatly the trouble at Library and the the dynamitiug of a house at Midland -mine last night, but is pleased to know that the occupants of the house,.a union mine worker and his family. were uninjured. This man, tho he had “declined to work on resumption of op- erations, had been permitted to con- tinue to occupy his home. The eom- pany volunteered to shelter the fam- ily, ineluding the children, last night. Don’t Fool Miners. The miners are not so easily fooled, ,that the company has become so good that it is going to take care of the union miner and his family, after*the blow-up. They know it is ‘only a scheme to get the miners back *to work. The miners are sticking solid. “The coal company is trying to import strikebreakers and to a certain extent is succeeding. Pat Fagan and his bunch are issuing statements, which ig about all they are doing. The min- ers are more determined than ever to “fight and are willing to go out on the picket line, only the union officials will not permit them. The union offi- cials tell the miners to sit quiet and do nothing. There is a sentiment among the min- ers that are out on strike and among those that are working, for action, that is for a general strike. The coal companies are also trying to play up race-hatred among the workers and among the black and white. ‘ $14,000 Fire Loss. © INDIANAPOLIS, Dec, 14.—Officials of the Big Four railroad placed at $14,000 the loss from a fire that dam- aged freight cars and tracks in the yards here. } To those who work hard for thelr 1 will save 50 per cent on’ all their dental »work, DR. RASNICK Ny - DENTIST } 645 Smithfield Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. tion for the company’s succéss in ob- taining a very drastic injunction against the strikers. It also explains why men with criminal records, some of whom are out on parole, are given chauffeur badges and are pressed in- to strikebreaking service. However, the picture would not be complete without the A, F. of L. offi- cials playing their usual role of be- trayals. And the medal, in this case, goes to John Kearney, secretary of the Cooks’ and Waiters’ Union, also president of the Boston Central La- bor Union. Agreement Agrees With Bosses. Kearney was drawing wages® from the strikers (obviously getting more than one salary from the labor imove- ment) for serving on a settlement committee during the early stage of the strike. He fooled the men ‘into accepting an agreement which meant suicide for the newly born union. With this agreement giving’ them every privilege, the company officials began firing the most militant of the strikers as soon as they returned to work, apparently victorious, and; t 8, men, in the face of such hetrayals, had. to quit again,to protect their ‘fel- low workers who were being victim- IPREMIER TAXI DRIVERS TOM ~ LONG WORKDAY Organized But Union Is Not on the Job’ By A Worker Correspondent ~The drivers in the Premier Taxi Co., the only 100 per cent unionized taxi company in Chicago, have working conditions that are worse than those | in nonunion compantes. ; Wages are $28 per week providing |a total of $60 is collected or booked. Under $60 in bookings the pay is on the commission basis of 35 per cent, and 35 per cent on all over $80 in bookings. Tips amount from $8 tq $12 per week extra, If bookings are under $60 for one week and if re- peated again the next week the driver is fired, Ten and one-half hours is the length of the working day, the average is much more. Single shift drivers put in' 14 to 16 hours and often more. Double shift drivers work, 10% to 12 hours, Extra night drivers: who are also double shift men must, wait.2 to 4 hours. for a car which is not) in- cluded in the working time. ),These hours are, sometimes, hardly slong enuf when the “business” is poor and 360 has to be booked by the end, of she week. g Every driver and garage employe in the Premier Taxj company belongs to the, union and that’s all, That the union is @ fighting weapon, is met a sconactous fact among the members. No» meetings are held, at least, an- PARADA PALL AAPLALAAAAL: | nouncements are not given outy./The Furnished Room , a FOR RENT. All Modern Conveniences. For 1 or 2 men, Apply clo DAILY WORKER. Meat Market Bakery deliveries 4301 8th Avenue i CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY IN THE SERVICE OF THE CONSUMER. made ‘to FINNISH CO-OPERATIVE TRADING ASSOCIATION, Inc, (Workers organized as consumers) company: is able to exist only. because it jis) a, union company. | Make the company nonunion, it will collapse in competition with the Yellow Cab company. | Establish regular union meetings and a slogan of “All Taxi Cab Drivers Must Be Union Members” should be be the present program of action, Restaurant “your home. OAACH» ized for having™fought the hardest in |the strike. At this stage the city fathers intervened to save the com- pany and as a consequence injunc- tions, police, thugs—all the elements of a capitalist democracy were let loose. Election Day is Far Off Yet. Mr, James Moriarty, formerly presi- dent of the Boston Cenfral Labor Union, who sits in the city council and appeals in every election for the labor vote, has also overlooked this strike. “Luckily the union taxi drivers of other companies have a sense of soli- darity and have assessed themselves $3 and $4 per week for the strikers. But this is not enough. We pay $10 and $7 to married and single men re- spectively. We are appealing for help but money comes in slowly. Organ- ized labor must help us,” Mr. Harry Williams, treasurer of the strike com- mittee, told the correspondent. This is a strike that deserves the support of every class-conscious work- er. The strikers wilk run a smoke talk the end of this month at the Grand Opera House to raise money forthe benefit fund and they hope to get the support of organized labor. HALKETT BARS PROGRESSIVES FROM COUNCIL) Two Carpenters’ Locals Disfranchised in N. Y. By MIKE ROSS (Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 15.—Morris Rosen who was re-elected as delegate to the New York District Council of ; Carpenters at the last meeting of } Local No. 376 so that the local could cast its vote for progressive candi- dates in the coming district council elections, was refused his seat by the administration, A newly elected delegate from Lo- cal No. 2717, by the name of Feldman was also refused his seat. This is the third successive delegate which the machine refused to seat frou. that local. A scab by the name of Beren was appointed by Hutcheson’s pet poodle Guirin, to cast that local’s vote for Halkett, Halkett Like Stuck Pig. When Halkett, president of the New York Building Trades Council, saw the credentials, his liquor colored face grew redder and he yelled: “We don’t want no reds or Communists here. He squealed so loud that all the win- dows had to be closed for fear that pedestrians would think that murder was being committed. Progressive delegates tried their best to get the floor, but discussion was suppressed. Delegates Quigly and McGrath were forced to sit down, while Delegate Lihzis, who is candi- date for 2nd vice-president managed to say, despite the terrorism prevail- ing, “Rosen must be seated or the district council elections are illegal.” Disfranchise Two Locals, The credentials of both locals were ruled out of order, With Locals No, 876 and No, 2717 disfranchised, the Hutcheson district council officials are sure of re-election. The officials did not even read the names of the progressive candidates on nomination night so that the dele- is the opposition and so that the of- gates would be ignorant as to who| comfort room at the shop and he was ficial minutes would not contain the | Teresa Tiralongo appealed to the names of the opposition candidates. RK Druse Defeat French. JERUSALEM, .Dec. 15.— Egyptian : WEST NEW YORK, N. J., Dec. 15. | E DAILY WORKER Life SOCIALISTS SHOW TRAITOR FACE TO SILK STRIKERS. Only Communists Stand by Them in Struggle By ALBERT WEISBORD (Worker Correspondent) = —The Hillcrest silk. strike has had the very good effect of opening the | are created to cyush them. Federal} government, local police, state courts, press, church and other bosses’ insti- tutions have become exposed to the | silk workers for what they really are: | |But many workers, still had certain about the socialist party | they ardently cherished and only to- |wards the end were compelled to give up. ie) When the workers needed some money for the strike, they went to the socialist party but that “working |class party” gave them no help to raise money—but, advice. These | skunks calling ‘themselves “social- | leaders who had faithfully been lead-| ing their strike 26% over six weeks, now on the eighth week, who had been physically threatened by the polic and who had gone to jail for the strik- ers, in the middle of the strike. The | traitors did not care that if the work- ers lost their organizers at this time | the strike would be lost. Were they not aware that the reason why police, courts, press and church and boss had made such a bitter attack against | the organizers was because they knew once the organizer went the strike would be lost? Sure these traitors knéw that, The socialist party be- came exposed again to the workers, that it is the agency of the bosses to betray and confuse the workers in critical periods of class warfare. | But this time the socialist party did | not suceed in its role of betrayer of | the working class,” The workers them- selves knew how. to answer them. | They said to the socialist party that | the question of whatgorganization they | joined was.not t | affair of that} party but the wor) 3’ own affair, that | the socialist par invited to work 5 committee but hi when the worker) ‘ere sorely press- ed and needed hel, nd unity then the socialist party 1 fpeu#eonditions.” The workers heve learned that only the Workers ..(Communist) Party fights unreservedly without ‘“condi- tions” in the first ranks of the work- ers for their demands against the bosses, Need Organizers to Unionize the Ford | rorkers bad been | the united front Fefused and now By A Worker, Correspondent with pleasure that,J read the articles | written by the Worker Correspond-| ents in The DAILY. WORKER and the articles championing the cause of the striking miners. I was a miner my- self and know what they. have to con- tend with. At present 1 am employed at the Ford Motor works here. Workers) are treated like animals. Of all the} places I’ve worked in, Ford’s is the worst. There is no union to which the workers can appeal for protection from actual abuse. The only thing we can do is to curse them under our breath and this we'do aplenty. We are driven ‘td our utmost and still we live in cotistant fear of los- ing our jobs. A new man breaking in is threatened, bill<lozed and abus- led something terrible. It is not un- common for workers to give up and go home sick from “exhaustion or to see dozens going tothe hospital daily for treatment of cuts’and wounds, the result of mad driving of human beings by the greedy capitalists for more wealth. an Yes, the eight-hoit day is in force at Ford's but every bit of strength is squeezed out of the men during these eight hours. At» the end of the day I am limp as a wag. It is too bad there are no organiz- ers here to organize, the Ford work- ers, | am sure there.are a great many who would be eager, to join a union if a good campaign were started. Worker Burns to Death;. Widow Receives Nothing By A Worker Correspondent HARTFORD, Conn., Dee, Clothes soaked with oil from his job at the Stanley works in New Britain made Paolo Tiralongo, a bad fire risk. His clothes caught fire in the burned to death, mn his’ widow, compensation board and got nothing; again she appealed to the superior court of Connecticut pand again got |facturers in 15.— | lyse aa pg a RN x ec aaa 1¢ Workers’ ' FURRIERS WANT HIGHER WAGES, SHORTER HOURS New York Agreement Expires January 31 NEW YORK, Dec, 15.—The 40-hour week with no overtime permitted, elimination of all piece work, and wage increases of $10 a week and more are leading articles in the full text of demands the fur workers’ union is making on New York manu- place of the existing agreement that expires January 31. The first answer of the manufactur- ers’ association ‘was to refuse any changes in the old agreement and if eyes of the workegs to the forces that | this position is held to, a strike im-| pends. The New York Joint Board recently showed its strength in a vic- tory over the Greek manufacturers, bringing a large portion of the still unorganized section of the market un- der union control, and a confident spirit is in the air. Comparison of wages demanded with those now paid, shows: Minimum Minimums New Scale Old Scale Cutters . $40 to $46 Operators 32 to 38 Nailers 30 to 36 Finishers » 43.75 28 to 35 Plans for unemployment regulation call for the substitution of the 32- hour’ week whenever an unemploy- ment emergency exists and unemploy- ment insurance to which manufactur- ers shall contribute weekly sums equal to three per cent of wages paid, the fund to be controlled by the union. A similar insurance plan is followed by the capmakers. All home work (a pernicious form of overtime) must end, says another |clause. Manufacturers may only con- tract work out to ‘shops that have at least 10 workers and agreements with the union. recognized as a holiday. Most of the fur manufacturing of the nation is done in New York and the union’s 8,000 members here comprise more than three-quarters of the total mem- bership. Bombay Textile Labor Wins Strike Against Cut, But British Lose NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—With suspen- |sion by the British government of | India of the 3% per cent excise duty on cotton goods, the 150,000 cotton mill strikers of Bombay, India, win their three months’ strike against 114% per cent wage cuts. Word of the vic tory, cabled to New York, was re- ceived by the Friends of Freedom for India, The Indian cotton mill owners blamed the excise duty which taxed every yard of goods produced in India, for "the wage cuts they announced, The victory of the Bombay strikers | indicates that industrialization of In- dia will go rapidly forward, says S. N. | Ghose, secretary of the Friends of |ing Indian industry and its repeal—a | concession to the sentiment mobilized in the world market. It may mean the entrance of new In any case the situation for Lanca- shire, England, cotton mill workers, is not promising of anything but more unemployment. Cheap production of cotton goods in India, China and Japan have already seriously affected the Lancashire workers, who are well or- ganized and have had comparatively good working conditions. Take Coolidge Slogan, “Keep Government Out of Business,”’ Seriously WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Led by Homer Ferguson of the Newport News Shipbuilding company and by leaders in the National Association of Manu- facturérs and other big business as- sociations, a meeting of business men opposed to any and all business activ- ities on the part of the government has just held two days of talk in the capital. Committees were appointed to carry on the work. The substance of the demands made by numerous speakers was that the federal government should rid it- self of waterpower plants and sites and all dther industrial assets, includ- ing its merchant fleet; that no goods should be produced for sale in pris- ons; that cities should own no pub- lic utilities; that public operation should cease. Customs Officials Can Bar Aliens, Says the U. S. Supreme Court (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec, 15.—The au- thority of American consuls to hold up papers “and bar aliens for entry into the United States was inferential- ne upheld by the supreme court to- iy. The court dismissed a petition of nothing, Judge Marvin argued that newspapers, today. reported the kill-| the accident was not~due to a risk ing of five hundred French troops and | of the employment itself.” The ¢om- the capture of eighty in a battle with| pany attorney thinks phat the Druses, south, of December 5, ‘prertte': his clothes Damascus on| were ignited by a cigarette, but there is no positive évidende: Marcus Gruber, New York, for an order to compel Consul Genéral, Hal- stead of Montreal to visa: passports for Rosa Porter, a Russian relative. Gruber contended the consul had no ior May day must be | Student Conference Wrecked by Jim Crow Spirit of Southerners # PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 15.—The newly formed student federation, ; Which was created at the Collegiate World Court was wrecked «when the delegation of southern students bolted the conven- tion following the election of. Miss | Mabel Halloway, a colored girl, to the executive committee of the fed- eration, | ‘The southern delegation objected to the presence of Negro students in the hall and When Miss Halloway was elected they bolted. One of the proposals endorsed by the conference by an overwhelming vote was the world court. CHINESE WHITE GUARD LEADER ASSASSINATED Feng’s Troops Rule in Tientsin Area conference, (Special to The Daily Worker) SHANGHAI, China, Dec, 15.—The steamer President Pierce of the Dol- lar line was entering the harbor last night when the noted white guard Chinese commander who led the war on Canton recently, Hong Shao-lin, sailing under an assumed name from Hongkong, was shot by a Chinese worker supposed to be his servant. The worker then committed suicide. The general is not expected to live. Reports from the north show that Chang Tso-lin’s remnants of an army are still fighting desultorily near Muk- den. Chang has seized and killed all {of the relatives of Kuo Sung-ling, leader of the mutiny against him. Dispatches say that Gneral Feng Yu-hsiang has sent word to Japan that the movement against Chang is not anti-Japanese and that apan’s present holdings will not be touched. Feng’s troops still face those of Li Ching-ling, governor of Chihli, and the latter is sure of defeat if battle ensues. American troops, acting as railway guards are said to be keeping the rail line open from Peking to Tientsin for mails and foreign passengers. Feng’s troops fill all trains, Senate Committee Says Insurgent Nye Has No i Right to Be Seated (Special to The Daily Worker) | WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—The sen- jate elections committee today adopt- ed a report recommending that sen- ator-designate Gerald P. Nye, in- surgent republican of North Dakota, be denied his seat. The report declared that Governor |Sorlie of North Dakota had no legal | Freedom for India. The tax had been jauthority to appoint Nye. 3 s. *, | imposed f Po —_——_———_ Slaves in Detroit post ‘or the purpose of discourag: Wheat Gambler Makes |by the strike—gives Indian textiles | 7 000 000 in Six Days DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 15— It 48) that much more leeway in competing | $ f i sj Following the spectacular unload- jing of over 3,000,000 bushels of wheat | British capital into Indian industry jat the high price and then buying it back at 10 to 20 cents lower per bu- |shel, Jesse Livermore was able to make $1,000,000 in a six-day gamble. Professional trading in wheat, it is declared, has seldom been so enorm- ous as it was during the past month. Market prices on wheat were kept booming for over a month by the board of trade gamblers. Many small investors bought at top notch prices. Then followed the spectacular unload- ing of over 3,000,000 bushels throw- ing the small fellows into a panic and then when the price was forced down, Livermore stepped in and cleaned up. It was claimed by the gamblers at first that crop damage in the Argen- tine and heavy buying of wheat in America caused the rise in prices to $1.77 per bushel. F veidaling Practices in Collecting Taxes Embodied in Charge (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—An at- tack on alleged irregularity in the ad- | ministration of the income tax law against the Robert Dollar Steamship company was revealed today in testi+ mony taken by the Couzens senatorial committee in its secret investigation of the internal revenue bureau, The testimony showed that the com- mittee’s investigators charged ir- regularities had saved the company payment of $500,000 in taxes and given it a refund of $11,000 in 1918, DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washingto { | Sign my name to the tributed to save The DAILY Name: “nie Addrebit lh OBE a isarcsiitn National | Page Five MILK DEALERS’ “CLUB GOES OUT OF BUSINESS Association Is Charged with Bombings | The Good Fellowship Club, an or- ganization of Chicago milk dealers, |which the state’s attorney charges has had a monopoly on the delivery of milk dealers, has decided to dis- band A dealer who was not a member of this association could not sell milk to any customers of members of the association All dealers were given @ certain territory to cover and one dealer could not encroach on the rights of the other dealer. The Good Fellowship Club, it was pointed out, reprimanded any offender by tossing a bomb into the dairy plant of the dealer and in that manner force a member of the association into line and @ non-member dealer out of busi- ness or into the association. Retail Stores Penalized. It was further pointed out that the small retail stores were restricted to sell milk at certain hours and could only sell the milk at certain prices. Failure on the part of a small store- keeper to follow out the rules laid down was met by a heavy penalty. A number of the officials and busi- ness agents of the club are indicted and are charged with the bombings of a number of dairies. They will be placed on trial the early part of January. Other Employers Indicted. Not only are the milk dealer asso- ciation heads under indictment, but also the heads of the hardware busi- ness men’s association, the Master Barbers’ Association and a number of real estate owners’ associations. Chicago Railroads Still Consider 15 Pct. Suburban Fare Raise Chicago railroads operating subur- ban service will not act in concert on the 15 per cent increase on commuta- tion tickets granted last week by the Illinois commerce commission, it was learned. While some of them are in- clined to accept the commission's rul- ing and try out the temporary rate, others feel that it does not grant the relief they deem necessary and are contemplating appealing to the inter- state commerce commission. The Rock Island seems to be the only road reasonably certain to ac- cept the state body’s new ruling. The Diinois Ceaitrat-andBurtingtonare studying the case and have not made knowu their decision. Make your sub every week!” f 4 wd HONOR ROLL OF WORKERS AIDING PRESS slogan—“A | F. Bershing, Chicago ........ - $2.00 Russian Branch No. 1, W. P., Detroit, Mich. .. 3.00 A friend, English Br. W. P., Detroit, Mich. . om - 111.11 Angeli Rossi, Fayetteville, W. Va. corbovancese pyeecabees 1.50 Wm. C€ ggeling, Hoboken, N. J. S. 3.00 Wm, F. Haywood, Los Angeles, California 1,00 Finnish Branch, Workers Par Seattle, Wash. . set Joseph Crenora, Chicago, Ill. English Branch, Workers Par 10.00 3.00 Santa Barbara, Calif. json 1,06 'M. O'Sullivan, Kansas City, Kan, ...... sadesainegnoorne . 1.00 Geo, Rupert, Contact, Mont. - 10.00 Steve Kanacaris, Los Angeles, Calif. ©... cavesantnsviath pons sapebe 3.50 B. Pederson, Portland, Ore. 2.00 Isak Trast, Palisade, Minn. 6.50 F. E. Dustman, Berlin Center, Ohio 1.00 Today's Total $159.61 Previously recorded 30,468.65 Total to date $30,628.26 PUBLISHING CO. n Bivd., Chicago, III. list of those who have con-» WORKER. I enclose $....s. Cc i a nl