The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 13, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Il. No. 7”. cuFTO Put STRIKE PICKETS Company Tools Assaalt Textile Workers | By J. 0. BENTALL (Special to The Dally Worker) .PASSAIC, N. J., Feb. 11—Police on the Clifton side of the line beat several pickets on the way to the Forstmann & Huffman mills, split their heads, knocked them to the Ground and kicked them in the back and thelr stomach and then let them lle bleeding on thé ground until carried away by their fellow workers. One woman, Rose Hadagy, was beaten on the head till the blood flow- ed freely and was brutally kicked in the stomach. She did not faint at the time but collapsed later and said her pain was terrible. Strike Official Knocked Down. Gustav Deak, secretary-treasurer of the United Front Committee of Tex- tile Workers was knocked down and after he was prostrate on the ground the police hit him over the back and kicked him until he was unable to move. Members of the picket line car- ried him to safety. A more brutal assault by the police has not been seen in any labor trouble, for they swung their clubs as violently as they could and did not | care who was in the way. A dozen | or more were knocked down and. beat- | en back by the cossacks. The attack on the pickets is backed by the Forstmann & Huffmann mill. The police and authorities are taking orders from’ this firm and it. is gen- quite a bit besides advice. Subscription Rates: Susias Gicee ty Balt, Bod oes your. a ‘ime n't be WORKER. Entered as Second-ciaue mattcs september 21, 1928, at the ‘Post Office Bt Chicago, llinols, under the Act of March 3, 187% SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1926 <> A’ MARTYR FOR HIS PRINCIPLE erally believed that tle police eet saabeiien The police forces of Passaic, Gar- field and Clifton were called together for a Conference and it was openly published in the local press that the agreement arrived at in this confer- ence was that the police im either municipality were authorized to act in all of them, thus making the 200 police of the three towns a united force in battling with the strikers. Police Out in Large Numbers. The day following the conference police were stationed in large num- bers at all entrances to Clifton, and when six of the pickets walking two and two several yards apart came to the_Clifton line they were told to stop and go no further. When they’ ob; jected they were beaten and kicked. They were told that martial law was in force in Clifton and that they could not pass. In this group of six were Margaret |. Bortos, Elizabeth Porembo, Anna Ha- Jas, Chester Grabinsky, Balga Bella and Joe Bryan, These pickets made no move toward the mill, but were Simply walking peacefully along the street. All of them were injured by the police, At noon the pickets used another tack. They assembled about 1,500 of them and made their way toward the Forstmann & Huffmann mill. Again they were met by the police, but the order liad gone forth to push thru and the 1,500 did some tall pushing, for while some had been laid.low by the Police and were being carried away by their fellows, the big line went for- ward and pushed the whole police gang into the ditch where some of the cops found thé snow mighty cold as they sprawled in the slop, Four Strikers Arres' Four were arrested and are being held on a charge of disorderly con- duct, The International Labor De- fens is on the job and is taking care of them, Josephine Zempura on her way to work was so enraged when she saw (Continued on page 2.) BIMBA TRIAL IS POSTPONED UNTIL FEB. 24 Thousands Jam Hall to Protest Arrest (Special to The Daily Worker) BROCKTON, Feb. 11,—The trial of A. Bimba for blasphemy under the puritanical blue laws of Massachus- setts was postponed until February 24 by consent of both the defense counsel and the prosecuting attorney. — This case has attracted hation-wide attention as Bimba is being tried, un- der the blue laws of Massaéhussetts of 1697 in which it was made a ¢rime to deny the éxistence of god. , The law as constituted at present provides for a $300 fine or a one year jail sentence. At one time this law pro- vided a death séntence, Court House Filled, In spite of the stormy weather the court house was crowded with work: ers, newspaper reporters ‘and , photo graphers who were on hand to follow the course of the trial. Bimba was arrested last week for a speech that he made in Brockton im which he showed. to the workers the true role of the’ ith janian catholic clergy oppressing the work+ ers and peasants of Lithitanfa and also"showing that religion Was but a «(Continued on page a WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL FOR PROTECTION OF FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS TO OPEN BIG CAMPAIGN PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 11—A. Rostrom, the secretary of the Council for the Protection of Foreign-Born Workers of Western Pennsylvania, an- nounces that a vigorous campaign against the Aswell and Johnéon bills now pending in congress will be started shortly, The meeting of the executive committee of the council will be held Sunday, Feb. 14, to lay plans for future ¥ The secretary of the council announces that it is planned to call a united front conference in the very ne are of this section of Pennsylvania future in order to organize the work- y your fight, a similar campaign is started in the Connelsville coke Fegion wherd.a com ference of various labor organizations and fraternal societies will,seon: be held, The executive committee of the Connelsv lle coke region will, meet Friday) F pbs 12 and will adopt final plans for its campaige Waavige Workers! Help the Textile Strikers! That the Workers (Communist) Party intends to support to the utmost the striking textile workers of Passaic, N. J., their struggle for a living wage, is the statement of C. E. Ruthen- berg, general secretary, in submitting for publication the mani- festo of the central executive committee on the situation. The committee calls on the union men and women of the country to rally to the defense of the 8,000 strikers who are fighting the attempt to cut their already low wages another ten per cent. The appeals follows: STATEMENT OF THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE WORKERS. (COMMUNIST) PARTY OF AMERICA. VER 8,000 textile workers are on strike in Passaic; N. J. They have shut down the Botany Mill, the Garfield. Mill, the Passaic Worsted Mill, the Gera Mill, and the New Jersey Spinning Mill. These workers are inhumanly exploited by the mill barons, receiving from $12 to $22 wr week, leaving princely profits for the millionaire mill owners, On top of the terrific exploitation, long hours, and unsanitary condi- tions of work,'the Mill owners attempt to reduce the wages of the textile workers another ten per cent. These workers were already receiving far below the standard of subsistence. Human-flesh and blood could stand no more. the mills. They now demand: 1, Restoration of the 10% cut in wages and an additional increase ot 10% over the old. wage scale. 3, Restoration, of all wages taken from the workens by the 10% re- duction before the strike, 3, Time and ohe-half for all overtime, 4. A forty-four-hour week. + 6 Decent and sanitary working conditions, 6. No discrimination against workers for participation in the strike or against members of the union. 7. Recognition of the union, The Workers (Communist) Party calls upon all organized labor to come to the istance of these fighting textile workers. Their fight is The capitalists have always opened their campaign for the in shop” and their drives against the trade unions by an attack upon the textile workers, These are the most exploited and lowest paid. If the textile barons can defeat the textile workers, the organized employers will attack the Btanda of living in other industries in succession, by cutting wages, speeding up, lengthening hours, and by.a general drive against organized, labor. All organized labor should come to the assitanceoof the striking textile workers” of ‘Passaic, N. J. They ai pealing forihelp. Subscribe to the strike fag Help them to organize. Help them te win, CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, . WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY OR AMERICA, GE) RUTHENERG,. General Secretary. ‘ These workers struck in| CANADIAN TORY GOVERNMENT To HOG-TIE MINERS Royal Commission Aids Besco Fight Union By J. B. McLACHLAN. (Special to The Daily Worker) GLACE BAY, N. S.—(By Mail.)— Last week the miners of District No. 26, United Mine Workers of America, finished their 8th annual district con- vention. There were 35 delegates present, representing 12,000 mine | workers scattered thru the five coal mining counties of this province. The convention was delayed some weeks this year on account of the wage arrangements reached last June on the settlement of a five-months’ strike. This settlement provided that the miners accept a 10% reduction, at the suggestion of the new tory provin- cial government which had been elect- ed to office that same month, The tories had also promised to appoint a royal commission to investigate into the causes of general unrest, the cap- italization of Besco, and how the mar- ket could be extended for Nova Scotia. coal. The annual miner’s convention was thus delayed in order that the re- port of this royal commission would be made public before the miners met, Commission Hog-ties Union. This commission's report was the big question before the miners. The report fills about three sheets of an ordinary newspaper and meant to bewilder the miners with a shower of words, Stripped of the sawdust the report recommends: 1, That the 10% reduction in wages jJast June was justified or even a larger cit. ts 2. .That all future wage rates shall be determined “by the ability of the | coal industry to pay.” 3. That a fair return on the capital invested shall be~the first charge on the industry, 4. In order to determine the wage rate in ‘the future two accountants shall. be appointed, on b@by the men and one by the company, “so that wage variation can go into effect without discussion or friction.” In other words, there are to be no out the district on the question of wages. The accountants are to settle that vital question in the future. The. report has a number of other rotten propositions, but these four are. the vital things for the miners, When the policy committee reported on the policy to be pursued in the (Contitued on page on page 3.) CENTRAL FORUM IN N.Y. PROVES GREAT SUCCESS The central’forum which featured a lecture by M, J. Olgin on “American Culture” last: Sunday night, at the headquarters of the Workers’ School, 108 E. 14th St, was so crowded that about 50 people had to be turned away. This is only. the second week since the Central Forum has been in- | augurated and already the student committee in chargé’ of the forum is'| laying plans to hire Manhattan Lyceum or some other large half for Sunday evenings. if, the forum con- tinues to grow, ,This.coming Sunday, Feb, 14, at 8 p, m,, at 108 East 14 St., the topic discissed ‘dt the forum will be “Whither Ameriéa.” The speaker is the director of the, Workers’ School, Bertram D, Wolfe, . The following speakers have been secured: .Feb, 21, Benjamin Gitlow, “Trustification and the New Union- ism”; Feb. 28, Wm, W. Weinstone, “The Red, Yellow and Black Interna- tional”; March 7, Robt. W. Dunn, “The Labor Spy and the Company Union,” and March 14, Jack Stachel, on “Class Collaboration.” : New Yorkers Must Keep July 3, 4, 5 Open NEW YORK) '¥€b:"9—Friendly or- ganizations in apg; around New York are invited to le, mae. Gre third, fourth and fifth of suiy' The DAILY WORKER is pli nik to arrange a three-day encampment for those dates more votes in local unions or thru- Published Dally except Sunday vy THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Lh, NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents °< ATTACK TEXTILE STRIKERS LEWIS HOBNOBBING WITH ” | OPERATORS MAKE STRIKE LONGEST IN MINE HISTORY (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11.—The present strike of the anthracite miners goes into history this week as the longest strike in the anthra- | cite district ever since hard coal was unearthed in Pennsylvania 100 | years ago. | The strike has now lasted 164 | days, two days longer than the | strike of 1922. The present strike | Now. equals in duration the one | called in 1902. Strikes and suspensions in the | anthracite district from 1900 on in the hard «oal district were as fol- lows: 1900—Sept. 12 to Oct. 29. 1902—May 12 to Oct. 23. 1906—April 1 to May 7. 1909—-No suspension during nego- tlations. 1912—April 1 to May 20. 1916—No suspension during nego- tiations, 1920—Vacation tember, 1922—April 1 to Sept. 11. | 1923—Sept. 1 to Sept. 19. Call out the maintenance men and | make a quick and successful ending to the present strike! ZEIGLER MINERS GIVE BODY BLOW TO PROSECUTION Witnesses Smash Fox- Cobb Frame-up By TOM BELL (Staff Writer, Daily Worker) COURT HOUSE, BENTON, Iii., Feb. 11—Fourteen witnesses, not counting character witnesses, took the stand to aid in exposing the frame-up against the thriteen Zeigler miners charged strikes in Sep- with assaulting D. B. Cobb, sub-dis- trict vice-president of the Miners’ Qnion, “State’s Attorney Martin and his two » Sed eae hired by Lon Fox, presi- lent of the sub-district to aid in rail- Yoading these miners to the peniten- tiary, continued bullying the wit- nesses, especially the foreign-born workers, In. spite of these methods the prose- cution cannot hide the fact that the) defense Has practically demolished their case against the accused. Defense Demolishes Frame-Up. The prosecution had produced a carefully pieced together story in- tended to implicate the thirteen on Steve Meanovich, Stanley - Paurez, Ignatz Simich and Pete Blazin. These names were more frequently mention- ed than any of the others in the prose- cution case. Their case was that Stanley Paurez had precipitated the attack on Cobb as he was leaving the meeting Aug. 11 by saying something in a foreign: Jan- |guage.” Henry Corbishley had ,shout- jed “close the door and kill the sons of ——."" Steve MeanoVich had kicked Cobb | trial. but especially Henry Corbishley, | © BRITISH RULERS ‘GET READY FOR GENERAL STRIKE | Fascist Groups Prepare to Murder Workers (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, February 11.—When the miners of Great Britain and the work- jers in other industries go on a gen- eral strike May 1 to enforce their de- mands, they will find lined up against them the entire forces of the British empire, The British capitalist government js now preparing for the general strike and has mapped out a brand plan by which they hope to smash the general strike of the British workers, Divide Island Into Districts. The entire island of England has been portioned into districts, Each district is in charge of a local com- missioner. These local commissioners are instructed to do all in their power to break the strike and not to hesitate to use the military forces against the striking workers to beat them back to work. The local commissioners are also charged with building up an army of blacklegs to scab on the workers who go on strike. All of these local commissioners are to be responsible to the chief commis- sioner, who fs now the postmaster general, Sir William Mitchel Thomp- son to whom this damnable job is en- trusted is now aiding the “order for the maintenance of supplies,” a scab- by fascist group formed in England to |smash working class organizations, to collect names of willing scabs. These scabs are to be trained to do some of the skilled work and the scab agent boastfully slaims that his army of blacklegs will be on the job within 48 hours after the general Strike is called and displace the strikers. Commissioner Mobilizes Scabs. Not only is the commissioner seek- ing scabs but he is also setting aside tear bombs, rifles and munitions to be used. against workers demanding bet- ter conditions. The coal commission is now in ses- sion and the nation is wondering what the report will be. Many point out that the commission heads favor the districting of the island into ter- ritories, closing pits where it is “not profitable’ to operate them, establishing a piece-work rate in the mines that are to be worked and to readjust. the subsidies to mines oper- ating on the reorganized basis. The miners point out that this plan is un- acceptable to them as many miners would be thrown out onto the streets and that there would be a surplus of miners and the companies would then pay as low as the pleased. The organized workers of England are not asleep. They are also prepar- ing for the clash in the spring. GENERAL STAFF OF ITALY GETS READY 10 KILL (Special to The Daily Worker) while he lay on the floor, Ignatz Simich and Pete Blazin had struck | hin. ‘Altogether the scheme apepars to have been to make these mainly) responsible for the assault on Gobb, and merely implicate the other defend- | ants incidentally. | The reason for this is not hard to| Why. Frame-up Progressives. the Fox-Cobb machine (Continued on page 2) ing This offer was accepted unan joint committee will be formed. arrangements. nat Work Contributions for the mi somewhere near York, which it hoped will ended ‘by large Lime of wor bebe Workér@ Ald, and Sent to D, / Pennsylvan t committee of the miners, ot which D, A. F. G. Biedenkapp, national secretary of the International Workers’ Aid, js now in Wilkes-Barre making final ROME, Feb. 11. — The Italian gen- eral staff is working on plans to per- |fect the complete reorganization of the army by the end of the year, in jaecordance with'thé provisions of the bill just passed by the senate. The |basic idea in the reformation of the national forces is to prepare them for find ‘in View of the situation in’ the | instant action in an émergency, The ‘Miners’ union in this sub-district. general staff announces in the theatri- cal manner of the fascist rulers that These tour were very active in fight-|this will supply Italy with adequate and|means for sustaining the” honor of the nation, HELP THE COAL STRIKERS! HE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ AID, 1553 W. Madison Street, Chicago, Ill., has offered to open food stations in the anthracite mining district where 158,000 miners are on strike, imously the general grievance dmunds is secretary. A Bishop William Montgomery Brown, national chairman .of Inter Aid, has started the list with a donation of $250) jhould be made out to International Edmunds, 523 Market. Sti. Kingston,»