The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 4, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ . and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. No. 96. 1 POLICE BREAK UP “MAY DAY RALLY IN PITTSBURGH Arrest Speakers at Open Air Demonstration (Special to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 2. — J. Louis Engdahi, editor of The DAILY WORKER, and Abram Jakira, Pitts- burgh district organizer of the Work- ers (Communist) Party, were arrested in/’an open air demonstration arranged to combat the closing by the police of the Carnegie Music Hall, where the local Communists had arranged to hold their international May Day cele- bration. Extensive preparations wete made to commemorate May Day. Carnegie Hall, one of the biggest in the city, had been secured. At the last minute the police announced that no meeting conld be held without a permit. Efforts to secure a permit met with failure. Police Close Hall, The police instructed the hall man- ager not to open the building for the May Day celebration. When the work- ers came in large numbers, ignorant of the action taken by the police, they found the doors of the hall closed and locked. They found squads of police and plainclothesmen stationed in large numbers about the building. The crowds grew as the regular time for the opening of the meeting approach- ed. The police began swinging their clubs and directing the crowds, in- cluding large numbers who were on the streets for the Saturday evening, to move on. Arrest Speakers. wi this point Jakiza took up his, stand on the broad stone steps leading up the entrance of the hall. Acting as chairman he was about to introduce Engdahl as the speaker, but he was arrested before he* ‘could proceed. Engdahl then took his place and was also arrested. Both speakers were manhandled while: being taken to the North Side police;: — two blocks away. : Sergeant Mike Carney, the turn-key who locked up. the. two prisoners, boasted of the fact that,he had been a coal miner and a;steel. mill worker. He was highly excited about the Brit- ish coal strike and wanted to know if the’ prisoners desired, to. bring about such condition in this country. After being held several hours, dur- ing which the crowds at Carnegie Hall gradually dispersed, the police per- mitted comrades to bail out both Engdahi and Jakira. Engdahl was im- mediately rushed by automobile to East Pittsburgh, ten miles away, where he addressed another May Day meeting that was more successful than (Continued on page 3) MAY DAY MEANS RENEWAL OF FIGHT FOR UNION UNITY FOR RAILROAD WORKERS IN - By a Railroad Worker, M** DAY, 1926,,is, being celebrated by labor’s vanguard on the eve of gigantic working ¢Tass struggles fense a holiday, but a day of demonstration and struggle. Itis a day when ‘the working class Of the World, still in capitalist bondage, (except in Soviet Russia), discusses the vital problems measures its strength; and prepares for future struggles when it will finally strike off its chains dni ffde itself tor- ever from wage slavery: «» z This is also true of the workers in the railroad industry. Since.,1921. the railroad companies have been carrying on 4 relentless warfare upon organ- ized railroad labor. The workers have suffered many deféats. Only a few of our unions have been able td with- Stand the attacks of the conijanies, Others have been seriously weakened, while some of them have been all but completely crippled. A crucial moment in American railroad unionism has ar- rived. The paramount question to be decided by the railroad workers is whether we will continue in dis: in-ehief of the Irish republican army astrous retreat, or whether we will close our divided ranks by Yallying our forces in all trades and presenting a united front to the common enemy. This is a question that the militant railroad workers irrespective of trade affiliations can no longer ignore. On the answer to this question will de- pend the future course of, railroad unionism in America. -.,... . Fortunately owt of the eon- filet are already rising clear signs of A solution to this proble: A new force is beginning tak lid that will bring about the long neé ’tiity * Woutinued on page’sy~ Bag \ Subscription Rates: tA eee ate aes ee we In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 er year, Outside Chicago, by mail, it 6.00 per year. SHAFER % P°O BOK 150 YORK MY S486 BUPA ds SUMMARY OF EVENTS IN BRTSH CRISIS Friday at midnight: one million miners walked out of the mines in protest against lengthening of hours and wage-cuts. 2 The following morning, the Bald- * win cabinet prepared to put the emergency powers act into opera: tion. By noon the king had signed the. “Orders In Council” placing England under a state of siege with Baldwin as dictator and the country divided into ten districts, a dictator with full military powers over each. The special congress of the * Trade Union Congress passed a motion for a general strike with 400 delegates present from 203 British National Trade Unions. The vote was 3,653,529 in favor and only 49,911 against, Ernest Bevin of the Transport Workers’ Union declared the strike as the delegates sang the Red Flag. Three thousand Commun- ists outside the congress hall echoed the workers’ song and cheered the action of the delegates. BULL morning. An official statement said night. x ° * the time took up the challenge 3,653,529 to 49,911. The order morrow when four million more workers will walk out in soli- darity with the miners. Troops have been ordered to move into South Wales, Lancashire and Scotland where the miners have struck, Soldiers have been assigned to guard duty thruout London. The British fascisti, organized in the semi- official O. M. S. (Organization for the Maintenance of Supfttes)’ are mobil- izing to break the strike. General Strike Tuesday. The general council of the Trade Union. Congress announced the gener- al strike. thru Ernest Bevin, head of the Transport Workers, who said no transport workers will be permitted to work after their shifts expire to- morrow night. The industries af- fected by the strike order are: Trans- port workers, including sea transport, dock, harbor, wharf, canal and rail- road workers; railway shopmen, aerial transport workers, trade unions con- nected with the supply of electricity and gas for power and the printing trades. Arrangements will be made,to keep the health service workers on the job and for the transport of milk and food. J. Bromiley, head of the Engineers, said that not a train would be run by a union man for the movement of troops to take over the strikers’ jobs or to act against the strikers. Martial Law. The proclamation of the king, an act of the Baldwin government, puts England under virtual martial law. The country is divided into ten sec- tions with a dictator appointed by the government in command of each with authority to call upon the armed forces and to operate thru a summary court that is to all intents and pur- poses a court-martial. May Day Demonstration. The general strike order was ac- claimed thruout the isles at great May Day meetings being held by the work- ers. Monster demonstrations in the coal districts in observation of May Day were whipped to a high spirit by the action of the Trade Union oCn- gress. The Communist Party of England and the National Minority Movement have issued a call to action to the whole working-class pointing out that the national emergency declared by the king comes unprovoked by any action on the part of the workers dis- turbing teh peace. other than an or- derly walk-out and that the edict is (Continued on page 3.) The war office gave orders for ' troops to he moved into the coal regions, Troops were assigned to guard duty thruout London. Clashes occurred between Communists and fascists at Hyde Park May Day de- monstrations. The O. M. S., organ- ization of the British fascisti, mobil- ized and offered theif services to Premier Baldwin. The workers are taking steps toward the organiza- tion of workers’ defense corps. The strike order affects all sea “ and land transportation, power service, communication and newspa~ pers that are not labor papers, Food supplies will be mantained. An eleventh hol ‘conference be- * tween trade union leaders and the prime minist broken off with no hope of a ing the general strike which will go Into effect Mon-* day at Midnight, Machinists in: Vote to Reject Bosses’ Offer The machinists’ unjons of Chicago have completed a referendum vote on the bosses’ offer of 2,.cents an. hour increase in wages. The union demand was for a ten per cent increase. The vote was taken on the acceptance or rejection of the employers’ offer. The 2 cents increase was rejected by a de- cisive vote of nine to one. N The organization drive of the ma- chinists is still on. The strike at the American oven workers. continues 100 per cent with the"men out making the picket line every day. AMERICA thruout the world. May Day is in no confronting it, gathers: its forces and IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY CHIEF, GEN, FRANK AIKEN; HERE Raps Free State; Says Republic Is Strong General Frank Aiken, commander- told an audience of a thousand Irish republican supporters in Orchestra Hall Saturday that “Altho there are 100,000 British bayonets in Ireland that pay allegiance to King George; despite the treason act of the Free State government that punishes by hanging those engaged in the. repub- lican cause, altho any of Ireland's finest youth is be! sent away to prison ‘for refusing to support any but thet»own republican government—the Irish republi¢an movement jx as stroms, as ever and the Irish uyli- Ba yared hagnot lost a soldier,” given @ free choice, 80% of the (Continued on page 4), B. Swales HAIRMAN of the British Trade Union Congress, a special con- vention “of Which issued the strike order whitht*will stop England’s in- dustry Peginniing Monday- midnight. The tewdershtp of the strike is in the hands of the General Council of the Trade» Unto? Congress of which Msien e-gte Neat B) ; 1 Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1923, (Special to The Daily Worker). | LONDON, May 2.—England faces revolution. A general | strike has been called. The Baldwin government has declared | an emergency and set up a dictatorship. Troops are being moved | for“use against the workers. The entire British labor movement | is stripping itself for a decisive struggle with British capitalism. | One million miners downed tools at midnight Friday. Saturday the king issued “orders in council” of siege. The special British Trade Union © TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1926 Million Miners Out; Four Million to Follow 8,000 WORKERS ETIN, LONDON, May 2.—A committee from the Trade Union Congress in conference with Premier Baldwin, now dictator of England by edict of the King, failed to reach an agreement when ‘adjourned early this efforts would/be made to reconvene the conference today, but unless the British ming: owners are willing to accede to the strike demands of the miners, th declare that the general strike order will go into trade union leaders ‘effect Monday at mid- * ‘ i | On| proclaiming a state | mgress in session at | a@ general strike—| teed at midnight to- by voting will be e McDOWALD, LLOYD GEORGE, MAKE HAY Make Political Capital of Workers’ Struggle 1° stepaaide ie Bally Worker) LONDON, May 2.—With the miners recejving the »solid support of the trade union movement in a showdown battle with British capitalism, Ram- sey MacDonalt, J. H. Thomas and Lloyd George are busy making polit-| ical capital of the crisis for the de-| feat of the Baldwin government in the| !next elections. | | monstration. the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. <<" + General Strike Order Effective Midnight Tonight; Dictatorship Declared: Troops Ordered Out + | 600,000 MARCH IN MOSCOW MAY | CELEBRATION 5 Killed, 40 Injured in arsaw Demonstration MOSCOW, U, S. S. R., May 2.—All Russia joined in a three day celebra- tion of International Labor Day. Workers all over the Soviet Union are holding gigantic demonstrations cele- brating the victories of the Russian workers. Moscow streets were jammed from curb to curb with columns of workers marching to the strains of the Interna- tional and other revolutionary songs. Over 600,000 workers, soldiers and Moscow before the Lenin. Hundreds of workers’ clubs held meetings all over the city. The meet- ing were partly political and partly anti-religious. The Moscow Commun- ist Party ordered that all anti-religious demonstrations be staged indoors and declared that no. anti-clerical demon- strations should be staged on the streets. Mausoleum of * 5 Slain, 40 Injured ip Warsaw. WARSAW, May 2. — Five were kill- ed and 40 injured in a clash between armed socialist groups and Commun- ist demonstrators, The socialist arm- ed groups attacked a Communist de- The Communists ably + Ramsey MatDonald said in a state- ment today: “I believe in historical | evolution “for ‘the British Isles. I do} not believe in revolution for this| country; because we have a democ- racy here and’ no not need revolu-} tion.” This statement was made by| MacDonald after the declaration of a dictatorship by King George. Mac-! Donald said he hoped the present) erisis would teach the voters what to} do in the next election. Thomas Sad. J. H. Thoma$, parliamentary secre- tary of the National Union of Rail- waymen, and leader of the labor par- be arranged with the government be- fore the general strike and joint ef- forts made to.avert it. He is very) disconsolate and is warning trade| unionists against the dangers “of ex- tremism.” Lloyd George. Lloyd George, quick to take ad- vantage of every situation is intimat- ing that he may “support labor” in| the present controversy and is hold- ing the Baldwia government respon-| sible for the general strike. He said: “Nobody wants revolution’ I have never seen the working class in a} mood where it és less inclined toward revolution, Itvis insistent, merely, | that what it gained during the war! thru sacrifice s#hall not be frittered away and thatthe workers shall not be flung back! into pre-war condi- tions.” SIDENT of the Amalgamated Soclety of Locomotive Engineers who sent out the order for the stop- Page of England's train service and announced that the railroad engineers of Great Britain would refuse to move a single soldier for strike duty or to defended themselves making the so- cialist “groups of action,” who are the supporters of the Polish reactionary government, retreat with many casual- ties. In the town of Nowy Dwor the Communists stormed the city hall. One was killed and 14 were injured in a pitched battle with the police, ¢ sie Germans Back British Strikers. BERLIN, May 2. — Solidariaty with the striking British coal workers was | the slogan of gigantic May Day de- monstrations thruout Germany. Pa- rades and large open air demonstra- ty, hoped that another meeting could| ‘ns were staged in all of the large| industrial centers, Over 100,000 gathered in the Lust- garten to show their solidarity with the British coal miners. In one of the Communist street demonstrations in Berlin an effigy of Uncle Sam seat- ed on money bags with the caption ‘the real master of Germany” was carried by the workers. bind eke British Workers Celebrate. LONDON, May 2. — The May Day celebrations thruout England added to the tense situation prevailing pending the general strike of the British work- ers. In London over 3,000 Communists and sympathizers marched to the hall where the special conference of the British Trade Union Congress wa being held. At the hall delegates and marchers joined in the singing of the Red Flag, After the demons- (Continued on page 4) bs E A. J. Cook ECRETARY of the Miners’ Fed- eration whose million members downed tools on Friday, and who will be joined on Tuesday, by, four million trade unionists in other, industries in Great Britain's first general strike. Cook, before the strike, predicted that | ¢ the place of the miners in thegthe labor movement ,was) on the | phreshold of a great political strupgias Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill, | Lewis, president o' {tour on May 10 in the soft coal fields | jget the miners to turn out. and vote | |for Amos NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents ~ ict cmmin ‘JAM COLISEUM Heron'rowiQN MAY FIRST \Republican Primaries! (Special to The Daily Worker) HAZLETON, Pa., May 2.—John L. the United Mine Workers of America, will campaign in | Chicago Pledges Sup- Pennsylvania for the candidacy ot| port to British Workers Amos Pinchot, now governor, for the| republican nomination for the United | | States! senate.’ He will start on his 8,000 workers thronged to Chicago's biggest hall, the Coliseum, on May 1st ; ite |t© Participate in one of the biggest and will wind the anthracite | Hawes = | May Day demonstrations Chicago has papas Hibasiebe decd yonespatieng CO Gy Heep Pema Naat rs aah oe | out their approval and support of the embattled British proletariat. Wm. Z. Foster, who was the main speaker, received volleys of applause tor his pointed comments upon the re- Pinchot in the open-shop republican party primaries May 18. Miners Aid Mill Strike, HARWICK, Pa, May 2—Local; Markable progress being made by the Union 524, U. M. W. of A, Harwick,| Yorkers in the Soviet Union from \Pa., voted $60 to the Passaic Strike| Which he has just returned. Two | chains at its last meeting. Our| YOUD8 textile workers from the Pas- coal digger correspondent says, “We saic strike zone, brot specially to = 1 talking Chicago to appear at the meeting were did not confine ourselves to acclaimed by the great crowd and but voted the amount out of the treas-| saivered fearless speeches against ury. .weaeimoesiy: the mill barons and Jersey justice which drew loud cheers from the de- monstrators. Cannon and Lovestone. James P. Cannon, secretary of In- ternational Labor Defense, made a strong appeal for support of the Pas- saic strikers whose leader Weisbord has been arrested and who is now being defended* by a joint committee of workers’ organizations. Jay Love- stone, organization secretary of the Workers Communist Party recited the history of May Day and his statement that the American workers haye a re- yolutionary tradition was loudly sec: onded. vo hop Brown. Bishop William Montgomery Brown read a May Day address in which he reaffirmed his faith in the working- class movement and reiterated his belief in the necessity of “Banishing the Gods from the skys and the cap- italists from the eart Foster's “Russian Jail.” Foster caused much laughter when he alluded to the press stories cir- culated while he was in Russia to the effect that he was imprisoned. He urged the “American workers to solemnly consider their future task of following in the steps of the Russian BOSSES WILLING 'T0 TALK PEACE \Great Strike Rally Hears | Bosses’ Message {Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, May 2. — At a huge mass meeting of striking furriers in New York, Ben Gold, leader of the strike, read a telegram from Hugh Frayne, American Federation of La- bor organizer, stating that the fur manufacturers have agreed to meet a conference committee to discuss terms of settling the strike, which is in its ninth week. The conferences are to begin May 1. Bosses Break Down. The manufacturers had previously |presented eight points reducing the | demands of the union as to wages and |hours of work. The strikers refused {to countenance these. The manufac- | workers who have won their revolu- jturers then said they would not nego- |tion and the British workers who are |tiate on any but the basis they pre- | embarking upon their great struggle. sented. Revolution Won, | But the solidarity of the strikers,| «pye Russian revolution is won, {their determination to carry on the Every year brings great advances strike to the end of the year if neces- | ‘owards the certainty of Communism sary and the fact that the manufac: |in the Workers’ and Peasant’s repub- turers are up against complete ina-|j;, | was deeply impressed by my bility to fill the years’ orders have | last journey there. I have been over brought the bosses to time. several times. Every time I go I can Gitlow and Hillman Speak. notice gigantic improvements and Other speakers at the strike rally, | teat new achtevements to the credit one of many being held to demonstrate of the Russian workers,” said Foster. the united. and determination of. the Speaking of the need for an inde- strikers, were Bet Gitlow, Sidney Hill-| pendent political movement of the man and Abram Shiplacoff. WORKERS (COMMUNIST ) PARTY HAILS GREAT BRITISH STRIKE The Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party fa on May Day sent the following cablegram to the Communist Party of Great Britain, hailing the great labor struggle that is raging there and pledging uristinted support to the working class of that nation: 4 “Class conscious American Labor whose ranks are gaining strength daily are watching with keen int it and deep concern the rebellious class war now being fought in the British Isles. ‘The Workers (Communist) Party of America has full confidence in the valor ‘and class solidarity of the great English labor movement, . We are firmly’ convinced that the million miners and other millions of imili- tant workers. who are rallying to their aid will teach-the British exploit- ers a lesson which they will never forget. “The British working class is now taking place in the vanguard of the international revolutionary proletariat and is fighting not only its own battle but also dealing crushing blows to the forces of capitalist reaction everywhere, “The united power of the British working class is invincible, “We ask you to convey to the Miners’ Federation and to the General Council of the Trade Union Congress our fraternal greetings and pledge of unflinching, iron, class-solidarity, “The Workers (Communist) Party of America also notes with un bounded satisfaction the great prog: the British section of the Com- munist International is making. The inspiration and leadership which the Communist Party of Great Britain is today giving the English prole- tariat will prove an inestimable factor in the victory to be won by your working class, } “You may count on us to do everything in our power to arouse the American workers to spare no effort to ensure and hasten your victory. “LONG LIVE THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING CLASS! “LONG LIVE THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF GREAT BRITAIN! “Central Executive Committee of the Workers — (Communist) Party of America, “Cc, E, RUTHENBERG, - i oo SOLIDARITY OF THE OUT IN ENGLAND hs ¢