The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 13, 1926, Page 5

ul | 1000 YANO'S UNION MINERS FIGHT OSBORNE MINES Youghiogheny Opens Up Under 1917 Scale By A. SMITH, (Worker Correspondent) WYANO, Pa., May 11—The Osborne mines of the Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company have started © ‘opera tions.": These mines have been shut for almost two years while. other mings ‘in the same district have been working day and night, The only mines in the Irwin fleld that won the recognition of the union in the 1917 strike were Osborne mines No, 1 and 2. The miners’ local follow- ing its recognition at these mines then launched an intense organization drive and succeeded in organizing the Irwin field in 1922. Militant Union Local, This local has been militant in every respect. Many times the company was forced to pay for work in these mines that it refused to pay for in other mines that were supposed to. be work- ing under the Jacksonville agreement. On April 28, the company -posted a notice stating that it was unable to pay the Jacksonville scale. The com- pany notice claimed that the company in the period from Feb., 1924 to July, 1924, suffered a heavy financial loss when they attempted to operate under the Jacksonville agreement. The Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company fails to mention the enormous profits it made in 1922-233, immediatelyy after the national strike. Company Profits, A driver who worked in Mine No, 2 after the strike declares that he hauled 224 wagons from ten coaldig- gers in five days. Out of the 224 wag- ons only 24 were slate. The other 200 were excellent coal, Figures show that in five days the company made a clear profit of $15.68 ‘on ten coal diggers. If the Youg- hiogheny and Ohio Coal Company made $15 on ten men in five days what did it make on the 400 coaldiggers? The company thot that after the long shut down the miners would be eager to return to work and would submit to work under the 1917 scale. Instead of the 100 men that the company call- ed for only 13 went back to work, Out of the thirteen, nine were klansmen and. four .were . foreign-born. former president and treasurer of the local were among those that went back to work under scab conditions. A picket line was thrown around the mines. Most of the pickets were for- eign-born. Outside of the union or- ganizers there was not a single Amer- ican worker on the line. It is against these foreign-born miners that the finger-print and deportation laws are aTfned. Call Out All Mines! This company has five mines oustide of Wyano in district 5 which are work- ing under the Jacksonville agreement. Unless the union officials pull out these mines and thus shut down all the mines owned by the Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal Company, the miners here will be in a hopeless fight. Creditors’ Protective Bureau Fines Girls for Being a Minute Late By a Worker Correspondent, MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 11. — This month each girl who has been late more than once, jwill receive 60c. less in her pay envelépe, according to a ruling made by the Creditors’ Pro- tective Bureau, for their employes. Every girl working for the Creditors’ Protective Bureau must give her boss five minutes extra, each day. The of- fice hours are supposed to be from 8 a. m, to.5.30 p, m. with time off for lunch, On Saturday the girls, work from 8 to 2, but must go without eat- ing. But in reality, the girls are obliged to get to the office and be at their desks at five minutes to eight. Efficiency demands that no time is wasted in cleaning the keys of the typewriter, wiping off the desk and a few other little necessary movements, By being at their desk at five minutes to eight, the girls are ready to promp- tly place their ten fingers on the keys and start pounding off their letters as soon as the hands of the clock point to eight. Should a girl commit the awful crime of coming in at 8 o'clock, or even at three minutes to eight, a record of the tardiness is made. If she dares break the rule again during that same month, 50c. is withheld from her month’s salary. j A‘girl may have been tied up in a street car accident. She may have missed her train. The boss is not con- cerned with these unavoidable mis- haps. He is only concerned with find- ing every girl at her desk at the speci- fied time. He wan extra five minutes of work from her each day, under the pretense that it takes too much. of his time to “fuss” with the machine, ‘We need more news from the shops and factories. Send It in! The} WORKER CORRESPONDENTS BY THE DAILY WORKER ok WHAT CHICAGO NEEDS MOST By HUGO GARBER, Worker Correspondent. (Reprinted from the first Living Newspaper in the English language, Chicago.) Among the many things Chicago needs most are more newspapers with bigger, heavier headlines so that there would be more excitement in Chicago. The poor capitalist newspaper reporters must write long stories about a little'theft or some accident to supply thie great appetite for excitement, Now if there would be more “holdups,” more murder cases, more accidents, and more monkey trials, like that one In Tennessee, then we could solve this problem, matter. dance the Charleston, and fox trot Moreover, Chicago needs more By N. ANDREYCHIK, (A former Chicago Worker spondent of the Novy Mir.) In America one hears that the Amer- ican communes in the Soviet Union are declining vad of progressing. In order that tho workers in America might judge for themselves the prog- ress of the Commune, we want.to give an account of one of the communes— the Red Ray Commune. This commune settled in the gov- ernment of Odessa. In October, 1924, this commune changed its farm, be- cause the Soviet farm in the govern- ment of Odessa was not very good. The commune was not able to make muth progress on the new farm in 1924 as winter came soon after they had chosen the new farm. Still the commune had some success, Grain Gathered, During 1925 the following amount of grain and foods was collected: Corre- *Poods Lib. Rye . 800 Wheat ..crsereees 270. 30. Barley 830 5 Oats .... 352 5. Millett (French wheat. 150 30 Hay . ‘500 Sunflowe: 392 16 Potatoes ..... 263 Beets (for feeding cat- tle) Cabbage over Carrots ... and some more vegetables which it is impossible to enumerate. One thousand five hundred and eighty-five poods of milk were gather- ed during the year. Live Stock. The livestock of the commune ¢on- sists of 37 head. There are 19 cows, 12 horses and 5 colts. Last year five horses died. For the summer we had but 50 hogs left. Six well-fed hogs and two oxen are ready for slaughter. We also have many sheep and all kinds of poultry, The commune is well supplied with farming implements. Under the czar all the peasant could eat was a poor grade of bread, mixed with bran—and meat, they used to eat, or rather see, but a few times during the year. But now, in the commune, every one has both rye and wheat bread and meat every day. If one meets a member of the commune who has lived there a year or more, one can easily notice the difference in his health and appear- ance. He is robust, healthy and con- tent. *(A pood is equivalent to 36 lbs.) Then Chicago needs *more dance halls. This is a VERY serious People, poor creatures, not finding enough dance halls here and having an insatiable ambition to dance, go about on the streets and candy storés, more ice cream par- lors, more drug stores to supply inspiration, and most important of all, MORE CHEWING GUM MANUFACTURERS, WORKER CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE SOVIET UNION LIFE IN THE RED RAY COMMUNE Cultural Work. As to the cultural work of the com- mune. Each commune hag a reading room, and a good library. On various evenings, readings are given to liqui- date illiteracy, to enlighten in civic and legal problems. The commune gets four magazines, nine newspapers and four foreign papers. Among these are The DAILY WORKER, and the Novy Mir. Political Life, The commune has a nucleus of the Communist Party of Ukraine, Young Communist League and the Pioneers. All these nucle{ work among the peas- ants. There is also a women’s organ- ization and the M. O. P. R. During the winter no Sunday passes without the peasants’ requesting a lecture. The greater part of this work falls on the members of the commune. The Young Communist League and the Pioneers stage plays. Life is more gay than in the United States. Lenin Memorial Meeting. On this day no one works. Bvery- thing is tranquil and quiet. At six o'clock in the evening the commune marched with large banners to the Neikolsk Forum. At 6:30, the hall was packed and at 6:50 the meeting was opened with the funeral march for llyitch. Four speakers, all members of the commune, made speeches, An- dreychik gave the biography of Lenin. The theme of Vermeychik’s and Ser- ‘guchsk’s speech was “Two Years Without Lenin,” and Vedmirk spoke on “The Growth of the Party.” At least 90 per cent of the entire peasant population of the nearby vil- ages wag present. Celebrate Bloody Sunday. On the next day we celebrated “Bloody Sunday.” In the morning the commune went again to Neikolsk. Be- fore they reached the village they were met by the peasants of Neikolsk, carrying flags, and together they all entered the hall. There were speeches about the “Bloody Sunday” of Jan. 9, 1905, and the role played ‘by the priest Capon, who was a government spy. Russia Goes Forward. From this account, one can see that the peasants are becoming more and more interested in the work of the party and the life of the commune. As much as the White Guardists may lie about Russia and the American communes, and as much as the bour- geoisie of the: entire world may sab- botage the upbuilding of the republic of workers and peasants, still the United Socialist Soviet+ot Russia pro. ceeds speedily to the establishment of socialism. Gilbert-Davis Coal Co. Slashes Wages of Its Miners 15% By GEORGE PAPCUN, (Worker Correspondent) MORGANTOWN, W. Va., May 11. — The Gilbert-Davis Coal Co,, of Morgan- town announced a wage cut-on April 28 telling the men that the wage cut took effect April 1. It did not announce by regular notices nor did it tell the mine committee that itywas going to reduce the wages. Not until April the 28 did the miners know anything about the wage-cut, after working nearly a month under a 15% wage cut which was supposed to’ take effect April 1, The workers immediately held a meeting and decided that they would refuse to work under a 15% reduction. The operators are spreading the rumor that it is not because they refused to work that the mine is not working, but because there was a break down in the machinery in the mine. This is done to fool the mimers and other workers who are out of work, so that when the company tries to operate again they can get them to scab on their fellow workers. The union official Representative Snyder declared that, “the Gilbert Davis company will be terated the same ag any other contract abrogating company.” This is the last mine of any size in. West Virginia that has tried to break the Jackson- ville agreement in such a brazen man- ‘ner, The local papers. are using this action of the Gilbert-David company as to ‘the miners’ strike here and drive the miners’ un- jon from West Virginia, Only a few mines are signed up under the Jack- sonville agreement. They Halkett Follows in Footsteps of Brindell Court Trial Shows By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK, May 11. — The man who stepped into Brindells’ boots is caught red handed. The president of thé New York Building Trades Coun- cil, John Halkett, is as crooked as Britidell. The officers of Local No. 2717 are washing their dirty linen before an official referee, Judge Russell, in Part 10 of the supreme court of Brooklyn. In this wash, John Halkett is a very conspicious figure. John Halkett is nicknamed “the quarter-meter.” He shared with the old offices of Local No. 2717 in cleaning out the treasury of this local. There are admitted into the records by Su- preme Court Judge Russell Benedict affidavits and statements under oath made by former officers and mem- bers of Local No. 2717 in which they accuse John Halkett and Samuel Gold- berg, business agent of Local No, 2717, in disposing of the funds of the local in a well known Brindel manner, The American Worker Correspond- ent Is out. Did you get your copy? Hurry up! Send in your subl it's only 60 cente, STRAW BOSS IS OPEN SESAME TO GREATER PROFIT Open Shopper Shows Need to Coddle Foremen By CARL HAESSLER, Federated Press, Profit-sharing is the bunk if you want to bamboozle your factory hands into sweating loyally for the corpora- tion but a kind word and an occa- sional free feed to the straw bosses makes all the difference in the indus- trial world. You can take this dripping fresh from the peti of Noel Sargent, sec- retary, employment relations commit- tee of the open”shop National Associa- tion of Mantifacturers, who signs a communication’ on foreman’ training that is lying On’ the desks of anti-labor executives in’ the Chicago industrial district. Foreman Is Key Man, « The foreman, Sargent emphasizes, is the man thru’ whom the profit hunger of the corporation must be “tactfully interpreted to “the workers.” He is the key man in a manufacturing or- ganization in constant and direct con- tact with the workers and so he must have the proper attitude towards his job, his company and his workers. How to work the foreman in order to make him work the workers for the benefit of the company treasury is a neat little art of its own, Sargent in- dicates. “The question arises,” he leads off, “as to what manner of in- struction and training shall be given. He discards lectures by outside pro- fessional trainers (such as the Sher- man Service, Inc., an industrial spy outfit) and falls back on the good old expedient of feeding the inner fore- man psychologically by flattery and gastronimically by a good dinner. Hold Discussion Meetings. Every week all the foremen and some of the higher officials gather for 45 minutes on company time to dis- cuss their “problems.” In reality it merely provides a forum where the foremen can hear themselves talk, with the resiilt, ‘to quote Sargent, that “the atmosplipre has grown to be such as to impress the foreman with the importance’ of his work and the thought that he is actually a part of the management.” You see it is the MANY DELEGATES TO PARTICIPATE IN WASHINGTON CONFERENCE OF FOREIGN-BORN COUNCILS MAY 15 (Special to The Dally Worker) PITTSBURGH, May 11.—The Pittsburgh Council for the Protection of the Foreign-born Workers announces that Councils for the Protection of the Foreign-born all over the country are electing delegates to the national con- ference to be held in Washington next Saturday and Sunday. Credentials already received by the * ; " secretary of the Pittsburgh Coundil, }organizations, such as benefit societies which is acting as the initiator of the National Conference, indicate a lively interest in this conference. The New York Council for the Protection of the Foreign Born has elected as delegates some of the prominent labor leaders of New York City. The Bostotn council announces that two delegates will be sent, representing the council and its affiliated organizations. Detroit, where there is a big council in existence, is also sending delegates. It is expected that the councils in some 25 or 30 other cities will send delegates to the National Conference and, in addition, there will be delegates from national iste We thought, not fhe fact, that is vital. That’s the psy! ological part. The gastronoiic attack hits on toe group when “ofice a month, at the ex- pense of the apany, it meets at din- ner shortly aftér working hours where later addresses are given.” tter Slave-Drivers, “the: foremen put over the company methods of dealing with “absenteeism, relations with employes, | = group insurange, mutual aid associa- tions, labor turnover, waste, wage in- centive” (bonug, speed-ups) etc., Sar- gent tells the open shop manufactur- ers, It gives them, he also holds, “greater confidence in their relations with others,” which being interpreted means that it, makes better slave drivers out of, them. His essay on, foreman training, is drawn, he says, from the experience of a plant employing from 900 to 1,000 workers where,the system has been in operation for many years and has pro- duced results that are “not only en- couraging, but most commendable and reassuring.” FORM BRANCH T0 FIGHT SPREAD OF FASCISM IN U.S, Italians Organize Branch of Anti-Fascist Alliance A Chicago branch of the Anti-Fascist Alliance was organized at a meeting on May 9th with delegates present from many Italian labor and fraternal organizations, ‘The conference elected N. Sorini, chairman and L. Candela, secretary, The? purpose of the organi- zation is to fight against the spread of fascism among'the workers of Amer- ica and to prevent persecution of Italian workers‘in this country thru agents of the Mussolini government, Aggressive Fight. “We will wage aggressive fight against fascism,” said Candela, “and we are assured of the support of most of the hundred thousand Italian work- ers in Chicago. We are a branch of a national organiéation with headquar- ters in New York.” Protect Itallan Refugees, “Besides fighting the spread of fascist ideas among the workers we will also fight for the protection of Italian refugees who are being per- secuted in this country thru the in- fluence of Mussolini's government.” In Memory of Matteotti. The new Chicago branch of the alliance will hold a big mass meeting on June 10th the anniversary of the murder of Giacomo Matteotti, the Ital- jan opposition deputy, who was slain by fascists, Fascist Parliament Wars on \ Birth Control ROMH, May 11, — The fuscist- controlled chamber of deputies has ap- pointed a national commission of maternity and infancy to. aid the fascist dictator Mussolini in his war on birth control a. gp EEE CEE CEC OCC LCCC EE <a Ct 1113 W. Washington. Blvd. O78 HMI -F THE PAILY NAME STREGT. live a yrar VaaeGemths (ace 9monbe tooo a ei kbe O motte F2 monte NEW SUBSCRIPTION TO BUILD and fraternal organizations, A Internationaf unions of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor have been in- vited to send delegates to this confer- ence and the Pittsburgh council is ex- tending an invitation to President Green of the American Federation of Labor to speak at a mass meeting held in connection with the National Con- ference, which will take place Sunday night, May 16, in Washington. Want Wage Increase. OLEVELAND— (FP) — Union gar- ment workers are asking a 16% in- crease in wages, SE LL LM : SOMETHING LIKE THIS--- HAS HAPPENED IN ENGLAND The great British strike has a kick behind it! The powerful press of the English workers has made this possible—fighting, encouraging, helping to put the boot of Labor at the seat of the government. In this Third Annual Sub Campaign—Bufld The DAILY WORKER—send subs for strength and American revolutionary Labor will soon stand up with our English comrades in their fight for power. PUT A KICK IN THE CAMPAIGN And Remember—A BOOK OF RED CARTOONS with each 100 points (One year sub) A BUST OF LENIN—BY 6. PICCOLI with each 500 points. While your points will help your city to win the SILK BANNERS FROM MOSCOW (to..the..leading..city) And your points will go to your credit for votes for A FREE TRIP TO MOSCOW—AII Expenses Paid to attend the Sixth Congress of the Communist International. Make the kick and heave this brick back to THE DAILY WORKER Chicago, Illinois WORKER FROM BERLIN Page Five PETER HOFFMAN AND WESTBROOK TO 60 TO JAIL Court Affirms Sentence of Bootlegger Pals The United States circuit court of appeals has affirmed the sentences of Sheriff Peter M. Hoffman and Wes- ley Westbrook, former superintendent of the Cook county jail, for permitting Terry Druggan and Frankie Lake the freedom of the Chicago cabarets and to use the jail as their business office. Hoffman was sentenced to thirty days in jail and fined $2,500. West- brook was sentenced to four months in jail. Open your eyes! Look around! There are the stories of the workers! Struggles around you begging to be written up. Do it! Send it in! Write as you fight! (to second city) Get the Point!