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| FRENCH BARELY. HOLDING THEIR “POSTS IN SYRIA More Soldiers Needed to Take Offensive (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, June 10.—Althd the French government talks airily of how Syria is “pacified” and the high commis- sioner, Henri de Jouvenel, calls him- self a “confirmed advocate of mild measures,” it is disclosed that France considers it necessary to send 20,000 more troops to hold down this “paci- fied” country to prevent it inhabitants from running what troops are there ‘into the sea. It is admitted that at present the French are on the defensive with 30,000 troops holding their own only ‘by difficulty; 20,000 of these are en- gaged with native forces under Sultan Atrash, who has only 5,000 to 6,000 men, armed chiefly with rifles. The remaining 10,000 are but barely hold- ing the rest of the territory and Damascus has virtually been ina state of siege for two months, with contin- uous firing after dark and daily lists of casualties. No Mandate Holders Wanted, The entire country from north to south from Aleppo to Solda is seeth- ing with revolutionary independence sentiment and is unsafe for the French, who hold the territory under a mandate from the league of nations, unless they go about in armored cars and travel with heavily armed con- voys. The French admit that the back- bone of the national revolutionary movement is not broken by the mere capture of Salkhad, the second most important Druse city, last week, hence the French intend to bring in 20,000 to 30,000 more troops in order to take | the offensive. The French command says that the Druses will never sur- render and therefore must be driven A by superior force into the desert or By Upton Sinclair (Copyright, 1926, by Upton Sinclair) ‘ WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE. Dad and his young son, both dressed alike, and richly, motoring over a smooth and fiawl wards a barrier T Bey. sits next to his e alert. His father is his hero. They reach the mountains and climb higher and higher. Then down the other side at a good clip, with a weather eye for hom Dad hates, As Dad yd to himself. He used to then he was J. A. general merchandise, at Queen C » CS nia, and now he ‘oss, oil operator, on his way to Beach City to sign a lease. Be- side him sits “Bunny” thinking of altogether different things. They come to Santa Ynez, a newly-built, white painted, California town. The only hint of the old west was a solitary cow-boy in “chaps” and old Indian mumbling i it was like any other main its na- ines containi' of the nationally adver r the town and hit te up.on ‘oad boulevard called Mission Way. There with queer Spanish na! indicating a history behind each one. unny” asks Dad what happened in “Verdrugo (Executioner) Canyon.” Dad doesn’t know. He shares the opinion of the manufacturer of a nationally ad- vertised automobile—that T go thru town after town of rectilinear blocks and whizz by By dint of constant passing of other cars they com: Beach City. They put _up at the big hotel lobby meet Dad's “I und,” Ben Skutt. gain possession of some valuabl Those that. own the lands at first united on a proposal to agree to A number of oil operators to gain posssession of the at the highest point. and Co. Arnold lips. princi ainsi A on intrigues have split the groups. attempted to bribe some of the more influential o1 lands. Skutt enters thescene when the discord IV It had been the Walter Browns who had started the idea of a “community agreement” for this block. Two or three lots were enough for a well, but for such a lease you could only get some small concern, and like as not you would fall into the hands of a speculator, and be bartered about, perhaps exploited by a “syn- dicate” and sold in “units,” or tied up in a broken contract, and have to sit by and watch while other people drained the oil from under your land. No, the thing to do was to get a whole block together; then you had enough for half a dozen wells, and could deal with one of the big companies, and you would get quick drilling, and more important yet, you would be sure of your royal- ties when they were earned. So, after much labor, and pulling and hauling, and threaten- ing and cajoling, and bargaining and intriguing, the owners of the twenty-four lots had met at the Groarty home, and had signed their names, both husbands and wives, to a “‘community agreement,” to the effect that none of them would lease apart from the others. This document had been duly recorded in the county archives; and now day by day they were realizing what they had done'to themselves. They had agreed to agree; and from that on, they, had never agreed about anything! They met-at seven-thirty every evening, and wrangled until midnight or later>;they went home exhausted, and could not sleep; they neglected their business and their house-keeping and the watering oftheir lawns—what was the use of working like a slave when you ‘were going to be rich? They held minority meetings, and formed factional groups, and made pledges which they broke, more.or less secretly, before the sun had set. Their frail human nature.was subjected to a strain greater than it was made for; the firesiof greed had been lighted in their hearts, and fanned to a white heat that melted every principle and every law. The “lease-hounds” were on their trail, besieging their homes, ringing the telephone, following them in automobiles. But each new proposition, instead of satisfaction, brought worry, suspicion and hate. _Whoever proposed it, must be trying to cheat the rest; whoever defended it, must have entered into league with him. No one of them but knew the possibilities of treasons and stratagems; even the mildest of them—poor, inoffensive Mr. exterminated. French Hated By All. In Damascus itself the city is sur- rounded by triple rows of barbed wire and from the city walls the. French have machine guns pointed both ways, ‘into the country to oppose native at- tacks from the open, where they have cut down all the beautiful orchards to allow a clear view, and other. guns pointing rearward into the. city streets, as the Syrian natives cordially hate the French for their many massa- eres and only wait the opportunity to square accounts. Cleveland Painters Sitting ‘Pretty in Fight on Open Shop } CLEVELAND, June 10—The strike of painters which thas been in progres: in this city for more than 13 weeks hag not been settled. County Prose- cutor Stanton, who has been trying to mediate, held conferences with rep- resentatives of the painters and, with the contractors, but nothing resulted. The situation actually is not so bad. Most of the independent contractors have already signed up at the wage seale of $1.37% an hour, an advance of 12% cents over the former wage scale. The Painters’ Association re- fuses to meet the demand of the workers, and the strike continues, As a matter of fact, however, very few painters are idle, since the inde- pendents control the vast majority of the. shops. The American Plan Asso- ciation is behind the association and is bent upon breaking up the union, but in this it will not succeed. Arrest Chicago Bond Salesman As Hold-Up Charles J. Lamb, salesman for a Chicago bond house, was arrested at Moline, Ill, on charges of assault with intent to rob, according to word re- ceived here. With Francis Duroe, of Sioux Rapids, Ia., he tried to hold up Osear Johnson, a Moline grocery store keeper, who grappled with him until police arrived. Duroe was said to have been waiting outside of the store in a car. trolley, with fingers sore and back aching from the driving of several thousand shingle-nails on a roof, was met by a man driv- ing a palatial limousine. “Step in, Mr. Dumpery,” said the man. “This is a fine car, don’t you think? How would you like to have me get out ahd leave you init? I'll be very glad to do that if you’ll persuade your group to sign up with the Couch Syndicate.” “Oh, no,” said Mr. Dumpery, “I couldn’t do that, I promised Miss Snypp I’d stick*by the Owens plan.” ‘Well you can forget that,” said the other. “I’ve just had a talk with Miss Snypp, and she is willing to take an automobile.” They had got into a condition of perpetual hysteria, when st.udenly hope broke upon them, like the sun out of storm-clouds; Mr. and Mrs. Sivon brought a proposition from a man named Skutt, who represented J. Arnold Ross, and made them the best offer they had yet had—one thousand dollars cash bonus for each lot, one-fourth royalty, and an agreement to “pud in” the first well within thirty days, under penalty of another thousand dollars per lot, this forfeit to be posted in the bank. All of them knew: about J. Arnold Ross; the local papers had had articles telling how another “big operator” was entering the Prospect Hill field. They printed his picture, and a sketch of his life—a typical American, risen from the ranks, glorifying once more this great land of opportunity. Mr. Sahm, the plasterer, and Mr. Dumpery, the carpenter, and Mr. Hank, the miner, and Mr. Groarty, the night watchman, and Mr. Raithel, the candy-store keeper and Messrs. Lohlker and Lohiker, ladies’ and gents’ tailors, felt a glow of the heart as they read these stories. Their chance had come now, it was the land of opportunity for them! There was another agonizing wrangle, as a result of which the big and medium lots decided to drop their differences; they voted against the little lots, and drew up a leaSe on the basis of each lot receiving a share of royalty proportioned to its area. They notified Mr. Skutt that they were ready, and Mr. Skutt arranged for the great Mr. Ross to meet them at a quarter to eight the following evening and sign the papers. And now, here they Were, exactly on the minute appointed—and they were in another mess! Here were four of the “little lots,” set unexpect- edly above the “medium lots”; as a result of which, four “big lots” and four “big little lots” were in favor of the lease, and four “little lots” and twelve “medium lots” were against it! Here was Miss Snypp, her face brick red with wrath, shaking. her finger at Mr. Hank, “Let me tell you, you'll never get me to put my signature on that paper—never in this world!” And here was Mr. Hank, shouting back: “Let me tell you, the law will make you sign it, if the majority votes for it!” And here was Mrs. Groarty, forgetting all about the Practical Handbook of Gentility, glaring at Mr. Hank and clenching her hands as if she had him by the throat: “And you the feller that was yellin’ for the rights of the little lots! You was for sharin’ and sharin’ alike—you snake in the grass!” Such was the state to which they had come, when suddenly every voice was stilled, clenched hands were loosened, and angry looks died away. A knock upon, the door, a sharp, commanding knock; and to every person in the room came the || identical thought: J: Arnold Ross! iM “ePo be continued.) “The pen is mightier than the sword,” provided you know how to use it. Come down and learn how In the worker correspondent’s classes. | 100°, By UPTON SINCLAIR. A splendid propaganda story of a Labor spy—written by a master propagandist, The coniaberd a book to hand to your shop-mate after you have read it. } if 25 CENTS Order from THE DAILY RKER * hs A PUBLIS Dumpery, the carpenter, who, dragging his steps home from the} N ae THE DAILe¥ WORKER SOVIEPGRAIN TRUST MISSION ~ VISITS: AMERICA) 1 Delegation Will Study American Methods NEW YORK, June 10.—Ivan S, Lo- bachoy, chairman of the Soviet Union grain trading organization, “Khlebo- product,” is visiting this country studying the milling industry, the grain elevators and the corn products industries in connection with the new construction program which the “Khle- boproduct” is carrying out, May Place Orde The Khlebopreduct may place or- ders in this coutitry for machinery and equipment to be.used in reconstruct- ing its flour mills, as well as in the construction of. new elevators. Con- siderable orders»may be placed for equipment for billding up the corn products industry, which is practically new in the Soviet Union. Such orders will be placed ‘thru the Amtorg Trad- ing Corporation. Lobachoy is accompanied by Vavi- lov, a constructing engineer. They will spend four or five weeks visiting mills, elevators and plants in Buffalo, Chicago, Moline, Ill, Milwaukee, Min- neapolis, Niagara Falls, etc. Leading .Gnain Purchaser. The “Khlebo; grain purchasing organization in the Soviet Union, In the current year its purchases of grain and feed from the cent of all the grain and feed which the needs of the urban population and for export purposes, any unforeseen development. best illustrated by the following of- ficial figures: During the first ten months of the present crcp year, from July, 1925, thru April, 1926, the amount of grain and seeds moved from the villages was 533,000,000 poods, as against 291,000,000 poods ing year. Of the current year’s total the share of the Khleboproduct was about 190,000,000 poods. Grain: Purchases. The purchases Of grain by quarterly periods were as follows: 1924-1925, July-September ......... 70,000,000 poods October-December..:. 128,000,000 January-March 78,000,000 1925-1926, ‘July-September October-December .., 176,000,000 January-March 161,000,000 The purchases in April, amounted to 36,27,000 poods, against 15,000,000 poods in April, 1925. fully carried out. In view of the present favorable pected for the year 1926-1927, which and equipment into the Soviet Union. Increase Storage Faciliti the manufacture of grain products. built and equipped 25 line elevators with a total capacity of 1,965,000 poods and five elevators equipped with corn driers having total capacity of 350,000 poods. elevators with be completed in, 1926-1927. 1,120,000 poods. ment and a cap; will be comple’ year. Handle Many Products. Beside grains ani product is engaged in the purchasing and marketing other agricultural products, such as, fibers, butter, eggs, pork, etc., as well as furs. In 1924- 1925 it had a turnover of about 500,- 000,000 roubles. ,Its estimated turn- over for the y 1925-1926 is 800,- 000,000 roubles. It has at its disposal 230 mills with a producing capacity of 25,000 tons of flour a day and a num- ber of large dairies, vegetable oil fac- tories, etc. Argentine Labor for Sacco-Vanzetti BUPNOS AIRES, Argentina, June 10. —Argentine workers ure distributing thousands of leaflets urging labor to protest against the planned legal mur- der of Sacco and Vanzetti. Police are attempting to prohibit protest meet- ings in the co . Argentine work- ers have conduct big demonstra- tions for the two Italian workers in Massachusetts a'tew years ago, when they were again threatened with exe- oution. a2 Don’t keep it to yourself, tell it to the world on the correspond- WORKER. ente’ page of The DAILY product” is the leading | peasants amounted to about 35 per has been moved from the villages for There is every indication that at the end of the crop year in July the purchasing organiza- tions will have accumulated sufficient reserves to enable them to regulate the market and insure them against The prevailing conditions of the grain market in the Soviet Union are during the same period of the preced- pes ae « 160,000,000 poods 1926, as {t is expected that by July the year’s program, providing for a total market movement of 600,000,000 poods of grain from the villages, will be more than prospects for the coming harvest, a larger exportable grain surplus is ex- will make possible a considerable in- crease in the imports of machinery The plans of the Khleboproduct for the next fiscal year include an increase of its storage facilities and the con- struction of new modern plants for The present storage facilities have a total capacity of 68,000,000 poods. Beside this, the Khleboproduct has Another corn drier with a capacity*of 160,000 poods is now being completed. Work has be- gun on the construction of 10 new ern equipment, to These ele- vators will have # total capacity of In addition five new storage plants with mechanical equip- Ry of 320,000 poods a during the next seeds, the Khlebo- Page Five The Story of a Proletarian Life movement. By Bartolomeo Vanzetti story was written by Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who with Nicola Sacco, faces death by execu- ion as the result of one of the most criminal frame-ups in the history of the American labor It was written by Vanzetti in prison and tells in simple and moving terms the story of his life until the time when, due to his activity in the labor movement, he and Sacco were singled out as victims of the anti-labor reactionaries in the mill-owned state of Massachusetts. It. Work! Work! Work! LMOST by force I took my fellow- wanderer into town, where both of us secured work at the furnaces, one of the most exacting jobs I know. He did not stand the test. In two weeks he gave up the work. I re- mained there ten months. The work was indeed above my strength, but there were many joys after the day’s labor. We had quite a colony of na- tives from Piedmont, Tuscany and Venice, and the little colony became almost a family. In the evenings the sordidness of the day was forgotten. Someone would strike up a tune on the violin, the accordion or some other instrument. Some of us would dance —I, unfortunately, was never inclined towards this art and sat aside watch- ing. I have always watched and joyed in other folks’ happiness. There was considerable sickness in the little colony, I recall, with fevers attacking one after the other. Scarcely a day passed without someone's teeth beginning to chatter. From now on I was a little more fortunate. I went to Meriden, Con- necticut, where I worked in the stone Pits. Two years in the stone pits, doing the hardest unskilled labor; but I was living with an aged couple, both ‘Tuscans, and took a geat deal of joy in learning the beautiful Tuscan lan- guage. During the years in Springfield and in Meriden I learned a great deal be- sides the dialect of Tuscany. I learned to love and sympathize with those others who, like myself, were ready to accept any miserable wage in order to keep body and soul together. I learned that class-consciousness was not a phrase invented by propagan- dists, but was a real, vital force, and that those who felt its significance were no longer beasts of burden, but human beings. MADE friends everywhere, never by throwing myself at them, never consciously. Perhaps they who worked beside me tin the pits and at the fur- naces saw in my eyes the great pity I had for their lot, and the great dreams that were already in my imagination for a world where all of us would live a cleaner, less animal existence. My friends counseled me to get back to my profession as pastry cook. The unskilled worker, they insisted, was the lowest animal there was in the social system; I would have neither respect nor food if I remained such. So I went back to New York and quickly found employment as assist- ant pastry chef in Sovarin’s Restau- rant on Broadway. In six or eight months I was discharged. At the time I did not know why. I immediately got relocated in a hotel on Seventh avenue, in the theater district. In five months I was discharged from here, too. Then I learned the reason for these strange discharges. The chefs were at that time in league with the employment agencies and got a divvy on every man they placed. The more often they sacked men, the more often they could get new ones and their commission. HE countrymen with whom I was boarding begged me not to de- spair. “Stick to your trade,” they urged, “and so long as we have a house and bed and food to offer you, don't worry. And when you meed cash, don’t hesitate to tell us.” Great hearts among the masses, O ye Pharisees! VANZETTI DEFENSE BODY REPUDIATES ‘BOMBING’ CHARG (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Mass., June 9. — John Barry, in the name of the Sacco-Van- zetti defense committee, of which he is chairman, has issued a statements nailing the charge that friends of Sacco and Vanzetti were guilty of throwing the bomb which hit the house of a relative of one of the pros- ecution’s minor witnesses in the case. “The committee wishes emphati- cally to repudiate the accusation that newspapers say the police made inst friends of the Sacco-Vanzetti case in connection with this explosion. No one has any right to couple this explosion with the Sacco-Vanzetti case without offering evidence to sustain the charge. The effect of such accu- sations is to excite prejudice against the two defendants, who are in the shadow of the electric chair for a crime which this committee and mil- Hons of working men and friends of justice are convinced they had nothing to do with. The defense committee, from the beginning of its fight for jus- tice, has been faced with that attitude of mind which believes that any crime can be laid to the doors of “Italians’ and ‘radicals, Coolidge Speaks At Sesqui-Centennial Celebration July 5 F 10.—President WASHIN( GTON/ June Midge will address the Sesqui-Cen- at on July 6. . For five months I now trod the side- walks of New York, unable to get work at my trade, or even as a dish- washer. Finally I fell into an agency on Mulberry street, which looked for men to work with a pick and shovel. I offered myself and was accepted. | was conducted, together with a herd of other ragged men, to a barracks in the woods near Springfield, Massa, chusetts, where a railroad was in con- struction. Here I worked until I had repaid the debt of one hundred dol- lars I had contracted during idle months, and had saved a little bit be- sides. Then with a comrade I went to other barracks near Worcester. In this vicinity I stayed more than a year, working in several of the fac tories. Here I made many friends. whom I remember with the strongest emotion, with a love unaltered and unalterable. A few American workers were among these. From Worcester I transferred to Plymouth (that. was about seven years ago), which remained my home until the time I was arrested. I learned to look upon the place with a real affection, because as time went on it held more and more of the people dear to my heart, the folks I boarded with, the men who worked by my side, the women who later bought the wares I had to offer as a peddler. N passing, let me say how gratifying it is to realize that my compatriots in Plymouth reciprocate the love I feei for them. Not only have they sup- ported my defense—money is a slight thing after all—but they have ex- pressed to me directly and indirectly their faith in my innocence. Those who rallied around my good friends of the defense committee were not only workers, but businessmen who knew me; not only Italians, but Jews, Poles, Greeks and Americans, Well, I worked in the Stone estab- hment for more than a year, and then for the Cordage Company for about eighteen months. My active participation in the Plymouth cordage strike made it certain that I could never get-a-job there. As a matter of fact, because of my more frequent appearance on the speaker's platform. in. working class groups of every kind, it became increasingly dif- ficult to get; work anywhere. So far as certain factories were concerned I was definitely “blacklisted.” Yet, every one of my many employers could testify that:I-was an industrious, de- pendable workman, that my chief fault was in trying so hard to bring a little light of understanding into the dark lives of my fellow-workers. For some time I did manual work of the hard- est kind in the construction under- takings of Sampson & Douland, for the city. I can almost say that I have participated in all the principal public works in Plymouth. Almost any Ital- ian in the town or any of my foremen of my various jobs can attest to my industry and modesty of life during this period. 1! was deeply interested by this time in the things of the in- tellect, in the great hope that ani- mates me even here in the dark cell of a prison while I await death for a crime I did not commit. My health was not good. The years of toil and the more terrible periods of unemployment had robbed me of much of my original vitality. I was casting about for some salutary means of eking out my livelihood. About eight months before my arrest a friend of mine who was planning to return to the home country said to INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ AID TO CONDUCT A TAG DAY FOR BRITISH MINERS In response to the cabl nt by A. J. Cook, secretary of the British Miners’ Union, to the International Workers’ Aid, in which he pleads for help to save the striking miners and their families from stravation, the 1, W. A,, Local Chicago, will conduct a Tag Day on Saturday, June 19th, to raise funds immedi- ately. To assure success for this under- taking, a great number of workers are needed, All who read this are urged to volunteer. Send in names and addresses to Jack Bradon, Room 803, 1553 West Madison, local secretary, I. W. A. | Canton Government Backs International Anti-Imperialist Meet CANTON, June 10.—The Berlin sec- retariat of the League Against Cruel- ties and Oppression in the Colonies, in Berlin, received in reply to its invi- tation the following wire of the Can- ton national government executive: “League against Cruelties and Op- ion in the Colonies, Berlin: “We endorse your program. Feel relief and prote: ction needed every- Please give particulars from movement for protection of oppressed nations... Executive Committee of the National Government.” yn In a second wire the Canton govern- menf nominated a permanent delegate as its representative at the confer ence, me: “Why don’t you buy my cart, my knives, my scales, and go selling fish instead of remaining under the yoke of the bosses?” I grasped the oppor- tunity so became a fish-vender, out of love for independence. A that time, 1919, the desire to see once more my dear ones at home, the nostalgia for my native land had entered my hear father, who never wro hout inviting nd me home n ever, and my good joined in his pleas. Business none too fat, but I worked lik beast of burden, with- out halt or s lay er day. December 24, th y before Christ- mas, was the E sold fish that year. A brisk day of business I had, since all Italians’ buy eels that day for the Christmas Eve feasts. Readers may recall that it was a bitter-cold Christmas, and the harsh weather did not let up after the holidays; and pushing a cart along is not warming work, I went for a short period to more vigorous, even if no less freez- ing work. I got a job a few days after Christmas cutting ice for Mr. Peter- seni. One day, when he hadn’t work enough to go round, I shoveled coal for the Electric House. When the ice job was finished I got employment with Mr. Howland, ditch-digging, until a snow storm made me a man of leisure again. Not for longer than a few hours. I hired myself out of the town, cleaning the streets of the snow, and this work done, I helped clean the snow from the railroad tracks. Then I was taken in again by the Sampson Construction people, who were laying a@ water main for the Puritan Woolen Company. I stayed on the job until it was finished. GAIN I found no job. The railroad strike difficulties had cut off the cement supply, so that there was no more construction work going on. I went back to my fish-selling, when T could get fish, because the supply of that also was limited. When I could get none I dug for clams, but the profit was lilliputian, the expenses being so high that they left no margin. In April I reached an agreement with a fisherman for a partnership. It never materialized, because on May 5, while lL was preparing a mass meeting to protest against the death of Salsedo at the hands of the department of jus- tice, I was arrested. My good friend and comrade, Nicola Sacco, was with me. “Another deportation case,” we said to one another. But it Wasn't. The horrible charges of which the whole world now knows were brought against us. I was ac- cused of a crime in Bridgewater, con- victed after eleven days of the most farcical trial I have ever witnessed, and sentenced to fifteen years impri- onment. Judge Webster Thayer, the same man who later presided at the murder trial, imposed the sentence. There was not a vibration of sym- pathy in his tone when he did so. I wondered as I listened to him, why he hated me so. Is not a judge supposed to be impartial? But now I think I know—I must have looked like a strange animal to him, being a plain worker, an alien, and a radical to boot. And why was it that all my witnesses, simple people who were anxious to tell the simple truth, were laughed at and disregarded? No credence was given their words because they, too, were merely aliens. .. . The testi- mony of human beings is acceptable, but aliens ... pooh! MINE OWNERS FAIL 10 GET SECRET MEET Hoped to Break Smith Away from Cook (Specia! to The Daily Worker) LONDON, June 9.—Attempts of the mine owners to get Herbert Smith, president of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain, into a secret meeting tary, being present failed today. The officials agreed that no back- room conversations would assist the settlement of the strike, but that both with the owners if they came into thé open and official meeting of both sides, Smith's statement declares that the miners positively would not consider any wage cuts or more hours until the coal commission’s report had been made to mean something. He stated that reorganization of the industry would make reductions unnecessary, Washington Protest Meeting Successful WASHINGTON, D. C., June 9.—Over two hundred persons gathered here today at a protest meeting for Sacco and Vanzetti arranged by Interna- tional Labor Defense. Robert W. Dunn and John §. Hornback, local radical at- torney, spoke for the defense, saying sary to the supreme court of Smith and Cook were ready to talk * without A. J. Cook, the miners’ secre- . that the case would be taken, if neces: _