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oa nfeiw@dedD., The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill, No. : 8 Woe Sy WY Te Ap a to. lu %: s bm’. MINE STRIKE ty ~f 0: | Pi * n* *¢ {RELIEF ASKED © BY AF. OF L. Asks Affiliates to Rush Donations (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON. July 11.—Text of the appeal issued to all local unions and national and international labor organizations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, for funds to sustain the families of the striking British miners, is announced by the executive council! of the A. F. of L. as follows: “In response to an official appeal issued by the officers of the Min- ers’ Federation of Great Britain, asking for aid for the families of the striking miners of Great Brit- ain, the executive council of the A.¥. of L. decided to call upon the officers and menibers of all organ- izations affiliated with the A. F, of L, for voluntary contributions to be used for the purpose of relieving distress, hunger and suffering among the families of the miners who have been on strike in Great Britain for many weeks, Cites Distress of Strikers. “The condition of the miners and their families is deplorable. Women and children are without any ade- quate supply of food and clothing. There is great need for help. “The action of the executive council in deciding to appeal for tunds was prompted by sentiments of humanity. “It found from an examination and consideration of all the facts that a most extraordinary, distress- ing conditions prevails in the min- ing sections of Great Britain. ‘The money. which will Te- _tesponse—te—this~ 7 will be used exclusively for the pur- pose of supplying food. clothing and the necessaries of life to the min- ers’ families who are suffering be- cause of the long-continued strike. “We appeal to you to respond quickly and generously to this call for help. Let us help our fellow- workers who are. resisting a sub- stantial reduction in their living Standards. The cry of the women and children must appeal to our generous sentiments. They need help and need it now.” The council asks that all contribu- ions be sent to Frank Morrison, sec- vetary, A. F. of L. Bldg., Washington, D.C, 99,000 WORKERS MOIN HERE FOR PASSAIC RELIEF sig Conference to Help . * Win Strike (News wer. c of Chicago Conference for Relief of Passaic Strikers.) | Over 80,000 workers were represent- * tlh’ the Chicago conference for the .. Pfof the Passaic textile strikers, held in Machinists’ Hall, 113 South Ashland Boulevard ‘3 Determination to Win Strike, { Delegate after delegate represent- ing some of the largest unions in the city showed, that their organizations had in mauy cases-donated large sums to the strikers and would continue 4o | do so until the strike was won. 4 Brother John Werlik, representing the Chicago Metal Trades Council at the conference, acted as chairman, Field Organizer Rebecca Grecht of the General Relief Committee -de-, sertbed the fighting attitude of thé strikers and the brutality of the police and Passaic authorities. Relief Work, She pointed out that at present the relief committee had four food sta- tions, one relief kitchen for the chil- dren, one clothing store, a medical de- partment and a summer camp for the children. 63 Organizations Present, . Ninety-three delegates, representing sixty-three organizations, oredentials, Twenty-four local unions, three central labor bodies, and 36 fraternal and other working class or- ganizations were represented, Powerful Unions, Among the unions represented were the United Hebrew Trades with a membership of 36,000; the Metal ‘Trades Council, 26,000 members; the (Gonunued on page 2) 154, Subscription Rates: “AVA Entered at Second-class matter September 21, In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by’ mail, $6.00 per year. enna. TUESDAY, SES. | AE Se 1928, at ‘the Post Office at Chicago, Llinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. JULY 13, 1926 L BLAST KILLS SLU Publish <B>” ER. 1 Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY Scabs Get Fed Before Going to Their Dirty Tasks , Here is a close-up of the type of men who are being used to try to break the brave struggle of the striking motormen and switchmen of the I. R. T. Many of them are thugs and gunmen imported from Chicago. J. S. Doyle (1) |. R. T. Assistant General Manager; A, E. Merritt (2). Superintendent of Transportation and Phillip Cusack (3) Assistant Superintendent, are watching the gangsters being. fed before being ee 2 A. J. COOK CABLES THANKS TO INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ A, J. Cook, secretary of the British, Miners’ Federation, addressed the following cablegram of thanks just received by F. G. Biedenkapp, secretary of the International Workers’ Aid, which has been raising funds for the relief of the striking miners of Great Britain: International Workers’ Aid, 1553 W. Madison St., Chicago, Ill, On behalf of the British miners hearty thanks. International Workers’ Aid collecting money. great istance. This action unites workers in their op- ~ position against Great Capitalist” ctrensivé. “A” British ~ miners’ defeat will be followed by defeat of workers in every country. Therefore the miners of Britain must not be defeated. We appeal for further assist- ance, Trouble has reached acute state against united forces of British government and capitalists. Children suffer most under trouble. International Workers’ Aid has been most helpful. We are using your funds to feed our children. They send you everlasting thanks. Our victory will be victory for all workers of the world.—A. J. COOK, Secretary, British Miners’ Federation. BRITISH MINE UNION OFFICIALS THANK RUSS UNIONS FOR AID; SOVIET MINERS SEND $185,000 By JOHN PEPPER. (Special Cablegram to The DAILY WORKER.) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., July 11.—Secretary Dogadov of the Central Council of Labor Unions of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics has received a cablegram from Smith, Richards, Richardson and Cook of the British Miners’ Federation, repeating the expressions of gratitude of the British miners to the trade unions of the Soviet Union for the help that has been extended, and appealing for further assistance to be given as soon as possible, as the government and the mine owners are¢——————______—_—___—_ striving to starve the miners into A. J. Cook tacks of the capitalists and tHe bour- “ap [BG GARMENT WALKOUT IN SOLID FRONT (Special-to ‘he Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, July 11. —Both sides in the garment strike are dig- ging in for a song struggle. With 40,000 memberso of the International Ladies’ Garment Wrkers’ the 1,600 shops of New York are tied up except in rare instances where the bosses try to evade the mass picket- jing. The union.fas raised a million | doliars strike fund, according to re- | ports. | The necessity for the union to force | responsibility upon the jobbers for the conditions and wages given -by the sub- j manufacturers is seen in the fact that only 25 per cent of the production is made in the so-called “inside” shops, the rest being handled by. small manu- facturers to which the jobbers “farm out” the bundles and which the union often cannot reach avith its control. The manufacturers ‘are taking an uncompromising stand, refusing to ne- gotiate with the union on its strike demands, demanding that the union surrender to the proposals of the gov- ernor’s commission, which ignored the vital demands of the union. The union demands and is fighting Union out, | { DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RUSHES CONCILIATOR TO TRACTION STRIKE |. (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, July 11. — The department of labor today ordered John R. Moffett, a commissioner of conciliation, to proceed to New York to investigate the strike of subway employes now in progress there. He replaces.conciliator Thomas J..Wil- . liams, who was ‘unable to leave Chi- cago, department officials said. NOTED GERMANS CABLE PROTEST TO GOV. FULLER Maximilian Harden and Prof. Einstein Sign (Special to The Daily Worker) 1 BERLIN, July 11, — Following the prot against the execution of the death sentence upon Sacco and Van- zetti sent to Governor Fuller of Mass- | policy toward submission. Dogadov has cabled to the General Council ofthe British Trade Union Congress, stating that the labor un- fons of the Soviet Union are perplex- ed by the vagueness of the reply con- cerning the immediate convocation of the -Angio-Ryssian. committee for world trade union unity. “The lead- ers’ of the Amsterdam. International, w considerable part of the trade un- ions of England and international fed- erations of unions are conducting a/ sometimes treacherous the. striking British miners. ‘The absence of sufficient aid to thé miners, the pressure of the government; the mineowners and the whole bourgeoisie, may ‘lead to the destruction of the» British minors’ strike. aed “The acceleration of the decision of he General Council concerning the convocation ofthe Anglo-Russian com- mittee Is a pressing necessity both in the matter of struggle for real ginity of the world’s tradé union movement and in the matter of a successful struggle of the British miners. In- formation received tnru— representa- ves of the Miners’ Union of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics has exactly provetl that the sugges- tion to convoke the Anglo-Russian committee is shard by the British miners. ‘ Pad “The Central Council of the Trade Unions of the Union of Socialist So- viet Republics declares with full con- vietion that the matter of assistance to the British miners is a duty of the whole international working class, in the ranks of which the workers of the Union of Socialist. Soviet Republics will do everything possible to detend proletarian interests from the at- passive and for a control of the work, a forty-hour five-day week, a guarantee of 36 weeks work per year and other demands. CHICAGO LABOR RADIO STATION GETS PERMIT To Be on Air ina Week’s Time geois government which _ protects them.” The Central’ Cougcil of the Labor Unions of the U. 8. 8. R. today remit- ted to the British Miners’ Federation 370,000 roubles ($185,000) on account from the collections made among the workers of the Soviet ‘Union. Briand Backs Up and Soldiers Demonstrate (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, July 11-~The government at the eleventh hour has been forced to retreat on two fronts. It has lifted its ban against the parade of ex-sol- diers, led by the mutilated veterans, who are to stage a demonstration to- day against the terms of the U. S.- French debt agreement. It has, how- ever, tried to limit the ex-soldiérs to silence while demonstrating. Similar protests are being held in all French cities, U. S. ambassador Herrick had asked they all be prohibited as an “insult to the United States.” In the chamber of deputies, Cail- laux, finance minister and real boss of the Briand cabinet, had to retreat before a heavy opposition vote which left him such small margin that he has modified the demands he will make for’ dictatorial powers in the chamber next Friday. The Chicago Federation of Labor station will be on the air inside of a week, declared L, J. Lesh, the Federa- tion’s radio engineer, after he had re- colved an official communication from the department of commerce stating that the wave of 491.5 was assigned to the Chicago Federation of Labor casting station, The department of commerce also declared that if the call letters WCFL were not already @n use the Chicago Federation of Labor broadcasting sta- tion would be granted those call let- ters, The wave length assigned to the la- bor radio station is similar to that of station W. EB. A, F., owned by. the American Telegraph and Telephone company, . It is expected that by the next meet- ing of the federation the station will be ready to go on the air, The sta- tion is located on the Municipal Pier, Maid Sats GIDL - 13 Hurt In Oil Blast, CHARLESTON, W. Va., July 11.— Twelve persons were injured, some perhaps fatally, when a, ratlway oil tank exploded on a@ siding here today. The car contained oil consigned to the Your nefghbor will appreciate Vivitar Gevoline Co, The tujured were | ihe favor-—give lim this copy of Mushed to hospitals, piel te DAILY WORKSR, » 7 wath we f y . , PECT A RESUMPTION achusetts by practically all leaders of the German trade union movement and the labor members of the Reich- stag headed by Paul Loeb, the presi- dent of that body, another cable has been dispatched to the New England executive over the names of some of the republic’s foremost publicists, di- plomats, scientists and artists. Former Ambassador Count von Bernstorff heads the’ list \ which in- cludes Maximilian’’Harden, the fa- mous publicist and Prof. Einstein th great mathematician, ~ ? The telegram of protest reads: WE JOIN THE PROTEST AGAINST THE SENTENCE AND THREATENING EXECUTION OF SACCO AND VANZETTI. WE EX- iF THE DEFENSE HAS PROCURED NEW PROOFS OF INNOCENCE AND RELEASE OF ACCUSED, The signatures are as follows: Count von Bernstorff, former am-_ bassador to the U. S.; Maximilian Harden, publicist; Rudolph Breite- scheid, M,. P.; Prof, Dr, Max von Schillings, director of the state opera, Berlin; Max Liebermann, president of the Prussian Academy of Arts; Siegfried Jacoby, secretary, Prof. Einstein; Erwin Kisch, pub- licist; Or. Artur Holischer, pub- licist; Princess Mathilde Lichnowski publicii Prof. Heinrich Zille, paint- er; rod, publicist; Sanitary Council Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld; Karin Michaelis, publicist; Gustav Richelt, president of the Interna- tional Actor's Society, Country Aroused. This list of notable added to those who have already sent their protests indicates. the extent’ to which the Sacco-Vanzetti trial has aroused pub- lic sentiment in addition to the high feeling running thru the entire labor movement against the bald frame-up ‘Mf the twéMtalian workers in the Bay tale ‘ conducted under police guard to their traitorous duties. REAL UNIGN IS BEING FORGED IN NY. FIGHT Subway Strikers Show Unbounded Spirit (Special to The Daily Worker) By H. M. WICKS. NEW YORK CITY, July 11. — The Spontaneous strike of motormen and switchmen of the Interborough sub- way lines that is gradually extending M CHILDREN we NEW YORK EDITION WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il, Price 3 Cents SCORES DEAD ~ IN MUNITIONS EXPLOSION Hundreds. Flee While Shells Fill Sky (Special to The Daily Worker) DOVER, N. J., July 11. — Eight years after the world war and while the United States was supposedly court- ing peace with its Imperialist rivals, militarism invaded the peaceful coun- tryside of New Jersey and took a toll of at least 100 lives, hundreds suffer- ing of wounds, several small villages blown to pieces and the landscape for miles around a scene of death and desolation as thousands of tons of explosives and tens of thousands of T. N. T. and other high power shells exploded In a fire started at the U. S. naval and army arsenals and ammuni- tion depots near here. Children of the Poor Under Fire. There are several summer camps for poor children from the New York slums in the neighborhood, and noth- ing yet has been heard from the double victims of American militart capitali: The my arsenal is still afire and explosions are continuing at this w ing. Rescue parties cannot get with- in even two miles of the naval arsenal yet. Communication is cut off with some of the little towns. Hundreds Flee. of ism. Hundreds refu are fleeing thru the roads and fields, men, women and children driven from their ruined humble homes, going they know not where, but driven onward like a popu- lation. in flight before the destroying armies of an invader, as tremendous explosions shake the country for %hir- ty miles aroand and the sky is Mled with smoke, falling shells, debris, and hung with flames. No one yet can tell the number of lives lost. Families are separated, none knowing whom among their loved ones have perished or may be to the elevated lines of the company is -now assuming denfilte organiza- tional forms, Called hastily by a newly created union composed of men that split away from the frauduient Hediley- Connolly union, that was a mere tool of the traction magnates to keep the workers in subjection there was M0 | aoe in New York. saying preliminary organizational work, The first days of tue strike showea gains simply because of the almost unbounded enthusiasm and fighting spirit of the strikers. The increase in numbers was due more to the general upheaval caused by the walk-out of the “key-men” in the system, than by conscious organi- zation on the part of the leadership of the strike. But today definite or- ganizational steps are being taken. Committees are being formed and the methodical work of extending the strike is proceeding. among the scores of wounded pouring into Paterson, Morristown and ad- joining cities, seeking aid at hospi- tals filled to overflowing. From Lightning. The first official word from the scene was from a pharmacist’s mate sent to the third naval district of- val am- munition depot at Dover struck by lightning at 5 p. m Apparently twenty people are saved.” The lightning struck one of five powder magazines, each contajning 2,000 tons of powder. The second ex- plosion five minutes later set off fur- ther explosions; spreading the fire and ginning a continuous bombardment shells, projectiles and debris, Guessed Explosion Wouldn't Spread, The telephone exchange at Butler, thirty miles away, reports that that city is under a rain of debris and pro- Still Gains Power. jectiles. Pompton Lakes, also thitty Despite the columns of lies printed | miles off, reports houses rocked off in the capitalist press the strike is |foufidations, and falling projectiles, still gaining in numbers and its effect is felt more keenly today than any day since the opening of the fight. Four companies of the eleventh in- fantry are being rushed from Fort Jay in New York harbor. Naval and People who trust to the subway to | army officials claim they lack informa- transport them to their work, are jtion of the extent of the damage. hours late and many fares that are|These authorities had always conjec- paid are wasted because after enter- tured that an explosion of some mage- ing the subway and sweltering for zines would not set off the others, hours they are forced to leave at the first opportunity and means of travel. Yesterday there were a total of 862,- $28 fares paid as compared with 1,952,172 on the corresponding day last year. This is a loss of 1,089,344. The leaders of the strike are jubi- lant over the number of “L" workers that are daily joining the ranks and Harry Bark, one of the organizers of the strikers, declared that there would be no compromise on the demands of the strikers. “We are going to stay out until we get our $1 an hour,” he Instead, it spread even to the army Seek other | arsenal half a mile away. Seven hun- dred workmen at the arsenal live in neatby villages. Spanish Dictator to Get Hot Reception by the Workers of Paris PARIS, July 11, — Primo de Rivera, dictator of Spain, is coming to Paris to attend the ceremonies of the an- niversary of the fall of the Bastile, said. “You can see how strong we are | July 14, by the way the men stick.” Prohibit Subway Travel. The trip of De Rivera is aimed to get French support for Spain’s de- The International Ladies’ Garment | mands in Africa, as King Alfonso's Workers’ strikers, 40,000 strong, have trip to England has the same idea, to unanimously gone on record to fine | et a trade from the league of nations, any member of their union $5 who | Spain relinquishing her demand for a rides on the struck subways during | permanent seat in the league council the period of the strike, Otner untons |for being given Tangier, now interna- (Continued on page 2) FOUR PAGES TODAY Delay in the receipt of a ship- ment of paper makes it necessary for The DAILY WORKER to ap- pear with a four page edition, and therefore to leave out mich im- portant material already in type for our Monday issue. tional territory, Posters On Paris Walls. The workers of Paris have put post- ers on the Paris walls, excoriating De Rivera for his persecution of labor organizations in Spain, Police fear an attack on De Rivegg. Labor organ- izations have instructed thelr mem- bers to line the sidewalks and voice demands for the release of hundreds of workers imprisoned by the Spanish dictator, ier een

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