The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 21, 1926, Page 1

a | The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmer’ Government Vol. Il. N: By THOMAS J, O'FLAHERTY EVERAL American missionaries are under siege at Sakfa, Shesi pro- vince, China. Fears are expressed for their lives. Now is the time for those divine agents to show their stuff. They have made a fat living owing to their alleged pull with the almighty, but it seems that when they get into trouble their god is completely forgot- ten, When the pope gets sick he calls in the best available physician and tho Mrs. Baker Eddy was the leading ex- ponent of the theory that illness or death existed not, it is reported that she had no objection to the ministra- tions of a physician when her physical machinery went out of gear. eee THE next time you hear a funda- mentalist threaten to consign all sinners to hell, put on your bullet- proof vest or flee, if you are a sinner. The fundamentalists are getting mili- tant, and they are quick on the draw. Why not? If they are justified in their contention that all those who do not agree, that the male of the species is minus a rib because of the scarcity of mud when the deity finished the job of creating the first man, are a menace to society, it seems to me that they are justified in resorting to vio- lence, oie HE Rev, J. Frank Norris of Fort Worth, Texas, is the winner of enviable notoriety in religious circles, because of the ferocity he exhibited in his threats against all those who differ with him on the religious ques- tion. He adopted Billy Sunday’s vo- cabulary and got a good press in New York when he delivered a sermon in which he said that he would give the evolutionists hell from the first word to benediction. He also aided William Jennings Bryan in that worthy’s fight against Scopes in the famous Dayton trig]. His latest bid for fame is the murder of a D. E. Chipps, a lumber- man who expostulated with the clergy- man over the latter's attacks on the mayor, Norris whipped out his re volver and packed the lumberman off to eternity. «ee published a story recently about a miner employed by the Beth- lehem Steel Corporation, who loaded over 500 tons of coal in 12 days. This Was so much’more than the yearly average loading for European miners that we slapped it in with the rest of our jokes in the “Staff Column.” The average loading, even in the United States, is only something over 700 tons. Now come two New York brick- layers and lay 10,000 rough bricks in a sixteen-inch wall in seven hours. It took four men to keep the two pace- makers in bricks and mortar. The names of those two should pe re- corded. They are Samuel Faticato and Tony lannello. eee HIS is an afterthought. It oc- curred to us that we dropped the Rev. Norris without doing him full justice, and fortunately at the same moment a clipping giving some quo- tations from James J. Davis’s sermon on the beauties of old-fashioned reli- gion hit our eye. Surely even the most enthusiastic fan for a treat-’em- rough gospel cannot ask for more in the way of results than the accom- plishment of the noted fundamental- ist. There is nothing too old-fash- joned for a fundamentalist. A few words of appreciation from our secre- tary of labor would no doubt be ap- preciated by the gallant divine before he goes thru the formality of a trial, 8 * ee to a story bearing a Cairo date line, published in last Sunday's Tribune, things are going from bad to worse with the interests of the British empire in Africa, The writer seems to get quite a kick out of recounting the agonies of British imperialism from Cairo to Cape Town. Not only are the Egyptians ready to conter the royal order of the boot on British rule but practically every bit of imperial real estate in Africa is seething with discontent and Premier Hertzog of South Africa, the bible- pounding Duteh-African, is prepared to find something in the good book that will justify broaking with British rule. Needless to say, such news is not displeasing to us, tho capitalist reporters are inclined to exaggerate, usually, however, in favor of the im- perialis' MOTHERS, WIVES AND DAUGHTERS OF WEST VIRGINIA MINERS LEAD PICKET PARADE IN SCOTT’S RUN By ART SHIELDS, Federated Press. MORGANTOWN, W. Va, July 19.—All Scott's Run was streaming up the valley. It was the day of the big parade on the tenth day of the strike. The population of the coal valley was out for a festival, sang the girls, The miners’ daughters were the darlings of the day and they caught the eye as well as the ear, Some sweet sixteens wore long trousers,¢——————__ and one of the prettiest a white sailor (any, “Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All He: cap with the challenging motto: “Nothing Doing. The mothers were there: South Slav women, Stalians, Russians, Hungari- oo Zooay Boo AMISSIONER mothers of coal diggers, It was their THE In Chicago, by Outside Chicago, ‘on Rates: ASSISTS I. R. T. COMPANY UNION Consolidated Appeals to N. Y. Unions (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, July 19. — The New York Transit Commission, supposedly an “impartial” government institution, { through its spokeman Herman A. Metz, has come out frankly in support ! of the company union of the Inter- borough Rapid Transit company and has tried to break the strike of the real labor union, the Consolidated Railroad Union, by calling the strike leaders into conference only to brow- beat them, or attempt to, into going back to the company union and to work without their demands being considered, let alone granted. Strikers Reject Company Union. Strike leaders Edward Lavin, Harry Bark and Joseph Phelan, stood firmly for the demands of the Consolidated, however, and following the confer- ence stated: “We are willing to call a mass meet- ing of the men, and by their votes show that they stand solidly as re- gards recognition of the real union. We are willing to take a public vote. We are willing to make it a public meeting so that everyone can know what our stand is and form opinions accordingly. But there can be no set- tlement unless the new union is re- cognized.” Wheedles and Threatens Metz, the alleged “impartial” com- missioner of the government, called the strike leaders to his home, fur- nishing automobiles to bring them. Once there, he launched into a long argument in behalf of the company union, and when the strikers told him that the company union was hated by all traction workers, as the referendum of 9,000 on the question had returned only “200 votes for the company union as against a real la bor union, and when the strikers stated that their demands including a recognition of the Consolidated un- ion were final, Metz replied that they “would get nowhere” and advocated that the company union is “the best form of co-operative bargaining.” Evades Fair Offer. When James F, Walsh of the strik- ers proposed that representatives of the company and of the strikers meet in open debate at a mass meeting of | the employes, with a vote of these employes deciding the issue for or against the company union, Metz eva- ded the proposal by saying that what was wanted was “action, not debates.” Metz even tried to trap the strikers into supporting the company’s demand to the Transit Commission for higher fares, by saying that the Interborough was “poor” and asking which they favored, an increase of fares or a | rémission of taxes. The union men responded “neither” to both these pro- posals. In short Mr. Metz appeared as counsel for the Interborough. Company Not “Bankrupt.” At a meeting of the strikers later Norman Thomas congratulated the men on standing by their union and urged them to continue to do so, He also ridiculed as did the men, Metz’ company union argument that the company is “bankrupt.” In an appeal to the organized labor of Greater New York, the strikers make the folowing statements: Appeal to N. Y. Unionists. “We had no previous organization except the company union, therefore we were without resources with which to fight. But we know that the long established labor unions in New York want to see this a good union town. Entered at Second- mail, $8.00 per year, » by mail, $6.00 per year, ALL-UNION COMMUNIST PARTY PREPARES FOR ANNIVERSARY ON SEPT, 1 Above is |. Stalin, secretary of the All-Union Communist Party (formerly Russian Communist party), which is getting ready for a memorable celebration of the 23rd anniversary of thé birth of the revo- lutionary party founded by Lenin. GARMENT BOSSES OF N.Y. CANNOT FARM OUT WORK Qurck-Teen | Shops Hit for Doing N. Y. Work BULLETIN. NEW YORK, July 19—Between 300 and 400 of the 40,000 striking garment workers were arrested today during a demonstration. The strikers, who were forming for a parade, were charged by police operating from a fleet of patrol wagons. Many of the pris: oners were women. e . * (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, July 19.—Efforts of manufacturers and jobbers in the cloak industry to escape the 100 per cent tie-up in New York City, as a re- sult of the strike of 40,000 cloak- makers, by getting work done out of town have failed signally, according to | Jacob Halpern, chairman of the Out of Town Committee, working in conjunc- tion with the General Strike Commit- tee of which Louis Hyman is chair- man, “Not more than 100 people are work- ing on cloaks out of town,” Mr. Hal- pern declared. “When you consider that normally over 2,000 men and women, mostly Americans, are em- | ployed outside New York on these gar- ments, you can measure the success of our efforts. This week, for example, we stopped 35 shops when they had hardly started up. Our pickets work with the same vigor and thoroughness that has marked the strike in Greater New York.” Offices had been created at Free- hold, N. J., and at Port Jervis, New burgh and Poughkeepsie to make the efforts of out of town picketing even more effective. Yesterday two shops were stopped in Stamford, Conn., one in Camden, N. J. and another in Bridgeport. A committee of 100 strik- ers has been formed in Baltimore to prevent the farming of work from New York. Next Wednesday, Morris Sigman, president of the I. L. G. W. U., and Mr. Halpern will address a meeting of the strikers in Baltimore You want to.see the workers in all industries organized, especially on the traction systems. “We need your aid in this fight. We want your moral support. We want you to refuse to ride the |. R. T. lines while we are out. We also need financial support to enable us to put up an effective fight against this powerful corporation. Adopt resolutions and send contributions to—Consolidated Rallroad Workers’ Union, 155th Street and Eighth Ave. New York City. Negro and white Americans, strike, too, and their parade, and they (Continued on page 2) at Beth Sholom Hall. Another huge picketing demonstra- tion is taking place today (Monday) in the Garment Center in which at least 20,000 strikers of Greater New York participate. The strikers are marching thru the entire district with Louis Hyman, chairman of the Gen- eral Striké Committee, and Morris Sigman, president of the International, at the head. Arsenal Explosion in Roumania Emulates Blast at Lake Denmark (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, July 19.—Many have been killed and great devastation has been worked over a wide area by an ex- plosion of the Barlad ammunition de- pot, according to a Central News dis- patch from Bucharest. The ammunition depot has been ob- Mterated and the effects of the great explosion, hag resulted in heavy dam- age for many miles. Railroads in the vicinity, » have been forced to suspend operation, due to the damage to the line: bat Th population of the affected area -class matter September 2, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1926 1s, Are The. “ptriking employes Transit fight ag: appeal ¢ labor movement Post Office at Chicago, 1 illinois, under the Act of March 3, <<” 187%. Courts to Outlaw the ‘Trade Unions? of the Interborough Rapid pany of New York, who are making a splendid the company union, have issued the following of America, an appeal which should find an immediate response from every section of the trade union movement and It follows: * every union man and woman. A ‘CHALLENGE TO ORGANIZED LABOR. The application for an injunction made by the Interborough Rapid Transit Co, its attorney, against the attempt of the striking employes to form a unioh, has assumed the proportions of a challenge to the entire organized labor: movement of America. “that those on Ktrike be enjoined and restrained perpetually . ‘What the Interborough demands is from advising, inducing or persuading its employes or any of them from becoming members of any union or association of railroad employes other than the Brotherhood: ofthe Interborough Rapid Transit Company Employes.” (Com- pany Union: ‘ ¥ | Pledge a fight The Interb rough furthermore demands that the court “enjoin and re- strain’ pei the strikers . . , from holding or causing to be held meetings of | ‘employes for the purpose of persuading its employes to join any organ! upon the Ini notices, hand ployes of the picketing.” It any and all ; them,” a What d of New York crush @ company 4 ing labor it means unione, to b stopped The this mean? ism. If this attempt attempts to organize jof employes other than the Brotherhood or to make demands rough for increased wage: jor other written or printed communications among the em- terborough, advising or urging them to join any union other than the Brotherhood or advising or urging them to strike . . . from circulating letters from ins the leaders of the strike, the strikers themselves “and ms acting in aid of, in concert with, or in combination with Never in the history of the labor movement tate has such a bald and infamous attempt been made to ate trade union and substitute in its place the serpent of succeeds It means that every exist- will be met with a similar attempt when It goes on strike; the workers and bring them into meetings for that purpose, to even talk unionism, will be threat of imprisonment for contempt of court. under which this attempt is being made is to have judicial approval and ‘tacredness of “yellow dog” contracts and company unions; the spear is poleed for a thrust at the heart of labor. ized labor to 1 We shall con advisers. to work yam ~ me tions do not prevent accidents. take a referendum of the men, and this and working conditions. ly with us on this issue, because of its viciousness. the utmost of our ability against this dastardly attempt. with and seek the support of prominent, public-spirited legal ‘ttempt at intimidating the pores and driving them back This application for writ of injunction is of more vital concern to labor already organined than even the strikers themselves, We call upon organ- We Injunctions will not rum trains. Jailers’ keys may open the doors of jails to us, but they cannot be used as control-handles to run the trains. Injune- This: injunction springs from the fear of the company of the inevitable extension of the'strike to all departments of all lines. They have refused to is the answer to the referendum which has been taken in spite of them, and which shows overwhelming and almost unanimous sentiment in favor of immediate improvement in wages, hours All organized labor will come to the support of the striking traction work- ers and defeat this blow at organized labor, BANKERS RUSH TO FRANCE T0 TAKE CONTROL Morgan Says. He Goes “To Shoot Grouse” WASHINGTON, D. C., July 19.—It is an open secret among official cir- cles here, that the formulation of a “Dawes Plan” for France is the cause of the most prominent Ameri- can bankers rushing to Europe on the steamer Majestic which sailed Saturday. Among others on the boat, were J. Pierpont Morgan and his banking partner, Charles Steele. In the same row of cabins is Andrew Mellon, sec- retary of the /U. S. treasury. The boat is sailing: for Cherbourg and Southampton. Secretary Mellon said he merely going for a leisurely tour thru France and Switzerland, and would visit his daughter in Rome. So Mussoloni ‘may expect a visit as well as the French bankers, J. P. Morgan ‘told a large group of unbelieving reporters that he is go- ing to shoot grouse—a part of the time. What other game he is after he would not) disclose. The grouse await him in Séotland. He is sailing for France, Borno Jails Seven More Editors After Visit to Coolidge WASHINGTON, July 19. — Louis Borno, puppet president of Haiti set up and maintained in power by Amer- ican armed forces, has jailed seven more editors on returning from his visit to President Coolidge. Informa: | tion to this effect has been sent by the patriotic corganizationg in the former Negro pepublic during Borno's trip. Borno charges these men with having incited ithe hostile demonstra- tions which marked his departure was is evagnating. Casualties were chiefly among soxjiers on duty at the depot. from Port au ‘Prince, his arrival inj New York and his return home, 4 SPAIN DEMANDS TANGIER OR IT LEAVES LEAGUE Alfonso Objects to Divi- sion of Loot (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, July 19.—The king of Spain in an interview here has given plain notice that Spain is going to with- draw from the League of Nations— unless given Tangier, the portion of Africa which Spanish imperialism has set its heart upon. “I have been, and I am still, a warm advocate of the league of na- tion,” declared King Alfonso. League of (Limited) Nations. “But it seems to me that it is just as dangerous to make up that assem- bly of former beiligerents as to limit its organization to former allies. “It seems to me it would have been much better to have admitted Ger- many immediately in the very begin- ning. League “Leaves Spain.” “Pardon. We have -had to sig certain article in which it says tha’ temporary members of the council, after a certain length of service, can- not be reelected. We aren't taking leave; they are saying good-by to us. You may take it as certain that unless the state of mind is modified, and if we don’t obtain the legitimate satisfaction which is due to Spain's past as well as her present, we will be compelled as a matter of dignity not show the same amount of in-|. terest in the league. Chicago Federation’s Broadcasting Station on Air This Afternoon The broadcasting station owned by the Chicago Federation of Labor will be on the air between 5 and 6 o'clock Tuesday evening Edward N. Nockels, secretary of the federation announces. The station is located on the Munici- pal Pler and will née’ the wave length 401. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. LEADER OF INJUNCTION ATTACK UPON |. R. T. TRACTION STRIKERS Frank Hedley is the president of the |. R. T., which is asking for one of the most vicious injunctions against the strikers on the New York subway and elevated lines. RAIL WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS DISCUSS TERMS Indianapolis Street Car Strike Continues Negotiations between the surface and elevated lines over a new wage and working schedule are going on with William D. Mahon, international President of the union, heading the employes’ committee. Mahon continues to decry strike talk and his official statements seem to in- dicate that he is switching the discus- sions from a demand for a wage in- crease to considering disability, old age and death benefits for the men. Mahon said that the employes never bad a wage sufficient to protect them against this condition and asks the company to give the electric transit workers this kind of protection, If the companies and the men’s com- mittee cannot mutually agree on con- ditions, Mahon asaid the matter would be referred to arbitration. ployes of the elevated and surface lines are asking for a five per cent i raise. oe e:s@ Turns Down Peace Bid. INDIANAPOLIS, July 19. — Peace moves in the local strike were spurned by the company, ing of negotiations with the company On the ground that as soon as it met the union officials its strikebreaking crew would walk out. is normal it is obvious that service is badly crippled. INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ | AID PLANS MANY OPEN AIR MEETINGS FOR CHICAGO The Chicago section of the Inter- national Workers’ Aid will hold a number of open air meetings during the week on the strike of the British miners, Tuesday, July 20, at Green and Madison Sts. Fred G. Biedenkapp, Jack Brandon and W. G. H. Speak- ers; Wayne Adamson, chairman. Thursday, July 22, at Washington Square. Fred G, Biedenkapp, Wayne Adamson and Bradon, speakers. W. G. Hays, chairman. Friday, July 23, at Division and Washtenaw. J. Louis Engdahi and Jack Bradon, speakers. Wayne Adamson, chairman, The em- street railway which rejected the plea for the open- Tho the company claims that service NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents PINCHOT SPLITS G.0.P. AND MAY SUPPORT WILSON Slush Fund Governor Waxes Virtuous (Special to The Oaily Worker) WASHINGTON, July 19.—Governor Gifford Pinchot, who spent $185,000 in an unsuccessful effort to wrest the re- |publican senatorial nomination in Pennsylvania from the Mellon-Vare forces, who combined spent more than $2,000,000, is not going to “make up” with the organization. Definite word to this « eached the capital today and occasioned not a little excitement in political quarters because of reports that the governor ect ¥ may swing his support to Wm. B. Wilson, the democratic senatorial can- didate, who will oppose Representa tive Wm. S. Vare in November. Urged To Bolt. Progressive republicans like Norris of Nebraska, LaFollette of Wisconsin, and others, are openly urging their followers in Pennsylvania to bolt the epublican organization and unite be- hind Wilson. Upon this feature, the governor, so far as is known, has not committed himself, but he’ is determ- ined that “the fight shall go on,” Mellon Gives In. The Mellon forces, who backed Sen- ator Pepper in the primary, have ac- cepted their defeat and will support Representative Vare, but the Governor apparently has no such peaceable in- tentions toward the ticket Should Governor Pinchot yield to the entreaties of some of his pro- gressive and democratic friends here and support Wilson it might con ceivably change the complexion of the Pennsylvania senate race——providing. of course, that he could take with him those who supported him in the primary, Less Than Half The Votes. The democrats bave approximately 500,000 votes in Pennsylvania. Gov- ernor Pinchot polled around 350,000 in the May primary. Under normal cir- cumstances, the republican organiza- tion can bring out about 1,200,000 votes. Democrat Pow Wow. Present plans of the democrats call for their flooding Pennsylvania with speakers of national renown who will attack the Pennsylvania primary as “the most corrupt ever held.” And they will extend a general invitation to Pennsylvania republicans to bolt the ticket and support Wilson, on the ground that, even if elected, it is doubtful whether Vare will be seated by the senate, PILSUDSK! MAY LEAD OFFENSIVE AGAINST SOVIETS British Capitalists Back New Venture WARSAW, July 19. Secret tele- grams, transmitted between the Pol- ish army general staff and the nine- teenth army division at Vilna, that have been reprinted by the anti-Pil- sudski press, disclose that Pilsudski has entered into an alliance with Eng: land to.counteract the spread of Com- munist propaganda in England and her colonial possessions. The cancellation of all leaves of absence and the shouts in the Pilsud- ski press for war on “foreign agress- ors” has given credence to the idea in the conservative press here that Pil- sudski is now in the employ of British capital.and is planning to lead a new counter-revolutionary offensive against iand Soviet Union. PASSAIC, N. J., July 19,—Passaic demning the newly organized “Citize: ganization and a tool of the textile b The New York Daily News gives committee: “More Passaic Mistakes, “In the hope of ending the Jersey textile strike, 300 well-meaning citt- zens of Passaic have formed a com- mittee, “A committee or, anything else might well be formed if it would stop ties are losing time any money. But not a comittee with the policy this one has adopted. “This policy is to conduct a public: ity campaign against the strikers, The committee begins by giving the strike leaders a general cussing out. It rakes over strike bulletins aad hand- this 24-week fight in which all par-| NEW YORK DAILY NEWS BRANDS TH E CITIZEN’S COMMITTEE STRIKEBREAKERS c textile strikers are not alone in con- ns Committee” as a re or osses, the following editorial comment on the bills, hunting material for libel suits, “There's nothing in such tactics, Strikes are not settled by those means. “Each side should send represen- tatives to a peace meeting. Those persons should go with orders, pound- ed into thelr heads if necessary, that they should remember all the time that mill owners and mill workere are human beings—not ‘harpies,’ ag the new committee calls Welsbord & Company, or ‘tyrants’ as the strike |leaders have called the owners. Then Passaic would see progress tows ia- dustrial peace,’ — ' een aa eae