The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 18, 1926, Page 2

Tage Two «i 7 ee : ow hey rat me >OLICE AGAIN ATTACK UNION CLOAK MAKERS 100 Settlements Made;; Pickets Close Shops (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Aug. 16.— One sundred independent manufacturers jave settied on union terms, according to a statement issued by the Cloak- makers’ Joint Board which, for seven veeks, has been conducting a strike of 40,000 cloakmakers against manufac-/ urers and jobbers in the industry. Season Opens. Tho the strite has endured seven weeks, the seaspn did not begin until the current ;week and manufacturers, according to thei union, are now begin- ning to feel'tha pinch and are mak- ng desperate ‘bilis for settlement. A member \of tthe industrial council of the manufacturers, name unknown, vas thwarted (in liis efforts to operate an open shop at 7121 Avenue U, Brook- lyn, yesterday, when the union’s picket; committee took thi> shop down. Police Brutaility Resumed. Police resumed} 4 heir wholesale on- saughts against ution pickets in the Sawentizone when: they made 50: ar- rests’ ,forncongregatting and disorderly conduct, The unicyi complained that the fact-Abat most «Wf the arrested men and women-are fre\2d in magistrates sourt as fas{i\as thyey are arraigned does not maka& any jiupression onithe police of the West! 30th street stations, 3 Of the batch of arresd s, 20 were freed, nine were sentenced‘ to one day and the others are yet to fe arraigned ithis morning. Max Alanicks of/ 283 South Foprth street, Brooklyn, was {freed in Jeffer- son court of a.charge af carrying ‘con- cealed weapons. He “wits arrested on West 25th street\on a aharge off gun carrying, tho the weayon was/ not found on him, but im am automobile on the opposite side of the stieet. Efforts in court to prove the coat ,belongd to Alanaiks proved futile. Dispitej pre- vious reports, it was shown ingeourt that Alanicks was not a cleakm.aker nor on;the picket line. Scab Nest in Barn, Ajbarn on the outskirts of Has rison, N. J., failed yesterday to serveyas an .._. Improvised} shop for a non-union +manu- facturer: seeking to produce clad ks in the facegof the present strike of¥ 40,000 garment workers. Yesterday; fifty workers opetating 25 machines #in the barn witheut warning took up» their tools and walked out to join the¢strik- ers, according 'to Jacob Halperin, \chair- man of the;strikers’ out-of-town‘ com- mittee. The+umion was unable ti ob- tain the name of the manufacturer. Mr. Halperin-also reported the com- plete stoppasre of a shop in Spring Walley operated by Samuel Ledcrw, a Manhattan jobber, where 30 machfines and fifty men;were working. Here/ also efforts of the+picket committee *were successful, thetworkers downing stools and joining the’ strikers. A union of- fice has been established in ‘Utica Py 204 efforts to prevent non-union;work in that region during the strike are Teported 100 per*cent successful. Efforts by thetstrikers to take:down peacefully workers of the K. W. K. | Cloak company, 163 Wilson avenue, Brooklyn, were|interfered with by the employers and several arrests were ‘ Made. The shop,,however, closed for, the day. Train Kills Rider. WATSEKA, Il, Aug. 16—A man believed to be John M. Madery of'Ken- ton, Ohio, was killed by a C. L. E. L. freight. train near here today. It is believed he was riding on the end Car‘of the train and was jarred off , Wher™the train stopped for coal. at 3 Philadelphia, Attention! {i Celebrate the Seventh Anniversary of the Organization of the Workers (Communist) Party -Summer Festival TO CALL FOR SUPPORT FOR STRIKE IN ENGLAND COAL (Continuéd from page 1) entirely dependent upon the labor movement outside of England. To the credit of the Russian workers they sent us splendid aid. Some have de- nounced us for taking it from them. I for one would take it from the very government,” declared McKenna, Cheer Aid from Soviet Union, This statement was greeted with a| spontaneous and most enthusiastic de- monstration which lasted several minutes. | McKenna, in his talk which lasted | about an hour, pointed out that the ownership of the mines had passed trom the hands of individuals with whom the miners came in contact to absentee owners. These absentee own- ers were big railroad, steel, iron and other magnates depending on coal for the motive power to convert the raw materials they had. cornered into finished products. He pointed out that these owners of the mines were raising the poverty plea. “What these magnates want is to make the price of coal low at the pitheads so that they can use it cheap- ly, for the other industries.” McKenna brought out that the pres- ent battle was merely a continuation of their struggle of 1919, He declared that at that time the solidarity of labor was such that the powerful tory government was forced to subsidize the mimes for a period of nine months to avert the impending struggle. Many of those that now claim own- ership to the minerals and lands to- day in England have no title to this land. This wag brought out in a re- port; of a commission to investigate, the .coal industry. “Kim one of the men who believe that| the land and minerals are the hertfage of the common people. The manj who holds the land holds; your life,, My solution of this problem is where they have not a single deed, I would take away the lands from them. I would be willing to give the first generation an allowance but the sec- ond “would have to do the same as youyand I. They would have to earn brow.” see {Hits at Baldwin. Government, After pointing out the profiteering of the cpal dealers he then went to tell of the part the present Baldwin gov- ernment is playing in this lockout. “For' four months we have been sbat- thing for-our very existence. Not¢only againstpthe coal operators but also against‘\the tory government, The tory government and the coal opera- tors are but two names for the same body. “The,tory government has with its massed\ battalions forced workers in some parts of the nation to work eight hours, “We can't expect justice from Bald- win. Baldwin is the largest share- holder off Baldwin and company Ltd. How can we expect justice from peo- ple thatiwe are fighting.” The miners entered the struggle, he declared, after a long period of under- employment, unemployment and em- ployment at low wages. “Their plight is a sad one,” he said, “Two million children are at the point of starvation, The women in this strike are the real heroines. They will rather die than allow their husbands to go back defeated.” He pointed out the splendid assist- ance given the miners by the unions of thesSoviet Union and Belgium. 474s ra Poverty and Famine. “The miners have nothing. The spirit of ‘poverty and famine are/stalk- ing the lamd. We have come/to you people here. We come to you ‘flesh of our flesh, blood of our blood to hep us in our‘fight against the coal oper- ators, “The miners are determined. They will never-‘surrender under the present conditions.” President John H. Walker of the Olinois State Federation of Labor, urged the: delegates to aid the miners declaring that this strike was one of the their bread by the sweat of. theiry the biggest and best fought strikes in England. After McKenna’s talk George Koop, delegate from the Chicago Typo- graphical Union No, 16, took the floor urging the members of the federation to follow the lead of the Typographical Union which donated its constitutional limit of $50 at its last meeting and has signified its intention of appropriat- ing $1,000 at its coming meeting, He also asked Secretary Edward N. Nockels of the Chicago Federation of Labor to allow McKenna to speak on the strike of the British miners over the radio, ie Nae Unions Must Help. Delegate Emil Arnold, of the Paint- ers’ Union, then moved that the sec- retary of the Federation be Instructed that a letter be sent to all unions call- ing on them to donate as much and to send this money to the British miners immediately, This motion was carried by a unanimous rising vote. ee * Committee of Twenty, Delegate Victor A. Zokaitis of Chi- cago Typographical Union No, 16 then offered a motion that a “Committee of twenty” be appointed to assist Mc- Kenna in visiting the unions to get more money for the miners. This was carried by a unanimous vote, Delegate Anton Johannsen of the Carpenters’ Union then announced that he was in charge of routing Mc- Kenna and that if any organization had a good sized treasury and it could be used for the British miners to leave their meeting places and dates with him and he would try to arrange Mc- Kenna’s dates so that every union could hear him, ee Stop Scab Coal. Delegate Arne Swabeck, of the Painters’ Union, then moved that the American Federation of Labor be call- ed upon to appeal to all of the unions to do all they can to prevent the ship- ment of coal to England for the. dura- tion of the strike. This was carried unanimously. On motion a collection of $151.90 was taken. eee Delegate Nominations Made. Just before McKenna’s talk nomi- nations were made for delegates to the 44th annual Illinois state Federa- tion of Labor convention which will take place in Streator, Sept. 13. The following were nominated: Charles Grassit, Arthur Olson, John Werlik, John Flora, Charles Hayman, George Koop, William Rossell, Steve Rubetz, Lillian Herstein, Dan Bruce, Oscar F. Nelson and Anthony Jacobs. Ok ae Elections September 5. Election will take place at the first Federation meeting of the Federation that takes place on Sunday, September 5. Secretary Nockels announced that unless those nominated sent in a let- ter of acceptance one week before the election they would not be on the ballot. Fy re Radio Station. The radio station, Secretary Nockels reported was in good working condi- tion and attempts are now being made to have the station on the air from 6 in the evening to 2 in the morning. In another column of The DAILY WORKER will be found the radio pro- grams that are being broadcasted by WCPL, the Federation's station, 6% King’s Restaurant Unfair. The delegate from the Bakers’ Un- ion brought out that the injunction taken out against the union by the Greek Restaurant Association, mas- querading as the American Restaurant Association, was still in force. He urged the delegates not to eat in restaurants that have an A. R. A. sign in their place. King’s Restaurant on Monroe between La Salle and Wells, which has heretofore been 100 per cent organized is now being operated by John Harding and is an open shop. oe» Firemen’s Organization Drive, Firemen’s Association, Local 2, Chi- cago, is planning a campaign to organ- ize the firemen, The firemen’s dele- gate pointed out, that when members of unions in other crafts become fire- men they refuse to join the union. They work for a short time and then return to their crafts. By not joining the firemen’s union the firemen are weakened in their fight for better con- ditions, He pointed out that he had approached the street carmen and had asked them to rule that if a member of their union becomes a firemen and does not join the union that this in- dividual be barred from renewing his card in the carmen’s union when he ‘THE DAILY WORKER ~~ re emer aera REAR Ramer aeReY eRe ocean! Sr neeneenenere meter: —senememannrer ’ |CHICAGO LABOR RESPONDS | | | ARMED TROOPS GUARD MEXICAN GOV'T BUILDINGS Bishops Incite Frenzied Fanatics to Violence (Continued from page 1) As Ambassador Sheffield took the train from here he showed a union membership card to Senor Morones who had remarked that, wealthy Amer- icans cannot readily lerstand the struggles of the Méxican working classes. “Altho now s ing my coun- try as an ambassador, | started life as a working man.” ‘e “So did Mussolini,” remarked a by- stander, ; se et WASHINGTON, D, 'C,, Aug. 16.— The government has no\ intention, at least for the present, of changing its policy in regard to Mexico. While pressure in behalf of the oil barons will be brought to bear on Calles, the administration feels that intervention now would be construed by the non- catholic voters ag obedience to the dictates of Rome. “W) .«~; The G, O, P. expects squalls on the Political horizon next fall. Coolidge feels that it would lose more than it could possibly gain by acceding to the imperious demands of the Knights of Columbus. The so-called catholic vote is largely democratic, anyhow, and could only be cornered at the expense of losing large blocks of anti-catholic votes thruout the west. Representative Boylan, the Tammy- ite who introduced a resolution in congress last January urging a break with Mexico, is again raving for in- tervention. He challenges the admin- istration to break with Mexico or else recognize Soviet Russia, ran ak NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—Ignacio Ma- ran, former Mexican consul-general at Hamburg, Germany, and a supporter of reaction, congratulated William Green, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, on his statement on the Mexican situation. Maran said: “Most laudable is, at this moment, the frank attitude taken by President Green of the American Federation of Labor in his statement defining clearly and concisely that the American labor organizations are above any scurru- lous attempt to interfere with the rights and liberties ‘of its individual members.” It is no secret that Green’s letter was welcomed by the catholic church and the oil interests and encouraged the elements hostile t@\the Calles ad- ministration to redouble their counter- revolutionary efforts. Ce Discuss Mexican Situation. WHITE PINE CAMP, N. Y., Aug. 16, —The Mexican situation, insofar as the United States may be concerned, was laid directly on President Coo- lidge’s doorstep today by Secretary of State Kellogg, who motored here to the summer white house purposely that he might get the executive's re- actions to the many appeals for Amer- ican intervention in the struggle be- tween church and state in Mexico, No Atrocities Recorded. What decision has been reached, however, both refused to reveal. “Nothing to say,” was the answer to all questions, From Mr. Kellogg it was learned that so far no indignities have been committed against any American as a result of the fight between the Mexi- can government and the catholic church, Wilkinson to Raise Miners’ Relief Fund in New York City (Continued from page 1.) tours ‘she spoke to thousands of union miners. “In some towns in Scotland,” de- clared Miss Wilkinson, “sanitation is indescribably backward. The sewage system often consists of an open ditch down the main street,’ Miners earned the equivalent of $8°to $11 a week when they worked full time. Now they are utterly destitute. The biggest problem for our relief committee has been the maternity “question. Chil- dren are being born in homes so poor that there is no money for the gas meters, no milk and fot even a bar of soap. Five commissiéns have already condemned the pay and the conditions in English mines. Im spite of their misery, the spirit of the union miners has not been crushed. It’s the women who are the gamest.o They won't let Workers of America! Give $5,000,000 to British Coal Strikers By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. MERICAN labor must send $5,000,000 in financial aid to help the British coal miners continue their struggle against the British mine owners supported by the Baldwin tory government. American labor must leave no stone unturned to stop the shipment of scab coal to Great Britain from this coun- ee ih es ae Here are two major tasks for the workers in the United States to accomplish in the immediate present. Action is needed now. The spirit of the rank and file of labor in this country was well displayed at the last meeting of the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor, when the British strike was endorsed unanimously, steps taken by unanimous vote to give it finan- cial aid, and a unanimous declaration made in favor of an embargo on scab coal to England. But it is the officialdom of labor that must lead in the accomplishment of these tasks. The upsurge from the ranks must be so great that this official leadership will be pushed into action. * * ° ° Some contributions have already been sent across. But it is a mere drop in the bucket. Not a single American labor organization has, as yet, done its share, least of all the Unit- ed Mine Workers, the American coal miners’ union. The United Mine Workers of America must show their solidarity with the British coal miners by contributing at least $1,000,000. It has raised much more for local strikes in this country. One million dollars, two dollars from each member, is not too much to send across the Atlantic Ocean to relieve the suffering among the million striking coal miners and their families. The money can be taken quickly out of the international and various district treasuries and later replaced thru a special assessment, The miners them- selves must see that this is done. President John L. Lewis will not do it unless he is forced to do it. * * * * This is a testing time for the great railroad brother- hoods, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Broth- erhood of Lecomotive Firemen and Enginemen, the Broth- erhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Con- ductors, to show whether they possess any tie of kinship to organized labor, or whether they are as charged merely job trusts to protect the economic interests of their own mem- bers at the expense of the rest of the working class. Let the railroad shopmen’s organizations, altho still sorely weakened by their last great strike, challenge the railroad bfOtherhoods to a contest in the raising of relief funds for the British strikers. * * ° * The unions in the building trades, well paid in compari- son with other branches of American labor, must give to the utmost, which means in sums not less than $100,000 each for these international unions. Organizations like the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, with some militancy among their hundreds of thousands of members, should ad- vance close to the quarter million mark. During the great general strike that broke over Eng- land on May first, the printing trades stopped the publication of the great capitalist newspapers. Perhaps this display of militancy will inspire some of the printing trades in this country to dip into their treasuries, which are well filled, or into the pockets of their members and make a good show- ing before their fellow craftsmen thruout the world. The metal trades can be expected to do their share. Huge sums could certainly be collected if the American Federation of Labor would set up some machinery for the gathering of relief funds among the millions of unorganized workers, in the auto industry, the rubber industry, the steel industry, the vast unorganized sections of the shoe, textile and many other industries. This is a test of the ability of the organized labor movement to get in touch with the unorganized workers. * * ° ° The workers of the Union of Soviet Republics have thrown down the gauntlet to American labor thru the con- tribution of $2,540,000 to the striking British coal miners up to July 21st. The collections are still going on within the Soviet Union. Will American labor accept the challenge of Soviet labor and exert a serious effort to make good on its challenge? The days immediately ahead will answer that question. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR STARTS ORGANIZATION DRIVE IN PASSAIC TEXTILE STRIKE DISTRICT of the workers, My actions can speak for themselves, They are the actions of one who has given his very best for the workers and who is determined to continue to do so under all circum- stances, “I feel that when I retire from the situation, leaving as I shall a victori- ous textile union in Passaic, well esta- blished and well recognized, I shall have retired with the respect and love of the workers in Passaic and thruout the country,” Relief Needs Urgent. (Continued from page 1) strike-breaking citizens’ committee. It was felt that it could not continue in its role of strike-breaker without so clearly exposing its hypocrisy and rank partisanship as to destroy its usefulness to the mill bosses, Women Promise Action, Miss Helen Todd of the Lauck com- mittee is authority for the statement that failure of the mill owners to re- cognize the new American Federation of Labor union will be followed by a ey at eg VA | INVASION OF ‘MEXICO FOILED BY U.S: AGENTS Americans Involved in: Ill-Fated Conspiracy — (Special to The Dally Worker) | SAN DIEGO, Aug. 16.—Belleved to4 have planned a revolt In Lower Call. | fonnia, between 125 and 150 men were | held for arralgnment today before U.' S. Commissioner Ryan, The men, led by General Enrique Estrada, former. Mexican sceretary of war, were arm rested by federal officers late yester- day as they were preparing to march | upon and capture Tijuana. | Estrada and the other ringleaders of | the revolt were held overnight in the | county jail here; the rank and file were corraled at Fort Rosencrans on; Point Loma. Estrada and his aides will be charged with participating in; an armed expedition against a friendly- government. To Capture Gambling Joints, Federal officers believed the mem, planned to capture Tijuana and Mext- calai and then build up a financial re- serve by taking over the revenue from the gambling houses and saloons of | the two border towns. The expedition, according to federal ; agents, was not a comic opera insur-! rection. The men were well-armed | and many of the leaders had long mil4 itary experience. Confiscated Ammunition. Officers confiscated 400 Sprin; field rifles, two machine guns, onal armored truck and 150,000 rounds of ammunition. { The insurrection, it was believed, is: the one which was reported to bel brewing in the Imperial Valley several; weeks ago. Premature publicity! anx the prompt action of Imperial county, peace officers in patrolling all highs: ways were responsible for checking, the concentration there, it was bee! lieved, Contractor Involved. T. Degman, a Culver City contrac-| tor, and Earle C. Parker, a San Diego; hardware man, were captured with the; rebel leaders. Ospicio Sanchez, one of the officers of the revolt, carried a letter from Degman reading as fol- lows: “The bearer, Ospicio Sanchez, will report to you with 25 Mexican labor- ers to start construction work. I wilt be there in a few days.” Federal operatives studied the mem sage in the belief that it referred to; the mobilization of the rebel troop», Degman was refused bail. He sent word to his attorneys in Los Angeles to come to his assistance. Parker, the hardware man, who was thought to have furnished the munti- tions captured with the army was also held. Conferences between General Au- relio Sepulveda, well-known Mexicas military leader, a former resident of Los Angeles, and General Estrada aroused the suspicion of Department of Justice agents and the subsequent investigation revealed the details or the proposed revolt. Federal agents were confident that the charges against the ringleaders will be proved as a mass of correspon- ence and official documents were taken. The insurrectos were rounded up at Dulzura, only three miles from the border. CURRENT I EVENTS By T. J. O'Flaherty. (Continued from page 1) Rhinelanders and Thaws lest they might miss something in the collec tion basket. HEN Sherwood Eddy of the Y. M. C, A. said a good word for Soviet Russia even a bum prophet could fore tell that he was putting a rod in pickle for himself. The Chicago Tri- <bune bluntly asked who was paying the bills of the Y, M. C. A.? What was the big idea? Was capitalism nourishing another viper at its breast? The “Y” is the favorite “social wel fare” organization of the American capitalists who donate hundreds of millions yearly to it. The Chicago chapter of the “Y” set all fears at rest by promptly announcing that Eddy was not speaking for the on ganization and hinted that appropri, punishment would be his portion. NDREW MELLON speaks higifiy SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 1926 ~~ NEW MAPLE GROVE PARK Rising Sun Ave. and Olney Ave. of Mussolini because of his ab ‘The relief committee of the strikers} leged efficiency as a financier, This hag issued an urgent appeal for funds.| compliment pleased Arthur Brisbane As a result of tne decision to take| who never tires of singing the praises in the Passaic strikers, the American] of Mellon, Ford, Coolidge and the Federation of Labor will officially sup-|{talian dictator. “Monarch are de- port the relief activities of the strik-|stroyed by poverty, republics by ers’ relief committee and will turn] wealth,” quotes Arthur Nonsense! over for relief all dues collected in the | Governments, whether republican or new union, President McMahon of the} monarchial, fall when the economic i United Textile Workers announcing} system on which they are based that “the striking workers who have] preaks down. secured work elsewhere and are now paying dues to the organization in Passaic must continue to pay dues, as well as an initiation fee of $1, with leaves the fire department, The dele- gate urged that the federation take similar action, 9: © Bakers Win Strike. A delegate from the Bakers’ Union thanked the street carmen for their aid in the bakers’ strike on a shop located at Elston and Lawrence. campaign of club-women to force re- cognition, “When we first saw Senator Borah,” she said, “our 'program called for a mass meeting of club women in Car- negie Hall to be addressed by him in protest against the continued suffering of women and children incidental to the strike, He advised against our firing all our cartridges at once, and to hold the meeting in reserve.” Weisbord Statement,. Albert Weisbord, at a meeting at Belmont Park made the following statement to 10,000 strikers: “L deeply regret that I have been compelled to make this move, It seems strange that my head should be demanded as a punishment for the ser men go back even if they wanted Will Speak Wednesday. Miss Wilkinson arrived in America a week ago with Ben Tillett and other trade unionists from England. She has glready secured from William Green, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, pledges for reliet for English miners. Her first public lec- tures in this country on the miners will be given at the Civic Club, 14 West 12th street, on Wednesday, Aug. 18, at 8:15 p. m. Norman Thomas, former candidate for governor of New York will preside at the meeting. To raise relief funds for the miners, Miss Wilkinson will au SPEAKERS: BEN GITLOW, Candidate for Governor of New York N GOLD, Leader of the Victorious Furriers’ Strike in New York. BE , ANTON BIMBA, Defendant in Famous Mass. Heresy Trial, Editor Lithuanian “Laisve” {Dancing Refreshments Singing Music by the Young Workers’ Mandolin Orchestra, jAuspices—Workers Party, District Three. 21 Ford Test Planes Land Safely in Kansas KANSAS CITY, Aug, 16, — The twenty-one Ford “rellability planes” making a 2,500 mile trip for expert- mental purposes to determine the re- 2. by rnin erg lad rpc keep him down, Our old friend Doe Cook, who discovered the north pole to his own satisfaction, is now edit- Co-operating Organizations: Russian, Ukrainian and Lithuanian Workers’ Clubs. | le crime of havi ed the int troubl non-combustible DIRECTIONS—Take Car No. 50 going north on Fifth Stree Beats the. Workin: tae he! ‘ana | Send a aud now and get the spe- oil npr ‘was unlucky enough to at Olney Avenue, 5600 north, faithfully. I have re) y cial rate of five dollars for a year’ get caught. He will probably sell the ° and i I reiterate that I have no interests | subscription and the pleasure