The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 2, 1926, Page 1

—— } Tha. DAILY WORKER Raises . the Standard for a Workers’ | and Farmers’ Government In Chicago, by mall, $8.00 ha EY Vol. Hl. No. 198. Subscription Rates: Outside Chicago, JOSEPH TU” *V ENTERS CONTEST oe, F Get Sy, Yn Fs Age 1 Sp So hk, 4, Ms 2027, % UNION TO SU (Special to The SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Aug. 81.—Joseph Tumulty of the Spring- field sub-district announces his candidacy for president of the Illinois | miners’ union. At the same time he withdraws from the race for in-| ! ternational president, leaving President John L. Lewis and John | Brophy of the central Pennsylvania miners to fight it out. The dis- erediting of Farrington, who has gone over to the operators, has torn | the district contest wide open. Wm. J. Sneed of Herrin was candidate previously announced. Tumulty’s platform calls for 0 o> ne yd “UNIS MINERS ARRINGTON Dally Worker) the only nationalization of mines, aggres- | | sive orgenization both in and outside the state, 6-hour day and 5-day | week to absorb the mine labor surplus, opposition to wage cuts and opposition to the expulsion policy of both the national and state By T. J. O'}FLAHERTY Harvester and Rockefeller mil- Mons are having a queer affect on the McCormick family. The latest wrinkle in the history of this brood is the adoption of a brand new set of “parents” by Muriel, daughter of Har- | old, of goat-gland fame, who is the husband of Ganna Walska, the voice- less opera star. No doubt Muriel will be as generous in contributing to the upkeep of her new “parents” as_her ' father was to the little girl who posed a8 one of the ex-wives of the Sultan of Turkey. Muriel’s mother, a twig of the Rockefeller family, is a student of psycho-analysis. It’s a nutty family, | but not poor, ‘ > © HILE Krishnamurti, the Hindoo receptacle for Annie Besant’s christ, preaches against material com- fort, he whiles away the hours in a luxurious bungalow atop the Sherman Hotel. Reporters have called the “Messiah's” attention to this seeming inconsistency, but Krishnamurti should worry. People who are crazy enough to believe his hokum will disbelieve anything to his discredit until some ( other faker with a better line and a + nuttier “angel” hoves in sight. if .Aimee._ MacPherson. could.run— away with a radio operator and collect * $20,000 to ransom her from the arms of a lover, is it surprising; that’ a t dreamy Hindoo could get away with more refined bunk? i ¢ «ve ; HE Duke of Asturias, heir-apparent to the Spanish throne, is critically ill and Alfonso’s third son’ will be named heir to the throne, as the sec- ; ond son is handicapped by ‘impedi- ments to his speech and imperfections in his auditory organs. Meanwhile Alfonso is learning the latest wrin- kles in the charleston, to’the delight of American ladies, who would gladly have their tongues slit and their ears amputated in return for a mumble from a real prince. it’s a great world, mates, Is it surprising that our rul- ! ing class dreads a new order? eo: ee HAT the British miners are facing a serious crisis cannot be disputed. If evidence of social-democratic treach- ' ery were needed to show the working class the folly of depending on those servants of capitalism any longer the § miners’ strike supplies it abundantly. Since the first day of the strike the socialist leaders of the British work- ers on the T. U. C. and in the labor party have done everything . except help the striking miners. It now ap- ‘ pears that the government, the coal operators and the right wing; labor 4 leaders are following a concerted pro- gram with the object of getting rid of } A. J. Cook, who, despite some serious 1 mistakes, has fought well, for the A union, A 2 eS i ; ‘OU may often hear it said that a scandal like Frank Farrington’s $25,000 a year contract with a coal company could not happen’in England, But it can and did happen. Ramsay MacDonald, that whited sepulchre of hypocrisy, accepted $150,000 from a tory biscuit manufacturer and an auto- mobile in return for conferring the title of knight on the tory. The tory explained his generosity on the ground ‘Mat MacDonald was an old friend of his, Samugl Insull’s reason giving a similar sum to Frank L, ith of Minois was exactly the same! So (Continued on page 4) himself to pose NEXT TUESDAY'S ISSUE. eee Payrollers Worrying. | Now that Frank Farrington is ex- | posed as a bought servant of the Pea- body Coal Company, speculations are rife as to what will happen to the pay- roll patriots who have been fawning on the Illinois miners’ president dur- ing the past year, It is generally admitted that Joseph Tumulty and the progressive elements in the union, occupy a strong position in view of their consistent struggle against the crooked policies of Far- rington, With any kind of organiza- tion Tumulty is almost certain of elec- | tion, unless the Farrington and Lewis | gangsters reinforce their gunmen with | shipments from outside the coal flelds. Farrington Ousted Progressives. Tumulty was associated with Dun- can MacDonald, Freeman Thompson and others in the Springfield district against the Farrington machine. Far- rington sueceeded-in ousting most of his more dangerous enemies, Tumulty succeeded in maintaining his footing in the union, despite all the maneuvers of the Peabody Coal company presi- dent. Among these marked for slaughter in the event of the progressives win- ning in the election is Oscar Amerin- ger, the slimy socialist faker who in the guise of a clown, attacked the’! radicals with ridicule in the pages of | the Illinois Miner, the official organ of the district, ~~~ Ameringer-Got-Contract. ~> Ameringer, whose headquarters are in Oklahoma City, secured a contract | to publish the Miner after collecting | thousands of dollars’ from the coal diggers for the publication of a labor daily, The plan went up the spout: and as the miners could not get their + administrations. | | | | Entered as Socond-clasy x wer September 2, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Mlinols, under the Act of March 3, 1879. per year. hy mail, $6.00 per year. TWO SERVANTS OF COAL OWNERS; ONE OF THEM CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS a. Above Is John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America who revealed information exposing Frank Farrington, below, president of the Illinois Mine Work- ers, as In the pay of the Peabody Coal Co. at a salary of $25,000 a year. Lewis, himself a friend of the coal operators, did this, not for the good of the union, but in an effort to get control of Farrington’s district. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 24,000 ATTEND PASSAIC MILK Fu CONCERT Vast Watch Performance of (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, August 31. — Twenty- four thousand Workers and labor sym- pathizers last night packed to capacity the big Coney Isalnd Stadium upon the cocasion of the Milk Fund Concert arranged by the New York Confer. ence for Passale Strike Relief. Representative of all sections of the working class, and liberal groups in New York City and vicinity the vast ssemblage gave emphatic notice to the arrogant textile barons that labor and its sympathizers were back of the 16.000 striking textile workers of Pas- saic in a fight to the finish against autocracy and bourbonism in industry, Packed Sky-High. The whole amphitheatre was packed sky-high. A fYeritable sea of faces looked down upon the speakers’ plat- form and the orchestra of 100 pieces under the direction of David Men- doza of the Capitol Theatre Orchestra, And the thunderous, prolonged ap- Plause of that vast crowd, the re- sounding cheers, during the speaking part of the program, left no doubt as to its warm sympathies and steady solidarity with the Passaic strikers, Thanks Workers. Alfred Wagenknecht, chairman of the Relief Committee for the strikers, as chairman of the meeting, thanked the numerous host of workers thruout the country and their organizations that had supported the Passaic strike, Ballet. Albert Weisbord, the leader of the textile strikers was given a thunder- ous ovation. Other speakers were Frank P. Walsh, and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. David Mendoza and the Capi- tol Theater Orchestra of 100 played while Alexis Kosloff and his ballet of fifty dancers rendered “Schenerazad.” Ts money, they had to be satisfied with what they could get. Farrington, who was fighting Lewis at the time agreed to give Ameringer a position as editor of the Illinois Miner, The contract called for an annual subsidy for. the paper and Ameringer agreed to send. |a copy of each issue to every member jof the Illinois Miners’ Union. Living On Machine Bounty. In addition to Ameringer there are many others who have been living directly on the bounty of the Parring- ton machine or indirectly thru Far- ;tington’s influence with Governor Len | Small. In return for Farrington’s pol- itical support Small practically gave the district president cart blanche to name appointees to fill positions as mine inspectors and other jobs con- nected with the mining industry. This gave Farrington a tremendous pay- roll brigade and also the assistance of political fixtures in the Small ap- paratus, such as sheriffs, county prose- cutors and mayors, All those will have to do serious thinking about their What's What About Frank Farrington EGINNING next Thursday, The DAILY WORKER will publish a brief history of the part played by Frank Farrington, suspend president of the Illinois Miners’ Union, since he first assumed the role of leader in the U. M. W. of A. it is a record of collaboration with the employens, of persecution of the militant mine ties, of alliance with the most venal elements in Iilinols politics, The story of the rupture between Farrington and Lewis and their subse- quent burying of the hatchet to put up a united front gressives will make interesting readin, Lewis to make capital out of Farrington’s dlagrace in order to enable a pure and unsuilied soul, future if the present corrupt machine of the Lewis and Farrington cohorts is wiped out in the December elec- tions, Considerable guessing as to how Lewis secured a copy of Farrington’s contract with the Peabody Coal com- pany is indulged in, The Federated Press, has the following comment on the subject of Farrington’s defection: How Lewis Got Dope. Theories as to how Lewis, who is under criticism for his conduct of the union in the West Virginia districts, got hold of the incriminating papers range from that of plain unaided “ab- straction” to some form of operator connivance, the most extreme dope being that Peabody Coal itself took this method of insuring a new presi- dent for the miners in the Illinois dis- trict. The Chicago Journal of Commerce, which is very close to the Illinois ope- (Continued on page 4) of corruption in polli- gainst the pro- in view of the attempt of WATCH OUT FOR named in two complaints by the firm. THE PROGRESSIVES WERE@IGHT;. FARRINGTON WAS “A COMPANY MAN”; THE MINERS MUST NOW OUST LEWIS IHE ousting of Frank Farrington from the presidency of the Minois Miners’ Union by an executive board which is equally responsible with Farrington for his treachery to the miners, gives the union coal diggers of Illinois an opportunity they have long waited for. Those betrayed, persecuted and exploited trade unionists have time and time again attempted to clean up the nest of corruption in the district office of the Illinois miners’ union, which has been a festering sore on the body of the labor movement ever since Frank Farrington, backed by the Peabody Coal Company, established himself there. Those who opposed Farrington’s methods and Farrington’s policies ran the risk of being blacklisted by the companies at Farrington’s re- quest, expelled from the union, framed-up in the capitalist courts or man- handied by Farrington’s thugs. As a cloak for their wrecking tactics the reactionaries claimed they were warring against the radicals in order to protect unity of the organization, ‘OW the crooks are out in the open and the betrayed coal-diggers are in no mood to listen to explanations from the agents of the Peabody Coal Company. The Illinois miners must not be fooled by the fake pretensions of John L. Lewis and his discredited agents in the Illinois Miners’ Union, that they are out to purify the organization of evil influences. The IIli- nois miners now have an opportunity to clean out all the crooks; those who support Lewis as well as those who support Farrington. In the person of Joseph Tumulty, the Illinois miners have a candidate for district president, who has fought against the crooked Farrington machine. Tumulty’s policy is that of the progressive miners. That poli- cy is against dictatorship over the union by the coal companies. It stands for: nationalization of mines under workers’ control; a labor party of workers and farmers; no arbitration or conciliation boards; a six-hour day and a five-day week; all agreements to expire at the same time; one hundred per cent union organization; the right of free speech in the union; an alliance with railroad and transport workers; resistance to in- junctions and government strikebreaking; and support of the Progressive Miners. HE Illinois Miners’ Union is thru with Farrington as president. But as long as Lewis is international president all their efforts to exact a living wage and better working conditions from the operators wil! be frustrated by Lewis and his agents in the district. Lewis will seek the destruction of the Illinois district as he did in several other districts unless the officers bend to his will. The Illinois miners must therefore do their level best to defeat John L. Lewis for international president in the coming elections along with William Sneed, Lewis’ man for the dist- rict presidency and any other lackey that Farrington, the Peabody Coal Company or Lewis may put up. The task of the Illinois miners In the coming elections is to clean out every vestige of the Farrington machine in district No, 12 and vigor ously co-operate with the opposition to Lewis thruout the U. M. W. of A. to vote John L. Lewis out of office. Ancient Injunction Middle Class Buyers Dug Up Against Six | of German War Bonds Boston A. C. W. Men Storm Slander Court BOSTON, Aug, 31.—-Six Amalga- BERLIN, Aug, 31.—A frenzied mob mated Clothing Workers’ Union of-|of investors in German war bonds ficials have been cited for contempt |crashed the doors of a courtroom here un 4 two-year-old injunction grant-}to shout insults at Dr. Hjalmar ed the Morris B, Anderson clothing Schacht, the bank's president. firm. Joseph Salerno, Benjamin Sker- Most of the crowd had been ruined ston, joint board business agent; Max by the collapse tin the value of the Benjamin, joint board head; Max] ponds during the: period of currency Bloom, joint board manager; Felice di inflation, or by the refusal of the bank Napoli and Nicola Stalloni are those | ¢o redeem themat par in the newly ope tae ete mcemremnnne { ,1926 << Published Daily except Sunday by THD DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents Miners’ Executive Still Firm Against MacDonald Pressure for Betrayal (Special Cable to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Aug. 31.—In view of the resistance by the rank and file of the miners to any com- promise, even on the wages, the Miners’ Federation to formulate any new proposals at day, not a penny off the pay; this time and to ional agreement only.” executive has decided at its meeting yesterday, not stand out for the old slogan, “Not a minute on the Ramsay MacDonald, right wing leader of the Labor Party, as was predicted yesterday, made an attack on the miners’ position in the open session of parliament, skillfully seekin of the miners by the Labor Party heads behind a purely verbal at- | tack on the government for “favor- | ing the mine owners.” | Party Heads With Owners. However; his own line of policy, and as leader of the Labor Party it is presumed the policy of the party lead- | ers, also favors the mine owners. He attacked the idea of the miners’ hold- ing out for a national agreement, de claring that a settlement on that basis | is impossible. Since the owners stand for district agreements and the strik- ers for a national agreement, it is clearly seen on which side MacDonald | and company stand. | It is evident that the yellow leaders | of the Labor Party, though they have: influenced the miners’ executive at times to weaken, have not been able | to counteract the sturdy fight of the rank and file against all compromise. | MacDonald’s speech in parliament in- vited the government to initiate agree. ments on a district basis, and undoubt- | edly to take up the MacDonald pro- | gram of destroying the miners’ union by this, and by conceding the previ- ous work day in some districts while lengthening it in others and discuss- ing wages by districts. The chief criticism of the government was for its “inaction” in this respect. The conference between the execu- tives of the Miners’ Federation and (Continued on page 4) 41 Bodies Now in Morgue in Preventable Clymer Mine Accident CLYMER, Pa,, Aug: 31.—Forly-one bodies Me in an improvised morgue ut the Machine Shop of the: Clymer Mine, mangled and lacerated ‘almost beyond recognition in the worst disas- ter in this part of the country: The bodies of three men are still buried under tons of rock with the fescue crew trying to reach them. The mine is owned by the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Co. Federal,’ state and county investigations are wider way as to the cause of the accident. Department of Labor experts havé de- clared that all explosions of coal dust and cave-ins caused by such explos- ions are preventabe. } PSR AE h Next Satarday September 4th Special Labor Day Issue With unusual features on the American labor movement. ARTICLES by outstanding fig- ures of American labor. ART WORK by the leading art- ists. SPECIAL FEATURES no mem- ber in or out of the organized labor movement can afford to miss. Bundie Rates 3! Cents a Copy. SUBSCRIBE! Explosion and Car Run-Away Injure 8 Anthracite Miners (Special to The Daily Worker) WILKES-BARRE, Pa, Aug. 81.— Four anthracite miners were probably fatally burned in an explosion at Wanamie colliery of Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. Felix Pfuzalis | Was engineer on the electric motor; Harry Meyer, motor brakeman; Frank Gizanski and William Fink, labor- ers. It is thought a spark from the motor ignited gas in the pocket where the laborers were working. Four More Hurt. Four miners were injured when a mine car broke away and ran dewn the plane in the workings of the Green Ridge Coal Co., near Scranton, Eugene Davis had to have his left leg ampu- tated, it was so badly crushed. Wil- liam Pritchard has a probable fracture of the skull in addition to numerous severe bruises. Patrick Crane has fractured ribs and bad bruises. Wil- liam Williams is bruised and cut about the head, chest and body, g to hide the betrayal MINE STRIKERS BATTLE POLICE IN COAL FIELDS Force Relief to Wives and Children LONDON, Aug. 31——Clashes are be- coming more frequent between the special potice, sent into the coal dis- tricts where the owners are trying hardest to break the strike, and the miners. Also, the miners are begin- ning to make physical objection to the government's policy of cutting off the allowance sums set by law for poor Telief to the miners’ wives and chil- dren. At Pontypool in Wales, the very few scabs, whom all efforts to induce t> quit work failed, were given addad pro- tection by a large force of special po lice sent into the region from Loazden. The miners, angered at the display of force, retaliated and in a pitched bat- tle with stones and missiles charged the police after some of the miners bad been clubbed by officers. Many were arrested and several wounded. At the Midlothian parish council, when refusal was made to grant the poordaw allowances to the miners’ families, the miners led a rush upon the council, which was a successful fight of several hours against police clubs, and only ceased when the coun- cil finally promised to give each fam- fly sixty cents. \ ae AMALGAMATED ASKS AID |. FOR BRITISH MINERS ROCHESTER, N. Y., Aug. 31.— Support for the British miners who have been striking 17 weeks is asked of Amalgamated Clothing Workers members by a general ex- ecutive board appeal. The union’s board sent $10,000 in a lump sum eartler in the strike and is now seeking further contributions from its members. SEVEN YEARS OLD—AND GROWING STRONGER!