The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 6, 1926, Page 1

60 ess raghen N AL , mie: Ms Tae 6 mg Ny OF Py Cg THIS is the most critical week that The DAILY WORKER has yet had to face. Bills long overdue are now crowding us. There are business obligations which The DAILY WORKER must meet instantly. Otherwise we will be out of business altogether—close the shop for good—SUSPEND THE DAILY WORKER. There are party members, ‘sympathizers, and friends in the labro movement who have been gathering funds to KEEP THE DAILY WORKER. There surely must be considerable money in the hands of The DAILY WORKER army. In many instances this better showing by forwarding larger sums later. ALL MONEY THAT IS IN THE HANDS OF THE DAILY WORKER SUPPORTERS AND FRIENDS MUST BE TURNED ® IN INSTANTLY. ALL MONEY THAT .CAN BE POSSIBLY GOTTEN FOR THE DAILY WORKER MUST BE SECURED AND FORWARD- ED WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST DELAY. We must raise one thousand dollars daily for the neat week at money has been held back so as to enable our friends to. make a DIN OPEN SHO The Dairy Worker Must Have $5,000 This Week Or--- least if The DAILY WORKER is to continue. Only our getting ten thousand dollars before the middle of this month—the sooner before Octobr 15 the better—can save The DAILY WORKER. IF YOU HAVE ANY FUNDS NOW THAT YOU INTENDED TO SEND TOMORROW—SEND 17 TODAY—AT ONCE. IF THERE IS A FRIEND YOU WAVE IN MIND WHOM YOU WERE GOING TO ASK TO HELP TO KEEP THE DAILY WORKER, DO THE ASKING IMMBPIATELY. Rush his or her contribution. We have no time to lowes YOU HAVE YOUR DAILY PAPER TO LOSE IF YOU ARE SLOW. IF YOU OWE THE DAILY WORKER MONEY—many of our friends owe us many thousands of ‘dollars, long overdue—THEN PAY IT TODAY AND YOU WILL HAVE NO DEBTS TOMOR- ROW. YOUR SHOP O RSTREET, Ni IF CLEI WAS PLANNING 'BO. HELP THE DAILY WORKBR AT A LATER MEETING; GET THH MEMBERS TOGRTHER IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS AN MERGENCY. IT’S MORE THAN AT—WE ARE IN A CRISIS. THIS IS‘ THE ONE TIME TO ANSWER WHETHER YOU WANT THE DAILY WORKER OR NOT. | Just some more push, more energetic effort, is what is badly needed. The DAILY WORKER army has shown its mettle before in situations less critical. We are confident that every party member, every worker, every progressive trade union, every forward-looking labor organization will answer our call and answer it quickly. There is no need for panic. There is no panic now. But there will be panic if’ The DAILY WORKER goes down. NOW IS THE TIME TO DAILY WORKER. SHALL THE DAILY WORKER LIVE OR NOT? THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL TELL, THIS MEANS THAT YOU WILL TELL, THIS MEANS YOU MUST WORK AND GIVE LIM|T AND TELL THE DAILY WORKER TO LIVE. YOUR PAPER IS WAITING. THE DAILY WORKER IS IN MAKE SURE NOW TO KEEP THE DAILY AVOID PANIC AND KEEP THE TO THE JAY LOVESTONE, Chairman, Campaign Committee to Keep the Dally Worker. | The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Hil. No. 225. er year. 6.00 per year. Subscription Rates: dusias eich $8.00 A. F. OF L CONVENTION OPENS AMID OPEN SHOPPERS’ BLAST By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. (Special te The Daily Worker) CONVENTION HALL, DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 4—Challenging _- the open shoppers and American planners of Detroit to attend the sessions of the American Federation of Labor, President William Green replied’ to the threatening editorial of the Detroit Free Press warning the labor officials assembled here not to try to carry om their work of organization in this city of strongly entrenched anti-union’ 2,000 LONDON POLICE SHOOT AT THE STRIKING WINDOW GLEANERS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, Oct. 4.—Volleys of shots were fired by police at strik- Ing window cleaners during a riot at Broadway and 23rd street today. Crowds In the streets scattered in terror, seeking shelter in doorways and in entrances to subways. employers. This incident coupled with Ford’s inauguration of the fiveday week, which labor declares the result of its own activities thru many years of struggle, gave color to the opening of the 46th —_———————————*annual American Federation of Labor convention here today. By T. 4. OFLAHERTY T United States senate from Hitnots is nothing if not frank, He“is also rather resourceful. We do not insinu- vate that he is nursing a sore wooden fleg in the hospital because voters ‘might feel somewhat embarrassed in vesking Mrs, Bronnan, what her hus- sband meant by accepting $16,000.from ‘Banruel Insull. In all probability the egg is suffering from rheumatic ‘twinges around the hinges, but ‘George's candidacy will not suffer be- cause its owner ts bedridden. 2 2.8 parece about the Insull gift, Brennen was delightfully candid. jAnything wrong about a capitalist giving money to opposing candidates and even to factions in both parties? Not a thing, he volunteered. And what of it? What would happen to a corporation that did not take a broad view of things when the political party that it spurned, got into power? Then suddenly George began to act like a politician and gave expression to the,belief that the election of a United States senator is of little value to the organization that elects him, in the little matter of spoils. This is where George ruined a prom- ising reputation. Pe) is a pleasure to note that the ri- val statesmen of the Enropean ‘powers are pleased beyond the pow- ers of expression over the budding al- Mameces that are supplanting the old understandings and misunderstandings that survived the war. Oh, no, Hng- land is not hostile to the © Franco- German entente. Neither is France peeved because Italy and Bngland sot together. All those boys have souls as White as the sndw’on the top of Mount Blane, as Briand said sbout the spiritual equipment of * Streeemann and himself. We suggest that a good way to take a census of the moron element in America would be to take a referendum with the ob- joot of learning how many people be- eve this diplomatic twaddle. wre Oe \ raed nited States government can- ‘not recognize the government of Chamorro in Nicaragua because he worked his way into office with a jimmy and a few stink bombs. Ne- yertheless, the U, 8S. is resourceful. It will not officially call Chamorro by his first name, but neither is it will- ing to let anybody else kick him out. Hence we have the spectacle of Unit- ell States aviators navigating Cha- 's planes so that the revolution. will not bounce him out of office. mm will have to walt quite a thon last year. Frank X. Martel, pres{- dent of the Detroit Federation of La- bor, who heads the local arrange- ments committee, apologized for the absence of American flags in the hall. He said this was an oversight that would be remedied later. The conyen- tion is meeting in the Graystone Ball- room, far out on Woodward Ave, Green Presides. President Green presides with his executive council accompanied by the fraternal delegates sitting in one ot the huge orchestra pits under a silk- Femtest Against Port Raling (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Oc. 4.—Two thousand workers on the famous Tilbury Docks suddenly quit today, leaving scones of ships tied to their piers heavy with cargo. The strike, which was entirely un- expected, was reported to be the re- sult of an alleged refusal on the part of the dock companies to permit un- ion officials on the docks. The port of London authorities denied all knowledge of any such order. * There was no disorder, and none is anticipated, altho the dock police force has been augmented as a pre- cautionary theasure. Most of the strikers returned to their homes im- mediately. POLICE JAIL TWO NEGRO WOMEN IN CHICAGO STRIKE Passaic police tactics were used in Chicago Monday morning when a squad of coppers was used to disperse a crowd of Negro women strikers who were picketing the premises of the Maras & Company date factory, 214 West Kinzie street. Summoned by the officials of the factory who Friday had given notice of a wage reduction, the third within a year, the police rushed the strikers. Two of the women were taken to jail. They were Elizabeth Griffin, 3638 Ellis Park, and Mrs, Laura Smith, 17 South State street. Held in jail two hours, they were released only after intercession by the American Negro Labor Congress. Every oe of the hundred workers who walked out in a body Saturday ap at the factory Monday morn- ing for picket duty despite the heavy rain that fell em canopy of brilliant crimson. In fact red predominates in the hall's gorgeous decorations. Two clergy- men episcopal and catholic, had op ened the proceedings with prayer. William B. Fitzgerald of the Street Carmen's union made his introductory address as temporary chairman. President Martel, Mayor John Smith and Frank Wade, president of the Michigan Federation of Labor, were given an opportunity to address the convention and then it came Presi- dent Green’s turn to officially take over the gavel. ’ Labor Bullt It. ‘Labor erected this city,” declared Green defiantly after reviewing what speakers has said gs “the wonder city of the world.” “If it had depended on the capital that men possess,” con- tinued Green “the site on which this city is built would still remain a broad expanse of prairie. are minor- ity groups in this city that are alarm. ed at our presence heré. Invited to Attend. “I invite them te come here to look and listen and to convince themselves that this representative group of men and women of labor compare well with any other group in society.” Green then turned to the main part of his opening address which was a prepared attack agains, company unions. _ Company Unions Doomed. Green declared the company unions were merely experiments on the part of employers that would fall ult! mately just as other experiments of a similar nature have failed. He said they would fail because the company union is local in character, Each em- ployer he charged having his own company union drafted according’ to his own pet ideas. He said company unionism was also built on a tran- sient basis and declared that it does not permit the worker to exercise his own will, The workers had been recetving six (Continued on page 2.) T. U. E. L. Meeting Is Postponed from Wed. Owing to the other meetings that are taking place Wednesday October 6th, which compete with the regular meeting of the T. U. B. lL. the com- mittee has deemed it necessary to postpone the méeting of the Trade Union Educational League, All league members are asked i oe notice, They will be the next meet: | behind pated vies + Insist on Freedom. 8 workers will not long permit to subordinated in this manner,” he ““They will insist on being economically and politically , will ulti- Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Poet Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1926 TERRIG GAS EXPLOSION IN TENNESSEE MINE No Hope Held for Sixty Workers peas (Special to The Dail; Worker) ROCKWOOD, Tenn., Oct. 4.—Sixty miners were entombed in the Rogers entry of the epén shop Rockwood Iron company’s coal mine aha Paieeing dirt were let ie blast and e miles pos low the pds earth to com- pany officials. None of the workers were believed to have escaped. A rescue train from Kmoxyville, bear- ing volunteer workers, and digging equipment was rushed here and ef- forts to release the men were to start at once. Meanwhile workers from surround: ing thines were summoned to assist in the rescue operations. Families and relatives of the im- prisoned men crowded about the mouth of the mine immediately {Zol- lowing the explosion. Between 60 and 65 men were known to have been working in the Rogers entry at the time of the blast. None have been heard from after being en- tombed several hours. The explosion was first reported by Eugene Tedder, a miner who was working several miles from the Rog- ers’ entry. He said he felt the force of the explosion and was nearly over- come by the gas fumes. “No Hope.” Deputy Mine Inspector Holden has arrived here to add in rescue work. An official of the Iron company. said that there was “practically no hope” of rescuing the imprisoned men. “However,” he said, “we plan te dynamite a part of the entrance in an attempt to rescue them.” WINDOW WASHERS STRIKE; BOSSES REFUSE DEMANDS Chicago Local 34 Walks Out for Increase Three hundred members of the Chi- cago Window ‘Washers, Local 34, Building Service Employes Interna- tional Union, went on strike Monday morning when their demand for an increase of 25 cents an hour was re- fused by the bosses. Monday night the strike was re- ported as “air tight,” with no scabs being employed and with the city well covered with pickets. The un- fon demands a scale of $1.25 an hour, the present being $1.00 an hour. A minimum guarantee of 40 hours’ work a week is also demanded by the union. Talk Since Sept. 1. Negotiations have been under way since September'1, when the working agreement expired. The union has had no contract sinee then, and every effort to arrive at an agreement has fatled. a ee the pinepris| trade unions are window washers in their une: ‘arveeien fe base a NEW YORK EDITION Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il. STRIKERS GIVE FURTHER PROGF OF BRUTAL POLICE TREATMENT; ELEVEN STILL WELD IN itiGel BAIL nesday evening, Oct. 6 at Emmet PASSAIC, N. J., Oct. 4—Passaic police who have become Memorial Hall, 2179 S. Ogden Awe. very excited over news reports charging them with brutality to- Other speakers at the meeting, 4 | ward union strikers held in jail in the textile mill area, called a Workers Party rally for the coming | conference yesterday in the office of Benjamin F. Turner, cap- state elections in which J, Louis |+1:) of detectives, In an effort to have those accusations refuted. moarahl hee Deee S09 t0 Fun ter |Representatives of the union and newspapermen were invited to <>” Price 3 Cents GITLOW CHIEF SPEAKER AT CHICAGO CAMPAIGN RALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT Benjamin Gitlow, well-known for hig long and active record in the re- volutionary workers’ movement and |, at present the candidate of the Wérkers’ Party for governor of New to Captain Turner's office, saying that they ‘wanted. tomquestion. him regard- ing the truth of the news story. handled by the police who had him ON STRIKERS =~: [= ener Cle Roughly Handled. The following statement on the po- oe U. T. W. Officials Lead Turner's men. He asserted that he Another Mooney case, on a larger had been roughly handled—that he;scale, is being pr ed in Passaic. had been pushed violently against the} Twenty-one of the active strike lead- United States senator, will be Ma- | et thilde Kalousek and Arne Swabeck, |2ttend the conference. : Barly yesterday morning detectives L, E. D, WARNS Young Timochka is the 17-year-old boy who was held for four days by With the consent of Henry Hunt,}lice terror atid frame-up in the Pas- counsel for the union, who was pres-jsaic textile area by the police in an . Protest to Chief (Special to The Dally Worker) wall, pulled by the hair and grabbed|ers have been arrested on the ob- by the neck. He gaid that he signed | viously spurious charge of having par- district organizer of the Workers Party. j appeared at union headquarters and the police authorities of Passaic and -UP Clifton and forced to sign a false ent at the conference, Teddy Timoch-jattempt to break the Passaic strike ka told of the treatment he had re-}has been issued by the national of- PASSAIC, N, J., Oct. 4. — James Starr, vice-president, United Textile ——_——_ took Teddy Timochka..off with them statement. He said he was roughly May Attempt | Repetition ceived when questioned by Captain|fice of International Labor Defense: Workers, in charge of the strike, has warned Chief of Police Zober of Pas-|t¢ statement prepared for him be-|ticipated in alleged bombing out- salc that brutal attacks on strikers |“™se Of threats of what would hap-|rages. — must cease. Starr led a group of | Pe to him if he refused. The arrested strike leaders ere be- strikers into police headquarters. Felix Women Testify. Pl ae betta servdikeste probibitiy |Panniersa, one of the witnesses of | Two women strikers testified to the| |) Aiea: raadesst a aan be . brutality, he produced, exhibited an |fact that the Passaic police habitually Page a “se “ts a ae aa arm In a sling, broken on the picket jcalled them rough and obscene] "” ie rag ee oop Se ie fo line. Women told of being pushed names. Theresa Staudinger claimed ios eae Ase esses 7 Lee abatlhs. bape about and called obscene names. that she was made to walk five blocks |{U"¢S Of the union which is conduct Net loss of $3,558,968 reported by Ing the fight: the Botany Consolidated Mills in the American Wool and Cotton reporter for the six months ending June 30, interests the Passaic workers who have been striking the company since January. “Never A Better Cause. “Never had workers a better case than the Passaic textile strikers, never a cause more just,” says the monthly bulletin of the Women's Trade Union League of New York, lout of her way every day because cer- tain police would not let her pass Last Stand of Bosses, where they were stationed. Mrs. Mary] ‘The most recent i Plank said she was pushed and called }jast stand of the bosses in the Pas: names repeatedly by the police. Felix|saic strike. It is a serious challenge Pannieréa exhibited a broken arm in/to the entire labor movement, for the a sling which he said had been given|herote struggle of the Passaic work- to him on the picket line. ers is a fight for the union which ef- Exorbitant Ball, fects all workers in this country, The The important thing to the union is| textile barons are determined to rail- that men have been beaten up and|"0ad the’arrested workers to the pent- brutally beaten, in the textile strike |temtiary--and perhaps to death. The area. It is not concerned with any |*ePt newspapers of the mill owners which is aiding in the relief drive. |tactional or political enmity there |4te already demanding the courts that “Even in the face of major outrages | may be between the different brands|they “Give them the limit.” The and abuses they will carry on, pro- | Sp police concerned, Certain atrocious | uzzards are shrieking for the blood vided they can continue to receive and illegal proceedings have been tak-|°f their victims, the minimum ration of teod they have | ., dgainst members of thd. union airiter “BVbebie bs been receiving trom the Relief Com-| now in jail in Hackensack and Pater- ‘ 3 mittee (743 Main Ave., Passaic, N. J.) | son and the union wants to get these|, 1°", me same frame-up that has been attempted in mo f the bi $15,000 a week is the price, Will you | eyon men held under $430,000 col- Di st of the big help?” tedtive teat: detenied - Struggles of the American workers Eleven men are still held under * ‘ for better conditions of life and la- $430,000 bail in the Hackensack and Evidence of Torture. bor. It ts the frame-up system which Paterson jails, The union has evidence all too true| has kept Tom Mooney and Warren K. Brutal Third Degree. that these men have been tortured | Billings in prison for ten years, when Strikers testified to third degree |in efforts to extract false confessions |the world knows their innocence, It methods, refuting Captain Turner |{rom them. Wives of the prisoners | is the system which is even now who denied any brutality by his de-|Who have been given the third de- threatening Sacco and Vanzetti with partment. Teddy Tomochka told of |sree have testified to broken teeth,| legal assassination. The fight against being slammed about the police sta-|black and blue bodies and swollen this frame-up system is the fight of tion and threatened with further |faces which they saw when they vis-|the working class, regardless of the violence till he signed a fake confes-|!ted the men fn jail. The wife of|individuals involved. sion tending to implicate him in re-|Tony Pocno will swear to the fact, The International Labor Defense cent bomb explosions. that her husband told her he was|will defend the arrested workers of Wives of prisoners still in jail will |beaten with a lead pipe. Mrs. Alek Passaic on the basis of the class tell of brokeh teeth, black and biue |Kostamacha will tell that her hus-| struggle, and calls for co-operation bodies, and swollen faces they saw | band’s arm is in a sling, Mrs, Joseph} and support in the organization of a when they visited their hugbands,|Belleme will describe the swollen| widespread protest movement in thelr when coming sults against the de-|fage she saw when she was al-| behalf, partment are pressed, lowed to talk with her husband and} Remember lessons of the Moon- Mrs, Alex Kostamacha will tell of |repeat how he told her that he was) ey-Billings Sacco-Vanzetti cases her husband’s arm ina sling; Mrs.|beaten black and blue and knocked|~-Organize the protest before the Joseph Belleme will describe the | unconscious. trial. frame-up is the swollen face she saw when she was} The union does not have to give| Support the victims of the Passaic allowed to talk her husband and |out false information, There are too| trame-up. repeat his etory of being beattn black |many unbelievably brutal facts that and blue and knocked unconscious. jare terribly true. on ee tee