The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 15, 1926, Page 2

woerme Page Two © “tices Jif THE DAILY: WORKER BEAT RECORD IN SHIPPING “BLACK” COAL Leads the World By GORDON CASCADEN. (Special to The Daily Worker) BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 11.—All previous monthly records for ship- ment of scab coal to break the British minere’ strike were passed by Sep- tember loadings. With one day lese In which to load, last month's total tonnage of coal shipped to the British Isles and other overseas’ markets exceeded August, a record month. Last month also marked the en- trance of two additional ports into the coal-exporting trade, Philadelphia and Charleston, joining Hampton Roads and this port. But the shipments from Philadel- phia and Charleston were small in- deed when comparison is made with the two large coal-shipping ports. Supply Previous British Market. Coal was exported from Philadel- phia to all parts of the world, Coal- laden vessels sailed for the Canary Islands, Azores, Cuba, Porto Rico, Ar- gentina, Brazil, West Africa, France, Italy and the British Isles. The total tonnage however, was not large, ships carrying part cargoes of coal. The British steamer Trevose, which sailed from Chartesten for Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sept. & was the first vessel to leave that South Caro- Una port with a full cargo of coal. The total Charleston tonnage during September reached around 100,000 tons, and part of it went to Cuba and South America. Dredging at the Southern Railway company’s coal pier to a depth of 30 feet helped Septem- ber coal export. 800,000 Tons a Week, But more than 800,000 tons of bituminous coal are jeaving the United States weekly for places hitherto supplied by British mines. Hampton Roads, with its twin ports ot Norfolk and Newport News, which ships most of this coal, did not beat its monthly record of August, altho September passed the total for the first thirty days of the previous month. Hampton Roads’ September Record. September coal dumpings for all the Hampton Roads piers totalled 2,710,- 992 tons, as against 2,762,031 tons for August.“ Like the previous month, the Nor- folk & Western railroad led in dump ing records, piling up 1,107,815 tons. The Chesapeake & Ohio total reached 908,876 tons while the Virginian Rail- ‘way dumped 694,301 tons. The Nor- folk & Western’s record was the greatest in the history of any railroad dumping coal for export. This rail- Toad has bettered the million mark for three months in a row. BaltImore Shipments. Baltimore coal shipments for Sep- tember exceeded those for any pre- vious month in this port’s long his- tory. Incomplete returns for the month put the total at approximately 800,000 tons. Preliminary figures show aggregate export coal loadings of 782,468 tons, carried in 125 vessels, August exports, which established a record, reached 753,629 tons, carried on 117 vessels. “ 782,468 Tons to British Isles. Ninety-eight vessels transported 628,069 of the 782,468 tons, to ports in the British Isles, smaller amounts going to Italy, Spain, Egypt, Argen- tina, France, and Porto Rico. The first nine months of 1926 place Baltimore's total overseas’ coal ex- ports at 2,537,274 tons, as compared with 257,827 tons for the same period last year and 290,887 tons for the whole of 1925. U. 8. Leading Scabbery. The United States has the unenvi- able record of supplying nearly half the total amount of soft coal im- ported into the British Isles during the coal strike. Figures compiled by the Minerals Section, United States Department of Commerce, show that 3,500,000 out of 8,000,000 tons of soft eoal imported by Britain from the be- ginning of the strike until the end of August came from this country, Before the strike very, very little soft coal was shipped from the United States to British ports, During August, Great Britain imported 1,510,761 tons of bituminous coal from this Country, a slight increase over the total for July. New “Messiah” Returning. Jiddu Krishnamurti, acclaimed by the theosophists as the “vehicle of the world ¢eacher,” will return to Chicago on Sunday with Dr, Annie | | | | 'SOVIET UNION OCCUPIES FLOOR OF AMERICAN FEDERATION MEET; LEWIS ATTACKS THE LEFT WING (Continued from page 1) mit himself to participate in any such adventure. Ample information is at hand an@ is constantly available con- cerning every particular which enters | into our calculations in arriving at a U. S. Strike-Breaking| decision om our course of action.” The debate that ensued was not without its comical features, In his contribution Green tried to rouse the delegates to fear and trembling by reading a report, evidently taken from the New York Times, of the second anniversary memorial of the death of Lenin, held in New York City. He read of speeches made by Charles Krumbein and William W. Weinstone, in which these speakers urged a soviet goverhment for the United States. Oh, William! How Shocking! Green commented: “These speakers showed they understood their in- structions from the Red Interna- tional.” In A. F. of L, conventions the term “Red International” is used interchangeably for both the Red In- ternational of Labor Unions and the Communist International, Then Green continued reading the report stating that “the audience rose as Ben Gitlow entered the hall” and later told of Communist work in the unions, which Green of course con- sliders very reprehensible. Pulls an Anti-Climax. He read on, to the effect that M. J. Olgin had spoken {n Russian, and then with face flushing deep crimson, Green read in a loud and strident voice the closing paragraph of the re- pert to the effect that the speakers had stated the the time would come when “the Red Flag would be the na- tlomal emblem and the White House would be painted red.” Green had very evidently expected @ wave of horror and outraged patriot- ism to sweep the convention, Instead the delegates had a hearty good laugh at Green’s extreme seriousness, and MMs very miserable attempt at red- baiting. He should take lessons from Lewis, Green fafled again quite lamentahly on another occasion when he tried to heckle Tim Healy, after the head of the stationary firemen had finished his- talk. Healy is bne of those mentioned as a member of the proposed unoffi- cial labor delegation to the Soviet Union, Irishman Won’t Be Bluffed. “If this resolution is adopted will you, Brother Healy, still persist in being a member of the proposed dele- gation to Russia?” asked Green. “You're seeking information, Mr. President,” replied Healy, with an Irish smile, but fearing that the dele- gates might misinterpret this indirect reply, Healy declared, “As a citizen and as a member of the American Federation of Labor, I intend to so where I please, when I please and to what country I please.” “As a delegation claiming to repre- sent the American Federation of Labor?” queried Green. “Just so long as it doesn’t go as a delegation claiming to represent the American Federation of Labor,” re- plied Healy. Green Falls Flat on Inquisition, “A yes or no answer would satisfy me much better,” declared Green, un- able to get the kind of answer he wanted. . “We'll come to that later,” declared Healy, and,Green had very evidently gotten the worst of it. Delegate Thomas Sweeney, of the Journeymen Tailors’ Union, who was one of the signers of the Soviet Rus- sia Recognition Resolution at the Portland Convention, three years ago, stated that he opposed recognition now on account of the activities of the Communists in this country in the trade unions, Hayes Defends Eddy. Delegate Hayes came next, opening with a defense of Dr. Sherwood Eddy, whom he claimed “was a friend, is a friend and will remain a friend of the trade union movement.” He said that Eddy had not espoused the cause of the Communist revolution, “Dr. Eddy only said-what dozens of others had stated they seen in Soviet Russia, and what they had reported when they returned to this country,” said Hayes. A. F. of L. Free Speech the Bunk. “This is an Eddy tempest in a tea- pot,” he continued, “I am certainly sorry that at least a synopsis of Ed- dy’s talk was not published in the proceedings. We talk of conducting a free forum here in the conventions of the American Federation of Labor. We are indignant at President Green not being allowed to make his speech atthe Y.M.C. A. Yet it is the same kind of treatment that Green got from the Y, M. C. A. that we are trying to deal out to Dr, Bddy.” Evidently President Green didn’t like the way Delegate Hayes was get- ting by with his speech. He’ tried one Degant, his discoverer and patroness.* of the methods used by the late Gom- DAILY WORKER AGENTS Regular Meeting—Friday October 15th. 19 S. LINCOLN STREET This will be the last meeting before the big DAILY WORKER affair of October 24th, and final preparations must be made at this Friday night meeting, Every nucleus must be represented no matter what othér meetings are being held. adr nae pers, by pounding the table with his gavel, stopping the speaker and ask- ing him, “Are you for or against the committee’s report?” Criticism Don't Hurt. “I'm coming to that, too,” declared Hayes, “I’m not a Communist. I have never been a Communist, I don't know whether I'll ever be one or not,” and the delegates laughed. Hayes then claimed he had also been attacked and criticized by Com- munists, He claimed it didn’t hurt him. “I take the same view as the British delegates,” said Hayes. “The Commu- nists are not such a bad lot at heart. Just let them blow off their steam and then they'll buckle down to work, “tam not in favor of the world rey- olution,” continued Hayes, “I am not in favor of the soviet form of govern- men.” Where Was Federation During Czardom. Then he denounced the fascist tyrannies in Spain, Italy and other countries, asking the committee why it had not prepared resolutions at- tacking these governments. “If we are not in favor of relations with the Soviet Union,” he said, “then we ought to be in favor of annulling our relations with all these other countries. Why not apply the same principle to all. No one in any Amer- ican Federation of Labor convention ever got up to demand the recall of the American ambassador to Russia under the czardom. For a Delegation, “Let us approach this question open minded. Let us send a commission to Russia to investigate and make a fe- port on what they find there. We owe this duty to ourselves and the world at large. “The time is here,” he concluded, “or ought to be here, when we ought to designate some one to go to Europe to investigate conditions to see how much Russia js progressing. They Know It All. Delegate Frey got the floor and claimed there was nothing about Rus- sia that the A. F, of L. leaders did not already know. He declared that the purpose of the Russian Commu- nist Party was to bring about, thru a world revolution, the same kind of a Soviet government the world over. He stated that, “The experiences we have had with the Communists in this country ought to be enough. We don’t need to know more than we know now,” and Frey is touted as the most earnest student in the A. F, of L, Delegate John H, Walker, of the Illinois Federation of Labor, entered into a long explanation of his part in getting permission for Dr. Eddy to ad- dress to convention. He supported Green’s explanation of this affair. Walker Didn’t Like Us, Walker then denounced The DAILY WORKER, from first issue to last, claiming it never had a friendly word for the officials of the labor move- ment. It was here that Delegate Healy got the floor, declaring: “I can’t under- stand the attitude of the A. F. of L. toward Russia.” He cited the visits of labor delega- tions from other countries to Russia and said: “The A. F. of L. should take the same action in that line. I am not an advocate of the Soviet form of gov- ernment, but I have signed resolutions demanding the recognition of Soviet Russia.” Got Truth from British. Healey then told of his visit as fra- ternal delegate of the A. F. of L. to the British Trade Union Congress and getting his first real information about conditions in Russia from British la- bor spokesmen, especially from James O’Grady, who spent some time in Rus- sia as chairman of a British mission there. After narrating some of the difficulties facing the Russian work- ers, he said: “That country is coming along with- out assigtance from anybody. If we entered into trade relations with Rus- sia we could have big trade with Russia.” Cafeteria Workers of N. Y. Being Organized; Mass Meeting Tuesday NEW YORK, Oct, 13.—The cate teria industry is gradually conquering tor itself a prominent place among the large and important industries of the country, yielding one of the largest interests on capital invested. The bosses are rapidly growing rich and arrogant. Meanwhile the workers must toll for 12 hours a day under the most inhuman conditions, and in most cases seven days a week or at the best six and a half days a week, receiving some of the lowest wages paid to any unorganized work- ors, During the winter months a large and extensive membership drive will be conducted, beginning with a mon- ster mass meeting to take place on Tuesday, October 19, at 8 p. m, at the Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East Fourth street. A large number of members are expected to join the union at this meeting. ent INJUNCTION HITS HARTFORD STRIKE OF UPHOLSTERERS Capitalist Courts Ready, Tool as Usual HARTFORD, Gonn., Oct. 10 (By Mail),—-Altho Sunday is considered a day of peace and rest it did not stop the Dworkin concern from working overtime and bringing an injunction against the workets on strike. Just before the noon meeting of the strik- ers Sunday, October 10, 1926, an in- junction was servedon Morris Wol- berg, president of the upholsterers’ union, Judge Marvin hag signed this tem- porary injunction on the following charges: , That the employes are not dissat- isfled with the conditions, None of them belong to the union nor have any desire to join one, Always a “Conspiracy.” That the conduct of the defendants result from an unlawful conspiracy seekimg to prevent the present em- ployes of the plaintiff from working there, The temporary injunction restrains Local No. 36 or their associates from inducing or attempting to induce any Person now employed.to leave his em- ployment, from congregating or loiter- ing upon or in the neighborhood of the plaintiff's business or upon or in the neighborhood of the homes of the employes of the plaintiff. Workers Cursed At and Beaten. This ridiculous charge against the union, which conducted itself in a very orderly manner, was refuted by the strikers, This shows the weak- ness of the bosses and the pressure from the furniture dealers for goods that the company cannot supply. The claim that the workers in the Dwor- kin shop did not desire a union, and that they were perfectly satisfied witi their conditions was shown up when about fifteen workers, of the~same shop who are on strike:and were pres- ent at the meeting testified that this is a lie, The workers showed up the rotten conditions that they have to work un- der, the unsanitary conditions. They said that they were treated like slaves, they were cursed, and sometimes beaten by the bosses. All these things forced them to go out and fight for better conditions and join the union. Fight Harder Than Ever. It fs only the third day of the strike and the shops are all tied up. The bosses are firing their last guns, and the union i¢ prepai to meet it. Financial support was promised by the labor organizations of Hartford and by sympathizing organizations. The organizer of the union, Hyman Wolfson, declared that this injunction will not stop the union from fighting and that they are now more than ever ready to fight the bosses and their in- junctions and bring the strike to vic- tory. The young American boys and girls who make up the strikers are deter- mined to stay out and fight. Stephenson Sprung on Hoosier Jury — (Continued from page 1) great cordon of police surrounded yim thru the building to an underground passage to the jail building. Guards surrounded the elevator which took him to @ lower floor and no one was permitted to approach within 60 feet of the prisoner. . oe Telegraph Borah. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 13.—At- torney General Arthur L. Gilliom, of Indiana, today called upon United States Senator Willfam B. Borah, of Idaho, to return immediately to Thomas H. Adams, Vincennes pub- lisher, any documental evidence gent him by Adams to substantiate his charges of wholesale political corrup- tion in the state. In his telegram to Borah, sent to Washington, Gilliom declared “the glaring need of the mo- ment was evidence of fact.” Gilliom’s telegram reads: ‘“Morn- ing press quotes you as saying you believe Thomas ane of Indiana ‘has the goods to sustain bis charges of political corruption in Indiana and that your belief is founded on docu- ments sent you by Adams. Adams Was subpoenaed and appeared before the grand jury yesterday in an inves- tigation of his charges. I am assist- ing in this grand jury investigation. Will you please return to Mr. Adams immediately any documents or other evidence in your possession on ‘this subject so he can pe brought before the grand jury with, it? “The government of the state of In- diana {is thoroly capable and desirous of setting its own house 1 norder if it is shown that it is out of order but the glaring need of the moment is evi- dence of facts.’ e er@ INDIANAPOLIS, Ind,, Oct. 18.— An appeal to Senator James A. Reed, of Missour!, to undertake a senate Probe of the alleged political corrup- tion in Indiana was made here today by Boyd Gurley, editor of the Indian- apolis Times. The call upon Reed follows a simi- lar request made tipon Senator Wil- Ham Borah by Thomas H. Adams, chairman of the Intliana Hditorial As- sociation, who launched tho present CO APPEAL FOR MMUNIST INTERNATIONAL ISSUES MINERS’ STRUGGLE (Special Cable to servative government, decided to energetic manner, workers, and an embargo on coal. national. the world proletariat. Britain, and an international levy Britain. POLICE DISCOVER NEW INFORMATION ON CHI SHOOTING Mayor and Chief Revise Vice Squads Startling developments piled sensa- tion upon sensation in Chicago’s gang- land Weiss-Murray murders. Chief of the developments, shown by evi- dence at the coroner’s inquest, police and federal inquiries were: Earl (“Hymie”) Weiss was killed by shogun slugs and revolver bullets fired from the street, and not from the machine-gun nest on the second floor of a State street building. Patrick Murray was killed by ma- chine-gun and shotgun bullets fired from the second floor ambuscade. Two machine-guns, one in the sec- ‘ond floor nest, one on the street, were used in the battle. Attorney W. W. O’Brien, in @ seri- ous condition at Mercy hospital, also was wounded by shotgun slugs fired from above. Sam Peller and Benjamin Jacobs, friends of Weiss, fired some of the shots at him, witnesses say. Federal officials announced unearth- ing of a. new gigantic booze graft conspiracy. Chief of Police Collins was sum- moned to the federal building to tes- tify in the old Genna gang and police graft inquiry. Armed guards ‘were thrown about the courtroom where Joe Saltis and Frank Konceil, clients of O’Brien, are on trial for murder. Mayor Dever and Chief of Police Collins called a meeting of captains late today at which a big shakeup in the police department, including re- arranging of the city’s vice and crime squads, was to be ordered. Open Shop Steel Boss Shoots at Strikers;. Police Action Forced NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 13.—A near- riot occurred in the business section of the city, the outcome of the boiler- makers’ strike, when Edward B. Lud- wig, president of the Canal Steel Works, accompanied by E. Lamb, sec- retary of the same concern, were taken into custody by the police. They are charged with discharging firearms in the city limits. A non-union workman, A. Oglesby, is also charged with attempting to kill Emile Myer, a union boilermaker now on strike. The officials of the struck establishment were escorting strike- breakers home when the rupture oc- curred, Retrial of Daugherty Depends on Decision of Federal Attorney NEW YORK, Oct. 13.—The ques- tion of the retrial of former attorney general, Harry M. Daugherty, and former alfen property cu itodian, Thomas W. Miller, 1s entirely fn the hands of United States Attorney Em- ory R. Buckner, the Department of Justice indicated today. Buckner, who prosecuted the pair only to have tho jury report a dis- agreement, sald that because of press or other business he would not decide for several weeks whether to bring them to trial again or quash the in- dictments. Daugherty and Miller are still un- der indictment and their bail of $5,000 each ‘is automatically con tinued, yf ‘ Why not @ small bundie of The DAILY WORKER sent to you reguiar 1 gh Yet nde an aigt ing, yee ent Mile A ttt By JOHN PEPPER The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Oct. 12.—The Executive Committee of the Communist International ‘thas issued an appeal stating that the mighty social struggle in Great Britain is growing more acute every day. The last conference of delegates of the Miners’ Federation, which rejected | with an overwhelming majority the insolent provocations of the con- continue the struggle in the most The manifesto points to the fact that the ¢chal- lenge hurled at the mine workers is now accompanied by a chal- lenge of the British capitalist class against the whole working class by the decision of the conservative party conference in Scarborough against the right of the trade unions to exist. Communist Party Demands. The Communist Party of Great Britain demands the driving jout of the conservative government, the dissolution of parliament, the establishment of a real labor government under the control of the .+ The workers. of the world must |hurry assistance to the British miners, to help frustrate the treach- |erous machinations of the General Council of the Trade Union Con- gress and of the leaders of the labor party. They must oppose the treachery of the reformist leaders of the Amsterdam Miners’ Inter-’ Support to Miners. The struggle of the British miners ig of tremendous importance to the fate of the workers of all countries, of defeat in the bourgeois press of the world, and in spite of all ef- forts of the reformists, the British miners wiil win, if supported by In spite of predictions The manifesto calls upon the International Trade Union move- ment to organize internationally an embargo on coal exports to Great for the struggling miners of Great TORY M, P.‘S 100 TIPSY TO SUIT LABOR MEMBER, \ ASKS FOR BEER PROBE LONDON, Oct, 18—Political oir- cles were agog today as the result of the atatement made by Dr. Al- fred Salter, labor M. P., that he has seen members hopelessly intoxicat- ed in the house of commons. “Drunkenness' is most marked in the tory party, partly because they are the it party. Frequently the debates become noisy because some one taking part in them has lost contro! of himself thru drink.” Dr. Salter declined to mention any mames but he sald he would ask for an investigation, charging that the bar in the house of com- mons is always open when the house is In session, even at hours when the laws provide that public houses shall be closed. HIGHWAY POLICE -LINKED IN GRAFT OF CITY COPPERS That the highway police of Cook county were giving close co-operation to city police in the gigantic bootleg graft that is being uncovered by fed- eral investigators was indicated yes- terday.. Virtually every highway pa- trolman in the county is implicated in the scandal which is shaking the Chi- cago police department, according to the investigators. __. Issue 400 Subpoenas. On Monday 400 subpoenas were Is- sued On prospective witnesses before the grand jury, the witnesses includ- ing city police, from a patrolman to district captains, highway police, and known gamblers and bootleggers. The highway police came into play in the graft system thru which police officers mulcted bootleggers out of thousands for protection, in the trans- porting of Mquor in and out of the city mits. The investigators de- clare that evidence shows that the highway officers and city officers worked hand-in-hand, the former “pro- tecting” booze shipments in the county, and the latter in the city. Were Very Courteous. Sometimes, it was uncovered, when protection payments were. so made that it was necessary for the high- way police to also protect shipments within the city, the city police would extend that “courtesy” to them, and vice versa. 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PLANS TO COMPETE WITH | COMPANY UNION (Continued trom page 1.) of the railroad mileage in the land is now under the company union plan, that the company unions are numer- ousin the metal trades, that they exist to some degree even in the printing trades and in the miscellane- ous trades, “They are all designed to destroy the trade union movement,” declared Woll, “If we are true to ourselves we must become active in this campaign against the company unions,” He declared the company unions were really outlaws, operating in de- flance: of the charter rights of the various corporations responsible for them. “We must rise en masse against this damnable condition,” he concluded. The committee report in approving of the resolutions introduced on this subject declared: A Dictatorship—So! “Amazing as it is that there should be employers willing to enrich them- selves temporarily at such terrific and appalling cost to the masses of their employes, practicing in their own realm the very essence of the prin- ciples of dictatorship, tho disguised by phrases calculated to indicate a condition of quasi-freedom, the fact remains that there are such employers and that their existence makes for our movement a problem of the gravest character, “The purpose to study these decep- tive organizations and to replace them with free associations of workers un- der the trade union banner has our most hearty approval. We would add only that the equally enslaving inati- tution, falsely and treacherously called the open shop be added to the field of study, and action.” Argue Over Labels, Delegates went into a lengthy dis- cussion over a resolution demanding that all A. F. of L, delegates carry at least six union Iebels, indicating that he would be searched for them on arrival at all conventions, The com- mittee report merely required arriving delegates to make a report on this sub- ject. The debate became so heated that the entire matter was referred back to the committee, Resolutions attacking the speed-up system and night work among govern- ment employes were approved, as well 4s resolutions calling for civil service courts of appeals to secure enforce- a of civil service laws, and the modernizing of the fed compensa- tion for Py law. gare The question of the restoration of citizenship to Eugene V. Debs was re ferred to the executive counel] for action, Never Heard of Labor Prisoners. Resolutions demanding the release of class war prisoners the world over were rejected, it being claimed that no specific conditions to be remedied or particular prisoners to be freed had been cited. The committee regretted to note that the resolutions attacking race discrimination implied that the A. F. of L. was not doing all that it possibly could to combat race, sex and religious Prejudices within the American labor movement. It concurred in the spirit of the two resolutions introduced, but reaffirmed what it called established A. F. of L. policy on this matter, It was reported that the troubles of the horseshoers’ union in Chicago were being amicably settled. An investigation will be made of the taxation propaganda being sent out by Professor Richard T. Ely. Favor Golden Rule, , Near east relief was approved and International Golden Rule Sunday, De- cember 5, endorsed, ‘The convention repudiated the so- called County Concrete Road, Con- crete Block, Sewer and Water Pipe Layers’ Union, Local No. 381, organ- ized by Fred Mader in Chicago, claim- ing it was not a bona fide organization, Working on Passaic Rellef. A supplementary report showed that the total collection taken yesterday for the Passaic strikers totaled $1,286.10, International officers are meeting with President Green to dis- cuss immediate relief measures on a large scale, ‘ Problems involved in radio broed- casting will be investigated. Help eeeneseeetbeeeteontntey \