The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 13, 1926, Page 5

> FIRST. PRIZE WINNER. J, & L. STEEL C0, KEEPS WORKERS IN SUBMISSION Uses All Tricks to En- slave Them By HENRY X, VON ARAT (Worker Correspondent) WOODLAWN, Pa., Noy. 11—Wood- lawn is a steel town. Jones and Laugh- | lin Steel corporation:owns the town and the people in it, as well as the three miles of mills along the Ohio River, { One central employment bureau hires the men for all the mills, If you ever go there to get a job try not to look intelligent. No one suspected of | having brains 1s ever hired. When you enter the employment bureau you generally find the place crowded with “job seekers” of all nationalities. One look at their faces tells you they are wage slaves, waiting at the mouth of Moloch to be devoured. An inner door ‘opens and out comes the employing agent, The men crowd around him | 'Mke a lot of hungry children, while he looks them over té sée which ones of them look the least intelligent, Submit to Inquisition, The ones picked by him are given wm slip of paper and are sent into the Mnner office, or inquisition booth, as it should properly be called. Here the prospective employee is questioned at Yength, Special inquiries are made ‘about the applicant’s church affilia- tion. Now, do not ever make any mis- takes about this question, It is neces- ®ary that you believe,in some form of superstition or another if you want to get your job, This is one of the Breat secrets of getting a job in the J. & L. If you are a member of a certain énurch, you are given what is called a rating. They know just what your mental capacity amounts to and how much exploitation you will stand for and how you will vote. If you are a° member of some flock they know you will stay put. Few fhave any idea about the influence the Yocal mass houses exercise over the people of Woodlawn, When you work in the mills and have seen the intol- erable conditions under which the steel men slave you really wonder why it is that they do not revolt. A look at the masses on Sunday answers your quéstion” They swarm to’ the churches like bees around a honey comb, to listen to that ancient lullaby “Pie in the sky by and by.” It is said that the best way to get a “good” job at the J. & L. is to get a letter of introduction from father Garney or that orthodox priest, the one with the billie goat whiskers. Any of the. pro- testant clergys’ O. K. will do just the same, however. They are’all John and Laughlin’s lackeys and one can direct your attention to the pie in the sky Just as well as the other. Yes, this is ® goose step ttwn. Unless your feet re guided that way, don’t come here. Medical Examination. From the inquisition room you are sent to the doctor’s office. Here you generally have to wait for some time for your turn as a number of men with bandages on their arms, legs, eyes, smashed fingers are usually waiting to receive thelr medical attention. My, what a lot there are! If the sight of all these human wrecks doesn’t weak- en your stomach, you proceed to wait for your turn., Here you are asked more questions and if you pass your: medical examination ‘you are given a card and directed to some foreman in one of the mills, Armed Guards, To enter the mill you must first pass thru the gates where you are stopped by a guard in uniform and a gun slung on his hip and a blackjack somewhere fm evidence. He represents the law, the law of John and Laughlin, From the guard you proceed to the foreman. He gives you @ pencil, shows you the dotted line on the card and says “sign here,” You obey, you sign acknowledg- mg that the foreman had explained all the details to you concerning the dan- gers in the mills and that you there- fore absolve the company from ail blame in case you are hurt or killed, Thus, like Daniel in the lion’s den, you proceed to whatever task you are assigned, to grind more profits for the steel corporation, Why don’t you write it up? It may be Interesting to other. workers. Siw te THIS WEEK’S PRIZE WINNERS Three Winning Worker Correspondents! THE DATLY WORKER Henry X. Von Arat, worker correspondent of ‘Woodlawn, Pennsyl- vania, home of the Jones and Laughlin Stee! corporation, Is the first prize winner of this week's worker correspondent stories. Von Arat receives a copy of the book by D. J. Saposs, “Left Wing Unionism.” His story Is a vivid description of methods ed by the steel corporation to crush the spirit of the workers and to keep thelr spirit crushed. “Andy,” worker correspondent of Wilkinbury, Pennsylvania, wins the Second prize, “Flying Osip,” a collection of short stories by leading Rus- sian revolutionary writers, for his story on how an aged worker is vic- timized by greed of the Carnegie steel company and of a medical doctor. The third prize Is awarded to the worker correspondent of Perth Amboy, N. J., who describes the effect of a speech by Albert Welsbord, on young workers of the town. He is awarded six month’s to the Workers Monthly, Congratulations to these workers! subscription But— THE PRIZES NEXT WEEK are even more attractive and we want to recelve stories from every worker correspondent In the country. Send In those stories, workers! We want them. Your fellow workers want them. ‘These are the prizes offered for next week! . ST PRIZE—"“The Eighteenth Brumaire” by Karl Marx. This is a new cloth-bound IIbrary edition of this work that Engels called “the work IND PRIZE—“The Awakening of China” by James Dolsen. A splendid new book that will help you understand the great events now taking place In CHina. RD PRIZE—"“Industrial Revival in Soviet Russia” by A, A. Heller. A record of the events in Russia after ’Lenin’s Introduction of the NEP In 1921. Cloth-bound SECOND PRIZE WINNER. THIRD PRIZE WINNER. PARALYZED WORKER TELLS | |WEISBORD TALK STORY OF DOCTOR'S AND STEEL COMPANY'S GREED By ANDY (Worker Correspondent) Wilkinsburg, Pa. Nov. 11, — A tall, ragged worker? paralyzed, tells the following story: “1 worked 18 years in the Car- negle Stee! mill In Duquense, Penn. One evening, after taking a bath, 4 went to bed. mext morning | could not get up. My one side was paralyzed, | went to the doctor in Wilkinsburg, ‘The only hope for you is God,’ said the doctor, ‘Pray and pray hard until you get cured’ The doctor told me this, after taking as his fee $500 that I had saved In 18 years, It was-all the money | had for working in front of the furnace for 18 years. “My wife died..1 have three chil- dren who are with my sister in Ohio. And !—well, you see what | am—a beggar.” There were big tear crops . in hi story. He also related that the company did not give him a cent, for they blamed him and his careléssness (in taking a bath) for the result. The 100 per cent doctor, who rob- bed his victim out of his life’s savings, after telling him to pray to God, is doing-well. Pittsburgh C. L. U. to Raise Funds for N. Y. eyes when he concluded his Cloakmakers’ Strike (By a Worker Correspondent) PITTSBURGH, Noy. 11.—The ques- tion of giving assistance to the strik- ing cloakmakers of New York was raised at the last meeting of the Pittsburgh Central Labor union by the initiative of Journeymen Tailors Local Union No. 131. The C. L. U. went on record in favor of starting % campaign to raise financial aid for the strikers and instructed its execu- tive board to take immedfate steps to put this decision into effect. The Journeymen Tailors of this city just concluded a strike which lasted for several months and which resulted in a victory for the union. “The pen is mightler than the sword,” provided you know how to use ft. Come down and learn how in the worker correspondent’s classes. INSPIRATION TO YOUNG WORKERS (By A Worker Correspondent) PERTH AMBOY, N. J., Nov, 11. — Albert Weisbord spoke at an enthus- jastic meeting here on his tour from city to city to tell the unorganized workers about Passaic and the labor movement in general, ‘There were about 150 workers pres- ent at the meeting in Columbia Hall. Quite a few of them were young workers. The writer happened to sit near a group of young workers. These young workers had not even heard of the words “Communism” or “Bolshe- vism,” and yet. they were heard ex- claiming to each other: “We ought to go out on strike, too, in our*factory. Our bosses made a company union for us in order to make us do whatever they want. We must build our own workers’ union.” Meet Weisbord. The Pioneers were there and greet- ed Weisbord with all kinds of cheers and songs. Weisbord’s flery speech ieft a good impression on the workers, Especially did he impress the young workers as he told about the part taken by them in the Passaic strike. In closing his speech, Weisbord urged all workers to take Passaic as an example and also made an appeal to join the party, The meeting closed with the song “Solidarity forever.” And there was a real spirit of solidar- ity. W. P. Candidate Beats Socialist With Three Times Number of Votes (By A Worker Correspondent) PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 11. — The Workers Party candidate for secretary of internal affairs received in West- moreland county nearly three times the number of votes recelved by the socialist party candidate. The Work- ers Party candidate, Mat Jenkins, re- ceived 203 votes; the socialist party candidate, Van Essen, received only 88 votes, Comrade Carey polled 125 votes for United States senator, and Comrade Wicks polled 175 votes for governor, WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! WORKERS WHO WANT TO LEARN TO WRITE SHOULD BE AT CLASS TONIGHT Every worker In Chicago who wants to get training in writing, the who has not attended the first two meetings of the worker correspondence class, should be at the meeting of the class tonight at 8 o'clock. The clase meets In the editorial rooms of The DAILY WORKER, 1113 West Washington Boulevard (third floor.) Every Friday night Chicago workers who realize the power of the labor shops, factories, union affairs, etc, r press and of publicity In winning the struggles of the workers gather there to learn how to write stories of general interest that they discover In their ‘The class Is open to all workers, The only qualification is that they have of the class, a desire to learn. Practical work is given the members of the class in writing, The discussion method is used, so that each worker can get the most out . Be there tonight at 8 o'clock sharp, First Grand Concert of the Young PHILADELPHIA——Saturday, Nov. 13th, at “sisted ‘by FREIHEIT GESANGS VEREIN, Michel | Gelbart, Conductor — ‘ i Uléra-Microscope Shipped to U..S, ‘ Wage rive J. E. Barnard, British scientist (seated) Is the inventor of the ultra- microscope which can magnify twelve million times and be adjusted to a millionth part of an Inch. The microscope is belng shipped to New York. Barnafd was formerly a maker of hats. Denies Mass Meeting Responds Liberally for, Passhic Relief (By, A Worker Correspondent) DENVER, €olo., Nov, 11. — On last Sunday evening,a mass meeting was held in the Waiters’ Hall at which “Mother” Bloor.spoke on “The Passaic Strike.” 7. She told what the conditions were in the mills wivieh led up to the strike as well as how ‘the strike has been carried on. Sire"told of the relief work being done forcthe strikers by union men and womem thruout the country and especially about the work that a number of thg.darger unions in the East are doimg.e » A member-ofithe Waiters’ Union acted as chairman.of the meeting, and the Waiters’. Guion donated the use of their hall forthe striker’s cause. Altho, an admission was clearged to hear the lecture yet the audience donated liberally when a collection was taken up,« cy Before the meeting began a young lady from Cleveland, Ohio, who is traveling with “Mother” Bloor, gave a number of selections on a violin, which has greatly io oabehaaone by the audience, - Many of the. gions are sending delegates to, a conference, for the relief of the Passaic strikers, which was organized by “Mother’ Bloor for the task of soliciting funds and clothes from various unions, | She also announced that the confer- ence has decided to have the “Passaic strike” film shown in Denver during the month of December, On Monday, Mother Bloor went to] Colorado Springs to speak to a mass meeting arranged by organized labor of that city. About $50 was realized by the meeting. Victim of California _ Criminal Syndicalist Law Freed from Jail By L. P. RINDAL. (Worker. Correspondent) LOS ANGELS, Nov. 11.—Fellow- Worker P. Mellym fs a free man again. He has just been released from San Quentin, where he served a term of three and a half years as a victim of California's criminal syndicalist law. The Tom Mgoney branch of the I: L, D. will hold,.a special meeting at Needle Trades, Council Hall, 224 South Spring street, Nov, 11, at 8 p, m., when Mellman will speak on the conditions in San Quent; Reaction 1s fim running riot in Cal- ifornia, Sam rtridge, who worked hard 10 years ago to prevent a new trial for Tom Mooney, has just been elected to another term in the U. 8 senate, Oxmen, “the honest cattle- man from Oregon,” was the star “eye” witness against Mooney, When this “ho man” later on was “prose- cuted” for perjury Sam Shortridge helped him out, Oxman returned to his cattle ranch with his 80 pieces of silver; Mooney went to San. Quentin for fe, and Mr, Shortridge qualified as the future spokesman for the plun- derbund in the United State senate, » Workers’ Mandolin Orchestra pet: Hall, Broad and Master sw “| day, holding shipping in port as a 34- UNIONS AID FIGHT FOR JUSTICE FOR NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—A number of New York trade unionists have joined, the Citizens’ Committee of One, Hun- dred sponsoring the cause of three city teachers, members of the teachers’ union, who have been denied the :pro- motion to which they are. entitled. Schoo] board authorities make excuses for their refusal to promote these highly eligible teachers, but indicate that their reasons are that the teach- ers are unionists and have independ- ent ideas on politics and economics. Ernest Bohm and Leonard Bright of the Bookkeepers’, Stenographers’ and Accountahts’ Union; Edward F. Cas- sidy, Typogtaphica] Union No. 6; Fan- nie -M. Cohn, International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union; John P. Coughlin, secretary Central ‘Trades and Labor Council of Greater New York, Thomas J. Curtis, president Tunnel Workers’ Union; B. Erickson, Patiern Makers’ Union and treasurer Central Trades. Council; John A. Hickey, secretary Commercial Teleg- raphers’ Union; Jerome B. Keating of the molders’ union; William Kohn, up- holsterers’ union; Carl H. Lawson, Painters’ Union No, 51; John Prechtl, Brewers’ Union No, 1; Thomas Rock, district council Pavers’ and Rammers- men’s Union; Leon H. Rouse, presi- dent Typographical No. 6: Joseph P. Ryan, president Central Trades Coun- cil; Rose Schneiderman, president Women’s Trade Union League; George H. Stilgenbauer, Machinists’ Local No, “434; John Sullivan, presi- dent New York State Federation of Labot; Thomas Walsh, Iron Workers No, 40; Hénry Waxman, United Gar- ment Workers, and Jacob S, Winick, Moving Picture Operators No. 306, complete the unionists on the com- mittee. Winter Continues But Weather Man Predicts Relief The middle west est continued Wednes: | day in the grip of its first severe win- try wave, but a bright sun and a mod- eration of the howling northwest wind bore out the weather man’s prediction of rising temperatures tomorrow. The thermometer hovered around he 22 degree mark from midnight un- iil early today and no appreciable shange was forecasted uatil early to- morrow, Storm warnings were again dis- played on all of the Great Lakes to- mile wind whipped the water into white caps. A Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific train due at 10 a. m, yesterday only arrived at-5:55 a. m. today, it being delayed 18 hours in a snow-filled cut in western Kansas, The best way—sudsorive today. DAILY WORKDR. N.Y, TEACHERS, (Copyright, 1926, by Uptom Sinciair) His place was taken by Harvey Manning, who was no longer able to stand up, but sprawled over a chair, and in a voice of th deepest injury declared, “I wanna know whoze been tellin bqut me!” “Telling what?” asked Bunny. “Thatz what I wanna know: What they been tellin?” “TI don’t know what you mean, Harvey.” “Thass it! Why don’t you know? .Why don’t you tell me? Mean say I’ain’t askin straight? You think I’m drunk—that it? I say, I’ wanna know whoze been talkin bout me an what they been sayin. I gotta take care my reputation. I wanna know why you won't tell me. I’m gonna know if I have to keep askin all night.” And accordingly he started again, “Please, what they been tellin you?” But.just then the Chinese spectre filtted past, and Haryey got-up and made an effort to catch him, and failing, caught hold of a Jamp-stand, slightly taller than himself. It was not.built like lamp-posts that he was used to clutching on street-corners; it started to fall, and Bunny leaped and caught it, and Harvey cried in alarm, “Look out, you’re upsettin it!” Then a funny thing happened. Bunny had noticed at the dinner-table a well-groomed man of the big Western type, polite the-few who kept sobet. Now it appeared that among the dut of ‘superintendent at a monastery was that of the old-fashi “bouncer” of the Bowery saloon.* He came up, and slipped his arm about Harvey Manning; and the latter e having been there before, set up an agonized wail, “I d’wanna go to bed! I woan go to bed! Dammit, Anderson, lemme lone! If I go to bed now, I wake up in the mornin and I can’t have a drink till evenin and I go crazy!” Against that horrible fate poor Harvey fought frantically; but apparently the material inside the shoulders of Mr. Ander- son’s dresscoat was not the ordinary taflor’s padding, and the weeping victim was helpless as in the grip of a boa-constrictor. He went along, even while proclaiming loudly that he wouldn't. “Pll get up again, I tell you! I woan be treated like a baby! I woan come this damn place again! It’s an outrage! I’m a grown man an I got a right get drunk if I wanna—” and so his weeping | voice died into the elevator! “Mr. Ross,” said Vee Tracy,” there are two cries that one \hears at Hollywood parties. The first is, I don’t want to go to bed; and the second is, I do.” x When Bunny made his appearance on Sunday morning, he had the Monastery all to himself.’ He breakfasted, and read the papers, which had been delivered.from the nearest railroad sta- tion; then he went for a stroll, and renewed his acquaintance with the “reds” in the eagle cage, He walked down towards ocean, and discovered a combination of fire-break and br path, leading over the hills along the coast. He followed this for a couple of miles, until it led down to a long stretch of beach. The owner of the Monastery had erected a\barrier here, with signs warning the public to keep out; there was a gate with a spring lock, and on the inside a board with keys hanging on it, and instructions to. take one with you, so that you could return. Bunny did this, and continued his walk down the beach. Presently he came upon a Rhine castle, set upon one of these lonely hills; and in front of it, coming down to the water, a series of terraces and gardens. There were paths, and water-courses, “bridal-veil” falls, and fountains with stone-carved frogs. and storks and turtles and tritons—all suffering from drought, for the water was shut off. You could guess that the owner was away, because the window shades in the Rhine castle were drawn, and here and there throughout-the gardens were great lumps of white sheeting, evidently wrapped about statues. Some of these were on pedestals, and some perched on the stone walls; and directly over the head of each hung an electric light. It was such a curious phenomenon that Bunny took the trouble to climb into the garden and lift up the hem of one of these sheets, and was embarrassed to discover the entirely naked round limbs of a large marble lady—presumably a Lorelei, or other kind of German lady, because you could tell by the shape of the cloth, and by feeling through it, that she had a goblet up- lifted in one hand, and behind her head a thick marble rope, made by her braided hair. With golden comb she combs it,.you remem- ber, and sings a song thereby, das hat eine wundersame gewaltige Melodei; and Bunny was the fisher-boy whom it seized with a wild woe. He peered under half a dozen of the sheets, and counted the rest, establishing the fact that the gardens contained no less than thirty-two large, fat marble ladies with braided hair hanging down their backs. An amazing spectacle it must have afforded, at night when all the lights were turned on—and no one to behold it but seals! Yes; Bunny looked out over the sea, and there was not a sail in sight; but close to the shore were clusters of rocks, and on these the seals sat waiting to see if he were going to unveil the statues, and bring back the therry days before prohibition rutned America! He turned to the beach, and walked on. The sun was high now, and the water tempting; there were more rocks with seals on them, and green-white breakers splashing over them, not high jenough to be dangerous, but just enough to be alluring. Bunny made sure he was alone, and then undressed and waded into the water. hump, and get nearer the water’s edge.. Some of them were yellow and some a dark brown, little ones and big ones, each of them enormously fat—having consumed his own weight in fish in the course of a day. As Bunny swam near, they slid silently off the rocks, politely yielding place to him; when he clambered ontg the rocks, they would bob up and form a circle a few yards away, yellow heads and brown eyes staring. They were strange- ly human, a circle of foreign children, watching some visitor who does not know their language and may or may not be dangerous. (Continued Tomorrow.) WM. GREENBERG, Conductor PHILADELPHIA vat at me totcnrs ys 2M esi bine Pe MAES wf ne ole’ feller, and unobstrusive; the superintendent of the estate, and one of, The attention of the seals becdme riveted upon him, and with each step that he took, one of them would give a hutfip™ ime Maabaeen nt scacuN bee cewenan Sappnnsh- aneewbnser erbo+57 ad <<a ennpebeene seeds st=7 sea nereseseiersesete®. PRde ie meweeewen sores: le a ON EN a