The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 23, 1927, Page 1

WORKERS WILL EASILY SEE THRU THIS CONTRADI CTION IN THE STATEMENTS OF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR OFFICIALS American Federation of Labor officials are trying to ride two horses when they claim the full co-operation of the New York police department and at the same time charge that the police have been subsidized by the left wing for protection purposes. President Green flatly contradicts his New York agent, McGrady, as follows: Edward F. Grady, representative of the American Federation of Labor in New York City, said: “Commissioner of Police McLaughlin has promised us the fullest co-operation. We are getting it. Me- * * * Laughlin has promised to end picketing.” protection. * * * William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, charged that $100,000 has been spent by the New York Joint Board of the Furriers’ Union, that has now been outlawed, to buy police The open collaboration of the police with the Green-Woll-McGrady outfit proves which of these two statements is correct. Lies will not fool thinking trade unionists, The Daily Worker Fig. i..: For the Organization of the Un- organized. For a Labor Party. For the 40-Hour Week. Vol. IV. No. 59. THE DAILY WOR Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mall, $8.00 per year, Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1927 <a Pittsbur g Coal GREEN CHARGES a ena HAVE BOUGHT THE NEW YORK POLICE FORCE Company Leads lock Out Lewis Now Admits Drive on Living Wage Starts April 1 PITTSBURGH, March 22. — A strongly financed fight on the United Mine Workers of America will begin April 1st in western Pennsylvania, according to statements made today both by union officials and mine oper- ators. The outcome of the struggle will have tremendous effect on the soft coal industry. Until 1925, western Pennsylvania, District No. 5, was preponderantly union, In August of that year, the Pittsburgh Coal Company, rated as the world’s largest soft-coal producer, broke with the union, lowered wages, and since has maintained a non-union policy. Several smaller companies followed the Pittsburgh Coal Com- pany’s example. J, D. A. Morrow, president of the company has issued a statement to the miners, which says, ir part: “We will never sign a scale with any union again. We will always have open shop mines. We will never run any mine any way but open shop.” Mellon and Rockefeller. Already it has been a costly fight for the. Pittsburgh Coal Company, which last year reported a loss of $2,114,676. Despite this, the-.com- pany, in which the Mellon and other great financial interests have heavy holdings, is prepared to pour in mil- lions more to operate non-union. “We are ready to spend large sums of money to continue our open shop. policy,” said C. E. Lesher, executive vice president. Unionizers charge openly that the Mellon and Rockefeller interests and the Pennsylvania Railroad are be- hind the plan to crush the union. In support of this statement they say the Pennsylvania Railroad is the greatest single factor in destroying the Jacksonville agreement. Cut Wages One-fourth, Pittsburgh Coal Company officials declare that after April 1st they will be joined by several other large com- panies now operating with the union, ineluding Jones and Laughlin and the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation. They further repdrt that while pro- duction per man has been cut down about 14 per. cent this has been more than offset by a 25 per cent saving in wages. The Pittsburgh Coal Company is bringing armed guards to create a reign of terror in the district after April ist. They are on duty at the company’s mines and camps and flood lights are being installed. Strike Will Hit Hard. The union believes it can seriously cripple all the open shop operations. At any rate, existing union mines are going to suspend. If the Pittsburgh Coal Company group wins it likely will force a wage * cut in other fields and undermine the union’s hold. If the union is victorious it will come out of the battle stronger than it has been at any time in the Jast ten years, President John L. Lewis of the U. M. W. A. has had already to recog- nize that his confident assumption (Continued on Page Two) [CURRENT EVENT Ssy7. J. oFLAHERTY 4 Prrwereued ¥ HIM A RUNNIN DOWN THEM ROOSHIANS, COMRADE. if seme! % HELL! rreey SPEECH AINT LICENSE — Com=, RADE, LOCK “HIM UP! Ps aT TH POLICE MEN'S. ‘ANNUAL BALL & = (AFOLOGIES 370 BEN,» — THE COPS QUARTET SINGING THE INTERNATIONAL COMRADE, CASSITY, YERE Right Wing Pogrom on N.Y. Fur Workers Stool Pigeons Aid Industrial Squad in Brutal Attack on Hundreds of Men and Women Machine guns, clubs, mounted police riding down fur workers, detec- tives beating, punching, dragging women by the hair—this is the response ‘given yesterday by New York’s Industrial Squad and police to the provoca- tive challenge delivered by President William Green of the American Fed- eration of Labor on Monday night, and to the boast of Special Organizer Edward F. McGrady that he had been promised ‘the “full co-operation of the police department” in his work of dissolving the Furriers’ Union. Fur workers who left their shops for lunch at noon time yesterday were driven out of the fur district at the point of guns; workers in restaurants eating their lunch were taken out by members of the Industrial Squad and beaten, and told to get out of this section and never come back. A general reign of terror was in- stigated by the squad, who went thru the market with men from the Inter- national Fur Workers’ Union office and as they pointed out Joint Board sympathizers “got them” with their blackjacks. * Gold Reaches Scene. Ben Gold, leader of the furriers strike, was able to reach the scene soon after the attack began: “Shortly after tweleve o’clock sev- eral furriers came to me at the Joint Board building and told me that they had heen threatened and then at- tacked by members of the Industrial Squad in and near the Central Cafe- teria on Sixth avenue near 39th St., where they had gone to eat their lunch,” said Gold. They were wound- ed and bleeding and plainly bore the catalogue of the American Fede- ratio of Labor but apparently none more\damning than winning a strike. Presidint Green does not lose his poise rominent labor leaders are when ht embezzling union funds or ex- peal as stoolpigeons on the payroll of private detective ies. But when the reactionaries in the Furriers’ Union were defeated by the progres- sives and a successful strike waged by the new leadership, Mr. Green got busy, essayed the role of detective had progressive leaders of the fur- riers’ union put in jail. He is now busy lining up the city police against the progressives after having organ- E he ized a dual union over the protest of | of the the rank and file. «8 * RESIDENT Green and Matthew Woll, have accused the furriers of tt $100, bd roedaderyarry many pi charged with ’ invavinar received the fhoney. ‘The en- |ment of all China. In the struggle the (ovctiane vn Peer tires) »' tire reactionary officialdom of the A. F, of L. in New York pretend to be very indignant but it is safe to predict that the Tammany labor leaders will not embarrass the city administration. The whole thing is a frame-up against the progressives in the Furriers’ Union. The labor fakers with the aid of the socialists are carrying on the anti-radical campaign under the cloak te bir ange gia If ey oo crushi progressives, lice wad ef the business will be ihe veniently forgotten. i. HANGHAI has fallen to the Na- tionalists. The citadel of imperial- ism in the Orient is today in beta he people as in other coun divisions and it is unlikely war will Shanghai or even with the a Nationalist government i z Z \ |evidence of the brutal beating up which they had received. Tried to Stop Raid. “T went to the fur market with other union officials for the purpose of making a complaint in the Thir- tieth Street police station against the Industrial Squad, who have been lately herding furriers to register at the International, and were now at- tacking them wholesale. Bad as Passaic. “When I reached the market I saw the Industrial Squad was creat- ing a riot, beating up any workers they could lay hands on, women, and old men, and even passersby. After the riot squad arrived in armored motorcycles and carrying machine guns, the confusion increased. Police on horseback rode up and down the sidewalks swinging their clubs in- discriminately. The brutalities of the police in the fur market were only rivalled by those of Passaic,” “Who Arrested Gold?” Gold was then told to get out of the fur district or he would be “run in,” and when ho refused to leave, two detectives fold him (o come on along with them.. However, when they reached the 30th street police station, no one acknowledged mak- ing an arrest and no charge was made against him, so he was freed. Spontaneous Demonstration. When the workers, who had fol- lowed Gold and believed he was under arrest, saw him walking out of the station there was a tremendous de- monstration on 30th street, this be- came a mass picket line which pro- ceeded thru the fur market with Gold ut its head and then down,to the Joint Board office where an’ impromptu meeting was held. Workers Hear Shrieks. Shrieks from the women who were (Continued on Page Two) 4 BEN GITLOW (LEADING THE, LGRAND MARCH ENYA Hay. LONG LIVE THE SOVIETS AN TA HELL wr WELL! TV AMEMBER CF THE *BUM” SQUAD” . THROWING THE.“ BOM™ THEM THERE wee CREE BY ACTUAL PCTORES OF NEW YORK COPS INTHE PAY OF THE COMMUNISTS — WERRRS BY WoL — PreTires oy Hay/ Bela Kun Cables For Help to Save the Lives Of Fifty Communists A protest against the attempt of the white guard government of Hungry to kill 50 Communists of that country is requested of the workers of America in a cable- gram from Moscow signed by Bela Kun. The cable requests that a protest | demonstration be arranged at the Hungarian Embassy at Washing- ton, D. C. and at the local coun- sel offices, Two weeks ago these workers | were arrested in a raid ona so- | cialist headquarters. At the de- mand of Ivan Hegas, a Bethlan agent, they were brought before a court martial and if found guilty will face the firing squad. Protests similar to those ar- ranged several years ago to save the life of Rakosi are being pre- pared by the International Labor Defense. SIGMAN’S SLATE BEATEN IN OWN _— Ford’s Manager Admits Lying, Says Lawyer Anti-Semitic Policy FEDERAL BUILDING, DETROIT, March 22.—The alleged falsity of Henry Ford’s attacks upon Aaron Sa- | piro in the Dearborn Independent was |admitted on one occasion by Free L. | Black, business manager of the publi- cation, William H. Gallagher, Sapiro’s the million-dollar libel suit in federal court here. A chain of circumstantial evidence, tending to show that Henry Ford’s attacks on Aaron Sapiro, so-called wheat king, were inspired by his ha- tred for the Jewish race, was slowly being forged today in the million dol- lar Ford-Sapiro libel suit. Three Letters. Counsel for Sapiro produced the first link at the trial in federal court here by placing in the record a let- dering Harry H. Dunn, Ford investi- gator, to gather information about DUAL LOCAL 35 Altho one of the Jewish newspapers of this city announced two days ago the vote in the right wing’s body named Local 35, the official organ of the reactionaries has so far failed to, publish anything about this event. . The election was held last Saturday, and according to the capitalist paper, mentioned, there were 501 votes cast. | This alone is good reason why the | result has not been broadcasted since when Local 85 held its regular elec- tion there were 1,100 votes cast for the left wing. Sigman Beaten. However, another suggested reason for the silence is the fact that the election was won by the Breslaw slate, and i diva anarco-fascist group was defeated. Possibly he is trying to manoeuver a few of his men into office before announcing the elec- tion results. Possibly too, he may be arranging a little better looking poll record.. The actual figure is said to be only 200, | Forward Sabotages Goretzky. | This morning in general sessions, Joseph Goretzky, manager of Local 85, Saul Roe, A. Gestulia and several others will once more be brought to (Continued on Page Five) _ meeting “Jewish boys (who) are putting the works on the farmers.” A second letter, written some time (Continued on Page Two) Kee. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBISHING CO., 83 First Street, New York, N. ¥. British Tr 1. The Nationalist forces are | hat from which the militarist troo | 2. British troops have fired of large-scale intervention loom. | | perialist powers have rushed marines to the scene. FINAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents oops Fire On Chinese Soldiers Large Scale Intervention of Powers Feared; United States Marines Strikebreaking progressively occupying Shang- ps are fleeing. on Chinese soldiers and the tm- Possibilities 3. Reuter’s, the British government semi-official news dis- tributing agency is supplying the Associated Press and the Hearst services with anti-Chinese propaganda designed to prepare public opinion in foreign countries and particularly in England and America for intervention against the revolutionary movement. Judge Rules Out Evidence of attorney, charged this afternoon at} ter from the Dearborn Independent or- | everything tied down. The im some White Russians to scab, bw slowness of Consul Gaunn in calling Nationalists. day to command the marines. The “atrocity mills’ are now working full blast. 4, The general strike called by the General Labor Unton has perialists succeeded in getting t they are so weakened by hun- ger that their ability to strikebreak is considerably impaired. * BULLETIN SHANGHAI, March 22.—The American Chamber of Commerce has formally protested to the state department at Washington against the the marines into action against the Major General Smedley Butler is expected here Wednes- * * . All Work ers Out. SHANGHAI, March 22.—The entire laboring population of | Shanghai is on strike and all services are at a standstill as the | city. Under the direction of the G maintaining order. several. The soldiers are said to |the defeated northerners. alists but this report is taken wi British sources. | The number of workers on) strike is estimated to be 150,000. All cotton mills and transport) services are idle. | | 1,500 American marines were| \landed yesterday and are patroll-| ling the docks of the Standard |Oil Company and Dollar Steam- ship Line. Men from two Amer- ican destroyers are strikebreak-| ing in the Standard Oil power plant. Deserters Join Nationalists. General Ho Ying-Yin, commander }of the Nationalist army in Chekiang | province is still encamped on the out- | skirts of Shanghai. Ten thousand de- serters from the northern armies have joined the Nationalist forces. A Na- tionalist troop train passed a British patrol this afternoon. The National- ists laughed and joked but displayed ng hostility. The rank and file of the Nationalist armies know that the sol- diers of the imperialist powers are not responsible for their presence on Chinese soil. * . . | Poisonous Propaganda. | EDITORIAL NOTE.—The imperial- | ist lie mills that worked so effectively during the war are now working at | top pressure in China. No doubt some | (Continued on Page Three) IS FAKE, SAY Last night’s meeting of the Joint Board of the furriers gave Rarticular consideration to the speech made by | President Green at the special meet-| President |ing of the New York Central Trades these ¢ jand- Labor Council on Monday night. | What dec Among other things, this commented at length, once again, upon the al- leged bribery of the New York police force by the furriers during their | strike. “We not only deny this charge once more, but before long we intend to demand that Green show some proof ;of these loose statements,” ‘said Ben Gold yesterday afternoon. Let Him Show Report. “We want Green to open up his re- port, give the evidence he says he has, GREEN'S OFT-MENTIONED EVIDENCE MILITANT FURRIERS. and accept Green's statements. They too will want real evidence.” Other fur workers mentioned by} Green in connection with | t charges wondered from | @ was reading when he made his statements, If it was} the report of the A. F. of L. investi-| | gating committee, as he claims, why ‘not make it public?. I. Shapiro, S.| ; Mencher, M. Cohen and J. Resnik all} deny that they ever made the state- | | } | ments attributed to them. Green Started Investigation. In commenting upon one remark of | that Ben Cold had ti President Green’ requested an it jriers’ Union, it jealled that the Jc tion of the Pur- | as laughingly re-| t Board’s first in-| Nationalist government is proceeding with the organization of the eneral Labor Union workers are patrolling the city, arresting White Koosidi mercenaries and British marines opened fire on Chinese soldiers and wounded be stragglers from the ranks of Japanese marines are reported to be sniping at the Nation- ith reserve since it comes from Kelloge Breaks Mexican Arms Treaty Clericals Can Now Run Guns Across Border WASHINGTON, March 22.—The American government has decided to terminate the anti-smuggling treaty with Mexico, Formal notice to this effect has been served on the Mexican government, it was announcef at the State Depart- ment today. . Abrogation of the treaty is con- strued by every filibuster in the pay of the Catholic Church of Mexico, or its American friends as permission te head for the Rio Grande with the ma- terials for widespread revolution, as svon as the requisite number of cut- throats can be hired for his “army.” The abrogation of the treaty is eon- sidered by all concerned to be a slap at Mexico for her insistence on tax- ing American oil companies the soil of petroleum, if it is not the first step towards setting up a pup- pet government, like that of Dias im Nicaragua. The abrogation of the treaty was succompanied by reports that this ae- sion presages the eventual lifting ef the embargo on arms, but State De (Continued on Page Three) Needle Trades Chairmen Meet Tonight for Plan To Defeat Bureaucrats To protest the police brutalities instigated by the reactionary offi- cials of the needle trades unions, | shop chairmen of the furriers, clonkmakers and dressmakers will meet to-night in Cooper Union, right after work. All the union leaders will be pre- sent to talk on the important work instead of continuing to make irre-| timation of the proposed investigation| to be done in driving out the offi- sponsible assertions. We do not was a letter from President Green, cials of the two Internationals, and — think the delegates at last Monday’s| right after the strike, anrrouncing that| the union-smashing elements of the will take things for granted ’ + ‘oo (Continued on Page Five) N A. F. of L. ; |