The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 23, 1927, Page 2

oy Se ae Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1927 RIGHT POGROM AGAINST N.Y. FUR WORKERS Stool Pigeons Give Aid To the Police Page One) x clubbed and dragged (Continued from sidewa the of th hers o neighhor'! Men the sic than : by t out employ yvomen were h re police Statior or | Fannie Warsha Joint Board o tally attacked by hers of the I dragged by the Left Leaders on When Ben Gold, IL. Aaron Gross of Fur: Board arrived at 29th Street dreds of workers a‘ tna demonstration. the. excuse for calling the “Riot Squad,” with a conspicuous array of maehine guns The present campaign of brutal in- timidation is the climax to the tactics of the corrupt officialdom of the In- | ternatiunal working with the bosses | and the New York police department. Stool Pigeons Point. When the Industrial Squad had sent | in its riot call and been reinforced by dozens of uniformed men and armored motor cycles, they began a systematic round-up in the hallways of those workers near at hand who were pointed out by the right wingers. IN IN Organize the Tracti ARTICLE X. THE 1916 STRIKE; THE TY MITCHELL >» had beer object nods and dou- the Inter- By ROBE The 1 lesson of 1 ble dealing boro ne i xtent the of- therhood of Locomotiv Amalgamated A: e deceived by these tac- » complete justification n for their desertion and deliberate break- > strike. Their iation n ypers and labor onal Civic Feders no less inexcusable. Open Shop Notices, with haters i tion is The true designs of. the Inter- borough must have become apparent to them nen as a final blow this compa posted its open shop notices and broke the union. The conclusion apable that these union of- ficers ultimately realized the ,char ter of the Interborough method a they failed to take account of these methods as capable lead ‘ip is ex- pected to, is the red thread which runs through the days leading to the 1916 strike. Years Follow. ich followed the 1905 defeat for the men. The miserable wages which they received and the fearfully trying conditions under which they labored have already been pictured. Intimidation, suppression, flagrant and unwarranted dismissal, unduly long suspensions color these years. The cost of living in this period was steadily rising, yet until the year 1910 their wages remained fixed at the same starvation level. These were the years when the workers of other trades thru the on the life of the labor movement had not yet been born, but “welfare” de- vices were all the rage. Benefits At Minimum Cost. The Interborough instituted sick and death bene pensions, and, as one of its later ted, it granted passes “to the fe- head of the household.) Just how many, of these “female heads’ | took ntage of these passes to ride ailroad is not known. Not only but “it encouraged out-door sports in summer and balls and en-| tertainments in winter; it maintained at minimum cost places where the| men could read or play games and bathe.” A Little Sap. On February 1st, 1910, the men re- ceived an increase of a few cents per The company was then “manu- ” sentiment for better con- tracts with the city. Besides there was beginning to be seen too unmistakable evidence of a growing revolt among the workers. there followed another rren waiting in which the ng continued steadily to C rise. An Organization Wave. The sentiment for organization ac- |struggle were indeed years of bitter cumulates slowly; workers wait pain-| fully long years before revolting | against even the most inhuman con- ditions, but the result of such a grow- ing tide of rebellion is the complete overthrow of the old system of rela-! . A monstrous wave of this sort swept over the city of New York in the summer of 1916 and in a few days | brought the hitherto unbending Inter- | | borough officials to their knees. The strike began with Divisions No. | 490 and No. 498, locals of the Amal- gamated of Yonkers and Mt. Vernon. | Unable to secure their demands for} Those picked in this way and ar-| heroic struggles of their organized | better pay they wént out on strike on rested were Abe Berliner, Clara Melt- zer, Sam Gold (Ben Gold’s brother) Willie Shiffrin, Leon Litvin, Herman Tafit, Fanny Warsho: Anna Baras, Karla Gajdushek, Natty Men- del and Ray Epstein. All Clubbed. All these workers were beaten with clubs, some of them were threatened with guns, and the women were dragged by the hair to force them into the police wagons. Otto Lenhard and Sam Yaker, altho not placed under arrest, were beaten by the officers after they had been forced out of a ant at the corner of 30th street e. The proprietor of as well as the workers affidavits which will be presented in court today. The workers after being taken to h street police statiom wens trans- red to Jefferson Market Court where Judge Brodsky released them recognizance for further hearing this morning. Brutalities Horrify Outsiders. These brutalities of the Industrial Squad, which made passersby exclaim, “This is the most outrageous per- formance I ever saw. The idea of beating peaceful people like this, etc.” | —follows President Green’s state- ments before the Central Trades and Labor Council Monday night claiming that the American Federation of La- bor in its war on the Communists “will succeed in winning by the open- ly manifested power of the workers and public opinion”—at least this is the way the Forwards quote him. Breaks Promise. “The Féderation will not hire guer- flas to fight its cause. The Federa- tion will not give a cent for graft or a cent for guerillas. We will go on with our work and win in a straight, and respectable and honest way. Our power is the power of the workers themselves; The whole world will stand with us.” From all indications yesterday's performance by the Industrial Squad --who of course are not guerillas— has scarcely gained the right wing any support either from the public or the workers. The workers, whose usual lunch hour was turned into a battle period, shouted in wrath at the police in spite of clubs which swung indiscriminate- ly right and left. The public was not | much better pleased even tho the clubs | did not come their way. Joint Board Takes Action. | The Joint Board held a meeting last | night at which it was decided to for- | mally inform the police authorities of what is going on and of the brutal | treatment of the fur workers yester. | day. They will let the officials know} that the union does not intend to re- main silent on this matter. 140 Men Due to Lose Jobs in Gary Mill! (By a Worker Correspondent.) GARY, Ind., March 22.—When au- tomatic catching machines will re-| place the catchers at each of the 24) hot rolls of the Tin Mill here the com- | pany will be a big winner. The fired, workers and their families will be the losers. There are two catchers at each roll, They work in three shifts. Some| 140 men will lose their jobs. Two! catchers make approximately $260.00 | per month. The company will save | | over $18,000 per month. Some workers will blame the ma- chines for their trouble. The mach ines are innocent, they serve those| who own them. When the workers} finally will take possession of the| machines the machine will serve them | by making the work easier and “i work day shorter, The machines will not-deprive them of their ny x ' 5 f forces were beginning to exact a measure of their created value from the exploiting Yet the unor- ganized traction workers were, like Alice in Wonderland, finding it neces- sary to run ever faster to remain in the same place. Welfare Dope. In place of granting a living wage, the company adopted the newly created system of “doping” workers with “welfare” injections. The com- pany union with its paralyzing hold | July 22, 1916. In a few days the | sparks of this local fire had lighted a conflagration in the whole of New York. Caught Napping. For the first time the Interborough had been cavght unprepared. Frank Hedley several months afterwards} on Worke | without breakers and gunmen, the, Interbor-| | Striking warning: FIRST REVOLT Struck For Union, The men struck in one great arny for “A Living Wage” and “A Union of Our Own!”, its usua of army ough was compelled to submit. The men through their own efforts had won their battles! Knowing the Interborough and its tactics, the workers had not heeded the hypo- | critical plea of the company to post- | Done the walkout. They acted im- mediately, definitely and without giving quarter to an enemy which on so many occasions had shown its ut- ter disregard of any fair dealing. Company Yiélds. The strike w settled on August jth, The Amalgamated was called in to complete ization and take charge. The Interborough conceded practically all p the right to or- ganize, increases. in pay, no discrim- ination and a provision calling for arbitration of the points left un- settled. What kind of agreement was this of which we are speaking? A written agreement as is invariably the case under such conditions? No, it was merely an understanding entered into between Wm. B. Fitzgerald, vice president of the Amalgamated and Frank Hedley in mission, How was it possible for the offi- cials of the Amalgamated to accept such an arrangement with the com- pany whose underhand dealings had been so clearly revealed in 1905 and many times thereafter? This is a question beyond all reasonable un- derstanding? That the situation left the workers exposed to attack was apparent to everyone. Sense Counter Attack. The “New York Call”, in those days an organ which still represented ilar agreements are being signed in| ment in Dist. 22. Caught unprepared, | strike | the presence of} ;Mayor Mitchell and chairman Oscar | Strauss of the Public Service Com-| rs WYOMING GOAL MINERS’ CONTRACT PUTS UNION IN POWER OF BOSSES | ‘Sample of Temporary Partial Agreements Made | By Lewis’ Orders in Outlying Districts CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 22.—From this outlying dis- | \trigt further evidence develops that President John L. Lewis of | |the United Mine Workers of America is determined to make any | | Strike in the central competitive | A contract with the coal operators’ jassociations of this state has just | been arranged, which centers around | the following surprising points. | 1) No time limit is provided—men are to work on the basis of the Jacksonville agreement, until some | decision is made for the central com- petitive field, after which a new | agreement for Wyoming will be made, embodying whatever ¢hanges are made by the new situation in the | east. | 2) There is no stipulation as to how | the agreement in the central com- | petitive field shall be arrived at, Wyoming contract is virtually an agreement by the miners to scab dur- | | ing a coal ‘strike, and then when it |shall have been broken, to take the jlow wages assigned to the beaten strikers. 3) No penalties for breach of con- tract operate upon the employers. 4) It is clearly stated in the pre- |amble to the contract, which is signed |by the district officials of the coal | miners’ union, that the whole deal is |made under the authority, and ac- |eording to the general directions of |the international officials, President \John L. Lewis, and his executive | board, and policy committee. It |quotes from a form letter sent by | international officers to all outlying districts. Same as Others. | It is generally understood that sim- whether by strike or otherwige. The! coal fields certain of failure. | ment commonly referred to as the! | Jacksonville Agreement. | *Ends After The Strike. | It is further agreed, that after | {such “new basic agreement” is ar-| {rived at, representatives of Dist. 22, | | U. M. W. of A, and the two Coal Op-| jerators Associations will as soon as| |possible thereafter, meet in Chey-| | enne, Wyo., to establish a wage | seale predicated on the said> “new) | basic wage agreement,” the mines to; | continue at work in the interim.” | The above agreement for continua- | | tion of work after April 1st, 1927, | should not agreement be reached prior to that date, was signed by Ed- | | ward Bottomley, and Frank Ander- | son, for the Northern Coal Operators | Association and P. J. Quealy, and Eugene McAuliffe, for the Southern Coal Operators Association and by | | Martin Gahill and James Morgan, in| | behalf of Dist. 22, U. M. W. of A. the | | officers signing being the presidents | ;and_ secretaries of the various or-| | ganizations a party to the agree- | , ment. | | Work Even Thru Strike. | This agreement consummated with | the authority of the International | | Policy Committee, assures the con- | tinuance of the present wage scale as it effects both day and contract | men, members of the U. M. W. of A. |in Wyoming, it provides further that 'when a basic agteement is reached |in the eastern field, that this agree-| ment will be the basis for the agree- Copies of the the interests: of the workers as its|PaTts of Pennsylvania, in the south-| agreement have been forwarded to present offspring “The New Leader” | ‘est, and are contemplated for Dis-| our International Officers at Indian- no longer does, issued the following | ttict 12, Mlinois. The result, miners | apolis. tack is coming and unless the men “§ counter at-| SY, Proves the New York Herald-| | Tribune, one of the most reactionary | It is not possible under present | conditions to set_a date for a scale boasted that “For thirty years, I]consolidate, they are likely to lose| Papers in the United States, had ad-| convention. The district constitution- hav been a believer in prepared- s but this boast was revealed | in all its hollowness in the latter part of July 1916. | all they have gained and perhaps more...” And this warning was no idle one! (To Be Continued) FORD-SAPIRO SUIT HAS POLITICAL TINGE| RELIGIOUS MOB | ENRAGED OVER HERETIC SPEECH Assaults ILD Members Advertising Brown ST. PAUL, March 22.—Three mem- bers of the International Labor De- fense were attacked distributing leaf- Bishop William Montgomery Brown is to give at the Labor Temple on Saturday evening, March 26th. Distribution at one of the masses | ‘vance information when it quoted | Lewis as declaring: “There will be ;no strike this year.” Blame Lewis Gang. The operators, and Lewis hench- men, are proceeding, say progressive miners, on the assumption that if the union is not absolutely helpless, it can be, made so by its officials in short order, and any kind of condi- tions or wages forced upon it that the boss may desire to have. Pro- | gressives call for organization of the unorganized fields, and for united, nation wide action, to stave off the |low wages and union wrecking that the bosses contemplate. The Wyoming contract and cover- jing letter by District 22 officials is jas follows: | Partial Contracts. Cheyenne, Wyo., March 7th, |1927.—To the officers and members of Local Unions of Dist. 22, U. M. W. lets advertising the lecture which of A | Brothers: | You are acquainted with the. fact |that the joint conference held at Miami, Florida, adjourned without | Senator James A. Reed, counsel for the defense in the suit of Aaron) Sapiro against Henry Ford, is after the democratic nomination for president, and he is managing to get some of the right kind of publicity. Ford has run for political office himself, at times, and might do it again. An associate of Sapiro, Senator Frank Lowden, aspires to the Republican nomination, and has laid his foundation for farmer support by boosting the McNary-Haugen | bill. Reed does not neglect any opportunity to emphasize Lowden’s name in at the St. Agnes Church had been reaching an agreement for the cen- completed, when the distributors were | tral competitive field, the wage bas- told to discontinue and not to, return. | ing districts. One of the priests had come out and} Upon the adjournment of the joint was excitedly gathering up the leaf-| conference, the International Policy |lets that had been given out, erying: | Committee was convened by Pres. | |“Don’t read it, you will go to hell if| Lewis, this policy committee being | you do!” |composed of representatives of every Priestly Mob, ‘district under the jurisdiction of the The distributors then left for the|U. M. W. of A, St. Vincent Church to carry on the} The following policy was unani- same work, It was here after a par-/mously adopted by the above com- tial divtribution had been made, that | mittee at its meeting February 23, the distributors were attacked, and | 1927. the “Jewish Ring” he claims is destroying the farmers. Ford’s Manager Admits Lying, Says Lawyer (Continued from Page One) later revealed Dunn as investigating Sapiro for the first time. In this docu- ment, Dunn told the Ford publication that “you have been waiting for a long time for this story about coop- eratives and the Sapiros.” A third link, it was said, will be forged in the chain by introduction of a “surprise” letter revealing how the information about Sapiro was «athered in field by the Ford inves- Ugator, Rule Out Ford Fanaticism. Judge Raymond's rulings today were distinctly useful to the Ford de- ‘ense. He ordered Sapiro’s side to go thrn a technical process of amend- ing their complaint, and likewise caused great rejoicing in the Jim Reed group by declaring that evidence of Ford’s fanatical hatred of the Jew- ish race in general did not apply in this ease. Wm. Gallagher, attorney for Sa- piro, was able to get before the pub- lie, if hot into the records, consider- able infortnation bearing on this rul- ing passion of the automobile manu- facture “The International Jew.” “Tord sought to picture Sapiro as | a conscious enemy of all the Anglo- Saxons means by civilization,” Sa- piro’s attorney said. This charge was made during the argument on admit- ting to evidence Ford’s racial views. The “conscious enemy,” clause was read by Gellaaher from a Dearborn er be ude That book, Callcghe® | added, is a compilation of articles ap- pearing in the Independent dealing with Jews. “The International Jew” booklet, | Gallagher went on, contained Ford’s janti-Jew prejudices, concurring in \spirit with the alleged Sapiro lbels. Romantic Yarns. | Gallagher added: “So this book in calling Jews the conscious enemies of all that Anglo-Saxon means by civili- zation, prepares all readers of the In- dependent to understand that Aaron | Sapiro was’such an enemy. This book defines and illustrates the sting and {the venom of their publications.” | The International Jew booklet ar- | ticles appeared during 1920, 1921 and | 1922, before the alleged libels on Sa- viro, They are still being sold, Gallagher asserted, and paved the way for a |wide public to view Sapiro through the frowns of Henry Ford. He added: “This book shows that for two Gears the Independent was filling the minds of the publie with claims that there was a ring of In- ‘ternational Jewry with a throne set up in London. It clearly shows that | Ford is claiming that Jews were dom- jinating not only the farms but the manufacturers, the theatre, culture, jeducation and everything.” | Tornado Wrecks Mill Town, GULFPORT, Miss., March 22.— Two persons were slightly injured and ten houses wrecked at Lyman, 9 miles north of here this afternoon when a tornado, with two distinct centres a quarter of a mile apart, ripped through the saw mill village | there, \ forced to run for many blocks, fol- lowed by a mob. Returning for their car, they wee again attacked. The affair resulted in a near riot, At another church, the distributor had his leaflets destroyed and ordered not to return, under threats of bodily injury. tI The local committee is at a loss to know why this opposition should take place as there was nothing in the leaflet that was provocative. It merely contained a short history of the life of Bishop Brown and an in- vitation for all to attend at his lec- ture, at 8 p, m., March 26th, at the Labor Temple, 410 N. Franklin Street. KULOK SHOP 1S STILL STRUCK; HUNTING SCABS The Kulok shop, 38 Eldridge street, New York, is still struck. It is at- tempting to run with seabs, and the small quantity of goods produced is taken down to the floor below where retail store. conscious workers, not realizing that the company is struck and these went out on strike; the strike has ite of attempts by right wing gang- stors to break it up. are expiring as of March 81st, 1927, mines may continue at work after the existing wage rates and the maintenance of present conditions pending the negotiation of a basis agreement in the Central Competitive field.” A Sample Sell-Out. id The officers of Dist. 22, acting un- der the above policy and instructions from the International Policy Com- mittee, upon their return from the | conference arranged to meet with the Operators comprising the Northern and Southern Wyoming tar Opera- \tors Association. This ting was jheld in » Wyoming, 7th, 1927, and the following agree- |ment reached putting into the Nat- ional Policy in Dist. 22; Cheyenne, Wyo., March 7th, 1927. It is hereby mutually agreed to between Dist. 22, of the U. M. W. of A. acting under instructions issued by the International Policy Commit- tee of the U. M. W, of A. at Miami, Florida, February 23rd, 1927, and the Northern Wyoming Coal Association and the Southern Wyom- ing Coal Operators Association, re- ‘spectively, that the agreement in ef- fect as of this date and which ex- pires by limitation March 81st, 1927, shall be extended and remain in full foree and effect until a new basic wage agreement is arrived at and made effective, and that the mines lo- cated in Wyoming, members of the two above mentioned Coal Operators Association, wi tion peal hat exten of the existing wage “That the offietrs of each outlying | | bituminous district, where contracts |authotitatively advise the operators | in their respective districts that their | April 1st, 1927, upon the payment of | , Maroh | PY sa es sere, jal convention has been called to meet tin Cheyenne, Wyoming, on March | 15th, 1927, to handle constitutional matters and dispose of routine work jof the organization and thus clear {up all work of the district, so that, |all attention can be given later on to | that important matter of the agree- | ment. | Your officers have been notified | that they are to attend the next {meeting of the Intdrnational Policy | Committee and a theeting of this | committee will be held some time be- | fore March ist. It is important’ | that every member of our union co-| | operate and carry out instructions of | | the Policy Committee. Every mem-! |ber is therefore instructed that the | mines are to continue in operation | after April 1st, and report for work |as usual under the agreement con-| ‘tinuing the present contract. A seale convention will he called at as | early date as is possible after a bas-| ing agreement is made in the east, and each local will be notified in am- | | ple time of the date this scale con-| | vention for District 22, will be held, | ; when the officers find it possible 16 set this date. Instructions are there-. |fore given that every member shall | | report as usual for work after April ist, and do his part to keep agree-| |ment of March 7th, carrying into! force and effect the International Policy as it relates to the outlying | districts, Fraternally yours, | Martin Cahill, President. |George Young, Vice-President. James Morgan, Secretary-Treasurer. | | Tony Radajl, International Board Member. Roll in the Subs For The DAILY i WORKER. | ‘Pittsburg Coal Co. é Leads in Lockout (Continued from Page One) | that there would be no strike is self celusion, or worse, and has appointed Int Vice-president Phil. Murray to organize resistanee to the open shop drive in the Pittsburgh region. . Lewis Poor Leader. Defense here, and against other at- tacks on the miners’ wage scale, which Fe miners are determined to win this atvike. The wages of the Pittsburgh Coal Co.'s scab mines are too low to live on. 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