The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 5, 1927, Page 1

fi ‘ Down Tools, August 9th, to Save Sacco and Vanzetti! THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THB UNORGANIZED H FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY THE DAILY WoO! Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York. N. ¥., 1879, uuder the act of March 3, FINAL CITY | EDITION Vol. IV. No, 174. SUBSCRIPTION RATHS: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by mxil, 9600 per year. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1927 Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 33 First Street, New York, N. Y. Price 3 Cents NATIONAL STRIKE TO SAVE SACCO AND VANZETTI! Current Events By T, J. O’Framzery. HH twe jabov organ! Sacco and} Vaasetti must die, says Governor Aivin Fuliex of Massachusetts speak- ing in particular for the capitalists ef Massaehusotts and in general for the entire eapitalist class of tiie Uni- ted States, Those who expected that Fuller and hia fake committee would ge inte the facts in the case which proye the innecense of our two fel- jow werkera beyond the shadow of a doubt, have no understanding of the eiass ehayaeter of the society in which we ave living and tho perpetual war that exists between those who live by explejtation and those who exist by | being exploited, gacee and Vanxetti are innocent the crime charged against t as two unborn babes. Then, why} this judisial murder? We might a well asked why is Tom Mooney stili in San Quentin prison for a crime that even the judge who presided at his trial, tho presecutor the members ef the jury and the perjured govern- ynent Witnesses, now admit he is in- necent off, Tom Mooney is in jail beeausa the open shop capitalists of Californig wanted to make an ex- ampie of him for’ his activity in or- ganizing tho workers into trade unions, They almost succeeded in burning him in the electric chair. He was paved by the protests of world labor, | a * FOR thpse who may be deluded into belleving that Fuller:and his com- mission of New England aristocrats would not permit two innocent work- era to go to the electric chair provi- ded they were convinced of their Innocence, it is well to recollect that, the investigator sent by President Wilson to California to study i Mooney case reported that in epinion Mooney was innocent, yet ie hard-boiled capitalists of California paid no more heed to his report hail | es would to the babbling of a half-| wit. . * * Wax the capitalist hangmen m up their minds to glut ree vengeance on the workingclass and/| select one or more victims for the| sacrifice, they cling to their prey like | bulldogs, The evidence against Sacco! and Vanzetti was the flimsiest that} could possibly have been made the| excuse for a prosecution. The trial] was a farce. The judge delivered pa- triotic speeches and denounced the| defendants as slackers. The prosecu-| ting attorney succeeded in poisoning | the minds of a hick jury against them | because they were foreigners and| radicals. They were condemned to| death, not on the basis of evidence of | connection with the payroll robbery | (Continued on Page Four) Coal Company Chief In| War With Union; Dead) | NELSONVILLE, Ohio, August 4. —P. J. Merz, president of the Lick Run Coal Co., here, not content with stationing 25 gangsters armed with machine guns on his mining property, | personally picked a fight with James McManaway, president of Nelsonville local of the United Mine Workers of America, and got killed. McManaway immediately surren- dered to the authorities and pleaded self defense. He encountered Merz on the railroad track near the mine, about eight o'clock in the morning as the coal company president was strolling home after spending a night in personal charge of his gunmen and artillery at the tipple. Merz was in an evil mood, and when he saw Mc- Manaway, made uncomplimentary re- marks about the latter’s family, and (Continued on Page Two) Call for New York Strike T uesday The following telegram was sent “yesterday to all Sacco. Vanzetti defense organizations in New York City. They are the International Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, the Saeco- Vanzetti Students Committee and the International Labor Defense and the Sacco-Vanzetti Liberation Committee. “The freedom of Sacco and Vanzetti now rests in the hands of labor. Only overwhelming mass demonstrations throughout the country can save these victims of capitalist, justice. “We take the liberty of proposing to you and to all Sacco- Vanzetti Committees | in New York and vicinity the is- suance of a eall immediately for a one-half day’s strike on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 9, to be followed by a mass demonstration at a centrally located place in New York City, preferably Union Square. We are arranging to issue these proposals ourselves but, in the interest of united action, we propose that this demonstration and strike be conducted jointly. “Fraternally yours, “SACCO AND VANZETTI EMERGENCY COMMITTEE.”.. Rose Baron, Acting: ecretary. Free Sacco and Vanzetti Declaration of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party The decision of Governor Fuller is the final act in the series begun by a farcical trial and continued by the repeated denial of a fair trial in spite of accumulated evidence of frame-up. With the decision of Gov. Fuller no one can any longer doubt the fact that the workers can secure no jus- tice from capitalist courts. Now only the united might of the labor movement can save its two valiant champions. The demand for the blood of these two innocent workers is an unprecedented challenge to and attack upon the Amer- ican labor movement. Workers have not been executed for labor activities in America since the Haymarket executions in 1886. The fact that the courts and those who control them are determined to murder Sacco and Vanzetti is evi- dence of the extent to which reaction is going in our coun- try. The Sacco-Vanzetti decision is not an isolated incident. It is part of the entire campaign of the master class and its government against the workers and part of the general ef- fort of the reaction to destroy our labor organizations and break all possibl eresistance to the world war which is being prepared and the reaction which is raging in our country. The Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Com- (Continued on Page Two) Union Square Meet Votes Strike SACCO, ~VANZETTI WALKOUT VOTE OF MONSTERMEETING '10, 000 Wickers Cheer| United Action Plea Ten thousand demonstrating work- ers in Union Square thundered “Yes,” when they were asked if they would strike on August 9 in protest of the | murderous decision of Governor Fuller 1 who refused to free Sacco and Van- zetti. Militant banners flashed above the heads of the workers as they were | addressed by determined labor speak- ers and wave upon wave of cheers | eeted the demand to strike in a last | minute effort to free the condemned | workers. At 4.30 yesterday thousands of workers began to pour into Union Square to protest against the legal murder of Sacco and Vanzetti as or- dered by Fuller. The workers gather- ed about the four speaking platforms which were set up to accommodate the many speakers who were sched- uled to talk. The meeting was ar- jranged by the Workers (Communist) Party, the I. W. W., the Sacco-Van- zetti Emergency Committee and the International Sacco-Vanzetti Commit- tee participated in the demonstration. (Continued on Page Two) Further news of Union Bane meeting on page 5. A flat wage increase of seven and one-half per cent, was granted to 30,- 000 engineers of steam and electric locomotives in the eastern territory in |, an agreement reached at a conference here yesterday. N.Y. MEMBERSHIP MEETING FOR CONVENTION DISCUSSION TONIGHT M District Executive Committee of the Workers Party un-| der the direction of the National Convention Arrange- | ments Committee, has arranged |for discussion of the decision of the Communist International ie be held Friday, 7 p. m., at Central Opera House. | The meeting will be in charge of a sub-committee of the District Committee, of equal numbers from both sides. speakers will be: For the Political Committee, Lovestone; op- position, Foster and Weinstone. bring their membership books. | bers are invited to attend. ~ a general membership meeting Applied For Today By ART SHIELDS (Federated Press). BOSTON, Aug. 4. — The Members to be admitted must Young Workers League mem- De a STS Habeus Corpus Will Be Governor Fuller’s violation of due ‘process of law in that he held secret hearings of new evidence without the presence of the defense’ counsel is to be the hasis Labor Can Save Sacco and Vanzetti ‘|for a new appeal of a habeus corpus the condemned Hovkeck: { | at the secret hearings and the defense counsel were denied the right to hear the new testimony. Notably in this respect were Lottie Packard, the “Hat- rack” of South Braintree, and others who submitted testimony favorable to From The Electric Chair Demand for New Trial for Sacco, Vanzetti Starts At the time writ in the Massachusetts Superior | that the habeus corpus writ is applied Court here tomorrow for a stay of | execution, for tomorrow, a move will be made to Entirely new witnesses were called evidence which Fuller heard during his so-called investigation. The former police chief of South favorably for Sacco and Vanzetti. (Continued on Page Five) the Dedham Superior Court for a new trial based upon the existance of new, Braintree has also decided to testify | 15,000 TAMPA CIGARMAKERS GO ON STRIKE AS DEMAND FOR ACTION 10 SAVE FRAMED-UP VICTIMS SPREADS Declare General Strike In Rosario, Argentina, BULLETIN. | | In World Move to Free Two Workers | Sxerinecncninccintiasiatitiheitete } TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 4.—Approximately 15,000 Tampa cigar ‘factory employes walked out on a general strike here this after- @ noon as a protest against Governor Fuller’s decision to send Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti to the electric chair. A meeting attended by mine the length of the strike was The same cigar makers walked more than 8,000 workers to deter- in progress here this afternoon, out for a one day strike last month as a protest against the threat to electrocute the framed- up workers. | * * “Sacco and Vanzetti shall not die.” That is the cry that is | being raised by labor thruout the world. Outraged by the vicious cle | Fuller which threatens to send } zetti to the electric chair on Au s decision of Governor Alvin T. cola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van- gust 10th, workers thruout the world are organizing strike and huge mass protests to prevent the legalized murder of the two framed-up workers. * * * | BUENOS AYRES, Aug. 4.—A gen- eral strike was declared today in et sa¥io as a protest against the decision denying a new trial to Sacco and Van- zetti. Guards were placed today on daty | | at the American embassy and consul- | ate here, as well as at the American | | club and American banks, to guard | against anti-American demonstra- tions. » * . . } Sacco, Vanzetti Expected Decision. | BOSTON, Aug. 4.—Steeling herself | to the task, Mrs. Nicola Sacco today in the death house at state’s prison | told her husband and Bartolomeo Van- | zetti of Fuller’s vicious decision. Those who witnessed the dramatic | event state that apparently the two | prisoners had expected Fuller’s action | and that the tidings did not cause a great deal of surprise. | Three Prison Bars. | Defense Attorney William G.| Thompson was with Mrs. Sacco when she told the framed-up workers about Fuller’s decision thru the prison bars. | A conference in the death house fol- lowed, the lawyer going to the cell of Celestinos Madeiros at one time to talk with him. What Mrs. Sacco said to her hus- band was known only to the attorney and prison guards and her words were kept from the world. Leaving the prison, | Attorney Thompson in no uncertain terms re- fused point-blank to reveal what took | place inside, the condition of the pris- { oners, or definite plans for a new le- gal move. | Mrs. Sacco, dry-eyed, rushed to a| waiting automobile, shielding her face | from photographers with her hat. The | party drove away. They were in the death house more than an hour and a half. Sacco Grows Weaker. Dr. Joseph McLaughlin, prison physician, reported Sacco growing slowly weaker as the result of eight- | een days of hunger strike. A veritable cordon of uniformed po- licemen, brought from all sections of | the city, were stationed around the prison, wall and in the adjoining freight yards. Tonight this force will be re-inforced by a squadron of po- lice in automobile and on cycles. The office of Governor Fuller was flooded with telegrams and letters today from all parts of the country protesting against his decision to rail- road Sacco and Vanzetti to the elec-| tric chair. SAS ad athe on “Page: Two) | | striking ‘Red Aid Appeals For ] | Demonstrations to Save | Sacco and Vanzetti| | MOSCOW, Aug. 4.—The Red Re- | | lief has published an appeal invit- ing the toilers and intelligenzia of all countries to protest and organ- ize a powerful demonstration pro- test against the death sentence of Sacco and Vanzetti and-+ prevent their execution. ‘Who does not protest against this sentence which is challenging the whole world does not do his duty. Who does not use all efforts to prevent the murder, facilitates the work of the execu- tioners. Prevent the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti!” 3,000 BARBERS STRIKE TO FREE SAGCO, VANZETTI Three thousand striking barbers yesterday demanded that the Amem ican Federation of Labor call a gem eral strike in a last-minute effort te save Sacco and Vanzetti. The dé | mand was sent by telegram and called for immediate action to demonstrate |the will of for the freedom of Sacce }and Vanzetti. When the 3,000 striking barbers marched into McCarren Park, Brooke lyn, they were gretted by 50 uniformed | cops, acting under the orders of Poe lice Commissioner Warren, who vichk ‘ously smashed the demonstration, Big Demonstration. Members of Local 913 of the Jour neymen Barbers’ Union gathered early yesterday at a mass protest meeting at the Brooklyn Labor Lyceum on Willoughby Ave. and were addressed before the parade and demonstration by prominent worker’s leaders, Yesterday et aside for a one hour protest strike by the barbers’ union and every member of the or- ganization downed tools and proceed- ed to the Brooklyn meeting hall. Mili- tant banners lined the hall and were carried high in the parade. H. M. Wicks, one of the editors of The DAILY WORKER. addressed the yarbers in English. He said (Chetewnt th Page Three) | “TT IS UP TO YOU NOW, COMRADES”, WRITE SACCO, VANZETTI IN MESSAGE TO WORLD LABOR “Tt is up to you now brothers, com- ‘yades, you are the only ones who can save,” is the mesage sent by Sacco and Vanzetti to the workers of the ¢orld from their death cell | Sitting a few feet from tte electric chair to which Governor Fuller has jcoudemned them, the two soidiers of the revolution have scribbled their} messages to their comrades. “We are jnot surprised by this news because | |we know the capitalist class is hard, without any merey to the good sol- diers of the olution,” declares the message of Nicola Sacco. Governor Alvin T, Fuller is a murderer just as Thayer, Katman and the stat eperjurer and all the others,” declares Vanzetti’s statement. “He shakes hands with-me like a bro- Now ignoring and denying all proofs of our innocence he insults us and murders us. We are innocent, This is the way of plutocracy against liberty, against the people.” 1