The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 16, 1927, Page 2

Page Two Imperialist Ally Bars Consulate in China Miner of Zeigler | Rear Prison, in Fear for Family (Continued from Nanking government friendlie democra Page One) * * (Special Cable To DAILY SHANGHAI, Dec. 1 T | WORKER.) Henry Corbishley, leading progres- | sive of the Illinois miners who was sentenced to prison by the decision of | the Illinois supreme court which up- | received held the conviction of the lower court | « place in j of Corbishley and three of | preparing to go to for from 1 to 14 Yr were convicted on es framed against them by their in the Ku Klux Klan, which ght vigorously, and by reac- e from attorney s Cgrbishley to In- 1 bor Defense, which was of the case for the miners, | the court had denied a new hear- g in our case. I suppose we will be | led days by the sheriff to | m not surprised or} y news as I was fully f the forces behind the cas thank’ the Inte and all com- 2 active sup- were given in this case. Wife Is Il. | only one worry and that is id children. Especially my e is a nervous wreck as a s this trouble with no one at left to provide for her and the ildren. I must ask that my friends id comrades help her some if pos- sible.” Commenting on the sentence, James | P, Cannon, national secretary of the defense organization, said, “The case is one of the most outrageous in the | history of the labor movement of this | ry. The men were sent up on| framed-up charges, which were con- cocted with the aid of Frank Farring- | ton, former president of the Illinois miners’ union, who was later exposed jas a paid agent of the coal operators |inside the labor movement. The I. L. |D. will continue in the future as in |the past to fight for the freedom of |these men. We appeal especially for the plena Committee of th only proposec Union, but prop perialist pow fe 2 Wor were shot tenced to d ve formality a ang Fak-wei whe Try Advisers. SHANGHAI, Dec. 1 eign milit. t alist armies w a month ago charge of a peasants’ reb tembe: Big Delecation At Defense Mest For lve for Natioh- ed here on the { | | [INTENDED TO THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1927 Union; the Unholy (Continued from Page One) try is clearly no longer intended pri- | marily to protect economic, that is, | property rights. THE INTERBOROUGH TION IN THE CLEAREST SENSE BECOMES A NATION WIDE PO- LITICAL ORDER. IN ITS REAL PURPOSES AND TS IT IS TE LIKE ANY OTHER PIEC MENT LEGISLATION. In this connection an interesting question may arise. The injunction aimed at all members of the A. F. of L. would include not only workers ‘the United States but thousands | abroad, for instance, many railroad | workers in Canada. Without taking the question too seriously it may be asked: Just what will the Canadian | government say to this bit of Inter-} borough presumption, seeking to bind Canadian citizens? The affair might even result in international compli- | eations, perhaps even to war! Everybody Enjoined, Including the Lawyers. Beginning with William Green, in- dividually and as president of the American Federation of Labor, Wm. D. Mahon, individually and as pres- ident of the Amalgamated Associa- | |tion of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America, and naming some 40 others, the application goes | on to ask “for an order enjoining and restraining * * * the defendants and each of them individually and each and every member and officer | of the organization known as the} American Federation of Labor, and each and every member and officer of the association known as the Amalgamated Association of Street! and Electric Railway Employees of America * * * and each of agents, servants, attorneys, officers, confederates and any and all per- sons acting in aid of or in concert or in combination with them * * *” The acts which the injunction would forbid are included in twelve main divisions. Under the combined restrictions of the “yellow dog” con- tract, the company union and the in- junction—The Unholy Trinity in Traction. the workers in this industry INJUNC- ° GOVERN-| their | |Injunction, “Yellow Dog”. Contract, Company Trinity in Traction | “That he resides at No. 2307 Tie- bout Avenue, Borough of Bronx, New York City; that he is an em- ployee of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, employed in the Motive Power Department as a substation operator and is now employed in sub-station No, 18... “That on’ or about July 18, 1927, deponent received through the mail (a letter). signed by James F. Walsh, : ... that deponent showed this leiter to his foreman, Mr. Har- rigan, and communicated with Mr. MecGann’s -office and was directed to send the letter to them and de- ponent did so...” The ietter which Ed. MeGowan thus immediately turned over to his | superintendent was one from Jimmie Walsh, one of the popular leaders of the 1926 strike, and in it Ed. Mc- Gowan, who was apparently one of Jimmie’s trusted friends, was asked to attend a meeting at which organ- \ization steps would be outlined. Yet here we have the unpleasant picture of friend not only betray- ing his friend of long standing, but at the same time being willing to sell out the chances of organization of all his fellow workers. Such is the demoralizing effect of the system of espionage and en- slavement which has been established by the New York railway companies. It is this system which these com- panies are seeking to extend to wider strata. of workers. (To Be Continued). (Tomorrow’s issue will give the facts of the “yellow dog” contracts, jthe provisions contained in the char- ter of the Interborough Company Union and will publish additional evidences of that company’s spy and |“Beakie” system. Order your copy of The DAILY WORKER in ad- | vance. Buy several copies for dis- |tribution among the traction work- jers. HELP ORGANIZE THE TRAC- | TION WORKERS!) ‘Davis Fake Conference | Breaks Up New Enzland States BOSTON, M rangements | the annual c national Labor England Dis ton on Decem have been received branches he 7,000 mer pendent Worl accepted in lelegates. pected du A large numb solidation New England. Parley Starts MADRID, for the purcha: Union a proposed pe tional on th Dec. lin ti f oi the or I nd Con- of the le ate se "| tem of the Jnion Petroleum in Spain Jegotiations condi- ‘Insurgents Help ..|candidates for senatorial offices. | The | aid so that the dependants of the im-| prisoned progressives, who are among | the best fighters in the American la- bor movement, shall not suffer from want.” ~ Orvanize Senate For Renublicans WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. — With | the insurgents all voting the straicht party ballot, the Republicans today completed the organization of the sen- |ate by electing their whole slate of Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire was elected president pro- senate by a vote of 42 to! , over Senator Key Pitman of | | Nevada, the Democratic nominee. The | vote v on party lines, with several | Democrats stepping out of the cham- | ber to offsent abset Republicans. Col. Edwin B. Thayer of Indiana} was re-elected secretary of the senate lover Cal. Edwin A. Halsey, of Vir-| | ginia by vote of 43 to 41. | | David S. Barry of Rhode Island was | | re-elected sergeant at arms over J. Ls Dobell of Montana by a vote of 42 to} 40. Republic by nment. | secant ecu While many gov- | ‘ Bee circles ar to be op- French Senate to Kill posed to ognitic s confidently yy . | believed fiesadea i, Woman Suffrage Bill | prove str: than their hostility. a The contract would mean the break-| PARIS, Dec. 15—On the grounds down of the tf ch the that the only French women who are Spaniards have been Soviet Union on ne except oil. g with the products |interested in winning the ballot are ‘engaged in radical activities, the ma- jority in the Frencl¥ senate is expect- : down che woman’s suffrage | jobserved would have the effect of | | separating friends, relatives and ac-' may find considerable difficulty even | _ (Continued from Page One) in breathing. | Either some get nothing at all and go Advine ts Prohibited: | hungry, or the relief allowance is spread thin, and every family gets The firs, demand would prevent joss than the pitifully small sum they those enjoined from advising the em- | got. before. ployees of the Interborough to leave Sixty Families Share $100 Weekly. their employment or to strike. | The case of the Gibson Mine Weav- The second would restrain anyone | ,.. interests down near Bentleyville, from advising or inducing them. to | Western Pennsylvania, is typical. The join anv union or association other Higeal at’ this mine gets $100 a week than the company union. The pro- | volicf from the district. A few weeks visions of this section are sufficiently ago thirty-seven families were on the broad to include a prohibition of even | jic¢, ‘Today winter and the burden of fraternal or religious organizations. | workless months has brought the The third is a restriction against | number up to 60, the advice to the workers to break) Now the ido must be divided by the “yellow dog” contract. The!g9 instead of 37, with each family fourth would prevent the holding of | brought so much the nearer to starv- meetings; the fifth seeks to prevent | ation by the difference. The strikers the circulating of notices, handbills, | are learning some of them mathema- ietters or other literature among the |tics today with hunger for teacher. workers. The sixth would enjoin | Miners etarmined to Wis. any written or cral discussion of | wages or other conditions with the} The miners of the Pennsylvania and |Ohio bituminous fields have been traction workers. Would Enjoin Generations Still {through many hot battles for wage scales, and working conditions; but Unborn! {Scares ’ 3 5 : ‘Another prosision sccke to . . |this is the first time in thirty years Pp s i ensout |that the union has been faced by a all those named from “doing any | ae s 3 5 oes | struggle for recognition, and finds its coy hatsoever * by wey of ad- | very existence at stake. vice, persuasion or otherwise to in- ¥ ¥ <5 x duce the employees of the plaintiff; In their union-smashing campaign present or future * * * (emphasis | the coal operators have developed the mine, R. M.) from any act * * * in- | use of cold evictions and slow starva- terfering with the employees of the |tion into an organized systematic plaintiff * * *”, |method of attack. Organization must And if all these demands are not |be met by organization. An occasion- sufficient, the Court is further asked |4! spurt of giving is not enough in a \“for such other relief as to the Court | Situation like the present. A constant, may seem just and proper in the |Steady stream of relief will have to premises * * #”, |flow into the mining camps of Ohio ip nee & land Pennsylvania in order that. the That this injunction if granted and long fight can be continued. The fight can be won. The miners quaintances from each other anal | Wall hold eee aon Lae pues must causing them to spy upon and tes- |S© em the means to live. tify against each other, has Mireedy!| All contributions, money, food and |clothing, should be sent to the Penn- {sylvania-Ohio Miners’ Relief Commit- tee, 611 Penn Ave., room 307, Pitts- been emphasized. The further effect of setting up this. Unholy ‘Trinity in Traction |burgh. would be to broaden the already | * * * deeply intrenched espionage system | Mi ’ Reli Ae, ef the railroads to a national! insti- | puieee re eee Ne riane yy ue: ARRE ich is again before it, after| Nine men, ng the House of Deputies. | rested yeste It is reported, however, that the Christmas shopp in the ay |ministerial conference has announced district and. a: for mone its intention of recommending the imeasure despite the senate commit- | tee’s opposition. | Party Members and Sympathizers Notice | te Young Workers’ League is just beginning to organize. | | One of our main troubles is that while our wledge and to read proletarian literature, | | the mines, silk mills and garment factories | ! fford to buy enough literature to keep up with! . has decided to organize a circulating library | ; units which will be organized. The books | The anth: | So. far we have members are ¢ j yet the wage shat our member their need: tution. fiuence of this system of spies, stoo! pigeons and degenerate tale carriers, would certainly be felt immediately. For instance, Tim McCarthy, a bricklayer and member of the union. might one evening meet his friend Ed. McGowan, a sub-station opera- tor, at the Kilkenny Irish Club or perhaps at St. Margaret’s Church some Sunday morning. Tim might be so rash, during the course of the} services, as to suggest that the wages of a bricklayer are higher members and sympathizers and other workers} | than those of a subway motive power Locally, the demolishing, in- | | | \In case you do n | to purchase bo | tion: | (106 Univ Party members have many books| e no more use for. They could easily library in the anthracite region. | h donations» will also be accepted | ur books or money. en to the Jimmie Higgins Bookshop | forward them to the anthracite region. + Keep This Day Open! January 13th All contribu- | | |operator. For this bit of daring Tim | might be hailed into court and sen- | tenced to jail for having violated the Interborough injunction. Impossible, you may say. Ed. McGowan would never do such a | thing. The thing couldn’t happen, it \is all imagination. Not at all! For Ed. McGowan is not an imagined character at all but a real one. And Ed. not only would do such a thing but under the in- fluence of the Interborough espionage system has already been drawn into such activities. Ed. McGowan is like “Danny” Hol- land, another of the company in- formers. Listen to Ed. testify: 2 How It Is Done. “Affidavit Of Edward McGowan, Verified July 23, 1927. “Edward McGowan being duly sworn deposes and says: PITTSBURGH, Dec. 15.—Delegates from thirty organizations met here Sunday and organized the Miners’ Relief Committee for the steel city. Subsequent to an interesting dis- cussion very practical steps were taken for immediate aid to the min- ers on the battle front. A house to small section of the city netted $405 last Sunday and therefore plans were |made to cover all of Pittsburgh by jthis method. A bakers’ union represented at the conference volunteered a contribution of one thousand pounds of bread a week, ' A special committee from the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers agreed to duplicate their work in the 1922 strike by gathering truckloads of house collection, tried out in a very |. | vegetables from produce* dealers. The Journeymen Tailors delegates present promised shop collections. The steel towns in Beaver Valley have entered the relief movement. Delegates from organizations repre- senting many nationalities met in Ambridge, Pa. Sunday night. A house to house collection will be the first thing undertaken. Stations to which to bring clothes and food will be established in every Beaver Valley town. x * * YOUNGSTOWN, 0O., Dec. 15.—La- bor at this town created its relief committee Sunday for the striking miners, Labor unions and workers’ fraternal organizations were repre- sented by delegates anxious to start work at once. The first undertaking will be a mass meeting to awaken the city to the need of full cooperation. * * * GREENSBURG, Pa., Dec. 15.—Re- lief conferences will be held in West-’ moreland County, Pa., and in Fayette County, Pa., this Sunday. The Westmoreland conference takes place at Greensburg, Columbus Hall, 10 a. m. The Fayette conferences will be held in Republic in the Croatian Hall, at 3 p. m. Wide activity for relief is expected among the unorganized miners in both these counties. * * * CANTON, 0., Dec. 15. -— Hobart Scott, relief organizer for Ohio, has organized a house to house collection in Canton. Akron} Warren, Lima, Col- umbus, Cincinnati and Toledo will be visited by him shortly. Se ° RANKIN, Pa., Dec. 15.—The re- lief committee of East Pittsburgh will hold a two-floor dance in the Croatian Hall, Rankin, Pa., Jan. 14. The industrial workers of this prole- tarian section, steel workers, Westing- house workers and railroad workers, all unorganized, will attend in num- bers. 4s - 8 * WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Dee. 15, — Relief ccnferences will e place at Wilkes-Barre, Old Forge and Lu- zerne, Dec. 18. Anthracite workers intend taking greater interest in the struggles of their brothers in the soft coal fields. * * * Since two miners from the Penn- sylvania coal fields visited New York City thousands of workers are on tip-toe ready for service in aid of the miners. An office has been es- tablished at 799 Broadway, Room 233, which according to last reports, was so full of warm clothes for miners, their wives and children, that the sec- retary had to do business in the hall- way. Special youth, womens’ and language conference: are under way. Contribution lists have had a wide distribution and a house to house col- lection and tag day are scheduled for January 7 and 8. Only serviceable clothes and shoes should be contributed to the various relief committees. Emphasis is placed upon money contributions so that food can be bought. Sunday will be an eventful day in the campaign for the relief of the striking and locked-out miners of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado be- ing carried on by the Miners’ Relief Committee, 799 Broadway. Besides the conference called by the United Council of Workingclass Women, taking in all women’s organ- izations, for Irving Plaza, Victoria Hall, at 7:30 p. m., there will be a similar one at 604 Sutter Ave., Brook- lyn, et 10 a. m., called by the East New York Workers’ Circle. All work- ers’ clubs and similar associations are invited to attend. A Striker Will Speak. At each of these a striking miner direct from the field will outline the situation graphically. The Miners’ Relief Committee sent Pennsylvania field yesterday and will send four crates to Colorado today. A package containing a complete out- fit of baby clothes is being dispatched to Russelton, Pa., where the first ba- by born in the barracks erected by the evicted miners was brought into the world a few days ago. ae Arrangements can be made through the committee for a striking miner to address any relief meeting in this dis- trict. Organizations are urged to send the committee their meeting dates so that they may be addressed on the subject of the miners’ strike. LEGION SHOULD WORRY. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 15.— | National Commander Edward Spaf- ford of the American Legion today hibition poll, although he had sug- gested it in a recent address in New York. The poll was to have been taken by the various posts in the le- gion. But it is understood that con- siderable disagreement with the pro- posal was voiced in many sections of he country. . » Help Us Hel Needed at Once MINERS’ 799 BROADWAY Of Pennsylvania—Ohio—Colorado Money! Blankets! Clothes! SEND CONTRIBUTIONS TO RELIEF COMMITTEE ROOM 233 p the Miners! on Three Fronts NEW YORK CITY four large crates of clothing to the! called off the proposed legion Pro- | | Hearst a Sorry Figure} at Investigation (Continued from Page One)* the money had never been paid to the senators, “Have you any evidence to indicate the senacors knew anything at all about these documents?” “Nothing at. all.” Paid For Forgeries. “How much in all did you pay for these documents?” asked Reed. “About $15,000 or $16,000, I think,” said Mr. Hearst. “You have some holdings in Mexico, haven’t you?” asked Robinson. “T think I have,” the publisher said, smiling, “I have some ranches and some mines.” Millions in Mexico. Hearst said he could not describe the properties, but he es.imated their worth at “around three or four mil- lion dollars.” Dodged Libel Suit. “One of your reasons in publishing these documents was to provoke a con- gressional investigation?” “Yea!” “You wanted a congressional com- mittee to publish the names you were unwilling to publish?” “Yes, if they so desired.” “Did you give any consideration to the liabilities for libel if you published the names?” “I don’t know—I didn’t publish the names.” Senator Heflin, (D), of Alabama then denied that he had ever been! approached by any agents of the Mexican government. “The attempt to link my name with the charges before this committee is an infamous and cowardiy fraud,” said Senator LaFollette “I have never been approached eitder directly or indirectly by any person or persons in connection with the relations be- tween the United States and Mexico.” Links Hearst With Coolidge. “It seems to me the committee is under obligation to prosecute this in- vestigation to the limit. I am not} unmindful of the fact that his news- papers have been supporters of the present administracion and I also am not unmindful of the fact that I have been—in the senate and in my maga- zine—a bitter opponent of the admin- istration’s policy. This dastardly at-} tack will not cause me to deviate by! a hairs breadth from the course I have laid down for myself on the attitude of this government toward Mexico.” He also'denied receiving any money. All Demand Probe. All of the senators whose names ap- peared in the Mexican correspondence insisted that the commit.ee should “go, to the bottom” in-its investigation con- | cerning the authenticity of the docu-| ments. Sena.or Norris of Nebraska, whose statement was taken by Senator John-| son because illness prevented him} from appearing in person before the committee, said “there’s nothing to} it so far as I’m concerned.” Senator Borah of Idaho, was the; next witness. He took .he oath as! LaFollette had. Senator Reed then, read from the purported ledger ac- count of the Mexican government, in dicating that $1,215,000 had been paid out, $600,000 to Borah. ‘ | “It is ra-her difficult to deal with this subject, all I can say is that no- body ever approached me.” “The documents purport to show that this money was sent to Arturo Elias by telegraph and that Dr. Dud- ley Field Malone acted’as in.ermediary between Elias and the senators men- tioned”, said Senator Reed of Penn-/| sylvania. Never Met Elias. “Mr. Malone never spoke to me about it,” said Borah. Borah said he had never met Elias. |. Dudley Field Malone, former col- lector of the port of New York City and a prominent atiorney, was ealled next. “Are you acquainted with Arturo M. Elias, the Mexican consul general in New York?” “IT am not.” Knows No Mexican Official. “Do you know Manuel C. Tellez,! the Mexican ambassador?” “I do not,” said Malone. “I’ve never Lindbergh May Biing Nicaragua and Cuba MEXICO CITY, Dec. 15.—Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, who has dem- onstrated the ease with which army airplanes can cover Mexico, may com- plete the reconnoitering expedition which is under the war department's direction; by flying to Nicaragua, Cuba, Central and South America, to consolidate the fields in which Ameri- can imperialists are actively inter- ested, Army Planned Trip. Major William Blair, of the Army Signal Corps, stated that army offi- cers had no doubts about Lindbergh’s safety, because they had planned every phase of the trip with him and knew of the large amount of gasoline he carried. However, Lindbergh stated that he strayed two hours in the fog and was dependent upon the gleam of the surf along the coast to direct him. Regular Air Service. That a regular air service will prob- ably be established to more adequate- ly control the American owned oil fields in Mexico as a result of Lind- bergh’s experiment was learned today from William P, MacCracken, Jr., of the Commerce Department of Aero- nautics. Carried Rifle. Lindbergh, who carried a loaded rifle in the cockpit of his plane, stated that the purpose for extending his trip, was to demonstrate the desire “to help along good relations with peoples in those countries.” RICH VACATIONER’S STILL BURSTS. NORTH ADAMS, Mass,, Dec. 15. — An explosion in the town of Florida wrecked the Tippecanoe Lodge, wide- ly known summer resort, wrecked telephone connections between North Adams and Boston and New York, broke windows for several hundred yards around and frightened women and children today. The explosion is said to be the result of liquor mak- ing. MURDERED WOMAN’S DIARY INDICTS MANY. RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 15.—Many members of the fashionable Hermit- age Country Club here will be involved in the trial of John Wesley Faison, secretary of the club who is accused of the murder of Elsie Holt Snipes. Mrs. Snipes kept a complete diary of her dealings with the wealthy club- men, and will furnish the basis for the prosecution, Reed then read a letter written to President Calles of Mexico by Elias, which said, in part: “On vhe 14th of tms month (August 1926) I delivered to Mr. Field Maione the sum of $1,- 200,000 to be delivered to Senato. Win. E. Borah.” “I never heard of it before,” said Malone, “Have you ever acted as inter:medi- ary for the Mexican government?” asked Reed. “I never did,” said Malone. Hearst’s Men On Stand. Malone was then excused and E. D. Coblentz, editor of the New York Reed asked the editor what assur- American, was chen called. ance he had as an editor that the Mexican documents were genuine. Mr. Coblentz replied that he had been assured by John Page, Mexico City correspondent for the Hearst news- fapers, that the documenis were authentic, and also by a “Mr. Avila.” Coblentz identified “Mr. Avila” as “a former member of the United States military intelligence depart- ment.” He revealed .hat Avila, with the aid of a clerk in Elias’ office and Page, secured enough documents from Elias’ office to corroborate and “tie in” with the documents previously secured from Mexico City. seen him.” Save Greco and Carrillo{ Defeat the Imperialist War Against Nicaragua LENINISM TEACHES US: \ “The victory of the working class in the advanced countries and liberation of the peoples oppressed by Imperialism are impossible the formation and consolidation of a common revolutionary front, 1c out “The formation of a common revolutionary front is possible only if the More “Good Will” to proletariat of the oppressing countries supports directly and resolutely the movement for national independence of the oppressed peoples against the Imperialism of the mother country for a never be free.” The Workers (Communist) in the fight for: The Defeat of Imperialist Wars. Smashing Government by Injunction. Organization of the Unorganized. A Labor Party. ; The Defense of the Soviet Union and Against Capitalist Wars. A Workers’ and Farmers’ Government. Application for Membership in Workers (Communist) Part; (Fill out this blank and mail to Workers Party, 43 E. 125th St., N. ¥. City) Party asks you to join and help | Address No. St. State Occupation .. Rens people which oppresses others can || {=