The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 22, 1927, Page 4

“\.. around, he did get them. Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1927 White Light Thrown on Squalor, Suffering of Miners VIVID PICTURE OF HARD FIGHT, NEEDED RELIEF Workers Skimp to Send |; Money to Strikers (Centinued rard the their furni from Page One) » but the miners lost | st the same. PITTSBURGE ing of t spall ¢ de up of locals in ports the x in the str picture of t miners again lined up against th id the ndous forces nore strikers’ on the relief | ater suffering ecital of facts t is happen- is reported. by the men ing day by day is t At th rer of Yorkville, Ohio, 1 on the situation in his sec At the York- ville local, No. rs of the local out oft $4.50 apiec tal the nine month the lockout. rest had received nothing. During the summer month: e of the men 3 mar n the Sie ly g the hatelecls iltor nville, Ohio, the Warren Col- nc Oliver > 140 total > be- ry of | relief at| scouring the neare: ig around be tore to store there town, goi because in re barefoot ehildren who could not go to school, and he could not stand seeing them like that in the cold, and made up his mind not to come back till he got a long from four fan lies pair of shoes and stockings apiece for them. And, after hours of travelling Milan Sjever, Harmarville picket, came into the meeting from working on the barracks that have to be rushed through because the Coal and Iron police are putting the miners’ families out of the company houses whether or not there is place ready for them ons have made the re- on much more urgent, he ticularly the need for warm clothing and bedclothes in the cold barracks. Pass the Paper to a Fellow Worker! | | block of Co-op. Houses Blocks will soon | Opposite tive Workers’ Col- Opposite Bronx ony by the Bronx Park Park C0-0P. | pany has its major operative Houses in the Co-opera- UNITED WORKERS’ Come right now and select an apartment of 2--3--4 Airy, Sunny, Spacious Rooms Office: 69 5th Avenue, corner 14th St. TELEPHONE: ALGONQUIN 6900. Winter Vacation in Camp Nitgedaiget BEACON, N. Y. (Subsidiary of the United Workers Co-operative Ass'n) Sunny, spacious, steam-heated rooms, hot and cold showers, delicious healthy food, cultural activities, etc. Only $17.00 per week. Take the 2 P. M. train from Grand Central and the camp machine . will wait for you at the station in Beacon, N. Y, Miners’ Blood Stains Always Remain As Colorado Mine Strikers’ Mementos' By HUGO OEHLER. rikes of the coal mine igh the social o time and ag: 2 left blood s s have | ructure and each ins and The swe time its memory of bitter suppression by coal opera and the state govern- ment. I time the miners have fought for more wages and better conditions. Today over ten thousand nswered the of the I. W. W. to rike and for the last weeks Colorado has again passed through the stages f the past—this time the Columbine ssacre by state police, national and company gunmen. Another Cut. In 1925 another wage reduction was given the miners. In the Colorado Fuel and Iron camps the Rockefeller Plan sugar-coated the bitter p lowing this, the company, the C. and I. of the southern field, raised |the rents of the miners’ houses one Collar for a room per eek. Four | rooms for a family xteen dollars a month has been raised to twenty a month. Other reductions by the com- pany leaves the miners with less than coolies’ wages. An average of $900 a year for a family that cannot ade- quately be supported on $3,000. Prior to the strike of Oct. 18, the miners were receiving $5.60 a day be- fore deductions fer tools and powder. After the strike was called, the C. F. and I. raised the wages 68 cents and gave the diggers four cents more a ton on coal, They were still far be- low the Jacksonville scale and with no checkweighmen, company short weight was the order of the day. For the Profit Why do the coal oper rado pay such low wages to miners while the miners of the nearby s receive at least the Jacksor and the coal from ‘these s for the same as that mine ", and I. leads in all “independent ole that the coal operators reat sum for the privil- this coal that they ers better wages? Let us s examine the s figures on coal Jands. Taken from Schools. The State of Colorado, like many | ether western states, has much gov- | ernment land anil many years ago a good deal of this land’ was turned | over to the state. We have in Colo- | yado government lands and state Called Out Militia Goy. Adams, of Colorado, elected as | a “friend of labor” on the democratic | | ticket, called out the state troopers to | smash the coal miners’ strike, at the | orders of Rockefeller and the other coal operators. His soldiers killed six strikers at the Columbine mine. the following number of ac companie: coal: In Las Aniams County, the tional Fuel gomnany holds 240 to coal and each lease is rich in N acres; Royal Fael 720 ‘office said the coal operators | these robbers 4,154 acres, jleases are 14,024 with coal tonnage paid | the state 15¢ a ton. In Las Animas County, the state has turned over to} with coal tonnage mined amounting to 880,5: with paid rental and royalty of $97,- 736, or about 1145 cents a ton. , Cheap Leases. | The other coal mining counties of | the states have the following areas, | that also figure to be leased at about 11 cents a ton to the companies: El Paso, 320 acres; $240.00 to state; Fremont, 800 acres; 180,685 tons; $18,068.50; Jackson, 640 acres; $100.- 00; La Plata, 3,320 acres; 2,263 tons; $3,188.80; Moffat, 960 acres: 2,000 tons; $1,097.50; Montezuma, 640 acres; 6,502 tons; $650.20; Routt, 640 acres; 4,861 tons; $792.00; Weld, 1,-| 280 acres; 711,211 tons; $83,029.00. | The total acres of school state land | mined “inthe last two years of 1,- 870,956 bringing a rental and royalty | for the same period of $215,231.80, or about 11% cents a ton to the state. Coal bought at 11e a ton, coa! mined | below the Jacksonville scale in wages | and constant capital the same as/| needed in any other coal field, coal that sells for $9 a ton (average for bi- tuminous, lignite coal averages $5.) Fortunes In Graft. | Like ‘all great fortunes in Amer-| 1ean, history, these show ft, land | craft, coal to the operator: 10 and | 11 cents, repeating the game of giving land to the railroads. Government and | state lands to private profits at the expense of the miners and the con- s. In Huerfano Coun- lamo mines (C. Fen cents a ton for the coal, and the coal retails for $9.00, a to: The state ernment with it: eral to the Roc he report of the St Board of nd | Commissioners, the Mineral Depart- }ment on Coal Leases for 1 LOWS the following for the two s ties: n- 3ig Gains. ded in the las of coal, bring. 0 in return, or The clerk at the Mine Reliet Workers about about He a ton. a ton. lands. State land that is used, leases, to maintain schools the State School Land. Thi: rich in mineral and oil deposit: the coal companies obtain leases through | is called land is | and and | mine the coal, pay back to the state | shipping clothing to the Pennsylvania | so much a ton for the coal. The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com- coal operatio the southern field, in Las Huerfano County. counties, the government has of Co- | block of Co-op. Houses be built ASSN \|struggle is our struggle, BUILD Send Clothing, Funds: The Miners’ Relief Committee, 799 | Broac keeping its small staff | | of volunteer help rushed packing and | Colorado strike fields. Many in- | \ duals and organizations have col- | lected large bundles of clothing and | are holding them to be called for. The | Baners: Betet Conn ee nae no regu- Sewanee anti in an ap- 1 last night the committee 1 who are holding clothes to until regular service for such | jcollection can be st. Trucks Needed. Should any one have a small truck lor la automobile which he can use for such service for at least part of) Missi committee asks that he | the day the jcommunicate with it, the need |more clothing being great. Among the organizations have contributed are Home, of Farrell, and Bag Makers’ Union, Local 107; jAmalgamated Tobacco Workers’ Union; Hungarian Workers’ Club and the Jugoslavy Workers’ Dramatic and Educational Club of New York. Sympathy Great. “In spite of ployment is growing rapidly in this | district, our sympathy with the strug- for | which the Croatian Pa.; Paper Plate. |ters is great,” a letter to the com- mittee from the Croatian Fraternal Union said. “Therefore we donate | | the sum of $ 6, This is not an ex- | ceedingly large sum, but we will do |the best we can to help these strug- gles of our brothers in their class war because we realize that their Their vie- tory is our victory.” Christmas Appeal. The Miners’ relief of the striking miners and their | Colorado, is issuing a special Christ- mas appeal to individuals and organ- izations, mainly for the children of the strikers, The plight of the ch dren is terrible. These small victims jare bearing much of the brunt of the | struggle, The committee is making a special effort to cover meetings of workers’ organizations and in its latest appeal | requests all such organizations to | regular meetings, so that a repre- sentative of the committee may be sent to speak on the situation in the | mines, Arrangements have been concluded for a special miners’ booth at a 9- day bazaar at Grand Central Palace beginning Friday. THE DAILY WORKER! F. and I.) | acres, The government md at the rate of 10c b-| the state, means | the fact that unem- | gles of the miners against their mas-/ Relief Committee, in! ‘|soliciting clothing and money for the families of Pennsylvania, Ohio and | send in the date and place of their | |sumers. Nationalization of the coal |industry is the task of the miners | \, | alor ith their demands for better | ,, | wage and conditions. The coal operators of Colorado, led hy the C. F. and I., rob the people of | their land through’ their yob the miners of their! wages, rob the miners. at the tipple, rob the miners through rent and gro- | | cery prices in many company towns, | and even rob them when they dynamite to the. miners. Compai company unions, state police. national guards, gunmen, stool- pigeons nre for for the prices and in -adeanes teat: ioe land | from them, BEAT NEGROES-IN REFUGEE CAMPS \ | | | Whipping of twenty-five Negroes \} with gun straps is officially admitted in a statement by Capt. F. L. Wright N of the Missis The Negroes were pping from a Flood “Relief,” he says. | The statement appears s part of} an expose of brutality to groe flood | ‘refugees in Red Cross camps in the| M ppi flood region last Spring. They are appearing in a series of ar- ticles in The Crisis, official organ of the National Ass'n. for the vancement of Colored People. The first installment, appearing in the number, is timed with the agitation | for flood control in the Senate and House of Representatives. The brutality was committed by! sippi National Guardsmen, not | | directly by Red Cross officials. The} guardsmen were the police of the |camps, the Red Cross furnished sup- plies, paid the bills, issued passes .to |leaye camps, furnished transportation |and decided matters of policy. | | -Inequality began as soon as the |refugees appeared in the camps. ‘On numerous occasions,” says the report, “Negroes were taken down the hill and loaded on the truck and sent on :their days’ labor.” At first they Were paid nothing, later getting up to e dollar and a half a day. ‘Another national guard statement admits, but seeks! to justify the pos- sibly mortal shooting of a Negro. Several Negroes’ statements tell of the beating of other men and women. | One woman being beaten by a soldier | for “impudence.” Plantation serfdom was abetted by the Red Cross. ‘ippi ional Guard. |Harrison, Well-Known ' Negro Radical, Dies Hubert Henry Harrison, once well- | known as a radical leader in the Ne- gro liberation movement, died Sat- urday night at the Bellevue Hospital, | New York, following an operation for appendiciti: Formerly socialist much admired | for his oratorical gifts, Harrison hesi- |tated and finally failed to join the Communist movement, and in recent years to a large extent lost touch | with the labor movement. JERSEY WORKERS HURT. JERSEY CITY, Dee. 21, — Two workers were hurt at work here to- day. The right arm of John Reeves, | machinist, was caught in a gear |wheel in the Standard Laundry, 551 Garfield Ave, Struck and knocked down by a Cen- | tral Railroad engine at the Johnson |Ave. yards, Adam Bziambo was tak- | horror in which 6 strikerg were killed | control of | | : | to }from our side yet, and don’t think | publish this. Ad-|; |L. Brodsky, St. Paul, WITNESS TELLS Dramatist Has Norway at last got a worthy successor of Henrik Ibsen? Ask the critics of Oslo—where the new drama- MINE KILLING |tist’s plays were presented—and for the most part they answer in the af- |firmative. The new dramatist is a at | young man of twenty-five, Nordahl | |Grieg, a relative of Edward Grieg, | | who wrote the music to “Peer Gynt.” | Mr. Grieg had his first book published Massacre “Horror Columbine Shown CHICAGO (FP)—An_ eyewitness | last year, “The Ship Goes On,” and account of the massacre of striking | achieved considerable success. The Colorado miners at the Columbine | novel has already been translated into | mine of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Co. comes from a former Herrin, Il., min- er who was in the thick df the gham- bles. This miner's letter tells of the/ |nine languages. This autumn he has | published a volume of poems and fin- ished two dramas, one of which was presented at the National Theatre in| Oslo and the other at the National and 21 wounded by gunfire while|Secne in Bergen, and both were sue- others were clubbed and gassed. The | cessful. letter postmarked Lafayette, Colo.| The drama presented at the Na- says: tional Scene in Bergen was called March. | “Phe Love of a Young Man,” and was | rather conventional, but that pre- sented at the National Theatre in Oslo marks a definite break with the old scenic technique. The play is called Orderly “T don’t know whether or not you have heard the true story of the mur- der of my fellow workers here, but I will try to give it to you in this letter. ,. |“Barabbas,” with the description, “A “We have been going to the Co-)drama of Palestine two thousand lumbine mine every morning since the | years ago, China today, and of strike started. We marched orderly | India tomorrow.” There are no acts, | through the camp and in no instance|anq the drama develops through offering to do any damage. Every-| eight continuous tableaux. The pres- body is ordered no: to carry weapons | entation in Oslo was a great success. jof any kind and Monday (the day of | | the attack) was no exception. Gas Strikers. “When we marched up to the gate |PROF. LEO THEREMIN HERE TO DEMONSTRATE NEW MUSICAL we were met with bombs and clubs} INVENTION and rocks. I received a good dose) Lema of mustard gas. We kept on how-| Professor Leo Theremin, heralded |ever, and these gunmen who had been | for his discovery of “Musie from the drinking all night were prepared for| Air,” a development of heirodyne | the trouble. They had their eye- | radio, will arr aboard the Majestic at the mine at 5 a.m. They |this morning. This young engincer’s teel helmets and running be-! ew invention by means of which he d a watertank opened fire with | changes the present “squeal” to ols, rifles and machine guns. They | musie by the aid of his hands, has also used mustard gas. I tell you it) | been demonstrated to audiences of was horrible. |scientific men in Berlin, London and Stark Horror. A Th i h “T have seen lots of horrors in mine ess dana aie heaa a fie Pate es ae ee minh ed ment of electro physics at the Russian De ae ae ee ns ntiane Of Physics of the University ind me and lead was flying every-| lof Leningrad. He is bringing his in- bets We Ab ad no chance to defend | vention to the United States for ourselves. Six are dead and two more} demonstration before scientific work- are expected to die at any time. 25) \ers. Bee cetanee es They aa The first demonstration of this re- legs.’ One of the men from Latayette | funkfoct in Geewamy an Konenut it | who was killed leaves 6 kids. |at the International Music Festival w the governor has about one-| there. Professor Theremin is accom- half oF the army out hete to protect | the murderers. .They have tanks and | every other kind of instrument of! death to shoot us down if we don’t like it. “There has never beeh a shot fired ex Chanin's Th., “44th, w. of By Majestic Evenings 8:30. Mats. Wed. and Sat. | Thrilling Music Play of the Golden West LOVE CALL WALLS :-. | with MUNI baa <4 ges |. W.58 St.Mts, John Golden "WV eh Stites. 45 fe, Ww. of. B'way Eves. 3:40 BOOTH Maunees Wed. & Sat. at 2:40 Presents John Galsworthy’s with New Play ire, 41 St. W. of B’way 80, Mts, Wed. &Sat.2: ys “The Trial of Mary Dugan” By Bayard Veiller with ii | ANN HARDING—REX CHERRYMAN | there will be. I hope to God there isn’t, for those brutes will murder more and consider themselves heroes. | “Please let the people know the | truth if you can get a newspaper to | I was there and these | are the facts, so help me God.—J. B.” | oa i More Contributions to Ruthenberg Daily Worker Sustaining l Fund Frank Dankhoff, Wynantskill, , Nei 55 Workmen’s Sick ‘enefit Fund, Branch 24, Harlem, Wu Ys Leslie Howard | | Justin Swartz, Dorchester, Mass. Nathan Hechtman, New York..1.00 |The De Song Jacob Knapp, Newark, N. J. ..10.00 € sert zs | WwW. Aggus, Norwalk, Ohio 1.00 with Leonard predicting Eddie Buzzeil ede rr |Jos Horvath, Binghamton, N. Y. 2.00 IMPERIAL ‘LHEA., 43 St.W.of B'way Bvenings 3:30 Mats. Wed. and Sat., 2:30 Asnowich, Pittsburgh, Pa. J. Raymon, Pittsburgh, Pa. . M. Sienotsky, Wheeling, W. Va. Labor Lyceum, St. Louis, Mo. Frieda Sechtman, Chicago, IIl...4.00 Bakers Local No. 1, New York 4.00) Frank Anderson, Chicago, Ill. ..1.00 E. Zeitlin, San Diego, Calif.....1.00 Elia Michoavich, St. Paul, Minn. 1.00 Fred Lagelbauer, St. Paul, Minn. 1.00 Minn. ....1.00 Claus Carlson, Santa Cruz, Calif. 4.00 Gustav Vossberg, Toledo, Ohio. .2.00 South Range Naisjaosto, South Range, Mich. M. Mislig, New York . jin, New York J. lL. Cooper—SSlac 6F, New MUSIC AND CONCERTS mn cx ee aoe | FRIDAY EVENID WASHINGTON IRVIN JOSEPH SZIGETI. VIOLINIST In second concert of Peoples’ Symphony | Artists’ Recitals series, Six concerts including most. noted artists on the guueert stage, by subscription ONE | DOLLAR. Mail orders Peoples’ Sym- | phony Concerts, 32 Union Square and | at door night of concert. | Patronize Our Advertisers ( 5.00 5.00. - 1.00 Dr. A New Norwegian j In Robert Sherwood’s new play “The Love Nest,” opening tonight at the Comedy Theatre. panied by his assistant, Mr. Julius Goldberg, a graduate cf the Dram- stadt Technischer Hochschule, who for the past four has cooperated with the young wizard in mechanically perfecting his discovery. Broadway Briefs The Actor- nage will present Robert E. Sherwood’s new comedy “The Love Nest” at the Comedy The-_ atre tonight. Sherwood is the author of “The Road to Rome.” “Coquette” will celebrate its fiftieth performance at the Maxine Elliott’s Theatre tonight. Helen Hays is the star of the play. Winthrop Ames presents Keating,” The Man Who Works Magic in a series of special matinees, for two weeks, at the Booth Theatre, begin- ning next Monday at 2:30. Other per- formances are to be given Thursday and Friday afternoons, also Wednes+ day mornings at 10:30. Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta “The Mikado” reaches its 100th perfor- mance in the Royale Theatre this Saturday afternoon, December 24. This is the record for any revival of this opera in New York. The run is only exceeded by the original pres- entation of the piece in 1885 when it ran for 24 weeks. n-[ Sa ave Greco and Carrillo! Max Reinhardt’s Production of “DANTON’S TOD” CENTURY 222: Central Park West 62nd St. Evs. 8:00 Mats. - and Sat. at 2. West 44 St. Evenings | HUDSON Mats. Wed. & Sat. 2:30 “LOS ANGELES” A New Comedy by lax Marcin & Donald Ogden Stewart — The Theatre Guild presents PORGY io -Th., W. 42d. Evs.8:40 Republic 372i: ed.&Sat.,2:40 Bernard Shaw’s Comedy DOCTOR'S i etenia Th. W. 52d, E a Mat Chanin’s W. 45 St. Royale. Mts.Wed.,8at. All Performances Except Mon, & Thurs. Winthrop Ames . Gilbert & Sullivan “Mikado” Opera Co. in : Mon, ves. Only—*IOLANTHE® Thurs. PIRATES OF PENZANCE”, i . Thea.,W.43 SLE. 1.8.30 Henry Miller’s yratinees Thurs.@ Sat Grant Mitchell 1 petictn parce cee BABY CULA. Sica $4 Mats. eh: MERRY Mi with ORE hea.W. 44 Sty 3. vial COHAN York City .. Jack Prokop, New 6.50. - 10.00 or B. Roider, 1D 1F, New York ..1.40||| . 10% REDUCTION ON ALL SS 6B 1Y,New York:.......... 5.76. DAILY WORKER OFFIC S. Mikell, New York- « “5.76 Section 4, New York . 20.00 Night Workers Sect. Int, Br. 1, New York 5.00 SS 1D3F, New York 3.00 D. Kopko, New York 1.00 SS2BLF, New York 1.90 Albert Wurtz, New York’......2.00 Group of Jewelry Workers, OW MOPR Uo casas ticnsigjiet 1.00 Jessie Silver, New York ....... 1.00 SS8B—D. Ionesou, New York Morning Intt Br., New York .. Fine Girl for Handing Out Leaflets Anna Sharp was arrested at 315 West 36th St. yesterday for dis- tributing leaflets demanding that workers refuse to recognize union smashing injunetions. She was taken , 3.00 3.50 ‘en to the City Hospital for treat- ment for scalp laceration. \ to Jefferson Mavket Court and fined $1. ul of ‘: TICKETS BOUGHT THRU E, 108 E, 14th STREET, “THE CENTURIES” The Fall and Rise ef the East Side Masses A Beautiful and Thrilling Play at The New Playwrights Theatre 40 Commerce Street Performances Every Night Except Sunday A New Playwrights Production A SO ACS ERSTE TALIS a, — rad