The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 14, 1928, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1928 New Cha GREEN, AWARE OF}, CORRUPTION DATA, = REFUSES TO ACT Men Now Accused were}; Onee Expelled over the heads f secret agreement: voes of Graft Hurled at Officials of Brick "Flood Refugees Fish for Belongings in ‘London Flood English workers’ families in London suburbs are trying to salvage some of their household ef- fects after the swollen Thames flooded the city, taking ten lives. The greatest dam- age and discomfort was causéd in the working-class dis- tricts where many families live in basements. _Resi- dents in the fash- ionable sections of London did, not suffer from this “act of god.” JERSEY LAUNDRY | *° DRIVERS ISSUE CALL TO STRIKE Fight Discharge of Men From Two Firms ELIZABETH, N.. J., Jan. 13.—A strike of laundry drivers’ local 178 of Elizabeth has been declared against two laundry firms of New Brunswick. The strike which is to begin next Mon- day is the result of the discharge of union workers by the firms involved, the New Brunswick Laundry and the New System. Organizer Morris Kaufman, of the union has announced that a speedy victory against the bosses will be secured, layers’, Plasterers’ Unions Iilusions ung Man Has BELL DESCRIBES EXPERIENCES AT COLUMBINE MINE Colorado Strike Leader Beaten and Jailed DENVER, Colo. (By Mail).—While three detectives carcfully listened for even a remote reference to the min- ers’ strike situation, Adam Bell, strike leader, recently told a large crowd at an International Labor Defense meet- ing how he was beaten and thrown into jail when he led a group of 200 \strikers to the gates of the Colorado |Fuel and Iron Mines November 2%. Bell was released on a bond which \forbids him to speak in Colorado \about the strike situation, under pain Michael Mesi, 19, of Mercers- burg, Pa., passed thru tornadoes, slept out and “nearly froze to | Strong Organization. The strike call is the result Sf or- of 20 years’ imprisonment. "He was held six weeks. : | State Police Murder Miner; _ \QHARGES INDIANS by the machine ganization efforts which the union has » +5 “Three hundred men were peaceably of these d union of- A ‘ been conducting in the jecel district fam Fr gir ae hoge.| res assembled betore ie locked getes 4 ficials ¢ tortion and mis- F. P d W d i Last Wednesday after the union ha ath: f | ‘olumbine,” he said. “When appropri on fu and the ive on ara He, oun WO HELD AS SLAVES succeeded in organizing practically seal roppbethagg a ;mounted the fence to ask the guards commission of v re among the ¢! cholas. s other corrupt arges made by all the drivers in the above mentioned laundries the owners consented to a conference called at the headquarters WASHINGTON, D. C., (FP) Jan.|of the Working Men’s Circle. A com- | 13.—Battle over the resolution of|mittee of three members of this or- Senator of Utah, calling for a com-| ganization at the same time acted as plete investigation of the U. S, Indian mediators in the negotiations. iwhy the men were not admitted, I was. struck down.- ‘I’d like to. blow your God damned head off,’ was ‘the answer I got.” Beaten and Jailed. Bell said that although one side of his head was.cut open and the. other and is working his, way thru school, shining shoes and boxing. Despite the fact that college di- ploma is practically of no value in getting a “position” from the boss, the experience of this stu- dent illustrates the difficulty that aiding in the frame-up, but many be- lieve that the coup was planned by members of the commission. Tom Garcia, local relief secretary and three others are also reported arrested. In spite of the terroriza- (Continued from Page One) police suddenly fired into the march- ers, and brought down Salistino Mar- tinez, a Mexican miner, only sixteen years old, with a bullet through his |back. They also hit Max Lordeman, Accuses Officials. Those chiefly concerned in these practices, according to the president of local 33, who has been fighting the % % t machine for over 15 years, are the members of the e2 ive committee of the Bricklayers and the officials of the Plasterers’ Union. MeNicholas’ charges confirm state- ments earlier this week by other of- ficials. “Not only are the fa were published in 17 WORKER Thursday corrupt and illegal Bricklayers’ and Pl. rers’ ruling machine, but I will further charge that these conditions have been known for over three years by the offi of our International 1 by the of- rica: Union Card Ignored. a mere skeleton through the practice .of forcing our men off jobs and put- ting on members of the dual United Building and Common. Laborers| 2Union, organized by the Brick *officia have been forced soff jo ut least 4 2 times over my union card until ‘néw it is practically impossible for me to find employ- ment.” t “Sy McNicholas said he was leaving for Newark to steady work. \ MeNicholas further announced that fat the proper time he would show Sthat the men in charge of the dual! — er members of build- ing trades lo who had been found *guilty of various crimes and had been forced out of the labor movement. union were for Green Fails to Act. if “I have presented these facts to ‘William G ent of the » American om of Labor,” he *continued. r I have failed to Shear from him in reply to my last Jetter. I will wait for a few more days for an wer, though I do not expect any results because these con- ditions have been known over three years to officials of the A. F. of L. Revelations made Thursday in con- nection and 116 the Int | Hod, Carriers gave = details laborers had been forced from a job | g operated by ®the Union Cor #67th Street. Th a3. Gill, chairm the executive committee of the Bricklayers, had given orders leading to the discharge tion Company ¢ wed how John tices of the} rs | meri Federation of | icholas said yesterday. | ate officer, according to testimony of eye witnesses. The miners fled back to the I. W. W. hall, which they barricaded. Kle- |mentz Chavez attempted to leave by the back door, and was shot down and killed. Firing on the hall con- tinued, from the ranks of the police, and a’ machine gun was brcught up d trained on the building. Two miners dashed out of the hall to rescue Chavez, not knowing he was already dead. One of them, Pete | Verlich, was shot through the shoul- der and breast by state trvuopers. Verlich and the body of Chavez were “escued. Firing on the hall continued for a long time. Arrests were made after- | ward. “My own union has been reduced to Today the whole town guard, machine guns are mounted at | all strategic points, one is placed on a truck for attacks on outlying dis- tricts, all meetings nad parades are | forbidden. . * * WALSENBURG, Colo., Jan. 13.— An attempt to jail the entire state executive committee of the Colorado strike~organization was made on the eve of the hearing of a case against the Rockefeller interests. Word was sent to headquarters, de- manding that the entire committee pear before the Industrial Commis- sion here. Amel Rozansky, a member of the committee, together with two non-members of the executive board who went there, were immediately jailed. Planned by Commission. Len Rogers, an employe of the In- dustrial Comm MINE, THREATENED (Continued from Page One) the air moving, and gas accumulates. Then some coal cutting machine strikes a stone, and there is a spark, and there she goes.” Reported Gas. Three days before the “accident” occurred, miners had gone to Super- is under | tion, all efforts to break the hearing are fruitless. The strikers have pre- pared sensational evidence for the trial which was postponed for this morning for the afternoon, The picketing in Fremont county continues, and only 50 miners have gone back to work in spite of the ef- forts ‘of the state police and sheriff |to frighten the strikers. | Strikers Stand Solid. The spirit of the strikers and their families in the southern field which jis dominated by Rockefeller’s. Colo- rado Fuel and Iron Company, is mag- | nificent, despite the shortage of food and clothing. a, Meg Threaten Defense Lawyer. TRINIDAD, Colo., Jan. 13.—R. W. | Henderson, the blind I. W. W. attor- ney was threatened with tar and feathers in an anonymous letter rey ecived by him December 31, it was discovered today. Despite these threats, Henderson went right on de- fending the strikers, saying nothing of his own danger. Shortly after the threat was re- ceived, he was called late one night from the “police station” and told that his clients wanted him. He re- | fused to go and the next day he dis- covered that the strikers in jail knew about the call. Klan is Suspected. It is believed that the Ka Klux Klan planned an attack upon him be- cause he has effectively stopped their raids on the Wobbly Hall by securing an injunction. Henderson will begin to defend the only felony trials of the strike this Friday, when eleven strik- ers go on trial for defending the hall | against the police attack. They are charged with “assault, avith intention to kill with deadly weapons.” There is talk among the strikers | that a Ku Klux Klan jury will make every effort to convict. There is a possible sentence of 10 years if the Klan and the mine interests succeed in the prosecution. Twenty-two jailed Wobblies refused to work-on a rock pile Tuesday, and were put in an underground dungeon on bread and water. The strike was successful, however, and five were re- leaked Wednesday and 15 were brought back to their regular cells Bureau in the Interior Department, was waged at a hearing before the! Senate committee on Indian affairs. | Senator Wheeler of Montana, with; Representatives Frear of Wisconsin and Kelly of Pennsylvania, demanded that the inquiry be voted. Charges that Indians are held in “involuntary slavery” by the Indian Bureau, and that the Bureau “is the most un-American institution in the United States,” were made by Kelly, who has specialized on Indian ques- tions during his service in the House. He explained that the Indian Citizen- ship Act of 1924 has been wholly nullified by the Bureau, and that all constitutonal rights had been denied the Indians. John Collier, secretary of the American Indian Defense Assn., pre- sented tables*of Indian death rates, showing:-that the death rate among them has risen 62 per cent in the past five years, and is now more than two and one-third times the death rate of the general population of the country. In Montana the Bureau spends 40 times_ as much for its own agency salaries as it spends for medica] sup- plies and hospitalization for, Indians. He read official reports showing a rapid shrinkage of the total property of the Indians until one year ago, when, under attack for his organiza- tion, the Bureau arbitrarily added big sums to its estimates of Indian wealth. Delay of action on the resolution was asked by the Bureau through As- sistant Commissioner Merritt. The committee adjourned for a few days. Alien Defrauded UNION CITY, N. J., Jan. 13.— A stranger called on Dikran Troon- jian, an Armenian worker, who has applied for eitizenship papers, ask- ing him if he had had taken his final examination. *When Troonjian said that he had not the stranger said the examinations had already been held, but that he would “fix it” for $44. Troomjian gaye him $26, all he had, which the stranger took on condition that Troonjian mail him the rest. Not until the stranger had gone without leaving. an address did Troonjian Members of the committee as well as organizer Kaufman and a member of the union Executive Board, Herman Small, all agree that the owners of the laundries and especially Warshet-} zky of the New System were insult- ing throughout the conference. When Kaufman objected at last to the methods of the employers, Warshet- zRy, it is admitted, took a blackjack from his hip pocket and struck Kaufman. Arrest Workers. A scuffle followed in which the unionists defended themselves as best they could. The employers further through influence, with the New Brunswick police succeeded in having Kaufman and Small arrested, and these two workers have been held; on $1600 bail to await a hearing on next Wednesday. Discrimination against and the dis- charge of John Frey, a union drives for the New System and Tom Jaeg- ger, another union driver for the New Brunswick laundry led to the diffi- culties. Strike preparations in which local 178 has the support of organized la- bor are being vigorously carried on for Monday. . * s Aid Miners’ Relief. A conference for miners’ relief was held last Saturday at which a score of trade union and fraternal organi- zation delegates as well as delegates from several women’s organizations attended. The conference committee of which Morris Kaufman is chair- man, has already sent 9 cases of shoes | and clothing to the striking miners. A tag day to raise funds is peing galled for today. Chairman Kaufman has sent out a call for volunteers of all those who are willing to assist in the preparations. Volunteers are asked to come early to the headquarters of the laundry drivers’ union, 515 Court St., Elizabeth: Steamer’s Crew May be Lost on West Coast SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 13.—The freighter, Griffigp, with a crew of 28 and one passenger has not been found by the ships searching the western coast. Last night an S. O. S. was flashed, stating that the vessel was in No damage sons of the working class have in getting an academic education. HOSPITAL EXPLOSION. A gas-heater explosion shook the Midtown Hospital on East 57th Street yesterday at 5 a. m., causing gas to filter into rooms occupied by patients. to the building was caused, but patients were alarmed. side bruised, he was beaten until he could not stand. * He was then. hand- cuffed to two other strikers. -and dragged off. After the doctor had dressed his head he was taken to jail by armed guards. . No charge was filed against him for six weeks and every means was used to get him to “talk,” he said. The Denver News co-operated with the po- lice by sending a reporter and his wife to question him, But after the first question Bell ordered them away. THE EVENT OF THE YEAR HOUSE SELLING OUT RAPIDLY DEBATE between Judge Ben B. Lindsey and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise SHALL Companionate Marriage - BE LEGALIZED? YES! Judge Ben B. Lindsey NO! Rabbi Stephen S. Wise SATURDAY at S15 PF. M. JAN. 28 CARNEGIE HALL TICKETS $5.50, $4.40, $3.30, $2.75, $2.20, $1.65, ine. tax. Tickets on sale daily, including Sunday until 9 P. M. LEIGH-EMMERICH LECTURE BUREAUS, Inc. 11 WEST 42nd STREET , Longacre 2740. ae ee ee ae 28th floor, Salmon Tower. eS ee | THE PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE AT COOPER UNION (8th ST. and ASTOR PLACE) At 8 o'Clock SUNDAY, JANUARY 15th MR, EDMUND VANCE COOKE “Are You a What or a Who!” | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17th Mr. W. B. 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So with}]/ and the Crowd, From Jonath: ie | os starvation facing them, the men go enin pa ut en er ‘el e | Wards to Billy Sunday. SATUS Ae Se: Aisi | the charge that members of their|i", facing death, and work, sweating ||| | ADMISSION FREB. Some Questions for Pilate—«The | i vere involved in the dis-|in the heat, breathing the gas-laden|// ; Shifts in Cosmic Histori ¢ ccimation. cits air, and with the fear of death—and ||| | Open Forum Discussion. MeNicholas promised further dis-|% terrible Senil—svap ops Seeat From Lenin Memorial Day to Ruthenberg Memorial Day ~ ee “closures. Ditton sare ; : and others may die. LABOR TEMPLE SCHOOL. — The Dead. These are the men who gave up their lives, unwillingly, in order that the Peabody Coal Co. could save the ANNUAL DINNER at Aldine Club Rooms, 200 Fifth Avenue Friday Evening, January 20th, 1928, at 7:00 o'clock SPEAKERS Heywood Broun GF. 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