The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 1, 1928, Page 4

THE DAILY WORKER, | Seabs in Pennsylvania Mines Kept Like Jailed Slaves by Company Police ~ GOPS’ GUNS STOP Colorado Police Menacing TO LIMIT SMALL! COOLIDGE HEEDS MemERTS ESCAPING. Stiking Miers’ Witnesses DEMAND OF ARMY FROM COAL HELLS FOR MORE MONEY Starved BROKERS BY LAW; SES je, A. E. MATTHEWS. BOOST BIG ONES Xewestotateiodramas, Opens at the Eltinge DENVER, Cole., Jan. When; on your head.’ LHe also threatened to} Cherry, a miner from Oak Creek| ill Cherry if he got in the way after came to Denver Saturday to be a wit-| the hearing adjourned. : | s in every territory where testi- my is about to be heard before the industrial commission, eff are be- got on the} ing made to intimidate witnesses for. ness before the Inc 1 Commi: Women |5 EB Never Learn Bankers Want Control aving held here Seab by a new play-| |Scuttles “Economy Pro- a siate policer | “W { : ee pais 5 ulna 5 e : Bee Strikers for Bread |seme train and rode to Denver with| the miner: of Speculation wright, Daisy Wolt, now showing gram” for Debt i Sie ; him sted Cherry when he} In Rout county, whose witnesses | SUA at the Eltinge Theatre is a fairly good so aa RULL IN aligt , ae ht ok him to the Stave padll come to Denver for the hearing | A new fraud la’ which will Ko &) melodrama that furnished an evening’ WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 31— I “ett thea Bouae where the eee cima this week, ® rea are reported. fs |step further in freezing-out the little | entertainment without taxing one’s } | Py lent Coolidge continued to aa on : 2 foe eee in Major Ardourel’s office 4 de os A habeus corpus proceedings i fellows and giving a monopoly on |brain to capacity. | | “back-water” on his economy pro- the. soft Pre a il nate Sack 4 ie : bee Prank P. Siriue cad Pow ctiee ton speculation to the big brokerage! With an interesting plot and fine | gram, his only talking point in de- defense of his administration, when he told the semi-annual meeting of investigation int« charges | jr firms, is seen in the endorsement by gitator held in Greely jail without charges, jacting the play continues at a fas’ Sala ato Rigs roviat oy eee } been ee m out as the court re- | former assistant district attorney Ed-| pace for three acts. It concerns a} the government business organization throws ees light or sent ) Tharp a roy five cz \t s to take jur sd oe or even hear| ward S. Brogan of the plan of Dis- | prominent lawyer who is engaged to | today, that “the country cannot have Bee ranis “tah a Tend nada lies Pepe, SY SUCH On Ar eore yas |trict Attorney Banton to strengthen | defend 2 man charged with a murder | | adeouate national defense if the tax ennsylvania, New Yor! , and coe At A | a : : Seis : es , a a aS Baltimore & Ohio R is were at- jthe New York blue sky laws byjof which he himself is guilty. The cut is excessivi | He set the maximum tax reduction | possible at $225,000,000 and gave fig- | ures on expenditures for the next war jas follows: war department, $199,- which has taken up new quarters at |90.000; navy department, $182,723,- tempting to “beat down” and wages. | amendment. |lawyer had killed the man when he |. | Brogan, now attorney for the state | discovered that his blonde lady friend | tax commission, was the organizer of | had other callers when he was absent. | the district attorney’s bureau of com Of course, the lawyer was married | . * ay TT. OS. O’FLAHERTY. Chief player in Interference, ere, Pay dane 8h. Tho ANSWERS MEYERS CHICAGO GET PAY eer frauds in 1917, which was de-| and on top of that, was being con-| ‘ ‘ate on 2, 3 sinki the general opinion in the strike re-! signed to drive the bucket shop opera- | sidered for the governorship. In other the Lyceum Theatre. Ned er os ea as emcane 71 gion is that a scab is not a human ss ae tors out of business. words, an average type of Anerican) ———————— (ccnendwadle foe: the: land. ebe monies being, the truth is sometimes spoken; 4 jetter from Harry Meyers, for-} CHICAGO, Jan, 31—While “Big Supervision Asked. ‘ politician. “Interference,” was _ transferred| were $1,924,420,000, of which $1,278,- | out of the mouths of strikebreakers.| yo, organizer of the Colorado Min- And the truth about the conditions | org’ Relief Committee of New York, under which these scabs in the strike | carrying the caption “The Sanctim- vegions live is sure to sound stranger! onions Hand of the Rev. Norman than the most futuristic fiction, to the | pyomas” and criticizing both Thomas ears of people not m a position to} neluding Forrest Bailey . seks jand others rag enaitiated | of the American Civil Liberties Union where this great{ pedustvialdreme/is being staged, but). ine matter of their attitude toward Bill” Thompson was busy fighting the | “British menace to America,” and making further plans for the burning Attorney Brogan, after pointing out| In short, the defendant is acquitted, that the present Martin Act, the post-| While the wife of the lawyer finds out office regulations and penal statutes | 0f the love affair. In the end every- }of school and library books, Chicago's | are not enough to stop the little fel-|thing is about the same as at the gunmen were not idle. Two gunmen|lows, proposes that brokers should be | OPening of the play. The only differ robbed ‘the Industrial State Bank of|placed under the supervision of the |¢nce being that one man had been $40,000, kidnapping the teller and} banking department, as banks are. |\cilled in the shuffle. ? forcing him to open the vault yester- | The acting helps a great deal to from the Empire to the Lyceum The-| (60000 went for war purposes. said atre last night. ! Coolidge. Re Gl AMNUSENENTS. must, take their information secona gh iain esas Po vas} ay morning when the time-lock was| (4 : 5 |bolster up the play. Estelle Wind- |" Sra ae oe 5 hand. jE relies ot SD uae ae | caleaaed: cThwo auther hol aphiuen City Wants Back Piers wood, tast seen in “Fallen Angels” | Winter Garden Thur, & Sat 280" | Below Schedule. doesn ecay 2h. Having printed that {Z0bed Darress and Company, plat-| GovernmentTook in War | Portrays the blonde and gives one of] | WORLD'S LAUGH SENSATION? | P oO R G Y Scabs in some strikes receive a BEB Ree 1 s inum smiths, of $50,000 in diamonds. | the best performances of her success- letter on the sole responsibility of i Charles Trowbridge plays Meyers for the statements. contained rs guaraniced wage, usually more than Other activities on the part of gun- | ful career. Th., W. 424. Ev: NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 31.—The ‘suit Republic But the seabs in the mining regions | New York City. John Golden 'Thea., 58th, E. of Bway Evenings Only at 5:15. i i i i i Mats. Wed.&S the striick plant or corporation is therein, The DAILY WORKER today men here yesterday included the rob- by the city of Hoboken for the mer | tee lawyer and Elizabeth eenon sian Mats, Wed. &Aa! willing to pay its regular employees. | bi ae she gr eS leita Ra bery of $7,000 in jewelry from & re-| covery of six piets along the Hua °- | wife. The supporting cas ue 2 WINTHROP AMES presente | Big ee eae The Interboro Rapid Transit Com-|PUbsnes rst fg ie etter m|tailer and $10,000 from a_printer.| River” leer: durin the Wor udson/| quate. The play is presente any JOHN GaLSWontHes | i pany of New York spent millions on Forrest Bailey wit out cogs art Gangsters and guns are the high| 1, he U of aad ie World War staged by William B. Friedlander. E Ss Cc A P with LE | H TI m ILEMMA Keabs in preparation for a strike over |SPonsibility for either the statements| cards in Chicago municipal elections | "> he UL S. government, was started| In this reviewer’s opinion Miss Wolf bes tae feral aot |; = .a year ago. The strikebreakers were , 0% the views of the author. jand few arrests of professionals a | eral a ae States District Court | will be heard from again and un- BOOTH ‘vats. Sat’ & Wea \ Were ee ere ee totaled housed in barns, had plenty of food| Puts jever made. jcre. The city of, Hoboken wishes to | doubfedly will furnish us with some | | —————————_____ 4 | GUILD wats ‘thurs, & Sat. 2:20 tto eat, warm clothing to wear ana} January 28, 1928. | Serer ead private shipping | interesting plays as her idee Broadhurst wiais Wea & Ssto.a0 | Mited. away Bee 1 Ro neta bk Fy ests, and alleges in its suit that At least, let us hope so. “We eros it ae ‘walked away with money in their} Mr. Robert Minor, 1& reves ‘i 5 I uit at/ creases. least, . GEORGE A R L i nacene pockets after their services were nd|The Daily Worker, | State Officials Admit | ovecrs were seized illegally by the| Never Learn” is a good start in the! |, wne mpacuavr si 8S... tose" Strange Interlude longer required. | 33 First Street, | Defeat in Scalper War | a! right direction —S. A. P. 6 aaa nanan nen nn een eeeeed || PAY, Sg | - — sent are scabbing on the profession of ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 31.—Secre- j | sseabbery. They are induced to hire!’Dear Mr. Minor: tary of State Robert Moses, in his an- I t d d . |'National Theatre. 41 St. W. of Bway iS ; a ' eit j islets | Sye.8:30. Mts, Wed.&Sat.2:30 out to the coal operators on the} J leave it entirely to your own judg-| nual report to the legislature tonight, mpor e an vA J IDEAS AO Sire WO Be promise that there is no strike and) ment as to whether this letter should] confessed impotency in the enforce- > “The Trial of Mary Dugan” By Bayara Veiller, with Ann Harding-Rex Cherryman no labor trouble. But once they ar- rive at their destination and start to work, they find it almost as diffi-| cuit to leave the place as a condemned } Bway, 46 St. Evs. 8.30 DR: Mats, Wed.&Sat. 2.30 “BETTER THAN THE BAT" ment of laws curbing the high prices put on theatre tickets by scalpers. This practice of putting surcharges | appear in print. I dislike making any kind of public reply to an attack.of the sort that Mr. has Domestic/ Jos. M, Schenck & Morris Gest present hiirderer would to leave the death hous Behind at Start. { From the moment they are hired by} the labor agent, they owe money to their scab employer. The first de-} duction from the Harry Meyers brought against me in your columns, but I | feel compelled to comment on_at least avpart-of his letter. I suppose there is nobody who knows me who would | really believe that.I would express a lack of- sympathy with the Colorado jon theatre tickets, so closely bound |up with the theatre business as a | whole, continues to thrive despite all the ineffective attempts by state of \ficials to stop it. Mosses confessea |that he can not even keep the spec- ulators down to the “legal” 50 cents Electric Records ELECTRIC ANTI-WAR The ENEMY Theatre, B’way at 45th St. D. W. 7 . Guinn’, “DRUMS OF LOVE’ with MARY PHILBIN | Th., 42 St. West of B'wa LIBERTY daily, 2:30-8:30 Sunday Matinee a MUSIC AND CONCERTS . ASTOR t pay envelope 3 \MERICAN OPERA COMPA) pay Ps advance. ist Wey SHASON, SUNG IN ENGLISH Evgs. 8:20. Mats. 2:20. ODEON Special Records—Made in Europe: Ttice Daily, 2:30-8:50. Thea. W.44 St.Bv: strike or a distrust of strikes in gen- eral. I am somewhat puzzled to find’ is the cost of their transportation to the mine. Then follow charges for)». ze : ; “GOD” HEARD HIM. ERLANGER’S *8.Y ‘Wed. @ Bat OE PHONE COL, 1140. : ] q yerollecti ‘ slight y i i tools, rent and food at the company] nS oY we. Meyers! charge in this} TORONTO, ‘Ont, Jan. 31—Flames LIGHT CLASSICAL MUSIC THE MERRY MALONES| == ae Nun ive, Sat Mat, Pagliace ; ‘Abduction from Serazlio. Wed. Mat., Faust. Sat. Eve., Marriage of Figaro. store or from the recognized com- pany agent. If the scab has any flicker of intelligence, he soon be- gims to doubt that the coal operators agree with the late but unlamented ex-president of Harvard University, | who said, that the scab “is the high- destroyed the Metropolitan Church of Toronto, today. The Rev. J. H. Sedg- connection. I do recollect, however, having eyplained in the speech to|+° ‘ which ‘he refers in his letters the po- wick preached a sermon in the church | sition of the American Civil Liberties |!ast night, the text of which was “The Union with reference to the Colorado | God Who Answers Fire. strike and to strikes in general. I) ee est type of American citizen.” He may ; 54d in effect that the work of our| ready treasurer of another commit- be a hero but a hungry one. organization is not concerned with! tee having exactly tiie same purpose. The scab may be burdened with aj the issues of the strike itself but only |T explained somewhat laboriously to wife and children. This makes things} with the defense of civil liberties as|Mr. Meyers that this was my reason, scabbier for him. An unmarried | that is made necessary by the abuse | and I thought at the time that he strikebreaker might be able to skip{of the police power while the strike | fully understood it. thru the woods at night and escape|is going on. This is a perfectly just,} If anyone who reads this statement the guns of the coal and iron pélice.;and in the circumstances, necessary | is sufficiently interested to want a For the “yellow dogs” have another | explanation of our position. I hardly! fuller explanation, I shall be glad to function besides beating and shooting! need. say, I trust, that I see the ab: upply it, but I think I have already militant strikers; they are also ex-|hite necessity for strikes, that I w h | given the essential facts, pected to sce tu it that no scab es-/ every strike that occurs might be de-! Sincerely yours, by world famous composers with GEORGE M. COHAN , 3209 ( La Boheme (Puccini), Selections, Part 1 and 2. 12in. 1.25 ( Edith Lorand and her Orchestra. ‘he charm of Edith Lorand’s orchestra is well evinced this month. Puccini's opera, “lat Boheme”, founded upon the celebrated novel by Henri Murger, is delightfully melodious. It centers about the love of Mimi and Rudolph. , 3210 ~ ( Mignon-Overture (Thomas), Part 1 and 2. 12 in, 1.25°( Graud Symphony Orchestra. Mignon is a delightfully tuneful opera. ‘The overture as an inde- pendent concert selection has always been very popular as it abounds in the delicacy and grace for which Thomas the composer was famous. ‘ S211 ( Raymond-Overture (Thomas), Part 1 and 2. 12 in. 1.25 ¢ Grand Symphony Orchestra. The electrical Raymond Overture has all the reality of a concert per- formance. Trio No, 1 in D Miner (Mendelssohn), Andante con moto tranquillo. Hdith Lorand Trio. Trio No. 1 in D Minor (Mendelssohn), Scherzo. Edith Lorand Trio. The Battle Symphony or Wellington's Victory at Vittoria HELP THE STRIKING MINERS Benefit Performance “THE INTERNATIONAL” FEBRUARY 2nd, 8:30 P. M. NEW PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE, 36 Commerce St ' ' TICKETS $1,10—$1.65—$2.20. 3 2 On Sale at W. P. District Office; Jimmie Higgins Book Store; W. oO IR. i ftfice, One Union Square. RELIES 25 Auspices:s WORKERS’ INTERNATIONAL apes fr he rer ve=| ef ititas We BR ete ad tin ‘Did (lL. van Beeth. P 1 Ly SS capes from the underground slave | eided favorably to the workers and (Signed) FORREST BAILEY 12 in. 1.60 Played by Dr Wateginan Gees Orchestra of the State gallry—alive, if he owes the company | that my personal sympathies are al B:SB Director. Opera House, Berlin, "y D il WwW k morey. ees oes }ways with strikers and with the prin-| eae Br der Herrlichste von allen (Schumann) Tickets on Sale Now at any ' orKer, Scabs Are Hungry. ‘ciple of the strike as a weapon of} Emmy Bettendorf, Soprano with piaio, Ts Os Fain: the ‘strike regiaal ee Pp ! Du Ring an meinem ‘Finger (Schumann) 108 EF. 14th St.—10% Discount. 5, «. ‘i Emmy Bett the children and wives of strikebreak- rimy Bettendortt, Soprano, with piano. ers begging for“a crust of vread at | As to my declining to be a speal Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg (Prize Song “Morgenlich . ‘ } icrasaad hich M eee leuchtend), Rich. Wagner. the doors: of. striking miners. iat thease meeting: which»Mr. Meyers | | S130 Carl Martin Oehman, Tenor with Orchestra, I NA ic cabs at Cokeburg Junction | w ranging, the reason I gave him} l2in. 1.50 ( Die Meiytersinger von Nuernberg (Am stillen Herd zur Win- imine who receive 53 cents » ton for, WS that I make a perfectly rotten | Carl papi Guanah me 1 Ore nt d: ‘ a Ma e! * 4 che a. E ituchine work instead of the 83 cents; SPeech. He seems to agree with E 5 a eee BY IGEN HOWARD Lawech n : e MM ills, ie be caleciner onl 5151 ( Dom Juan-Overture (Mozart), Part 1 and 2. prescribed iu the Jacksonville agree- | 0 this, Sie e ry fay 12in. 1.50 ( Dr. Weissman & the Orch. of the State Opera House, Berlin. Author of “Processional” “ment, cannot even get a bite to eat ee ee. heard a “co et -jor (¢ Aida (Verdi), 2nd Act, 2nd Scene: “Gloria all’ Egitto, ad they have money coming to/ blanket’ Isn't it rather odd} Pa esc 50 ot iside,” Part | and 2. Berlin State Opera House Chorus and “an honest and courageous attempt to treat a subject which thus them from the company. Why-~mén| that he isk over to my off 12 in. 1.5) ‘ Gork, eadine ee eS Mérike, Emmy Betten- far has been strictly taboo in the American bourgeois hla ne Be cint ‘sabrina cial Mie ie -—-el ane re ee = , 3 . Lawson is ane of the most vital and advanced of the younger play- ue w oak udder uch conditions, with | 17 i. heard at ‘ ( Cuvalieria Rusticana (Mascagni), “Regina coeli, laetare” wrights of this country. The play is worth seeing. ILY WORKER the curses*of the union. miners ring-| racterized and | ‘ , 428 ( (aster Hymn), Part 1 and 2. Emmy Bettendorf, Soprano ae ve ing in their: ea and the contempt ¢ speech be- | 12 in, 1.50 ‘ Poe nae Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conducted “Mr, Lawson has picked out a big theme—in fact just about the of all décen: peaple hanging over H Hl ei: 90% tbe biggest that a playwright could choose.” —WEEKLY PEOPLE. them, is almost beyond prehen- ssed peculiar + £2204 t ry (Suppé), Overture, Part 1 and 2. «p. the attention of those interested in good plays well off sion. It is quite conceivable, in view! method in giving out |{) Many of obr readers like ete ice Ca ae tie beaten \trahk ofthe Tlamele aid fe. DORN Ee ea ae of the stupidity aud slave-mindediess | ray pe . He has/f to get the DAILY WORKER | RUSSIAN RECORDS eae! vi large sections of the prope 88) left ions of it which are es-/4) at their newssiands or news- | DON’T MISS IT—GET TICKETS NOW! populat thar amen and women)sential to the complete understanding |} dealers, and for various rea- | 4 YOJU PALI (Revolutionary Song) sheuld betray eir fellow workers} of the Wt However, Lavill not be |f) 3098 cannot get it. \f HYMN OF FREE MUssiA VSCHODIT 1 ZACHODIT UKRAINIAN RECORDS WEDDING tor a worthwhile consideration, but} captioud & that. why they Should yoluntarily deliver) { do not recollect at this time how | themselves into the grip of a Slave} jt was that the t I learned: that the com-/ master for much less than a living! mittee Mr. Meve promoting | 4 Wage is another matter. } We ask our speak with their fill out the coupon it in to us, su that w able to make the nevessary readers to | The New Playwrights Theatre 36 COMMERCE ST.—PHONE WALKER 5851. % Blocks South on 7th Ave. Subway from Sheridan Sq. A UKRAL af ey Sepieden had for its chief purposs the coll Mae - eA ripe eee ; CLGSING EPR EAB Yar wo women from Bentleyille, who } tion of funds for the strike, I do not j§, Stangemenis, to have it de- |} 18543 CHUJEST BRATY MIy ) Ukrainian Revo- [puntos meromerninseyp nh SMRLESENEE ECS DTESN BM Sa SET! visited the office af Peansyl- think that it Svs “trom Norman| livered regularly, 16547 HEY NU KHLOPCL DOZBROJCEE ) lutionary Songs vania Ohio Miners, Relief Committee | toma hind el : - -ws CHOMNA CHMARA—Red Army Song ‘ ‘ Peni Avenue. €i urgh; ‘Pa. hus in a ane PCC HE | BON aea Dian as Aa ae aR a ’ enue, Pittsburgh, Paste yp, hit ice tecinatinelils ese hcapa abcde eniiosasanes tii om tinier aah Receel, Sich es toe | a inter Vacation CIRCULATION DEPT. DAILY WORKER York Qity. @ conditions under which t eakers and their families Tells of Cases. i *T was walking: along the road to {ber: ghurch one Sunday,” WE 4LSO CARRY A LARGE STOCK IN SELECTED RUSSIAN, UKRA- INIAN, POLISH AND SLAVISH RECORDS. oe eee New tee enn nnn ee eee nnn ee she West cam i | er husband | e We will ship you C. O. D Parcei Post any of the above Masterwork Series amp Nitgedaiget BEACON, N. Y. said one of the {trom e informed | 3 women, “when { met a woman who I| by labor thet thera want a ee or we. Will be more than glad to send you complete Catalogues of Classic few was a scab’s wife. Her toes uo. strike Her hand could mot | P) -creeeee cree teee ese ee tee eeee sand all Foreign Records. ‘ were stick vat thru her tatferod}make a living in the mine. If tney | Si acieleeiesianey Secheteenetetanetenseiendeeetenee tne eee shoes and i ‘ she was walking on her (could get enough money to pay their !P)...-.ee seen cece teen eee e ee ) Stockings. I wanted to get-some ii-|way out of the place they an e : : : rmation from her but she was |leave.” ‘faddress) 7°" Surma Musi C : afraid to talk much so ! invited her! s ‘Tricks. ' 5 3 Cc ompany | : : * . wo the house. . 1. les that: -she |,> Another nf, the labor agents |4i Ne. of copies os... Pea ‘ Social Entertainments.—Skating Rink. 103 AVENUE “A” (Bet. 6-7th) ee ee tenn en ee eens ne. NEW YORK CITY ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE Radios, Phonogriphs, Gramophgtes, Pianos, Player Pianos, Player Tolls. AN OKBH, Odeon, Columbia, Victor Records.—Piano Tuning and Repair- Tis Accepted. —We sell T6F Cash or for Credit.—Greatly Reduced Prices. lived at Ellsworth in heuse K. is to advise the hired strikebreakers j where we lived before we were evicted | not io, bring any furniture along “sg i froin the company house in 1925. théy “can wet it on easy payments | “She told me that the superintend-|from the company. This is another | ent advised her not to haye anything |drain on the pay envelope. And if! to do with thé ‘red necks’ as the|they must leave before final pay- union miners are called by the seabs,;ments are made on it the furniture ‘They will bust vour head, he old treverte te the doalor Steam Heated Spacious Rooms.—Deli- cious Food. M y Name