The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 19, 1928, Page 1

\% WOMEN LEAD MASS PICKETING AS MINERS’ STRIKE SPREADS THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY THE DAILY WORKER. | Kutered as second-class mutter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1579. Vol. V. No. 93. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $0.00 per year. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1928 Publishing Association, Inc., 33 First Street, New ¥ Published daily except Sunday by The National Daily Worker Price 3 Cents ork, N. ¥. GALA OPENING OF WORKERS’ CENTER ON UNION SQ. Lumberjacks’ Press PICKETS FINED | * FOR PROTESTING | NICARAGUA WAR To Raise Fines Against Demonstrators | WASHINGTON, April 18 (FP)—! When fines of $5 each were levied on some 70 of the pickets of the All-| American Anti-Imperialist League, in | police court yesterday because they had marched. around the White House | grounds in the rain Saturday in pro- test against the American conquest | of Nicaragua, district government | spokesmen told the court that the| limit for fines for the offense of} parading without a permit would be! |Face Guns, Clubs, and; ;company owned houses, while others | the pits. raised to $100 “before nightfall.” They had decided that a mere change in police regulations, without any special act of congress, would be suf- ficient. President Coolidge, who ab- solutely controls the district commis- sioners and the police administration | will thus have raised a new wall be- | tween himself and public protests against official policies. 107 Arrested. The right of the district police | commissioner or district commission- ; ers to fix the amount of penalty for| violation of police regulations has} never been tested in the courts, be-! cause the $5 limit did not seem to} warrant an appeal. However, if $100} fine is imposed it is probable that a/ test case will be taken by someone} to the federal supreme court. | A total of 107 pickets were ar-| rested. { While the pickets were leaving for| their homes in New York, Philadel- phia, Baltimore and elsewhere, new protests against the war waged upon the Nicaraguan people were voiced) on the floor of the senate. Blaine of | Wisconsin offered a resolution de-) manding of Secretary Wilbur a de-| tailed accounting as to the extra cost to the navy of the sending of war- ships and marines to Nicaragua, and keeping them there, as compared with the cost of maintaining the fleet and marines in normal conditions at their home stations. FOSTER, TOOHEY TO SPEAK MONDAY * Report on Pittsburgh Mine Conference For the first time, New York work- ers will have the opportunity of hear- ing the story of the historic miners’ conference held at Pittsburgh from one of the most active and militant mine leaders, Pat Toohey, National Secretary, Save the Union Committee. The events leading up to the confer- ence, the betrayal of the corrupt United Mine Workers officialdom and the heroic strike of the coal diggers will be told by Toohey, who is coming to New York from the strike area for the purpose of addressing New York workers at the Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th St., on Monday night, April 23rd, at 8 p. m. William Z, Foster,-National Secre- tary of the T. U. E. L., will present the causes and events leading up to the miners’ strike and the Pittsburgh conference—the most important event in the American labor movement for the past twenty years and will also analyze the present situation in the coal fields and show the significance of the combine to the entire labor movement, a The meeting is being held under the auspices of the local New. York Trade Union Educational League. A charge of 25 cents admission will be made to help defray the traveling expenses of nationally _ prominent speakers—and the balance of the proceeds will be divided between the Pennsylvania-Ohio Miners’ Relief Committee and the Joint Defense Committee. The funds will be used in behalf of the militant, struggling mine workers and the equally militant needle workers of this city. Confiscation in U. S. WASHINGTON, April 18.—-The anti-alien land = !nw of Washingtor was again. upheld by the supreme court yesterday, when it summarily the appeal of S, Katauno, a , against conf‘scation of land authorities. | Carl Norberg and Neil Haapala | are shown above displaying a wall newspaper published in the lumber camp at Escinaber, Mich. This pa- per includes articles about their con- ditions. WOODSMEN HOLD PROTEST MEET $1.75 for Cord of Wood Called Famine Wage | EBEN JUNCTION, Mich., April 18 —- Over 100 lumberjacks of this neigh- borhood met here Sunday to lay plans for organization to fight for. better The present wage of $1.75 is absolutely a-starvation seale; it ta two men working: all day to make five cords. It was unanimously decided to put | in a demand for $2.25 per cord. A committee of lumberjacks was elected at this meeting to investigate the sit- uation and prepare a future meeting. CLOAK CHAIRMEN _ MEETAATURDAY Over 4,000 Votes Cast at Elections : The Shop Chairmen’s Committee of Fifty Cloak and Dressmakers yester- day called upon all the workers- in the cloak and dressmaking shops in the city to elect representatives to a shop delegates’ conference to be held Saturday afternoon and urged the shop representatives of the workers to formulate a policy and demands from the coming convention of the jInternational Ladies’ Garment Work- ers’ Union. The conference is to be held in ‘Webster Hall and is to begin at 12 jnoon. The Committee of Fifty at one time held a 2-day conference in Web- ster Hall attended by more than 1,400 shop chairmen. Hold Conference of Militants. TRe conference of members of var- ious locals, both in New York and out of town, who have been removed from the ballot by the right wing adminis- tration of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, for refus- ing to sign their names to a “yellow dog” pledge condemning a working class political party, is to be held to- night in the Irving Plaza Hall, 15th St. and Irving Place, The call for this conference was issued about two weeks ago by a smaller conference composed of mili- tant workers of Locals 38, 66, and a! few others, who decided to hold a joint meeting with members of the union of other localities who “have suffered similar treatment at the hands of the union wrecking ¢lique in control of the union. At the previous conference a reso- lution was carried that a. delegation of those stricken off the ballot be sent to the convention in. Boston to protest this arbitrary action. At a meeting tonight the committee will be chosen. 1 | * ait Heavy Vote Polled. One of the heaviest vote totals ever rolled up at an election in the cloak- makers’ union was polled Tuesday, it (Continued on Pags Two) | ployees a 20-cent advance on the ton | provided that they immediately re- UNEQUALLED IN LABOR HISTORY: Bombs Undaunted (Special to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, April 18—Evidence cf the rising numbers and power of the unorganized mine workers now en strike in Pennsylvania and West Virginia was had today from prac- tically every section as operators threatened to evict employees from offered pay increases in order to. in- duce the striking workers back to That the operators in some sec- tions are hard-hit was demonstrated today when the Coal Company in Ledchburg offered the striking em- turned to work. fused. The company called a meeting on company property and threatened to evict the miners from the company houses unless they went back to work under the proposed wage readjust- ment. The Town of Burgess ordered Organizer Joe Forrani of the Save the Union Committee to leave town immediately, but this order was ig- nored, 400 men, women and children marched upon the Pitt Gas mine in Fayette County Tuesday morning, State Troopers attacked them with} (Continued on Page Two) 6 10 12 YEARS IS BONITA SENTENCE Penitentiary, HardLabor For Worker (Special to The Daily Worker) WILKES-BARRE, April 18—A six to twelve year sentence to soli- tary confinement and hard labor in the penitentiary was today meted out to. Sam. Bonita, young Pittston mine worker and leader of local 1703, against whom a jury early this week brought in a verdict of manslaughter in a “framed-up” case in which the cfficials of the Lewis-Cappellini ma- chine co-operated with the police of- ficers. ; Sentence was imposed upon Bonita by Judge McLean, whose vicious ha- tred of the militant miner and the workingt class” generally was shown in the bitterness with which he de- livered the decision. Although the jury had recommended “extreme clemency,” Judge McLean ordered the maximum prison term and in a vicious attack on Bonita, declared that he would make an example of him to stop the carrying of guns in the district. In addition, Bonita was fined $1,000, again the extreme penalty (Continued on Page Two) The offer was re- f ADMITS HALL, MILLS KILLING EL RENO, Okla., Apr. 18—Elwin F. Allen, who was arresed here on a burglary charge, has confessed ~ that he committed the Hall-Mills murders in New Jersey. He said he was given $5,000 and an automobile for the kill- | ings. | MINERS’ COURAGE | FY SUPPORTS UNION DESPITE FAKERS Will Organize 27,000 Non-Union Men NEW BEDFORD, Mass, April 18— The first mass gathering to be held in New Bedford for the 30,000 or- ganized and unorganized textile workers, who are in the 4th day of a general strike against 58 mills for trying to cut wages 10 per cent, was successfully held here this afternoon by the Textile Mill Committees, in spite of frantic efforts made by the officialdom of the Textile Council to ; halt the meeting. Bristol Arena, one of the largest halls in the city, was crowded to capacity by the strikers despite the public statements issued by the lead ers of the American Federation o: Textile Operatives, warning agains. attendance of the meeting. Pledging their organizational and financial support to the Textile Coun cil despite its refusal of aid, yet definitely announcing their intentior of organizing the 27,000 unorganizec workers in New Bedford into mill com- mittees, the leaders of the mill com- mittee movement at the meeting de- clared that the union officialdom was powerless {, stop the unorganized workers from forming their own or- ganization as long as the Textile Couneil had no intentions to do so. The seven locals of the American Federation of Textile Operatives in New Bedford has a membership of only. 8,000 out of the 30,000 textile strikers. “No Secret Negotiations.” Demands were made by the Textile Mill Committee at the mass meeting that all negotiations and discussions to be carried on with the bosses for ending the strike, should be reported to the membership. “No secret negotiations,” was the slogan issued. The speakers declared their intention of immediately organizing picket lines, which union leaders have con- sistantly refused to do. They also demanded that the unions back them up in their plans for extending the walkout to other sections of New England where, over 100,000 textile workers have had their wages re- duced by 10 per cent in the last few months. W. L. Murdoch, secretary-organizer of the Textile Mill Committee told of how Secretary Batty of the Textile Counci! had come up to the offices of the mill committees at 954 Purchase Street, yesterday and “invited” the leaders of the mill committees to leave (Continued on Page Three) Mine Relief Committee) Put Outof Cooper Union | ‘evo representatives of the Emer- gency Committee for Strikers’ Relief were threatened with ejection Tues- day evening at Cooper Union follow- ing a lecture by Dr. John B. Watson. They had attempted to distribute slips calling for volunteers to aid the miners’ relief drive here. “BUT DON’T LET ME WITHOUT PAPER” == | Union Square _ ENTER New Red Center on WORKERS COOPERATIVE RESTAURANT > 03. 26 and 28 Umon Square, to be the new trict of the Workers (Communist) Party, organ of the Party, the Workers , Uj Elore, the “Proletcos” co- Six story building at N« home of the New York dis The DAILY WORKER, central School, the Hungarian Communist dail, “ ¢ operative restaurant and other institutions. The gala opening is to be with a monster banquet Friday, April 27. A fund of $30,000 must be raised with which title can be taken to the Workers Center. (Freiheit building shown on left.) HOLD AFFAIR FOR MASS PICKETING MINERS TONIGHT SWEEPS ILLINOIS Variety Team and Play Voyzey Leads Hundreds to Feature in March The famous team of Greenlee and Spacial to The Daily Worker) Dreyton, recently returned from a SPRINGFIELD, Il, April 18.— three years’ tour of Europe and South | America, will feature the Concert | Two hundred miners under the Jeader- and Variety entertainment to be|ship of Georgey Voyzey, well known cee a a omar ad ty se Nutts | progressive mine leader, picketed the all, 125 W. 18 : d a Z eee 5 Committee of Miners Relief, of which |0/d West Mine near here today, car Harold Williams is organizer. Green-|Tying banners with the slogans, lee and Dreyton will, present their|“Lewis and Fishwick Must Go!” latest laugh-baiting attraction, “Black «win The Pennsylvania Ohio Strike!” Beaux and Belles.” ae | “For A National Agreement.” “Be “What Price Coal!” Borci Freed- Inion_-For A Nati jman’s well-known one-act play, will| 100; sant Cent Union—For A National lalso be on the bill of entertainment, | Strike,” ete. |as well as other variety acts, includ- | Frank Gushes and John Hampson, jing dancing and singing. |former Kansas leaders, and both ac- |. Tickets at ee el a may bejtive in the Save-The-Union Move- | procured at the office of the 0 | Committee for Miners Relief, ; ren : \135th St., New York City, or at the|in the picketing demonstration. office of the Miners Relief Committee | Lewis Henchmen Desperate 799 Broadway, Room 236. | Hindmarsh ard Loda, sub-district Tr 1 200 in jment, were among the other leaders Miner, 13 Months on Strike, Penniless, AM now in my 13th month, on strike. I have been unable to secure a job anywhere. I only re- ceived $23 from the U. M. W. A. since I’ve been striking. Less than $2. a month, Therefore it is im- possible for me to renew my sub- seription until I am able to secure a job. I would like for you to keep me on the list. I will pay for my subscription just as soon as I pos- sibly can. But don’t let me without a paper.” : : --L. R. * * * This is but one of hundreds of such letters from striking miners which come to our office daily. Of course we are sending the DAILY WORKER to this militant striker. Thousands of DAILY WORKERS - are being sent to strikers free of. per week for this purpose alone. , Our limit has been reached, we can- not continue this any longer. * REQUESTS are coming in now from the striking Textile Workers and of course in spite of the fact that this means a further sacrifice on the part of The DAILY WORKER we have tightened our belt an- other notch and now hundreds of papers are being sent to striking Textile Workers. Thousands of 8 papers to the striking mincrs, hun- | dreds of papers to the textile s ers. Requests are coming in every day. This is the situation we want to put up to our readers and sym- patizers. It depends upon you whether the sending of The DAILY WORKER shall be kept froi the _(strikers ox whether we will fili all presidents, both of whom at one time under the banner of progres- sives, appeared at thegmine in a des- te Sends Plea to Daily he requests which are coming in | daily. Free subscriptions to the strik- is the al What is your * pt to get the\ miners to Very few vesponded to these strike-breaking tactics. The entire force is expected to come out |within the next few days. ° perate go ba Pickets on March. (Special to The’ Daily Worker) RELLEVILLE, Il, April 18.—Six jhundred miners in solid mass-picket- marched thru Belle- | ville this morning under the leadership gz herewith ¢ , {of the Save-The-Union forces to bscription to a striking | meet miners at work in one of the | signed-up mines. At West Frankfort, several miners The effort er. answer? * * | Stritine Miner’s Free Subscri: Mon. | Daily Worker, = 138 First St. |New York: Ci I am encl jter a free.s | miner. $6.00 3.50 ing formation ened Months | picketed Old Ben Mine. resulted in a huge success for the 2.00 months ro ‘ 1.50 2 months | ovement for a national strike. 1.00 1 month Repudiate Officials Signed miners at the Pocahontas, Name ..| TIL, Mine refused to go back to work Address ‘ City ... at the orders of the reactionary |(uotas for the units are: Sub Lewis-Fishwick officials, They are|!AC: 1F, $160; 3F, $180; 100 per cent for a national agreement. | ld Textile Mass Meetipg Despite Threats MILL COMMITTEE WILL SPUR ALL PARTY ACTIVITY, SAYS WEINSTONE! Many to Attend Red! Banquet April 27 In the working class streets, in the/ shops and in the working class halls throughout the New York district the Workers (Communist) Party members and sympathizers are swing- ing into line in the $30,000 campaign Workers | the new Center on; Union Square, reports from all see- tions last night showed. The niners are on strike. The New England textile workers are conducting a strike which calls up-the heroic traditions of Passaic. Between! 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 skilled and unskilled workers of all trades are! walking the streets and highways of the United States in search of jobs, shelter and food, The aim of the! campaign for $30,000 to finance the! occupation of the new Workers Cen-| \ter is to provide the revolutionary | workers cf the New York district! facilities adequate to the tasks of the immediate future. To House Daily Worker The building which is the goal of the campaign is at 26-28 Union Sq. It is to be the new home of the DAILY WORKER, official organ of the Workers Party; the New York district organization of the Party; the Workers School; the Young . Workers (Communist). ‘Llore, Hungarian Janguage Commu- nist daily; the Young Pioneers; the | Workers Book Shop and the Co-op- erate Restaurant (Proletcos, Inc.). The opening of the Workers Cen- ter will be celebrated with a “Red Banquet” the evening of Friday, Apr. 27, at which the speakers will include Jay Lovestone, William Z. Foster, Robert Minor, editor Daily Worke: Bertram D. Woife and William W. Weinstene. Tickets are now on sal at the Workers Center and at th, Workers Party district office at 10 |E. 14th St. the district office ane | nounces. | Bronx Shows Way ¥ | The Bronx is showing the way in the great drive. Though Section 5 the Bronx, ctarted work only a few days_ago the section, subsection and unit functionaries have mobilized the membership so effectively that thie section has already jumped into the lead. _ Branch 3 of this section, at a meet- ing addressed by John Di Santo, col- lected $85 and pledged $150 more. Some of the members contributed as much as $25 and this branch intends to far surpass its quota. Branch 4 contributed $30 in cash and pledged $175; Branch 2, where donations were also as high as $25, collected $62 in cash and pledged $98; Branch 5: $42 in cash, $98 tn pledges; Branch 1: $40 in cash, $88 in pledges. Banquet To Be High Point. Section 5 is bending all efferts to- wards making the best showing in the district at the Red Banquet, which will mark the high point of the drive and which will be attended by hundreds of militant workers of this city and vicinity. The amounts col- lected in the campaign will be an- nounced at the banquet and all sec- tions, subsections and units are mak- ing special efforts to make as good a showing as possible. Tn addition to the Bronx, Browns- ville and Leng Island City have been particularly active. Brownsville yes- terday made a new contribution of $108, collected as follows: FD 1, $48; 1B 1, $21; and 1B 2, $44. This brings Nhe total of Brownsville to more than half of its quota of $500, which from present indications will be surpassed. Quotas Announced Unit 1F, Long Island City, has handed in its second contribution of $59, bringing its total to $99. This unit has promised to contribute $51 more next week. Archie Merson, a member-at-large, contributed $5. : Section 1 has assigned varioud quotas to its units and active work has already been begun. Though this section has been late to start the members feel confident that in a short while they will be battling the other sections for the leadership, The 4F, (Continued on Page Two