The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 21, 1928, Page 6

Jovless Men Page Six More Than 200 Strike STATE'S GUNMEN SPUR MINERS ON’ AS SCABS QUIT Western Lewis Officials Prove Real Strikebreakers Worker Correspondent) Follow: in Re! dir miners in leadership Committee v West Mine. called to listen to delegates who w the plans of the S: mittee for the w All efforts are now d wards putting into ef : . per cent S y Icy weather adds to the hardships which the electric linesmen face there are ing thru- thruout the winter and spring, especially in the rural stretches of the out the these | west and northwest. An army of these workers keep open the wires mines are pic Union mine eRe Re garetter comeng from. which the huge electric companies pile up their profits. Spring cessful despit Picket Old West M ‘were met by the 's of the sub- district who stood there telling the miners at work to. continue working and not to listen to the picketers. These leaders of the union came out} openly as strikeb rs and break- | ers of the union. Only a part of the | Miners went back to work. These are| expected to come out before the end of the week. On Tuesday mor: resumed. In Spr 1, y over two | hundred miners pic the Old | West Mine, one of the four Panther POSES AS LEADER Creek mines v ng. The pickets & “Progressive” Proves Himself Lewis Tool (By a Worker Correspondent.) GLOUSTER, Ohio. (By Mail.)—Orl | Daugherty, president of the Hocking vas | Valley sub-district of the United Mine er number | Workers, has come out openly in ad- S time they | vising the men under his jurisdiction eee con | to abandon their strike. He did this Agreement,” ‘Win | 2t @ mass meeting here recently. Strike,”| “The miners have but three courses ee This time | open to them,” Daugherty said. “Ei- Boctics. het cael with squads of | ther you must seek work elsewhere or cee te ere brot at the re-| 99 back to the mines’ on the terms of quest of the operators and the sub-| the ‘opers Th district ig cect np, | the operators. e only other course 3 E caniays pi se ; left open is to stay here and starve. e gu y increased | rr J i: MU giirit and determination at the eee nion can do nothing more for picketers. On the se d day he | Par cond day_of- the | «his'is not the first intimation thé NON-UNION LINE BOOSTS CARFARES Workers Have Hard Time to Keep Jobs (By a Worker Correspondent) LOS ANGELES, Cal., (By Mail). —Such outbursts of indignation as “let’s carry banners like the Coxey’s | Army” are heard at mass meetings | all over the city these days. And the | protests are directed against the state railroad commission and the Pacific Electric Ry. New Zones. Said Commission has _ changed zones and fares on the so-called red car lines. Numerous improvement or- ganizations, etc., some of them with a membership of $50,000 are up in arms. Efforts are being made, in certain quarters, to prove that the |new rate is a revision downward. But |there seems to be a wide belief that | picketing only 170 miners we 1 the shaft. ‘Those miners who eve | Hocking Valley miners have had of still working have in the majority ex. | Daugherty’s strikebreaking activities, pressed their willingness to walk ae | Only a few months ago he came out) Wat for fear of intimidation need a | openly for an individual settlement in little coa | the Hicking Valley on the best terms ions point to’a complete | tke men could get, in other words for] hutdown of the mine,” said Joe _| a complete abandonment of the strike! Ss , Save-the-Union | 2" a settlement on the terms of the} ue our pic- operators. Daugherty has been able Springfield, but | t® get away with this up till now by working in T]j-| Posing as a “progressive” by leading scab on the men in mass picketing and by claiming to fight for more relief for {the men. This last act of betrayal jand brazen strikebreaking has, how- | ever, opened the eyes of the men. Already a petition has been pre- | pared asking the International board and Lewis to remove Daugherty as | sub-district president, and s are being secured. The Hocking Val- ley miners must wake up and realize |that the Internaticnal Board, Lewis | and Daugherty are all tarred with the ker Correspondent.) same brush and that the strikebreak- Calif., (By Mail).| ™& union-busting policies of Lewis RENE etn “|and the machine are no better than rs held on Apyil ttith, at the Labor| those of Daugherty. A petition to . War: | Lewis is no way to stop such strike- Temple, 540 South Maple Ave., where | w ie tis more than 200 unemployed workers Bos AG ea ve ne adie 2 : 7 rank and file membership taking con- gathered—the question of unemploy 1 of th . fd kicks 18 ment was presented and meesureshoe OF ME es oe #¢ for the solution of this question were EARL erties IS discussed. | SHARP. The program and the slogan, “We| Want Work | GLOTZER. in Los Angeles Issue Demands of unemployed work- KIDDIE AIDS JOBLESS. “I am 12 years old and I am send- 25 cents for the wonderful as en-| execu- unemployed | ing workers p ected to pre-| work you are doing with your unem- sent their 2d| ployed free soup kitchens. I will send labor movement you 10 cents every week. I will have initiate the o fast from candy to keep this up.” of trade unions, fraternal bodies, |So writes Catherine Vanderzyden unemployed workers; which confe: |aged 12, who lives with her mother ence will put forth effective demands that will secure work for the unem- ployed, not charit We will hold x employed whene at 1041 Madison Ave., according to Marion Emerson, assistant national ecretary of the Workers’ Interna- tional Relief, 1 Union Square. $s of the un- situation de- r the mands meetings. S ne of the de- . mands put out at the mass meeting|Tepresentatives and representatives} are as follows: 1. To ask the labor|°f unemployed. 3. Abolishing of movement to call a conference for a jovertime in industry. 4. The aboli- thet unemployment question to include |tion of child labor and the state all labor organizations, fraterna]|™maintenance of the children at pres- bodies, and the unemployed. 2, Im-|ent employed. 5. Protection of un- mediate relief fund to be voted by the|¢™Ployed against arrest on the) city council and same to be admin's-|charges of vagrancy. tered by a committee of trade union —LENA CHERNOW. RUMP KPRPREL KON RML YELP LT RYT PLEYILIPYL IVAN OOP? nee a ECONCERT AND BALL} : with Play “IT Grobovi ce Progovoriti” i Will be given if | THIS SUNDAY by the SOUTH SLAV FRACTION OF THE W. ©. P. At 525 East 72nd Street, N. Y. C. Sa Siatasion Se, Concert Will Start at 2 P. M. <¢|E. Others expressed themsélves in the change is a upward one in the case of the majority of the company’s patrons, and downward only in a few zones. “No zones on any red car lines within four miles of Sixth and Hill Streets. “No increase in carfares on the Edendale and Echo Park lines.” "Yells of approval and storming ap- plause met these demands at a meeting held last night at the Logan Street school, under the auspices of ten improvement associations of the northwest district. Speakers roused the enthusiasm of the audience in the auditorium filled to overflowing. Several speakers demanded the jit- neys back in competition with the Fr, favor of municipal ownership. A. J. Samis, president Elysian Heights Im- provement Association, pointed out that when the railroad commission | estimates the profits of the Pacific Electric it does not consider the enor- mous increase in the value of its feal estate holdings resulting from its operations. ua, The Pacifie Electric,” he declared, “is not in transportation business, It is in the real estate business.” In case the increased fares are al- lowed to stand, Jerry Storms advo- cated “walking to work.” “Let’s carry banners like Coxey’s Army,” he shouted, and on them have printed words: “We will not be butchered with excessive fare, we will not have elevated railways.” Being unorganized, the P. E. em- ployes have a hard struggle trying to hold their jobs and make a living. rs Mass Picket What Electric Linemen Face in the THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1928 WESTERN FARMER Workers (By a Worker Correspondent.) Henrik Shipstead comes at last in- to clear view. Until recently he has been conveniently masquerading un- der a mantle of “idealism” and high- sounding phrases regarding the “in- alienable rights of labor to a full dinner pail,” and all the weary and greatly aged deceptions practiced by the middle class on its immediate support. Henrik Shipstead was as- tute enough to realize that the mo- ment was ripe in Minnesota to ride into the Home for Aged and Bene- volent Servants of Capitalism on a new ticket—the ticket of the Farmer Labor Party. Supported by Middle Class. The Farmer Labor Party is still in the hands to a large extent of the middle class. The Farmer Labor Party made its initial mistake sev- eral years ago by nominating Henry Keyes for state treasurer. Henry Keyes is known, in his home town of International Falls, as being any- thing but friendly to labor. It is alleged that he has a habit of selling on the easy-payment plan—and fore- closing immediately. A farm of his is said in this way to have passed hands several times and as a sub- stantial first payment is always re- quired, it has paid for itself several times over. I mention this apparently trivial incident to strengthen my point that the Farmer Labor Party is shackled to ineffectuality because it is, as yet, dominated by the dissatisfied middle class element. While being increas- ingly threatened by the left wing bloc, it is still as respectable, basic- ally, as either of the two “regular” parties. Henrik Shipstead is a bourgeois politician. Of this there can now be no doubt. In a recent issue of Cur- rent History he presented a masterly article on “Dollar Diplomacy in Latin America,” a very pungent title, albeit lifted from the senior work of two “Reds,” Joseph Freeman and Scott Nearing. It is difficult at this time to state definitely as to his reason in writing this article—cer- tainly for a politician, a very “red” departure. But it serves to further strengthen the conclusion of any sapient observer of Minnesota pol- itices—that it was but little more than a political move—a farcical “sur- render” to the prevaliing mass opin- ion of our farmers and laborers that our policy in Latin America is dis- graceful imperialism in its most brutal aspect. Despite the “Dollar Diplomacy” article—when the test was made, Shipstead voted for the Coolidge administration. Defender of Coolidge. The Farmer Labor Party in its platform goes on record as opposing intervention and imperialistic wars of aggression, yet at the same time it chooses for its chief representa- tive a defender of the Coolidge-Kel- log policies in Latin America. It has remained for Heflin, a staunch Ku Klux Klan bigot, to assail in con- gress Coolidge’s policy of brutal ag- gression in ‘Ni¢aragua: Shipstead ap- parently representing farmer and labor in Minnesota, and with the ad- ded advantage of being a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, remained silent, What effect this will have on the voters remains to be seen. But this much is certain. The Farmer Labor Party is in danger of becoming a mere vote-gathering organization. The conservative delegates at the recent convention contended that Shipstead would have the support of L. P. RINDAL. union labor no matter what his poli- GREAT Concert to be ‘Under the auspices in a unique program. 25% TICKETS: in advance SPRING and Ball held Tonight, April 21st At the Large Hall of HUNTS POINT PALACE z 953 Southern Boulevard, Bronx of NOVY MIR. CONCERT PROGRAM: Mme. Euphaly Hatayeva, ' Peter Bilgo’s Balalaika Quintet, Bavarian National Dancers. Great Finnish Workers Band Orchestra. MUSIC BY KULICK’S ORCHESTRA. of Proceeds for Miners’ Relief. 75c; at the door $1.00. LABOR VOTERS QUIT SHIPSTEAD, |Senator Proves Judas to Illinois Mine, Correspondent Says - Where Farmers Must Ask Bank’s Permission To Breathe cashier. The above picture shows farmers in serfdom for decades. The farmers of the enormously fertile wheat lands of the Dakotas are owned body and soul by the banks. A farmer cannot buy a spade from the hardware store without first asking permission of the bank S. D. The owners of the huge elevators in Minneapolis have kept the MUST ORGANIZE NEGRO WOMEN T0 STOP SCABBING Thousands in Many Trades Want Union By a Woman Worker Correspondent Negro women in the past have been almost entirely confined to do- mestic work. It is comparatively in very recent years that the Negro wo- man has come into industry. The trades in which she is now chiefly confined are those that have branch- ed off from the home, the needle trades, hotels and restaurants, laun- dries, and as car and office cleaners, ete. There are few in the basic in- dustries, except in some of the south- ern textile mills. Lamp Shade Slaves. @ small grain elevator at Interior, Metropolitan Workers Soccer League Games Division “A” Bo We LD Ps Hungarian Workers 2115 2 8 35 Scand. Workers 2114 2 5 33 Bronx Hungarian 2211 6 56 27 New York Eagle 22 710 5 19 Spartacus 21 510 616 Freiheit, S. C. 22 412 614 Armanian G. A. U. 14 6 6 38 18 Red Star S. C. 19 410 5 138 Martian’s F .C. 20 311 6 12 tical affiliations *might be—ergo, the Farmer Labor Party must endorse the Hon. Shipstead. We have the classical example of the socialist party before us. From a rather mili- tant body actively connected with the rank and file of labor, it degen- erated into a vote-gathering machine and is, today, practically impotent. The Farmer-Labor leaders have yet te learn that the support of the masses will be won only through con- fidence. They have yet to learn that a wolf in sheep’s clothing is still a wolf, Want Militsnt Leaders. Uniess a more determined and hon- est and courageous Farmer-Labor nominee is placed before the voters— and we in Minnesota think chiefly of William Watkins or Ernest Lun- deen as being worthy of the toga— the senatorial contest should have but little interest or significance: for the great mass of the rank and file. It is difficult to become enthusiastic over the dubious virtues of a poli- tician who straddi-s the fence and waits to see which way the wind will] blow before announcing his political affiliations. The farmer and laborer must get behind the -tate clection, however. It seems at this time that i. will be necessary for us to concentrate our attention on the state contest, and to devote our time to the elimination from the ranks of the party of the bourgeoisie which, if allowed a free nand, will undoubtedly turn the party over bound hard and foot to the re- publican cohorts. The founiation for the party has been lain. us remember that we cen win only with the confidence of the rank and file. JOSEPH A. KALAR. Moishe Katz known journalist; , just arrived from the Sov- iet Union is on a tour on behalf of the “Icor.” He will deliver a series of LECTURES on Jewish life and Jew- ish colonization in the Soviet Union, and will visit the following | cities: S Kansas City, April 21st and 22nd; Denver, Colo., April 24th and 25th; Los Angeles and San Diego, April 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th and May Ist; Petaluma, May 2nd; San Francisco and Oak- land, May 3rd and 4th; Omaha, Nebr., May 8th; Sioux City, May 9th; Minneapolis, May 10th; St. Paul, May 1lith; Winnipeg, May 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th; Duluth, May 17th; Milwaukee, May 18th; trolt and Windsor, May ‘21st, | 22nd and 23rd; Toledo, May 24th; Pittsburgh, May 26th: For further information ap- ply to the local “Icor” edérhmit- tee, or to the National Office, | ICOR, 799 B’way, New York. penny | SPORTS IN BRIEF In Chicago Negro women work in many Of the novelty industries; for instance, in the silk lamp shade trade. | Thousands and thousands in Chicago jlearned this “fly by night” work. Not jonly did they toil in the factories \ Division “B” every day, but they were allowed to i P. W. L. D. P.|carry lamp shades home at night. |Hungarian Workers 10 12 1 3 27/Children in the homes wrapped the Prague F. C. 15 11 4 1 21)frames for their mothers and older Red Star S. C. 17 6 9 2 14|sisters to cover with silk cloth. The Fordham F. C. 9 7 1 1 15|whole family learned the trade, and Ger.-Hung. F. C. 9 6 3 0 12/as soon as each girl was old enough, Claremont F, C. 10 5 4 1411|she followed her mother or sister Freiheit S. C. 15 5 9 1 11]into the factory. Been 8. C. 143.8 8 9 Flower Trade. . Y. Rangers 10° 1 Oe ji ii i Blue Star S.C. i 110 0 I mention this case because it is one of the most outstanding, but it Division “C” is similar to many trades in which Trumpelders F. C. es bi * D. ie Negro women are found; such trades Soanii Warkers fe 6 5 1 3 i as the making of artificial flowers, Y.M ed i ea Soe party favors, children’s toys, decora- Dragan Tanises 69 2 Ver tive stationery, valentines and ten- Prague “C” 63821 q cent store trinkets. Ger.-Hungarian 18k ce In the past, Negro men, in order Falcon Ath. Club 4 3 017 to force their way into industry, were Spartacus 8. C. aS Tea often compelled to scab and Negro Red Star S. C. 91 6'2 4|women should not be reduced to such Vagabond 8. C. 8120 22 choice. When given an opportunity Co-Operative S. C. FO Gudlon to act as a group and to demonstrate Claremont S. C. 120015 650 their solidarity against the employ- New York Eagle 1010 0\% they have done so. Results of G In New York, the unorganized Ne- Frsihete oo grow laundresses walked out 100 per s Spartacus, 2-2; Scan- cent in sympathy with the striking jdrivers. In Chicago, Negro date workers put up a militant fight for better conditions without guidanee ~ from the trade unions. If the organized labor movement would turn its attention to the Negro working women, there is no question jbut that it would find eager and valuable allies. —ROMANIA FERGUSON. dinassan vs Armania, 4-1; Hungarian Workers vs Martians 2-0; Bronx Hungarian “A” vs Bronx Hungarian “B”, 6-3; Fordham vs Red Star, 5-1; German-Hungarian vs Prague, 4-3; Falcon vs Prague Junior, 2-0; Trum- pelders vs Pragus “C” 3-2; Y. M. H. A. vs Red Star, 3-1; Scandinavian vs Vagabond, 3-0; German-Hungarian vs Co-operative, 1-0; Claremont vs | Spartacus, 7-1. EVERY WORKER MUST WEAR A MAY DAY BUTTON! Every worker must show his solidarity on May Day by wearing the May Day Button To wear a May Day Button means: Protest Against American Imperialism! Support of the Soviet Union! Struggle Against the War Danger! Support of the Striking Miners! World-wide Proletarian Solidarity! 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