The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 22, 1928, Page 4

Slbbeorcmanes Page Four THE DAILY WORKER 'gW YORK, TUZSDAY MAY 22, 1928 Easton Silk Workers Must Organize for Struggle, Mill Correspo UNEMPLOYMENT ‘Obedient Herd; a Capitalist’ Deca GAINS; SPEED UP PREVAILS Bosses Cheat Weavers Out of Pay (By a Worker Corresponden’) EASTON, P: (By Mail)—I am ) E ail By profession I'am a trained nurse.| PITTSTON, Pa., (By Mail).—2 am presented by etitbert ee to setter lentes ae ae I worked for a long time with nurses | sending you a copy of a resolution Billed; tha opus’ Ye eonditions in Easton and Phillips! ure, ‘ Vine vith arhes | whieh. was. passed by wf ares iomiie eae the ee ew Jersey which are ery bad. = " 3 fa a3 de an em | 2 in o ” i eer. New Jersey, wh a ae vey ee ; So : and pain kept on ringing in my | of izations here for taking pire Theatre ae a isis oe po ea Rone LESS Lea Be oa Enso S a] I was tired of the routine mo-| measures for the drive to free Sam aha play ase ee EL, Sinon Sie Go. whe oh The picture shows the cows of John Bertinshaw, wealthy dairyman | notonous hospital life. The! hospital Bonita and stop the persecution of ordinary garden va- ithe day t Uusually it employs) 0/ Norton, Mass. The animals respond obediently when called by name | became to me like a prison wall. The | Moleskt and Mendola. ease prin Fate cot balan ben. Resa pei ikaié “ruts nowh abearinle and are in all ways a model herd. They are all to be killed “as humanely | air was dense and there was nothing| ‘he same. He pal edgy wit idee ereuch Bia ato OO This sebauy bee as possible” when their owner dies. He shown in the circle. |to breathe with. There wasn’t enough Whereas, arr Bonita, militant Billie Burke naughtiness to make Seo Olen 00; hia carne sed) eee me eee eee room. New York became too small/ leader of the Pitiston Mine Workers it smart. It is the sas EC a aearearpatande sed 5 Fi |for me. I, wanted a change. Finally} has bees sentenced = mee porn: ihe type of play that appeals to the uppe smployed hundreds of workers. e & | Vi Ver Ps at hevdi labs? i y Hay s t SOE x 4 I left for the west. {to twelve years at herd labé¥ im the aroha. ae Be 4 No ane company ced LVEW) StrtRebreaking ; wet reise tenth oft tne seal Being devoted to the eva : Hil a ike to ri . 2 : ; t ‘ f : i up, because .be fought ofa ee oe: vas A eel claim that labor in eame into an office where I gave; " x 4 severa: ys a English country Ps lag ons oy of - the -coal a acenes ae ABeney 10 CONNECHCUL a: eae Bos oe capa ae ae ala ES | ea ; pra aN bse GTR {eee | SRE RRS racks rene i ate iy ee eee union © Is, and Miss Murke gives a delightful per-| Ea iS ale pea aa ase ara By JOHN STEUBEN. ators. This gentleman came and left | !i8h word dumb-bell) and v nto| Whereas, the National Bonita-| formance as a married woman, who} ill thousands of honest! the state without having sent a cent s country who do not to the striking miners. jas yet realize the role of the official- dom of the American Federation of Labor in the present miners’ strike. For this reason it is necessary to expose the treacherous activities of the A. F. of L. in the state of Con- necticut, which marks ‘another black page in the history of the American Owns two mills, | Misleaders of Labor. Formerly| There are Easton Silk Winding Co. | s only 50,|Workers in t employed 100 workers, now Runs day and night. Haytock Cronemeyer Silk Co. Em- ployed about 300 workers, now only} 100 workers. Previously had two shifts, day and night, now only runs in day time. Le Silk Co. Employs about 50 worke has two shifts. Nanpareil Silk Co. the leadership of Egan, the work started to develop. Many union men went over the heads of the official- dom and tried their best to build a strong movement for miners’ relief. We succeeded in organizing relief Day and night shifts with about 250| ,J this state there are thousands Bridgeport, New Haven, 0 ay and MAE Shines with about “°°! of ammunition, textile and metal! Waterbury, New Britain and ‘New workers. 2 ‘i ,. |workers. The great majority of these) London. The above mentioned com- | Rubins Silk Manufacturing Co. 3 ; : : workers are unorganized, work long Two shifts with about 60 workers. | : Mtornie 06.” Two shitte: with 75 | hours under miserable conditions;|labor unions, fraternal | and even eee Sieg phar °lwage cuts are the rule and no at- church organizations. These relief ee . _ |\tempt whatever is made on the part organizations are actively wo: South Easton. of the A. F. of L. to organize these collect money, clothing and are a hun- Stewart Silk Co. One shift. About workers who are at present at the dred per cent behind the striking min- 500 workers. Nearly all Pennsylvania Dutch workers and very conservative and fanatical. They class themselves as 100 per cent American and are bit- ers in their fight to save the union from destruction. Breaks Up Tag Day. mercy of the American Brass Co., the Sargeant, the Winchester, ete. Interested In Miners. against the foreign born) In spite of the unemployment, wage Egan, seeing the growth of miners’ } kers. |cuts and general depression there is | relief organizations throughout the | Altshuler Bors Co. Two shifts.|@ deep interest among the workers) state and realizing that all his lies Formerly employed about 120 work-| toward the miners’ strike. The work-)anq slanders do not prevent the| ers; now only 50. jers realize the significance of this Gunning Silk Co. Two shifts. Pre- | Struggle and therefore are ready to help the miners, viously employed 150 workers, now} Ly Z wh ‘ iconay only about 30, This company tries) The workers of Connecticut looke for a movement to help the miners. to-find various plans and schemes to ey exploit its workers in every way pos- Mai months passed and the State sible, Not long ago, they had installed | Federation of Labor, in accordanee the 4-loom system, cutting one cent, With oS general policy of the A. F.| mittee obtained a permit for a tag on a yard, but only 5 workers accepted |! Ley id, yee Sob saan campaign | day. As soon as Egan found out he for miners’ relief. It was only after |togk a trip to Waterbury and used the company’s plan. The great; hav rank and: dil, of the miner D i maJority of workers refused to work ‘he Tank and file of the miners of- ‘nis “influence” with the result that on 4 loo The company then cut the wage e. one cent on a yard and det the workers choose either to work on three or four looms. * Smith Bros. Two shifts. employed 50 workers, now Martin Silk Co. 18 workers. | growth of these organizations and at | the same time being determined to ismash them, decided to use |drastic measures. Egan did not hesi- jtate to assume the role of a provoca- |tive agent of the police. Here are the \facts. In Waterbury the relief com- mittee that a movement for miners’| ing up of the Waterbury tag day cost jrelie began. in the state, the miners’ children $500 which they Open Sabotage. leould use for food. | This work has been sabotaged from | i ‘ i |the very beginning, yet a call for a| Endorse Penn-Ohio Relief. miners’ relief conference brought out many local unions, among tHem the |denounced Egan, William G. machinists,.typographical, and others |the president of the Central Labor in addifion to fraternal organizations. } Union of Stamford, The union men of New Haven were | Formerly 30. Two shifts, about Phillipsburg. rd Silk Co. bormerl and. 2,000 if rs leader in Connecticut and Sheffy, one Workers, now 1,500. Runs day { aeae ts anf e rs sah ny at Beet hittl eee ker is |20xious to hi first | and informa- lof the oldest members in the molders’ a att ; eer 9 “" ™8\tion as to the actual situation in the union and a member of the Central exploited. oadd 7 a ¢ ig 2 ” | : = . 3 coal fields. : Jerome Davis, professor | Lat J ve: stent el or Mirveli Bros. Silk Corporation: Two| |Labor Union were instructed to go lof Yale Unive y, who is at the |down to Pittsburgh with a few hun- shifts. PoP meri about 120 workers, same time the educational director of | dred dollars and to make an inves- Sebi id ees |the New Haven Trades Counc in- | tigation as tothe activities of the Reynolds, Silk Co. Two shifts, day | vited Powers Hapgood to speal on.|Penn-Ohio Committee, now the Na- and night. the miners’ struggle. After Hapgood |tional Miners’ Relief Committee. Formerly 140 workers, | Comes True In spite of the destructive work of the State Federation of Labor under mittees succeeded in drawing in many | more | The Stamford Central Labor Union j\tric light all. day. , 4 prominent labor | ter?”, he exclaimed. GIRL WORKER 1S DRIVEN FROM JOB By_«a Woman Worker. Correspondent |tbe other room to work. I asked one jof the girls at work what the piece/).. conducted a vigorous campaign {of ‘garment was they were working Jon, at which she pointed to a chart hanging on the wall. At lunch time I went up to the chart to look at the pieces of the garments. One of the girls noticing it, remarked to me in a whisper, “If the foreman sees you looking at the chart, he will fire you!” committees in Stamford, Norwalk,|They imagined me a dumb-bell ' for Hartford, | not sneaking up to the chart. “Am | I not supposed to know how much} I am getting for my labor?” I asked | her. “This is Los Angeles,” was her} answer, “and you have to be satis-! fied vith what you get.” Not waiting | king to|to be fired, I left the place. Second Job. | Here, a big stout man with a few} red hains scattered around the scalp,| which was like a white pancake, met| |me with an expressionless smile.| | “Well get to work, and if you will) |be a good girl, I will get you a fel-| | low,” was his greeting. “Mister, 1} | did not come here to look for a bride- | | groom, I came here to look for work,” | | answered. Nothwithstanding my re-| | ply, two days later my boss put mo I again told the not in need of a matchmaker, ‘arid could speak for my- self, but my protest was of no avail | On the third day, T left the job. Third Job. : A young man, handsome looking, | neatly. dressed, -met. meat the door. jnext: to a fellow. | | boss: that Tow |ganized the Penn-Ohio Relief Com-|the permit was revoked. The break-|“A¥é you expérienced?” he asked me pe idssoft voice: “Well, the only way for | you to convince yourself is by \trying me.” I took the job and vent | |.into the shop.. The place was dark.! jand the girls were working by elec-! I took my hat and) Herring, | coat, but on approaching the exit, the| | boss stopped me. ‘(What is the mat-| “J j at night,” I answered quietly. “We | don’t work at night,” he tried to ex | plain, “we work only till five o’clo “Yes,” I said, “but in your place it! jis night 24 hours! I have not’ the intention of losing: my ‘eyesight, T j still want to see the California sun-| |shine.”, We understood one another) don’t work} 5 | 1005, and 1% i URGE MASS AID TO FREE BONITA © FTER a tedious start, “The Happy Husband,” starring Billie Burke, hits its stride in the beginning of the second act and is able to sustain a fair amount of inter- est during the rest of Save Mendola, Moleski Is Plea | (By a Worker Corresnondent) \ Harrison Owen, and i-Mendola Defense Committee] bored by the idleness 6f her set, flirts with the Beau Brummell of the party.| to liberate Bonita by taking an appeal! Unluckily for all concerned, a burglar) from this vicious decision of a pre-|breaks into the house when Miss| judiced judge. In this work the com-|Burké, and the society sheik, por-| mittee has been blocked by the tocal|trayed: admirably by A. E. Matthews, | lawyers. who aré opposed to the or-j are ‘alone in an unused bedroom while | ganization of the proper defense. Only | her husband and the other male mem-} hy mass pressure of the miners and | bers of the. party are playing pool. the rest of the labor: movement can ; y : The thief enters the room where} ey be freed. The committee is also : they epee. tne eb | the married woman and the man are, aware that some of the~ so-called} ae ‘ ‘ frionds of Bonita thra their: activity | (the wife happens to be in her night- and creates enough noise are weakening the work for the un,| 8°"? jell conditional release of Bonit, Moleski| Which sets the rest of the visitors ‘to and Mendola, and therefore: be it | ne country house on the run in the Resolved, that this conference of rection ot ee neteoorn After a the National Bonita-Moleski-Mendola| Str acne. 01, Complications that are Defense Committee held at the Ital- a ee eas ie See suite ian Hall, 208 Oliver St., Luzerne, Pa.,|¢ys jor,‘ne, best in the end. While May 13, 1928 take immediate steps| ‘Me: husband has his suspicions, he Lea Ne ‘ never finds out that his wife has been to initiate a broad movement of the sas r 5 e so indisereet as to be in a bedroom vorking class demanding an im-|_. working class demanding with another man! mediate and unconditional release of If the first act would be cut or re- Brother Bonita and the stopping of the persecution of Moleski and Men-| written, the play would be vastly im- ‘|proved. As things now stand, future dola, The following organizations passed audiences can miss the first act and enjoy the play more than otherwise. the play. Written, by! ndent Says DRAMBL SA “The Happy Husband” With Billie Burke at the Emp ive IN “RAIN OR SHIN 1 | playing Marion Herson who with Joe Cook in his musical show “Rain or Shine,” at the George M. Cohan Theatre. to entertain the audience. Special mention must be made of Walter Connolly, who, in the part of a jealous husband, keeps the play moving at a fast rate. He is a first class enter- tainer, and at certain times takes away the honors from Miss Burke, Other members of the cast include Lawrence Grossmith, George Thorpe, John Williams and Irene Browne. The play is staged by Mr. Matthews and the one set used has been designed by the ever reliable Yellenti. —S. A. P. Fascist Ignores Protest Prince Potenziani, fascist governor of Rome and Tammany’s guest, re- fused to see a delegation of Greeks protesting Italian misrule of the Do- decanese, a group of islands lying off the coast of Turkey in the Egean Sea. Italy grabbed the islands in 1912, Potenziani is leaving America with a photograph autographed by Mayor the resolution in support of the Bonita Defense movement: The supporting cast does it share United Mine Workers of America} Walker “to Gino with affectionate re- gards from Jimmy.” Local Unions Nos. 1162, 1670, 1545, 217; S. N.“*P. J. Lodge 204; Lithuanian Womens’ Prog. Ali. of Pittston; Italian Branch, Socialist Party; Workingwomens’ Club of Luzerne; Lith. Womens’ Prog., Alli. of Plymouth; Serradifalico Societa; Ven- nencia Soceseal; Lith. Lit. Society, Br. 97; Societa Italio Alabense of Old Forge; Workers’ Lit. Society of Wil- kes-Barre; L. D. S. A., Lodge 53 of Plymouth; I. L. D., Russian Branch, Wilkes-Barre: Soceita Italian Runiata| of Luzerne; I. L. D. of Anthracite;| Workers (Communist) Party of the anthracite sub-district; Young Work-j —— The Theatre Guild presents —/, Eugerie O'Neill's Play, Strange Interlude | John Golden Thea., 58th, E. of B'way Eveni. Only at 5:30. } ALL THIS WEEK VOLPONE | fq Th, W.,52 St. Evs. 8:30 Guild gratis Phurs & Sat, 2:30 Week of May arco Millions” ers (Communist) League of anthra- ite sub-district, and other organiza- ——- = eos tions-too numerous to mention. Lea opment a ace core A Daughter “MECHANICS OF THE BRAIN” TO} Purrsy ” Arai ; of Israe BE SHOWN TOMORROW. | WISI78R with Sete nina and an International Cast. 48th St. Thea. Mats. Wed. & Sat. A motion picture study of the fear | reactions of babies and young chil- 'P now only 60. Stilton Co. workers. Wallac Two shifts, about 70 Silk Co. Before 120 work- |and I left the place. The delegation came back and the | Fourth Job. ;following statement was issued: | entered an office where I met! “As a result of my visit to Pitts-| three men. They were all as though ze, big and stout. One| tion in behalf of the Central Labor was swinging in an armehair, another] Union, I found that all the accusa-'Wwas sitting with legs crossed and! came and outlined the situation in the | leoal fields before an audience of¢ }union men, he pointed out the role ‘of John L. Lewis :in the miners’ streg- | 4 ‘ A Weliavided the | burgh to investigate the relief situa-|made to one s ers, now 70. gle, many workers ¢ Virreil ros. Silk Corp. (Milford | floor but John Murphy, the president | N. J.). Two shifts day and night, |of the New Haven Trades Council, re- | U : ‘ : t : Biont 80 worke They pay less fused these workers the floor and de-|tiomS and attacks upon the Penn.yl-| smoking a thick cigar, and a third than in Phillipsburg. The town is!clared the meeting over. kmall and has only 600 inhabitants. There is no other industry. Workers are half farmers; they own small farms or gardens. They do not fight with the company for fear of losing their jobs. The company tells them kilos tip. yonis Ohio Miners’ Relief Committee ; somewhat younger was sitting half |meeting John Murphy felt that he | bY certain labor officials of this state! on the desk, all three chatting idly.! |would have a hard time fighting the | 87° false and unfounded. The Penn- | At this place there were no questions movement for miners’ relief among |*! vania-Ohio gelict Committee is|and I was put to work. ‘I asked the! ithe trade uni He: taedial the only organization that feeds tens | girl next to me what the price was. imported a “Butch” James of thousands of striking union min-| “Two: dollars a. dozen,” - she empha- of Ilinois, a so-called “Mine Dead. If not for this committee the a I was dumbfounded. “How ers. “If you don’t want to work for what|er” who received $16 a day for his |Sttike would have been lost and the ens a day do you make?” you get, we'll move away from town.”| work in the state. His main activity | U0" destroyed long months ago.” er, “I cannot make more Weygandt Mills Inc. (Martins | was not to collect relief for the starv- WILLIAM G. HEARING, Pres-/ than a dozen a day,” was her reply. Creek Pa., about 8 miles from Eas-|ing miners. and their families but to ident, Central Labor Union of hen you only make two. dell: ten). Two shifts. About 30 workers.|denounce the Penn-Ohio Relief. Com- Stamford. I exclaimed, unable ta pel Exploitation of the workers is at its peak. They even steal what the workers mak When the weavers finish two weeks’ work, they ure Yiven wages. A statement is put on fhe bulletin board telling how many yards each made during that period. For instance: J. Dawes 600 yards, or mittee, now the National Miners’ Re- | jlief Committee, After an investiga-|against the treacherous acti | tion was found that this James| Egan, Joha Murphy and taci pei jwas driven out of many mining camps |and this clique will be respo little after three in tha after jin Pennsylvania as a notorious strike-|the state convention which » finished my half dozen droste~ -~ |breaker, and agent of the coal oper-}‘he near future. me into the office for my dollar. aoe eScLERT ED younger one of the ‘three wa » the office and asked me why I revolt | that anjene could get ¢ of | “It can’t he helped, th 'gelos,” she answered, resigned’, The rank and file started t ong on that. Lay An 4 am DP. Storm 570 yards and so on. But ine. “Because I have to eat,” I : really J. Dawes made more than 700 fs 2 nswered, | bi yards, yet the company is “right.” TO ALL OUR Fifth Job, | i x Future Struggles. \ dark filthy entrance and wooden! i * From these statements it is clear | tryaray led me’ to the second | floor! | that unemployment ex in the sil % ‘ston urrrrow hall. Upon ovanine ¢ 4 industry. Prosperity gone. Work | ‘ r there wes n sound of a br'l, and « is slacking. That means that the em- | ta small window a head apprenot | a ‘ployers are preparing for new attacks. | | The clean shaven faco and short heir iy They have conference after conference ade it difficult to tell whether tt in making plans. We, the workers, also must get ‘ready. We must get together in order to withstand the attacks. We must rely upon the Workers (Communist) , Party of America and its organs. We must organize shop committees, and thru them organize a silk workers’ union. That’s our future problem. Ge repared to answer the call. Only rough organization and through ‘struggles will we be able to defend our rights and better our conditions and free ourselves from the capitalist yoke. e —L, 78rd Convention of the Interna- ADVERTIZERS Do not forget at all times to mention that you are a reader of The DAILY WORKER, Fill out this coupon stating where you buy your clothes, furnish. ings, ete, ‘8 A Man or A women, nnd it was fonly the: lack «of either rones or lp-, Ne thet cénvinced ms that 'y was n's face, Ho told me ‘5 walt for} naneger. 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