The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 2, 1928, Page 2

Page lwo THE DAILY WURKK:) V YUKK, MUNDAY, JULY 2Z, 1928 WHO KNOWS THE HEART AND COURAGE OF THESE MINERS-AND THEIR WOMEN FOLK! y BARBARA RAND. L, Pa, July 1—In a of clay and odd pieces of ; ral hundred feet from the yad feading to the Inland Coal y mine, over a swampy foot covered with boards, James awford, a striking miner, dying. In a corner of the dark, dingy shack, the coal digg: s gasping out his last linots i] a g hh ty GER ites Urges Mobilization for July 1.—A pic- 2 treacherous ‘ishwick machine and a call t: fwers to continue nst the operato by Dan H for th y as one me he call follows: Call to St gle arrived when | on in the coal | is country. t ate of Ilin r been in a more se: position than at the present time. Wherever mines are opening up 1 chines are being installed, and consequence only one-fourth of the miners are able to obtain a job. And too often we Snd th ew work We see |s con3equence thousands of miners n fom their homes to seek em- | ent in some other industry. | No Jobs | But ofter. after looking for a-job for months they are forced to returr. to their homes without finding em- ployment, When asked the reason fo their return the answer is that th other industries have unemployment. too. What then is the answer to this nroblem? For many months the Save- The-Union Committee has been point- ing out to the miners that to throw 200,000 coal miners out of the indus- try only helped to solve the problem for the coal operators, and meant only starvation for these 200,000 miners, ge taking the job for less wages. is condition is just what the coal operators and otHer employers of labor want, in order to keep the men who have the job from revolting against the terrible conditions. We Propose the following as a remedy: ! Less Hours | First, a six-hour day; second, a five- | day week; third, a tonnage rate on the loading machine; fourth, a restric- tion on the amount or number of tons each man shall Joad; fifth, against temporary agreements; for a national strike and a national agreement; sev enth, for the organization of the un- organized, and to fight against all vare cuts. The miners must resist all attempts | to lower their standard of living, and should receive the support of all the ized workers, because this is ir fight, too. If the miners lose, as surely will the rest of the orvanize’ labor movement lose. We are not opposed to the use of that the coal miners who are to operate them must be The going the rns to receive the benefit. machine must not. be allowed to en- slave thousands of miners in order that a few coal operators may reap a| larger profit. | Lowis-Fishwick Treachery | Mr. Fishwick says that something | in the Mlinois | breath, hope. Charlotte Crawford, his wife, bent, prematurely grey, a wizend little French womar nurses him and| mourns her fiv bsent children. She | tells a familiar y of the coal coun-| and | The doctor says there is no} try, where opera police courts cooperate to fashion the hard | weave miners’ existence. z, only the food sent in by the National Miners’ Relief Committee to ward off starvation and always several children’s mouths to feed; two of the children have died. Lose Belongings Some months ago, Con Cheseborough came to hut on the side of the arrested Crawford. The’ and took away two hogs, their few chickens and pigec John little mp and he came 2 rabbit e; was the were never returned. The same day, ; all five children, from two year eal | MV up, were taken away to. county | them since. | rd was charged, with va-! C. B. Burns, hated company | } , promised to release him if he} | went back to seab. i | “No one can make a scab of me,”! answer. He was held in jail twenty days. When he came out Crawford was had their effect, His wife drove her- self nearly mad trying to get her childrery back. Constable Cheseborough and Squire Burns were the only “authorities” in Imp 1; she got no information | from them, Ther ‘ae money to taken down sick. The worry about | The mine woman has| the children, how they were being | taken care of, his own lack of food,) a little more milk and bread. Help came late. ‘ ; Meanwhile the strike toll is mount- ing. Hunger and the struggle are marking their trails of azony. Still there is determination to fight on even after fifteen months 9f untold hardship. Who knows the courage of these miners—nd_ their women folks? go to the county sat. Appeals Four rieip When Crawford’s illness: became alarming, the little coal woman walk- ed the miles to the distribution camp of the National Miners’ Relief Com- mittee. Isabel Henderson went to the house to help, Dr. Broadhurst was called in. The other miners’ families serimped so the Crawfords could have alism Provi ACK tr PEXTL BE rould take his place in|Trample on Women and | ber Children (Continued from Page One) local strike leaders were held on big lots at the city’s ends before for- mation for the parade took place. venty-one of the arrests were de in the assault on the South End ne. At the North End, Jack Rubin- reply that the strikers intend to retain their constitutional rights led to his immediate arrest and the arrest of John Peleazar, Ellen Dawson, Louis Katsicas, his daughter Bessie, Andrew! Bourassa and two others. Appeal*For Aid. Although considerable bail was aised from strike sympathizers, the eaders of the union and the Interna- tional Labor Defense sent out an im- mediate appeal which brought in enough to release all those arrested before night. Despite the offer to put up sufficient bail bonds, the police de- layed the strikers’ release for sev- eral hours. All those arrested are facing the charge of inciting to riot, assaulting policemen, and disturbing the peace. After the parade had been broken up thousands packed the two lots on the North and South Ends in a heavy rain to listen to Albert Weisbord de- liver a slashing attack on the police terror. Many Join Committee. Unusually large numbers: of the members of the American Federation of Textile Operatives are joining the Mill Committees it was also shown. The 1% gs expressed the greatest en- t during the sti twelfth week. Huge Picket Line The largest picket lines that have as yet appeared at the mills during the strike, are expected to come out for duty Monday morning. This is due, not only to the tremendous fight- ing spirit generated by the attack on the parade, but also to the fact that the mill owners have threatened to re- open their mills Monday, July 9, Literally tens of thousands are ex- pected to jam the cotton manufactur- ing district. ike, which enters its DECREASE IN AUTO ACCIDENTS. WASHINGTON, July 1.—A slight decrease in May and June automobile accidents from the corresponding per- thousands attending the mass| ‘asm yet exhibited at any time | s Workers’ Children With Sewers in Which to Swim { i Above children of New York workers swimming the polluted Hudson Ri- in ver, where boats dump their oil and garbage. Under cap- italism, the children 1 of workers in large cities are compelled to resort to sewers like these to’ seek relief from the | burning pavements. Photographs Tak National Nominating Convention Are Ready) The National Election Cer Committee of the Workers (C nist) Party has secured a limi of photo; {convention held in Mecca Temple, | New York City, and of the ban which was held during the course of the convention. It is expected that there will be a rush to secure copies of the photo- graph of the first national nominating convention ever held by the Workers (Communist) Party. Each picture sells for one dollar. Two dollars for- warded to the national office of the Workers (Communist) Party, 43 East 125th Street, New York City, will bring a copy of each picture to your “PROBE” POWER TRUST LOBBYIST Widespread Propaganda Campaign Carried on WASHINGTON, July 1. (United Press).—John N. Cadby, of Milwau- kee, secretary of the Wisconsin util- ities Association, will testify Monday at the opening of the last week of the Fegeral Trade Commissions’s utilities \* } the summer. The commission will question Cadby regarding activities of his bureau in influencing public opinion against municipal ownership of power pro- jects. Investigators for the commission already haye examined correspond- ence from Cadby’s files and this data will be used as a basis for questioning him. On Tuesday, A. F. Herwig of Mil- waukee, director of the Wisconsin Public Utilities Information Bureau, will be questioned by commission in- vestigators on*activities of his organi- zation. Later in the week Frank C. Cuppey, Lafayette, Indiana, utilities executive, will be asked to tell of his organization’s activities. At last weck’s hearings, Indiana publicity bureau files disclosed that Cuppy was paid for lobbying in In- dinapolis, state capital, and he is to be asked for an explanation of what he did with the money he received. The commission plans to recess until September after this week, when it’s investigation into other state utilities enat | investigation prior to its recess for! SUM UP CHARGES “IN BONETZ PLOT. Evidence Shows Huge} Conspiracy (Special Cable to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, July 1—The irrefutable existence of a giant counter-rovolu- tionary sabotage organization, the object of which was the complete ruin | of the Soviet Union coal industry in | the Donetz Basin was proved by evi- | dence submitted at the Donetz trial, |according to Prosecutor Krylenko. The organization was connected abroad with the former Czarist. own- | ers of the mines and with official for- eign institutions, Krylenko declared. The accused, the prosecutor charged, | were not only guilty of sabotage and | espionage, but planned to create dis- | order in the rear, if the Soviet Union | were attacked by the imperialistic powers. After summing up the evidence against the members of the sabotage organization, Krylenko demanded death sentences for Beresovcky, Kal- ganov,. Boyarinoy,..Budny,: Sushtchev- ski, Adrei Kolodub, Vassilyev, Alex- ander Nekrassov, Matov, Bartanov- sky, Kasarinov, Boyarshinov, Gorlet- zki, Shadlum, Kusma, Bashkin, Mesh- koy, Yussevitch, Krishanovski, Sko- rutto and Rabinovitsh. He demanded terms of imprison- ment for’ Imenitoff, Kelnin, Samoilov, Ivan Krassov and Ehilian Kolodub, The indictment against the German, Meier, was dropped because he had been falsely accused by Bashkin. Krylenko demanded the cogdemna- tion of the German, Badstieber, with probation and a sentence of six months for the German technician, Otto. ' | MACHINE PLANT IN TURKESTAN A new inachine building plant, the first in the region, has recently been opened in Tashkent, the capital of Turkestan. The factory, built at a edst of 2,000,000 rubles, will produce eotton cleaning and agricultural ma- chinery. { STUDY USSR RESOURCES. MOSCOW (By Mail).—The Soviet government is encouraging the study of the country’s resources. The state appropriation for the upkeep of the Geological Sursey in 1928 is $4,000,- | 000 as compared with $100,000 in 1913. SOVIET GOLD RESERVES. MOSCOW (By Mail).—There are important gold deposits in several parts of Siberia and in the Urals. The reserves of the gold fields actually being exploited are estimated at from POISON AGAINST LABOR IS SPREAD BY INSULL TRUST Mysterious Payments Made by Magnates By LAWRENCE TODD (Federated Press) WASHINGTON (FP), July 1. Why did a public utilities lobbyi: W. C. Frazee, of Rushville, home vil- lage of Sen. Jim Watson, draw $5,- | 270.60 for his “services: and expens- es” at the 0-day session of the In. diana legis te of 19232 Why did the Indiana Utilities Assn., state branch of Sam Insull’s nationwide system of propaganda and lobbying activities, pay Frazee $3,286 for the session of 1925, and $3,500 for the session of 19277 That is one of the many mysteries presented to the Federal Trade Com- mission June 28 when John Mellett, former university instructor and newspaper man, for 7 years director of the power trust propaganda in In- diana, was on the stand. Mellett could not explain why Frazee, Jim Watson’s townsman, was so expen- sive, He said he never saw an item- ized bill for these services and ex- penses. Mellett gave up his job last September. Mysterious Payments Then there was a mysterious pay- ment of $2,500, during last year’s session, to Frank O. Cuppy, to whom Mellett afterward paid in cash an additional $1,000 as “salary.” This was strange, Chief Counsel Healy for the Commission pointed out, as Cup- py was on regular salary as secre. tary-manager of the LaFayette Tele- phone Co. and of the Indiana Tele- phone Assn. He registered at the state-house as a lobbyist. Albert Stump, Tom Taggart’s Dem- ocratic nominee for U. S. senator in 1926 and again this year, was em- ployed by Mellett’s bureau in 1921 and 1922 to deliver speeches in the state. He talked before Rotary and |’ other “service” clubs on patriotism and the utilities. The first season, when he was merely tried out, he was paid $165.69, but in 1922 he drew $1,161.51. He was not adver- tised as a hired man of the power trust, but as a “patriotic orator.” Insull Propaganda In a pamphlet cireulated in Indi. ana high schools, and called “The Half-Century Miracle,” Mellett’s bu- reau employed the standard Insull school-propaganda arguments for private ownership and non-interfer- ence, But there was inserted an ar- gument against strikes—evidently at the instamce of the anti-union man- agement of the traction company in Indianapolis, Anti-Labor Poison “When street railway transporta- tion was suspended by strikes in Bos. ton, Denver, and Chicago, merchant trade fell off 50 per cent, and multi- tudes of working people, besides those on strike, lost wages because they could not get to work on time or at all, In the summer of 1919, telephone service in Christian, Shelby and Montgomery counties, Illinois, was suspended by a strike of opera- tors.” This poison/against organized la- bor was offered to 210 high-schools and was accepted by 64. A speech by Sam Insull and one by Harry M. Daugherty were mailed to 1,000 util- ity executives, politicians and news- papers. For this work Mellett first must be dono; he asks thet the policy jo last year was reported today by committee of the national OTgarézation | the department of commerce. Dur- ed together for the purpose of ing the four weeks ending June 16 & the officials from the na-| there were 498 fatalities in 77 of the tional policy, He makes the state largest cities as compared with 506 ment in his official organ, the “Illinois | jast year. Miner,” that this policy all at once} has grown inadequate. In plain Eng- | fish, he means their policy has failed. Yet -ve find him in the special con. ventren held in Peoyia in 1927 telling nt the American Annex in St. Louis by the officers and scale committee of Tilinois. Does any sane person believe that a reducticn in wages will help tes what a wonderful docu-|the Illinois miners This can not and his policy was. A winning pol-| Will not help, because where coal iey, he ternied it, because, he said, Jack mines are operated non-union the op- erator simply cuts the wages by post- means nuthing to Fishwick. jing a noticn The question ariscs: Many rank and file miners arose, Will the miners allow these betrayers and protested on the convention floor | still to lead them? We believe not. against this losing policy, but to no|We have faith inthe fighting spirit avail. Fishwick and his lieutenants,of the rank and file of the Umited Walker won with in 1910. ime publicity bureaus will be resumed. 3,000 to 5,000 metric tons. got $5,000 and later $6,000 a year. CHICAGO, ILL. Mass Picnic and Campaign Rally JULY 4th zartied out their policies and they have brought ruin and disaster to the *once powerful ard militant Unite Mine Workers of America. They have revoked charters and thrown thousands of miners out of the organization because they dared to voice their protest against the losing policy. The press reports carry a story that Jocal unions sround Herrin are pressing resolutions asking Mr. Lewis to grant the Illinois miners’ officials the right to revise the policy, a re- vision downwards, which means that the Peabody Coal Company’s full-page advertisement advising a reduction in vas will be put into effect. “+ and file miners say that this Heine passed by tho local » ® counterpart of the one which was pagsed by the meeting held en teat A (9, 1928, Mine Workers of America Will the sufferings and hardships, the giving of life itself by the Ohio and Pennsyivania miners, have beem in vain? Muse miners, their wives and children be beaten. slugged, thrown in jails, murdered again and again, be- fore the workers learn that they must organize into a great labor party on the political field? The hope of the miners’ future lies in ridding their union of these betray- ers, the Lewises, Fishwicks, Cappel- linis and all of their ilk. The simplest and casiest way is to stop sendin dues and assessments to them, Begin preparing new for the National Con-. yention called by the rank and file to take place in Pittsburgh, September | \aaoue at Chernauskas Grove 79th Street and Archer Avenue BENJAMIN GITLOW will speak. WRESTLING GAMES The Grove Opens at Noon. ADMISSIGN 50c. BARBECUE DANCING Mine Leader Calls for Renewed Struggle Against Coal Barons eaerscng_ Yousoupott MINERS, WUUNGED BY ARHED SCABS Operators Try to Set Up 1917 Seale (Continued, from Page One) | company propérty in order to start | their mines. Yerterday morning a car | of five miners 2ading for the shaft was stopped by the pickets several hundred feet frora the entrance. The scabs, who were heavily ae start iring i he picketing lines, tion of the League of Nations, having! ae eee eee SEaenataly rejected the nationality of the Soviet) \ounded, Eagleton was shot through Republic and not having ‘ascumed! the neck and another, Stahota, was French nationality, the jurisdiction of) got through the eye. The five in the the French courts in this respect is a! jutomobile were taken out and se- subject of debate in the corridors of| verely beaten, it is reported. Several the Palais De Justice. | are not expected to live. Mine. Solovief admits the excessive) drinking habits of the priest, but] Scab Agreements naively adds that he did it because) The sheriff of Barton County, Mis- he knew he was condemned and that| souri, and the district officials ar- the fatal hour was approaching. She) rived just after the shooting. The | attributes to Prince Yousoupoff a| strip pit miners are working imjthe sinister design for overthrowing the] district, under individual agreem czar, placing the Grand Duke Dimi-| and are turning out enough coal to. | tri on the throne, and himself becom-| supply the company. This separation ing the power behind the new ruler. | of the mining forces by the betrayal of the Lewis officials is slowly strangling the strike in spite of the heroic effort of the rank and file to hold their own against the effort to introduce the 1917 scale. PARIS, July 1.—Madame Solovief.| daughter of the Russian Monk Ras-| | putin, Confidential adviser to the} |Russian Royal Family, has brought! suit for 25,000,000 franes damages’, against Prince Yousoupoff for the! assassination of the monk, and against) |Grand Duke Dimitri, who was in You- soupoff’s home when the assassina- tion occurred, ne Whether the case will be heard is extremely doubtful, following as tions by Yousoupoff and his followers that the murder was of a purely polit- ical character. Moreover, as the) parties involved are under the protec-/ MOSCOW, (By Mail).—The Kras- nodar plant of northern Caucasus will use peat as fuel and will be completed | in October, 1980, 4 Labor and Fraternal Organizations Attention! Airy, Light Rooms o Rent for OFFICES and MEETING ROOMS at the WORKERS CENTER, 26-28 Union Square, Elevator Service. Telephone Stuyvesant 1201. SEATTLE, WASH. Picnic and Dance PEOPLE’S PARK, Renton Juct. SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1928 7—Hours of Dancing—7 Sports--Prominent Speak- ers—Refreshments, PROCEEDS TO THE STRIKING MINERS. Interurban leaves Occidental and Yeslet on the hour. Admission: Gentlemen, 50 cents; Ladies, 25 cents, Big Pennsylvania . Miners’ Reltef Picnic and Dance t Will be keld ese gel ! Wednesday, July 4th ELDORA AMUSEMENT PARK Between Monongahela St. and Charleroi. UNION MUSIC—DANCING ALL DAY— RACES—GAMES AND OTHER AMUSEMENTS. DIRECTIONS: From Pittsburgh take Charlerol car at Grant and Liberty Avenues. By Automobile follow Castieshannon Road to Monogahela Pike, follow it to the Park, From Wash+ ington, Pa., take the Pittburgh car and change at Castle Shan- non Junction to Charleroi car, ‘ ; Auspices: National Miners’ Relief Committee: 803 McTeagh Building Pittsburgh, Pa. 4