The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 3, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY 156, |_ Vol. V. N SANDING WRITES FRIEND OF FIGHT WITHULS, TROOPS | Beats Invaders After Temporary Defeat JEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (By Wfail).—Writing to Dr. Froylen Tur- cios, his representative in Honduras, General Augusto C. Sandino tells of | an encounter with U. S. marines near Jinotega in which Sandino defeated a detachment led by Capt. Williams on May 14, 1928, The letter in part follows: Death; Escape MT. CARMEL, Pa., July 2 (U:P.). ~—Forty-nine men imprisoned in the Locust Springs Colliery of the Phila- delphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company at Locust Gap, near here, when a dam burst and flooded the shaft, were rescued today. * * * Open-Shop Mine Flood MT. CARMEL, Pa., July 2—Non- union miners of the scab Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Mining | Company at Locust Gap narrowly escaped death from drowning when a poorly constructed dam burst and flooded the mine shaft. Forty-nine miners are said to have been in the! Published datly except Sunday by The National Daily Worker Publishing Associazion, Inc., 33 First Street, New York, N. ¥. |Miners, Caught lin Flood, Face | “Dr. Froyylan Turcios, “Tegucigalpa, Honduras. “Dear Friend: “El Chipote, May. 15, 192! shaft at the time the dam_ burst. Warning that the dam was poorly constructed and a danger to those working in the vicinity*has frequently | been given, but nothing was done by 8. “J have the pleasure to communi- eate to you the success achieved by dur army against the invaders. + After xeconnoitering along the spp intic coast, one of our cavalry- (lai, under the command of Gen. thiuel M. J. Ruano, ambushed a fiimn of American pirates who were Tuning from Jinotega to Puerto de seay. The fight took place on the 8th of this month in a place called 41 Zapote, 90 kilometers east of Jino- sega. “Qur cavalry was encan'ped on the Toad leading from Jinotega to Bocay, »in a place called La Chuscada, where it was necessary for the beasts of the north to cross. I was informed of the movement of the enemy, and without losing any time I ordered the cavalry of Gen. Giron to march to Boecaycito with the object of imped- ing the advance of the American pir- ates. But when we came to the place the authorities. James Carey of Girardsville, one of the miners, required medical atten- | tion. Inevitable Happens The dam burst, as was predicted, | and sent a wall of water rushing in- to the fifth level, where the 49 men] (Continued on Page Two) INTERVIEW MILL CITY POLICE HEAD Evades Questions Put to Him by Crouch By PAUL CROUCH NEW BEDFORD, Mass., July 1— | standard bearers of the party in this known as Los Cedros, General Giron was informed by one of our peasant sympathizers of the proximity of the Immediately General Giron bandits, With an evasiveness that neverthe- less clearly showed that police meas- ures wili become more brutal to the striking textile workers here as the ordered the forces under command to prepare for attack, and the first shots were fired by our advance guard. There ensued a bitter struggle. Our firearms were ably employed by our comrades. The response of the ene- my was formidable. We were forced to retreat in spite of all we were able to do, and the enemy took the position over which we were fight- ing. “The next day, four o’clock in the, afternoon, we surroundeé*the cans, and with the force of the right, the Fighters for Independence of Nicaragua impetuously threw them- “yes upon the Yankees, it being this te impossible to withstand the at~ ack of our brave soldiers. We cap- *# tured the position and the Yankees: yi were forced to flee shamefully, leay- «| ing the camp strewn with dead, and i} among them the first and second in FINE BALLET FOR STADIUM CONCERT Theremin, Arno Volpe sharpness of the struggle becomes more pronounced, Chief of Police Mc- Leod answered the questions put to him by the Daily Wotker correspon- dent. Q. “Do the police contemplate any change i in regulation, governing pick- eting in connection with the attempt (Continued on Page Three) ner: TROOPERS FIGHT ‘SINGING MINERS Seabs Must Not Be Dis- turbed (Special to The DAILY WORKER) ROSSITER, Pa., July 2.—Striking miners who were barred from singing hymns and holding services in the Magyar Presbyterian Church because it “disturbed” the scabs who work in the mine directly behind the church, were routed by mounted state troop- ers when they attempted to hold open air services. Nevertheless, they will congregate again next Sunday, they say. The miners came together beyond to Perform One of the finest ballets in ‘country has been secured for Island Stadium. great concert and entertainment to be held Saturday, July 14, in Coney The dancing of the ballet is ex- nected to prove one of the leading the Indiana county line, where, they insist, Judge J. N. Langham’s recently issued injunction does not apply. The troopers rode over the line into Jefferson County regardless, and Pas- tor Phillips hastily sent to Brook- ville for legal advice. The advice the the N. Y. COMMUNISTS: TO OPEN ELECTION DRIVE ON JULY 4th Commurtist Candidates to Speak at Rallies Candidates of the Workers (Com- munist) Party running in New York City for assembly, congress and state senate, and Robert Minor, candidate for U. S. Senate, will speak at 12 open air demonstrations against United States imperialism through- }out the city on Wednesday night, July 4, This will be the first public appearance of the local and state year’s election campaign. In con. | nection with this opening shot in the Workers’ Party election campaign, District 2, Workers Party, issued the following statement: “It is significant that July 4 has been chosen as the day on which to| open the Communist election rallies. | On July 4, 1776, the American masses broke away from the oppres- sive rule of the British bourgeoisie, under promises of freedom and lib- erty for themselves, only to fall un- | der the yoke of their own bourgeoisie. / On July 4, of this year, the militant workers of New York City will demonstrate against the powerful giant of U. S. imperialism, against the increasing oppression and ex- ploitation to which they are sub- jected by American capitalism. The political conventions which have just been held have shown that the capitalist parties are merely the | toola of American imperialism. Only the Workers (Communist) Party carries on the struggle against im- perialism, against war, against the bitter attacks upon the American working class. Its election program | is a program of struggle against the | brutal rule of Wall Street at home and abroad. The standard bearers of the Work- ers (Communist) Party in every sec- workers of New York the call of the party for the ht against imper- | ialism, against Wall Street and its political puppets, against the social- ist party which is today following in the footsteps of the capitalist par- ties. Demonstrations will take place in the following sections, with the can- didates as principal speakers: Rutgers Square: Speakers, Melech |. (Continued on Page Five) | if } Important Meeting of ‘Daily’ Agents Thursday An important meeting of all sec- tion, subsection and unit DAILY} WORKER agents of District 2 will be held Thursday evening at 8 o ’clock at 26-28 Union Square. The meet- ing is being called for the purpose of discussing plans for the great con- cert that is being arranged for Sat- urday, July 14, in Coney Island Sta- dium. ' An appeal has been issued to all DAILY WORKER agents by Harry Fox, campaign director of the “Daily,” to give this undertaking | came, the services were opened and the troopers rode into the congrega- eatures at this unusual concert, ee from present indications, will surpass §=eny proletarian musical es ever held in this country. The star number on a program of eS variety will, of course, be Prof. Leo Theremin, the great scientist and inventor of the Soviet Union, whose latest invention by. which he draws nusic out of the air without the aid (Continued on Page Two) munition, horses and ‘provisions were'| taken for our use.” command. The American Tifles, am- \ KK. INVITES AL "SMITH TO SPEAK [ay Address 25,000 Klansmen © \l Smith, the Democratic candi- 2 for President, has been invited the New York Klan to address a sting of 25,000 klansmen, to be) lay on July The Ku Klux Klan, its solidarity with Smith and et, and wishing to assure ia good will, promises him s Governor of the State and for the high office of Presi- the United States.” The in- P the leaders and members of lage Klan to know you more Flvoshing of a Negro in Texas time of the democratic con- has evidently won new ad- erent for Smith. .Governor Smith us not yet accepted the invitation. tion trampling women and children. MEXICO FEDERAL TROOPS KILL 26 Counter Revolutionaries in Queretaro Battle MEXICO CITY, July 2.—Twenty- six counter-revolutionaries of a force of 200 were killed in a five hours’ fight with federal soldiers near Queretaro, a dispatch to the excelsior said today. The battle between the counter- revolutionaries occurred while Alvaro Obregon was being “elected” presi- dent of Mexico without opposition. Numerous other clashes occurred thruout the country. $7,000,000 Maine Power Plan Backed By Insull AUGUSTA, Me., July 2.—Formal announcement of the projected con- struction of a $7,000,000 hydro-elec- tric development on the upper Ken- nebec River was made today. The de- velopment,, which will be the largest of its kind in New England, will in- clude a 60,000 horse-power station Tt will be At a meeting last week directors of the company voted to proceed with the project, and financial support has been extended by Martin/J. Insull, president of the Middl ‘Western Utilities Company, and labor-baiting controller of the entire traction in- terests of the state of Illinois. their utmost suppgrt tion of the {city will bring to. the; | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Outside New York, FINAL CITY EDITION by mail, $0.00 per year. In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year, Price 3 Cents Textile strikers picketed the mills in New Bedford last Saturday in spite would attempt to smash the demonstration. slugging’ the men, and kicking many of the women as they fell to the ground. were arrested by the mill-owners’ The officers made their c police. OBREGON ABJECTLY BOWS TO WALL ST. WASHING. 2, July. 2.—General | Obregon, the newly elected President of Mexico, is planning a tour of the United States before he takes office and will meet the newly elected Presi- dent of the United States in the late fall. This is believed to indicate the complete capitulation of the new Mex- jican government to American imper- ialism. The surrender of Calles and | Obregon has been arranged through | the agency of Dwight W. Morrow, former partner in J. P. Morgan & Co. / Pavia MEXICO CIty, July 2—Serious jelashes, which began during the election of Alvaro Obregon as President of Mexico on Sunday, were still continuing in various parts of the country. Ten persons were re- ported killed in a pistol battle at | Panuco between. police and partisans of Marquez, a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies. Fights occurred throughout Mex- ico Qity. The polls throughout the jcity and the Federal District were | guarded by police and soldiers with drawn guns and fixed bayonets. Obregon is reported to be sworn to a path of reconciliation with the clerical elements of Mexico. He is re- garded by American business inter- ests in Mexico as being of the “safe and sane” reactionary type. Mexican Heflin Speaks For Klan PROVIDENCE, R. LI, July 2— Senator Thomas Heflin of Alabama addressed a crowd of 8,000 at Grand Field, Georgiaville, Ku Klux Klan) rendesvous, yesterday. Heflin spoke under the auspices of the Roger Wil-! | part of the company officials. ‘Need Help at Workers “Catholies at “present in exile in the United States expressed confidence yesterday in the settlement of the return of their property by Obregon, and expressed themselves as expect- ing many concessions. Obregon was called a careerist and anti-labor man by the Communist Party of esate! CANADIAN RUBBER WORKERS STRIKE Walk-Outof 10 1000 Effects Many Departments MONTREAL, Quebec, July 2—A strike involving nearly 1,000 workers of the Dominion Rubber Company here is on line in full swing at the Papineau factory of the company. Among the departments are the following: The cutting, shoe. quarter, lathe, bootmakers, packMg, carton, shipping and mill rooms. The spirit of the strikers is ex-| cellent and their enthusiasm is high.! it is reperted. There is a marked| silence concerning the strike on the/} Center This Morning All comrades are asked to come to the Workers Center, 26-28 Union Square, this morning at 10:30 a. m., for special work. Two open autos are wanted at the same time. JOHN J. BALLAM, liams Klan, and the audience included many klansmen in full regalia. Acting District Organizer. and in the stan Square, New Y Watch for the on Monday, July 9, when it will appear for the first time in its “new dress” dard 8-column pages. Direct cable news from all countries of the world— Soviet Russia included—by wire in our own office is just one feature of the many improvements after moving into our new editorial office at 26-28 Union ork. Will you get a new reader for The Daily Worker? New address: 26- 28 Union Square, New York. New telephone: Stuyvesant 1696. affected | that the swinging their elu Twenty-nine workers of rumar harge, ‘3 WOMEN CLOAK PICKETS JAILED | To Serve 8 3 Days Charge of Disorderly Conduct | | | Three women cloakmakers, ar- rested yesterday morning with four | others while participating in a pick-| eting demonstration called by the | Joint Board, Cloakmakers Union, were sentenced to serve three days in | jail by Magistrate McGrath when | they came up for trial on charges of | | disorderly conduct later. four, men, charged with violating a minor city ordinance, were dismissed. These workers had answered the| \ eall of the Joint Board to picket the cloak manufacturers, Shapiro and| Sons, Broadway and 39th St. A| strike has been in effect here since | the employers had decided to obey | the demand of the Sigman Union that | |all workers refusing to register with | the right wing be dismissed. The dis- | i charge of a left wing cutter was im- mediately answered by a strike call from the Joint Board. The jailed workers are: Ida Klien, Fania Shapiro and Clara Fox. Morris | Senamon, Louis Strauss and Morris | (Continued on Page Two) GALL VENIZELOS | AFTER BIG STRIKE Greek Fascist in Fear of Revolt ATHENS, Greece, July 2.—Presi- dent Conduriotis has decided to invite Eleutherios Venizelos, former premier of Greece to form'a cabinet. This request was made when the president | was faced with the resignation of the Zaimas ministry. Although in “retirement” for sev- eral years, Venezelos has been called in as a result of the tobacco strike which took on the form of a revolt against the government. Reports that the so-called ‘strong! man of Greece” would shortly “return to power in the government have months, especially strike. Work Visits Coolidge; To Offer Resignation SUPERIOR, Wis., (UP) July 2.— Secretary of the Interior Work, re- cently selected chairman of the Re- publican National Committee, arrived here today enroute to Cedar Islan¢c Lodge, the summer White House, tc submit his resignation from the cab- inet to President Coolidge. Asked specifically ahout his resig-| nation, Secretary Work said “I have} it in my pocket.” DetroitWomen Plan Tag Day for Miners’ Relief DETROIT, Mich., July 2.—Th> De- troit Federation of Workingclass ‘Women will hold a tag day for the ree lief of the striking minors on July 7. All women in Detroit have been re- quested tn voluntecr to help in this tag day. Those who volunteer to work should meet at the headquarters of the Workers Educational Association at 1987 Grand River Ava., 2nd floor. The sctivitics tor the day will begin at 10 a. ta, 09 ARRESTED AT PARRUE WILL BE DE WIL TRIED JULY 13th LB uggle ent of The DAILY KER.) FORD. 29 The other } | tional The Internatio: providing torn ry for th ~. * | Huge Picket Line. | NEW BFDFORD, Messi, July 2.— The greatest. picketing demonst that has yet been een in this city took place this morning. Many | thousands x | pletely b s where the mills are located, demon strating that the police attack on urday’s parade had sharpened and not | blunted the militancy of the 28,000 on strike here. Jack Rubinstein, union organizer |and leader of picket lines in the Pas- saic textile strike of 1926, declares that picketing here has now assumed the size and enthusiasm of the dem- onstrations seen in Passaic at the | climax of that struggle. One of the mills which has been most anxious to resume operations, | the Nonquitt Mill, opened its north | gates this morning. An invitation for the strikers to come hack was. completely disregarded. The few | overseers and foremen that have been | working here, were brought to the plant in an automobile that dashed into the mills yards at the rate of thirty-five miles an hour. Expect Bigger Lines. Despite the tremendous size of the picket lines this morning the leaders |of the Textile Mills Committee pre- | dict that the response to the picket- ing call for next Monday will be much greater. Monday, July 9 is the day set by the mill owners for their in- tended reopening. The courthouse here this morning was entirely surrounded by large de- tails of pclice, who refused permis- | sion to enter to all but those whose |cases were to be heard, or to court functionaries, Twenty-five of the 29 arrested yes- terday are charged with “inciting to riot,” and parading without a permit. The average bail for all those under arrest is $600 each. Manuel Silva and Manuel Machade have an addi- charge of “disturbing the peace,” and were compelled to fur- nish $900 before they were freed. Virginia Zidre also has an additional charge of assaulting a policeman. been frequent during the last few! since » the great | WAITERS STRIKE IN 3 RESTAURANTS Demand Increase Shorter Hours and waitresses of the Truefood Vegetarian Restaurants, Inc., went on strike this morning in protest against the treatment given |to the workers at all of the corpora- tion’s three restaurants, located at 110 West 40th St., 153 West 44th St., jand at corners of 7th Ave. and 38th | St. The strike was called by Local 1 of the Waiters’ and Waitressest Union, The demands, as announced this morning at the office of the union, call for higher wages, better treatment at the hands of the com- pany officials, and shorter hours. In a statement made public later in the day, the union urged all work- ers to stop patronizing the restaur- ants until the demands of the strik+ ing workers were granted. 2 Passenger Ship Lines Will Be Sold By Govt. WASHINGTON, ee (UP). Sale of the United States Lines, in- cluding the Leviathan, queen of the American Merchant Marine, and the American Merchant Lines, two gov- ernment-owned passenger services, was approved today by the Ship Sales Committee of the VU. S, Shipping Board, The p!an of sale, which would prac tically take the goverument ont of the shipping Ensiness, was not disel: sad, e zit and | Waiters | ! 9