The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 23, 1928, Page 2

E D Pete ALL RAGES WELD “IN FIGHT. WITH ” TEXTILE BOSSES “U.T.W. Mill Committee Members Fraternize é HECHTER. =NEW BEDFORD, Mass., J 22The events of last Wednesday ‘and Thursday in the New Bedford strike SOT xceptionally dramatic he way in which m 2*étion ‘innatur aft and race *“hnd age and Sex erected by the mis- leaders of labor, and sweeps the a fighting whole. hm® In peace times the bosses and the ‘labor bureaucracy find it easy to flay upon the prejudices of the Saworkers, a ind them to their common inter and their common z-fight. But when every. day skilled erand unskilled are confronted with the desperate need for unity in the face of the unified forces of bosses and state, and:every day on the pick- .»&t line they have the opportunity of séeing how all the various categories of workers have brave men in them “Sood fighters and, good strikers, the ‘utmost efforts of the fakers, in thie “ease the Battys and Binns ad Ri- ‘Wieres, can no longer keep them “apart. ar Encourage Pickets. Wednesday evening, when the po- lice under Detective Sergeant Mc- Carty, notorious for his brutal handling of workers set upon the New Bedford Textile Workers’ Union picket line at the Kilburn Mill, first seizing Auguste Gonsaves Pinto, nicket captain for the whole southside, and Alphonso Lameiras picket captain and eloquent Portu- guese speaker at NBTWU mass meetings, the British and French skilled workers on Batty’s line «shouted encouragement to the strik- "ers under attack and immediately moved to their aid. But Horace Ri- viere, %)TW organizer was there “Keep quiet,” he yelled to his line “Keep going in line!” “Do you think that’s the way to fight for the work- ing people?” called back Maria Car- Teia, fiery little strike speaker, black 4 smooth hair, flashing black eyes. “I \, hope the people get their eyes open t now about you.” Riviere’s men be- gan pushing him aside, “You've no t right to stop us, we must all fight together,” a Britisher shouted, and a number rushed over to help the NBTWU men, and when the nine pickets under arrest had been taken L a number kept marching on our line. Known to Strikers. Pinto was the hero, for his many run-ins with the police, and the ‘the southside picket lines—and he ‘had leaped from the patrol wagon “and forced Sergeant McCarty to stop choking Luisa Moura who had dared to protest against the arrest of her husband. “Take your hands off or I'll shoot you,” said McCarty As he was being taken away some Sof-the Bri came around and said they would see he was bailed out if it took $20.000. Later in the eve- ning two of Batty’s members came around to the jail and bailed out two the NBTWU members. lursday even the capitalist Eve- Standard of this city had to jowledge the unity of feeling that Swept over the strikers of both ms. “Rival strike factions join cheering arrested Pinto,” says r ‘ine. Same morning, when Pinto ar- d at the Kilburn Mill, scene of previous night’s clash, UTW Pickets joined heartily in the cheers “that greeted him. And later, passing by the UTW southend headquarterr crowd of strikers gathered around door and cheered Pinto as he sereneareg Leader Praised. * Today, reports from thos® who n penetrate the fastnesses of Bat- camp, told that all the strikers talking about last night’s nts. There was much praise for Pinto and the rest of the NBTWU burn pickets, and bitter condem- of Riviere’ attempt to keep UTW men from coming to the aid. Also soreness because men had participated in the and not one had been ar- “rested. The rank and file don’t con Sider special police privileges over ‘the NBTWU something to be proud | as the leaders do. The same source of information eclared that visiting the Washing- ‘Club, a British social organiza- ‘to which many of the British workers belong, he was be- d by Batty men asking eagerly S Pinto out yet?” more incident. An old Brit- loom-fixer told indignantly how Burton, Nashewena Mill fore- had pulled out his gun the other - and- threatened the strikers d said to some of the British s, “You act like a lot of bloody ese.” And the hotly, telling the tale, “Ain't wrtuguese human beings?” ‘T HITS 50 IN EUROPE. YNA, July 22.—With the Bal- tate still unreported, more fifty persons are known to have their lives as a direct or in- result of the heat wave has reached and at some points records in Central Europe the reports of death are: 23: Hungary, 11; Poland choslovakia, 3. “splendid way in which he handles all, loom-fixer | Lewis Henchman Ou Rinaldo Cappellini, formerly pres- ident of the Lewis machine District of the anthrac 8 rted to have resigned. Cappellini’s policies and it has been charged, his paid gunmen, have resulted in the kill- ing of numerous progressive min- ers in the district-among whom were Alexander Campbell and Peter Reilly. The same machine has per- mitted the contractor system to con- tinue in the district and has rail- roaded Sam Bonita, militant Pitts- ton miner, to jail. for fighting against the hated system. Cappel. lini once styled himself as a pro- | gressive. OPPOSITIONIN EGYPT GROWING New Move Attempts to Remove Nationalists CAIRO, Egypt, July 21.—Feeling runs high here against the latest move of King Fuad, who dissolved congress. and suspended elections for three years, leaving the country under a virtual dictatorship. The nationalist party of Egypt, the Wafdists, are extremely angered at the move, which they consider an attempt to end their opposition to co-operation with England and her governors. Have Big Following The Wafdists have a huge follow- ing in Egypt, which will not stand for co-operation with England, which they look upon as their sup- pressor, nor are they disposed to stand for this recent move and the |accompanying state of military rule. The nationalists consider the ab- rogating of whatever civil were theirs asa maneuver on the part of England, under the cover of the king, to subject Egypt to a complete dictatorship under British imperialism. The Wafdists have exhibited in jthe past their enmity to British |domination and their opposition in the congress, together with public support, has foreed England into dictatorship and military rule, in an endeavor to wipe them out, they say. The cabinet is headed by Premier Mohamud, a wealthy business man. The cabinet itself is composed chiefly of merchants and industrial- ists. * * * Disturbs Imperialists LONDON, July 21—At the mo- ment when the capitalist world is patting itself on the back over the Kellogg peace pact, the news from Egypt is extremely disquieting. King Tuad’s suspension of the Egyptian pariiament for three years places Great Britain in the posi- tion of fathering the latest dictator- ship of the old world. It seems obvious that King Fuad and his new premier, Mohamud Pasha, had British consent in dis- ‘solving the Egyptian senate and chamber of deputies and instituting {direct rule by the king and pre- mier, which is regarded as bearing many resemblances to the Spanish and Italian dictatorships. JOINS HOOVER Bascom Slemp, ‘Fixer,’ for Republicans WASHINGTON, July 22 (FP).— Bascom Slemp, non-union coal op- erator, southern delegate and pa- |tronage broker and general “fixer” jin the Hoover pre-convention cam- |paign, has joined the headquarters staff of National Chairman Work 'Slemp will interview other national | committeemen—he represents Vir. ‘ginia on the committee—when they come to Washington to report. AUTO ACCIDENTS. WASHINGTON, July 20 (UP).— | An increase of five per cent in the number of automobiles in opera- tion in 1927 ¢ompared with the pre- | ceding year and an increase of ten per cent in the number of fatalities | due to the operation of motor ve- |hicles on the highways, and a de- | erease of four per cent in the num- | ber of persons killed as a result | of highway grade crossing accidents last year took place, according to | an announcement today by the com- | mittee on prevention of highway | grade crossing accidents. rights | TH AILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, JULY: 23, 1928 MILL STRIKERS WATT, TOOHEY, RALLY CHEER BEALE ON “4/NERS TO NEW UNION 'tpane sHows Big PRISON RELEASE Boss Lauds Police Chief Boss Lauds Chief of Continued from Page One pledged his immediate renewal all strike activities. To the capitalist-reporters outside the union offices, who asked about the strikers’ parade to be held next Satu Beale condemned the city thorities who broke up by force the parade he had led. In discussing the coming parade, he declared: “I am confident the workers will make this the biggest turnout ever seen in New Bedford. This will show all people that we intend to stick thru the fight against the mill owners till we are victorious.” To Appear on Picket Line. He later announced his intention | of coming out on the picket line| Monday morning. He then pointed | out to the strikers the enormous ad-| vantages of a union run on the prin- | ciple of collective leadership, point- ing out the enormous strides the or-| ganization had made despite the im-| prisonment of himself and William! Murdoch, another union leader who is still serving the 90-day sentence) imposed at the same trial as Beale’s. | While walking into the mass| meeting, Beale was showered with| flowers by the workers. He told the assemblage of the miserable conditions he was compelled to en- dure while in jail. Efforts to dis- courage him from further activities took the form of solitary confine- ment for 20 hours a day, he related This was alternated with 38-day| periods in an underground cell on! a bread-and-water diet. To Seek 1,000 New Members. Other speakers then called upon the workers to intensify their drive for membership in the Textile Mill Committees, setting as their im- mediate goal the recruiting of 1,000 new members. | Late today, union organizer an- nounced, large mass meetings at both ends of the town will be held} to greet and to welcome back to leadership the released strike head. * * * | NEW BEDFORD, Mass., July 22. | —John Sullivan, president’ of the/| New Bedford Cotton Manufactur- ers’ Association, who recently an- | nounced the beginning of a terror! campaign against the textile strik- | ers’ picket lines, Saturday issued another statement which was com- | pletely devoted to a vicious attack | on the New Bedford Textile Work- ers’ Union of the Textile Mill Com- | mittees, | After demanding from the au- thorities that the T. M. C. and its “bolshevik demands” be — forcibly suppressed, Sullivan gives. detailed acknowledgement of the growing | strength and popularity of the Mill | Committees among the broad ranks of the strikers. of Lauds Police Czar | “Not only are they getting mem-| bers from among the unorganized | workers, but they are taking many | members away from the already) ordi established unions, because workers like aggressive tactics,” The mill barons’ statemenc then went on in great praise of the Fall River Chief of Police Feeney, who | is using all of the city’s police | power in trying to check the grow- | strike sentiment there by violently breaking up mass meetings of the Textile Mill, Committees. Feeney, | while chief dF police, is at the same | time president of the American | Federation of Textile Operatives, the Fall River union recognized by tke bosses. Sulliven’s statement calls for the use of the same tactics here. | Fraternization among the pickets | of the T. M. C. and U. T. W. is in-|} creasing daily. A U. T. W. picket at the Booth Mill, disgusted with the attempts of H. Riviere, his of- | vicial, to prevent the two lines from | marching together, tore the U. T.) W. armband off and démonstratively walked over to join the Mill Com- mittee piket line, United Textile Workers’ Union members, standing outside of their south’ end headquarters, lustily cheered as the T. M. C. picket line marched past on their way to picket duty. NIGARAGUAPARTY WILL NOT VOTE MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 22. —With the candidates of the two factions of the conservative party withdrawn from the glections by the U. S. government, the conser’ tives have not put out another can- didate after a two day session. It is understood here that in or- der not to present any cause for embarrassment to the United States the conservative party will not have a candidate and will abstain from voting in the coming elections. General Moncada, whose candida- ey as representative of the liberal party, has been approved by the United States officials in Nicara- gua, issued a statement, urging everyone to vote in this manner “showing thé United Stutes that the Nicataguans consider the Tipi- | tapa agreement sacred.” F Continued from Page One lines. Instead of mass picketing they advised the miners to stay home, to hold no mass meetings, to hold no local union meetings and entered into agreements with the coal operators to evict the minérs from their homes. They cut off many locals from strike relief because they demanded and pursued militant strike policies. After six months of strike and utter failures of Lewis and his henchmen, they went into further conspiracy with the operators culminating in the separate agreement policy. They expelled progressive mem- bers, locals and whole districts while continuing their destructive work, With the rank and file members we determined that a union should exist. We set out to build a new union upon the ruins of the old. This union will be built because it represents the united efforts of the militant rank and file coalminers; the rank and.file who have made great, wonderful struggles during the past. Upon that basis and in that spirit, the new union will be built, Pennsylvania and Ohio strikers you have been sold out. You will be forced back to work under the abandonment of the Jackson- ville scale. The tens of thousands who will be discriminated against and who will be jobless will never forget this sell-out. Nor must they lose courage. Conditions can be regained through the building of the new union controlled by the rank and file miners. Hold Your Fighting Line! Pennsylvania and Ohio miners continue to act in an organized man- ner. Call your local unions to meet, to take things into your own hands and decide as a body, to determine your conditions and break definitely with the Lewis machine. Keep your local unions intact and prepare to send your delegates to the national convention to be held in Pittsburgh, September 9 to 16. Join the NEW. NATIONAL MINERS’ UNION as the only salvation and the only hope of Te- establishing union conditions. ; Miners in the so-called signed up sections fight this’ latest betrayal; fight against wage cuts; send your delegates to this national convention; join the NEW NATIONAL MINERS’ UNION. Anthracite miners the campaign to cut your wages and smash your union has already begun in your districts. Beware of anybody speaking of a separate anthracite union. Alone you. cannot win this battle. Send your delegates to the national convention and join the NEW NATIONAL MINERS’ UNION. Miners in unorganized territories, you have already suffered several wage cuts. Your conditions are miserable, yet your wages will be further slashed to the very bone. Now is the time to organize your locals everywhere, to send delegates to the national convention and join the NEW NATIONAL MINERS’ UNION. Build Your New Union. Coal miners in all fields, break completely with the Lewis machine, make no further dues payments to these corrupt officials. Henceforth affiliate your locals with and send your dues to the National Miners’ Convention Arrangements Committee. Take control of your local unions. Remove all officials who stand in the way and select new officers from your own ranks who are ready to help build the NEW NATIONAL MINERS’ UNION. Workers everywhere, continue your relief support to the Penn- sylvania and Ohio miners. Because of the strike being lost thousands of miners will be blacklisted, boycotted and unable to return to work. Starvation is now stalking the mine fields in many districts be- cause of the sell-outs by the Lewis machine and its policy of driving 250,000 miners out of the industry. All Workers Must Help Miners. Workers everywhere, came to the defense of the coal miners, their struggles are your struggles. The destruction of the U. M. W. of A. threatens your own union. The building of a new, powerful miners’ union will become a real aid in beating back open-shop attacks everywhere. : The miners will still face struggles in the future. Preparations for this will be made at the National Miners’ Convention to be held in Pittsburgh, Pa., September 9 to 16, This convention will be ruled by the rank and file. take matters into their own hands, select new leaders. Militant rank and file miners, you have shown in the past that you know how to build an organization. Unitedly we will build a new union. Stand together all soft coal and anthracite miners! Lewis and his whole corrupt machine must go! Come to the National Miners’ Convention! NATIONAL MINERS’ CONVENTION ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE, They will JOHN J. WATT, Chairman PAT. H. TOOHEY, Secretary WORLD WORKERS FACE INCREASING HARDSHIPS By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press). inary invitation sent British railway unions by the railways. In one sores form or another that request is going to labor in every country where | thi e old capitalist order is struggling@— We want your assistance in reducing labor costs. ‘That is the extra-| Defy Labor Skates; Cheer Mill Committee Picket Leaders Female Babbits MATTHEW WOLL MEETS HOOVER ~ AT CONFERENCE |Labor Fakers Receive Instructions WASHINGTON, July 22 (FP)— | Matthew Woll, vice-president Amer- | ican Federation ofLabor, and, acting SOVIET - AMERICA GAIN IN 9 MONTHS Orders for. Industrial Equipment Increases Continued from Page One casings were the principal items of 'Manchuria Warned Tabane Unione | Against’ Nationalists | TOKIO, July 22.—Premier Tanaka Continued from Page One has sent instructions to ‘Chang to turn the flood of vengeance | against the labor organizations. Un- bed bialien a ney a vernon of der the slogan of “labor leaders | Manchuria, dissuading him front an must be eleminated from the gov-| alliance with the Nationalist. gov- ernment,” and with accusations tha’/ ernment of China, it is reported trade unionists in Tecubaya “cele-| here, brated the assassination with cham-| pagne,” the clericals are carrying or a pogrom-like agitation against the labor organizations which they sym- | bolize in the person of Luis N. Mor- ones, secretary of lab. - in the Calles government, who has retired to the vicinity of Santa Fe under a guard of several hundred men. | Morones, who is an extreme reac-| tionary, representing “labor” in | about the same way as did Samuel | Gompers in the United States, is, | however, only a convenient butt up-| on which to center an attack in-)| tended to mobilize a man-hunt for bigger game. Catholic Priests Involved Take the DAILY WORKER With You on Your Vacation Keep in touch with the strug- gles of the workers while’ you are away on your vaca- tion. This summer the Elec- tion Campaign will be in full swing. The DAILY WORK- ER will carry \ap-to-the-min: ute news concerning the campaign of the Workers (Communist) Party inthe various: states, tual Daily cable news service from’ the World Congress of the Communist International which opens soon in Moscow. Vacation Rates. 2 weeks 65 2 months $1.50 Soviet imports into this country. #4 Total purchases were about $84,- | president of the National Civic Fed- 600,000 and sales $16,000,000, jeration, called on . the republican ji | presidential nominee, just ore Machinery Orders Increase | Hoover started . Woll is the It must be noted, however, that | member of the executive council of in the past two years industrial |the A. F. of L. who ig nearest to equipment became an item of in- | sympathy with Hoover.. He is sup- |ereasing importance on the Sovict | posed. to have carried a message purchase :fist here. Orders placed | from William Green_as to what the for machinery and other equipment ’ | organized workers hope the repub- for Soviet factories now being built | while Walker is away, is shown | jican candidate will emphasize in his |or expanded amounted for the past | above welcoming a delegation of fe- | acceptance speech, ae aA |nine months to about $10,000,000 male open shop business women| W.N. Doak, legislative represen- |as against about $7,000,000 in the Tennessee. | tative of the Brotherhood of Rail- |corresponding period of the preced- VEG 2 road Trainmen and a close friend of |ing Soviet fiscal year, Purchases | Bascom Slemp, former secretary to |of agricultural machinery and sup- R ION * E S$ Coolidge and non-union coal opera- | plies amounted to $8,771,593, also | | tor, has likewise had a talk with the a considerable increase over last} |G. 0. P. nominee. Doak is looked lyear, ‘POWER IN MEXICO upon as Hoover's adviser ‘on’ labor “Of the raw materials, the prin- strategy. jcipal items were cotton, which is | being purchased by the All-Russian Reece Textile Syndicate, 39 Broadway, Threatens Attack on rubber and metals. These pur- |chases totaled for the nine months $60,608,923, more than double the figure for the corresponding period | lof the preceding year.” Purchases by the Amtorg Trad- ing Corporation, the All-Russian | Textile Syndicate, Centrosoyus- |America and Selskosojus-America, | the four principal companies en- |gaged in Soviet-American trade, |amounted to $83,198,449. Sales of Soviet products by the Amtorg, | Centrosoyus and Selskosojus amounted to $11,955,073. Shipments of products to the U. |S. 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