The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 8, 1928, Page 5

i pincrease in wages, three by the de- “rest. having not a cause in common. | Employment . Agency Sharks Abscound || REPORT MASS” ACTIVITIES IN. SHANGHAI, CHINA 510 Factories by Strikes SHANGHAI, (By Mail),—Five | hundred and ten factories and stores | were affected by eleven strikes which occurred in August accord- ing to a compilation made by the| department of social affairs of the | Municipality of Greater Shanghai. These strikes involved 15,228 work- | ers in all. Most of the strikes| were of short duration, and two of the eleven were continued from July. Closed social affairs department re- that of the eleven strikes, were caused by the demand for count upon to pileup their huge mand for better treatment, and two by the dismissal of workers, the The case of the Chinese grocers and the Chinese drug stores affecting the whole business was serious. Two strikes, namely the employees|__. of the Chinese silk and satin com-|Hits Coal Barons for panies and the Chapel silk filature u . workers, starting from only one or Br eaking Meets two companies or filatures, affect- | Cbntinusd roe Bogen One ed a number and grew complicated in nature so that arbitration was|paign Committee went to Norwood,| hard. W. Va., a small company town on| The workers uf Tsung Tai Spin-|the outskirts of Wheeling in which uing snd Weaving Mill struck be- | there are two mines and a foundry. cause the management adopted the|As each worker went into the mine culculation of wages by hanks, not| or the foundry he was handed an an- by days. A hank is a parcel of | nouncement which stated that the silk consisting of 840 yards. Ordi-| Workers (Communist) Party would nary workers spin seven hanks ahold a rally in the Greek Hall for day and are paid 42 cents each,|the purpose of discussing with the which is the original pay per day,| workers of Worwood the issues of but some skillful workers can do'the election campaign. The commit- nine hanks a day and earn 54 cents.|tee also distributed a leaflet de- The workers protested against this|nouncing the lynching of Negroes introduction because the machines|and calling attention to the Workers very often get out of order. Some| (Communist) Party stand on the machines, it is said, need to be re-|race question, Workers took the an- paired several times a day, thus|nouncement cards eagerly, and ex- wasting the workers’ time. jpressed great interest in the pro- se 8 posed meeting. Just before the time when the |meeting was scheduled to begin, Wheeling police and detectives vis- ited Greek Hall and told the pro- POLICE TERROR Communists Are Active. SHANGHAI, (By Mail)—There has been of late wide-spread re- vival of Communist propaganda | ite I 0 among several unions in the Shang-|Prietor that if any meeting was held | hai district, such as to cause serious | there, he, along with those who at- concern in that branch of the local| tended the meeting would be ar- rovernment charged with its sup- Freail jon, Those unions mentioned | he had rented the hall in good faith are all members of the Shanghai | for a political meeting. The police Labor Organization Committee and} }made further threats and went out- are in direct violation of the body’s | side. known stand-on the Bolshevik ques=4) tion, | When the chairman and speakers Particularly noteworthy among | arrived at the meeting several po- those unions under suspicion is the | lice were posted near the hall. The Cs both the printing and shop divisions | spite the arguments which the ing involved, This organization | Workers (Communist) Party repre- was well known during last year’s| sentatives advanced, insisted that he difficulty as a hotbed of trouble ‘to | dared not open the hall. the police. The Shanghai Newspa-| Meanwhile the meeting time ap- per Vendors’ Union, the Shanghai | proached and citizens began to gath- Postal Employees’ Union, the Nan/er, The police then walked up and Yang Brothers Tobacco Union, the|down the sidewalk in front of the Nan Tao Tramway Company’s Em- jhall, provocatively pushing through ployees’ Union and the Wharf! the crowd. Coolies’ Union, which is the only | one involved not a member of the 8. L. 0. ©, are are also activ active. HIGH COURT GETS WOODLAWN CASE Penapiicis, Probes} Steel Mill Frame Up Continued from Page One zens of the country and could not be abridged either by act of congress or by the legislatures of the states. Communist Party To Stay. Wilson argued that the gdefend= ants were entitled to belong to the Communist Party and that it was at) time a legal party having its own papers which freely circulated thru the post office, and that its maga- zines and books which were found in the homes of the defendants were privileged and that it was not a) crime under the constitution of the| United States, or of the state of | Pennsylvania to have such books in| one’s possession. The defendants in the case, Milan Resetar, Pete Muselin and Tom Zima, were recently sentenced to} five years in the. workhouse of Al- legheny on a charge of sedition) framed up against them by the agents of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation, This case has attracted nation- wide notice on account of its vital | interest to the workers of this state | and their right to meet and discuss | any question which does not meet with the approval of the industrial oligarchs of the state. Police Intimidate Owner. | Under the conditions, no meeting | was attempted. The West Virginia ee who were responsible for lacing the Workers (Communist) nae on the West Virginia ballot sent a telegram to the governor of |the state, protesting against police | terrorism during an election cam- paign. The Wheeling Campaign Commit- |tee of the Workers (Communist) | |Party has announced campaign | meetings in four other West Vir- pees towns, culminating in a grand | campaign rally which will be held in Wheeling on Friday evening, Oct. | 5. = “For Any Kind of Insurance” (CARL BRODSKY Telephone Murray Hill 5550. 7 East 42nd St., New York meographing preoanaie Typewriting \ CELIA TRAURIG | PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER oom 523— yESANT COOPERATORS! PATRONIZE E. KARO Your Nearest Stationery Store Cigars — Cigarettes — Candy 649 Allerton Ave., Cor. Barker BRONX, N. Y. Tel.. OLInville 9681-2 — 9791-2. COOPERATIVE _ DWELLERS: Patronize a a comradely | stationary store | ‘TO PREVENT SOLIDARITY. Hochberg & Canor | WARSAW, Oct. 7.—No Jews will be employed on the Warsaw. street 669 ALLERTON AVE. cars as long as gentile workers are WOLF | obtainable, declared Alderman IIsky ee THE LS one in reply to a question recently CONSERVATORY | raised in the board of aldermen by the Jewish members regarding the PIANO 0 LESSONS | continued ignoring by the street car management of a resolution by the |§ board that there should be no dis- tinction made between Jewish and non-Jewish workers on the muni- cipal car lines. 2420 Bronx Park East Near Co-operative Colony. Apt. 5H Telephone EASTABROOK 2489 Special rates to students from the Co-operative House. Enthusiasm’ Which the § Sport Yunkee Stadium, New York City. | vested. The hall owner insisted that | ,,. ereial Press Employes’ Union, | proprietor stated his case, and de-|7"* THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1928 eas Panes iy Raps : vadee, Bini tong The mass receipts at the box office. today x1 Member roll call will 511 Hendrix Section 1 Fu A conference functionaries ers (Commu- e held today at 8 al organ- ae a > e agents, work or- ners, and agitprops ganize: will be ta be reported mittee and women's be present and the ‘to. the entees will com- discipline aries of Section 2 of th (Communist) Party will conference to be held tod at the Worke 26- Sa. ‘The imme: m Union the Center, ate aspects ot election campaign wlil be discussed All must be present. Unit Sub-seetion 3F. Uatt mobiliza n hold a special to take up the election campaign mee work of the today at 6:30 p. m. at 108 H. 14th Ixecutive, Sub-section 3F The b-section Com- mittee will hold important 8 at meeting on 1 Monda p.m, at 101 W e . at 101 Wo? 3m 2F. F will hold a meeting on row at 6:15 p.m. at 101 W. International Branch. ting will be held of 3E Inter- 1 8 at 9 p.m. Unit 21 Meeting. Adolph Wolff will discuss the elec- tion instructions of the C. B. C. at a roll call meeting of Unit 21 of the Workers (Communist) Party at 60 St. Marks Place, today at 6:30 p. ction 86 Meets. 4F and 5F_ will 30 p. m. at 101 West All memb. must Wholesome EAT AT RATNER’S Dairy and Vegetarian Restaurant 103 SECOND AVE. H. L. HARMATZ, Prop. Self-Service Cafeteria * 115 SECOND AVE., Near 7th St. BAKING DONE ON PREMISES Visit Our Place While on 2nd Ave. Tel.; Dry Dock 1263; Orchard 0430 For Good Food { Phone Stuyvesant 3816 John’s Restaurant SPECIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES A place with atmosphere where all radicals meet. 302 E. 12th ST. NEW YORK COMRADES EAT at the SCIENTIFIC VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT 1604-6 Madison Ave. Between 107th & 108th Sts, All Comrades Meet at BRONSTEIN’S VEGETARIAN HEALTH RESTAURANT 558 Claremont P’kway MEET YOUR FRIENDS at Messinger’s Vegetarian and Dairy Restaurant 1763 Sonthern Bivd., Bronx, N, Y. ‘Wit ALL MEET at the NEW WAY CAFETERIA 101 WEST 27th STREET NEW YORK Rational Vegetarian Restaurant 9. SECOND AVE. Bet. 12th and 18th Sts. Strictly Vegetarian Food. Health Food Vegetarian Restaurant 1600 MADISON AVE. PHONE: UNIVERSITY 5865 Magnates Coin he i Stee Sixty thousand Yankee fans poured out on the field at the conclusion of Thursday's game at the jubilation that followed is what the baseball magnates NEARING SCORES Workers Party Activities will be held today at 8:30 p. A roll call} tionari 5.15 tomorrow at 9th m. | Center, 2 tionarles of the section are urgently |required to be as very taken up. national Wednesda Center, 2: for Red Attendance today Speakers: fand Set es Thruout State Continued from Page One later released on bond. the case, to defend speakers. Threaten More Attacks. Jing because they were consider= |force on the workers. Party would be broken up. or ae terday wired William L. Bradshaw its The 3c subsection extcutive meets attorney there, to it W. 27th st ae Wheeling.” Officers Beach 4, Section 5, A special meeting of this branch will be held Monday, at 8.30 p. m. at 2071 Clinton Ave. | of the Civil Section 2 Functionartes. 28 Union Square. All fune- present without fail important business will be mer eC 3 Morning International Branch. A meeting of the Morning Inter- Branch of the Workers (Communist) will be held a. m., at the Workers 28 Union Square. Plans nday will be discussed urgent. Needle Trades Shop Damatow Y. W. Le An open air meeting will be held at Union Square at & p, m. Fox, Jansky, Brustein, Hel- ing with the gatherings. bsection 35. 3E will hold an: open air meeting i 9 p.m. at 39th St. and ve Poth ee ty of the needle trades. Seetion 6, Unit 21. There will be a meeting today at 8.30 at 46 Ten Eyck St. Bi . Brooklyn. | be sent with the delegates. The conference will |tomorrow at Bryant mediately after work. chovich, Ben Gold, I. SURE, IT’S ALL FIXED. Leading producers of copper, | united last May into a trust under | Morgan and the Guggenheims, feel no concern over the intention of the Federal Trade Commission to inves- | tigate the recent increase of prices, Hall, Lipzin, William Weinstone, | ference. The Amer- jean Civil Liberties Union has also signified its intention of aiding in the arrested | Youthful police were assigned to: } |the task of breaking up the meet- |more brutal and more likely to use | Police last |night stated that all future meet- lings of the Workers (Communist) Following breaking up by Wheel- ing, W. Va. police of two Workers Party election campaign meetings addressed by Scott Nearing, the 1 Braneh 2 See. & jattend by instruction of subsection| American Civil Liberties Union yes- p meeting will be held | ¢Xecutive, “take such legal steps as are necessary to re- store free speech and assembly in Liberties } Union today said that their action |was taken “on the ground that the Workers Party is a recognized po- An important meeting of all func-| 4: 8 ; Sof Section. 2 will “be ‘held | litical party with the same rights at 6 tonight at the Workers|as other parties: The legal action taken by the union, he explained, will probably be mandamus proceedings to compel the Wheeling police chief to grant la permit for the Communist cam-' paigns meetings, or an injunction | suit to restrain him from interfer- Conference on Oct. 9 Election of delegates to the con-| ference for the election campaign of the Workers (Communist) Party are now taking place in the shops At some shops | Palace. collections for the Communist cam- paign are made and the money pe] take lace im- J. Boru-| Zhukov- sky, Rose Wortis, Sylvia Bleeker, S and | Rebecca Grecht will address the con- | AMALGAMATED FOOD WORKERS Baker’s Local 164 Meets IstSaturday in the month at 3468 Third Ave. || Bronx, N. ¥. Ask for Union Label Bread || OFFICE WORKERS Typists, Stenographers, Clerks, Bookkeepers, Switchboard- Operators, and all other Clerical Workers \ RALLY TO THE MASS MEETING Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 8 p. m. at LABOR TEMPLE, 14th St. and 2nd Ave. SPEAKERS: ‘THERESA WOLFSON, Author of “Women in Trade Unions”; MAX SHACHTMAN, Editor of “Labor Defender”; Chairman: JHUROME ROMAIN, Pres. of the Office Workers Union. COME AND BRING YOUR FELLOW OFFICE WORKERS! ADMISSION FREE! Advertise your union meetings here. For information write to The DAILY WORKER Advertising Dept. 26-28 Union Sq., New York City Auspices: Office Workers Union. o—=D Cloakmakers, Dressmakers, Tailors, Fur Workers Capmakers, Millinery Workers, and workers of other needle trades Send Shop Delegates to the Conference for the Communist Election Campaign Tuesday, October 9 —6 P.M— at Bryant Hall, 42nd St. and 6th Ave. _ NEEDLE WORKERS! NEEDLE TRADES WORKERS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE A. Gross, Chairman I. Stenzer, Secretary. COME ALL TO THE: International Progressive. Workers Center with « COMPLETE MOST UP-TO-DATE RESTAURANT and RECREATION ROOM AMERICAN AND ORIENTAL CUISINE .—PURE FOODS — FRESH MPATS AND VEGETABLES —STRICT CLEANLINESS, PROMPT SERVICE, REASONABLE PRIC: NO TIPS Comradely Attention OPEN FROM 7 A. M. TO 1 A. M. DANCING EVERY SATURDAY EVENING LECTURES EVERY SUNDAY by Workers School Speakers “In the Heart of the Fur Market” 101 WEST 28TH STREET, Cor. 6th Ave.) New worth ne a Office Workers Mass Meet. Dressmakers’ Da ‘ A mass meeting of the office work samakers’ ers will be held Tuesday, Oct. 9, at ‘hold the Labor Temple, 14th St. and Sec- ond Ave. Prominent labor speakers will address the meeting, which will launch the organizational drive. Al: office workers are urged to attend I. L. D. Autumn Revel. righton Beach fe A Proletarian Autumn Revel will ebeee vie ahaine TACEEL be held at Webster Hall, Saturday, resymewille: Oey cet Dae October 27, at 8:30 p. m. under the auspices of the New York section of the International Labor Defense. Prizes will be awarded to partict pants wearing the oldest and shab- Slest clothes | 3 Jewelers Concert and Ralt. The first Bath Beach Lecture. Jewelry Worker The Bath Beach Council of thé@| be held Saturda United Council of Workingclass Women has arranged a lecture for) ay r y, Oct. 12, at 65 Bath Ave ntor will spe mn “venereal ses.” All proc s will be do- nated to the textile strikers a Re aS hold a & Saturday, Oct tel. Admissi be obtained Co-operative Red Rally. The Election Campaign Committee the Un-Ar-Co-operative has ar- of and 4 West h ranged a ratification meeting on| Broadway, an ‘ view 1] PAGAL the Pane Haywood Branch I. ana dani A meeting Branch, will be 12, at port on tt ,| tion moven meeting tober 26th at the place. full proceeds of these affairs will go towards the Election Campaign of the Workers (Communist) Part All labor organizations are asked to keep these dates open Bath Beach Branch, I. L. D. The Bath Beach Branch of the In- Banquet at Brighton sult of ers out of j h with $5, 000 Belonging to Jobless Worker WHEELING POLICE Fraternal Organizations PREY ON JOBLESS, ATTACK MEET OF WORKERS PARTY |Plan More Meetings LEAVE STARVING MEN PENNILESS o Trace Yet Found of’ Absconders 200 ed workers iless as the ance of Als made the ne: Sateaty s partner, who at 883 New York City. Sar- partner fled with over sperty of jobless work- tered in an attempt money consisted cers had been d reg find : reabouts r has been ternational Labor Defense will meet exploited aaa che Monas "at igs Bath ‘Ave| Beach to Donate to |CPpitd anc and the Al emb: a d. : Hpeenere ura ctiey Red Campaign Funds employment have Dr. Liber Talks. ye been to send the wor! to addresses Sunday, October 7th, 11 D : hich +h “ Liber will speak to the chilaren| A concert and dance, with the mu-|at which the hte only a the Bs eect eenno Bronx Park sic supplied by a balalaika orches- pecant lot. The s is first workers’ viewpoint every Sunday at|tra, will be a feature of the Red x aaa Hod deposit fee, as x health and other pintiens: Banquet to be’ held in Brighton "8* Ww oe the agenc talks on health from the he ager ek, once for children and| Beach ,Saturday evening, Oct. 13, pie Beene once for adults. the proceeds of which will be do- | bol 4 nated to the Workers (Communist) Party Election Campaign Fund. me The affair will be held at See Brighton Beach Ave., beginning at 8:30 p. m. under the auspices of the Spanish Workers’ Club, Centro Obrero de Habla Espanola will hold a dance today at 9 p. at 55 W. 118th St. There will Spanish-American music played 227 Printers. worker a day later, id the depos is t for thre forced to wait for y. and starve meanwhile. Work- are often sent to jobs and fired ne: by pre-arrangement be- the boss and agency. Workers’ Club of Brighton Beach. 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