The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 9, 1929, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDN: HS JANUARY 9, 1929 Eagle Pencil Speed- Up Makes $18 Maximum Wages ‘for Exploited Women Workers CONTRACT 1. B. FROM MACHINES SPRAYING PAINT Produce “One Third More Than Before (By a Worker Correspondent) I am a woman worker Eagle Pencil Co., New York City. The speed-up in the Eagle factory grows greater every day. A couple of years ago we had two machines to operate, and we were working 50 hours a week then. Now we operate three machines. But the bosses thought up a new trick to fool us. They reduced the hours a little, but they gave us three machines instead of two to run. At first, many of us were fooled by the bosses’ “kind-heartedness” in reducing the hours a little, but now we see their game. We now pro- duce in the reduced hours more pe! cils than we used to in 50 hour We are producing over one-third more pencils than we had formerly done. Our bosses are not even sat-| isfied with this. A few weeks ,ago they made a further speed-up on these machines in Department 9B. They made it impossible for us to earn more than $18 a week. Before the new speed-up, after the worst slavery, we could make perhaps $24] a week. But now even this wonderful sum is beyond our reach. When this speed-up was made, the girls resent- ed it, and five of them quit their jobs that very morning. While we were deciding what to do, one hour h-d passed and it was 9 o'clock be- fore any of us started to work. We are supposed to start work at 8 a. . The assistant superintendent then came up and told us that if we did not like the ne B , we could pus our coats on it home. Ve have pencil spray in our room. Two sprayers are in operation at the same time, i the air with poisonous fum There is alw danger of contracting T, B. on the job from these fumes. This is especially so in the Departments BS, B10, Bil. JOBLESS MINERS NEARER LONDON Ranks Swell; ell; Will Hike Over Hills LONDON, Jan. 8.—The organiz tion of the, unemployed wor thruout England for the ional March on London is progressing with eed. Wal I : r of the march it, reports with enthusi experience in various sections of the country. nnington, who is h and will lead m on-his Women Keen. “Many women expressed a keen desire to bg in London on the great ve, and day when the marcher to speak at the demonstration,” Hannington. “If sufficient mone to leave a balance we s be glad to provide the facilities. “On ‘Tyneside, the unemployed are to approach a big boot manu- facturer in order to obtain boots for the marchers. As all the N. E. coast contingents will converge at Newcastle, special arrangements will be made there for a good reception and send-off, “Fine progress is being made in the Scottish coalfields, particularly in Fife and Lanarkshire. These men will have a five weeks’ march. Hazardous Journey. “The journey over the border will be a hazardous experience. There are great stretehes of country where there is hardly a village, but this does not daunt the marchers. “The miners in the Rhondda are also making progress.” The London Reception Committee of the Unemployed National March, with Tom Mass as chairman, is mak- thg large scale preparations for the welcome to the marchers on their ar- rival in London, The reception com- mittee calls its first conference of delegates for Feb. 2, which will be attended by delegates from the Scot- tish and N. E. Coast contingents of marchers, which by that time will be on the march. They will come straight from the road in full kit. can be Two Firemen Believed Dead in Wall Collapse in Ohio Court Hous<¢ LIMA, Ohio, Jan. 8. (UP).—Twe firemen are believed to have died in a fire which virtually destroyed the Allen County Court House todav Damage was tentatively estimated at $600,000. The blaze broke out on the third floor. Deputy County Auditor Murray, trapped on the third floor, | was injured, perhaps fatally when | he was forced to jump. The firemen, John Wolfe, 42, and John Fisher, 25, apparently were | trapped and buried when the roof collapsed. A lighted torch is believed to have started the blaze | LONDON, (By Mail).—Conditions of starvation exist among the thou- | sands of iron ore miners in the Fur- ness iron mining area. Most of the ixon miners axe unemployed. +| | in the | — Desipeed to Spread Switt Dea eat A new graceful plane, the “Scout,” which can travel at 200 miles speed. explo The fine lines of this plane have something of the beauty of a poisonous snake, and the high 2 and gently gas the thing will carry in the next war are much worse. for Inap :.ialists FAKE NEWS OF - BONUSES GIVEN Workers Robbed by Premium System | (By a Worker Correspondent) MILLTOWN, N. J., (By Mail).— This town is about two miles dis- tant from New Brunswick and is re- membered by the readers of the Daily Worker as the scene of the |recent rubber workers’ strike against |the wage cut which took place last national election day. The strike was spontaneous and conducted by 1,200 workers, the vast majority of whom were French. A recent issue of a local (New Brunswick) capital- ist paper stated in big headlines: “Michelin Distributes $110,000 in Christmas Bonuses.” It also stated that more than 900 employes were per hour and hop off at a terrific _ MILITANT PACIFIC LABOR WILL MEET SHAGHAI, Jan. ifie Trade Union Secretariat is making rapid prevarations for its | world congress, to be held in Vladi- vostok, Aug. 1. The Trade Union Educational League of America, af- filiated with it, is conducting a cam- paign to povularize the congess in Pacifie Trade peeay of the P. P. T. U. one of the signers of the iL American labor is to have two representatives at the Vladivostok | congress. ‘The larger representa- | tions come from se, 10; China, | 12; and U.S. 8S. R., 8.—The Pan- -, and | s the permanent BOSTON MAYOR organ jon ¢ ed at the confer- once of many trade union organiza- tion in countries bordering on the ic Ocean, held in Hankow, May HINTED BRIBE Evidence ‘Indicates He } Knew Baseball Graft The secretariat held a plenary ion in Shanghai, February last, jecisions were ergorsed b affiliated organizations in ten coun- tries, and among these decisions was one for a world congress in Aus- i tralia, 1929. The Australian gov-| BOSTON, Jan, 8—Mayor Malcolm ernment, engaged in a vicious anti- E, Nichols’ name was brought into bor campaign, which includes the the Bostaon baseball scandal inves- sage of sev anti-strike laws, | tigation when the hearing before the bited arbitrarily the meeting of Boston Finance Commission was re- sumed before a crowd of 900 in Tre- mont Temple this afternoon. As the session was opened the chairman referred to an article which appeared in a Boston news- paper on Dee. 22, quoting Mayor Nichols as saying “Poor little city councillors, a lit- tle bunch of orphans. What they want is Christme haven’t got any Although he has been asked to xplain how this cryptic utterance appened to come so soon before evi- dence shows fifteen city councillors demanded $5,000 bribe each from | the managers.of the Boston Braves, before they Would vote through a Sunday baseball permit, the mayor has not answered. Cholera Wipes Out Peasants Families in India Province BOMBAY, (B holera epidemic is’ ragi pro! the congress in that country, and threatened to arrest all the dele- gates. The secretariat then decided to hold the congress in Vladivostok, largest Pacific ocean seaport of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, anc fixed the date for August 1. War Danger. The growing war danger, the armed attacks on China by Japan, the attemnt of Japanese imperialism to create an “Asiatic Labor Feder tion” as an enemy to the Pan-Pacific Trades Union Secretariat, the imn gration question, colonial independ- ence movements and_ international trade union unity will be main points on the agenda, The action of the congress will re- sult in a program of actoin, which will take up immediate demands for hours of work, wages, labor organi- zation, etc., in the countries of the area. secretariat will also be elected at this meeting. ists Fight It. The secretariat warns that countries, obstacles to the suce Mail).—A virulent g thruout in all Ghee congtces ore being oiltiplied bya. crs sista. ‘Deer 00 deaths reactionaries, exploiters and im- a 1 scale nerialiats, and calls:for xedoubled-et. /o% Peasants ovcutred in the last wee of December. In many peasants’ families, all the adults were victims of, the plague, leaving the children without care. In the forts on the part of affiliated or- ganizations to secure a good repre- sentation. The Trade Union Educational League, of America, affiliated with | the Pan-Pacific Trade Union: Secre- i tariat, is the organization. repre- i Plague, out cf a total of 15,000 vie- sented by Earl Browder, exyeutive tims. WE HAVE GOOD HOLIDAY TIDINGS— Our new “Catalog and Decalog of Health” is being bound for mailing. It contains the largest ‘assortment of Most Nourishing Natural and Unprocessed foods and drinks, at moderate prices. 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Here are the One Almost ¢ Choked to facts: Death | shift basis? No! There are only four departments where there are % three shift systems $1 operation. 10th anniver kingdom over strators were writer’s investigation, (who himself /PENDARMES BEAT was a striker and given a “free” | this Michelin controlled town with Are there really 900 workers in the factory who are working on three (Red Aid Press Service.) BERLIN (By These are: No. 6 Department with ing the oppres regime of the ment 90, and No. 13 Department abou: 120. This figure includes the national minorities. |three shifts. The sum of the above Of these the police turned 40 over total is 585. Adding to this number, to the state authorities for trial|there are a great number of com- (on the ground of the whic fense martial law, i pany spotters who are not working gives 10-year terms for “of- on the third shift, who are given | consideration for this Christmas for which Michelin b mself A separate process will be started against one who flew a black flag ses the “distribution,” or the frem his window during the cele- sake of his personal populat ;. The bration. A small number of those amount of Christmas bonusé: given arrested o1 znd 20 othe: Dec. 1 were set free were banished from to the workers was from $15 to $45 to workers who had slaved for the Zagreb, Michelin for the past ten to 20 years. << a During the worki on of the MORE WORK, LESS WORKERS, Y¢2" the following system of rob- bery is imposed on the workers who ave working on the premium, (speed and there are other CHICAGO, (By Mail).—Altho the Northetn Pacific Railroad has an-! nounced a huge increase in traffic handled, it is operating 300 fewer Women workers are accepteu locomotives than in 1923, with a ir the Bioves case also, so in ‘general consequent decrease in the number out for of engineers Best Film Show In Town 42nd Street and Broadway The Scarlet Veil of Mystery That Shrouded Russia Torn Away at Last. “The End of St. Petersburg” INSATIONAL! SPECTACULAR! r 146 W. 57th § NEGIE Noon to Midnight PLAYHOU Popular Prices SRD SENSATIONAL WERK “Lucrecia Borgia” with Conrad Veidt and cast of 50,000. ——___—— \ LITTLE ‘Theatre Guild Productions “7 SIL-VARA’S COMEDY CAPRICE GUILD * | || Wings Over E Then, 44 St.W.ofB’ SHUBERT v7 S70 nat WALTER WOOLF ‘in the Thrilling Maipicg By Robert Nichols and || Maurice Browne | MARTIN BECK THEA. 45th St, West of 8th Ave. ith HELE Ethel Barrymore : — Matinees | || Major Barbara} "Sister snc REPUBLIC Thea. w. 42| Ethel Barrymore Thea, 47th . Ev Ww. ‘i Ww y he Evs. 8:3 Strange bterlole GILLILAND. Martete Chick. 9944 ERLANGER’S 7).W.tsst. BY MICHELIN G0. 225, secret room 150, No. 8 Depart- « 1hit The Red Robe, | “Religious ane As Village Attraction Helen Campbell, thirteen year old girl whose family make child slave at preaching instead of putting her in a cotton Photo shows her in one of the publ stunts which religion h indulge in now to get the money. She stands on a table ina Gr wich Village resort and tries to sneak a little religious opium i the glasses. ECUADOR NATIVES FEEL « LASH OF WALL STREET | that offic COAL BOSSES REWARD MINE UNION BETRAYER McLeod Gets Company Job in Nova Scotia (By a Worker Correspondent) SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, (By Mail). John W. McLeod, the former prefi- dent of District 26, the United Mine Worke of America, has been re- warded by the Br Corporation Colli ish Empire Steel es for his past ri services to the coal bosses and his betrayal of the coal miners. He has eE pointed assistant general supe t of the British é pire § im Leod has . y occasion. he I e miners and ainst John Lewis, United Mine Iso tried to mas- .” He was nothing but a tool sses. He was also tool of the Tory poli- Scotia. The miners ay feel the ter- e policies, and profit-sharing . The miners urious over the reward to Mc- asking whether Me- which brought ruin s and made the British are sses' QUITO, dor, Jan. -M . The governmen Empire Steel Collieries richer, has Harry Tompkins, who was sent by! parently offended by the Yankee’s NOW been paid for. The miners now me York bankers as an “expert insolence and arrogance, wished to ” 11 what McLeod said during the kee” to superintend the bank- | ,, e ention of District 26 a few : pre? pasts cancel the contract on the ground : , ing business of the republic of Ecua- ¢ha¢ Tompkins was not fitted for th . He said he would drive dor, continues his attacks on the jost of bossing its finance re ne lal “F he union. The min- government and is claimed by it to Sven with the backing of the North °tS ™ v the 1 why Me- be working in colusicn with an op- ¥ SI Tamoiaie © orth Teod fought the militants, and why position party. Leip tk aati : S- he was rewarded by the coal opera- Tompkins: not ong ago, : visited ta claiming that President ONT ).—A, Biimar- tne the minister of the treasv mock V invented a pot to wages, sad atthe end of the year, Permit him the “absolute liberty”| prevent secidents: in’ steel PeEERC CHE Lane | he says is necessary to carry on his | work workers; are ng the total | Work. ever th amount tk The Mich officials do not report on their “ premium envelope: from KIDNEY jor BLADDER CATARRH in the Aged | Soon eased bythe genuine, Santal Midy Effective-Harmiess CAPSUBES 1690 LI AND TO ACCOMMODATE THOUSANDS Tenn G OL, Ds pe ax ee M. COHAN PRESENTS , WN at. BS PA New I pensince once Sitter | Amesican VERMONT } vrs genre A E. THOMAS ; | ggerensars na | pIDAY DAY jean BARRY BSE NUESTHR UALS . 1481 thay BUILDERS WIN STRIKE. Civic REPERTORY ais 8:30 WALTHAM, Mass., (By Mail).—| 50c; $1.00; $1.50, Mats, Wed.&Sat.,2.3( | Building workers on the Metropoli- | EVA LE GALLIENNE, Director Today Mat., “Peter Pan.” \tan State Hospital have won union | ronight, “The Cherry Orchard.” ‘recognition after a short strike. \ Thurs. Bye, Pan. NOW AT OUR NEW AND LARGE THEATRE (Sheridan Square Subway Station) Grove Street Theatre spring 27725 Min. from Bway Singing Jailbirds By UPTON SINCLAIR. A New Playwrights Thentre Production directed by EM JO BASSHE. NO WORKER SHOULD MISS IT! — POPULAR PRICES. 00D OPPORTUNITY for workers organizat rnine money on sell-outs, Dates open We are only 2 few blocks nway frum Union Square. For details see or call Comrade Napoll, business manager of New Playwrights Theatre, 138 West 14th Street, Watkin 0558, fons and clubs to POPULAR PRICES! ‘Sunday Afternoon January 13 la a Am RN lt glasses are A Se anics to insure comfortable 9,9. 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