The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 26, 1931, Page 3

? WORKER, BW = ORK, FRIDAY, a JNE 26, 198 (By a Worker BROWNSVILLE THUGS ATTEMPT MURDER. OF MILITANT PICKET John Virag, First On Picket Line, Attacked in His Home By Company Gunmen Mine Picketing Going Strong; Children Or- ganize Mass Singing Correspondent) BROWNSVILLE, Pa.—Here are some of the rotten tricks played on the striking miners of Vesta 6 at West Brownsville. A striking miner, John Virag, who has a family of 5 to support, was nearly shot and killed by a couple of’ low-down} dirty strike-breakers, Jim Browser, an assistant superintendent | and Bill Brown, a cutter, both of whom work here but live out of the strike zone. First On Picket Line John Virag, having not a thing to eat in the house, was the first man on the picket line. His act brought many more miners out on strike. On the night of June 19 Browser and ‘Brown came into town armed with guns. The deputies, who search everyone going and coming, allowed these two thugs to come in armed. Attacked by Gunmen Browser and Brown then proceeded to get drunk in order to get nerve enough to do the dirty work they started out to do. They then went to Virag’s yard and commanded the neighbors at the point of a gun to keep quiet. They then tried to get to beat him up. their voices, however, come out. The deputies then came, but didn’t seem very interested in the case and none of them investigated to see where the gunmen ran to, for they | themselves knew of the plot. The next day these two gunmen came to work, The deputy sheriff, Mr. Channing, didn’t care to arrest these gunmen. Why? Because they all take their orders from Mr. Mus- and did not ing strong. The children are organ- ized to sing on the picket line. We | are all glad to belong to the Na-| tional Miners Union. Virag out of the house by saying that | they were deputies and had a right Virag recognized | ser, the superintendent of the mine. | The picket lines here are still go- | Action Today to Aid Save Daily Worker Information has been received from a number of cities on the preparations for the big Daily Worker Tag Days that start to- |} day and continue tomorrow and Thousands of dollars Sunday. must be raised during these three days to enable the Daily to exist. Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Pitts- burgh, San Francisco, Buffalo and Boston are determined to make up for their bad showing in the drive by raising enough money on the Tag Days to fulfill their quotas, while New York is deter- |] mined to double its quota In Detroit and Pittsburgh Tag Days are being held for the Daily miners’ relief. |} ing a special the jointly Worker and for Detroit is organiz- concentration to- morrow and Sunday, when at least 2,000 collectors are expected to be inaction. In Chicago the |] Tag Days will last only two days, |] starting tomorrow. In every city every class-conscious worker must help | participate and save the |] Daily! CONFERENCE {Prepare International |Red: Day Preparations CHICAGO, ml, Ju June 22.—August “We Will Fight to a Finish,” Says penkina the International Red Day Miner Valley Camp, Pa. Daily Worker: I think it was about time for us to strike, for the day the strike was | ailed no miner had any food in the house. Even though the bosses are bringing scabe into the mines here, we will continue to fight until we win this strike. One morning four scabs were walk- ing to work and two women, upon seeing them, said that they would take care of them. They beat the scabs up so bad that they never re- turned to the mine. The scabs are afraid of the chil- | dren, too. Kids between the age of | 6 and 14 are on the battle line with their parents. We can hear the cops say: “Shut up, you little bastards.” ‘The children shout back: “Go jump in the river, you yellow scabs.” Terror is spreading fast, but we won't run away, We will fight to a finish. The State Troopers and then they, beat us up. We are determined to win this strike and to bring others out on strike with us. —A Striking Miner. Striking Miners Organize to Fight Evictions California, Pa. Dear Editor: ‘The miners are battling against starvation and death at the Vesta 4 mine that is on strike here. On the picket line one miner was beaten up, by the Coal and Iron Po- Nee, A few minutes later four min- ers were arrested for hollering at those going to work. One of these was beaten up so bad that he was sent to the hospital in an uncon- scious condition. Another miner who had a stick in his hand was arrested for “carrying & weapon.” Negroes Militant. The police are very much afraid of the young miners. The Negro miners are very militant and active in the strike, They shout: “Stick together men, and we will win the trike”—which is true. ‘The coal company gave the young CHICAGO.—One explanation of the 20 Chicago bank crashes is seen in the figures released by the Tilinois Labor Department which shows that building permits in Chicago for May, 1931, were 84 per miners orders to leave town, but they have not gone as yet. They ‘said that they were not going to let their fathers and mothers fight a battle alone which was also theirs. On June 23 the company issued 200 evictions on the miners. One woman defended her furniture and had her clothes torn off her back by the po- lice. Her little child went to defend her and the brutal police threw the child against the table. The miners are organizing a committee to stop evictions. Everybody here awaits eagerly the next issue of the Daily Worker. ‘Women's and children’s organiza- tions are growing fast. If anyone knows what organization means to the workers, these striking miners do and are ready to defend their interests. An Unemployed Worker. Chicago Buitding Industry Drops 84 Percent cent lower than for May, 1930—the Panic year. For the state, the drop was 75.1 per cent. The figures reached the lowest point for May in the his- tory of the department. MINERS’ HOMES; (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) laughter and jeering among the Pittsburgh Terminal strkiers them- ‘selves. They were on the picket lines and it is impossible to deceive them. ‘The striking miners, fighting starva- {| tion, have won the first battle in ited Mine Workers officials to try gather scabs for them, mines tried today to reopen a low wage agreement which “tentatively” on the of the Wildwood massacre and ment, except to mass picket and smash it as they did today. ‘There will be more mass picketing tomorrow, witnessed by Theodore Dreisser and other members of the investigating committee he heads. Cee WILDWOOD, Pa. June 25.—The state troopers troopers and deputies hhave been combing the Wildwood section, surrounding house after house yesterday and today, and while the troopers watch, the deputies en- ter, search and break Into. every- thing, and steal what they want, If STATE TROOPERS, DEPUTIES SEARCH ARREST STRIKERS shooting by the deputies. The coroner is holding his inves- tigation in secret, not even newspa- per men being allowed in. He is sub- peoneying witnesses, including min- ers, and his own stenographers take down what they say, or what the coroner wants it represented that. they said. The Central Rank and File Strike Committee, with 321 members pres- ent, today appointed a committee to make all arrangements for the mass funeral of both Peter Zigaric, killed by the deputies in Wildwood, and of Mike Filipovich, killed by the dep~ uties in Arnold City. ‘The committee also denounces the secret hearing, preliminary to shift- the miners and bolstering up the charges of ciolation of injunction, “rioting,” etc. which face those ar- rested. Sheriff Cain of Alleghenny County has already issued statements white- washing ‘his hired murderers, and vaaae that they “fired in self de- ree reporters and miners saw two of the Butler Consolidated company officials firing their revol- vers at the pickets Tuesday. One bystander, not a picket, sow the wounded miners lying on the ground at Wildwood, twenty min- utes after they fell. He said to Chas. Hasford, president of the company, “Why don't you call somebody to hep them?” “Why should I have them attended to.” said Hasford, gloating over his say) that they are sent here to help us} ing the blame from the deputies to |. against imperialist war will be a day \of mass demonstrations throughout | District 8. been sent out by the Communist Party, Trade Union Unity League, and Friends of the Soviet Union for ;@ conference to take place on July 10, Friday at Peoples Auditorium. | This conference will elect a broad August Ist. The struggle of the em- ployed workers against the worsen- ing of their conditions, the follow- ing up of the successful Illinois Hunger March for unemployment in- surance, the fight for the release of the Scottsboro boys are all part of the mobilization of workers for August Ist. The slogan of the District Com- mittee is more demonstrations with more workers than on May Day. | This means that we have to surpass the 26 demonstrations with 35,000 workers. Considering the splendid response of the workers reached in new cities, in cities where they got in touch with us through the Hun- ger March for the first time, this is easily possible. STRIKE AGAINST WAGE SLASH ‘New Ha vet n Workers Out NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 25.— Yesterday morning, twelve young girls of a skirt factory here went out on strike against a two dollar wage- cut which the boss attempted to put over on them. The workers in this factory have been receiving $15 and as low as $8 a week. ‘With the help of the Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union, a strong picket line was formed the next morning. The workers suc- ceeded in keeping out one of the three girls who had remained work~ ing in the shop. At a strike meeting at the TUUL hall, a Strike Committee was elected. The girls are very enthusiastic and determined to fight it out until they win. They have voted unanimously to picket the shop morning, noon and night and will carry signs pro- claiming that they are on strike against a wage cut. There have been frequent lay-offs in this shop until from 40 workers, there are now only 15 workers. Now the bosses are going further and are attempting to force a wage cut. Under the leadership of the Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union the girls are determined to stick to- gether and win back the cut. on bail here yesterday were issued today. No charges were made, and Under the outrageous Ohio statutes, men can be arrested on blank war- rants and held 72 hours without charges being preferred. Seven of those released have al- ready been thrown back in jail. ‘The intention is clearly to prevent any of them from taking any pgrt in the spreadingOhio mine strike. . * 8 PITTSBURGH, Pa., June 25.—The Central Rank and File Strike Com- ‘CHICAGO AUGUST 1 In Chicago, a call has/ committee that will be in charge of the mobilization of the workers on| Needle! Many Cities Go Tato | Into TAG DAYS START TADAY! ALL COMBADES ON STREET! LEVIN IN CHICAGO THURSDAY! isthe first day of National day the be, put into immediate comrade must be with bo Daily box must action! Every made responsible f the Drive du s! Failure at the campa m of the | 5 | Suspension of the this time means A | working class! Fill the boxes! Com | plete your quotas! e the Daily ily Work s memor he workingcla: lendar! | omrade Levin, Business Mana- | wer of the Daily Worker n | tour to the Districts thruo | | country will be in Chicago Thurs- day and Friday of this week for ferenee with Distriet 8 Fune- aries. Following is his itin- ary from this point on: Mil- aukee, June 27; | Minneapolis, June 28; Butte, July 1; Seattle, July 8; Portland, July 4 or 5; San Francisco, July Lox Angeles, duly 12, Meetings of Friends and Readers of the Daily will be held on July 4 at $ pm. at Workers 91314 Tacoma Avi on Portland, Ore. Meeting at Butte, Mont., will be held July 1 at Lue Hall. Other meetings will be an- | nounced later, The strike situation and the stories in the Daily Worker are pushing up the circulation of, the Daily in Pittsburgh District. Com- rade Levin’s short stay in Pittsburgh also instrumental in arousing com- {rades in the Campaign for Funds. Intensive activity promised by Dis- | trict 5, on coupon books, also greater action during Tag Days. District, 6, Cleveland, assured Comrade Levin of closer cooperation between Party Units and the Daily Worker. Up till now the Daily Worker was considered as a sort of autonomous republic in Cleveland. There was not sufficient direction and connecting up of Daily Worker with Party activities. All volunteers for the Clevel .W. Tag Days are to report at following stations en Saturday and Ukrainian Workers Aubur Home, Buckeye 14101 return trip during pr p for following points: Detroit, Cleveland, tishurgh, Washing- ton, D. C., Baltimore. As result of Comrade Levin’s tour the Daily Worker apparatus we hope will be organized so that the Daily Work- er can be more fully utilized in all campaigns of the Part Districts should make prepar- ations now to fulfill quotas in campaign before Comrade arrival so that immediate work can begin under hix direction to build up Daily District Apparatus. Wateh for exact dates of readers meetings in Workers ( All Daily Worker readers ren, Ohio, are invited to attend a meeting of readers and subscribers of the Daily Worker at Hippodrome June 26, at 8 p. m This meeting is the first step in building a D, W. Club in Warren, also to become acquainted with the new D.W. agent. The meeting will also devise Ways and means of sup- porting the Daily Worker. Daily Worker Club also being formed in Albany, N. Y. . “We are calling meeting of D.W. readers to build a Club,” writes E. B., Albany. “This move We hope will again help us to sell the Daily in the quanti- ties we used to.” Lets have a D.W. Club in every workers neighborhood in the country by the end of the year, Comrades! ‘All comrades and sympathizers in Baltimore, Md., urged to report for volunteer work during Daily Work- er Tag Days beginning Saturday, June 27, The following. stations will be open all day: 9 S. Greene St., 1206 E. Baltimore 705 S. Ponca St. Hall, Friday, | The Daily Worker drive skidded further on Tuesday down to $210.92, the lowest totals for a single day in a long time. Such work, if con= tinued, can only mean suspension for the Daily. The Tag Days Fri- day, Saturday and Sunday, must make up for it! Every day from now on until the $35,000 is raised must be a day of intense activity to save the Daily Wofker! District 2 (New York) contributed most of this total—$157.92. sur- prising number of districts forgot the Daily drive entirely on Tuesday. Districts 1 (Boston). 4 (Buffalo), TUESDAY TOTAL DOWN TO $212; TAG DAYS MUST MAKE UP FOR LAGGING! sas City), 11 *(Agricultural), 16 (the South), 18 (Butte) and 19 (Denver) —one-half the districts—-were not heard from at all! Of the others, District 3 (Philadelphia) had the best record—and this was very poor, only $27, while District 5 (Pitts- burgh) contributed only $2, 7 (De- troit) and 12 (Seattle) $1 apiece, 9 (Minneapolis) $2.50, and 13 (Cali- fornia) $2.65. Tuesday was certainly a black day for the Daily Worker. ‘Wipe out the record of this day | and ail the poor days of the past | by putting the Tag Days over big! | 6 (Cleveland), 8 (Chicago), 10 (Kan-| ALI, OUT FOR THE TAG DAYS! . DISTRICT 2 Woodridge, N ¥ DISTRICT 15 x Cc. Cobn . : New Haven ait ¢ peat Coll. from unemplored See. 3, Unit 3 Chafeat wax gees wae” ci erman Buro Sishe aber =e ce L, Simach Elkin Ww, Zajkaveks See. 4, Unit 3 Kats M.D Mencwick See, 8, Unit 6 Mint pavers See. 8, Unit 6 Joege fA ES y A sympathizer, Bx Sue F. Swekla Bei 8. Chorenson oe 4 Wk 9.00 | E. Kaplan Diocese os 1. Wr. Shule 1, B Roemer, Bx grag = Bensenhurst 2.75 | A. Deutsch, Bx Os age 2 S. Holzer, Bklyn 2.00 » Ke : Attair. Browns- ‘Total BeCSA eee ka Koc: * ville Wkrs Cb = 5.10 DISTRICT 3 ad S ringfield. | Margaret Schema .50/ ILD Anna Burlak ue Se ou o Pp Rosenberg 1,00 Branch, len ~ Hinsdale Ws Youth town, Pa. 20.00 | R. Kuzsmenke ae ub, Blyn 3.00 | Hortz, Wash., D.C. 2.00) Kegger 2 Group of workers, Ukranian Women’s T. Morgavachuk — 1.00 Doyle’s Shoe Fty 5.50| League, Chester A friend 25 Coll, at Camp Pa, 5.00 | J Horkun Wocolona 15.25 —— | A. Choroshevsky M. Mendelbaum Total $27.00 | N. Nichijoruk Casman ISTRICT 5 S. Shurhaj | Sol Weiss J. 0. Wierton, W. Orlow 25 Harry Canter ya, 2,00 | Cacunenkn 50 See, 1, Unit 14 DISTRICT 7 ©. Cikipak 50 J. Fishman, Bx P. Risniner, Ford- Wanik 25 Dauber ‘son, Mich. 1,00 | 1, Kolinchuk 25 G. Anderson, Los DISTRICT 9 A. Anonick ts ‘Angeles 5.00| St. Paul, Minn, E. Panop 50 See. 4, Uni 1.25 | Fred Uebel 1.00 | D. Rushewich 25 Iwo Shi 4.75 | L, Levi 1.50|G. Pearson, Hart- TWO Shi 1.50 —— | ‘ford, Conn. 40 1WO Shule 25 Total Jewish Children's DISTRICT 12 Total $12.85 ¢ School, Brighton Aberdeen, Wash. DISTRICT 17 Beach 20,00 | O. Stre: 5°) Gus Uth, Oxford, Renner 1:00 | Fred Knodet 50 | Sates, 4.00 Glick, N.Y. 1.00 ae i dist. $ 210.92 P, Nazarevick 5.00 Total $1.00 oe. 01,425.40 J. 1, sullivan 20.00 DISTRICT 18 J 150 | P. J. Gibell, Stock- con by ee G. Elkin, ton, Cal. 2.65 Total, to date $21,638.32 LUMBER WAGES CUT, WORKERS OUT ON STRIKE CLAfAR LAKE, Wash.—The work- ers of the Clear Lake Shingle Co. struck against a wage cut of 20 per cent announced by the bosses on Fri- day. Mass picket lines were estab- lished in which the Unemployed Council of Sedro Wooley participat- ed. By Monday morning as the re- sult of the mass picketing the great- est part of the men were out on strike. Tuesday the boss, a fellow by the name of Melbey, offered to take the packers back at the old scale, but the rest of the workers were to get a cut. The workers rejected this be- cause they saw immediately that it was only an attempt of thé boss to split their ranks and break the strike. ‘The workers put up the following demands: No wage cut, no discrimt- nation, recognition of the mill com- mittee and no speed up. The boss mittee at its meeting today voted to call a conference of representatives of all women’s auxiliaries of the NMU, with representatives also from non-striking fields to organize dis- trict leadership, work out a policy for winning the strike, and to make the auxiliaries a permanent body. The conference will be held in Pitts- burgh, July 3, at 2 p. m.,, city time, at Workers Center Hall, 2157 Center Ave. ‘ In the evening of the same day, and in the same hall, there will be @ mass meeting of all women work- Meigs “Let them lie where they t PINEY FORK, Ohio, June 25.— Warrants for the re-arrest of Nel see ers in Pittsburgh. The purpose is to mobilize women workers to help in collection of relief. The mass recagid will be addressed by natal refused these demands and the work- ers sent a delegation to Everett to spread the strike into the other mills owned by the boss there. The strik- ers have resolutely prevented the boss from bringing any strike break- ers into the mill. Good Support for Reltef Committee. The relief committee set up by the strikers has received good sup- port from the farmers in the neigh- borhood. The Seattle Unemployed Council has pledged the strikers its support. They have already placed unemployed workers on the streets of Seattle with banners to warn work- Workers Union, which is affiliated to the Trade Union Unity League, and the United Farmers League. The sentiment of the masses who have been on starvation wages for months is for the strike and it seems likely that the strike wave will spread through the entire lumber industry. Young Miners Lead Kenton, Pa. Strike Kenton, Pa, | Daily Worker: In Kenton, Pa., there are between 450 and 500'miners out on strike. ‘The majority are young minersand they are all willing to do anything for the strike. ‘These young miners hold a ball game every day to cheer the picket lipe. Balls and bats come in handy when the scabs try to enter the mine. One time during a ball game the state troopers shot six times into the crowd. No one was hurt. One stool pigeon asked the miners on the picket line what they were striking for and he almost got killed for asking such a silly question. He couldn’t walk straight after the miners got through with him. Relief is coming to the miners every day and some of them are ashamed to take it—they say they can hold out for another day. Every striking miner reads the Daily Worker and can hardly wait. for it to be delivered to them, The children pile the Dailies on their little wagons. They shout: “Read about us striking!” Miners are joining the National Levin's Unemployed Miners of Spring Valley Vote| (By a Worker Correspondent) | SPRING VALLEY, Ill.—At the sec- | ond meeting of the eet ite Council here last week 50 or were miners who worked in the mines | which closed down about © year ago. | ‘The Council listened to the report |on the hunger march and applauded | the statement: “If the state does not | ome across with relief we will have a hunger march not of a thousand | but of twenty thousand.” All present voted solidarity with the striking miners of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia and sup-| ported the National Miners Union as | the leaders. This is significant be- | |cause of all the miners | present be- | |longed to the UMWA—and | still do. some} \D- YEAR PLAN IN AGRICULTURE Soviet Socialization vs. U S Farm Crisis “Red Villages: The Five-Year Plan | in Agriculture” has just been issued | by International Publishers, 381 / Fourth Ave., New York. This book, the work of Y. A. Yak- ovlev, Soviet Commissar of Agricul- ture, should be read by every worker. The Five-Year Plan for agriculture, Comrade Yakovlev shows, has been more than completed now, with al- most 13,000,000 of the 25,000,000 peasant strip farms moulded into great collectives. By the end of the Five-Year Plan period, Soviet agri- culture will be completely socialized. Red Villages contains a detailed comparison of Soviet Socialist agri- culture and the farm cyisis in this country. While the standard of the Soviet farmer's life has steadily risen the book shows how the American farmer is caught in a crisis with the warehouses bulging with “surplus” grain while city workers face starva- tion. This special edition at 50 cents a copy makes it available for every worker reader. ‘Rockford Cabinet Workers Pay Cut ROCKFORD, “T—with wages cut | as much as 25 per cent on their re- turn to work after a layoff, the work- ers of Rockford Cabinet Company | here are in a fighting mood and | there is a good chance that by the time this reaches print they will be out on strike. A 25 per cent cut at pany time is a severe cut, but when a skilled cabinet-maker is making only 35¢ and hour, after years spent learning his trade, and then his pay is cut to 25c.—the most mild-spoken Swede in the shop thinks that, that is too much. Joe Dallet, of the Trade Union Unity League spoke at a noon-gate meeting there yesterday, telling the man that, correctly fought, strikes can be and are being won—despite the tremendous unemployment in the furniture, as well as all other trades. He drew the lessons of recent local strikes—National Lock and Rockford Fibre Company—pointing out the ab- solute necessity of a strong broad strike leadership, mass picketing, etc. Small meetings of the men in the various departments are heing held over the week-end, with a view to cementing the forces as much as i | plished.” CLEVELAND \To Support N. M. U.! FORCE EXPOSURE O CHARITY FAKE RELI at Investigation JOBLESS workers were present, Most of ieee 1,200 Workers iar Unemployed Committal in City Council hundred workers packed | the City Council Chambers to hear the investigation of the Associated | Charities of Cleveland, Friday. June | 19 ‘at 230 p. m. Every seat was} filled and workers packed the back of | the hall. This open hearing | called as a result of the workers’ | | delegation of 200 which went to the City Council meeting Monday, June } Twelve 15. The hearing was called by the | Welfare Committee of the City} | Council, | Mr. Louis Petrash, chairman of the | | Welfare Committee tried in vain to| make it seem that they were there to do all they could for the unem- | ployed workers. He hoped “that the audience would not interrupt and keep the meeting orderly without any signs of demon- stration regardless of their feelings so that we could go through with the | business and get something accom-j} But when Comrade Frank | Miller, the first spokesman for the Unemployed Council stepped on the rostrum, « tremendous applause | sounded from every corner of the | chambers and cheers rose from every | | worker present. Petrash pounded his gavel and threatened to “do some- thing if it would keep up. | Officials Try to Pass the Buck | ‘The two and one-half hour session } was marked with enthusiasm in spite of the orders to remain quiet There | was a very noticeable absence of all police in uniform from the hall. Mayor Marshall and r. Petrash tried to appear sympathetic, by al- lowing our spokesmen as much time} as they wanted. With the 1200 workers listening, the City Council tried to slide out of tis responsibility and to shift it all| on the Associated Charities. Our speakers clearly exposed this hypo- ritical maneuver of the City Coun- | Comrade Pinkney, running for can- | on the Communist Party bal- | lot Gouncilman in the First Dis- trict, ade Rose Clark and Com- | yas Gexbert Newton were the other | “spokesmen for the unemployed work- | ers. Many cases of reusal to give relief, of forced labor and discrimination were given b ythe workers present. | | The representatives of the charities in defending themselves, were the best proofs of the fakery of the whole | | capitalist relief program. They ad- mitted that workers owning a home | could not get relief if they had} credit at the grocery store, and that before giving them relief they were | first told to get a mortgage on their property. Mrs. Fredericks, for example, was told by the charities that she should | run her credit with the Economy} Grocery Store up to $1,000 (as it al- | ready was $764.33)). Then she could sign a note for her home and give it to the owner of the grocery store. They then had to nerve to try to prove that her home would not be endangered. Forcing workers to live under the most miserable conditions was shown in the case of James Martusi, who, with his wife and six children slept | in one room in his sister's home be- cause the charities refused to pro- vide a house for this family. In- | stead they gave them $5 a week in groceries to live on. Forced Labor Policy The real proof of forced labor came with the case of Joe Kaleal who {ing of forced labor; | shutting off of gas and light and worked 195 hours for the charities and received as payment $14 in gro= ceries. He was hired with the un- derstanding that he would get ‘paid the union scale for painting, 1.37% an hour. While on the job he got a fractured rib, and the charity re- fused to send him to the hospital. At this hearing these fakers exposed hemselves completely when they ad- mitted that there is s@ne understand~ ing with certain institutions that un- employed will work for them and the charities would pay them in gro- ceries The workers who were ims of the crookedness of the Associated | Charities were present and each one gave their stories, and they tallied word fo: S brought out through tion that y Council members had at @ agreed tod the proceedure forced labor,” but they tried to squirm out of it every which way. A very determined q was put to the Associated Charities and e Welfare Committee: “How much salary do you ‘gentlemen’ of the As- | sociated Charitie hile millions are starving?” ti was @ very hurried and excited explancgon from Mr. Petrash t E oa now, p-tsister ing that kers demanding we are sure be published so face of the work the Councilmen committee of three from the Council be sent to the Chamber of Comn rere to demand $1,000,000 for t i of the needy fam hhe critically promised that the Council would mortgage the whate y if nece: of the that we should rstand that t the City Council has not money in their treasury and they | are powerless to do anything! elfare committee was fur- d when the committee of demanded that they pass a | moticn objecting to forced labor, and that all work done by unemployed be paid in cash, Petrash and the fare committee and the Asso- ciated Charities put their heads to- | gether for a breathless moment (for them), and passed this motion: “We object to forced labor.” And when the committee demanded that the rest of it be included, they would not commit themselves. The workers jeered and hissed them. Unemployed Demands Presented We presented our demands again: Cash relief to the extent of full pay; free milk and food stations for un- employed workers’ children this sum- mer; public buildings to house the homeless finemployed men and wom- en; all work done by the unem- ployed to be paid in cash; prohibit- prohibiting of water of unemployed and evictions for non-payment of rent; stopping of breakin gup of workers’ homes and sending the children to strangers. The City Council promised to take up our demands. There are already reports that some of the local char- ities have given more relief because of the pressure. The fight has just begun for cash relief, and prepara- tions must be intensified for the July 12 convention. possible before Monday. The TUUL warns the men partic- ularly: against the defeatist line of Heffener, organizer of the Furniture Workers Association, an “independ- ant” outfit—Heffener telling them that no strikes can be won at this time and that the only thing to do is to wait until the entire industry is organized. Rockford furniture workers are watching with great interest the strike of the coal miners in Western Pennsylvania. When told that the} miners are striking under the slogan, | “We'd rather starve striking than | starve working,” they say, “We're in the same boat here.” Thousands were gathering in Union Sq., New York, to protest the murder of the striking miners, and to express solidarity with the 40,000 strikers fighting hunger at the time the Daily Worker went to press. This is the first of a series of meetings all over the ‘country to demonstrate against the slaughter and shooting of pickets by the coal company gun- men. . Milwaukee Demonstration. MILWAUKEE, Wis. June 25.—A demonstration has been called here by the Communist Party and the Trade Union Unity League for Satur- day, June 27, at 7 p.m., Red Arrow Park, Tenth and Wisconsin Sts., pro- testing against the murder of strik- ing miners, police terror and the vi- cious injunction handed out in an effort to break the strike. A relief committee has been formed and col- lections have started. . 8 Boston Meet. BOSTON, Mass., June 25.—As the first answer of the workers of Bos- ton to the murderous attack on the striking miners in Pennsylvania and Ohio, will be a mass protest: demon- stration this coming Sunday, at 4 p.m. at Boston Common. This dem- onstration will mark the beginning of a wide campaign for food and re- Nef for the 40,000 herotc miners. NATION-WIDE PROTESTS GROW AGAINST MURDER OF MINERS employed and unemployed to come to Boston Common, at 4 p.m. Sun- day, June 28. The speakers will be Nat Kaplan, Harfield, Bob Turner, Reed and others. ie PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 25.—A mass protest demonstration will be held in Philadelphia, on Saturday, June 27, at 12 noon at Independence Sq., to protest against the mass mur- der of striking miners in Western Pennsylvania. Organizations are urged to send protest telegrams to Governor Pinchot, demanding the withdrawal of the state troopers from the strike area. Comrade Reynolds Dies in Accident (By a Worker Correspondent) SEATTLE, Wash.—Comrades Chas. Reynolds, was killed while address- ing a group of workers on a freight train at Barnston, Wash. June 17. Comrade Reynolds was standing on a flat car, telling the workers of the National Lumber Workers Union and both he and the crowd forgot to watch the switching of the train. The car was bumped and he fell to the rail, the wheels severing his head. He died instantaneously. Comrade Reynolds was an old militant worker, having always fought PLAN GENERAL STRIKE IN PERU Protest Massacre of Oil, Sugar Workers A 24-hour general strike is planned in Peru, according to an Associated Press report, from Lima. The Gen- eral Confederation of Peruvian Workers, the cable states, at a meet- ing on Sunday decided unanimously on a general strike against / massacre of workers at the oil fields of Talara and the sugar plantations of Chiclayo. None of these massacres of work= press in the United States. Another meeting, members of the Communist Party of | Peru, was held, calling on the sol- to overthrow the present puppet government of imperialism and establish a workers’ and peasants’ government. Use your Red Shock Troop List every day un your job. The worker next to you will help save the Daily Worker. Disturbances in Your Kidneys and Bladder should be.cooe - —- It’s dan- TOUS neglect these warning ae Night rising, egeegiec soe Lic aoe Mass (use ¢ mf wi even ly (use all over he world for nearly a cen- Get some from we asceaet at ontas Santal ae yon ers away from the strike scene. The | Miners’ Union. At nights all they strikers are also receiving the active | talk about is the new union. support of the National Lumber” i pr Cy The local W.LR., located at 751 Washington Sls cells_a worgers in the most advanced section of the working class, for over twenty years. babar apron, baile ALC hak a ALAR fe, ‘Sea ers was reported in the capitalist addressed by — diers, workers, peasants and students © Midy_ |