Page Two ™\ eames ismuan, YORK, WED) gees NESDAY, MAY 13, 1931 ™ STOOL HAS NEGRO|Militia Flung at Miners as WORKERS JAILED) Harlan Shooting Renews DAILY WORKER, NEW Lower Manhattan Council Of Unemployed is Formed SWINDLE WORLD. $10 A Dinner for A Labor Faker BON VOYAGE DINNER-DANCE TENDERED BY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TO First of Series To Be Built on Basis of Affili- ated Mass Organizations; Will Lead Struggle for Immediate Relief "W YORK.—At a conference held at Manhattan Lyceum, with legates representing unemploy- nehes, several local unions and nal organizations, the an Unemployed Coun- committee of 15 was a program adopted for ization of membership the Unemployed Councils g the mass organizations hborhood in support of s of the unemployed for immediate relief, aganist evictions, ainst high rents, against high food srices and for unemployment insur- ance nhattan Unemploy- strengthen and direct existing branches of nize new branch- various neighborhoods of The Lowe ed he work the ¢ the es in Lower Manhattan. The first work of the branches will be to concen- trate on certain blocks to investigate the conditions of the unemployed and develop struggles on the basis of demanding and securing relief for starving and evicted families. They will organize resistance against evic- tions and fight against race discrim- ination and the persecution of for- eign-born workers. Build Tenants’ League The Lower Manhattan Unemploy- | ed Council will help organize House and Block Committees of the Ten- ants’ Leagues which high rents and for sanitary housing conditions, ployed workers in the struggle of cuts, speed-up and for the short work day, mobilizing the unemployed work- ers on the picket line in all strike struggles. It will be the task of the Unem- ployed Council to systematically visit all neighborhood workers’ organiza- tions for the purpose of securing af- filiations, cooperation and financial support, also to increase the sale and subscription of Labor Unity. The first meeting of the executive committee of ‘the Lower Manhattan Unemployed Council will be today at 7.30 p.m. at 16 W. 2ist St The conference unanimously adopt- ed a resolution of protest against the legal lynching of the nine Negro boys of Scottsboro and for the re- lease of the five Paterson textile workers framed on a murder charge. The conference calls upon the or- ganizations represented to partici- pate in the demonstration and parade aaginst the lynching, which will be held on Saturday, May 16 in Har- lem, also to elect delegates to the Scottsboro United Front Conference to be held May 17. Children Fought Police May First Vicious Attack Didn't Deter Young Pioneers NEW YORK. — Despite the efforts of the police and school authorities despite beatings and demotions in school, many workers’ children dem- onstrated on May Day Public School No. 109 was picketed by the Pioneers. Three children were seized by the principal and truant officers, taken in the office and beat- en, threatened and cajoled to not join the May Day march Hundreds In Bronx. veral hundred children were not Several hundred children were out in Public School No. 96 in the Bronx and marched with the Pioneers. In Public School No. 60 three Pi- oneers were demoted for their May Day activities. They are all excel- lent in their school work. At Public School No. 100, Brook- lyn, the principal organizezd monitors to guard the school until 1 a. m. May Day eve. and when the Pioneers came to chalk up the school they were seized, beaten and then arrested. Arrest Parents. ‘Two parents were arrested while picketing Public School No. 40 the morning of the demonstration. Their ease is pending An estimate of 50 pupils out at the New Utrecht, Evanda and Roosevelt High Schools was made. Because of this large number the authorities have referred the case to the Board of Education. Protests against the treatment and arrests of workers’ children should be sent to the Board of Education. De- mand all imprisoned children be im- mediately released. What's On— WE Medical Workers Indusirial League Will meet at 16 W. 2ist St. Lecture a Events in Medical In- ‘ ae Workers Ex-Servicemen’s League Meets at Tenth St. and Second Ave. for an open air meeting * * A Meeting: Of the newly organized Mapleton Workers Club will take place at 1684 66th Stat 8 p.m Im d_ One Inven- tion” ail] be shown at Finnish Hall 40th St., Brooklyn. Auspices Commu- nist » Section 7%, Unit 7 and Red Hook (YCL, Admission 25c, Maa soy, Sovkino Thfee Comrades Executive Committee WES. Meets at & p.m. at 79 KE. ‘Tenth St. Every member should be present. “Women in Industry in Soviet Union” Lecture by Mary Addams, recently returned from the Soviet Union at §1 Graham at 8 p. m. under the auspices of Councils 4 and 13. Brownsville ILD Branch Will hold an open air meet at Hopkinson and Pitkn jAves. at 8.30 P. m. + Protest aganst the Scottsboro frametup. _» Young efende 2 Wit be ‘Sanized at 30 p. m. at 267 E, Tenth St. All young workers are invited to come, ‘ore eae THURSDAY —-— * orkers Ex-Servicemen’s Len Will hold an open air meeting at 24th St. and Wighth Ave, 4 pea eds Bronx Women’s Courci Wii have a lecture on the Workihe Class Movement? D. m. at 2204 Wellace Ave. 15.8 “Women at 8.30 <) Open Air Meeting: Protest against the Scottsboro framestip of the nine Negro boys! Thatford and Dumont Aves., Broo! lyn at'8 p.m. under auspices of the Comminist Party, unit Section &, om Regular or Meeting Of Workers Ex-Servicemens League at Pythian Hall, i25th St. and Mad- ison Ave. Pp. m, Open air meet- ing at 1 St. and Fifth Ave. at same time, whay— HednshioEWana Steve Katovis Branch Meets at new headquarers, 257 ¥, Tenth St. at & p.m. All members ara urged t obe on time LD ¥ ers Ea-Servicemen's Lengae lar membership meeting at & #79 E. Tnth St. Atl members to be present. MELROSE MINERS WIN THE STRIKE Led by National Mine Union; Eject Police PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 12.—The strike of the Melrose miners which started as a result of the May Day demonstration, lasted 10 days, under the leadership of the National Min- ers’ Union, and ended yesterday in a significant victory for the miners. The strike was against a wage cut affecting 180 miners. Originally the Joaders were cut from 75 cents to 60 cents a wagon and the day men were cut 50 cents a day. After the miners went on strike, determined to defeat the wage cut, the company came out with several fake schemes but failed to deceive the miners. Finally it proposed to pay 70 cents per wagon and to withdraw 25 cents cut to the day men. The miners accepted this proposal providing the company would agree on the following additional demands: (1) A reduction in the company house rent from $12 to $8 per month; () No idle day work; (3) Payment of dead work based on the day men rate; (4) Recognition of Mine Com- mittee; (5) No discrimination against any of the strikers; (6) Immediate dismissal of 3 strikebreakers. Raise Real Wages. All the demands were granted and the miners returned to work today, determined to fight against any at- tempt of the company to rob them of their victory. Although the wage cut was not defeated 100 per cent, the actual earnings of the miners are increased. The payment for dead work, no idle day work and the re- duction in the house rent will more than make up for the reduction in wages. Beside, they have their Mine Committee and the local of the Na- tional Miners’ Union, embracing over 50 per cent of the miners, to pratect their interests. The membership of the union will increase at the next local union meeting. The victory of the Melrose miners is an additional proof that wage cuts can be fought successfully under the leadership of the revolutionary unions. UTW DISGUSTS SILK STRIKERS Allentown Police Try to Keep NTW Out ALLENTOWN, Pa., May 12.—Mon- day morning 2,000 strikers picketed the silk mills. This morning's pick- eting was much weaker and a few went back, due to the disgust over the United Textile Workers Union methods. Kelly, vice president of the UTW has answered the demand of the n strikers for an industrial union with @ statement that he believes in in- dustrial forms of organization, but that the district council “ crafts the same as an industrial union.” The strikers know better. The National Textile Union urges the strikers to stand fast and not to let the UTW sel Ithem out, and to keep the strike in the hands of the strikers through a broad rank and file strike committee, elect- el by department and mills and fed- erated into a general strike com- mittee. fight against | It will unite the unem- | | bank closed on March 20th. the employed workers against wage | inal 'er named Markis of 348 W. 49th St., | and $10 from another gyp employ- jment agency at 44th and 6th Ave. BANK DEPOSITORS To “Prosecute”, But Nothing Will Happen NEW YORK. — The State Bank- ing Department is planning to “pro- secute” eight directors of the World Exchange Bank of 174 Second Ave. for issuing illegal loans. Many small depositors lost everything when the | Crim- charges against the eight di- rectors of the bank will probably bring the small depositors as little as those involved in the U. S. Bank crash are likely to get—nohting or at best may be 60 percent according to Prosecuting Attorney May D. Steu- er who when the U. S. Bank crashed tried to make political capital for himself by organizing the depositors and stockholders on the fake promise of protecting their interests and re- turning everything to the depositors. ‘Today Steuer is compelled to state that at best the depositors can ex- pect 60 percent of their money re- turned, but that this will take at least 2 years to adjust. After this time it is a further gamble as to what the bank racketeers will figure can_ be | done. The announcement of Steuer only makes it plainer to the workers that nothing can be expected of these | liars. COUNCIL FORCES | RETURN OF FEES Make Gyp Agencies Pay Back Jobless NEW YORK. — Through militant action, the Madison Square Branch of the Unemployed Council, forced the return on Monday of a fee of $7 paid for a job by a worker named Jenninger to an employment agency at 806 Sixth Ave. They also forced the return of $52 for 7 men who worked in the brick yard at 7ist Street and Third Ave. These men were not paid their full wages, and the Madison Square Coun- cil demanded the rest of their money, and the men got it. ‘The same council also got the re- turn of $4 from the employment agency at 1137 Sixth Ave. for a work- for Wilson. * ADISH STRIKERS PULL OUT MORE Tobless Refuse to Go Back; Mass Picket CUDAHY, Wisc. (By tail) —By an active picket lin€é and through visit- ing the homes of the workers, the Ladish Drop Forge strikers pulled out another forty men on the second day of the strike. Those left in the shop are mainly confused workers; some have been unemployed for months up till recently, and are afraid to strike. Most of them will be out soon. There are a few scabs on the job. The first move of the Ladish bosses was to try to coax the pickets back to work. “Schmitty,” a boot-licking superintendent, came out and put his arms around the workers, telling them to think of their families and come bac kto work. But the workers told him he didn’t put his arms around them in the shop—there he swore at them and pounded them on the back to get old man Ladish more profits. And he cut their wages 50 per cent in the last year, which show- ed he didn’t think much of their families. Ladish himself was down to try to bulldoze the workers back onto the job. He told them they were misled by a bunch of Russian Bol- sheviks. The workers asked for the wage cut to be withdrawn—that was their answer. By noon Friday, the Ladish bosses were very angry. At three o'clock, the plant shut down. There was not enough scabs and foremen left to run even one hammer, as had been done the previous night. Unemploy- ed workers in Cudahy came to the strikers and asked permission to help picket. Ladish sent out calls to some of the seven hundred men he laid off | in the last year and a half, to come; to work. When these unemployed workers saw there was a strike, they refused to g oin and scab, Four Mexican workers were in the umber. Seeing there was a strike, they asked if the men going in the |°° plant were crazy, and recommended they be punched in the nose. This unites alllis the spirit of the workers in the strike, and of the unemployed, as well. This shows that the work of Workers! the ‘Trade Union Unity League in hammering home the need for unity of employed and unemployed is mak- ing itself felt, Stool pigeons, scabs, provocateurs are on the scene already—on the second day of the strike. But the spirit runs higher and higher. Mon- day morning there will be the whole The police show that they know plant out on the picket line, with where the danger of a real for the strikers lies; they have. or- dered the National Textile Workerr Union organizer here to stay away from the mills and threatened to arrest the organizer. The manufacturers so far refuse wo recognize the strikers’ demands. iuartere, 8 p. my victory | the wives of the strikers to help and che unemployed too. CORRECTION. The Workers International Relief mp C vonce will be held on oy jay, May 14th, at WIR head- a . " BR veeys JOSEPH V. MORESCHI x General President of the INTERNATIONAL HOD GA! RRIERS' BUILDING AND COMMON LABORERS’ UNION OF AMERICA Hote, ComMopore Forty-second Street and Lexington Avenue SATURDAY EVENING, May 9, 1931 Dianer Served at 7:30 P. M SUBSCRIPTION, TEN DOLLARS

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