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The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11
Ex-Seryice Men
Unite Against
X Capitalism

'It shall at all times cooperate
with labor for the purpose Of pres
enting united front to the common
enemy"
This is a constitutional provision of
the canadian National Union Of Ex-
Service Men" with headquarters at 81
Cordova St., Vancouver, British Co.
lumbia and is ringing challenge to
capitalism.
With branches in many parts OF
Canada, especially In the West where
its strength is greatest, the organiza-
tion is carrying on an aggressive agi'
tation among the diseillusioned and
| discouraged Canadian veterans Of the
Great War. It's purpose being to unite
in a compact and class-conscious or
ganization all ex-soldiers who at TIM
Of discharge held lower than comis
stoned rank.
"The average cx-service man,
states Jas. Fornban. Secretary, Il
just learning that his interests ar
with the militant wcrkingclass."
I've intend lining up with the Sol
dicrs' international and forming
part Of the militant proletariat tina
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11
CIVIL WAR AT
TULSA, OKLA.
Orgy of Crime Leaves Scores
Dead and Hundreds Of
Burned Homes.

Americas weekly race riot between
American born Negroes and American
and foreign born whites was carried
off on schedule time but on a con-
siderable larger scale and with more
elaborate trimmings than usual last
week.
The moving finger of the American
race war moves in painless fashion
now South, now, North, now East, now
West, leaving behind in letters of
blood the story Of cultivated race
prejudice which was born in the days
when whites held the blacks in slav-
cry; and which has been famed into
burning conflagrations by the sinister
teachings of white capitalist class
civilization.
Last week. the finger stopped at
Tulsa, Oklahoma. There it wrote in
blood and fire an indictment of>the
criminahty of christian Civiliza-
tion," that will stand as monument
to the spirit of Mob Rule as long as
the city of Tulsa and its civilization
shall stand.
Nearly hundred dead, 1000 home
less, 10 blocks Of burned Negro
homes, property loss of a million
and half dollars; these with a popu-
lation debauched by crime, fear and
/ hate stand out as the results of a race
war that is becoming more chronic
with each passing year.
An accusation of crime against {
:; white girl by a Negro was the sparl
that set off the reign of terror a
Tulsa. 1t ragged for day and nigh
j before state troops gained control o.
the situation.
i Now Tulsa is seeking the regain
| its prestige" by a grandt'jury inves
tigation, rebuilding the destroye'
Negro homes and otherwise cleansing
its moral and physical countenance.
But the dead-are dead.> Now tn
finger will move on to fresh killings
Il .
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11

One suspected murder, two suicides,
two burglaries, twelve divorces, a,
bunco swindle, two unsettled strikes
a grand jury inquiry into rent profit
eering, a threatened war in Europe,
three vice raids, an increase in milk
prices, society dinner-dance charact-
erized by unusual extravaganza and
nudity, an incipient riot Of unemploy-
ed promptly suppressed by the police,
a well-known bankers prediction Of a
speedy return of prosperity, civil war
in West virginia,-Mr. Mutt read all
this with comfortable sense of
familiarity and security. He recog-
|lnized that civilization was functioning
as usual, and that he was still safe
from Bolshevism.
Having finished the news columns,
he glanced over the advertisements.
He passed over several frantic, full
page, bargain announcements by
| merchants, of goods they could not
sell. They did not detain him because
he, too, had no money with which to
buy. But he dwelt remlniscently on
columns Of wildcat oil promotions, a
number Of fake medical adds, the full
some praises Of certain breakfast
foods, and a list Of pawn brokers
These evoked wistful memories, be-
cause it had been only three months
since his trusting answer to an oil
stock advertisement had cost him al
his savings, and only six weeks since
he had tried a new breakfast foot
which had made him sick and driver
him to resort to patent medicines
which had very nearly given him
drug habit. The list OF pawn broker
he might need any time.
Mr.. Mutt laid down the newspape
and fell into q reverie. The day pre-
vious man whom he had long sus
pected Of radicalism had given him
magazine which had contained 10
about Russia,---a most disquietin
, magazine. II had told Of a vast schem
= to cover Russia with electric power
plants, Of how immense industrie
were to be transported hundreds 0
miles and reestablished at the sourc
Of raw materials, Of the improvemer
/" Of agriculture, the education Of III
peasants, the establishment Of school
9 hospitals, and sanitariums for u
worksrs, Of how all workers who hs
u worked six months were entitled to
NJ months vacation with full pay. 4
{ how no one need to work after reacl
{ ing fifty years Of age. Of the care
children, Of imsmnse sums devoted
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11
CLOTHING WORKERS
WIN UNION SHOP.
10000 Workers Stuck to Reap
Reward Of Victory.

The Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers Of America has won its 25 week
strike-lockout in the mems clothing
industry of New York, Philadelphia,
Boston, Newark and Baltimore.
The signing of peace between the
union and the manufacturers termin-
ated the most bitter controversy in
the history Of the trade. Over $2,0OO,-
900 was spent by the union in holding
out against the bosses. 1t is estimated
the employers are the losers by $10,-
100000.
The lockout of the workers by the
employers occurred Dec. s with the
breaking off of negotiations with the
needle workers and the employers de-
claration for the Open Shop.
The important points of the new
agreement now in force are as fol
lows:
/. A Board of Arbitration is cstab-
lished in which is vested the admin,
istration of the new agreement. The
board is to be composed of three
members-one representative of the
union, one representative of the asso
ciation and a third member jointly
Z selected who shall be known as the
Impartial Chairman.
2. The principle of the union shol
is to prevail.
g.. Hours Of work are to be Al PEI
week.
A. In each shop group standards O.
production will be determined fo
each operation by representatives o
the union and the employers.
5. A joint committee of the uniol
and the association will determine tn
scale of wages. When this scale i
reached it automat, ,sally becomes
part OF this agreement.
6. A commission made up Of repre-
sentatives of the union and represent
atives Of the association will be ar
pointed to work out the relations be
tween the union, the association an
the contractors.
Z. There is to be general redut
q = ~
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11
pre.war wages Rule.

The reduction to clerical and station
forces ranges from to 10 cents, In
experienced clerks to be paid $3.50
the first six months. to structural
and unskilled forces, 7ls to 10 cents
an hour; to all shop employees, &c;
and to telegraphers, telephone operat-
ors and agents, and 6 cents. Engine
service employees are cut AZ to "a
cents day, and train service men, 90
to ca cents. Remaining crafts are re-
duced 6 to cents an hour.
B. M. Jewell, president Of the Rail-
way Employees Department, has just
received copy of the boards de-
cision and is Withholding statement
until he has examined it. Other union
officials are declining to comment on
the decision for the present.
The threat of further dnenploy-
ment is held over the heads of the
workers in the boards decision, which
states that the serious business de-
preston has affected the whole coun-
try, and that some means must be
found for stimulating business re-
vival. The chief arguments for re-
duction given by the board are those
advanced by representatives Of the
New York Central road in April,
namely, that there has been decrease
| in the cost Of living, and that wages
paid in other industries have declined.
j On the first point the decision admits
that there is no means Of telling how
great, II any, the decrease in living
costs to the consumer has been, but
states that at any rate there has
been enough Of decline in prices to
hurt the producer.
The preamble to the decision at
, tcmpts to cover up the class char
acter Of its decisions in the following
statement:
at should be recognized by all that
!, the problem before us is chiefly an
\ economic one, and we are all confront
S cd by adverse and troublesome con-
e ditions which everyone should help
v to solve. It should not be looked upon
as struggle between capital and
e labor, or the managements and the
employees"
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11
Ellis Island--A DAM {ean Hell
BY EDGAR OWENS.

.rnt the worn and children where
there will be Enty Of fresh air and
room for tba n idren TO play without
danger r. ma limb We want none
~ o,,rS babies 6f 4, on Ellis Island. We
mist be e,,ab to maintain the men
after their ra|6 Z until such time as
tbev NAV olB{5| work and thus be in
an, : ,nosition * ! care of themselves
and thar
Z nm. 3, J. a,. .hon ssoo
!, .,,s1' I,,.toa - - trv;no
a; y: Z Y e, q ANN, ;fI d,t
~ ,,,,,;sha. ,,h,,s;o;.ns ord ned;ca
"a ,,,han s;orras. ovortakes anv n
.san, W. ~ ~ oboncos on n,
tan,,ar n,a,,o,, a. ~ leland official
Ia,w
~ =,
s W. po' a.,
our p'ans ior o''"s'"s aDous ' ~
iease oi 'ne r'e"o. pa', aAu pay ns
.ne premiums ie0essa,y' iol ess"'s
ine ene piaes ~ '.e "t ,, @ -,
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11
NEWSFROM RUSSIA
By CLARENCE NELLY

universities, of government that Of
fered million rubles as a literary
prize, of land filled with the sense
of creative effort.
It was horrible! Mr.. Mutt wondered
why the authorities allowed such mat
ter to pass through the mailsyIt was
un-American. Decidedly, it was un'
American. He stressed the point in his
own mind, and as he did so his pat
riotic soul revolted more and more.
He began to understand the necessity
for the Ku Klux Klan.
And then, the fire beng warm and
the hour late, Mr.. Mutt dozed, and as
he dozed he dreamed. 1t seemed that
shape, vague, houndless filled with
night and fear. rose darkling before
him to put question. 1t was this
question that overpowered Mr.. Mutt
with dread. 1t seemed he would know
the answer, and that when question
and answer were pronounced the
world would come to an end. He tried
to defend himself against the CUES
tion. He struggled and choked, palsiet
as in q nightmare. And yet the ques
tion came, echoing In muffled thunde
over land and sea.
"Why Is your name Nutt?"
He made desperate effort to dodg
the answer, uttered stifle cry, an
woke. II was his wife who spoke fror
the doorway:
n "You'd better come to bed, Johr
instead Of snoring there. You've bee
late to the store twice already thi
week, and you know they don't lik
It. If you lose this job don't kno'
what's going to become OF u.s."
Al Mr.. Mutt didn't know either, so h
{ trotted off to bed.
Il
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11

Thirty-eight men are on Ellis Isl
land awaiting deportation. With them
are twelve women and, twenty-fourI
children, families of the deportees.
They have been there since April 9th,
and will be kept there indefinitely.
Ellis Island is cheerless place at
best But the detention rooms are
desolate indeed, especially for those
classified as politically undesirable.
For them Ellis Island is 9 prison,
stone yalls, steel bars, locked doors
And they will be kept there indefinit
ely-unless. .....
Z Soviet Russia has closed her bord-
ers to American immigration until
such time as some sort Of recognition
is afforded her by the United States.
And the deportees are the innocent
victims of this new policy. The women
and children, although not deportees
themselves and merely accompanying
their husbands and parents, are being
held virtually prisoners on the Island.
For them conditions are indeed sad.
They are charged heavily for food Of
inferior quality; the women complain
that the milk contains chalk and is
unfit for the children, and when they
ask for boiled water for their babies,
the yare informed that sink water is
good enough for them. Are they not
Communists? What right have they
to expect human consideration? Down
with them!
A number of the, children are less
than year old. Two Of the women
are soon to become mothers. All OF
them are suffering from the poor
food and unsanitary surroundings
Their vitality is low and they are
susceptible to disease. Sleeping quart.
ers as such as to make one shrink
Privacy is out Of the question. Bunks
are in tiers as in prison stockade
Under these circumstances steps mus
be aiken to get our comrades off thu
Island.
Z The deportees are sent to Ellis Is
land, from all over the country, som'
! Of them coming all the way from th'
Pacific Coast. Arrested at the time O
i the "red raids" engineered by the un
speakable Palmer; .herded into filth.
jails; subjected to the most inhumal
: indignities such as Palmer's agent
have become artists in administering
given hearings before Immigratio
courts where their Grimes" were dul
, catalogued; appeals to the Depart
ment Of Labor over-ruled; and finall
they arrive at the Island only to lear
4 they will not be admitted into Russi
4 until the government Of the Unite
: States changes its policies regardin
v the Soviet Government.
: AS matters now stand the NATIC
NAL DEFENSE COMMITTEE is tn
only body our comrades on the Islan
vi have TO look to for aid. The problel
Q confronting the Committee is Of sue
/. weight that assistance must be fortl
i coming from all sources in sympath
8 with these men, women and childrs
,tlwh abhor the whole damnab
1. policy of deportations.
Plans have beenss made to reno,
our comrades from the Island. II
m men can be released providing bail
l. secured. But bail is expensive, AZ
ne premiums must be paid. Arrang
al ments are in preparation to establi
la place near New York in which
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11
|RAlL WAGES SLASHED
| 400 MILLIONS.
Pre-War Wages Nov Rule ON 104
Lines, in Movement Back
to Normalcy.'
(By TIE Federated Press.)

Chicago. - More than a billion dol
lars will be taken out OF the
pockets Of railroad workers this year
as the result Of the action Of the
Railroad Labor Board in ordering
wage reduction averaging IL per cent
following the abrogation Of the ma
tional working agreements.
The wage reduction will turn back
into the operators treasures an esti-
mated 100000 annually, while the
abrogation of the working agree
ments, which was ordered by the
board late in April, will cut s72O,-
100000 more off the roads payrolls.
A blanket decision was made in the
case of lO4 roads, most Of them Class
A lines, in disputes with 30 unions,
including the "four big brotherhoods,"
the sixteen unions in the Railway En-
ployes' Department Of the A. F.. OF
H., and Independent organizations.
The wage cut will go into effect July
1, which was the date on which an
increase of % per cent was granted
last year.
In its decision the board indicates
| that it desires all the remaining roads
| in the country to file petitions for
similar decreases, these petitions to
be considered June 6, so that a gen.
eral wage reduction may go into Ell
feet July /.
There is no way Of determining the
actual wage that any particular work.
er will now receive, because Of the
!, | complicated manner in which these
adjustments must be made by each
road. Pay envelopes after July ! will
tell the tale. Meanwhile it is stated
: by the board that no one class Of labor
has been Disseminated against ir
e making the cuts. The new averag'
: monthly wage will be $125 instead o.
$l41, it is estimated, but probably th'
great majority Of the railroaders will
receive much less than this theoretica
n average, which is high because Of th
: Irate paid to the better salaried broth
e erhoods. ~ ). I y. IS !.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11
The Deportees.

under which it may be barred from
the mails altogether, It must be re-
ceivad in the mails at the postage
rates accorded its class of matter.
The two papers belong to the Right
Wing section of the Socialist Party.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11
What Miners Want.

!, In communication reciting the eel
ebration of May Day at Belleville,
Illinois, in which the miners Of Sub
District z and the Central Labor
Council co-operated, comrade L. j.
Wydra expresses himself upon mat
ters of vital Importance to all work
ers at the present times.
The May Day celebration was a
complete success, says our correspon-
dent. Miners and workers in great
numbers turned out to hear the speak
ers. Considerable quantities of litera-
ture including The Toiler were sold
by number of organizations.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11

fOllce rhlueu Jne Heduqudrtcrs VI
the Executive Committee Of the Com
munist Party at Riga June 1st, using
machine guns. COMMUNISTS answered
with revolvers. Five men were killed
and many wounded.
The general strike situation lin
Norway on June | was very serious.
Only socialist and communist news
papers were able to appear. Strike
is in sympathy with marine workers
Mass demonstrations Of workers oc-
cured in many cities and some riots
took place. Cities are flooded with
communist leaflets calling upon the
workers to fight the capitalist gov
ernment.
Shoes decorated with tufts Of feath-
ers from birds of paradise will be all
the vogue in Paris this coming fall,
we are informed. Similar nonsense
was in voge among the robbers and
their concubines just previous to every
lor, professor Of physiological che
in the past. France is headed for
something and that soon.
At that lot of workers will be
wishing this winter that they had
been Matched chickens.
Here's one. DR.. AHonzo E. Tay'
that If tire world is to pay its debt.
mistry at the University Of Pennsyl
vania, in an address before the con
vention Of the Biscuit and Cracker
Manufacturers Association, statet
tha tif the world is to pay its debt
it will have to get on cereal diet
especially the U. S. and Great Bri
tain. Watch for this in your cracke
box advertising.
Some people assert that our univer
site sare run in the interests Of bi
industry.
L tf
J A gymnasium so perfectly equippe
as to attract u. S. congressman ha
been fitted up for their special al
traction at Washington. We tfpt the
> were sent there to keep from worl
5 ing. \ *
Q The International Paper Compan
has offered to return its strikin
1 workers to their old positions provi'
ed they accept wage cut approx
n mating 81 per cent, retaining the
aI\hour day. The workers struck again
a reduction Of 80 per cent and the 4
d stallation Of the 0 hour day.
g Seven hundred and seven childr,
IS Of school age have committed ST
h eide in the United States within q
Ie last year according TO a statistic
report Of the Says-a-Life League.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11
The Workers Problems.

Our correspondent in his comments
upon the conditions which confront
the workers at this present period of
unemployment, calls attention to the
facts Of the great productive power
of labor, how these powers have pro-
duced all that is necessary for life
and how the comodities are now stored
up and the workers unemployed and
unable to get them.
The union officials, he states, are
neglectful in their attitude toward the
unemployment problem, refusing to
consider the problem Of aiding un-
employmed members or of searching
out remedy for the final solution
Of unemployment. With the menacing
advent Of the Open Shop, he states
that il is up to the rank and file
workers to take action in the local
unions for the formation Of organi-
zations OF the unemployed in every
city so as to compel union officials
and public authorities to take up the
opening of public works as relief
measures.
Furthermore" writes comrad'
Wydra, 1--WE must bear In mind that al
long as we remain disunited in th'
present situation Of unemployment ",
will be the losers, that the wives an,
children Of the unemployed are an,
win be producers Of wealth and mus
not be allowed to be east aside le
cause the employers cannot reap
present profit from them"
Mass meetings Of the unemploye
at which committees to take charg
Of the agitation Of these matters ar
means he suggests as the first step
in dealing with unemployment. whic
to all appearances will be with III
workers for many months. y
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11
PIC'Kl.UPS. / ]

Police raided the headquarters Of
the Executive Committee Of the Com
munist Party at Riga June 1st, using
machine guns. COMMUNISTS answered
with revolvers. Five men were killed
and many wounded.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11

At that a lot of workers will be
wishing this winter that they had
been Matched chickens.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11

;, Some people assert that our univer-
site sare run in the interests Of big
industry.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11

A gymnasium so perfectly equipped
as to attract u. S. congressman has
been fitted up for their special at
traction at Washington. We trDt they
were sent there to keep from work
ing. \
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-06-11

Does the flag cover the worker as well as
the eapitalist?' Surely. The flag covers the
piratic misdeeds of the Industrial Masters
and also COVERS THE EYES OF THE
WORKER! Elk. Henry.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-10-06

share out Of the pot right away. Hes
playing the game secretly on his own
account, Get that? He expects II
may he year, or perhaps two. before
he can ,ash In on the deal, but when
II does come his share of profit will
he likely hundred thousand. That
beats bunk interest, and the old bird
is willing to take the chance"
81 il likely that's true; no bank
would finance such n project"
80: Course not-the directors would
throw fit. Well. now. that kind of
guy I'm or a raw dcel lilu, this, is
going 20 play safe, isn't he? He isn't
gong TO. leave any evidence lying
around to hang himself with-any
drafts, or checks TO pass through the
clearing house? Not on your life; he
Is too willy a fox for that. Krantz
knew this was coming, and he's been
cashing I'm for six months or more
TO he ready for 1t. And now he's got
the currency stored away. nobody
knows where but himself. When Alva
comes for II, it will be handed out So
rretly. and that old bird will crumpi.
up the receipt i'm his pocket and wait
till he can cash in through those guys
in London. SO now it's up to us to
locate the dough; we've got to sepa-
rate II from either KrantZ, or Alva-
I'm for Alva."
"Why?"
Because the job looks easier. He's
human and no money grubber. He's
Just rs liable as not to carry the
whole wHd around with him: d--n 1t.
| think that's just what he will do.
for he won't dHrp deposit such a sum
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