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The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1924-11-28

colt for an examination at Whipple
barracks. He is an ex-service man.
Red Cross Rummage Sale
The Winslow branch of the Red
Cross will hold a rummage sale on
December 7th. The members of the
chapter solicit from local people all
things such as discarded clothing but
which still possess some value These
will be offered for sale at slight
charge to needy people. The mem
bers of the Boy Scouts have gener-
Ously donated their services to col
lect the garments and work in other
ways in cooperation with the Red
Cross.
Illustrated Lecture
M. L. Oglesby, a speaker employed
by "a national traffic association, will
deliver an illustrated lecture at the
Washington school auditorium Mon
day evening on the safe transportation
of explosives. Mr.. Oglesby is giving
the lecture under the auspices of the
Santa Fe railroad at every division
headquarters, and it is expected that
all railroad men will attend, and the
general public is invited. The lecture
asters occurred by explosives in trans
it, and other features concerning the
handling of powder and dynamite.
Council Meeting Monday.
The city council met on Monday
evening of this week instead of Satur-
day night of last week, the day orig
inally set for the special meeting TO
discuss gas plant affairs. At the
meeting Monday evening it was de-
cided to purchase a new boiler for
the plant, at a cost of $3.50. Superin-
tendent Bert Steinert will begin the
work of installation as soon as it ar
rives. The city hall was lighted in
front for the first time Monday even
ing by big gas street light, which
will be a big advertisement for the
city's plant. Another will soon be in
stalled at the corner of the Gillard
drug store.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1924-11-28

of December of each year, by all Elk
lodges over the country. The reason
given is lack of interest on the part
of the public. A special session of
the lodge, held in the lodge rooms,
will conduct the service.
Weekly Dances on Saturday
The Elks lodge of Winslow will
hereafter hold their regular weekly
dances on Saturday evening instead of
Friday as has been the custom in the
past. Tomorrow night will be the
first of the Saturday night affairs. An
orchestra of five pieces, called the
Purple and White, furnish the music
at these dances.
Christmas for the Kids
The local Elks lodge is planning
for the coming Christmas, as part
of their work of charity a big
Christmas tree and festivity for the
kids of Winslow. This is the yearly
custom of No. 536, and this year great
er efforts than ever before will be
made to make Christmas a joyous
time for the children.
Assembly Program
The high school assembly program
for this week was given on Wednes-
day, as the theme was on Thanksgiv-
ing. Rev. T. E. Elgin made the adj
dress, his subject being 1.-THE For
ward Look" Proclamations of
Thanksgiving day were read by stud
ents. Suitable music and songs made
up the balance of the program.
Chicken Dinner
The Palace of Sweets, Winslow's
best-attended dining place, will begin
next Sunday the serving of special
Sunday dinners at popular prices.
The menu for next Sunday will be
found in another column of this is
sue. A new chef and added facil-
tiles for catering will make these
dinners more popular than ever be-
fore.
Suit Dismissed
Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Duffy, who had
been making their home in Winslow
for a few weeks, with Mrs. Haines,
on complaint of the latter for attempt
ing to beat a board bill, were arrest
ed at Flagstaff Saturday by Deputy
Sheriff Ed Walker and returned here
for trial Justice of the Peace Proc
tor dismissed the case after hearing
evidence. Duffy was in bad health
and says that he had started to Pres
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1924-11-28

Will Live Here
| Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Plaiss and three
daughters, Virginia, Naomi and Ruth
arrived in our city last week from San
Bernardino, California, to make their
home. Mrs. Plaiss conducted real
estate brokerage in California.
Visit Northern Arizona
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Shafer OF
| Logansport, Ind, are spending two
weeks visiting the scenic points OF
northern Arizona. They are guests
| of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Tilman, Chevro-
let agent of Winslow and Flagstaff
Wrestling Match
Manager Bob Kelly is planning a
big wrestling match to be staged at
the Pastime hall on the evening of
December 8. The bill is not yet en-
tirely completed. Announcement will
be made next week.
Here to See Doctor
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Freeman of
Snowflake, came down Saturday with
their son, Read, to place him under
the Doctors care. While here they
visited their daughter, Mrs. l.. S.
Hatch. Mrs. Hatch is also under the
doctors care.
New Maxwells
w. w. Franklin this week unloaded
another carload of Maxwell cars in
several different models, closed and
open. Several of the cars of this
shipment were sold previous to ar
rival, and the others are on display
at the Franklin show room on Sec
ond street.
Elgin Talks to Rotary
Rev. T. E. Elgin delivered a talk
before the Rotary club at their regular
weekly luncheon Tuesday noon. Mr..
Elgin's address was in the nature of
Thanksgiving talk and was we'll
received by his hearers. E. H. Black
was chairman for the day.
Maxfield Parrish Pictures
A beautiful display of large prints
of Maxfeld Parrish pictures in all
their truly Parrish colorings, is on ex-
hibition in the window of the Wins
low Furniture company. The prints
include a number of Parrish's latest
paintings, entitled, Dawn" DAY
break" and "The Canyon"
Inspectors Checking Up
A. B. Young of Los Angeles, chief
electrician of coast lines of the Santa
Fe, and E. E. King of Topeka, Kan,
systems chief electrician, were in
Winslow this week checking up and
inspecting electrical installations at
the big ice plant.
No Public Memorial
The Elks lodge this year will prob
ably forgo the annual memorial SER
vices which is held in the early part
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1924-11-28
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Visited Snowflake
DR.. Oscar Brown was business Wis
itor in Snowflake this week.
Here From Shumway
Mrs. L. p Jensen of Shumway, Wis
tied this week with her husband, who
is working here.
Visited Sister Here
Miss Fay Hey of Holbrook, visited
her sister, Mrs Carl Behn, over the
week end.
Visited Physicians
DR.. D. F. Harbridge, president of
the Southwestern Medical association,
was in Winslow Monday calling on
the local doctors.
Home For Thanksgiving
Mrs. r. B. Smith and children left
Wednesday for Snowflake, where they
will spend Thanksgiving day with
Mrs. Smiths parents.
Return to Taylor
Mrs. John Hatch and little daugh-
ter of Taylor, returned home Mon
day, after visiting in Winslow for a
few days.
Visiting the ArnOlds
Mr.. and Mrs w. J. Meador of AL
buquerque, arrived in Winslow Sun
day for short visit with Mrs. w. G..
Arnold
Born
To Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Eastman, a
daughter, Friday, November 81, 1924.
The little one will be known as Anna
Lee.
LarsOns Move to WinslOw
E. J. Larson moved his family from
Snowflake this week They will make
their home in Winslow for the pres
ent.
Mail on Sale at Flag
Winslow people week-ending in
Flagstaff will hereafter find The Mail
on sale at the ]. C. Brown Newsstand
on Front street.
Teachers Examination
There will be a teachers eXamina-
tion held at the offices of the county
school superintendent, on Monday and
Tuesday, December l and 2.
New Chef
The Palace of Sweets has a new
chef. George Catevenis, until recently
one of the proprietors of the Com
mercial Cafe at Flagstaff, has taken
the position formerly held by D. Alex.
Bethany Circle Today
Bethany Circle of the Christian
church will meet this afternoon at the
home of Mrs Miller on West Aspin-
wall street. Plans for the bazaar to
be held next week will be discussed.
Return to Los Angeles
Mrs. Harry Lambert and daughter,
Kathryn, returned to their home in
Los Angeles Sunday, after short
visit with Mr.. Lambert in Winslow.
Back to SpringerviIle
Mr.. and Mrs. Gregorio Baca and
little daughter left Saturday for their
home in Springerville, Arizona. Mrs.
Baca has been here for medical treat
ment for some time.
Visited Albuquerque
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lewis and Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Lewis made bust
ness and pleasure trip to Albuquer-
que Saturday, returning Sunday.
Visited Los Angeles
Miss Lillian Arnold Miss Edna La
Prade and Mrs. Robert Keeney are in
Sunday and will return home tomor-
row.
Mrs. HOpsOn at Rabbits
Mrs. Fred Hopson, well-known
young Winslow matron, has taken a
position in the dry goods department
at the Babbitt Bros. Trading COM
pany.
Buys New Truck
J. Sutherland this week provided
himself with a new Chevrolet truck
bought of Hugh Tillman, local agent
to speed up his freighting business
back and forth to the reservation.
Catholic Bazaar
The bazaar given by the ladies of
the Catholic church at Kelly's Pastime
hall last Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, was well attended on all three
days, and the affair was a success in
every way.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1924-11-28

worth seeing east of the Mississippi,
and meeting most of the notables, in
Guiding Silent Cal at Washington,
with whom he had few words.
Charley wore his ten-gallon hat into
all the swell hotels where he stopped,
eliciting a lot of fun thereby and do
ing lot of advertising for Arizona
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1924-11-28

with it. While in New York he rode
in a wild west show being staged by
Tex Austin in Madison Square Gar
den. He has promised to write up
his experiences for an early issue of
The Winslow Mail, and if he doesn't
fulfill his promise, we will get SOME
body else to do it for him.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1924-11-28
Charley Erickson Back
From Long Eastern Trip

Charley Erickson, popular Santa Fe
shop office employee, returned this
week from a -ffty-day trip through
all the principal cities of the east. He
reports an interesting and even ex-
citing trip, having seen everything
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-26
EMPHASIS ON COMMUNIST EDUCATION

Continued from Page Four.)
form not only in Russia but also in
Germany and is being proved so in
other countries. The organizational
and political roots of the Party must
be In the shops, where the real life
Of the worker reyolves. The shop
unit lends itself splendidly to work
among the masses of workers. The
shop unit is the political pivot around
which the Party work will turn. In
this the life of the workers as it ap-
pears at first hand can be keenly and
Understandings discussed and the
lessons drawn therefrom. The mem
bers organized politically in the
shops, factories, ETC., can be modified
Immediately for any campaign of the
Party. 1t is essential that the Party
take up more avidly the matter of re-
organizing and organizing the Party
on the basis of shop units, since they
will be the greatest stimulus to po-
litical and Industrial activity.
The Party is in very healthy con-
dition. 1t has carried on a great po-
litical and industrial activity; it has
grown and gained strength. Branches
are being organized daily. The Party
is virile and alive. That makes it all
the more necessary for the Party to
look itself over and see what are its
most pressing needs at the moment.
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The Party has great political infiu-
ence and is growing, but it is neces-
sary to start huge organization cam
paign to develop it's strength to meet
its political influence. 1t is essential,
therefore, also to raise the Commun-
list understanding of the membership
to meet its greater political, indus
trial and organizational work.
Intensity and organize Communist
education in the Party; increase it
manifold thru the starting of sys-
tematic education in the branches,
cities and districts. The Party must
make a great organization drive to
draw in thousands more of the ex-
plotted wage earners and exploited
farmers. The present Central Execu-
tive Committee of the Party is fully
aware of these problems and is taking
the steps to effect a more intense edu-
cation of the membership, to organize
more Of the workers under the Com
munist influence into the Party. The
Central Executive Committee is try
ing to lay the proper emphasis on
each phase Of Party activity: politi-
cal, Industrial, educational, organiza-
tional; and to coordinate these as one
unit and thus carry out the Party
policies with thoro understanding Of
its strength, influence and possibili-
ties.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-26
By Harrison George

hangmen. Albert r. Parsons, August
Spies, Adolph Fischer and George En-
gel were hanged on, November IL
1887.
From under the hood on that morn
ing came the cry of Parsons, cut
short by the crash of the death trap:
"Will be allowed to speak, o men
of America? Let me speak, Sheriff!
Let the voice of the people be heard!
OIL"
Sleep, my murdered Comrade!
Sleep! Your life, your words, your
deeds, your death, are today being
told around the world. Your tongue
was silenced, but your voice, the
voice Of the proletariat is raised
today in every land, in every cline
in the chant of The internatlonaJe.
The flags they march under are red,
my comrade, and-led by the Com
munist International-they march to
victory!
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against murderous Pinkertons and, in
Pittsburgh, workers enraged by
slaughter Of thirty strikers by the mi
litia, first besieged the soldiery then
drove them from the city. In st. Louis
workers committee ruled the city
for a week. At Chicago the police
dubbed and shot workers wantonly.
The Militia fred into crowds without
compunction. Parsons addressed
meetings of 10000. He was then Pre-
sident of the Chicago Labor AS
sembIy-its first president. In 1879,
when Parsons group called for cele-
bration Of the Paris Commune, 10000
people responded.
Nov, men, l warn you, that il you
do not go to work at once for $3.50
a day, the military will be sent here
to compel you" So said the Sheriff
of Cook County to striking workers
in 1885, and this exemplifies the reck-
less repression used by the capitalists
in those years. "Such treatment, "
says Parsons, Would OF necessity
drive the workingmen to employ the
same method" 1t would.
Group of workers, armed for self
defense, sprung up everywhere. The
Sunday before May Day in 1886, Par.
sons spoke at Cincinnati at a great
eight-hour demonstration. Thousands
marched in a parade headed by two
or three organized companies OF
workers armed with Winchester rifles
under the red flag. A rising tide.
The reason was that both national
labor bodies had, in 1884, declared
that on and after May 1, 1886, eight
hours should constitute days work
and that general strike should de.
mand it. Enthusiasm reigned-60O
600 poured into the unions in the first
four months of 1886. Gompers in the
old Federation was opposed, and
Powderly of the Knights of Labor
was Indifferent; but workers every
where believed-and Parsons and his
comrades were with the masses.
The great strike broke on May Day
1886. Parsons says 100000 struck
others say 100000; 10000 in Chicago
May 3rd, police fired on strikers, Kill
ling one, wounding several. At a pro
test meeting next day at the Hay
market, some unknown person threw
bomb, when the police attacked the
crowd, killing seven policemen.
Tho the murder Of workers was an
everyday occurrence, the press sud
denly went frantic over the dead
police; the Chicago Tribune and
Times drove the better classes" in
to frenzy. Police found" bomb.
everywhere. Tho not one of the
seven men who were arrested, o.
Parsons, who surrendered voluntari
ly, had been at the meeting when th,
bomb was thrown, all were pronounc
ed guilty after a farcial trial Thre,
were commuted and pardoned afteI
lseven years. Louis Ling robbed thu
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Inc IVS were dark years Tor Ia
Dor. Unemployment sent not only
men by the tens of thousands to tram
ping the country, but women and
girls. The unions were wrecked,
wages were but disguise for star
walton, blood flowed at the least sign
of resistance, the Pinkerton gunma~
and the murderous militia held back
the blind rebellion.
In March, 1876, Albert R. Parsons,
who later died on the scaffold, Joined
the Social-Democratic Party, which
became a part of the First Interna-
tional, then crumbling in Europe but
guided by Marxists in America. How
this flaming souled type-setter, then
member of Typographical Union 16,
was influenced by MARKHAM thought
may be seen by comparing the fol
lowing instruction issued by the In
ternational as guidance to its Chicago
section, with Parsons own expires.
sions: Said the International:
THE trade union is the cradle OF
the labor movement, for working
people naturally turn first to that
which affects their daily life, and
they consequently combine first by
trade. 1t therefore becomes the duty
Of the members Of the international
not merely to assist the existing
unions and to internationalize them
but also to establish new ones. Eco
nomic conditions were driving the
trade union from the economic to the
political struggle against the pro
pertied classes"
The Social Democratic Party faded
into the Socialist Labor Party, which
nominated Parsons for president in
1879 But we find Parsons writing
from prison in 1886, in the same Ian
guage as that used today by the Com
munists in the unions:
Examination of the class strug
gle demonstrate that the eight
hour movement was doomed to de
feat. But the International gave
its support to it for two reasons
First, because it was class move
ment, therefore historical, evolu
tionary and necessary; secondly
because we did not choose to stand
aloof and be misunderstood by ouI
fellow-workers. We therefore gave
it all aid. was regularly accredit
ed by the Central Labor Union, rep
resenting 10000 organized work
men in Chicago, to assist in orga
nization Of unions and do all in my
power for the eight-hour move
ment."
We can understand why, tho the
International ParsonsE here refers
to probably was the sacalled "Anar
chist International" then following the
First International into oblivion, the
MARKHAM revolutionists claim Parsons
and his fellows as their own.
|
The traditions of the 7O's were
working in the struggle of 1886. TIL,
wave Of general strikes Of 1877 wa,
witnessed by Parsons and the rest
/
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The Voice of May Day

"There will be time when our
silence will be more powerful than
Sthe voices you stransle today!"-
August Spies on the scaffoId.
Capitalism is insanity, its voices
come from mailman throats, the hys-
terical shrieks of homocide, the
means Of the wounded, the mutter-
ings of masses in despair. But
clear and beautiful with the beauty
Of relentless purpose, there arises
above all the discord Of the voices Of
those workers who would be free,
voices which inspire and direct the
struggle; voices which call to arms.
Because these voices were raised
on May First, 1886, four workers were
strangled to death in the Cook County
Jail at Chicago. But tho these work
ers were strangled and the years
have fed, their voices on this First of
May, 1924, ring round the world!
What did May First mean in 1886?
Whose were these voices? In what
cause were they raised? Who strangl-
ed them?
The N. L. U. Sells Out.
For twenty years, since the Eight
Hour Leagues joined in the first ma
ton wide movement in the National
Labor Union formed in 1886, labor
had fought futilely and pitifully for
an eight-hour day. But the N. L.
U. was an underlined entity, directed
by simple-minded or self-seeking lead
ers. The first begged scornful CAPT
talist politicians for legislation, the
latter sold out the workers. ,Presi-
dent Johnson lied to them, and tho
eight-hour laws were passed in six
states, they were never enforced.
When this fraud was protested one
governor answered that, every law
is obligatory by its own nature and
can derive no additional force from
any act of mine" The sacred fright
of contract" was injected into the
laws by providing that only when
the contract was silent" on the mat
ter of hours did the eight-hour pro
vision become effective. Workers
had to sign any contract presented if
they wanted work-and there were
hordes of unemployed. The soldiers
who had fought to free the chattel
slaves had merely created a fairly
homogeneous class of wage slaves and
found themselves among it, unem-
ployed and starving.
With the inspiring exception of the
successful strike of 100000 building
1872, economis depression discourag-
ed strikes and, naturally, the work.
ers turned to politics; and, just as
naturally. the theoretically ignorant
the organizationally mixed, divergent
and inexperienced workers failed to
accomplish anything. Even the so.
called labor party formally started
by the N. L. U. in 1872 was killed in
the cradle by the treacherous leaders
of the national trade unions with,
drawing their forces-leaving moth.
ing but an ideal, shadow; for the
N. L. U. was a hopelessly mixed body
Of Eight-hour leagues, co-operatives
local unions, assemblies and national
trade unions.
Play Capitalist Politics.
But, then as now, the mo politics
of the trade union leaders transform
ed itself into capitalist politics: Their
spokesman, H. ]. Walls Of the Iron
Molders, who said in 1873 that his
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"There will be time when our
silence will be more powerful than
xthe voices you strangIe today!"-
August Spies on the scaffold.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-26
Play Capitalist Politics.

But, then as now, the mo politics.
of the trade union leaders transform
ed itself into capitalist politics: their
spokesman, H. ]. Walls Of the Iron
Molders, who said in 1873 that his
union withdrew from the N. L. u. be-
cause the N. L. u. had become a
political organ" himself played the
game of capitalist politics so well
that he was appointed by the Repub-
ncans as Commissioner of Labor for
Ohio in 1877.
It is necessary to understand the
immaturity of the labor movement at
that time, as well as the savagery
used in representing its first unscien-
tific efforts to ease its burden only
a little, to comprehend the great col
Iision Of social forces on the First of
May, 1886, and how those who lead
the workers struggle gave their lives
to advance, if only by step, the in
terests of the proletariat.
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The traditions of the 7O's were
working in the struggle of 1886. The
wave Of general strikes Of 1877 was
witnessed by Parsons and the rest
Idaho County free press., 1924-10-09
golden RULE TEAS" TO
RIVAL BRIDGE AND MAH-JONG
AMONG SOCIETY WOMEN

New York, Oct. S-The golden
rule tea" is the latest in social acti-
vities. Women members Of the Ma
tional Golden Rule Day Council
which is directing the campaign FOR
observance of the international Col
den Rule Sunday on December 9TH
TO aid the orphans of the Near East
Relief, are arranging for 10000 such
teas throughout the country
Through national and state organ,
izations of womens societies ano
clubs. churches, schools and other
institutions, an appeal has gone out
explaining the plan. Bridge and
Mah-Jong will give away to the dis
cussion of ways and means for aid
ing in child-welfare and orphanage
work in Bible Lands.
Two thousand prominent women
are being asked to start the move
ment. Each VII give an afternoon
tea to which they Will invite 1--WE
other women leaders not on the orig
inal list. These in turn will be re
ouested to do the same thing. Thus
an endless chain is started. Though
30 900 teas is the goal that has beer
set, the promoters of the movement
headed by Mrs. Pency V. Pennyback
er. former president of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs OF A
merica, expect that eventually nearly
million women will join in the
movement.