The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06

Tampico, the Ell Aguila.
Gregorio Furrubiates is a gen
the first order, enjoys the whole-l
and is a communist. The followin
now raging in Tampico were
given your correspondent by Com
rade Furrubiates while he was in
Mexico City as a member Of a
committee of striking workers to
see President Oregon and tell
him that his arbitration commits
sion had better act without delay
or else the strikers would be com
PEELED to take matters into their
own hands against Ell Aguila Oil
Corporation.
Electrical Workers Strike First.
THE strike began as a strike of
$50 electricians employed by the Tam
pico Light and Power Company. of
which Mr.. ]. S. Leach was manager.
Mr.. Leach has since been expelled
from Mexico by the government for
his persistently hostile and trouble
some attitude towards the working
men.
1.-THE strike Of the electricians last
ed five months. Mr.. Leach at one time
succeeded in rounding UP 125 scabs.
But we soon gave them such a worth
while education and made such an
example out of them that it imbued
the oil workers of Ell Aguila, which
was using the light and power of the
struck electrical company, with a spir-
it of magnificent solidarity. A mass
spontaneous organization wave swept
their ranks. When it was their turn
to strike. the oil workers came out
100 per cent. And today these scabs
cant get job anywhere and are os-
tracised by all workers everywhere.
For the first 10 days of the electri-
cal workers strike there we're neither
police nor military on guard. There
were no scabs to protect. The oil
capitalists then resorted to a trick to
fool the government into rushing sol
diers to the strike zone by telling it
that the workers had taken over the
factories. But when the soldiers came
there were no scabs to look out for.
"The men, women and children all
lined up solidly behind the electrical
workers. who did take over the plant
when they struck. AS a matter of
fact. the workers ran the plant very
well and made profit Of 5000 pesos
a day. Soon the electrical workers
won their strike They then declared
that they will supply FL Aguila pow
er only upon the request and recon-
mendation Of the Oil Workers Union.
The capitalists then went after the.
oil workers. Here is where the pres
ent serious strike troubles began.
OIL Workers Locked Out.
mo sooner were the oil workers
locked out and forced to strike in self
defense against the attacks made on
them by Ell Aguila. than they raised
the red flag over the plant and irew
a guard of working men about IL I'm
mediately the British Corporation ap-
pealed to the Association of Oil Pro-
'ducers in Mexico for help"
At this point your correspondent re-
minded the strike leader that this
was the same outfit of international
oil interests that once occupied off,
ces in 347 Fifth Avenue, New York
City. and dictated the policies of
Washington and Mexico City at a
time when the relations between the
two governments were intensely
strained. This clique Of oil magnates
even had its own army in Mexico, led
by one named Pelaez.
This reminder served to cause Fur
'rubiates to state that It was precise
ly the knowledge Of those facts that
has aroused the ire of great masses
even outside the ranks of the oil
workers. The strikers are convinced
that the sole object Of FL Aguila in
appealing to the Association of OIL
Producers is to invoke the powerful
influence of the latter on the United
States government, which in turn, will
bring to bear heavy pressure on the
Mexican government to terminate the
strike favorably for the Ell Aguila cor