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Pacific Coast Lea

Pacific Coast League Sacramento 2, Portland 4. Salt Lake 2, Seattle 8. (No others scheduied.)
 Appalachian League Bristol 3, Kingsport 3. Knoxville {, Johnson City 5. Greeneville 2, Morristown 4.
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RESULTS

Southern League Nashville 8, Birmingham B. Chattanooga $, Mobile 2. Memphis 10, New Orleans 9. Atlanta 8, Little Rock 6.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-13
A. C. W. MEET
FACES MANY BIG
LABOR QUESTIONS

PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-THE
Russian American Industrial corpora
ton, R. A. I. C. formed by the A. C. W.,
now in convention here, is a distinct
achievement in the field of internation-
al solidarity. Facts showing the i'm
provement in the Russian textile in
dustry which has come with the aid
Of the class conscious workers in the
American needle trades industry will
be presented to the convention and
there is no doubt that the convention
will unanimously continue to support
this big international industrial con-
Germ.
Amalgamation will continue to be
big issue. The Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers has already gone on re-
cord in favor of concentrating the
great needle trades industry both in
the mems and womens branches and
others into one union which can more
effectively organize the entire in
dustry.
Big mems clothing firms, such as
Hart, Schaffner & Marx, are now
turning out hundreds of ladies' gar
ments day. The absurdity of max
ing union divisions where industrial
divisions are ceasing will give i'm
petus to the demand for one big union
in the clothing industry.
Endorsement of the great Farmer
Labor convention coming at st. Paul
on June 18th is one of the big issues
before the conventions. Thousands
Of delegates from trade unions and
farmers organizations will be present
at this convention.
In New York in Local 2, while the
administration looked the other way,
the right wingers stole the election
and in New York reactionary, David
Wolf, was appointed manager of the
Joint Board.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-13
Howat Prosecutor
Knocked To Kansas
Governor In Letter

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 12.-Pro-
test has just been sent to Governor
Davis of Kansas by T. L. O'Neil, pres
ident of the O'Neil Implement Manu-
featuring company, for the personal
ACKNOWLEDGMENT" of Attorney General
Charles B. Griffith. Griffith has sue
ceeded in adding another victory
where no one thought he could. He
has had Ellison White convicted for
wife murder by the fiimsiest of cir
cumstantial evidence.
Griffith is the same man who is re-
sponsible for the unwarranted convic-
ton of Alexander Howat, former
president of the miners union, for
violation of the Kansas industrial
court law.
O'Neil writes to the Kansas gov
ernor:
Il don't know Scott or any of his
friends. / never met Howat. 1
have had experience with unjust in
functions, given and used for unjust
causes.
"The original intent of justice, as
see it, is: That it would be better for
80 criminals to escape justice than to
convict and prosecute one innocent
man. On any other base life and lib
erty of the poor and the average man
has become cheap commodity"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-13

has been controlled by the progress
sives, who oppose certain policies of
the administration, and for almost
three years the officials of the inter-
national have striven their utmost to
bring the local under their own dom
ination. Threats of reorganization
have been repeatedly made in an eff
fort to intimidate the local, but these
could never be carried out. The pres
ent convention gave the administra-
ton the opportunity it had long
sought. The convention, it was al
legged by many delegates, was packed
with representatives from small
town locals which had been artificial
ly created prior to the convention,
only for the purpose of getting more
votes for the official machine.
Freiheit Is Target.
A vicious attack upon the Freiheit,
official organ of the Jewish federation
of the Workers party, was made by
leaders of the international. The
Freiheit, which exerts a tremendous
influence in the Jewish labor move
ment, advocates and agitates for
amalgamation, an all-inclusive labor
party, recognition of Soviet Russia,
and trade union policy based upon
the class struggle.
For this reason one of the strong
est counts in the indictments against
Local No. 9 was the fact that it ad.
vertised in the Freiheit and in other
ways gave it financial and moral as.
sistance
1t was furthermore charged that
the local showed its disloyalty to the
organization by inviting as speaker
to its May day celebration a well.
known, active Communist-Ju
Stuart Poyntz.
Miss Poyntz was at one time educa.
tional director of the international,
and very popular amongst the mem.
bership. IL was noticed that the re.
porter for the credentials committee
avoided using her name because OF
this popularity.
Sidney Hillman, president OF the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers OF
America, was present at the conven.
ton to extend the greeting OF his or
ganization to the international He
made mild plea for unity in the
union, stating that the present differ
ences were merely an incident in the
labor movement. In conclusion he
pledged the fullest support of the
Amalgamated to the workers Of the
international.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-13
Reverend Gent Plays
Stool pigeon Role
In Longshore Strike
BY Defense News servIsn.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. may H.
Fred R. Wedge, clergyman, prize fight
er and member of the University of
California's department of education,
entered the ranks of the /. w. w. in
1922 as spy, according to his own
admissions. In an address recently
to the Berkeley Rotary club, he said:
Il wanted to know the causes which
lead men into this revolutionary or
ganization. So l joined the l. w. W.,
with the knowledge and consent Of
the federal authorities"
Wedge interpolated himself into the
free speech fight on the San Pedro
docks last year, making emotional
speeches, and finally getting into Jail
for a few hours. He is writing a book
about it ALL
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-13
PEORIA CONVENTION OF UNITED
MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA
WILL DISCUSS LIVE PROBLEMS
(Continued From PAGE 1.l

Continued From Page IL
under fire from the headquarters of
their International union in Indiana
polls with John L. Lewis acting the
role of a Benedict Arnold.
In those days Frank Harrington,
president of District IL, was lined up
with Howat against Lewis. There was
no name in his, the most up-to-date
dictionary Of Billingsgate, that Far
rington did not hurl at his foe. In
speeches bristling with charges, any
one of which, if proven, were enough,
not alone to have Lewis expelled from
the union, but to send him to the
penitentiary, Harrington ripped Lewis
to tatters. He pledged his devotion
to the cause of Alexander Howat and
promised to carry on the fight until he
was reinstated.
Then something happened. There
was closer bond between Harrington
and Lewis than between Howat and
harrington. Howat is an honest, con-
scientious rebel, while both Earring
ton and Lewis are crooks-on their
own admission. Both had good rea-
sons to bury the Ratchet, not in each
others necks, but in the necks OF
the progressives in the union. SO
they Joined forces shortly before the
indianapolis convention. where the
Howat case was to come up.
There harrington showed himself in
his true colors as a traitor and rene
gade.
The backbone Of the fight for every
progressive measure brought up at
that convention was the Illinois dele.
cation. There we're about three hun.
dred delegates there representing
nearly 100000 miners-a mighty
force, and led by Freeman Thompson,
John Watt, Joseph Tumulty, John
Hindmarsh and others. they put up a
splendid fight. With the exception OF
the Harrington payrollers, the entire
delegation voted against Lewis on ev,
cry issue. once or twice they almost
tipped over his machine. Harrington
stood by his bargain with Lewis. and
received the honor OF being appointed
chairman Of the Scale Committee.
Harrington Against Six Hours.
In making his report. Harrington at
tackled those who favored the Bix-houl
work day in the mines. regardless Of
the fact that he circularized the dis
trict in favor of the same measure
several years ago. This was brought
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-13
GENERAL STRIKE
CREEKS THREAT
TO GOVERNMENT
Demand Release OF ESQ
Communists
Especial to The Daily worker)

ATHENS, Greece, May 1.-THE
Greek Federation of Labor has de-
manded that the government release
Internationally the $50 Communists
and unionists who were arrested in
the May day celebrations. The feder-
alton threatens that general strike
will be proclaimed thruout Greece if
the democratic" government does not
let the workers out of prison.
The military clique which controls
the government forbade the workers
May day meetings and broke them up
by force when the workers disregard
ed their orders. A company of "en-
gineers" first turned a fire hose
stream of water on the various work
ers' assemblages, and when that tao
tic failed to intimidate the workers,
company of militia fired. Seventeen
casualties were the result, besides the
$50 arrests.
Communist ideas are spreading rap
idly in Greece. The party blames the
government for the May day disturb.
ances and calls upon the workers and
farmers to close their ranks and
march together toward their own
class government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-13
SOCIALIST LOVE
FEAST BEGINS
FURRIERS' MEET
Left Wing Will Press
Amalgamation

Opening session of the Furriers'
convention at the Morrison hotel in
Chicago, yesterday, turned out to be
more of socialist party picnic than
anything else
This opening session which consist.
ed of a program of speaking under the
direction of President Morris Kauf.
man, opened with Morris himself and
followed with Mayor Daniel Hoan OF
Milwaukee, John Fitzpatrick, presi.
dent of the Chicago Federation Of La
Dor and George Kirkpatrick
kaufman declared that the union,
which had suffered in the postwar
period, had recovered it's original
strength; Hoan praised himself and
the socialist government of his city
which he said, never cracked strikers
on the heads as did other administra.
lions; Fitzpatrick welcomed the dele.
gates in the name of Chicago labor
and Kirkpatrick talked of the solidari
ty of labor.
Following this love feast, the real
business of the convention will come
probably beginning today.
Left Wing Program.
The left wing, which represents the
vast majority of the strikers, is rep
resented in the convention in spite OF
the strong-arm election methods OF
the administration. it will work at
the convention for it's program.
Amalgamation is vitality needed by
the furriers. Their membership OF
only 10000 needs the support of the
hundreds of thousands of workers in
the other needle trades.
The class Farmer-Labor Party is
vital to it's well being also. It's mem.
bers have been beaten and slugged
during strikes.
Recognition of Soviet Russia and
other left wing issues will also be
pressed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-13
.SOLONS SEEK
To AVOID AN
EXTRA SESSION
Statesmen Hopping In
Legislative Puddle

WASHINGTON, May 12.-With ad-
iournment Of congress arranged for
four weeks from today, capital lead
ers are cropping for a way out Of
their legislative dilemma in the hope
of avoiding an extra session Of con-
gress.
Talk of coming back after the con-
vention has again been revived, but
party leaders still hold hopes of clean
ing the legislative slate. This week
will decide. If President Coolidge
vetoes the bonus, immigration or tax
bills, which are not to the liking of
his masters, then an extra session is
considered inevitable.
Here are how the prospects shape
up now:
Tax Reduction.
House and senate bills got action
today with prospects, that the bill
finally decided upon cannot be placed
before the president for two weeks.
The plan is to pass flat % per cent
tax reduction all along the line for
this year and go to the country in
the next campaign if Coolidge vetoes
the bill.
Farm Relief.
The McNary-Haugen and Sinclair
Norris price sterilization bills to be
taken up by both senate and house
this week with spirited and per-
haps lengthy fight in prospect.
Railroads.
Senate interstate commerce COM
mittee is preparing to report out the
Smith resolution declaring agricul-
ture basic industry and instructing
the government rate-making commits
sion to lower freight rates on farm
products. May be put thru both hous-
es at last minute but final outcome
is still in doubt.
World Court.
Seems lodged between the legisla-
tive jam in the foreign relations COM
mittee. Democratic leaders, however,
are planning to bring it arbitrarily to
the floor and some kind of vote on
the issue will be forced before adj
journment.
immigration.
Conferees report will be passed on
by both houses this week and the bill
sent to the president.
Bonus.
Leaders making arrangements to
adopt the bill speedily if Coolidge We
toes it today or tomorrow.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-13
M UNDELEIN is
GREETED BY BIG
BUSINESS men
PapaI Titles Given To
Corporation Heads

The exploiters of the American
working class and their lackeys are
vieing with each other to honor BIZ
shop Mundelein Of Chicago, now
Prince Of the Church. His return
from Rome where he received the Red
Hat from the Pope was made the oc-
casion for receptions and fetes equal
ling in display and pomp the page
antry attendant on the return of a
proud monarch. Rodman Wanamaker,
owner of chain of department stores,
fitted out royal room on the pier at
which the prelate landed. The Car
dinal had his picture taken in the
throne chair, which dates back to the
sixteenth century and came from
Florence, Italy.
Big business without regard for
creed or race joined in welcoming
the new Prince of the Catholic church.
James Farrell, president of the Steel
Trust, gave dinner Gin honor Of the
services rendered by Bishop Munde-
lein in the Chicago steel district"
Among the Chicago laymen to be
given a Knight of the Order of st.
Gregory, are E. F. Carry, president Of
the Pullman company; F. ]. Lewis,
Chicago manufacturer; Robert M.
Sweitzer, Democrat politician and
County Clerk; Joseph w. Mccarthy,
architect of the Area, ILL.,, project, and
Anthony Czarnecki, member of the
board of election commissioners.
The elevation of Bishop Mundelein
will be the signal for great fund
raising campaign among the Catholics
under his jurisdiction. The Vatican
needs money badly and the United
States is the only country that can
supply the Papal needs.
While passing thru Cowentown,
Nd, on a fast B. & o. express, the
Cardinals train killed a horse at a
crossing, causing a jolt that sent his
Eminence sprawling into a couch with
the committee that was presenting
him with $4,000 check on top Of
him. Nothing daunted. he accepted the
check and thanked the donors.
1t is reoprted that several Klokards
and COLLINS of the Ku Klux Khan have
died of Dementia Catholix as a result
of the number of Nordic protestants
who have kissed the Cardinals Catho-
lie toe since his return from Rome.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-13
Producing Theatre
Managers Break Up
Their Scab Union
tsy The Federated Press)

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE minori-
ty group of theatrical managers who
planned to break the Actors Equity
Association, American Federation of
Labor, by June 1 lockout are out OF
luck. When the managers who con.
troll over 20 per cent of the produc-
tions, broke away from the antiunion
crowd planning to sign with the union,
the richards marched out their COM
pany union, Actors Fidelity League.
Now even the company union is
breaking up.
William Faversham was so indig-
nant at the unauthorized use OF his
signature to statement by Fidelity
members attacking the A. r. OF l.. that
he Immediately joined Equity in pro.
test. The statement attacked the un.
ion for "affiliating with men guilty
Of the butcheries OF Los Angeles and
Herrin."
David Warfield and Margaret Ang.
lin have also notified Equity that their
names were put on the statement
without their knowledge. As Fidelity
only has 30 or 40 members, against
10000 Equity members, the action of
Faversham, Warheld and Anglin is a
serious blow TO the company union.
II was formed by the managers TO
break the 1924 strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-13
PICKETINC LEGAL.
I SAYS WAUKEGAN
JUDGE TO BOSS
Dress Manufactures Is
Denied Injunction

WAUKEGAN, ILL.,, May 12.-Peace.
full picketing is within the law, de.
clared Judge Edwards of the circuit
court at Waukegan yesterday, refus.
ing to grant an injunction to Julius
Eisenberg. Chicago dress manufactur.
er, who is trying to run a scab fac
tory in Waukegan during the present
strike.
Boss Weeps.
Eisenberg broke down in court and
cried like a baby, saying that as a
free born American citizen he had a
right to run his business open shop
Judge Edwards replied that the
union had right to peacefully picket
his shop. This was Eisenberg's third
attempt to get an Injunction from Ed
wards during the present strike.
Police Tell the Truth.
Policeman ellis testified and de.
clared their business was to enforce
order and tell the truth. Eisenbere
was greatly nettIed at his stand.
Nathan Bosen, Waukegan organ.
izer, selected for the post from the
ranks of the members expelled from
the !. L. G. w. U. for their affiliation
with the Trade Union Educational
league, is in charge of the strike and
of the fight against the Injunction
conspiracy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-13

to his attention by members of his
Iown delegation, but the taunt did not
pierce his thick political hide. Far
rington was the only president at the
convention who could not control his
own delegation. In electing represen.
tatfves on the Scale Committee. the
Illinois delegation took the meeting
entirely out Of the hands of Earring.
tons henchmen, elected their own
tellers and ran things pretty much
as If Mr.. Harrington were not in ex.
istence.
When the Lewis gunner refused
Howat to speak after getting to the
platform and over LOO delegates vot-
ed for roll call vote on the question
OF his reinstatement, it was the Hi.
nois delegation that gave the leader.
ship and the greatest numerical
strength to the meeting held after
Lewis walked away without adjourn.
ing the convention. The meeting made
plans to carry on the fight for the re.
instatement Of Howat and for progress
sivism rather than reaction in the
United Mine Workers of America.
Thus the convention that opens to-
day in Peoria, is of particular inter
est, not alone to the miners thruout
the country, but to every class-con
scious worker In the United States
The miners union, once the shock
troops of the army OF labor in Amer
lea, has lost much Of its effective
ness thru the treachery OF Lewis and
his 1ieutenants in the district Offices
OF these lieutenants, none is more
despised than harrington. A reac
tionary OF the worst type, he shame
lessly sold himself to his arch foe
and swallowed his hate for John L
Lewis when confronted with the still
greater danger to himself and his cap
italist masters, the coming to power
in the union OF the progressive ele
ments.
The delegates OF the miners of iii
nois at the Peoria convention are ex
pected to follow the lead given by tn,
veterans Of Kansas and deal another
blow to reaction and autocracy in tn,
United Mine Workers OF America b,
taking the appointive power away
from the president, voting to back III
the reinstatement OF Howat and tn,
calling Of special international con
vention to try John L. Lewis for hii
many crimes against the miners II
particular and the American labor
movement In gener"'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-13
ATTACK OF SIGMAN MACHINE ON
MlLITANTS ELIMINATES IN UNSEATING
OF 8 DELEGATES FROM LOCAL NO. 9
Continued From Page H.

Continued From Page H.
This member had himself viciously
slandered the highest officials of the
union and had urged members of the
league to take out an injunction re-
straining the union from taking action
against them, showing himself to be
entirely opposed to the interests of
the international.
Official Secrets.
Hyman accused the officials them
selves of participating in secret con-
ferences, citing several instances. One
of the vice-presidents of the interna-
tional, he claimed, had organized a
caucus in Toronto whereby he had
been elected as delegate to the con-
vention. This statement aroused heat
ed protest from officials, but it quickly
subsidized when a delegate cried out
that he had written proof of the fact.
Eva Pasha, very active member of
the union and one of the challenged
delegates, took the floor after Sigman.
The case against the local was a
frame-up intended to cover the pres
lent policy of the international of sup
pressing by any and all means diff
ferences of opinion on the labor move
ment.
Eva Pascha typifies the worker who
has given the best of her energy and
enthusiasm to the labor organization
to which she belongs; she is a per
sonification of the fearless militant
who has that indomitable courage
that comes from faith and determine.
ton. Her plea carried with the weight
Of earnest conviction and sincerity.
"You want to throw dust in our
eyes by the charges of secret meet.
ings," she said to the officials. "But
you know and we know that you are
after us because of principles in
which we believe, but you do not. ]
have never been member OF the
Workers Party or the Trade Union
Educational league, but after seeing
your tactics. can promise you that
I will be in the future"
The previous question was called
for. Points of order were raised from
all sides. Demands rang out that the
challenged delegates be all given On
opportunity OF self-defense. Presi
dent Sigman, following out the polio,
OF cutting of discussion begun the
day before by Perlstein, ruled the pre-
vious question in order. II was put t.
vote and carried.
The case Of Local No. 0 marked tn,
climax in the contesting OF delegates
which was part of the expulsion pol
icy adopted by the Sigman admins
tration against league members Of
sympathizers.
A significant fact revealed in tn,
discussion was that the accused dele
gates from Local No. had never
been tried, nor bad the charge OF {
caucus ever been investigated.
For almost three years Local No.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-13
Little Banks Close;
Big German Banks
Grab Morgan Coin

BERLIN, May 12.-While the So
cial-Democratic reichstag is selling
Germany out to Morgan, a slower but
more bitter process is going on, ruin
ing the small industrialists and con-
sequently bleeding the German work
ers.
One after another small banks,
specializing in francs, close their
doors, at the rate of about one day.
In April alone twenty-eight banks
failed, and Of them eight broke" in
the last week of the month. In the
train Of these failures over 1875 in
dustrial failures followed in the same
month, as compared with only TWEEN
ty-fve in February.