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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22
ACTORS EQUITY
TO join STRIKE
OF MUSICIANS
Managers to Get More
Than They Bargain For

LABOR DAY, Sept. 1, will see the
closing down of all the musical
comedy and drama theaters in Chi
cagoo unless a ten per cent increase
in wages will be granted to the must
clans
The actors in these theaters, all
members of the Actors Equity Asso-
citation will come out in one solid
United Front to help the musicians.
Musicians stand Pat.
Travelling musicians, members OF
the National Musicians Union. will be
ordered to keep away from the Chi
cago theaters during the strike.
James c. Petrilla in speaking of the
impending strike said: Wonderful
spirit and determination is shown by
our members TO carry on this fight to
a finish. The statement In the bosses
press that break is expected in our
ranks is only hope fostered in the
minds OF the managers. There is no
basis for this. All our members are
in the fight and will stick tight until
we get our increase"
Houses That Have Settled.
The Chicago Theater, the Roose'
welt, the Senate, Mcvickers. in fact all
two.a-day moving picture houses have
settled with the union granting the 10
per cent increase In wages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22
HIRED ONE WEEK AND FIRED THE
NEXT, WOMAN STEALS FUR COAT,
CONFESSES AND DECLINES PAROLE

SAN FRANCISCO Aug 2oier husband III the Mrs. BILLY"
for him. An employment SIS month";
dollars OF this e $40 uniforms
a AS
herself Now, tho offered probation she insists
brother struggling
world would the which the
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22
COAL BARONS
MEET TO fight
MINERS union
Demand Union Wage
Scale Must Be SIGshed
(speeIaI 70 La palIy Worksrl

Especial to The Daily Worksr)
HERRlN, ILL.,, Aug. 21.-The
first shot in the carefully plan
ned campaign to slash the wage
scale of the illinois miners was
fired here when a conference of
coal operators, business men
and railroad owners met under
the auspices of the Herrin Lions
Club. The shot, however, did
not hit the mark, as the officials
of the miners union did not put
in an appearance, and their CO.
operation was considered of
great Importance.
A fake investigation, insti-
tuted by the Illinois Chamber
Of Commerce, was recently
made of the coal situation in
Illinois. This investigation
showed conclusively that the
coal industry in Illinois is in
bad shape and the only solution
of the problem in the eyes of
the Chamber of Commerce is to
slash the wages of the coal dig
gers.
The DAILY WORKER has already
discussed this boss scheme and
warned the miners against paying any
heed to it.
Bosses Argument.
The argument of the operators is
that the union wage scale enables
the operators of the non-union mines
in Kentucky and West. Va, to drive
them out of business. But if the
Illinois miners submit to wage cut
there is nothing to prevent the non
union coal owners from giving their
slaves a proportionate cut.
The coal operators attended the
Herrin conference in large numbers
Judge A. d. Morgan was master of
ceremonies.
Mr.. William Sneed, representative
Of the Miners union in the district,
sent letter to Judge Morgan, in
which he refused to participate in any
conference met to consider a reduc-
ton in wages, but was willing to put
up united front with the operators
to secure lower freight rates on coal
A certain F. c. Honnold, was the
chief spokesman for the coal opera
tors.
Blames the Digeers.
He told the audience that 200 of
the Illinois mines were shut down
and 1877 only working two days
week. The cause of this was the
high wage scale of the Illinois min
ers which prevented coal operators
from competing with bituminous op-
orators in territories where the min
ers worked for a lower scale.
It was not the part of wisdom, the
Doctor declared, to write a non-com-
petitive wage rate into the contract.
This Of course should be left to the
within of the employer. What good is
high wage scale to a miner If he
has no job? In the interests Of the
community he should accept a reduc-
ton.
DR.. Honnold came out clearly for
war on the miners union, when he
said that collective bargaining as now
practiced had broken down and some
other method must be adopted.
Joint collective bargaining" he said
"has proved to be an inadequate sys-
tenn. There would seem TO be clear
evidence of a need for another meth
cd or some change of procedure"
According to the representatives of
the coal operators, the railroads and
the public" the coal diggers were to
blame for everything. Take it out
of the miners hides" was the slogan
CONTINUED on page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22
MINERS live
IN DECREPIT
old HOUSES
Stories About Lovely
Homes Are Untrue
BY KARL REEVE
Special TO The Daily Worker)


DlVERNON, ILL.,, August 20
The cry of the enemies of labor
that Illinois coal miners are
attractiveIy and comfortably
housed was exploded here in a
talk with Tom Parry, delegate
from local union 146 of the ILL
nois miners union and many
other miners.
1.-THE company owned houses
here" said Parry, "are typical
of the company houses in the
Springfield and Belleville coal
mining towns. The houses are
mere shells of one story, with
two small rooms. In Divernon
these houses, were erected
wholesale on contract basis.
They contain no plumbing, no
running water. no bathroom Of
any kind. We use backyard
toilets and backyard pumps"
"The casual visitor" continued Par
ry, coming into Divernon looks at
the well kept lawns and says, My,
isn't lovely to be a miner!' But the
houses are made of unfinished lum-
Der. The people who look over our
flower and vegetable gardens do not
realize that we pay $3.50 a month
for these little shacks. They do not
know that the Madison Coal Company
offers bonus to the miner who
keeps his lawn and the outside of his
house she, most attractive.
This monthly bonus is paid for by
the miners many times over in higher
rents which the company charges on
the strength of the attractive ex
terror. BY means of the monthly bonus
the company keeps UP. the show for
outsiders and establishes the reputa,
ton Of supplying good houses to the
miners. But in reality it is a damn
able scheme to make the miners keep
their own rents high, and create a
false impression among the general
public.
Mine Shut Down.
The Madison Coal Co., formerly en-
ploying every able bodied male in
Divernon, has not only been shut
down for three years almost steadily,
but has sealed up the mine so that
no work is in prospect for the i'm
mediate future. This mine is one of
the biggest mines in the Springfield
district.
Miners here complained to the
DAILY WORKER reporter that when
the mine was working they were
classed as wild agitators when they
demanded that the unsafe squib
method of blasting, which kills many
men yearly who could be saved by
safe methods, be eliminated. They
asked for the fuse system, which is
not much more expensive but which
is safer for the miner. The company
for long time refused the request
until forced to give in.
Now they arbitrarily seal their mine
without deigning to notify the miners
when they will start up, and without
paying unemployment benefits.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22
oITLoY IN NEWARK.

Especial TO The Daily Worker)
NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 2t-
Benjamin Gitlow, candidate for
vice-president Of the United States
on the Workers Party ticket will
speak here tomorrow evening. This
will be the first Of a series Of meet
ings that will carry the Communist
candidate for president thru the
important industrial eenters Of New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New
York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22

masses rise in their wrath, wipe out
their oppressors' institutions and
confiscate their wealth."
He called the republican and demo-
cratic parties one party that was
operated from the central station in
Wall Street.
He told how Requa, former dollar
year oil administrator, had grad
uated into the vice-presidency OF the
Sinclair OIL Company at $4,000 a
year salary.
In his speech he proved conclu-
sively that LaFollette was their can
didate and aimed to retain a system
of society that will keep them masters
and the workers their slaves.
l.. o..l
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22
DEFY courts.
ADVISE REDS
TO WODBLIES
No Judge, Only Mem
bers Can Name Officers

An appeal to the !. w. w.
membership to violate any in
junction that pretends to tell
them vino their officers shall be,
was issued yesterday by the
Red international Affiiation
Committee, composed of men,
bers of the |. w. w. who favor
utilization to the Red lnterna-
tionaI of Labor Unions. This
document is of especial inter-
est in view of the fact that on
Monday the courts will be con-
sidering the application for in
junction by Bowerman, Rowan,
and others, asking that they be
named officers of the Industrial
Workers of the World. The APP
peal follows:
Down with the Injunction and
the lnjunctionites!
IAN appeal to the rank and file of the
|. w. w. by the Red international
AffiIlation committee.)
The action of the Rowan
Bowerman faction of the |. w.
w. in appealing to the capitalist
courts to give them control over
the organization, is one of the
most reactionary deeds of any
union in years. Their attempt
to justify such reaction by
pleading that there was no
alternative is both ridiculous
and dishonest. They ignored
the remaining course, the only
course for any revolutionist or
even any union man, of appeal
ing to the membership. BY this
flouting of the membership and
turning to the capitalist gov
eminent these injunctionites
have destroyed themselves with
every honest worker. The /. w.
w. should and will expel them.
Why An Immediate Convention?
We recognize that there are two
elements among the /. w. w. mem
bership, the revolutionaries and the
non-revolutionary job unionist ele-
ment. We recognize that some OF the
latter element, the workers who
however honest--do not perceive the
whole class significance, the political
import, OF the whole clash between
the two factions, nor see in the appli.
cation for an injunction an action
which brands any who are involved
in II as disrupters and traitors, may
Continued on page %
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22
SUGAR MILLIONAIRE CALLS ON
RICH TO SUPPORT LAFOLLETTE
AND WARD OFF RULE OF LABOR

PASADENA Calf, 2OAt gathering citizens
Pasadena Rudolph Speckels millionaire
interesting
of the his appeal them
History
greedy
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22
COAL BAR0NS PLOT WAGE SLASH
AS WE SEE 1T
BY 7. }. o'FLAHERTx

THE leaders Of the Ku Klux Khan
l in Texas are on the anxious seat.
Faced with rebellion in their own
ranks and the aroused opposition Of
those who have in the past cowed be-
fore the invisible night providers, the
Grand Wizards of the Khan are food
ing the state with money in an elev-
enth-hour attempt to avert disaster.
Even Khan leaders admit that prac-
tically every state Office will go to
the anti-Klan forces with the excep-
ton of the governorship. They still
have hopes that Robert, the Khan
candidate, will beat Mrs. Ferguson,
who is making a strenuous campaign
against the Khan.
IT appears that the hooded order has
| passed the high point of its career.
The defeat of the Khan in Oklahoma
by even such disreputable politician
as ]. G. Walton, former governor Of
the state, the civil war in the Khan
Of Indiana and the unfavorable pub
licity received by the Khan during
the Democratic convention, put the
hooded order on the defensive. In
Texas, the propaganda Of the Khan
was directed against Catholics, Jews,
and Negroes. Now, they appeal for
the Jewish vote and claim they have
nothing against anybody's religion.
The new foe of Americanism is liquor,
according to the Khan. The change
in policy followed a visit from Hiram
w. Evans, Imperial Wizard. If the
Khan suffers defeat in Texas, 1t will
affect the fortunes or the organiza-
tions thruout the country.
nITY the poor Baroness Ottily de
| Ropp, Russian noblewoman, who
is noble no longer because the wicked
Bolsheviks took away her title and
told her to work or fight. Her be-
loved country is now ground down
under the atheistic and Goddess heels
of Bolshevism. And unless we look
out, sobbed the Baroness, our society
ladies will have to go to work and
nc LAAAp catcAH dAO 40AhHC ANuANc
will have no one to play with. Poodle
dogs will have to be sent to the
Home for the Protection of Homeless
CANNES and romance will be shorn
Of its wool. This sorrowful lecture was
delivered to the hard-boiled members
of the Inglewood Chamber of Com
merce, according to a report in the
Los Angeles Times. The reporter did
not say whether the Baroness was
pretty or much worse for wear, so we
assume for lack of better evidence
that her pulchritude went by default
REPORTERS as rule are more
IN concerned with appearances than
with fundamentals, and failure to de-
scribe the lady's figure leads us to
the conclusion that no wicked Bolshe-
vik threatened to turn over the Red
Army to Grand Duke Nicholavitch in
return for her smiles. She took a
wicked wallop at the American Com
lnunists which is quite unfair of the
lady, as we never bothered her much.
We spend $1,000,0O0 a week pumping
Continued on Page ~
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Davis RecuperatIna from speech.

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NEW YORK, Aug. 2O.-John w. Da-
Wis is spending the morning at his
home, Locust Valley, Long Island. He
is said to be recuperating from the
speech Which he inflicted on the ears
of radio fans when he was notified"
of his nomination.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22

Distribute a bundle Of the DAILY
WORKERS first Special Campaign Edi-
tion, dated Saturday, August 80.
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Send In that subscrlstIon Today.
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THE DAILY WORKER
RAISES THE STANDARD
FOR A WORKERS AND
FARMERS GOVERNMENT
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-24
DEMOCRATIC cI. Oh TO
HAVE DE- AVA 6tI Isis

Members of the Delaware State
Society win be- guests at the Me-
Donald Washing tom Black Dem.
ocratic Club meeting tonight, when
John J. Keegan, Of the Employee
Compensation Committee. win tell
of Iabor's attitude Ia the political
campaign.
Mrs. Frank w. Hunt also viii
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-24

apeak Dorothy Reddish VIII sing,
mn Gerxrs q iaII pd Rve lvn
piano solos.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-24
Melody Boys at Walter Reed

The Hawaiian Melody Boys viii.
play FOR walter Reed Hospital pa.
TENTS tonight at 1850 o'clock. The
musicians are Melvin Henderson,
Clinton Rollins and =. Edmond
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-26
VOLSSQUASH HiH N AUNU | M NH
 BUNClALEERS Lebo ClOuts Single, DOu- ble And Three
 HOmers
Legends, according to the usual defi-

Legends, according to the usual defi- milton, are tales whose identity, having become erased or at least blurred, and authenticity lacking any proved factual bases, are lost in a gen. tie haze, whose glamor is greatly deep ened through the pleasant obscurity surrounding them.
 To be sure, there are some practical folks, mainly those who conduct the business of the world, keep it's wheeIsI shingingly oiled, and do the real work of the big shop, who prefer statistics and data to fairy tales. Evidently the majority of Birmingham baseball fans are this essential class of humanity Certainly, the almost legend that a Baron team won a Southern league pennant in 1914 is not dimming their eyesight so far as to prevent their seelng distinctly, and with critical eyes, the work of this seasons collec- tion.
 Proof plentioues is offered, generally, every day, and was afforded, specifical- ly, yesterday, by the less than a hand full who gazed at the 16 to 8 butchery by the Nashville Vols of the locals.
 This bruising manhandling had as it's chief ingredient the nightmarish slugging of Antoine Dewitt Lebour- veau. Bevo came up in the first with one on and one out. He beat out an infield hit and scored a run. In the second, with none on and one gone, he hit a home run. Came tbe fourth with two on and one dead. Bevo two-timed to center and drove both men in.
 By this time the score was 10 too, but LebO was merely ending his pre- liminary calisthenics. He smeared his second homer over the wall as lead-off man in the sixth. The very next stanza he lifted another over the wall with two out. That ended his streak, for he popped out the next time up, after be. ing given a huge ovation by the fana- tics.
 In other verbanalties, Antoine the Bureau, clOuted a sngle, double and three hOmers, drove in seven runs and scored another; in the meantime eleven BarOns were scoring three. Howard Camp drove in one Baron run and scored another while Stuffy added two in the ninth to his stolen sack rec ord. The Baronial trio markers, how ever, were largely in the nature of philanthropics on the part of the Vols.
 Sep Good, the human truckhorse, will likely work again today and has a hefty chance, according to the much abused law of averages, to halt the Hamiltons'. Lefty Gilbert or Ed Morris is due for the invaders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-26
ANNISTON HIRES
 GOLF ARCHITECT

ANNISToN, Ala, August 25.-G. B, McGovern, golf course architect of Wenmore, Pa, will arrive soon in Am niston to select the more satisfactory of two sites of land chosen by Coun- try club members for expansion of the nine-hold golf course to an 1S-hole course.
 The club has under consideration a tract of land to be purchased from the AnnistOn City Land company and also has tract under consideration which composes a part of the Tyler estate on the southside of the present course. As there is faction in the club fav- bring the north site and a facition fav- bring the southside it has been decided
 to call in an expert and have the question decided upon the merits of the location.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-26
ALLEN JONES
 AQUATIC STAR

JASPER, Ala, August 25.Se eral hundred people from every sec tion of the county stood on tho Banks of Lako Disney near COrdoya today and watched the county wide swimming races. The race was entered by seY- eral men and boys over the county and was full of thrills to the very end. Al len Jones, a young lad of Sipsey, car- ried away all honors. Pope M. Long, prominent citizen or Cordova, gave the winner a large trophy for being the fastest swimmer in the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-26
Cubs Rally To Win First
 In Ninth-SecOnd Slugfest

CHICAGO, August 25,-The Cnbs and Giants broke even in a double header today, the Cubs winning the first 3 to 2, and the champions the second, fl to 7.. Barnes held the Cubs safe untel the eighth inning of the first game, when q single by Weis drove in two runs and tied the score.
 In the ninth Grigsby scored the win ming run on an infield hit to Kelly, the latter's throw to Barnes and an error by Groh, who threy wild to first on OFarrelrs bunt. The Ginats' vic tory was a slugging match in which ten runs were scored off Wheeler in less than five innings. Geoge Kelly was the most active Giant on attack in this combat. He hit Wheeler for two two doubles and home run and also singled off Milstead, who was another of the four Cub hurlers used iE the game. Nehf pitched all the way for the Gints. Scores:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-26
FLORENCE WINS
 OVER SAVANNAH

FLORENCE, Ala, August 25.-The Florence Lions har little trouble in beating the fast baseball aggregation from Savannah, Tenn, today IA to 7. The Lions all had a great day with the bat making a total of IS hits.
 Prof. Rowe, left fielder and champion home run hitter for the locals, led his team mates with the willow getting five hits out of live times up. Rowe hit one double, one triple, two singles and one home run. His home run came in the fifth with two on. This was his fifth for the season. Ted Wilmington pitched a brilliant game for the Lions. He set the hard hitting from Savannah down with six scattered hits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-26
BEARS TO GET
 DICK REICHLE
Denny Williams To Red Sox.
 Herb Steed Reports

MOBILE, Ala, Aug. 25.-outfield- CT Richard ". Reichle formerly of the Boston Red Sox, has been ordered to report to Mobile and if he arrives here tomorrow, D. Williams, regular right. fielder of the local Southen Association team, will report to the Boston Amer ican League club at once. Williams is the property of the Boston league. Pitcher Herbert Steed last season with the University of Alabama. club, re- ported to Mobile today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-26
MEDALISTS
 EVEN FOR LOW

MAMARoNECK, N. r., August %. Johnny Farrell of Quaker Ridge and Willie MacFarland of Oakridge today tied at 143 for low score among the 15 qualifiers in the Metropolitan dis trict of the professional golfers asso- citation in the qualifying round for the P. G. A. championships to be held at French Lick Springs, Ind, September 14 to 20. The qualifying round con sisting of 36 holes, was played over the Qauker Ridge course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-26
BOIT HALTED

CHICAGO. August 25.-The ten- round contest between Erminio Spalla, Italian heavyweight champion, and Fred Fulton, Minnesota plasterer, scheduled for East Chicago, Ind. Sep tember 5, was called off tonight because the promoters considered Spalla's de- mands for a guarantee excessive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-26
American AaaocIation.
Texas League
RESULTS

Southern League.) Nashville l6: Birmingham 1. New Orleans [; Chattanooga G. played yesterday.
 National League. New 2-11; Chicago ST. Brooklyn 5; St. Louis 3. Pittsburg 2, St. Louis l. Boston 6, Cincinnati s (1O innings)
 American League. New York 8, Cleveland g. 8ostSn I%ssSfn 4, Detroit (ll innings;) sscoaS maS5hinSton Iar 2, St Louis c innings; hicago-Philadelphia. rain.
 Western League. Tulsa 6; St. Joseph 15. Omaha 9; Lincoln 12. (No other game played)
 American Association. Minneapolis 1; Kansas City o. Toledo 8; Indianapolis {. St. Paul 2. Milwaukee B. (No other game played)
 International LeaEue) Newark 4-S; Toronto S-9. Baltimore (: Rochester 2. (No other game played.) Wichita Falls 8, Dallas 2. shreveport S. Fort Worth 10. Us Only three scheduled.
 Western Association Muskogee 2. Springfield '6. Okmulgee 2. Topeka f. Ardmore 8, Hutchinson 4.
 ADpalachaIn League Johnson City 3, Knoxville {. Bristol 6, Greenville 2. Morristown ?. Kingsport 1.
 Cotton States Meague Brookhaven 5, Monroe 6. (Only game scheduled).
 South Atlantic League At GreenVille l2 Ashevllle l. At Augusta 8, Macon 12 At spartanburg 3, Charlotte 10.
 Virginia League All Games postponed. rain.
 Piedmont League At Danvllle 1, Winston Salem 6. At Raleigh High Point, rain. At Greensboro 2. Durham 6.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-26
WALT JOHNSON T4LlRLS
 NO-HIT SHUTOUTlGAlNE
YANKEES WIN
 OVER INDIANS

NEW YORK. Aug. 25.-The New York Yapkees held their scant aead in the Arnerican> league by easily defeating Cleveland here today 8 to 3. New York hit Uhle and wainburg for 1s hits. total ling "A bases. Dugan led in the New York hitting with triple. a double and two singles. while Ruth hit his fortieth home run of the season, double and q ufu0laf SCora. cs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-26
The Washington Wonder Blanks Browns In
 Seven Innings

WARRINGTON, Aug s5.--HoldInE st. Louis hitless Johnson today pitched Wash ington to to victory in the first game of . scheduled dovble-headsr which was halted by rain after seven innings. The second game was called off on ac- count of wet grounds. It was Johnson's sixth scoreless game of the season and the one hundred and seventh shutoua vicr tory of his career. U
 Davis forced in the first local rIfn by issuing a base on balls with the bAses filled in the third. The other tally was due to McNeely's single and . triple by fpoelfn in the seventh. "A