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Evening star., 1925-05-24
Results Under Appointment.

The first House had 65 members
constitutional apportionment which
wa to hold good until after the first
census that of 1890. Massachusetts
had s under this apportionment
The following shows the number Of
representatives under each apportion-
ment. and it will be observed that only
once was the House membership re-
ruced.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-25
IN
revenge FOR
pigeon
World Labor Protests
Death of Martyrs
lspseIsI to Ths al, workerl


WARSAW, aPoJends Aug. 2s.r-Po-
lands white guard government FRI
day condemned to death vIadislaw
Gibner, Henry Kniewski and Henry
Rutkovski, members Of the commun-
ist Party of Poland.
These workers were following the
chief of agents provocateurs, Czech
nowski, to trace spies in the ranks
of the party under Cechnowskis direc-
ton. While they were so engaged
they were attacked upon one of the
main streets of Warsaw in broad day
light by police and white guards who
drew guns and began to fire upon
hem.
Shots were exchanged and fifteen
/ police and spies were either killed or
wounded, while the three Communists
were wounded and put under arrest.
They then began to torture these
wounded men.
Finally they were dragged before
| lut COuIl 1ldl lAcAs 0SoN SHOAA
alive, and sentenced to death. But
Cechnowski in another attack on the
Communists in Lemberg was killed by
one Of them named Botwin.
The Communist parties of Germany
and France telegraphed protests to
the Grabski white guard government
demanding that the lives of Comrades
Hibner, Kniewski and Rutkowski be
spared from the fangs of the Polish
white terror which has gripped Pc
land in it's bloody fangs for many
years.
The whole labor movement of Pc
land, even suppressed as it is under
the white terror, Communist and non
Communist alike, have sworn a wal
to the death against the white guard
spies and provacteurs in the ranks OF
labor, and on the bloody white guard
| government
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-25
General Strike Move
of Building Unions
4 Wins Laborers Raise

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Aug. %
(FP)-The general building trades
strike called in sympathy with strik-
ing building laborers and hodcarriers
has led total of 2S building trades
employers now to sign agreements
calling off the strike. The fight con
tinues against die-hard bosses.
The new agreement gives the labor
ers and hodcarriers 67h cents an hour
an advance Of 215 cents, instead of the
rs cents per hour for which they went
out A further readjustmeh. is sched'
uled for the end of the year, to be
determined by cor erences. The new
scale will pay o .er building trades
men as follows. Carpenters, 81 an
hour; fronworkers, s1.25; electricians
81; plumbers and steamfitters, $1.O6la
painters and engineers, s1.25; sheet
metal workers, $1,061a; slate and tile
roofers. $1.25; building laborers, plas
terers' helpers, 671a cents; wood, wire
and metal fathers, $3.50 per thousand
or a straight hourly rate of $125.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-25
INTERNATIONAL
labor Defense.
Ito AID Miners
ZeigIer Coal Diggers
Frame-up Victims

After hearing a report Of a special
investigator sent to Zeiger, ILL.,, to
canine the facts surrounding the ar
rest Of eighteen union miners for al
legged conspiracy to murder D. B.
Cobb sub-distrIct vIce-president Of the
United Mine Workers, international
Defense has decided to aid in the de-
Tense Of the miners, and viii launcn
a national campaign by making It a
central feature at the mass meeting
and conference to be staged. in. all
parts of the country on Labor Defense
Day, Sunday, Sept. 18th.
The outstanding events of the Zeig-
Ter mine controversy are the refusal
, of the men to return to work, the
murder of a miner, Mike Sarovich,
and finally the swearing of twenty
six warrants by Vice-President Cobb,
eighteen of which have been served
on members of Mine Workers Local
992, Zeigler.
The immediate cause of the present
controversy was a dispute over the
weighing of coal that came to a head
several weeks ago. The company re-
fused to allow the union checkweign-
man to have an assistant. The cars
were run over the scales so rapidly
1t was impossible for one man to REG
ord the weights. The checkweigh-
man reported to the president Il lie
Local, Henry Corbishley, that he could
not weigh the coal The president no
Titled the men they had no check
weighman. The men came out of the
mine.
The sub-district officials were called
in to adjust matters. d. b. Cobb, the
vice-president, directed the taking OF
evidence. After more than 100 men
had testified out Of which only four
gave OK 'dence favoring the company
Cobb agr, 1 to enforce the company's
demand for the renewal of the presi
dent, vice-president. pit committee
and checkweighman of Local 992.
This caused much resentment
among the miners and they refused
to 90 to work. The sub-district Of
/ ficials called special meeting OF
' Continued on page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-25
BRITAIN Meets
SHIPPING BAN
WITH CAUTION
Complete Isolation May
Ruin Trade
Especial to The Daily worker)

LONDON, Aug. 23.-caution con-
tinues to be the policy Of the foreign
office regarding the order issued by
the South China government at Can
ton excluding British ships from Chi
nese ports.
Downing Street is marking time
pending further reports from the Brit
ish consul general at Canton and re-
plies from the Canton and Peking gov
ernments to representations already
made protesting against the closing
of the ports to British ships.
At Last Impressed.
The revival of the spirit of nation
alism in China with its many mani
festations of potential strength during
the past three months or so has con-
vinced the authorities here that they
must deal with China on a somewhat
more conciliatory basis than has been
the case, especially during the last
quarter of century.
The recognition of the new spirit in
emma is TeHtCleu III lhC Ndutioh VI HNN
by the non-jingo press, which empha-
sizes the Importance of cool-headed-
ness in the face Of the provoking dis
elimination against British shipping,
which is rapidly running into losses
which can only be computed in hun
dreds of thousands of pounds.
Learning Caution.
The cutting off of British trade at
Hongkong, one OF the worlds greatest
transshipment centers. from all con
tact with Canton thru British ships is
described by the Times as only too
distressing" and altho the discrimi'
natory order is attributed solely to
"red" influences at Canton the Times
editorial stresses the fact that this is
another reason why this challenge
must be countered warily."
officials at the foreign Office today
were frankly skeptical that any re
dress would come from Canton as 9
result OF the British protest against
the exclusion OF English shipping
They are looking for relief on. strictly
economic grounds. They pretend tC
believe that commercial dlscrimina
ton is double-edged sword and tha
Cantonese are shortly bound to suffer
also.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-25
NEWSPAPER ROW PRESSNEN EAT
UP DAILY WORKER BERRY ESPOSE;
HOPE CHICAGO LOCALS WILL WIN

CITY, 2s.-The DAILY WORKER has last MADE
appearance this city For the past two days
distributed free the pressmen
employed by The World Tonight starts the drive
OF he er
distributed the greeted by the victims
letting
could that
had stories
during the last strike and expressed their
a the in the plants Of Chicago
The they about the strike in
Chicago and about their
where the men can will be established
City want the Of
2 in the fight
victory they victory for the
pressmen in the the firing of Berry the
strkebreaker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-25

GHecLlVely QeIuOuSJIdJ6u budI
this group has the power to tie
up the entire industry If it
should decide to do so.
Lyman Estimates $4,000 Out.
"There can be no further question
that we have the vast majority of the
membership of our union with US in
our fight against the corrupt officials,
Louis Hyman, chairman of the Joint
Committee Of Action, said today.
president Sigman says that 10000
members answered our call and
stopped work. Such statement is
ridiculous. No one can issue any abb
solute figures for there was no actual
count.
Originally we engaged halls to &C
commodate 10000 people. These were
filled to capacity, others were hired
and also crowded, and many workers
never got into any meeting at all
According to the reports we have re
ceiyed today from ali sources, We
estimate at least $4,000 stopped
work
'sFor the purpose of minimizing
whatever figures we might give Out
in this connection, President Sigmar
has for several days been talking Of
| the 10000 or $4,000 cloak and dress
makers in this city. The truth il
there are only about $4,000 affiliated
win the New York joint board, and
this included the workers in th'
Bronx, Brooklyn, Brownsville, Jerse!
and suburbs of New York. Wheneyei
the expenses of the joint board ar
are apportioned-an and they are Away
apportioned on per capita basis
the official membership is $4,000.
president Sigman's further state
ment that we have $4,000 unemployei
in our union today would mean tina
one-half of the members are out 0
work. How could this be possible a
this time which is considered the peal
of the fall season in our industry
Even in slack seasons we never hav
such a percentage of unemployment
as anyone connected with the indus
try knows we'll.
"All these misleading figures ar
issued in an effort to prove that tn
joint board still has the allegiance o
the members of our union; but Pres
dent Sigman realizes, just as well a
we do, that the majority Of the work
ers are strongly supporting the Join
Committee of Action and stand wit
them in all their demands"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-25
AS WE SEE 1T
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY

ONE of the happiest men in the
~ state of Illinois is assistant
States Prosecutor William McSwig-
gen of Cook county. He has secured
three hanging verdicts and his vic
tins are waiting for the moose in the
county Jail. McSwiggen is being con-
graduated by the most bloodthirsty
section of the legal fraternity and by
the capitalist press. 1t is reported
that every time one of his assistants
gets hanging verdict, Robert =.
Grove does not sleep for week with
envy.
TIME latest unfortunate to face the
4 moose in Chicago is moron by
the name Of Costello. He committed
an atrocious crime but not any more
so than other crimes for which the
culprits went scott free. The reason
Costello is on his way to the gallows
is because he has no money and
friends to raise the dough. If he had
money, high priced alienists would be
willing to testify that ne was insane
and lawyers would ransack criminal
history for loop holes. Yet, we are
all equal before the law! Bunk.
FINANCE MINISTER CAILLAUX
i Of france intends to come to the
United States to negotiate over the
\ french indebtedness. This is interest
ing. For one thing, it proves that
the capitalists don't take their full
limitations against each other very
seriously Caillaux was branded in
the columns of every paper in this
country as a traitor when ClemeRceau
then war premier of France, was toot-
ed as a hero. Now, Caillaux has some
uses to which Wall Street can put
him, so he is welcome. Clemenceau
Is not even emitting a grunt
ONE Of our readers believes there
" is difference between Sidney
Hillman, "B. and o. Bill" Johnston
and George L. Berry. There is, but
it is one of degree. Berry is a burg
lar, along with being a scab. The
other two are more polished. John
ston beat a drum in the Salvation
army, and still rolls his eyes to
heaven when addressing an audience
Even when he is expelling an oppon
ent or stealing an election he looks as
solemn as if he were inviting a sin
ner to hit the sawdust trail.
OIDNEY HILLMAN has more brains
- than either Johnston or Berry. H'
uses few stereotyped phrases abou
the class struggle to cover up his
company union policy. His former
friendship for Soviet Russia still
blinds many workers to his presen
treachery to the working class move
ment. Hillman and Johnston dinel
from Berry in much the same way tina
yellow Kid" Well differs from Ton!
Kissane or Johnny Torrio, the latte
is more crude. All those leaders have
turned their backs on the workers
They are turning the unions into aux
illiaries of capitalism. OF the tw'
kinds of leaders the Hillmans ant
Johnstons are the more dangerous.
TINE socialist city of Vienna wa
i not able to protect the delegates 4
the Zionist convention from the fur,
OF the fascist hordes If the congress
was held in Moscow instead OF Il
Vienna, there would be no fascist {
disturb the peace. Despite the pre-
judice of the socialists against tn
use of force on the part of the work
ers, this does not prevent force fror
being ussd. Even John Wheatley
membe. of the British Labor Part
Continued on page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-25
MACHINISTS IN
PROTEST AGAINST
EXPULSION EDICT
"B. & o. Bill" Wants to
Gust Communists

Local 1893 of the International AS
ISOLATION of Machinists at its last reg
ular meeting, held Thursday night.
voted unanimously to protest against
ruling made by "B. and o. Bill"
Johnston, that all members Of the
unions who are also members OF the
Workers (CommunisD Party, the
Young Workers League or the Trade
Union Educational League must sever
their connections with those organiza-
tions by october Is, or else stand ex-
PEELED from the /. A. NJ
The resolution demanded that the
ruling be reconsidered.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-25
UNIONS RALLIED
TO TIE Can TO
\ MAIAK' BERRY
Government and Bosses
\ Saved His Neck

This is the seventh Of series o.
articles exposing the crooked career
Of George L. Berry, president Of the
international Printing Pressmen and
Assistants Union. This article deals
with Berry's footing of the oId-sse
pension fund and the war emergency
assessment to start industrial enter
prises, alleged to be the property Of
the International union, but which
we're really in his own name.
On April u, 1919. Chicago Printing
Freshmen No. 3 secured an injunction
restraining "Majah" Berry from col
lecting the one days pay and 25-cent
assessment. No other local in the
country, however, was protected by
this order from the burglars atten-
tons.
At the Chicago conference OF local
unions many delegates gave the re-
suit of their Investigation into the
activities OF Berry and his board Of
directors and particularly Of the fnan-
ciat status OF the Pressmen's Homes
The investigation showed that the
Clinchfeld Mercantile Company. the
Clinchfeld Hydro-Electric Company
and the Clinchfeld Land Lumber Com
pany were private enterprises. all in
corporated under the names Of Berry.
Orr and their wives in the state Of
| Tennessee.
Conference Decided to Act.
Owing to the debts incurred by
Berry and his pals in the name Of the
international union, debts contracted
for the several enterprises which Ber-
ry started with union funds. there was
likelihood that a general creditors
bill would be filed against the organi-
cation. This prompted the conference
to act promptly.
The following resolution. which is
an effective reply to the charge that
the conference was called for the pur-
pose of disrupting the union was
passed unanimously:
Whereas there has been for some
time past dangerous tendency on the
/ part Oh the bOdfu VI uiAcNlotS " bhF
International Printing Freshmen and
Assistants Union to exceed the
authority vested in it, in numerous
specific instances. and with apparent
wilfulness to misinterpret the will OF
the great majority of the membership
Of the international union;
"This tendency has been Of such
important cumulative effect that the
constitutional democratic government
of the union has been virtually de-
stroyed and the most autocratic and
dangerous dictatorship rules instead
Moneys paid into the international
union by the membership and dedi'
Gated to given purposes are recklessly
Continued on page p
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workers of the world.
The whole provisional delegates
participated in the election of com
mittee of five, and provisional officers,
chairman and secretary. William z.
Foster received 40 votes. G. e. Ruth
enberg received % votes for chairman.
For secretary, Rudolph Baker received
40 votes, w. w. Weinstone received
% votes.
Upon a motion to elect a credential
committee of FIVE, six nominees were
entered, being elected by individual
vote Martin-AAern received SO, votes;
Alexander -Rittelman, 3s; Joseph-A4ans,
ley, So; C. T. Ruthenhlrg, %; John-I-
BALKAN, "a; Ben Lifshitz, 20. The first
i've were elected.
Miner Speaks on zeIeIer.
A delegate from the southern. Illi-
nois coal mining region was uneni-
mousIy granted the floor to explain
the recent attack made upon the min
ers of Zeigler, ILL.,, by the combined
forces of the corrupt Harrington ma
chine of the United Nine Workers of
America and the ku klux khan, is
which Lon Fox and d. B. Cobb, sub
district satraps of Harrington, had ille-
gally deposed the local union officers
and tried to drive the miners back to
work after they had ceased-at first
because there was no checkweighman
to watch their interests, and second,
in spontaneous protest against the ar
bitrary removal of their local officers.
During the local union meeting, to
which Fox and Cobb had come guard
ed by armed K K K, the klansmen
began a fight. One Alex Hargis had
fired a shot which MORALLY wounded
Mike Sarovich, rank and file miner
and member of the Workers Party Of
i zeigfer. Comrade Sarovich, whose
loyal and active services to the work.
ers will be long remembered, died on
Saturday night, Aug. is. The meeting
at which the worker was shot was
held on Aug. H. Lon Fox, sub-district
official, had at the meeting tried to
use a blackjack upon the members of
the union.
Bitter Fight Expected.
Since then, Fox had sworn out war
rants for 20 miners. members or Off
Gals Of the zeigler local, charging
conspiracy to murder" Bond has
been furnished by those arrested and
a bitter fight is expected to save these
miners from persecution by the united
forces of the corrupt union machine
of Harrington, the khan and Len
Smalps state governmental machine.
Upon motion from the floor the
meeting rose and stood silent one
minute in memory of the dead com
rade, Mike Sarovich of Zeigler, Ill
Following this, a collection was taken
up in the hall by the international
Labor Defense for aid in the defense
of the Zeigler miners now arrested
The total cash collected was $12s
and in addition the delegates by unan
imous vote donated days pay each
which will total about 5000 more.
Chairman Foster announced that the
next session would begin on Saturday
at II a. m. and the meeting was ad
journed.
The last or third convention wal
held in Chicago in the early days o.
January, 1924, at which the presen
Central Executive Committee wal
elected. The first two conventions o
the party were held in New York City
Continued on page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-25
SEWER CLEANERS LOSE
STRIKE, MUST WORK
FIVE DAYS FOR $40

The Chicago sewer cleaners, or
ganized in the Tunnel and Subway
Constructors international Union,
are back at work after one week
on strike against Iayoff of one
day in six. The Iayoff was insti-
tuted by the city because the APP
preparation did not permit the fur
Their payment Of the $36 weekly
wage. The strike was unsuccessful
and the men are now working five
days for $50.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-25
coMRADE kNlEvsKI
DEPORT FEDERATED
PRESS WRITER FROM
ENGLAND TO FRANCE

The Federated Press, which pro-
tested to Secretary of State Kellogg
against the deportation of its for
eign correspondent, Gertrude Haess-
Ter, from England, learns that the
American embassy in London is
making inquiries of the British gov
eminent. The correspondent had
Travelled round the world without
governmental interference until she
set foot last month on English soil.
She was Immediately hustled back
to Frahce without explanation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-25
new YORK 60 ROSES TRY
UNSUCCESSFUL 5 DISCHARGE
PARADERS;; STRIktS GRIP SHOPS

NEW YORK CITY, August 23s-As result Of Thursdays
stoppaoe Of $4,000 workers in and industry in
this city about shops discharged individual workers on Friday
morning and all other workers in the shops came out N
protest According Joint Committee of Action the en-
poyes with the approval of the Joint Board took advantage
this stoppage discharge of their higher paid workers
and planned to replace them with and lower paid people
However Is shops have already renstaed their
workers and of the others will be adjusted
by Monday night those shops refusing to take back their
workers decared but little difficulty is anticipated
bv the Joint Committee of Action because the soppage has
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-25
CONVENTION OF WORKERS
PARTY MEETS; ELECTS william
I. FOSTER TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN

The Convention of the Workers (communist) Party
America preliminary session Friday evening, August
r. seating all delegates both contested and uncon
tested as body Altogether these numbered o.
aho the II regional districts and the ag
unorganized territories provides for maximum
of 50 accredited delegates.
then opened the session with call for the
and the nernatonale which
done with all joining this spirited of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-25

CHICOPEE, Mass.-(FP)-Dwight
Manufacturing Co., cotton goods, Is
closing its mill for a few weeks to
reorganize its machinery, leaving 400
workers unemployed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-25
SEAMENS STRIKE SPREADS FROM
AUSTRALIAN PORTS TO LONDON

LONDON Aug British which Is
hoIdno up spreading to London where 100
strikers are holding No Atlantic liners have been
aHec
The striking protesting against monthly decrease In wages
49, effective the sesmens Union said to
have accepted.
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1925-01-31
RURAL MAIL SERVICE.

|
Few institutions in the history
of American progress can be
credited with a more salutary
effect upon the march of that
progress than the rural mail SER.
vice of the Post Office Depart.
ment.
| No other single instrumental.
ity has done more than the rural
mail service toward bringing
the city to the country" and re,
lieving the prosaic existence of
farm life, or has been as effective
in establishing closer contact be.
tween the farmer and his mark.
cts. 1t has been the most i'm.
portant factor in making agri
culture an exacting business in.
stead OF its one. time precarious
classification which conveyed no
broder meaning than 'tilling the
soil"
Twenty nine years ago the
farmer, and his wife, and his
children, led an existence of al.
most complete isolation, living
upon widely scattered farms,
some of them miles apart. They
bad comparatively little commu.
ication with their neighbors or
the outside world, except that
derived from weekly triDS to the
adjacent village. More often
than not the farmer lost a full
days work and his crops were
neglected in order to obtain ex.
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1925-01-31

tial but in a very large number
of cases they have been abso
lutely unable to secure money
for the pay ment of grazing fees
at the rate of 81 per head for
their cattle.
The authorities of the various
counties understand the condi-
tions under which the cattlemen
are laboring and there have been
but few, if any, sales for taxes,
the authorities allowing these
taxes to remain in default but
the forest service demands cash
for these grazing fees and the
cattlemen have not the cash to
pay.
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1925-01-31

Winslow-Forest department.
to advertise for bids on standing
timber in Sitgreaves national
forest.
Jerome-United Verde Copper
company boring tunnel in Ven.
ture claims.
Humboldt-Southwest Metals
Co. to reopen smelter April /.
Holbrook-Private interests to
build two roads into oil field.
Tucson-Quijotoa mine ships
$4,000 worth of high grade ore
since recent opening of property.
Casa Grande-$53, 900 to be-
spent building Is miles of addi.
tional lateral lines in electrical
district No. 2.