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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-20
$4,000 JOBLESS
SLAVES WALK
BUFF ALO STREETS
Find They Have Both
Coolidge and Chaos"
BY FRANKLIN p. BRILL.

BUFFALO, N. Y.-Fully $4,000 will
ing workers in Buffalo, N. Y, are
walking the streets, haunting the fac
tory gates and employment agencies,
looking vainly for the Coolidge pros
perity which politicians thru the kept
press promised.
Before election, foremen and super
intendents of some of the largest
automobile plants, iron and steel mills,
tool and machine shops passed down
the word that If Coolidge should not
be reelected the factories would
either run on part time or be closed
indefinitely.
Buffalo has a public welfare" de-
partment with not as large a payroll,
for example, as the department Of
public works. Yet in a recent report
the commissioner of public welfare,
with tears streaming down his
cheeks" Gas described by a news re-
porter admitted in the council cham
Der that during the past months $1,000
applications for jobs were made at his
Office, and he was able to place only
an insignificant number of this large
army of jobless men.
The Blessings Of the Steel Trust.
The Lackawanna Steel plant, re-
Gently absorbed by Charlie Schwab's
Bethlehem Steel kingdom, has been
operating at from 40 to so per cent
capacity during the past year. Their
employees are miserably housed in
company owned dwellings for which
I the employers extort outrageously
high rents so that two and three fam
lilies occupy quarters planned only to
accommodate one average sized family.
The company also provides camps"
consisting of tiers OF unsanitary
hunks, where the slaves sleep and eat.
One is for Negroes only and another
permits white and colored employees
alike to share the bounty of their
masters.
In cool disregard of their previous
threats and promises, many OF the
factory owners, Immediately after the
triumphant election of Morgan and
Rockefeller servants, laid off many
employees on one pretext or another.
During the past week the Roger
Brown Iron and Steel works dis
missed 100 men in a single batch.
The Arcola branch OF the American
Radiator works, doing an internation-
al business, closed down indefinitely.
Many other industrial plants, large
and small, are running with reduced
force or on part time only.
The program OF the Trade Union
Educational League, II supported by
organized labor generally, will put
their class In the possession of the
power necessary for their emancipa-
ton from the yoke OF capitalism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-20
INJUNCTION ON
IRON WORKERS IN
OPEN SHOP DRIVE
Scab Iron League Is Be-
hind Courts

NEW YORK. - A stiff Injunction
against striking ironworkers is the
latest development in the workers
fight against the open shop Iron
League of New York The injunction,
issued by Federal Judge Knox, is tenn
porary, but argument to show cause
why it should not be made permanent
will be heard by the judge in week.
Locals 40 and 361 Of the Bridge and
Structural Ironworkers, Local SO Of
the Ornamental Ironworkers, Local
1877 of Steam Derrick Workers and
Local ITO of Riggers and Machinery
workers are enjoined by lowering &
Garigues Co., McClintic-Marshall Co.,
Heddon Iron Construction company
and Hay Foundry and Iron Works. The
companies are all members of the
Iron League and are snakes" accord
ing to union members.
Forbidden to Do Anythins--5ut seab.
The injunction is designed to re-
strain the defendants from combining
or conspiring to compel the plaintiffs
to employ only union labor, from "in-
timidating, coercing, inducing or adj
vising any person or persons to re-
frain from engaging plaintiffs to per-
form work." from conducting or ad-
vising boycott Of plaintiffs, from
calling or inducing sympathetic
strikes or from doing any other act
which tends to interfere with the
plaintiffs work.
The companies assert in their plea
that they have over 100000 worth
Of work under way. The union threat
ened to call strikes OF affected unions
employed on Iron League Jobs outside
Of New York in order to compel com
panies here to employ only union
workers
Work on over 30 large building en-
terprises in the city have been held
up by the strike OF the ironworkers.
No ornamental work. no stair build
ing, boiler installing nor machinery
placement nor setting Of stone are
permitted on jobs where general con-
tractors are working for the Iron
League.
The leagues policy Is not 10 recog-
nize the ironworkers' union nor have
any dealings with II and its member
employers keep open shop on Jobs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-20

Good Right Arm"
Needed, Sometimes
to Swing a Pencil


To the DAILY WORKER: notice
couple of interesting letters in to-
days paper. Why can't more Of the
comrades and readers write their ex
periences on the job and looking for
jobs?
Do they think this is unimportant!
Won't the "Streetcar man" whose
letter is published today MAR. III
write himself about his job and un.
ion? He says my good right arm
is ready to defend the Communist
movement now"
This is fine, and the movement
sorely needs all such arms; some.
times to handle a pencil.
We all know the old adage "the
pen is mightier than the sword"
Well, we won't give up the idea that
the sword is also a mighty good
propaganda weapon in its place, but
just today, let's all do a little more
writing about our jobs. We can park
the sword on the table nearby and
so keep it handy.
Glad to see Comrade Ford Of Balti.
more in print too. He is right. ig.
norance must be conquered. Wish be
would write again about the actual
conditions Of himself and other work.
ing folk in Baltimore.
Let those who labor tell the world
about that labor.
Fraternally, Il. c. Fillmore.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-20

Officialdom and the operators, and
who possesses the knowledge Of the
social and economic structure Of so
ciety.
WItcunas-Another Fighter.
Soon another tall miner entered the
room with the news of an accident
in the nearby colliery that had sent
neighboring miner to the hospital
The news was taken in a calm, seri-
Gus manner that denoted that these
men were accustomed to accidents as
every day occurrences.
The newcomer was John witcunas
progressive candidate for vice-presi-
dent. Witcunas spent 16 years in the
mines, and bears many scars from en-
counters with the "cossacks," the coal
and iron police, who are sent to ter
rorize the miners during strike per
iods.
He, too, is determined that the I'M
ion for which he fought and sacrificed
must become the fighting organ of the
rank and file. With a bitter smile he
told us of Cappellini's promise to give
the rank and file expression thru the
general grievance committees, and
cited the recent order from the dis
trict executive board to dissolve these
bodies which were the last vestige OF
power held by the rank and file.
The basis for this latest betrayal
was laid Immediately after Capped.
linis election, when clause was in
serted in the constitution giving the
officials power to dissolve any dele
gated body Of which they disapproved
This further explains why John L.
Lewis adopted Cappellini as his right
hand man in District l. Retaining
and developing of the general griev-
ance committees is one Of the strong
points of the progressive program on
which these candidates are running
A Striker Of Old Forge.
After a short street car ride we ar
rived in Old Forge, the storm center
of the last outlaw strike. We soon
found the home Of John SabatelIi, the
progressive candidate for district
vice-president.
Sabateli is youngest of the candi
dates, being 81 years of age, but he
possesses all the courage and enthus-
iasm Of youth and his five years ex-
perience in the mines is rich with
many strike experiences. the latest
being the great outlaw strike involv-
ing 10000 men In which he took an
active part.
All three OF the candidates are but
little known outside OF their local un-
ions and the collieries they work in.
They represent the first conscious or
ganized effort on the part Of the rank
and file to assert their position and
power.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-20
NO CONVENTION
FOR MINERS in
DISTRICT NO. |
CappeIIini Afraid toFace
Members

PLAINS, Pa, March 18.-The min
ers of District 1, United Mine Work
ers of America will not be given a
special convention to take action on
the grievances existing between them
and the coal operators as well as their
charges against the district president
according to a letter sent out by the
president and secretary of the dis
trict, Rinaldo Caspellini and Enoch
Williams.
The letter states that the reason
given in the request for a special
convention were not of sufficient inn
portance to justify the calling of one.
Cappellini, in good jesuit fashion de-
clared that the protests of the unions
against the violations Of the constitu-
ton by the district president we're not
specific; that their protest against the
treatment accorded the miners by the
Pennsylvania Coal company were not
we'll grounded and that the holding of
convention would entail a heavy ex-
pense. Cappellini was afraid to call a
convention knowing 1t would mark
the end of his political career in, the
union.
Threats of Death.
The miners Of Local 1887, Pittston,
held a stormy meeting during which
George Molesky, president of the To-
cal for the past five years was threat
ened with death unless he quit Office
and refused to contest new cleo
ton. This death threat it is under
stood was made by henchmen Of Rim
aldo Cappellini, after the district presi-
dent stated that unless there was
more cooperation between the union
and the coal operators, some Of the
mines would close down.
Moelsky was threatened with death
as he entered the hall unless he with
drew from the ONCE, but he declared
he had made up his mind to with
draw before he left his home that
evening. A new set Of officers were
elected afer considerable wrangling
and fist fights.
State troopers were called to dis.
perse a meeting of woodward Local
6s9, held last night at Pauxtis Hall
Edwardsville. The meeting had been
called by Adam Dunn, president of the
local, but when trouble started be
tween his followers and those headed
by Stanley Edmunds, the meeting was
broken up.
A meeting of the Edmunds group
was held shortly after in Burba's
Hall and Michael Evelock was named
president OF the local and Edmunds
was named docking boss to take the
place Of George Lynn. Evelock was
president of the local for a short time
but at an election held recently
Adam Dunn was named to take his
place.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-20
NOTE

We have been for
tunate in securing a
large shipment Of this
working class drama,
by a master propagan-
dist at a specially low
rate that enables us TO
sell It at a mark below
the usual selling price.
Take advantage of it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-20
Miners Get a Is Per
Cent Cut; Boss Says
They Asked for 1t!

Miners employed by the CONSOLIDATE
ed Coal company, in the Somerset
region of Pennsylvania have been
handed 25 per cent wage cut and
asked to sign on the dotted line. Ac.
cording to the company statement the
cut, effective March u, followed vote
taken among the miners. The old ton.
mage rate was 81. The company is
one Of the largest in the country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-20

$4,000 NEW SUBS BY JUNE 1851
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-20
Textile Barons Get
M ore for Product
While Cutting Wages

MANCHESTER, N. H., March 49,
Advance in price OF one cent in new
seasons ginghams bys the Amoskeas
Manufacturing company calls atten.
ton again 70 the inediity involved in
cutting It's workers. wages ten per
cent last fall.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-20
NOTICE

The T. U. =. L. is short on copies
of the following Labor Heralds:
March, April, May, and October, 1928.
We ask the readers OF this page to
send in these copies SO as to complete
our files. Mail to the Trade Union
Educational League, lib Washington
Blvd. Chicago. Thanks.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-20

A DAILY WORKER sub means
another Communist.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-02

Our professors would gladly have
stayed there all day. So entranced
were they by this opportunity of
studying the life of prehistoric
age They pointed out the fish and
the dead birds lying about among the
rocks as proving the nature of the
food OF these creatures, and I heard
them congratulating each other on
having cleared up the point why the
bones of this flying dragon are found
in such great numbers in certain we'll
defined areas, as in the Cambridge
Green-sand. since 1t was now sen
that. like penguins, they lived in gre
garious fashion.
Finally, however, Challenger, bent
upon proving some point which Sum.
iierlee had contested, thrust his head
over the rock and nearly brought de-
stfuction upon us ALL In an instant
the nearest. male gave a shrill. whis-
thing cry. and tapped its twenty-foot
span Of leathery wings as it scared up
into the air. The females and young
ones huddled together beside the
water, while the whole circle of senti-
nels rose one after the other and
sailed off into the sky. 1t was a
wonderful sight to see at least a hun
.dred creatures of such enormous size
and hideous appearance all swooping
like swallows with swift, shearing
wing strokes above us; but soon we
realized that it was not one on which
we could afford to linger. At first
the great brutes flew round in huge
ring, as II to make sure what the
exact extent of the danger might be.
Then, the flight grew lower and the
circle narrower. until they were whiz-
zing round and round us, the dry,
rustling flap of their huge slate-col-
ored wings filling the air with a. vol
un1e of sound that made me think OF
Hendon aerodrome upon a race day.
Make for the wood and keep to.
cether.'' cried Lord John, clubbing
his rifle. "The brutes mean mis-
chief"
The moment we attempted to re-
treat the circle closed in upon US,
until the tips of the wings of those
nearest to us nearly touched our
faces. We beat at them with the
stocks of our guns. but there was
nothing solid or vulnerable to strike.
Then suddenly out of the whizzlng,
slate-colored circle a long neck shot
out. and a fierce beak made a thrust
at us. Another and another followed.
Summerlee gave a cry and put his
hand to his face. from which the
blood was streaming. | felt a prod
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-02

enn and cavernous gloom of the great
trees which arehed above our heads.
And yet the feeling grew ever strong
er in my own mind that something
obsersant and something malesolent
was at our very elbow. | thought 81
The Indian superstition Of the tnru.
puri-fhe dreadful. lurking spirit OF
the woods-and could have imag-
med that his terrible presence haunt
ed those who had invaded his mos.
remote and sacred retreat
fTa n. Continued TomorrOw.e
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-02

defense | remember that during the
whole long day | was haunted hN me
feeling that we were closely op-
served. though by whom or whence l
could give no guess.
So strong was the impression that
told Professor Challenger of II. Wpo
put It down TO the cerebral excite
ment caused by my fever. Again ana
again | Glanced round swiftly. with
the conviction that ] was about 10
see something, but only TO meet the
da ri fangle of our hedge or. the sol
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-02

fessors. their tempers aggravated. no
doubt. by their injuries. had fallen
out as to whether our assailants We're
of the genus pterodactylus or dimor.
phodon. and high words had ensued
To avoid their wrangling / moved
some little way apart, and was seat
ed smoking upon the trunk of a fal.
len N.ee when Lord John strolled over
in my direction.
IL say, Malone" said he. do you
remember that place where those
heasfS uereot'
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-02
THE OMAHA BEE: MONDAY. MARCH 2, 1925.

and strolled back to where the voices
of the contending mon of science rose
in prolonged duet. the high. sfrident
note Of Summerlee rising and fall
ing to the sunorous bass of thallen.
ger. I should have thought no more
of Lord Johns remark. We're II not
hat once again that night | heard
him mutter TO himself: blue clay
clay In a volcanic tube" They We're
the last words I heard before |
dropped into an exhausted sleep.
Lord John Roxton was right when
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-02

he thought that some specially toxic
quality might lie in the bite of the
horrible creatures which had attacked
us. On the morning after our first adj
venture upon the plateau, both Sum
merlee and ! We're in great pain and
fever. while Challenger knee vas 50
bruised that ,he Seoud hardly limp.
We kept 10 our camp all daS. there
fore. Lord John bl1sying himself with
such help as we could give him. IN
raising the height and thickness Of the
thorny walls which We're our only
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-02

Very clearly.
\ sort of volcanic pit. was it neta'
Exactly said |.
Did yon notice the soils'
Rocks
"But round the water--xhere the
reeds were?'
1T was a blush soil II looked
like clay
Exactly. A volcanic tube full of
blue clay"
"What of that" I asked.
"Oh, nothing. nothing said he,
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-02

The most pathetic group on a ship
it seems to me is the ships orches-
ira. They carry on valiantly as the
ship skids along-striking rancid
notes with every lurch of the vessel.
Now. and then the leader puts up a
card by Request "a bit OF hocus-
pocus, l believe. ! do not believe they
ever get request except not to play.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
Newreel Film
Figures in Probe

At the request Of Captain A. w.
johnson, assistant chief Of the Blu
reau Of Aeronautics, international
Newsreel has sent a complete print
Of all motion pictures made of the
Shenandoah disaster N Washington,
where the pictures will be shown 10
the court Of inquiry now in session
there.
international NewsreeTs cameramen
we're the first on the scene of the
Shenandoah disaster az Ava. Ohio.
and secured many pictures that it was
impossible for later arrivals 10 get.
because Of the depredations of the
relie-hunters.
10 was impossible 10 show all Of the
nm IN The first issue of international
Newsreel following the disaster.
All Of the film exposed By Interna-
tional Newsreel cameramen, however,
mas been made into a compIete his.
torlcal record of the tragedy that
wiped out the sill cry queen of the
ar and print Of all of these pic
tures was made up and sent 10 Can
tam johnson 50 that it can be used
az evidence IN the inquiry.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
MISSING
|NMOUNTA|NS,
IS SOUGHT

BELLEFONTE, Pa. Oct. SUP
Search was renewed today for a mail
airplane which has not been heard
from since IL passed over Hartleton,
80 miles from the local landing field,
shortly before midnight Thursday on
its flight from New York to Chicago.
More than 100 men secured the
mountainous country between Hartle-
ton and Bellefontc yesterday without
finding a trace Of the missing plane
of its pilot, Charles II. Ames.
A heavy rain last night temporarily
halted the search.
Weather conditions permitting. air
planes sent here by the division super
intendent Mt Cleveland are to join in
the hunt. Two machines arrived yes
terday. but the clouds hung so low
over the mountains that they could
not take the air. 1t is planned to
have them fly back and forth over the
route between here and Hartleton.
Should they fail to find any trace OF
the lost plane there, their activities
are TO be transferred 10 the Allegheny
Mountains to the westward.
Ames left New York at 5 40 o'clock
Thursday on the regular night air
mail flight 10 Chicago. He cncoun-
tered unusually thick weather in the
Susquehanna valley but managed TO
keep his course as far as Hartleton.
After passing over that town officials
at the Bellefonte aviation field believe
he became lost and was forced down.
1t is possible. these officials said, that
the pilot might have come down in the
Allegheny Mountains west of here and
that he had not yet been able to reach
a point where he could communicate
with the landing field.
Fears for the safety Of Ames were
expressed By some Of the officials who
said forced landing az night in the
mountains would be extremely hazard
Gus.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
MASONS TO OBSERVE
TAbERNAC[ES FEAST

The Feast Of the Tabernacles. one
Of the ancient and obligatory rites Of
Scottish Rite Masonry. will be oh.
served At the Scottish Rite Cathedral,
az 1870 p. n. Saturday. Guy Guide,
venerable Master Of the Lodge Of Per
lection. viii preside. Arthur Storms
Will deliver the 18th degree obligation.
Alzatar Shrine orchestra will furnish
appropriate music. g. J.. W. Adams
VIII be in charge Of the banquet.
Toasts will be given az follows: "To
the Government Of Our Country" Rob
err J.. Ball, 33rd degree /. 6. H.; ITO
the Supreme Council and Sovereign
Grand Commander" Edward W.
Smith. 18th degree; "To Samuel p.
Cochran. Deputy Sovereign Grand In
spector General Of Texas" S. II. c.
Burgin, 33rd degree: TO the Most
Worshipful Grand Lodge Of Texas"
William NJ. Mcintosh 32nd degree
X. {. {. H.; "To Our Departed
Brethren in silence By all standing
To Our Guest and Visitors" n. A.
Hir,hberg. 32nd degree; Ito All Ma
sons and Masonic Bodies Of All Rites
and Degrees throughout the World"
Andrew X. Marker, 32nd degree.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
THREE ARE INDICTED
IN BOILER DISASTER

PROVIDENCE. R. l.. Oct. 3.-CR
Captain George W. McVay and Chief
Engineer John A. Grant, of the ex-
cursion steamer, Mackinac, on which
a boiler explosion, August Is, in New
port harbor cost 50 lives, were indicted
by the Providence and Bristol county
grand juries here for manslaughtcr.
George B. Kelley. general manager Of
the Blackstone Valley Transportation
Company. operator of the steamer, was
charged with being an accessory before
the fact.
Nine indictments were returned
against the three, the grand jury
acting on evidence presented by AS
sistant Attorney General Oscar L.
Heltzen. who based his case on three
of the 50 deaths.
Capiases were ordered issued for the
three defendants who will appear in
court Monday or Tuesday TO answer
to the charges. according to John j.
FITZGERALD, their counsel.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
WINES RESIGNATION
EXPECTED AT MEET

The resignation Of Russell II. Wine.
IG'ecehuy appointed assistant United
etstes district attorney. as chairmau
OF me Fourteenth Congressional Dis.
triet Tor The Republican party. is ex
pected. Wines resignation is expected
70 be delayed until the committee is
called 70 meet after Christmas 10 dis
cuss the 1926 campaign.
A. X. Holzschuher. chairman NJ
Bear county, already has been men.
TONED rs successor N Wine. The
district embraces counties froro
Blanco 10 Arkansas.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-03
CHURCH PARISH HONORS
LAYMAN WITH GIFTS

his pleasure in being back in San An
tonic and paying tribute TO the growth
and rapid advancement of st. Marks,
turned Unexpectedly to Mr.. Gish and
presented him with two travelling
bags, as a token of the esteem and
appreciation of st. Marks Parish.
Completely taken by surprise. Mr..
Gish, briefly expressed his deep graft
tude for the gifts. The two bags. a
suitcase and Gladstone bag. Of shark
skin, initiated in gold and having in
side, To Tommy Gish from st.
Marks Parish" were presented on be-
half of the parish through c. C. Leel,
chairman of the parish committee.
Bishop Capers spoke briefly on the
work done for st. Marks by Mr.. Gish
and the high regard he was held by
all. The Rev. Robinson added his
tribute. Refreshments were served
during the evening.