The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-11
UNIONS SEND
DELEGATES TO
DEFENSE meet
Mass Meeting in N. Y.
on Sept. Is
Especial to The Daily Worker,

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NEW YORK, Sept. s-"L abor De.
Tense Day., Sunday Sept. 18th will
be observed in New York City By the
holiday by great evening mass meet
ing IN Webster Hall. 11s {. 11th St.
and a conference of workers oraanixa-
tions converting in the afternoon Il
the Labor Temple, 243 E. s4th st.
Speakers at the mass meeting Will
be James P. Cannon, National Sec
rotary of International Labor De-
Tense. Benz. .Gitlow, recently reman
ded to Sing Sing Prison by decision
of the U. S. Supreme Court, Dick
Brazier, former l. W. w. prisoner at
Leavenworth and now under depor.
tation charges, Robt. w. Dunn OF. the
American Civil Liberties Union and ].
R. Brodsky, prominent labor lawyer
of New York City.
Unions at Conferences
The conference will be called to
order at 1 P. M. and will seat re-
representatives. of trades union, work
ers' benefit societies, co-operatives,
etc. and delegates from the fifty or
more permanent branches of Interna-
tional Labor Defense established in
New York City in the past several
months. Twelve trade unions and ten
workmen's circle branches have sent
in credentials to date and many more
are expected to appear at the con
ference.
The purpose of the conference will
be to set up permanent local New
York organization of International
Labor Defense. This will be com
posed of individual membership bran
ches of l. L. d. and collective affilia-
tions from other workers organiza-
tions. The work of this local organi-
cation will be to agitate for the re-
lease of all class-war prisoners in
America and all other capitalist coun-
tries, to provide relief to class-war
prisoners and their families and to
carry on campaigns of opposition to
all attempts to prosecute members
of the labor movement for working
class activities.
Zeigler Frame-Up Featured
The feature of the meeting, as with
dozens of similar demonstrations be
ing held thruout the country on the
same day. will be the NZeigIer Frame
up" The story of the frame-up of
eighteen zeigler coal miners on a
charge of conspiracy to murder fol-
lowing strike in which the union
officials combined with the coal oper-
ators will be told by the speakers.
The aims of International Labor
Defense, founded at national con
ference last June. will occupy much
of the discussion. in Webster Hall, |.
L. ID. is non-partisan workers de-
Tense body that seeks to afford pro-
lection to all workers, regardless of
their affiliations or views, who are at
tackled for sharing in the struggles
of the organized workers or for ex-
pressing their opinions. There are
more than 100 workers in prison for
the crime of labor ACTIVITY. As many
more await trial for the same offense
and face prison or deportation.
Struggle in other Lands
The story of the struggle of work.
ers in other lands will be told. The
white terror of the Baltic and Bal,
kan States will be delineated by the
speakers. At the present time three
great trials are in progress in Eur
ope. The second trial of Stanislav
Lanzutsky in Warsaw, the trial of the
Executive Committee of the Bulgarian
Communist Party and the process Of
the five hundred Bessarabian peasants
now under way at Kishinev.
Some fifty other large centers in
the country will have mass meetings
and conferences on Labor Defense
Day.. Bishop William Montgomery
Brown will be the main speaker at
Cincinatti. A. T. Mcnamara at Pitts.
burgh, VIM. F. Dunno at Milwaukee.
Earl R. Browder at Cleveland, Ella
Reeve Bloor at Boston, Foster ana
Ruthenberg at Chicago. ...s