The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-23
CHINESE SEAMEN
READY TO FIGHT
BRUTAL Capt. AIN
Steward Beaten Brutal
ly; His Comrades Strike

CANTON (By Mail)-An outrageous
act took place in the S. s. "Honam"
in Canton May II when the chief Of
ficer, Carpenter, rough-handled a
Chinese steward, Tsen Wong. 1t ap.
pears that dinner was given by the
chief engineer in the ship that night.
lasting till 2 a. m, in the midst Of
which the chief officer, Carpenter, re-
turned and retired to his room. Then
he took his supper and particularly
his drinks. The steward as usual be-
gan the process of putting him to
bed, unshoeing him, and undressing
him. Whether dissatisfied with the
process that night, or with his pas
time that evening, or over-drunk. he
began to practice his pugilistlc feats
upon the Chinese seaman and kick.
ing him. This aroused the indigna.
ton of the whole crew, and if chief
officer Carpenter had not fed in time.
he would have gotten his due. Being
unable to report the matter to the
Chinese Seamen's Union in Canton
late in the night, the insulted seaman
returned with the ship to Hongkong.
with the intention to report it to the
union there. t
Dismissed Steward.
Contrary to all expectation, Can
tain Thompson sumarily dismissed the
steward on the way and upon arrival
in Hongkong ordered him to leave the
ship Immediately, paying no heed to
his request that he be carried back to
Canton, his native place. He was
even threatened with imprisonment.
and the only course left for him was
to report to the Chinese Seamen's
Union in Hongkong.
Upon receipt Of the report and after
subsequent investigation, the union
sent its representative to the captain
of the ship and the manager of the
Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steam.
boat company, to inquire why the
men should work after twelve o'clock
why the chief officer Carpeter could
beat seaman, and how could the lat.
ter be dismissed without "a hours no
tice. All the questions were ignored
and the only retort was: Can the
steward produce injury marks?" oh!
you honorable capitalist, let me beat
you and kick you, and If there be no
evident marks, will you consider that
have not beaten you or kicked you?
Ready to Fight
The S. S. "Honam" has returned to
Canton, and the whole crew is pre-
pared to fight A Conference of all
seamen win be held this afternoon in
Canton, where measures will be
taken. The whole body of Chinese
seamen is showing sympathy to their
fellow workers Of tiIe s. s. "Honam. /"
Fellow seamen Of the world! You
are likewise oppressed and exploited
by the capitalists. Our enemy is one.
Let us, seamen OF China and of all
countries, join ever closer in our strug-
gle for freedom-freedom from ex.
ploitation by capitalist factories and
banks, freedom from oppression by
capitalist police and jails.
| Brother seamen of the world! We
know no distinction OF nationality or
race. We know only the distinction
between the capitalist class and the
working class. All workers, white.
black, yellow, red and brown, are
brothers and comrades. All capital.
lists are our enemies.
Brother workers of the world! Let
us unite and form a world family of
workers! Injury to one is injury to
ALL Three cheers for our unity!