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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-20
STEEL WORKERS
SEND FUNDS TO
PASSAIC STRIKE
Ignore Sneering Remarks
by Labor Faler
ny a Worker correA eondent

NILES, o., March 1S-The depths
to which the reactionary oficialdom Of
the trade union can sink is well illus
trated in the action Of Secretay Don.
nelly of the Ohio State Federation Of
Labor, at the joint mass meeting Of
the Niles lodges Of the Amalgamated
Association Of Iron and Steel and Tin
workers at which he was one of the
speakers.
The consent Of the committee in
charge had been secured to take up
collection for the benefit of the
Passaic strikers The committee CON
sisting Of Helen Panin, Mary Fraidin,
and Mrs. Berger were in the audience
and Helen Panin was on the platform
making the appeal for the striking
textile workers, when Donnelly inter-
rupted by asking, Take a collection
for whom! Bill Foster?"
The girl on the platform rebuked the
cheap labor skate by announcing "that
the collection was not for the commit
tee, but for the men, women and chill
dren who were battling against re-
duction of their wages below the
starvation line" and she appealed to
her hearers ito give the money to the
collectors who will turn the money
over to the committee in charge of the
meeting, and have them send it by
telegraph, to Passaic."
To the credit of the workers pres
emit they responded in a splendid man.
ner and the girls were able to collect
$81.21, which the committee immedi-
ately sent on to the strike committee
by registered letter.
Donnelly all thru his speech had in
sisted that the salvation of the work
ers lay in the trade unions, and not
on "dramatics," and he used the Pas
sale strike as an illustration of the
"dramatics." He had nothing to say
about the A. F. Of L. granting a dual
charter to fake labor assembly in
Warren as opposed to Niles on the in
sistence of detective in the employ
of the Manufacturers Association. This
detective is now running fake labor
employment Office and flooding Warren
with workers. Nor did he by one
word place the dangerous condition of
the textile strikers and their need Of
help before his hearers. He sneered
at the Communists, but was too cow
ardly to name them in his speech.
Don't waste your breath, put it on
paper.
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He seemed furious. l could see
very plainly that there must have
been great deal of propaganda cir
culated among the conductors and
guards of the trains in order to poison
their minds against the textile strik-
ers and get them to cooperate with
the road owners in preventing tag
day collections for the textile strikers
on the trains.
went off at the next station and
tried other trains with more success.
There were few other conductors of
the same type, but there were a great
many who pretended not to see and
even helped me in opening the doors
in going from car to car on the rush
ing trains.
Guard Aids Collector.
Listen, lady, you'd better go down
below at the entrance and do your
collecting, because this platform is
just swarming with road detectives
and they will turn you over to a cop!"
l turned and looked up into the kindly
face of train guard. In his eyes
there was world of sympathy for the
cause of the strikers.
"The police will interfere down be-
low" told him.
His face clouded somewhat. Just
then train rushed into the station.
well, then, get on this train. See,
it's quite full and you can get lot
there. If you get. more than you can
carry let me know, and l will come
and help"
The genial warmth of his voice was
like a bright ray, of sunshine and
heartened me wonderfully.
Workers sympathize With Strikers.
Easy to see that the people are in
sympathy with the strikers" said a
member of the relief committee as he
spilled the contents of my box out on
the table. Never before did find
so many quarters, half dollars and
even dollars in collection boxes!%
That is true. l have gone collecting
before, but never did people give so
eagerly and were even thankful for
the opportunity to help.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-20
THIRD PRIZE WINNER.
ORGANIZED SIX WEEKS
AND MILLINERY WORKERS
SET THEIR OWN PRICES
By a Worker Correspondent


NEW YORK, March s.-It is
now six weeks since the girls in the
r. II. Meyers millinery shop of New
York have been organized, and have
affiliated with the millinery work.
ers' union. Price committees are
still new to the boss and he feels
uncomfortable. Every Monday even
ing he finds himself battling with
union members over the price of a
dozen hats.
Several times our wages have been
delayed because the price commit
tee and the boss have been unable
to reach an agreement. The organ
izer Of our union had to be called
In before we could receive our
wages. often the members of the
price committee have thrown up
their hands in despair and have
vowed never again to waste an
evening haggling with the boss over
prices, but they have persevered
for the sake of their feIIow-worker
The other day our forelady failed
to divide the work equally among
the girls. One Of the girls pro-
tested, and the shop was full of
excitement. The boss came running
In like a wild man, shouting: "What
Is this rumpus all aboutl don't
want girls here who raise a rumpus.
Any girl that will do It again will
be fired" But we all looked at him
and smiled, knowing how useless
his threats were since we have
Joined the union.
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SPREAD "OUR DAILY"
sy a Worker correspondent

NEW YORK, March 1871 am very
much interested in the Worker Cor.
respondence page in The DAILY
WORKER and because like 1t !
spread our paper so that many more
workers may see IT,
Usually buy my paper every eve.
ming and read It very carefully. Tray.
cling to the shop on the train the
next morning I take It along and dis
play It. Some of the people in the
train give me scared look while
others appear curious. When leave
drop my paper on the seat and in.
variably someone picks 1t up.
We all should try to spread our
paper and always leave a copy on the
train and In restaurants and wher.
ever workers congregate.
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Every day our mail contains letters
with pictures that have appeared in
other newspapers which would be
suitable for reproduction In The
DAILY WORKER. we are very glad
indeed TO receive these clippings and
suggestions but we wish TO inform our
worker correspondents that II Is i'm.
possible for us to reproduce these.
We can only print pictures from orig
inal photographs.
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TEXTILE WORKERS! BECOME
DAILY WORKER CORRESPONDENTS

TEN THOUSAND extra copies Of this Special Textile Strike edition
will be circulated In the big country.
Of these will be distributed among the Passae strikers
Thousands textile workers will therefore The DAILY
WORKER for the They will acquainted with Work
Correspondents They will fighting
working class daily like. The DAILY WORKER
tends Invitation join growing
Of worker correspondents
Hundreds textile should Worker
ens like other hundreds for The DAILY
WORKER.
Perhaps do not think write But other workers
have hot like differently they
to write for The DAILY WORKER.
Writing is habit Every cultivate II.
Once have acquired will tell about everything
happens TO to other all contributions
Correspondence Editor DAILY WORKER Washington
Blvd, Chicago, ~.
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Gera Mill Employees
Cripple Each Other
In Fight for Bread
81 a Worker corresponaent.

PASSAIC, N. ], March 1s-I am
employed as a spooler in Gera Mills,
and the conditions in our department
aren't fit for human beings. There are
about sixty girls and sometimes we
have to wait three and four hours for
bolbins, sometimes all day. and we
don't get one cent for the time we
lose. When they do bring us bolbins
there are only enough TO supply about
IL girls. So a scramble starts, the
sixty girls all on top of one another
fighting to see who can get heir buck
ct filed first.
Eyeglasses broken, bleeding noses.
scratched arms and faces, and this II
what they call efficiency.
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My First Impressions

uAly 0Olh.
My First Impressions
The very first day l felt the results
of that speed-up system. AS a new
worker in that factory and in that line
Of work, was put to work beside a
boy who had worked there a long
time and received a few pennies
more, for which he had to work like
a horse. l certainly could not work as
fast as that boy, and / couldn't keep
him going. The boss came every min
ute and yelled, Look here, he is wait
ing for you. Can't you make it little
snappier!" The result was that, when
came home at night, was so tired
couldn't move any part Of my body.
Not Allowed to Say a Word.
When you talk to one of the work.
ers even If only about the job, the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-20

boss. Immediately appears and shouts
This is not talking shop. Don't
talk now. You'll talk at lunch timel"
Spies in the Wash Rooms.
You are not allowed to go to the
wash room only twice day, and only
for two or three minutes. Even in
the wash room the boss or his spies
come and try to apply the speed-up
system. When necessity compels a
worker to remain there a few minutes
longer, the boss yells, what the hell!
Are you going to stay there all day?"
Once woman came into the fac
tory and asked to see her daughter.
This brute Of boss started to hol-
Ter at the poor old woman, Don't
bother us now You'll see her after
five O'Clock. and then you'll talk to
her as much as You please" and he
chased her out and shut the door in
her face. Hs@
Miserable Wages.
For all these brutal conditions, the
young boys and girls that work there,
get as little as ten and twelve dollars
a week. The highest wages are If
teen dollars a week and only to those
who work there over one year.
81 Necessity Reorganization.
Comradesl Fellow workers! Old
and youngl Boys and girls! Do you
know why the boss is so brutal to us?
Do you know why we all work for
iuch miserable wages and live under
such terrible conditions? Because we
are isolated from each other. Be
cause we are unorganized. Let us not
spy on ourselves, but stand together.
Let us organize into one solid unit
Just like one body. Then We will not
only shut up the foul mouth Of our
brutal boss, but we will also win
higher wages and better conditions.
In unity there is strength
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SECOND PRIZE WINNER.
BRUTAL SPEED-UP SYSTEM USED
In CALIFORNIA FANCY LEATHER
GOODS COMPANY OF LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, Calf, March 1s-TIuy Hurry
yourself but
Leather Goods reminded
speedup" only
that in the Roebuc
all day long and here the boss himself the
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FIRST PRIZE WINNER.
NEW YORK WORKERS RESPOND
READILY TO PASSAIC STRIKERS
BY HANNAH L. sIcEL.
Worker Correspondent,

NEW YORK, March had
the textile strikers relief
Paa textile workers by collecting funds their relief
held New "The police
unteers who
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sword" provided you know how to use
Il. Come deisn and learn how In the
worker CORE tpondent's classes.
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Don't waste your breath, put it on
paper.
Evening star., 1926-09-10

the east, but that, we contend. Is. no
reason for adding to that nuisance by
the installation of a heating plant at
a point where II will affect scores Of
dwellings, and hundreds Of people. If
the prevailing wind is from the south
west then lexington would surely be
affected more by the new nuisance
than by the old. II, as suggested. the
maintenance of this plant will not
cause a smoke nuisance, then there is
surely no reason why on this sc re
the mid-square site should not be
chosen.
"(3) Nuisance Of l1auling'-It is not
the case that trucks can enter for
service at A Second and r streets)
with little disturbance to a residential
neighborhood.' Such entry for service
would be decided nuisance to resi-
dents close at hand. On the other
hand, hauling Of fuel and waste to the
midsquare site would disturb the Nc
Kinley School not at all and the Lang
ley School no more than at present.
The haul to that site would be nat
urally from Lincoln road through
Seaton street. with a minimum dis
turbance to schools or to residents.
It may be noted that the Central High
School has a power plant within the
Du1lQlnS, WIN no evidence OF nuisance
to any interest within or outside of
the school premises. The hauling Of
fuel and waste to and from plant
at Second and r streets would add
seriously to the traffic congestion
which now prevails on r street be-
tween lexington place and Second
street. This short stretch of street is
a. veritable bottle neck carrying a
heavy flow of traffic concentrating
from Second, Third and r streets and
lexington place, with a double street
car track, curving at lexington
place and also at Second street. This
is now a point Of danger. With a
driveway opened to the power plant
at the proposed site this danger would
be greatly increased.
go Utilization of Site.-It Is ad-
mitted in the letter of June % that
the Second, and r streets site, being
in a corner, could be utilized in several
ways for athletic purposes or for en-
trance to the athletic field. 1t Is also
acknowledged that the enlargement
of the Langley School plant would re-
quire but little additional, area. We
do not agree that that additional area
is of great value to provide for the
completion Of the Langley School.
The plans for the enlargement OF the
Langley School do not contemplate
Evening star., 1926-09-10
PLANNING FOR SESQUI.

Plans for the next meeting Of the
Cosmopolitan Club, to be held at the
Lee House Thursday night, are being
made by special committee. headed
by Frederick j. Rice. Other mem
bers of the committee are George
Wyne, Lawrence Rubel, Michael
Schaeffer, William. Callahan, George
Lucke, Michael Hester, P. F. Cor
don, James Mckee and E. c. Gramm.
At luncheon meeting Of the club
yesterday William King and Mr.. Nc
kee were instructed to make a report
on the question of the club being rep
resented at the Sesquicentennial EX-
position in Philadelphia on District of
Columbia day. William Callahan
and George Lucke received booster
prizes. Mr.. Heister and Ernest Her
rell were named to furnish the prizes
next week.
Evening star., 1926-09-10

the use Of more space Immediately
south Of the building. This objection,
No. 4, discloses an ultimate purpose
to abandon or scrap the Langley
plant and it's utilization elsewhere.
In that case the result would be the
concentration of the power plants for
both schools at Second and r streets,
involving the waste of the cost of an
already existing plant.
Economy Also Urged.
"6). Cost of Maintenance 1t is
admitted in the letter of June % that
it would, be cheaper to operate one
plant than two. This paragraph does
not present any argument against the
concentration of the heating plants
in midsquare rather than at Second
and r streets other than that the
Langley plant will be discontinued. 80
as to utilize the space and service
road for other purposes. The ques-
ton arises, What other purposes
We feel that this question should be
answered. The sacrifice of the well
fare of the residents Of lexington is
proposed without any defined compen-
sating advantages. 1t is noted in the
letter of June % that the corner site
is lower in level than any building
to be served, and that this is an adj
vantage. The Langley site, we con.
tend, If not now lower than any of
the buildings to be served, can be
made so in the course Of the altera-
tions which we urge to accommodate
the two plants in one building. The
advantage of a lower level, we hold,
is in any case of slight Importance in
view Of the fact that water circula-
ton can be easily and cheaply assured
by use of small pump.
"(6) Appearances. We deny that
the appearance of the whole of the
group of buildings forming the two
schools will be better with the heating
plant at A Second and K streets.
From what viewpoint is the appear
ance of the group to be taken? From
the outside Of the group, surely. There
can be no argument in favor of OBJ
truding a power plant at the point OF
main approach. That main approach
is from the south via lexington place
or from the west via r street. 1t is
not logical to urge that in respect tc
the appearance of the whole of the
Evening star., 1926-09-10

for the two schools and that It be To-
Gated in the center of the site. utilizing
the present heating plant OF the Lang
ley School. We note further that, ap-
parently in rejection Of the commits
sion's recommendation, the plans
were drawn for the Mckinley School
with the heating and power plant
located at the corner of Second and
r street. This action, however, was
not made known to us who had mace
representations in favor of the mid
square site, and our first intimation
that that site had not been adopted
was given by the appearance of steam
shovels at the corner Of Second and
r streets excavating for the heating
plant. We therefore ask the suspen-
sion of this work and the revision of
the plan to conform to the recon-
mendation Of the Commission Of Fine
Arts that the plant be located in mid.
square.
1T develops that the reason for the
location of the plant at the corner
of Second and r stree6 were stated
in a letter dated June 90, 1926, ad-
dressed to Mr.. Frederick M. Sackett,
member of the Senate committee
on the District of Columbia, and
signed by Lieut. Col. J. F. Bell, engi-
neer commissioner OF the DlStr1ct OF
Columbia. 1t is felt that our case
should be presented in terms Of reply
and rejoinder to that letter. We will
consider the factors affecting the
Second and r street site therein
stated in the order and according to
the numerals used in that letter.
Many Reasons Cited.
"Q) Cost of construction. It is
admitted in the letter of June % that
the factor of cost of construction is
in favor of the mid-square site.
"(2) Smoke nuisance. We regard
the statement that several times as
many residents would be affected by
the B (mid-square) location as COM
pared with the corner site as an error
of fact The mid-square plant would
be a full block from any residence in
stead of the width of Second street If
the plant were located at Second and
r, with residences Immediately con-
tiguous on r street east and west.
If, as stated in the Commissioner s
letter, "the prevailing winds are from
the southwest" the smoke from the Sec
ond and r street plant would be blown
directly across the closely built section
Of lexington lying east Of the school
SITE 1t is true that a smoke nuisance
already exists in lexington owing to
the nearness OF the railroad tracks on
Evening star., 1926-09-10

group viewpoint is from the schools
and the athletic field themselves.
Those in the school buildings looking
south will see Washington with the
power plant in the immediate fore
ground. an unsightly spectacle.
ut Is stated in the letter Of June
% that the school authorities are of
the opinion that the location of the
heating plant at Second and r streets
is more to be desired for the conven-
ience of the administration Of the
langley School. We ask for enlight-
eminent on this point. Has the Lang
ley School been harmfully affected by
the location of its heating plant imme-
diately in its rear? Was, then, a mis-
take made in the planning Of the
Langley School? We contend that a
greater mistake will be made by the
location of the plant at Second and r
streets, a mistake seriously prejud1-
cial to the residents, who are prac-
tically all home owners, and dishgur-
ing as well to a school plant that
should stand as an ornament to the
CITY,"
Evening star., 1926-09-10
ACCUSED OF GETTING
POISON DOSE FALSELY
Woman Arrested on Discharge
From Hospitel-Judge Takes
Bond and Gives Lecture.

Charged with making false repre-
sentations to obtain poison, Mrs.
Mabel Louise Simms. q years old, of
1121 B street northeast, was arrested
by Detective Charles Warfield on her
discharge from Garfield Hospital yes.
terday after treatment for effects OF
what was reported as a self-admln-
istered dose of the poison.
Warfield stated that he learned the
poison had been obtained at a drug
store at 918 U street, where fictitious
name was given and the representa-
ton made that the poison was for use
in sterilizing q cut.
When the case came up in Police
Court today, Judge Robert E. Mat.
tingly took the defendants personal
bond, at the same time lecturing her.
Evening star., 1926-09-10
WILL HONOR METZLER.
City Club to Open Season at It's
Country Home.

The City Club will open the Fall
season at its country home, Landover,
Md, tomorrow night with an informal
cabaret dance in honor Of Cuv1er
Metzler, leader in the clubs civic ac-
tivities, according to an announcement
by H. J. Odenthal, executive secretary.
Clark r. Long, assistant director of
the Engraving Bureau, and Mrs.
Long will be the special guests Of Mr..
MetZler. officials of the club are per-
hitting their members to bring their
friends without restriction for the
opening night.
Evening star., 1926-09-10

Hope and fear are inseparable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-28

work at the canning factory of the
Snow Flake Canning Co. which he
had previously installed, to see if it
was giving satisfactory results. He
slipped in such a way as to fracture
his ribs, making it very painful; he
was taken to his home on Pleasant
street and was made as comfortable
as possible. Saturday morning the
physician found it necessary that an
operation should be performed. He is
as comfortable as can be expected
Edward Snow has finished work at
the store of r. E Nutting and at
present is employed at the Snow Flake
canning factory.
Robert Moore of Skowhegan was a
caller Sunday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Z. Buffers on Elm street.
Miss Lucretia Buffers, who is at
tending summer school at Farming
ton, passed the weekend at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. e.
Buffers on Elm street.
A. w. Gibson of Pittsfield was in
town Saturday to resume his duties
as music teacher.
Mrs. Frank Fisher is confined TO her
home with influenza.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Seekins and two
children, who passed the winter in
Florida, arrived in town Saturday.
where they will be the guests of rela-
tives and friends for while.
Henry Elliott of Guilford was
business caller in town Friday and
Saturday.