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New Britain herald., 1926-02-13

Fire Station on Stanley Street, for The Board of Fire Commissioners, City of New Britain, Connecticut.
 William H. Mckay, Architect.
 Nm. Il..it u Ie..a.,antilaIat
New Britain herald., 1926-02-13

'a- \,rril rulmrr of .r.l' P, sfrudia- a few F..t.ru liv.s. \. ',
New Britain herald., 1926-02-13

BuICK--mastcr 6, 1925. hrougham sedan Al condition. Bargain for cash. Tel 3l6 3G5 High St.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-13

LEN ENGTON--5 passenger late l92' brOuEham fin first class mechanca condition, paint and upholstery are ex celnnt, brand new cords. spare c A. Bence, 5l Main St. Phone 22l5.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-13

Kenyon Loomis, son of Mir. and Mrs. John c Loomis of Lincoln Road vas home from Loomis h. stitutc last weekend.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-13

Nathais Zimmerman son of MT. ard Mrs. Frank Zimmerman or Vine street is home from the Par sons Art school, Now York city TOT few days.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22

and bristles go to the headers. Two
headers must do the work that 1t took
four formerly. The headers must cut
the head so that it hangs down by a
slender piece Of skin. This work is
very hard, as they must also break
the joint where the head and the
body are joined. They must do this
from 600 to 500 times an hour. The
hog then goes to government in
spector where the glands are looked
at.
The bunggutter then gets the hog
There should be two men here but
most Of the time the company has but
one man here.
Then the hog goes to the snatcher,
who must hold the intestines OF the
hog in one hand and cut them out
with a knife In the other. The in
testines weigh anywhere from 60 TO
80 pounds and this is a terrible strain
on the workers. Two men must do
the work here that was formerly done
by four.
Condemned Meat for Workers.
After the intestines are cut out they
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22
Class Collaborating
Union Officials Break
Bread with McAndrew
BY a Teacher Correspondent.

q iNGSICt correspondents
The most disgraceful display of
class collaboration was witnessed at
the annual banquet given by the In
ternational Union of Steam and OPP
Grating Engineers of this city. Will
lam McAndrew, the labor union bust
ing and open shop public school super
intendent, imported by the business
interests of Chicago to kill the
Teachers Federation, was given an
honorary place at the table as one of
the guests and speakers. In addition
there were Mrs. w. S. Hefferan and
Mrs. Johanna Gregg, trustees on the
school board who have helped Nc.
Andrew rob the teachers of their coun.
ellis and who are supporters of his
fake salary increase schedule.
Mayor Dever was also one of the
guests. Among other things in his
speech he promised the teachers "a
living wage" (whatever that means)
in 1927. said that the finances made
that impossible now but next year he
would get after the big property tax
dodgers-next year. but not now.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22

away for the sum of fifty cents an
hour and average about fifty-five
cents when on piece work. He is not
telling us where he gets his and how
much he gets. He also acts as an
efficiency expert for the company. He
tells us that we should work hard and
do the best that is in us, for life is
short and that we will be rewarded
in heaven" if we save our money
and attend his church on Sundays
which this creature conducts few
blocks away from this Jail"
am not a member of your party
but The DAILY WORKER which ]
buy from the news stand at North
avenue and Cicero, helps my partner
and put over some organization pro
paganda among my fellow shop mates.
l will look for this article in the paper
within the next couple of days, so
don't fail us. The clipping we will
paste on the wall. Yours for work
ing class organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22
At the Stockyards in Chicago at 5 a. m.

newsboy at the booth selling the SEN
sational capitalist steets also does not
sell many papers. These men, they
seem too intent on just one thing, get
ting into the shop.
why don't more of them buy the
paper?" asks one of The DAILY
WORKER newsies.
A tall, well-fed monster, surely
sevent feet tall, surely weighing ESQ
pounds, perhaps more, stands at the
door-an inspector, a sort of straw
boss, maybe a dick. He walks up to
a DAILY" newsie. "Whatcha selling
there, girl?"'"The DAILY WORKER. /"
How much?" Three cents" Give
me one!' He takes it.
Later a Negro youth, about II, steps
up with outstretched hand Gimme
one Of them, lady?' Sure" He does
not make move to pay. Another
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22
Mine Strikers Battle
Teamsters Who Haul
Coal Without Permit
BY PAT TooHEY.
(Worker correspondent)

SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 2O.7-For the
second time in week union miners
and their sympathizers engaged in a
street battle with teamsters who we're
said to be hauling coal from various
washeries without the permission of
the United Mine Workers of America,
thru the local Office.
Several teamsters, accused of being
non-union Transfers, who were haul
ing coal from a washery in North
Scranton, we're asked by committee
of union miners to show their written
permission to remove the coal. The
teamsters could show no authority
BY this time a crowd of several hun
bred miners and their wives had as
sembled. The argument that follow
ed brot on a real healthy scrap in
which the miners and their wives
were the unquestoned victors.
Pick handles, brooms, clubs, bricks
and other favorite weapons to be
found in a hurry were used. In the
fight one union striker was badly
injured and had to be taken to the
Scranton hospital where nine stitches
were sewed in his head Nine union
miners and two of their wives were
arrested and locked up by the police.
A riot call was turned in and when
the police arrived and attempted to
club the miners they were fought
back. The police department is 'in.
vestigating" the trouble and expect
to make additional arrests. The team
sters state they had permission to
haul the coal which was for schools
and public institutions. They could
not prove this.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22

ers. They get about So to 81 cents
an hour with about SO to "a bonus
a week.
Then the hog is looked at by gov
eminent inspector who takes those
that have ulcers, bruises and damages
and throws them on separate rail
and then cuts off the damaged parts.
The hog is then used for sausages, or
else is sold to the workers in the
yards" as it is impossible to sell
these damaged goods" elsewhere.
Packers Exploit Women.
The hog then comes before a stamp
er. A woman stands on a small plat
form about four feet from the floor
and stamps the hog at 5 or places.
She must stamp 900 to 500 hogs an
hour or total of about 5000 to $500
stamps an hour. She has to stand
for five hours at time with only a
fifteen minute relief period in the
morning. For this work she gets 37h
cents an hour.
The lard pullers then get the hog.
They must pull as much Of the leaf
lard out of the hog as they can with
their bare hands. There should be
at least four men to do the work
here, but now there are but three.
The lard scrapers must scrape out
the leaf lard that the lard pullers
were unable to pull out. There is only
one man here where there should be
Two or three. This man gets but AIN
lents an hour.
The lard trimmer then takes out
] IS much Of the lard as she can with
her knife. This work is mostly done
by women who get 42h cents an
hour. The men that did this work
before received 4715 cents an hour
There are but two women doing the
work now that was done by four men
two years ago.
There are four OF Eve women EN-
ployed to do odd jobs on the floor
such as scraping of extra fat and the
remaining hair and bristles of th'
hogs. These women receive 371
cents an hour for the same work tina
men did for Az cents an hour.
Company Robs Workers.
From the time the hog was stuck I,
the time the hog reaches the cooler /
takes but 25 to 80 minutes. Tho tn,
workers on the first end OF the chair
start work about seven o'clock an,
those on the last end OF the chali
start about half past seven. all mus
punch their time cards before sever
and lose a half hour every day. TIL
company does not pay them a cen
for this time spent on the floor wait
Ing for the hog to reach the worke
and pays them for what is known al
'gang" time. rHs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22

comes up. 81 can't buy one, but can
you give me one, too?" eyes, here
you are" Then, as if in a twinkling,
hands surround the newsie, and she
presses a copy of The DAILY WORK
Err into each one of them. The
stampede is on.
They are mostly Negroes. young
boys. Some pay for it. Others just
take it. But they all want it!
Curiosity makes the "Daily" newsie
turn her eyes toward the yards.
What are they doing with the copies
of The DAILY WoRKER?" In the
glare from the stream Of a searchlight
(it is still dark papers are seen to
disappear into coat pockets. well
they are not throwing them away
anyway"
By this time another group of work.
ers has gathered around the newsie
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22

She proceeds to rapidly press a paper
into each outstretched hand. One
worker gives her "a glance of sym
pathy. 1t is encouraging. BUY them
on the newsstands every day for three
cents. You'll like this paper, once
you get to know it. Because it's a
workers paper. Get it every morning
on the newsstand There is a story
in it today about the stockyards.
There are stories about workers in
other trades, too Workers themselves
write for this paper. Buy it on the
newsstands every morning for three
cents. Read 1t every day"
With the aid af these short sen,
fences the storyn is told as each
worker enters the yard with a copy
of The worker securely
tucked away outset the bosses sight
and to be read when time permits.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22
Sore Plight Of Store
Department Workers
in Merchant Marine
BY ARMINIUs GEORGE }. FORBES,
Worker Correspondent

Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK, Jan. 2O.-With wages
pending on the fluctuation of the la
Dor market and working conditions
getting ever worse, the store depart
ment workers of the merchant marine
toll like galley slaves for the benefit
of their masters.
Wages are as various as there are
steamship companies and so are the
working conditions. But with this
variety the steamship owners are in
a mad race to enslave the workers
skill more.
At present the wages range from
$4,000 to $4,000 a month for first.
class cook to $4,000 and $500 for a
first-class messman.
At sea and in port the store de-
partment workers must work till fin
ished. No over time is paid. If man
for some reason or another fails to
work one day, the captain will fine
him two days for one.
If any one dares to protest against
these abuses he is fired and his nam
placed on the blacklist of the com
pany roll of slaves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22

Continued from page II
that he is not able to stick the
hog and some slip by without
being stuck.
Hot Water Finishes Hog.
The hog then goes into vat OF boil
ing water Here the live hog strug-
giles and splashes in this boiling foam
until one of the men with pole notices
it; runs to the spot, lifts it up and
calls for knife to finish what the
hot water has three-quarters accom-
plished. Some days the chains are so
speeded-up that the men do not no.
tice the struggles. of the hog and the
hog goes thru the scraping machine
and when it is stuck by the men on
the floor the blood is thick and black
The toe-puller on the chain at Ar
mour's has a miserable life. The toes
must be well-scalded and If they are
not the machine that is supposed to
pull off the toes does not do so and
that hog goes on. When the chain
is speeded-up so that it is impossible
to scald the toes enough for the ma
chine to pull them off, an extra man
or two are put on to help the toe
puller. The job is too hard for one
man and there should be two or three
men here at all times.
Today there are but two leg scrap
ers on the chain where there should
be four. These workers get about As
cents an hour.
Two Men Replace Four.
At one time in the hog kill they
had two men shaving the hams and
two men shaving the shanks. On top
of speeding-up the workers and max
ing them do much more work than
they did year or so ago, two men
must shave both the hams and the
shanks now.
The Armour company has also
made the two sideshavers shave the
back of the hog as well as the sides
thus throwing out one man at this
point.
The flank scraper besides scraping
out the hair and bristles on the flanks
OF the hogs must also stamp mum.
Der onto the hogs. The stamping
used to be done by another man. To
day one man must do the work of
two.
Where there were three or four
shoulder shavers today there are but
two. AT first In order to keep the
men pacifed and get them to "break
their necks" to turn out the work
they gave them a 81 per week bonus
now they get but SO to 81 bonus PEI
week.
Two snout shavers and one hea'
shaver must do the work that was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22

switches and frogs, most Of which is
on piece work basis The machin-
lists, altho all are not members of the
union, are given an eight-hour day,
but when one is found out to be a
member of union he'is told his serv-
ices are no longer required.
To help the bosses keep the men
working under these conditions, a
Sky pilot" by the name of Rev. John
e. Melin comes thru the shop, talking
religion and holding meetings during
lunch and after working hours, which
we of course, are asked to attend. We
are told what fine conditions we have
and that workers are walking the
streets because they don't want to
work" Us poor stiffs are Shaving
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22

pass a government inspector and then
they go to a sorter. The speed-up
system carries the intestines past the
inspector so fast that he is not able
to put on the five or six stamps that
are necessary TO condemn the intes-
tines and the sorter mistakes it for
the intestines that must be sterilized,
which are supposed to have but one
stamp, and many pieces Of diseased
meat that should be condemned are
sent to be sterilized and then out for
human consumption. All Of the good
intestines have no stamps.
After the snatcher is thru with the
hog 1t goes to the splitter. This work
requires great skill. The splitter
must know how much force he must
put behind his cleayer to split the
hog. The small, young hogs have ten
der bones and care must be taken
that these bones are not shattered
The older hogs have tougher bones
and It requires much more force to
split these hogs. There are but three
men doing this work where at one
time they had from four to ave work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22

formerly done by three snopt shaw
ers and two head shavers.
The company has leg shaver plac-
ed on here who has to shave Off
the bristles and hair that the speed
up leg scraper could not get of. The
leg shaver must work hard as some
times the hogs are very dirty and
the company wants to get them all
past the government inspector as
quickly as possible. This worker must
do his best to clean the legs as this
is about the only spot on the hog that
the government inspector notices be.
cause of the rate the chain is travel
ing.
Must Shave Hogs Clean.
II the hogs are not shaved clean
enough the government inspector that
is stationed here is supposed to throw
them off TO one side into the dirty"
DOM where there are two men TO clean
he hogs. Sometimes three are put
IN, but there is always enough work
\ this department for three and
ometimes four men.
Then the hogs that are free OF hair
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22
BY a Worker Correspondent.

$ Men, men, men, little, old wizened
men, middle-aged men, some heavy
built, others not, many young men,
and boys, too, these mostly Negroes.
Some women. Each street car brings
q load. OFF the cars, into "the yards, "
walking, half running, parade Of
rushing feet.
Chicago at that hour is not beauti-
full sight. 1t is dirty, it is muddy, it
is foggy. The men of the stockyards
seem to cut a path for themselves
thru this thickness Of clouds and mud
into "the yards"
BUY a copy of The DAILY WORK
Err" greets them on this morning.
But large numbers do not buy. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22
This Weeks Prizes!

Every week The DAILY prizes
contributions
by sockyard worker and domestic
your the conditions in factory
mill or mil may of these valuable prizes.
Prize: "captaI," by Karl Marx, first volume.
Second Society,"" by Morgan This
plains development society from thru babam
civilization. 1t masterpiece
EnaeIs at ime of publication.
Prize DAILY WORKER cartoon, original drawing.
framed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22
Pittsburgh. Pa. Class.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan 2O-The
first class of Worker Correspondents
in Pittsburgh will be held Thursday
night with large enrolment of stu
dents promised. All those who have
not enrolled as yet should do so. The
class meets at the party headquarters,
sos James street. N. S. at s D. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22
Firemen Overcome at Fire.

PHILADELPHIA, Penn, Jan. 20
Between 20 and % firemen were over
come today by gas on the third floor
Of burning building when a gas pipe
in the basement of the building broke
and the gas exploded Six of the men
we're knocked unconscious but were
soon revived.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22
Correspondents Class
Meets Tonight at Eight

The Chicago class in worker cor
respondents meets tonight at p. m.
in the editorial room of The DAILY
WORKER. If you have been assigned
by your shop or street nucleus to at
tend this class be sure to be on hand
Students care urged to be on time
prompt at eight o'clock.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22
PROLET-T TRIBUNE TO Be
REPEATED FRIDAY At
DOUGLAS PARK SCHOOL
BY a Worker correspondents

The fourth issue Of Prolet- Tri-
bune, the Russian living newspaper
Of the Novy Mir worker correspond
ents will be repeated at the Douglas
Park Russian chIdren's School,
27s4 w. 18th ST., this Friday, Jan.
%, at p. m.
Admission will be rs cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22

He toiH like it! GiUc your union
brother a sub to The DAILY
WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22
Workers Write About the Workers Life
HIRE PRIESTS AT PLANTS TO
KEEP THE WORKERS UNORGANIZED
By c. E. Worker o0rresponaent

Pettibone, Mulgan Cnown the
Swedish penenay the writer employed This large steel plant
Chicago Cicero and West Division St.
organize
railroad
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
AWOAANS DAY
0ABROAD

marriage hall. Every marriage in
the city must have it's civi ceremony
here on Saturday morning. Five hun
dred Of them some Saturdays. They
stood in line for hours sometimes.
And at o'clock the divorcesl The
divorce line nearly as Song as the
marriage line.
So waited this long queue of those
who would wed in the outer hall,
filing in like flies to sit on high
humpy cushions before the august
uniformed burgomaster and say
their vows. ''-''
Friends and parents filed in with
them. Each party had its own bench
in that inner room, and as one bench
was emptied, guard let another in.
We heard a widow of Al, a flower
seller In the Grand Place below the
dome where she now says her vows.
1t was hard to pick the roses aid
dahlias herself, she said.
He was a gardener next door. He
sold his roses next hers in the mar
ket place.
Last Saturday it was that they
watched the brides come forth, and
he said, Tets go up there next
week" ..t....
And so they had-she didn't know.
Maybe it was foolish. But it was so
hard to keep the pansies trans
planted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
MOTHERS, TOO, GET
READY FOR SCHOOL
School Dresses, if Neat and lust Like Those of Other
Children Aid in Work for Good Grades.

the newest development in style
which will make the little one adj
mired by her schoolmates.
A soft brown hat, perhaps trimmed
In rabbits fur or with a ribbon ro-
sctte, such as is shown in Indian
apolis stores, will quite perfectly
complete the most charming of
school costumes.
Latest i'm Shoes
Crepe-soled shoes are the latest
thing for this type of school dress.
Clothes for the little girl are now
quite as sophisticated in line as those
for the older girl. Therefore almost
any pattern idea can be adapted or
copied.
The crisp days of September bring
a warning that Johnny's socks must
be counted, and Susan's new school
dresses must be planned.
Happy the mother who realizes
that clothes do count in the happi-
ness of the child and goes to her
really important task with a heart
realizing its true importance. For
clothes, affecting the mental atti-
tude, affects the whole school life,
and the boy and girl whose clothes
are in good order have a running
start toward a successful school
wear
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10

But the mills of the gods grind
slowly and to try to force conditions
over which we have no control is to
meet with disappointment.
h There are those who cannot wait
for time to prove another's love or
their own. If circumstances do not
look, promising right now, they be-
lieve nothing will ever happen to
glorify conditions.
Why not plant ourselves on the
hopeful side. expecting only that
which is good to come into our lives
and then be patient, believing in the
old adage that "all things come to
those who wait"
Dear Martha Lee: I am in love with
q fellow whom ! have been going with
all his heart and hopes to marry me. but
one thing worries me--every year he goes
s to w SSs8 TO for visit s S % t think
likes. because they have been writing to
each other for year, and her letters are
don t know whether he writes love letters
to to, her or not, but what would you do;
love him. l don't know how | could ever
both and tells her the si BRoW e Pf EYES.
If you feel that you do not care
to let matters run their course and
dread the suspense of waiting until
this man decides definitely whether
he wants to marry you or the other
girl, the best thing is to ask him
in congenial manner just what his
feeling is toward the girl in Wis,
consin.
You cannot force a person to love
you. Love is a subtle thing. To
wait, knowing.that if he really loves
you the most he will choose you
when he is ready to marry, is the
safest way. Then you will know
you did not force his decision.
Dear Miss Lee: Are all men alike?
That IS what | would Ike to know. :,
asked me " for date 1 c Consented q eds and nd
after that he, asked for another, to which
The girls I knew thought, he was good
to ooad The sesSnd tine he gave dir
date e WITH R him he got fresh s and when aq
fellow gets fresh with me / don't care a
snap for him, He never asked me for an
Miss Lee he is. the only fellow I ever
have cared for. Is there any way to get
of him.
girls walk home? Because they can do
as they please with some girls. whv. do
they try II on other girls? | have had to
walk home twice. 1 wasn't afraid the
X9lyed the last last time will tell my boy
make add dim s lot more to WoN b2R San
No, all men are not alike. Unless
man is introduced to you through
good friends, do not have any dates.
with him.
The fact that this boy did not give
you his correct name and asked for
no more dates when he found he could
not "get fresh" with you, indicates
that his motives were not good.
You could not be happy with a
boy with tastes so different from
your own, so try to forget him,
When the right man comes along,
you will be glad that the other did
turn you down.
If you have been careful of your
attitude in your circle of friends,
you need not worry that they will
believe his lies.