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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
TWO MORE UNION
PICKETS ENTER
The COUNTY JAIL
One a Woman Who Was
Beaten Before Arrest

Two more members Of the lnterna-
tlonal Ladies' Garment Workers
Union went to the Cook county Jail to
begin serving time for their part In
the garment workers. strike here In
April, 1924, when they were sentenced
for violation Of an injunction issued
by the Iabor-hatlne Judge Sullivan.
More victims will go to the Jail during
the week.
The two who turned themselves over
today were Mrs. Victoria Cieslalkie-
wicz. mother of four children, who
must serve. As days and pay a fine of
100000, and Meyler Krantz, who has
20 days to do and fine OF $4,000.
Beaten Before Arrest.
Mrs. Ciseslakiewicz was arrested
on the picket line during the 1924
strike after having, the night previ-
ously, been dragged into a doorway
and severely beaten by two hired slug
gers. She was then taken to a room
and held a prisoner for seven hours,
after which she was thrown out into
the street in dazed condition. When
she was taken up before Judge Sulli-
van the following morning he gave
her As days for violating his anti
picketing injunction.
Four Children.
One of her four children is a girl of
fifteen years, a cripple who needs her
mothers attention daily. The two
smaller ones have been taken by
neighbors and the Oldest boy, a lad
of II, is being cared for by his father.
Mrs. Cieslakiewicz has been out of
the clock making trade for two years
and has in the meantime run a small
dressmaking shop.
Better Jail Than Seab.
When asked about her attitude TO-
wards serving her sentence she said:
Il would rather go to Jail than go
back to work in scab shop"
Altogether there are lfty-six defend
ants who have been sentenced to va
A-~No NCA AAAo IA lhC SOuuly Jdlls w nile
a large number have already arrived,
more are due to start their sentences
this week and will be going in for the
next few days.
Union Pays Fines.
The union has elected committee
of seven to supervise the work of tax
ing care of the dependents of those in
jail. Most of them are women, many
Of them mothers. The union will pay
the fines out of it's own funds.
The women and the fewer men who
are in the county bastile are taking
their Jail experiences with a light
heart. None of them regret the part
they played in the strike of April, 1924,
for which they are now serving time.
They express the utmost contempt for
the judge and his injunction and call
themselves pioneers of the working
class filing out sort of apprentice
ship for bigger fights to come.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
Organize Machinery Of
Literature Distribution;
Then Keep 1t Working
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

Dor. There is also the house-to-
house distribution in working class
districts.
This, the first big literature dis
tribution of the campaign, should be
but the rehearsal of future and
frequent distributions. Lenin again
points out, in speaking of literature
distribution, that:
"The distributing machine must
In no case be allowed to remain
idle. We must try to bring the ma
chine to such pitch Of perfection
that the whole working class popu-
latlon can be advised, and, so to
speak, modified overnight"
A million leaflets is not a really
great number. It should hardly suf-
flee for New York City alone. Chi
cago should be able to take care of
nearly that number, when the work
ers are really organized for this
important activity.
Every large industrial state
should prepare now for the day
when the distribution of a million
leaflets should be but an ordinary
task, to be repeated at frequent in
teryals. The great farming states
should not be far behind.
There should be a leafet right
now, distributed in lots of many
millions, on the farm crisis.
There should be another leafet,
going out at this instant in like
numbers, on the expenditure OF the
huge slush funds by the coal, steel
and railroad interests in the recent
primary elections in Pennsylvania.
There should be another leafiet,
for distribution imm ediately among
the steel workers, on the great dis
aster that at this moment is sniff
ing out the lives of workers in the
great inferno of the steel trust at
Gary, Indiana.
AAOA0 SHOuAu DC duOLner Ieafet
telling the real meaning of the
very significant Eucharistic Congress-
that is mobilizing the world strength
Of the Catholic church in Chicago
this week.
There should be another leatiet
on the significance to the whole
working class of the victory of the
4O-hour, five-day week in the New
York furriers' strike.
There should be these and many
more. But there cannot be manv
before a start has actually been
made.
That start is being made now in
the mobilization of the workers for
the distribution of the campaign
leafiet, For Labor Ticket in the
1926 Elections"
The press is now running on this
leafiet. Keep it busy. Send in
your order to the National Office.
Workers (Communist) Party. 1113
West Washington Blvd, Chicago.
Ill. Labor's fight in the 1925 con.
gressional campaign is now on.
Join 1t!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
VICTORY FOR THE 4O-HOUR week

THE forty-hour week is won for the

THE forty-hour week is won for the
fur industry!
With the conclusion Of the settle
ment conference in the Hotel Penn
sylvania an agreement went into effect
between fur workers and fur manu-
facturers which gives the forty-hour,
five-day week to the furriers for the
full year Victory has crowned the
II weeks bitter struggle of the 10000
fur workers of New York City, and
the Union has won its most important
demands.
With the forty-hour week the work
ers have gained a 1919 increase in the
minimum wage scale, with extensive
Redistribution of the minimum; no
overtime; no sectional contracting,
and limitation and control of sub-con-
tracing; no apprentices in the trade
for years; no discharge of workers
on a week preceding holiday. 1t was
agreed that during the months of Sep
TENDER, October, November and De
cember the furriers be permitted to
work for 4-hours on Saturdays with
additional pay. The agreement is to
run for years.
The announcement of the pending
settlement came at 1920 p. m. after
the conference had been in session
for six hours. The strikers were
gathered in the lobby of the Hotel
Pennsylvania all evening, and crowded
into the headquarters of the joint
board waiting for news from their rep
resentatives. The rumor that it was
good news had spread thruout the
ranks, and confidence in their leaders
made the workers certain that there
could be no other result of the con-
ference.
Since February 10, the fur workers
have been working night and day,
enduring the brutalities of the police,
their arrests and the fines and prison
sentences of the courts. But all these
things are forgotten now that the
forty hour-hve day work week is won
together with so many other Of the
workers demands.
Today's conference followed an all
night session between the strikers and
Notify Eitlingon, a fur merchant, who
acted as mediator between the union
and the manufacturers. Mr.. Eitlingon
also held conferences with the bosses,
and as a result of the conversations
the basis of settlement was agreed
upon and today's settlement confer
ence was called with DR.. Paul Abel
son, impartial chairman in the fur
industry, acting as chairman.
Those representing the strikers at
the meeting were Ben Gold, manager
manager of the joint board, Aaron
Gross, I. Shapiro, Louis Cohen and
Mrs. Fannie Warshofsky.
Ben Gold announced that no agree
ment would go into effect until it had
been ratified by the strikers, but there
is no doubt Of the strikers verdict
on the forty-hour week victory.
1t is expected that the majority of
the strikers will return to work by
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
INTERNATIONAL WORKERS
AID OPENS SUMMER CAMP
FOR STRIKERS CHILDREN

NEW YORK, June 14.-LoeaI New
York of the international Workers
Aid is conducting campaign for a
camp for the children Of the Passaie
strikers.
Plans are under way for the pur-
chase Of the necessary tents, cots,
blankets, ETC., so that hundreds Of
children who are now pale and un-
dernourished can be comfortable
and will be cared for. Send all con-
trlbutlons to the international Work.
ers' Aid, Local New York, room 2a7,
Tss Broadway, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
State Supreme Court
Denies Scott Petition

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, June IL. - The
supreme court denied Russell Scott
petition for a writ Of habeas corpus
for his removed from Cook county Jail
TO the Chester Asylum for the criminal
insane and refused to permit Scott to
file mandamus proceedings against
Judge Marcus Kavanaugh to compel,
kavanaugh to grant Scott a change OF
venue and to expunge the court order
naming j. q. Aldrich as guardian I'D
Item.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
Working-Class Women
Plan Conference to
Aid Strikers Children

NEW YORK, June 14.-All women's
organizations OF New York and New
Jersey are urged to send two dale.
gates to a conference called by the
United Council OF Working Class
Housewives of New York and the
Workingmen's Councils Of Passaic. at
which plans will be laid for the relief
Of the Passaic strikers, children. The
conference will take place Saturday
afternoon, June 10. at 2 o'&ock at 74S
Main Ave-, Passaic. N. J.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16

THERE is no better test of Com
L mupist activity than the amount
of literature distributed among the
workers.
The months between today and
the congressional elections in No
vember will put all Communists to
this test.
1t is not only the amount Of lit
erature put forth in single dis
tribution, but the frequency Of dis
tribution that also counts.
It is well for all Communists,
and sympathizers as we'll, which
should include all readers Of The
DAILY WORKER, to consider
these facts as the Workers (Com-
munist) Party calls for the distri-
button of 100000 copies Of the
first campaign leafet, entitled,
For a Labor Party in the 1926
Elections"
The leafet is the best method of
Communist contact with the masses
at the present time. Our daily
press has not yet become a mass
press. Our demonstrations do not
yet assume a mass character, ex-
cept in few instances. Even the
left wing in the trade union move
ment has not yet been able to win
any great mass following.
1t is therefore necessary that all
possible weapons for reaching large
numbers Of workers be exploited to
the utmost. The leaf1et distribution
is one of these weapons.
Lenin placed such great impor-
lance upon this work Of literature
distribution that he declared, even
in the Illegal days of the Russian
party, in September, 1902, that:
ITO train a network of agents
for the rapid and correct distrIbu-
ton Of literature, leaflets, procIa-
nations, ETC., etc, is to perform the
greater half Of the work or prepara-
ton for an eventual demonstration.
Labor must be prepared now for
the demonstration at the polls in
the November elections. Just how
this is to be done is set forth in
this leafet pointing out in definite
and clear terms how, Labor Must
Unite for Independent Political Ac-
ton in Support of a Labor Pro-
gram
1t is only as labor demonstrates
1t strength independent of and op-
posed to the employing, robber
class, that 1t really enters the DO
litical struggle as a working class.
This leaflet not only sets forth how
and why this must be done but on
what basis the fight must be made.
1t is the first duty of the vanguard
OF labor to bring this message to
all labor.
This literature distribution must
De carried on at the factory gates.
IN the shops and mills, at the Dit
mouths of the mines. It can be
carried on at the meetings of trade
unions and other gatherings of la,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
Tacna-Arica Dispute
Critical; U. S. May
Withdraw Arbitrator

AFRICA, Chile. June 14.-The Tacna.
africa plebiscitary commission is due
to meet here today by request of
Chile. The motion of General Lassi-
ter, who took Pershings place, will be
debated. This motion is to abandon
the plebiscite. Chilean government in.
structions to its delegates are un.
known, but IL Lassiter's motion ia
voted down the United States will be.
gin to withdraw from the whole dis.
pute. The whole question may be de.
layed by negotiations taking place in
Washington.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
Bomb Explodes at
Mexican Political
Meet; Sixty Hurt
Especial to The Daily worksrl

MEXICO CITY, June II. - Sixty
persons were injured, when a bomb
exploded at political meeting yester-
day in the village Of Union de Tula,
state of Jalisco, II was learned today.
Among those seriously wounded was
Ricardo Robes, who was speaking in
behalf of his own candidacy for the
federal chamber Of deputies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
Many Are Dead and
Injured In Gary Blast
AT Steel Trust Plant
Continued from page u

Continued from page II
tention to checking the menace to the
surrounding property than to rescue
OF the workers, and altho the explo-
sion occurred at $3.50 in the morning
1t was nearly noon before the first
eight bodies, burned beyond recogni-
ton, were brought out of the guarded
gates.
But few minutes before, the off,
cials of the Illinois Steel company
had issued statement saying:
Company coneeaIs Number of Dead.
Five bodies were found in the
ruins Of the building. One man is
known to be missing and possibly
some other bodies may be found" Be-
cause of the condition of the bodies of
the dead so far found, their names
nave not yet been learned. One is
reported to be that of man named
henderson. The list of injured is
likewise incomplete, but the police
give out the names of the following:
Known Injured.
Henry Richardson, gang foreman.
John Gaddis, Negro worker.
Frank Kinnell, a Negro worker.
John Kozak, of 1886 Massachusetts
avenue, Gary.
Charles Holland. S14 Van Buren,
street, Gary.
Felix Renick, Gal Adams st., Gary.
James Floyd, 769 Tyler street. Gary
Lloyd Collier 1909 Jefferson street
Gary.
Harry Farris, too badly injured to
give his address.
Russell Phillips. Gary.
The blast shook the whole city of
Gary and broke windows in many
buildings.
The DAILY WORKER learns from
the city morgue at Gary that twelve
bodies had arrived from the Illinois
Steel plant at the time we 10 10 press
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
Seek New OIL Fields.

Mexico City, June 10. - Mexican
government oil experts hope to find
deposits in the state OF Neuvo Leon,
Tampaulipas and Coahuila riyalling
those Of the celebrated Panuco fields
in Tampico. If oil is found in these
states concessions will be given oil
companies in an attempt to stem the
exodus of capital from Tampico to
Venezuela.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
Canton Steel Workers.
Demand Freedom for
Sacco and Vanzetti

CANTON, o., June 14.-The Mimi
shillen Lodge No. 80 of the Amalga-
mated Iron, Steel and Tin Workers at
its last regular meeting adopted res
olution protesting against the further
Imprisonment OF Nicola Sacco and
Bartolomeo Vanzetti and demanding
that a new trial be given these two
Italian workers, who are victims of a
frame-up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
Hight Rents Cause
Overcrowding in
St. Louis Houses

ST. LoUIs.-(FP)-High rents in
st. Louis have driven numbers of fam.
lilies to group in single-family dwell
ings, under conditions menacing
health, declares health commissioner
Starkloff.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
Boston Will Hold
Picnic July 5th

BOSTON. Mass. June IA. -, The
International Labor Outing will be
held Monday, July 5, at the Unity
Camp at Saugus by the Allied Work.
ers' Clubs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
Dry Agents Must
Buy Own Gasoline

WASHINGTON June Ill. r. Nc.
Carl, comptroller general, ruled that
the government cannot buy gasoline
and oil for private automobiles used
by federal dry agents In their work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16

the middle of next week, and the rest
will be back in the shop by the begin
ming Of the following week.
So will close the greatest strike in
the history of the furrier's union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
Ask City Council
to Use Whip on
Town Drunkards

HANCOCK, Nd, June 10. - A move
is being made by dry elements here
to have the city council establish a
whipping post for the town drunkards.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
WRITE AS YOU ElaHri

Open your eyesl Look around
There are the stories Of the workers.
struggles around you begging to bs
written up. DO III Send II ini Write
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
Parliamentary
CRISIS CROWS IN
CzECHO-SLOvAKIA
Government Tariff Bill
Causes Rioting
Especial to The Daily worker)

PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia, June IA.
Prolonged rioting in the parliament
marks the opening of a new crisis for
the government. Beginning in par
lament the rioting spread to the
streets and a number of persons were
wounded when the police fired on the
crowds.
The introduction of the government
bill for a grain tariff produced an
uproar without parallel.
More than 1000 amendments were
introduced to the tariff bill but the
president made use of the standing
rule and forced vote on the bill as
whole.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16
United Front Against Bill.

The Czech party, the Communists
and social democrats all took part in
the demonstrations against the bill
which the opposition parties believe
will bring reprisals in the form Of
boycotts on Czecho-Slovakian goods
by neighboring countries.
The bill was passed in it's first
reading but the opposition to 1t is
continuing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-16

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Evening star., 1926-03-30
LABORER BADLY HURT
WHEN WALL CAVES In
Albert Reed Suffers Broken Leg
and Possible Internal Injuries
Under Mass of Dirt.

Albert Reed. colored, go years old,
38 Jackson street northeast, is in
Sibley Hospital with a broken leg and
possible internal injuries after having
been pinned under a mass of dirt and
rock for nearly five minutes this
morning when a 10foot retaining wall
in front of block of row houses at
Second street and Ascot place north
east caved In on him.
Reed, an employe of the Potomac
Electric Power Co., was digging q
trench for a conduit in front of the
houses under construction when the
heavy wall constructed from large
gray stone blocks, fell
Conflicting theories of the cause of
the accident were expressed. II. X.
Diehl. foreman of the gang of labor
ers for the power company, asserts
that the wall was improperly con
structed, while employees of n. l..
Sansbury Co, constructor of the
houses, say Reed dug too close and
undermined the wall.
The accident happened about II
o'clock. Fellow workers dug Reed
out and he was taken to Sibley Hos
pital in a passing automobile. He
was treated by DR.. Thomas Mattingly,
who said that the injured man prob
ably will recover.
Evening star., 1926-03-30


amended Dickinson bill is :intended to
aid them in their business, yet they
are not asking for its passage.
Attention was called today TO some
interesting features of the memoran.
dunn submitted yesterday in support
of Committee Print No. L." Under
the head of Conclusions" the memo
randum says:
Il. This plan does not put the Gov.
eminent into the business of buying
or selling farm products.
"2. 1t does not involve Government
price fixing. 1t is a sincere legislative
attempt to give producers of farm
commodities some voice as TO the
price at which their products move
to market.
20. 1t does not involve Government
subsidy, since the Government funds
that are advanced for use in antici-
patton of equaliZatio fees to be col
lected are repayable to the Treasury.
"A. This plan utilizes economic
forces and institutions to enable pro-
ducers to adjust supply to demand in
the domestic and world markets at
the fairest price obtainable. 1t is
economically sound, and cannot fair
ly be attacked by those who support
as proper other legislative devices
that operate for the protection and
stabilization of other groups in our
national life.
Evening star., 1926-03-30
MASONS GO TO ROCKVILLE
Local Dignitaries Guests of Illus
trious Grand Master Garnam.

Masons belonging 10 councils Of
Royal and Select Masters of this city
were the guests Of ulustrious Ora nd
Master Garnam OF Maryland last
night at King solomon Council. f.
\. $. NJ, in Rockville, Of which coun-
Gil the grand master is & member:
About 100 members from tn" Wash
ington councils made the trip BY autos
TO Rockville. The 1895 Tliustrious
Masters Associatior. G5"ected by j.
Walter KarStner IIH& .tous Master
of Brightwood Council No. G. con
ferred the Select Masters degree.
Among those who. made the trip
were Richard f. Roseberry, Most H.
lustrous Grand Master Of the Grand
Council of this city: Past Most Illus
triouS Grand Masters Mark II. Fin.
ley. Otto E. Roepke anl Dan Vaughn
and other high dignitaries of MASONRY
from the District.
Grand Master Garnam delivered the
principal address OF the evening in
which he welcomed the visiting Ma.
sons. His address was responded to
by Most lllustrious Grand Master
Roseberry.
Evening star., 1926-03-30
NEW ASKS CHANGE
IN POSTAL RATES
Proposes Slight Revision in
Cost of Few Services.
C. O. D. Card Urged.

Postmaster General New. recon-
meneded today to the special joint
congressional subcommittee on pos
tai rates that private mailing post
card rates be restored to l cent each
aud that the transient second class
rates on newspapers and periodicals
mailed by other than publishers
be l cent for each 2 ounces.
He expressed the belief that there
should be no change made in the
rates ON third and fourth class
mail ard made no recommendations
for changes in registry, insurance,
collect on delivery. return receipt,
special delivery and money order
services.
Request was made by the Post
master General for legislation pro-
viding for a &C. o. D. post card. =
an innovation in postal affairs. il
would permit acceptance of busi-
ness reply cards at the regular rate
for post cards and an additional
postage charge of not more than 2
cents, to be collected on delivery of
the reply card TO the original mailer.
Mr.. New said such a system would
result in a material increase in pos
tai revenues and furnish another
postal facility Of special advantage
70 the public.
He asked that authorization be
provided for collection of an addi-
tional charge on matter bearing in
sufficient postage.
A change in the special handling
charge was recommended to insure
special delivery as we'll as special
handling. The rates, he said, should
be graduated on the basis of weight,
the new rates to range from Is TO
30 cents. There would be a special
exception with regard to the higher
rate and where the mailer does not
wish special delivery he may have
the special handling at the ate OF
p cents.