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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-17
Anthracite Coal Miners
Must Gather the Bitter
Fruits of Experience
BY }. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

THE employers press generally very much satisfied with
the surrender Of President John l. Lewis of the mine
workers. to the mine They do exaIt about
openly. That would be in bad and would have no
good effect the soe tried tempers Of the coadgges
The Chicago journal, when the first came over
the wires, did Issue edition that headline,
9 Loss But most capitalist editors are too clever
of them in such an inexcusable way
It audabIe to scoId both sides to the con-
fict This will do harm to the mine owners who have
the whole power of entenched and arrogant capitalist
system supporting them does bear heavily upon the mine
workers. They have press with of millions of daily
circulation, espouse their Their Mine Work.
coaboratonist viewpoint of the labor bureaucracy In this
dilemma the miners have only the Communist press their
trustworthy ally.
The New York World claims to have made the
ling discovery that the agreement reached "Back Fri
day at Philadelphia was only "A Truce in the Coal War
bring lasting solution of the problems faced in the coal in
dusty the anthracite field To be The World has
real solution of its favors legislation by congress,
and calls upon the public to support it, that will prevent
another strike when the contract end Since
congress but of the mine owners capitalist govern
ment clear to be that the New York World does
not argue for the mine workers interests.
Congressional action means compulsory arbitration,
supported by the armed forces of the statehe police the
militia the regular amynot against the mine but
against the mine workers. The World now declares:
1.-THE public #
its something like and constructive
could be had The whole for nactn and handsO policy
by the government and the public that by waiting braVey and
patiently this time would be possible do better patched
truce"
That the mine barons given free reign
in their confident expectations that they could crush the mine
workers.
Instead OF an increasing dsntegraton the ranks of
the strikers as the struggle progressed there very
parent growing miltancy among the mine workers that
raised its laundering voice against the Lewis regime bent
surrender we'll against the anthracite czardom of the
coal owners.
1t in the face of this mounting wrath of the strikers
that the coal capitalists and the labor bureaucracy sought
common haven of refuge in Philadelphia and patched up
truce that amounted to seout for the mine workers.
The only gain by the mine strikers comes from the
bitter lessons they learn in the grueng struggle If thou
sands of coadgges in this anthracite strike have learned
that they depend solely upon their working class
power then all the suffering and misery will have been
in vain 1t that greater preparations will be made for
mghter battles To stop the workers from thinking in that
direction is not only the ambition of the kept press and
capitalist master, but of the labor bureaucracy WE'LL
Against that conspiracy the anthracite coal miners fight
determined than ever.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-17

cation imam they ever mad. NOW
after all the hardships endured
thruout the long winter months,
after all the sacrifices made,
they stand stripped of every de-
mand that amounted to any
thing to them, tied down to a
contract, which stands out as
the most fragrant and contempt
ible betrayal of workers in the
history of American labor.
Strike Was Forced.
The miners met in their tri-district
convention on June 20, 1925, in the
city of Scranton. Pa, formulated the
following demands: 10 per cent in
crease in the wages of contract min.
ers, S1.O0 per day for day labor, uni
formity OF wage rates, and check-off
Of union dues. Failing to gain their
demands while working they struck
work on the 31st of August, 1925.
Tons of statistics have been collect
ed and published to support the min
ers' demands, and no individual has
produced more data in this respect
than Lewis himself. No man in Amer
lea understood the terrible conditions
of the anthracite slaves better than
Lewis and no man ever had a better
opportunity to bring victory to an out
ragged class of toilers.
In his Hazleton speech, Aug Is
Lewis produced statistics to prove the
starvation wages of the miners. He
showed they were far below that re.
quired to give a decent living to the
miners, he showed the enormous
amount of lost time to the miners
thru no fault of their own, he showed
the cost of living had been on the up
grade while the miners wages had
remained stationary, he showed the
terrible conditions under which the
miners worked in the hell notes.-the
butchering of the miners, and he
showed the enormous piles of mill
lions, yes, billions of dollars the own
ers were making out of the blood of
the hard coal slaves.
DICK 10 slavery
Yes. Lewis understands their condi-
tions. He has settled the strike. The
miners will return to the pits, back
into the bowels of the earth and have
their eyes shot out. many of them to
have their flesh ripped from off their
bones in explosions, many of them to
have their backs broken, their limbs
amputated, or buried under thousands
Of tons of roof
No wage increase for them. back
to work spurned and repudiated, back
into the living hell with backs bent,
and bleeding hearts to make more mil
lions out Of their blood for the human
vampires that own the mines.
In spite of all that Lewis has said
about the terrible conditions Of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-17
lewis MUST Be KICKED OUT
OF UNION FOR BETRAYAL. OF
DEMANDS ON BLACK friday

ALEX REID, Secretary Progressive Miners Committee
The six months strike of the hard coal miners history.
The miners go back work with Ve-year
shacked onto their necks No increase in granted No
beement of working conditions No right strike for five long
years. makes difference the cost Of living does continually
matter how rotten their working conditions may become
they tied contract tighter than the bonds of chat
slavery.
And this the miners months sruggle-the
fruits of the battle after about six months of
gle of the miners their wives and families gain crumbs
extra make life little worth living able
give their loved little better chance in life they got
themselves to give their offspring chance little
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-17

why Cappellini praised the sending to
prison of the progressive miners lead
ers.
No man knew better than Lewis
that the calling out of the mainten-
ance men was an ace card against
the coal owners. Why did he not call
out the maintenance men when the
miners were demanding it? Why did
he aid the operators by permitting
the maintenance men to remain at
work? The answer to these questions
is found in the agreement and the
agreement proves that Lewis was
more concerned about the property of
the coal owners than he was about
the lives and welfare of the slaves in
the anthracite.
Repudiate Settlement.
The miners in many places of the
hard coal field since the betrayal at
many mass meetings, have repudiat-
ed the treachery, and spurned it as
they would a plague. Turnout the val
ley the miners are protesting the set
tlement, and calling on the rank and
file to refuse to accept it.
Lewis has called for a convention
Of the miners to be held In Scranton
for Tuesday, to have the miners
delegates ratify the betrayal 1t will
no doubt, be ratified, judging from
past performances in like conventions
The miners at various conventions in
the past have been terrified and mill
tant representative of the rank and
file, have barely escaped with their
lives. Considering the enormity of
this betrayal we can picture the or
ganized effort to kill all opposition to
the ratification.
The miners in many large locals
have now Endorsed the program of the
progressive miners. All thru the an
thracite the rank and file are now
turning against their treacherous
leadership. If the strike had contin-
ued few more weeks, the miners
would have repudiated Lewis COM
pletely, and accepted the program of
the progressive miners exclusively.
The joint grievance committees have
already repudiated Lewis and called,
the men to fight for 100 per cent
strike, to bring out the maintenance
men, and start real struggle for the
tri-district demands.
Lewis saw he was being repudiated.
he saw the outraged miners were
turning from his treacherous policy
and were accepting the progressive
miners program that insured victory
for the miners He realized that the
miners would defeat the coal owners
with this program, and in fear for the
welfare of the coal barons' profits, he
deliberately settled and betrayed the
Miners Of the anthracite, refuse to
accept the betrayal. Refuse the five
year sentence to slavery. Fight for
the tri-district demands, bring out the
men, make it a 100 per
cent strike. Fight for the 10 per cent
and dollar increase, fight for uniform
ity of wage rates.
Down with the betrayal.
Down with the Lewis treachery.
Bituminous miners demand a ma
tional strike against the treachery.
Demand national convention and
expel Lewis from the organization he
has betrayed
Why notg Ask your meighbor
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The Tomahawk., 1926-02-18
Usage Investigation
MysteIi0usIy Halted.

PAWHUSKA, Okla. Why
was the investigation into the
Usage murders halted 80 abruptly9
1t got under way with a great
fanfare of trumpets. Federal
officials promised there would be
numerous indictments, many muir.
ders would be cleared up and
every member of the so called
murder ring" would be brought
to book.
But after a session of little more
than a week the federal grand jury
most Unexpectedly recessed. 1t
had indicted two men and cleared
up-ifthe indictments stand-one
Of them referred to as the real
power in the group Of slayers is
not under charges. Neither is the
man who, everyone in Pawhuska
says. paid out large sum of mon
ey a couple of years ago to head
off former Investigation.
And most of Oklahoma is ask.
ing: Whyg
There are rumors of influence"
rumors that few will
discuss openly.
Others have it that the powerful
organization kept witnesses from
talking. Pressure, political and
otherwise, prevented needed evi.
dence from being brought to
light, they say.
The Tomahawk., 1926-02-18
Equality for the Indian.
Concluded from LIST page)

Concluded from LIST page)
own sheep, pig, poultry, onion,
sewing aud canning clubs; just as
in white communities there is pro-
nounced activity dealing with fam.
lily and neighborhood life, and as
elsewhere it is seen that the home
is the indispensable ally of the
school. 1t works out exactly as it
has done elsewhere, that instruc-
ton of parents have been facilitat
ed through education of their
children So that the school has
done . double work. - e.,
An intensely human aspect of
the problem of regeneration, AID
one that intensifies the parallel
with the period when the whites
were retaining the frontier, is
alluded to in the report of one of
the commissioners as to conditions
on typical northwestern reserva-
tion. 1t is the isolation of the
Indian woman. ''The men, com.
ing in consact with white men in
their labor and trade" says Com.
missioner Seymour, learn the
ways of mart and mill. The child.
rem learn much from the schools,
where the meet evidences of the
white mans road,' which these
Indians are quite willing to
travel" But
For the Indian wife there is
no such opportunity. Some of
her schooling remains with her.
But the sight of we'll kept homes,
the inspiration of contact with
better standards of cleanliness and
sanitation, would be of untold
value. Here is work for the field
matron, for the Parent-Teacher
association, for the public health
and social worker, and, best OF all.
just plain neighborliness would
help to show the way. !; We are
just at the beginning of our work
for the Indian women, and until
that work progresses the whole
development of the race must lag.
1t is not long, as time runs,
since the isolation of the white
housewife of the backwoods sim.
ilarly threatened q social crisis,
fact that will provoke sympathy
in the situations which the com.
missioners present.
The Tomahawk., 1926-02-18
Jim Thorpe Not Ready
For the Fireside Yet.

Jim Thorpe. master man OF
athletics" still is king of the grid.
iron.
After nearly 20 years of buck.
ing this line and that line. the
famous Indian, despite reports to
the contrary, has no intention of
giving up the life that made his
name q household one in this coun-
try as we'll as abroad.
His refutation of reports that
he was to forsake athletics for q
quiet life among bis people in the
West, came with the announce.
ment that he would lead his
Cardinals" against a football
team in : game at Winternaven,
Fla, last week.
The Tomahawk., 1926-02-18
''''. '..'.s'' 80. y.
Minnesota Trail Blazers.
A Series of Articles Furn-
ished by the Minnesota
Historical Society.
ALEXANDER HENRY,
THE YOUNGER

THE YOUNGER
In the summer of 1900 a party
of voyageurs of the Northwest
Company started westward from,
Grand Portage under the leader
ship of the younger Alexander
Henry, who had come out from
Montreal in the previous year,
Through the waters that now mark
che border between Minnesota and
Canada it passed to the Winnipeg
River, Lake Winnipeg and the
Red River. on the west bank of
which, at the mouth of the Park
River, Henry established a trading
post. - p F..
Here, in the rich valley of the
Red River, with its abundant vari-
ety of fur. bearing animals. Henry
spent eight years in charge of
the Northwest Company's interests
throughout the region how in
clude1 in Minnesota, Manitoba,
and North Dakota" After the
first season he moved his post to
the mouth of the Pembina River,
where a stockade, houses, and
stores were erected. As . finish.
ing touch The men put up q flag
staff-an oak stick of Is feet,
without splicing. They were
rewarded with two gallons of
high wine, four fathoms of tobac.
CO, and some -four and sugar, to
make merry" -.
During bis residence at Pembina
Henry made numerous visits to
the minor posts of the neighbor
hood and sometimes long journeys
to the region of the Great Lakes
or the upper Missouri. Over
routes familiar to the fur trader
he travelled in the much.used canoe
or dog sled, or less frequently
with a horse and cariole, low and
surrounded with parchment buffalo
skin; it only weighed 20 pounds,
but was large enough for one per.
son and his bedding" Later he
mentions using, particularly in
communicating with the post on
Red Lake, "a new sort of cart
which facilitates transportation (.
They are about four fee. high. :.
and are drawn by one horse"
This was apparently the prototy pc
of the famous Red River cart used
in the later trade between Pembina
and st. Paul.
Although before his arrival a
few traders had operated in the
region, Henry is the first of those
who blazed the trail of the fur
trader in northwestern Minnesota
to leave a complete record. During
the years when he engaged in the
humble' routine of traffic with the
Indians, whom he cheated and
debauched as matter of cuorse :.
I. upon strict business prinei-
pies and after the most approved
Methods" he also kept a journal.
The portion of this chronicle which
deals with his life 10 the Red
River Valley reveals in great de-
tail the incidents of daily routine
in the northwest trading posts. In
1897, nearly q century after it
was written, the journal, edited by
Elliott Coues, was published under
the title New Light on the Early
History of the Greater North
west"
The Tomahawk., 1926-02-18
News of White Earfh
and Vicinity.
Read The Tomahawk Adds.

Read The Tomahawk Adds.
Louis Roy, of Beaulieu, was a
White Earth caller the FIRST of the
week.
PAY Your Subscription if
you want your paper continued.
Mr.. Joseph Bellecourt and sons
were in Ogema Cd business on
Friday last.
4 Mrs. George Mclean ana son
0rrison we're Ogema callers on
Saturday.
Colin Campbell, of Ogema, was
q business caller in White Earth
the latter part of last week.
The Misses O'Brien, Bergen and
Hurley were entertained at the
Rev. E. g. Kah o Sed home last
Sunday.
Lucille Elizabeth and Paul
Beaupre, who are attending high
school at Waubun, spent the week
end at their home here.
u FRESH BREAD every day at
the B. S. Fairbanks Store. ADV.
frankie Bellecourt, who is at
tending school at Detroit, spent
the weekend at his home in
White Earth. l..
Ogema received a visit from
the prohibition officers last Satur-
day. We have not learned
whether or not they unearthed any
moon" in the village.
The young daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Mannypenny passed
away at the hospital at Onigum
last week. The remains were
brought here for burial and inter-
nent made in Calvary cemetery
7 Mrs. j. H. Ryan, formerly Mrs.
Anna Richardson, member of
this reservation and resident of
Duluth, Mimi, was brought to
Che hospital here last Thursday
suffering with paralysis. Her
condition is reported very serious. ]
The Tomahawk., 1926-02-18
Wanted.

Two young fawns and two
young racoons wanted. Will pay
liberal price for these animals.
Have authority from State Game
and Fish Department to keep
same. Address this Office, or DR..
L. NJ. Muedeking, Ogema, Mime
sofa.
The Tomahawk., 1926-02-18


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Valley
Importance producing cheap
nkage the protein supplement required 3O7 make
gain OF 100 pounds feed
place OF akage ten pigs in another lot required POI
1OQpound
II tankae pigs
required by the tankagefed
The Tomahawk., 1926-02-18

The ToMAHAwK should be in
every Chippewa home. $3.50 per
year in advance.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-17

Louis Chabot of Whitinsville, her two children, Louis and Joseph. age and 10 respectively, and Mrs Chabot's sister-in-law, Mrs. Adelard Chabot, and her year old daugh- ter of Fall River. who are visit ing at the Chabot home.
 The missing party was found by George Chandler of Douglas. one of a posse of over 100 men who had answered a call for assistance issued by Walter E. Schuster when it became known that the women and children were lost. The women were almost exhausted by the continued tramping around the woods in the drenching rain as they tried in vain for hours to find a path that would lead them out. The children were fear stricken and were crying loudly as their mothers tried to console them.
 Immediately after they were found they were taken in an auto mobile to the home of Mrs. Louis Chabot in Whitinsville where they
New Britain herald., 1926-08-17

and the rebels killed.
 The president" says a statement issued by President Gales, had known of this movement for more than two months through reports received from special agents and al- ready had issued orders that un- doubtedly would have resulted in the complete destruction of these people.
 "The penetration of Mexican ter ritory would have been disastrous for the rebels, who without doubt would have paid with their lives"
 President Calels has received dis patches from Foreign Minister Saenz. who is in San Diego. felicitat- ing the chief executive on this new defeat of enmies of the pace of our country" and staying that the United States department of justice agents worked diligently to capture Estrada and his followers.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-17
LOCATE PARTY LOST 12 HOURS IN FOREST
Women and Children Found After Posse of 100 Men Scours
 Mass. WoodA

East Douglas, Mass, Aug. IT LP -Kneeling in feverent prayer they would be found before death, ex- haustion or exposure overlook them, two women and three chil- dren who had been lost in the dense woods in the vicinity of Douglastown farm were found huddled together under a partial shelter of a tree early this morn ing. They had been lost for 12 hours and were four miles from where they had entered the woods.
 The persons missing were Mrs.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-17

According to the police some of the Catholics arrested in the sub- arb of San Engel Sunday when disorders occurred at the church of San Jacinto between communi- cants and the police, were suspect ed of, attempting to hide important documents dealing with the report ed attempt at revolt. Previously the police had asserted that they had found, no arms or ammunition or evidence that an uprising was being planned in San Angel.
 Although the general of the feder- al army arrested in Moreles is the only regular army man apprehended, secret service operatives allege that many former army officers have been appointed by the league for l the defense of religious liberty as officers to head an uprising and 10 become military commandants in l various states. The police declare they have found documents and i manifestos proclaiming an uprising and saying that a provisional presi- dent of Mexico would be named afterwards.
 Secret service men are authority for the statement that they have found documents signed by Jose De La Pena and Antonio. Yasquez, for mer army officers. who have been appointed "colonels" by the league for denfense of religious liberty. These documents are said to have urged the people to an armed up- rising against the government.
 Generally the religious situation remains unchanged. but the econom- ic boycott called by the league for the defense of religious liberty in protest against the governments regulations seems to be increasing, Many Catholics are waiting hope fully for the convening of congress Sept. 1, and the enactment of milder church regulations. The hope seem- ingly is forlorn one,
 No further disturbance has been reported since the fight between the police and Catholics Sunday at San Ingel, in which numerous heads on both sides were broken.
 In Merida, Yucatan, Catholics arc going into the parks and praying ir the open because communists and enemies of Catholicism were made members of the municipal commit. tees to take over control of churches Worship out of doors in Mexico i: | forbidden under the provisions o the constitution, but the Catholic episcopate here says that the au
 thorities in Merida fin respect fol liberty of conscience, instead of stop ping the open air gathering havt
 been affording all kinds of protec tion."
New Britain herald., 1926-08-17
Gales Ready for
 Estrada. He Saws

Mexico City, Aug. r P,-Presi- dent Gales says he had been in formed more than two months ago Of the plan of General Enrique Es- trada to invade Mexico from Cali fornia, and declares that if Estrada and his followers had not been ar rested by the California authorities snd had crossed the border the re- bellion would have been suppressed
New Britain herald., 1926-08-17
ARREST 5O IN
 MEXICAN PLOT
Federal General Held PriSOner-
 Defed Religious Order

Mexico City, Aug. IT Ri-Some 50 persons, including a general in the federal army and all members of the city council of the town of Amecameca have been taken into custody in the federal district, charged with having participated in a plot of wide qualifications for uprisings last Sunday against the governments religious regulations.
 The generals name is withheld but secret service officials say his Is the first case of disaffection in the army thus far.
 There are some suggestions in unofficial circles that the concen- traitor of forces of General En- rique Estrada near the Mexican border in California with the al- legged purpose of crossing the iron tier into Mexico may have been connected with the alleged plot and as part of a general revolutionary movement.
 The Catholic episcopate said it was known that number of Catholic leaders had been arrested but that it was understood the po- lice were searching their homes for missing church treasures.
 It also stated that no informa- ton of any uprising having been planned by Catholics in opposition to the religious regulations had been obtained It was pointed out that the church authorities had announced on several occasions that the attitude of the church was a peaceful one, and that no upris- ing against the state was contem- plated.
 Eight Are Released
 Late last night the police an- nounced that eight of those arrest ed had been released. No reason was given for setting them free. It was said by the police officials that in some Catholic homes they had found dynamite and rifles and also documentary evidence show ing that an uprising had been planned.