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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22
Use Tear Gas Bombs
On Miners Children;
Beat Men With Club

RENTON, Pa, July 21.-State po-
lice used clubs and tear gas bombs
on the striking miners and their fam
lilies while the miners, their wives and
children stood along the highways to
watch a shipment of scabs pass by.
The Renton mine of the Union Col
lieries Coal Company, where the COM
pany under the direction of Mr.. Bart,
a well known labor hater is attempt
ing to run open shop, was the scene
of a wild disorder when the state
.cossacks came into town and without
a word of warning began to beat the
men, women and children.
The police used their clubs and also
rawhide whip like the miners use
in the mines. Many Of the children
were beaten by these whips. Not sat
isfied with this they also used tear
gas bombs and some of the babies
were nearly killed by the chemicals.
The police chased some of the people
into their homes and beat some We
men too.
The next morning when six men
went on the picket line along a pub
lie highway, a cossack walked up to
Martin Penovschek, a picket and
asked care you a pickett" and then
hit him three times with his club.
Twelve of the miners were taken
before a local justice of the peace
and fined twelve dollars on a charge
of being disorderly.
All of the men with the exception
of one "Chick" Mangini who was a
delegate to the 1924 international
Convention and who got a company
job when he came back from the con-
vention are standing firm.
One of the children that was beaten
said: my teacher said 1 may be.
president some day, but l want to be
a union miner"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22
Bengal Indians Form
Workers and Peasants
Party to Lead Masses

LONDON.-The revolt of the OPP
pressed masses Of Bengal has mani
Tested itself in the recent uprisings of
the peasants in Barisal, Madaripur,
and other parts of Bengal.
Because the majority of the Bengal
peasants $50 per cent? happen to be
Mussulmans and untouchable Hindus,
and their direct oppressoE ire chief
ly upper-class Hindus, the upper
class leaders of both communities are
trying to misrepresent this healthy
spirit of the masses of Bengal as
communal strife, and are criminally
trying to misguide the discontented
masses in that direction.
There are many proofs that the
Mussulman landlords Though very
few in number) are just as exacting
and oppressive as the Hindu masters.
What has been lacking hitherto has
been real working lass leadership.
But now the newly formed Workers
and Peasants Party of Bengal, with
its clear-cut working-c class program,
has supplied this much-needed leader
ship.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22
Britain Rivets Chains
On Egypt; Imperialisg
Grip on Economic Life

LONDON, July 8. (By Mail) 1T
is easy to understand the intense
hatred of Britain felt by Egyptians
at the present time and their sus-
picion of the motives underlying the
flattering treatment so lsvishly melted
cut to the puppet King Fuad in Eng
land.
I Five years have elapsed since Feb
ruary, 1922, when, on the recomnen-
dalton of the Miner Commission, the
alleged sovereignty and indepen-
dence' of the Egyptian nation was
formally recognized by Great Britain,
whilst leaving over for further dis
cussion and negotiation the four
essential points which form the pre-
/ text for Britain's continued control;
the security of British imperial COM
munieations, including the Suez
Canal; the defence of Egypt against
foreign nations other than Great
Britain; the position of British and
other foreign functionaries and resi-
dents; and the control of the Sudan.
Britain Strengthens Strangle-hOld.
Since that date the British Govern
ment has strengthened her former
strangle hold on the country.
AL Egyptian officers have been
forcfbly elected from control of the
Sudanese army, and the Sudan has
been placed completely under the mil
itsry control Of the British army of
occupation. An immense barrage has
been constructed on, the headwaters
of the Blue Nile, in the interests of
the British cotton growers syndicate,
| thus controlling the flood waters of
the Nile, and placing the whole eco
l.nomic life Of Egypt entirely at the
mercy Of the British imperialists.
Demands of Egyptians Resisted.
The British Government has sue
cessfuIly resisted Egypt's demand for
| the establishment Of a republic by
buttresssag the unpopular King Fuad
with a fence of British bayonets; has
forbidden Zaghlul Pasha to assume
the premiership of the Egyptian Gov
eminent in spite of the immense vic
tory of the Zaghiulist party, the
Wafd, in the last elections, and re-
Gently has succeeded in re-imposing
on Egypt the British control of her
army by the appointment of Spinks
Pasha, as Sirdar, or Commander-in-
chief of the Egyptian army.
The visit of King Fuad to England
promises no benefit to Egypt, it has
been planned in order to shackle her
people ore firmly in their slavery
to their imperialist bosses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22
Worker Correspondents
ReOrganize in Chicago

CHICAGO, July 21.---When The
DAILY WORKER moved to New
York the Chicago worker correspon-
dents felt disheartened. Their pub
LEGATION, The American, Worker Cor
respondent was discontinued, they
did not meet with much encourage
ment from New York. For a time
worker correspondence from Chicago
completely disappeared from The
DAILY WORKER columns. But the
class struggle is still going on in
Chicago, the workers are still fight
ing and organizing, and the worker
correspondents felt it their duty to
get back on the job, back into the
fight. Street Nucleus &c w. P. took
upon itself the initiative to reorgan-
ize the worker correspondents. AS a
beginning five comrades joined the
group. They participated in the spe-
cial Chicago edition of The DAILY
WORKER. They are collecting labor
news, discussing it and preparing it
for the press.
At every meeting of the group a
discussion takes place on what is
news, how to get, digest and prepare
it for the press, One of the most
important weapons in the class
struggle is the press. The capitalists
fully recognize this and are there
fore controlling and directing it. The
wotking class doe4 not yet fully
understand this and therefore lacks
the proper enthusiasm in supporting
its own press. A big majority of the
workers still read the capitalist press
and believe in it. It is the duty of
the worker correspondents to awaken
the masses, to interest them in their
press and to fight the influence of
the capitalist press. The duty of the
worker correspondents is to write as
they fight!
Worker correspondents of .Chicagoi
Get back on the job! The labor press
needs you! Don't be a Stacker! 1t
is not only duty, but also a privi-
lege to be able to WRITE AS YOU
FIGHT! All worker correspondents
who wish to join the group should
send in their names and addresses to
the group at 1902 W. Division ST.,
Chicago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22
Revolt in Anti-SaloOn
League Over Threat of
A Dry Democratic Party

WASHINGTON, July 21.-CapitaI
Politicians are specializing today as
to whether Wayne B. Wheeler, gem
eralissimo of the Anti-Saloon League,
is not losing the iron grip he has
maintained on the dry organization
for many years.
A division of opinion has been re-
vealed between Wheeler and his chief
Meutenants, Bishop James Cannon,
and the Rev. Arthur J. Barton.
Cannon and Barton have collabora-
ted in statement sent broadcast
through the south, denying that
Wheeler spoke for the League when
he declared recently that if the
democrats nominated Governor AL
Smith, the "Dry Democrats" wouldt
be given an opportunity presumably
by the League) to vote for man Of
their choice. This was interpreted
as direct threat to organize "dryi
democratic party should Smith bel
nominated.
Other League officials considered
the Wheeler threat as unfortunate"
as the League draws not little Of
its support, financial as well as NOR
al, from southern drys.
Wheeler is at present in Michigan.
He is said to be taking treatment for
his health, which has been. not good
in recent months. There are rumors,
impossible of confirmation, that
Wheeler may retire before many
months.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22
Gentlemen's Agreement
Over State Judge Job
COllapses; War Is On

ALBANY, July 21.-The Democrat
ic state convention will be held at
Albany in September and John F.
O'Brien Of New York, at present a
Judge of the Court of Appeals, will
he nominated for that office. Judge
O'Brien was appointed to the post by
Governor Smith some months ego. He
is a Democrat.
Until few weeks ago, it had been
generally expected, at least by Gov
ernor Smith, that the Republicans
would endorse Judge O'Brien so the
election this fall could be non-partisan
so far as the Court of Appeals was
concerned. Then came the announce
ment by a group Of Republican lead
ers that they would oppose the en-
dorsement of Judge O'Brien and
would have a Republican candidate
for that post.
For years it has been the custom to
have both major political parties in
the state endorse the same candidate
for Court Of Appeals. Previously,
leaders of both parties have insisted
there should be no politics in the
states highest tribunal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22
Anthracite Miners Will
Not Allow 4 Year Term

Continued from Page One)
delegation" tactics. The sentiment
was so strong against Cappellini in
this case, that not even these mea-
sures were sufficient.
Won't Talk of Check Off.
Rinaldo Cappellini in his report as
president of the district took care to
avoid as much as possible mentioning
the things on which his administration
cannot stand criticism. He said little
about his five year contract by which
the anthracite strike was betrayed and
the check-off virtually lost, along with
the closed shop, merely stating the
bare terms of agreement, and briefly
recounting the negotiations that led
up to it,
Likes Side Issues.
The bulk of Cappellini's speech,
what was not mere self praise or "soft
soap" for other officials or the dele
gates, turned around the legislative
program for minor improvements in
the safety laws and for old age pen
sions, etc. There was no call for a
labor party, tho his own report showed
complete defeat for the present plan
of lobbying with the old party assem-
blyman for these measures.
Cappellini also devoted some time
to arguing for a button system to
show dues payment instead of the
present card system. Instead of fore
ing the employers to take care of
families of men injured in the mines,
Cappellini favors fifty cent tax on
the union membership for that pur-
pose.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22
Represent $4,000.
By p. III. T.

The seventh biennial convention Of
the hard coal miners of the Wilkes
Barre Scranton territory is jim session
in Town Hall, Scranton. Credentials
were presented totaling 400 delegates,
representing some 10000 members of
this district, seated on the basis of
one vote per each one hundred mem
bers.
AS usual, the bureaucracy INDUCED
in a lot of formalities before organ
izing the convention, their obvious
purpose being to delay the transaction
of business in order to permit the adj
ministration henchmen sufficient time
to mingEe with the delegations and
line them up for the machine mea-
sures which will come before the con-
vention in the form of resolutions and
also will be contained in the reports
of the officers.
Want Royal Power.
The NEST vicious piece of legisla-
tion the machine wished to have
adopted is the proposal to extend the
term of office from two years to -four
years and to revise the constitution
so that candidate for office must
secure % nominations instead of the
present required five nominations.
This move of Cappellini, heartily
endorsed by International Secretary
Treasurer Kennedy, is designed to
create an actual monarchy insofar as
the conduct of the affairs of the union
are concerned.
This move of the machine is very
obvious, for it means, if the proposal
is adopted, that the present admins
tration would only have to stand for
election" once in four years, and the
added difficulty of the increased NOM
nations for any aspirant for office
means that the Cappellini gang will
do everything in their power to hold
on despite the anger and hatred OF
the membership.
Judge Talks.
The first day of the convention
showed nothing startling. There was
a speech of the usual twaddle by
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22

Judge George Maxey of Lackawanna
County, who told the delegates what
wonderful men Cappellini, Lewis and
John Mitchell are.
The credentials committee reported
partially, showing that there is an
overwhelming fake delegation and of
fetal family representation from the
peanut" locals. There were but two
contests; the credentials committee
will hear the contest and give recon-
mendations later.
Members VS.. Bureaucrats.
An air of tension pervades the con-
vention. The division of the men on
the platform and those on the floor
is quite apparent. Altho there was
not much happening at the first days
session to warrant a prediction of the
ultimate outcome, it can be said that
there will be many bitterly contested
issues before the convention closes.
The progressive wing have several
exceptionally important resolutions
before the convention, one dealing
with support of the soft coal strike
financially and otherwise by estab-
fishing relief committees on a tri-
district scale, another raising the is
sue of the check-off for discussion by
the convention and the five year
agreement (the five year sell-out), a
Sacco-Vanzetti resolution, and reso-
luton calling for a national strike in
support of the bitimunous miners
The report of the district tellers, re-
porting on the results of the last cleo
ton" will be another bone of conten-
ton between the administration and
the opposition. The opposition will
show how brazen and fragrant this
election was stolen by the machine.
The convention was in session no
more than two hours the first day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22
Picnic In New JERSEY.

Next Sunday at Linwood Grove,
situated between Metuchen and New
Brunswick, all the Jewish progressive
clubs combined into a state organiza-
ton, will have their first annual pic
mic.
All the proceeds will go to the re-
lief and defense of the striking fur
riers and cloakmakers in New York
City. Tickets are only IS cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22
UphO|SterGrS Beat
MOOve for Boost in
Strike Assessment

Lively discussion featured the third
day of the Upholsterers Union con-
vention at the Hotel Cadillac when
the delegates overwhelmingly de-
feated motion to increase the strike
assessment from 81 to $12 week.
William Kohn, president of the
union charged that the most reac-
tionary forces of the organization
wanted to have the motion passed
as a means of embarrassing the adj
ministration of the union. He point
ed out that those elements preferred
to prevent the development of or
ganization work of the union to sa-
tisfy their own political ambitions.
In the course of the debate it was
brought out that at the last national
convention held two years ago at
Chicago, ]. Hatch, New York dele
gate has introduced a resolution to
prevent more than fifty per cent of
the officials of the union being Jews.
Due to a compromise effected off the
convention floor it had never came
up for a vote.
EuIogize Jews.
This statement acted as bomb
shell among the delegates who one
after another took the floor to ex-
press their admiration for the Jew
ish race. For a short period the
convention was turned into testi-
monial for the Jews. Among those
who spoke during this period was
delegate Hatch who apparently now
wants to live down the resolution he
introduced at the Chicago convention.
The progressive resolutions on
Russia, China, the Labor Party and
others will come up, at today's ses-
sion of the convention.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22
Richard Verhagen Dies;
Was Party Secretary at
Schenectady, New York

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, July
21.-Comrade Richard A. Yer
hagen, Workers (Communist)
Party secretary in this city, died
at twelve o'clock, Wednesday
noon, of injuries received from
fall from a roof on which he
was helping his neighbor. The
funeral will be held tomorrow,
at two o'clock from his home on
Rosendale Road. Schenectady.
Long a PrOletarian Fighter.
Comrade Verhagen was one of
the very best type eff preletarian
fighter, having devoted all his
life to the cause Of labor. In
1928 he was socialist asses
sor, elected on the tide that
swept the George R. Lunn adj
ministration into office in
Schenectady. When. Lunn, who
was so-caHed socialist mayor"
of that city betrayed his TRUSS
and started his career Of poll
teal adventurerism that carried
him to congress and later to the
acknowledgements chair as, a
TammaHyite, Richard A. Verha-
gan was the leader of the So
cialist fight against him.
Fos' his trade union activity
against the powerful Western
Electric Comrade Verhagen was
driven from Schenectady and
went to work in the steel mills
at Gary, Indiana, whence he
later moved his family. When
the great steel strike broke in
1919, Comrade Verhsgen was in
the front ranks of the fight at
Gary, being a prominent men,
Der of the strike committee, dur
ing which time he also became
active in the young Communist
Party that had just been or
ganized.
When the strike was over he
was blacklisted by the trust and
forced by starvation out of
Gary. After working in various
places he finally came back to
Schenectady but the General
Electric never forgave him his
activity of thirteen years ago
so he endured a hard struggle
there. In spite of all the perse-
cutions he remained an undaunt-
ed fighter at any post assigned
him.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22
Clerks Win Court Victory

WASHINGTON, (FP). - Seeding
members of Railway Clerks Lodge
2O37 of the District of Columbia must
account to the local for $1,000 in cash
and the books and records which they
took to form a trump, OUTLAW" or
eanization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22

On April %, the British consum-
ers' co-operatives decided to make
common cause with the Labor Party
and the trade unions in the struggle
against the Trade Disputes and Trade
Unions Bills. In their decision con-
sumers' co-operatives undertake to
place their material resources at the
disposal of the trade unions for this
campaign.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22

LONDON, July 21.-The American
steamer Homestead is sinking near
Mangarole, off the Malabar coast, ac-
cording to Central News dispatch
from Bombay. Several vessels are re-
ported rushing to her assistance.
Lloyd's Register gives the Homestead
as a vessel of 1851 tons, owned by the
United States Shipping Board.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22
Earl BrOwder, Returned
From China, Will Speak
In Pittsburgh, July Is

PITTSBURGH, July 81. - Earl
Browder, editor of Labor Unity,
delegate to the Pacific Labor Con-
ference in Hankow this year,
elected secretary of the conference,
will speak at a public meeting ar
ranged by the Trade Union Edu-
cational League, Monday, July Is,
at Walton Hall, 220 Stanwix ST.,
Pittsburgh. Admission is free, and
everybody is welcome.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22
Trolley Car Burns.

Twenty-Five passengers, mostly wo-
men, were routed from a Second Ave
nue. trolley car which it caught fire
Yesterday at east 41st street, some of
the passengers escaped by jumping
from windows.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22

Have Paid Your Contribution to
the Ruthenberg Sustaining Fund?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22

The first day Of the convention
showed nothing startling. There was
a speech of the usual twaddle by
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1927-09-09
SLAVNOSTNY POCHOD
z PR1LEzITosTI PosvIAcKY NovEJ sKoLY
Farnosti Mena Jezis ma Steelton

Pochodovat sa bude tomt0
poriadkn: u Hudba; q Skolske
dietky; 81 dorastajflca mladez;
~ muzovia a zeny; 50 antomobily
a "a antomobilami pojde automo-
bill, ma ktorom sa poyezie osvietp.
biskup.
Pochod zacne sa okolo tretei
hodiny, ked pride osvietp. bis
kup. Pochodovat sa bude po Oak
wood Avenue dolu ma Steel po.
tom pc Midland vedl'a kostola
ku novel skole.
Osvietp. biskup Schrembs zno-;
WI a znovu dokazal sa byt vel'-
kym a nprimnym priatel 'om mas
ho slovenskeho naroda. Preto "a
sluhuje nasej povd 'a6nosti a IL
ETY.. A tiito nasu 1ctu a poyd 'ad.
most preukazeme mal nateraz TAX,
re vsetci jak mladi tax start ce-
lei youngstownskej okolice bude-
me brat lcast ma tomto slavnost-
nom pochode IN, dina Is.
septembra 1927 po obede 0 3. ho-
dine.
Drahl rodaci! Ktori mate auto
mobily, prid tie ma automobiloch;
ktori automobily nemate, prid tie
ma poulienych karaeh. A este ME-
co! Osadny vybor posviacky robi
pripravy, aby tento slavnostny
pochod zyecneny boil pohybli-
vych obrazoch (moving pictures).
Bude to krasna pamiatka pre- ma
Sc budtiee pokolenia.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1927-09-09
JOZEF JAVORsKf v RUzo.
VYCH PUTACH.

Pochvalne znamy mlady Slovak
z Lansingvillu, rodom 70 Stiavni-
ka ma Spisi, vstlipil minnleho tyz-
dHa V pondelok do manaelskeho
stavu so 81. Mariou Tatarka. So
baSne obrady vykonal Rev. Jan
Method LiScinsky chrame Sv.
Cyrilla a Mct'hoda "a itcaSti po-
cetnych svadobnikov. Mladucha
je rodom Reduction, Pa. a jej
rodicia pochodia Teplicky ma
SpiSi. Krasna svadObna hostina
odbEvala sa V domacnosti jana
Tatarku ma Berkeley, kde bralo H.
cast ma 40 os0b, priatel 'ov to
novomamelov. Hostina bola W.
borna a vesela. Kazdy prial mia
demu paru mnoho St 'astia a do
roka toho "proroka". Ku gratu-
lantom al my sa pripojujeme a
zicime mladomanzelom, ably sa do.
zili dlheho zivota laske blaze.
nosti.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1927-09-09
SLOVAK HROZNE
POPALENY v PRACI
Padol ma horucu ocel v Ohio
Works stredu ran0. -

Pan Juraj Miklas, vseobeene
znamy Slovak youngstownsl1v, q
6. 1892 Concord Ave. boil strasne
popaleny v stredu rano 2. hodine
V Ohio Works. ked spadol tam
Ma zeravti ocel'. Utrpel vel Ike po-
paleniny ma hlave, pleciach
chrbate. Bol rychlo odvezeny do
youngstownskej nemoenice, kde
sa nachadza kritickom stave.
Pan Miklas nam este ntorok
pisal, re sa prest 'ahoval, ably SINE
mu noviny posielali ma novn adj
resu. Prave sme stredu pred
obedom cftali jeho list, ked nam
chlapec doniesol noviny, oznamu-
jilce jeho nest 'astie. Ufame, re no
Pan Bob zachrani zivotu a vrati
ieho rodine zdraveho.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1927-09-09
Andrej Tarapcak
DONAHEY IA SENATORA
A DAVEY ZA GUVERNERA.

V Columbus sa vSeobecne veri.
&e ma buduci rok guverner Dona-
hey bude demokratickym kandi-
datom ma senatora Spojenych Sta
tov Ohio terajsi kongresman
Martin l.. Davey demokratickym
kandidatom ma nrad guvernera
statu Ohio. Donahey je teraz ma
treti termin guvernerom a o stvr-
tv sa az Wac nechce uchadzat' :.
sJe husto spominany "a demokratl-
ckeho kandidata ma prezldent-
stvo, ale Donahey tom nechee
poGut', lebo sa nepovazIUe este "a
,dost zkiiseneho krajinsllych "a
lazitostiach. Ale ked' mu pirate
liza radia, ably vystiipil "a demo-
kratickeho kandidata ma senator
stvo Spoj. Statov, to hned vldet ,
ze sa mu tato rada paci berle IL
cast v debate, ci by bol vstave
porazit' sehatora Fessa, ktory sa
bude uchadzat' 0 znovuzvoleme
ma republikanskej tikete. Dona-
hev ie povazovany "a silntho pro-
tikamdidata Fessa, jedineho, ktory
hy ho m0hOl pOraZlt'