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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-04
~ a Worker Correspondent.

~ - WSiNNi correspondents
ETHE year Just passed has witnessed
some gigantic struggles in the
American labor movement. The or
ganization of the Passaic textile work
ers after long struggle with the tex
tile barons showed conclusively that
the unorganized and exploited work
ers in the basic industries welcome
the opportunity to affiliate themselves
with the American Federation of La
dor.
The struggle of the left wing in the
United Mine Workers of America and
in the clothing trades shows further
that new era of militancy is arriving
and that Communist leadership in
these struggles has demonstrated its
worth and the correctness of its tao
tics. The Capitalization OF reactionary
leadership as witnessed in the Lewis,
Sigman, Vol, Mcmahon combination
points out the necessity Of further
preparedness on part of the militants
and clear understanding of the tasks
of the future. The issue of amalga-
unation and building UP the existing
unions must be supplemented with the
every day struggle Of organizing the
alnorganized.
The steel and iron industry still re-
mains the greatest organization task
confronting the militants. Since the
great steel strike few feeble efforts
have been made by such leaders as
Mike Tighe to organize the workers
and such campaigns have only pro.
duced further Generalization and
chaos. Each convention of the Anal
gamated Association of Iron, Steel &
Tin Workers has on paper recognized
the necessity Of an organization cam
paign, yet the leadership in the weak
and poorly organized progressive
movement feebly presented its de-
mands and were silenced by Red
Plots" concocted by Tighe and his
henchmen. Trade union tradition
plays an important part in the con
duct of these officials who base their
mode of conduct upon the dead past
Years OF membership in the Amalga-
mated means more to the leaders than
che tasks of organizing the morgan
feed and presenting solid front at
the conference table.
Mislead and disheartened progress
sives labor under the false impression
that by organizing dual union they
will destroy the Amalgamated and
break the power Of Tighe. The combi-
nation of the several most powerful
lodges In the Amalgamated into dual
union would leave Tighe free from the
effects of the progressive campaign
and would meet with his hearty ap-
proval. 1t would be handing Tighe
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-04
The Steel Workers and 1927?

ust what he wants. The Amalga-
lated has membership of about
1000 and Tighe holds his power by
1irtue Of his control of the many con
1ention lodges" scattered thruout the
steel and iron industry.
The organization Of 10000 steel
workers by the progressives would
give to them complete control of the
Union. The organization of several
new lodges by the progressives would
give to them the machinery of or
ganization and along with it recogni-
ton. The most conservative of steel
workers agree that dual union would
only produce further disorganization
and the leaders of the dual union
movement would not have the backing
of the lodges they would lead into the
dual union. Dual unionism is not the
solution OF the problem and 1t would
be utter folly on part of its leaders
to run from the fight. The key to the
situation is organize the unorganized
and it is the one task for the progress
sives to take up. There must be but
one main task before the coming con-
vention of the Amalgamated and that
is campaign to accept into it's ranks
every worker employed in the indus
try. The progressives must lay aside
their dual union campaign and face
the facts as they really exist No dual
union would ever be recognized by
the steel barons as long as the Anal
gamated exists. This was proven in
the Girard puddlers' strike. Mike
Tighe is not the issue and his pres
ence under the existing conditions in
the union shows plainly that it's lack
of organization, lack of simple COM
mon program of action on part of the
progressives that allows Tighe to
head the union. The present organiza-
tional machinery with over half
century Of existence must be the fight
ing machine to hurl into the one task
of organizing the unorganized steel
workers. No fighting machine can be
broken up into several parts and
thrown into the zone of action and
be expected to come out victorious.
No general staff of labor strategists
should undertake the enormous task
of waging campaign on four fronts
simply to get away from the influence
of a leader like Tighe-
The campaign for the organization
of the unorganized' steel and iron
workers must be conducted by the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel e Tin Workers. The progress
sives must press this demand. The
campaign of adding more lodges to
the present progressive ranks must
replace the dual union campaign. The
rank and file members in the Amalga-
mated lodges must themselves insist
upon these demands. They must not
be blinded by their leaders into be-
lieving that dual union would solve
their problems.
1927 should be year of organiza-
ton for the steel and iron workers led
by a militant Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Iron, Steel e. Tin Workers and
not a year of decentralization and
splits.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-04
Dry Law Officials in
Conspiracy with Vets,
Claims Wayne Wheeler

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. - A con
spiracy exists among certain prohibit
ton officials to help the beer and
wine propaganda" Wayne B. Wheeler,
general counsel of the Anti-Saloon
League, told President Coolidge.
Wheeler criticized those officials
who, upon resigning from the dry
service, have attacked prohibition as
failure and have said modification is
the only way to remedy present pro-
hibition conditions.
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21
Civic Club Notes

At the Jnly meeting of the Civ ic Club, the librarian reported 234 books issued during June and 9 magazines with $12. 45 collected for library privileges.
 The most important book ac. quired by the library recently is Theodore Dreiser's An Ameri- can Tragedy. This book, which is Dreiser's first novel since 1915 is a study of crime and punish ment and has been pronounced the greatest American novel of our generation. John Macy. author of The Story of the World S Literature, pronounces it .'the Mt. Everest of American fiction and it is one of the high hills in all the fiction of the world 7 ''I do not know" states another critic, where else in American fiction can one find the situation here presented drawn so fearless ly, so intelligently, so exhaust ively, so veraciously, and, there fore, with such an exceptional moral client"
 An American Tragedy" is not a book that can be read in a few hours, lightly and for amusement but it is book that is decidedly worth while, and that will re- ceive the attention of all discrim- mating readers. A waiting list is arranged at the local library and anyone who wants to read it is asked to give his or her name to Mrs. Mason, the librarian.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21
Mountain Climbers

Carl Stoeekel. Einar Ottesen and Hans Kuhr. comprised an outing party who enjoyed noun tain climbing over the week end. The party went across the chan nel Friday night and camped overnight on the beach on Wor- onofski Island. The next morn- ing they aseended the middle and highest peak of the Woronofski group. The peak is $500 feet above sea level and the ascent affords some good problems in mountain climbing. Mr. Stoeekel who is an experienced alpine climber, headed the party. Fol lowing the climb to the summit, the party had a half-hour's "slideo down hard packed snow to the basin lying between the middle and outer peaks, which contains a chain of three beauti- full lakes connected with each other by creeks. The party eamped in this lake basin over Saturday and Sunday. On Sun day they climbed the peak on the Wrangell side of the island and saw the Admiral Rogers call in at this port. They plan on leaving soon to climb some peaks on the mainland.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21
Big Ore Body Uncovered
 Fifty Miles From Keno

KENO CITY, Y. T.-Prospee- tors arriving here from the Bea- var district. ffty miles from Ke- no. report that the crew working on the Erickson < Bussey claims on MeGay Hill, in the Beaver area. have exposed the ore body on one of the main veins show ing solid galena for a width of eight feet. Various cuts are be- ing made on the property. If the showing proves satisfactory, the Consolidated Mining < Smelt- ing Company, which has the property under option, will, 1t Is reported, put on diamond drills as soon as possible, and land them in the Mayo camp before close of navigation this fall, to- gether with supplies to be trans ported to the property by the winter route. The splendid show ing reported by today's arrivals has created a highly favorable and optimistic feeling among the local mining men. The Consoli- dated officials are expected here later in the summer to inspect the workings, and several ex- perts for other companies also are expected here soon to look over the field. The Beaver arri- vals also report a number of highly promising new prospects on'other hills in the Beaver area, including Gray Copper Hill, Car penter Hill and Crawford Hill.
 A number of rich new pros poets have just been discovered on hills near Keno City.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21
Many Visitors to Petersburg

The week end excursion to Pe- tersburg on the Hazel B No. 2 was a most enjoyable event. Fol lowing is a list of the excursion ists: P. L. Stump, Mrs. Stump,
 Gertrude Goodrich. F. G. Han- ford. Mrs. F. G. Hanford, J.
 Brooks Hanford, Mrs. J. Brooks Hanford, George w. Bell, Mrs. Frank A. Goodrich, Mrs. L. A.
 Olsen, Jack Mason, Mrs. B. J.
 Prescott, Etolin Coulter, Erma Grant, Fred Amundsen. Mrs.
 Amundsen, Raymond Wheeler,
 P. H. Mcclure, D. B. Futile,
 Mrs. John Arola, Master Edward Arola, Charles Moore, H. Hein- bockel, Mrs. D. Vessel, J. B. Baggs, C. A. Taylor, M. o. John son, Dorothy Johnson. Marjorie Johnson, Alice Eyon, Mrs. Oscar Carlson, Lyle Bradley, Margaret Grant, B. w. Burke, Mrs. Burke, E. Miller, Mrs. T. J. Case, Geo. R. Hatton. Mrs. Hatton, Ella Everson, Lucy Everson, Eva  Sumption, Mrs. Clark, Neil Grant, Andrew Engstrom, A. E. Gurr, Mrs. Gurr, Cecilia Gurr, Jack Gurr. Ralph Prescott, Fred Simpson, F. T. Richfeld, F. c. Cunningham, A. A. Wolfe, Mrs. Wolfe, B. Bennett, Mrs. Bennett, Gertrude Carlstom, T. J. Me Bride, Mrs. Mcbride, c. Cole, Katherine Harvey, A. Steele, Leon Ensch, Ingvald More, Mar tin More, Wilfred Gartley, P. c. McGomack, Margaret McCor- mack, Virginia Burke, Oscar Suo- mi, Mrs. G. Scribner, Ernest Stump, Harold Ottesen, K. An derson, A. Anderson, Mrs. Hill Harrington, Master Billy Bar rington, Lena Ross, J.H. Jeffries.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21

gation will meet at Seattle and travel to the East, via Washing ton, D. C., on a special ear at tached to the North Coast Linn tied train, leaving there August 31 at 9:30 a. m Nine members will go east via the Canadian Pa cife railroad. The remaining four have selected different railroads on account of being in the States at the present time. The delega- ton which meets at Seattle will accompany Benny Benson, de- signer of Alaska's official flag, to Washington, D. C., providing the President will be in Washington at that time.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21
On Inspection Trip

Jonathan Wagner, head of the Bureau of Education in Alaska, was aboard the Aleutian which was in port northbound Monday afternoon. AS he came down the gangplank he was handed a tele- gram which announced the death by drowning of Dr. J. w. Illus ton, the Bureaus doctor on the Yukon. MT. Wagner will prob ably spend several weeks in the Interior before returning to Se- attle.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21
Malicious Damage to Property

The recreation committee of the Civic Club made especial trip to the beach a few days ago and with the valuable aid of Gunnar Engstrom repaired the bath houses which had been damaged by some person or persons un- known. These bath houses were erected at the expense of the Women's Civic Club for the use of the public and this is the sec ond time that they have been tempered with.
 If at any time in the future these bath houses are damaged in any way, every effort will be made to locate the culprit and he will be severely dealt with.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21
Post Convention Tour

The following people of Juneau will take a six weeks post con- vention tour, visiting France, Holland, Germany, Austria, Ita- ly, Switzerland, Belgium, and England: Mrs. L. s. Botsford, Mrs. Edith Sheelor. Mrs. Belle Simpson, and Mr and Mrs. H. J. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Roden will visit Mr. Roden's mother and sister in France. Mrs. Ella Johnson expects to remain in Germany for two years. Mrs. Botsford, Mrs. Sheelor, and Mrs. Thompson also plan to remain in Europe for the winter.
 The Wrangell delegation are particularly fortunate in having N. Nus baumer in their party as MT. Nussbaumer speaks German, French and Italian. After the convention they will tour Ger many, Switzerland, Italy, Monte Carlo, England and Ireland. Their itinerary includes a visit to Mr. Nussbaumer's old home in Soleure, Switzerland.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21
Col. Lindburgh at Hartford

HARTFORD, Conn. - Colonel Charles Lindbergh arrived here on his first lap of his country wide flight in which he will visit every state and seventy five cities in promotion of aviation. He flew through rain from New York and was greeted by almost 100, 900 persons when he paraded here. He spoke twice.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21
Notice to Bremen

All firemen are urged to turn out on Sunday morning, July "A when it is planned to put the plasterboard on the walls of the Fire Station.
 There will be refreshments, so come hungry and with a will to work. About 10 o'clock is the time. Committee.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21
Acres of Diamonds

The acres of diamonds that lay undreamed of on the old Persian farm while the owner searched the world over for a fabled hoard of precious stones is an oft-told story. Now and then some com munity catches the moral of it. The town of Greenwich, Ohio, did.
 Like many other communities 1t had looked to the old-line trav- cling Chautauqua to provide an annual entertainment feature. But this no longer met the needs. Theattendance declined and there was an annual deficit for the guarantors to make up. It was de- cided to try a community Chau- tauqua with the entertainment drawn from local sources. And Greenwich discovered it's unsus- pected acre of diamonds.
 After paying all expenses, last years community Chautauqua left S400 in the treasury to be used for local purposes. But there were other and perhaps more important results. One was the feeling of mutual interest be- tween the people of the town and the surrounding country en- gendered by working together in a common cause. Another was a revelation of the latent ability existing within the community and only needing an opportunity for an outlet. Band and orchestra concerts, a variety of musical and humorous specialties, a three-act comedy and a ehildren's operetta the ingredients for all these were within the community itself. And they brought with them a zest and freshness of interest that outside talent had failed to inspire.
 In many parts of the country communities are awakening to these hidden resources. Pageants built around local tradition or history are being made features of fairs. Plays, some of them locally written, are being staged, community bands and orchestras organized, and here and there a a festival, based upon some local speciality, made an annual event. It all makes for a broader, richer development of both the individ- ual and the community. - The Country Gentlemen.
 Perhaps some of the ideas set forth in the above editorial could be used to advantage at the com- munity fair to be held in Wran- gell this fall.<
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21
.rangell Defeats Petersburg in
 Ball Game

The Wrangell baseball team took the measure of the Peters burg baseball club before one of the peppiest crowd of baseball fans brought out this year. The .rooters led by Parke Stump, Hill Burlington, Fred Hanford and Ted Sterling had the Petersburg ties at their mercy throughout the game. Parke Stump pitch ing of adjectives and nouns held the crowd spellbound while the home runs accorded to Hill Bar rington for his wise cracks kept the crowd on their feet contln- uaIly.
 The Wrangell club went over with only about half of their reg ular players but the rest all ap- peared from the fishing grounds and from the way they performed that must have been the kind of practice they needed. The home lineup was as follows: catcher. Bailey, the go-gettum kid; pitch CT. Fabricius, the Iowa lefthand- ed marvel; first base, Wolfe, the home run king; second, Nolan, the soda fountain slieker; short stop, Scribner, the ball playing clerk; third, Mcbride, the hittin' fool; leftfeld, Engstrom, the U. of ". flash; centerfeld, Bowman. the humpy kid; rightfeld, Ben nett the reliable.
 The first inning of the game was not so promising for the home club. The second inning the Petersburg horde stole in a run and the third inning they re- peated. Then Fabricius settled down to an exhibition of pitching that has never been duplicated in all of Alaska. The Peters burg players merely went to the plate, struck three times and sat down. One time, with man on first and third with no down, Fa- bricius put the next three men out with nine pitched balls. That is something you would never see again in all your life if you went to a baseball game every day. Bailey held Fabricius down like an oldtimer and his throws down to second took all the fun out of it for Petersburg to try any base stealing. In the sixth inning the home team woke up and buncned their hits and came across with three runs. Again, in the eighth due to the vicious batting of Mcbride they drove across three more and put the game on ice.
 This evens the series up now with one apiece and the two towns are contemplating one more game to decide the cham pionship. It will probably be played after the fishing season as most of Wrangell's players are thus engaged now. With another roofing crowd behind them as they had last Sunday the home team ought to have no trouble in bringing home the bacon.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21
Opens Nugget Shop

pr. Robert Simpson of the Nugget Shop at Juneau has opened a curio store in the Pio- neer Building. Like all the other curio stores of Alaska the Nugget Shop of Wrangell will cater prin- cipally to the tourist trade.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21

Mrs. M. F. Graham arrived on the Aleutian Monday to spend her vacation in Wrangell as the guest of Mrs. Olive Mclaughlin. Mrs. Graham is bailiff of the county court of Pierce County, Tacoma, Washington.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21
Two-Year Plans

For two years a France Con- vention Committee, of which Bowman Elder is National Chair man, have been working on plans for the movement of the peace time army. The Legion has char tered 30 large ocean liners, and travellers will sail from Quebec, New York, Boston, Hampton Roads, New Orleans, and Calves ton. Landings will be made at three French ports, namely, Havre, Cherbourg and Boulogne, and one at Antwerp, a Belgian port. Upon arrival at debarka- tion points, the delegations will board special trains to speed on to Paris. Twenty-Five thousand rooms in hotels at Paris have been reserved for the convention.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21
Fred Willard and Party Reach
 TcSlin Lake

Readers of the Sentinel willre- member that during the first week in June a aparty of four men under the leadership of Fred Wil- lard arrived in NrangeIl from the States en route to Telegraph Creek from which point they were to commence a long trek over the trail to Teslin Lake in the southern part of Yukon Ter ritory.
 The party reached Teslin Lake safely according to the following letter received by the publisher of the Sentinel:
 Our party left Telegraph Creek with four pack horses and two saddle horses for the men with the train. The trip was one of much interest as Ne travelled over the same trail that was used by many of those who went into the KIondyke during the great gold rush of '9S. In those days many persons started out with various kinds of convey ances that were not adapted to the trail. Ne found old wagon wheels along the old trail many miles out from Telegraph Creek; also pack saddle cross trees. The cabins that were built at that time are nearly all gone.
 We camped at places on the trail where feed and water could be secured. Our first camp was about nine miles out of Telegraph Creek on the summit. We left there on June 20th and camped that night at Tahltan Creek. We saw our first moose that day. Our next camp was at Hyland's sugar camp. It rained the night we were there and our bedding got soaked. The next day we reached ShesIey Station and camped there that night. The next morning we climbed the three mile grade to Shesley sum init and after travelling 13 miles camped on Cash Creek. We left there at 1:30 D. m. the next day and camped that night on Mos quito Creek which is correctly named. The next camp was at Twelve Mile Creek, and the next at Nahlin. We crossed the river on carriage on cable across the Nahlin.
 We started out the next morn ing ahead of the pack train and got on the Atlin trail. One of the men had to leave the train and come to us in order to get us on the right trail. That night we camped on the shore of a pretty lake called Victoria Lake. Our next camp was at the foot of Spruce Mountain. We spent most of the next day clearing trail and camped on Spruce Mountain. We saw moose nearly every day.
 Our progress through this section was slow, and our next camp was on a ridge near Spruce Mountain after a hard day of chopping. The next day we chopped until the afternoon when we built a bridge across a creek in two hours. Considerable chop ping was necessary during the remainder of the trip. Wereached Teslin Lake on July 8. ,"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21

w. s. Garster, office deputy under United States Marshal Al
 bert White was aboard the Aleu- tian Monday. He was return ing to Juneau from a trip outside.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21
Reservations Made

The American Legion makes all reservations for those attend ing the convention during the period of the convention week if they travel on official steamers. Pre- and post-convention tours will be taken independently. Soy. eral Alaskans will take advan- tage of this opportunity and visit other European countries. The foreign railroads have given half fare to the delegates, and all European countries, except Rus sia, will honor the special pass port for the Legion, and no visa charges will be made. All rail- roads in Canada and the United States are also granting half fare rates between August l and De- cember 1 for holders of identifi- cation certificates.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-07-21

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