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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04
STRIKEDREAKERS
FIRE ON SCHOOL
Mine Company Gunmen
Run Amuck

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 3.--The pistol
fire of strikebreakers, hired by the
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Co. to shoot
up the barracks of striking miners,
has so endangered the lives of pupils
of the Broughton School, near here,
that the school has been ordered
closed indefinitely.
One strikebreaker now under arrest
admitted that he and companion
had been paid $25 each by the coal
company's police to "shoot Up. the
barracks where the striking miners
and their families are living on
meagre relief funds.
Windows Shattered.
A gang Of strikebreakers last night
left the coal company's compound
near Horring, marched down the
Broughton Road and fired volleys at
the strikers barracks and private
homes, according to members of the
United Mine Workers of America and
Albert Baker, principal of the
Broughtcn School. Hundreds of win
dows in the Broughton School were
shattered by bullets. Teachers and
Pupils were forced to flee for pro-
lection.
In a telegram to Gov. Fisher,
Broughton School authorities said no
effort was made by the police to stop
the attack of the strike-breakers,
which was unprovoked.
Members Of the school board in
announcing the closing of the school
said they could no longer assume
responsibility for the safety of the
children. They are asking protec-
tion from the governor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04
TO REACH TOILERS
IN DAILY drive

Members of the Workers (Commu-
nist) Party, Young Workers League,
and various sympathetic labor organ
izatons will join in the distribution
today of 10000 copies of The DAILY
WORKER in workingclass sections
of the five boroughs of Greater New
York.
In addition, thousands of papers
will be distributed in Passaic, N. j.,
today where a huge unemployment
meeting with Albert Weisbord as the
chief speaker is taking place.
California, the land Of sunshine and
criminal syndicalism laws, yesterday
responded to the energetic campaign
being waged thru0ut the United States
to build The DAILY WORKER. From
Oakland came q score of subscrip-
tions, with assurances from P. B.
Cowdery, the "Daily" agent there,
that more would be Forthcoming regu-
larly until the termination Of the cam
paign with the Ruthenberg Memorial
meeting, March 2.
A. Ravitch, circulation manager,
has addressed letter to all DAILY
WORKER agents regarding the pres
ent drive which is being conducted
jointly with the Workers (Commun-
ist) Party in its campaign for 5000
new members.
Outlining the basis for the task of
reaching thousands of workers thru
out the country, Ravitch said that
three things are essential: 1. Get new
subscribers. 2. Renew old subscrib-
ers. 3. Arrange with newsdealers to
carry the paper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04
Show Signaan Spent Relief
Cash for Wrecking Union

This letter came into the possession
of The DAILY WORKER just at a
time when Morris Sigman, president
of the international Ladies Garment
Workers Union is trying so hard to
convince the world that the dual
"Joint Board" he has established in
an effort to depose the left wing
leaders, is not only successfully in
power, but is carrying on "organiza-
tion" campaigns.
Sigman's lax henchman, the secre-
tary of the bookkeepers' union, will
certainly come in for a severe con-
demnation for being so careless with
such uncomfortable facts, even
though the condition of his fake
union has been well known to all the
needle trades workers.
"Of what earthly use are the loud
announcements in the Jewish For
ward that expensive organization
campaigns are being carried on, that
the International is paying off the
debts of the union, that the left wing
union is out of existence, while the
new "Joint Board" has plenty of
money" All this will be asked of
Earnest Bohm, of the bookkeepers'
union.
Money Gone.
The Sigman announcements that he
still has plenty of money is quite
definitely exploded by this letter,
despite the huge sums of money he
obtained from the funds held in trust
for the cloakmakers' unemployment
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04
Arrange Banquet for
Greco and CarrillO

A banquet in honor of Calogero
Greco and Donate Carrillo, anti
fascists recently acquitted of murder
in blackshirt frame-up in the Bronx
will be held Sunday, Feb. 10, at the
Irving Plaza, Irving Place and 18th
St., at p. m.
The banquet is arranged by the
Greco-Carrillo Defense Committee
and the international Labor Defense.
The banquet was at first incorrectly
announced for tomorrow.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04

is now the Workers Party district
organizer at Detroit, E. Gardos will
speak in Hungarian, F. Coco in Ital-
ian and Ben Levanski in Polish.
Unemployment is increasing daily.
Botany, Observation-Disclosures and Gera
mills are running from as to 55 per
cent capacity. One-half Of the build
ing trades workers are out Of jobs.
A. F. of l.. to Confer"
This meeting, to be held under the
auspices Of the Workers (Commun-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04

ist) Party, will be held simultane-
ously with the opening of confer
ence on the general subject of un.
employment at Moose Hall by the
Central Labor Union and the Passaic
Building Trades Council. This Moose
Hall meeting is announced as the
first Of a national series which it is
claimed will be organized by Off
cials of the American Federation of
Labor. Unemployed workers are ex-
(Continued on Page TUo)
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WEISBORD TO SPEAK FOR JOBLESS
Passaic Meeting to Demand Relief for 10000 Unemployed

PASSAIC, N. j., Feb. 8. - A de-
mand for immediate relief for the
10000 jobless workers in this district
will be made at mass meeting here
t. be addressed by Albert Weisbord,
leader of the 1926-27 Passaic strike,
at the Workers Home, 27 Dayton
Ave-, at 2:30 p. m. today.
Ten thousand are out Of work in
Passaic alone, many of whom are ex-
pected to attend today's big meet
ing. In addition to Weisbord, who
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04
Freiheit Singers Ball
Will Be Held Tonight

The annual ball of the Freiheit
Singing Society will be held tonight at
Tammany Hall, 14th st. and Third
Ave.
An elaborate program of entertain
ment has been arranged by the COM
mittee in charge of the ball. The Pat
terson division of the Freiheit Sing
ing Society is also participating.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04
YOnkers Meet Sunday to
Protest Alien Bills

YONKERS, Feb. 3.--A mass meet
ing to protest against the bills now
before congress for the deportation
and registration of foreign-born
workers will be held Sunday at p.
m. at Holy Trinity Auditorium, Is
Franklin St.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04
Young Workers Dance

The Young Workers (Communist)
League, District 2, will hold dance
next Saturday evening at Harlem
Casino, Lenox Ave. and 116th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04
Dunn at School Forum

Jack Lever and Robert w. Dunn
will speak at the Workers School
open forum tomorrow at p. m. on
"What / Saw in the Soviet Union"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04
>NLICE FIRE ON.
INDIAN WORKERS.;
| DEAD and 4 HURT
All Industry Idle as
Simon Lands
Especial to The Daily Worker.)

Especial to The Daily Worker.)
MADRAS, India, Feb. 3.-The first
dead and injured Of the general strike
which is tying up all India today in
protest at the arrival of the Simon
Commission, fell this morning when
British police fired on crowd of
demonstrators here. One worker was
killed and at least five more wounded,
some critically, it is believed.
Brutally rushing the unarmed
crowd and firing as they advanced
the police left the five Indians
stretched on the street. The massacre
resulted in the immediate closing down
of the few shops which had remained
open.
The workers from the textile and
jute mills had already refused to go
to work and the busses and street
cars had ceased running.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04
SO Penn. Miners, Families
Are Arrested ON Picket Line
BY T. ]. O'FLAHERTY.

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when thirty pck-men
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04
Mine Relief Conference

The Women's Committee for Min
ers' Relief will hold conference to-
morrow at 2:30 p. m. at Irving Plaza,
Irving Place and 18th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04
Armored Cars Patrol City.

CALCUTTA, Feb. 3.-With four
armored cars manned by British
troops patrolling the working class
section of this city, the police today
began their occupation of the work
ers' quarters for the duration of the
general strike.
Twenty workers were seized by the
uolice in raid in the workers Sec
tion. The men were brutally handled
and hailed to the police headquarters.
The seizure of the men brought on an
open struggle with the police.
All tram cars and busses are now
being run by the police, the workers
having almost unanimously walked
out. Virtually all the shops are
closed, factories are unable to oper-
ate this morning, and ships are lying
idle in the harbor.
Thousands Swarm In Streets.
BOMBAY, Feb. 3.--When Sir John
Simon landed this afternoon he was
met by masses of striking workers
from the jute and textile mills,
crowds of demonstrators with black
banners calling on the statutory COM
mission to return to England, and by
soldiers and police everywhere. The
exact numbers of the strikers swarm
ing thru the city is not known but it
is estimated there are thousands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04

regular meeting Of the Executive Board will be held
on NondaJ January 1923, Thirty P.Hat Three
s. Sixteenth ST. E.Y.Ctty.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04

ere Harry Rubin scharged by the Analgated
Bank. appointed by the office staff Meeting
has been the representative and conferred with
Held and NJ Puoy. oontend, that the DIS
tns abeyance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-16
WOUNDED NJ A N
KILLS ROAD
BANDIT

Arthur Leroy Gardner, SIS years
old. is recovering today in Elmer
gency Hospital from two bullet
wounds. and a man, believed by the
police to be Robert Johnson. Sc, Of
Richmnd, Va, and Centervile, Nd,
is dead as an aftermath of an at
tempt by the latter to hold up and
rob Gardeners gasoline station at
Featherstone Station, Va. early
Sunday. III
Alone in his combination gas sta
ton and restaurant after midnight
Saturday, Gardner was about to
close for the night when an auto
mobile drove up. A man alighted
and came inside. He asked for two
sandwiches and a bottle of pop.
Gardner got the sandwiches and
the drink, and was given bill to
change. AS he turned from his
cash register with the change he
faced a revolver in the hands of the
man.
put them up and fork over" he
was ordered. Instead Gardner
backed toward the kitchen. The
hOldup man fired two shots, both
Of which struck the filling-statiOn
owner. and the wOuld-be hOldup
man ran from the door
Gardner, badly wounded, managed
to reach the upper floor of the sta
ton, where he lives. The shots had
awakened his wife, Mrs. Norah
Gardner, So. Gardner asked for a
pistol his son-in.law, Policeman
Anthony Richitt. of the Fourth
precinct, had given him.
Going into the yard in from!
Of the station Gardner saw the hold
up man still trying to start his
automobile. Gardner emptied his
revolver, and saw the man run down
| the road in the darkness, desertine
the machine. Mrs Gardner, in the
meantime, was calling the Marine
base at Quantico.
Bandit Found Dead.
Marines. led by Quartermaster
| Clerk Watkins with Surgeon Frank
W. Hornbank, arrived on the scene
| They spread out a search for CARO-.
ner's assailant, and found him
about 100 yards away, dead from
a bullet that had severed an artery
under his heart. Another bullet had
struck him in the side.
DIR Hornback gave Gardner first
aid and had him removed to Elmer
gency Hospital. Prince William
county authorities were notified
In the dead mans pocket were
| found two sets Of automobile reg
istration cards, made out to Robert
Johnson, SO years old one from
Richmond. Va, and the other from
| CenterVille. Md. The car he was
driving bore Delaware plates. 1t
also contained a sign painters out.
| fit
At Emergency Hospital today IL
was said that Gardner would re-
| cover.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-16
SideLights on the Convention

drew this choice assig .nent in the
recent police department shake
up. gas present directing the work
of a squad OF policemen on dutyfat
the auditorium.
President Coolidge has agreed to
speak at s o'clock tonight The
delegates were. warned to be in
theirseats atS7:55, as the doors will
be locked when the President ar
rives and late corners will have to
read his speech in the morning
papers.
Florence Trumbull, daughter of
Governor Trumbull. of Connect
cut, was one OF the three personal
pages TO the president general.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-16
HOTEL
KING, DIES
At So

NEW YORK, April 16. Ellsworth
M. StatIer, veteran hotel man, head
of the Statler chain of hotels. died
this morning. Executives of the
Pennsylvania hotel confirmed reports
of his death, but refused details.
Milton Statler, 23-year-old adopted
son of the hotel man, was in seoul
sion at his apartment and refused to
speak for publication.
He is an assistant manager Of
the Pennsylvania.
Statler, grand old man OF the
hotel profession" owned more hotels
than any other man in the world.
The 65-year-old magnate returned
only two weeks ago from Florida,
where he spent the winter, and i'm
mediately contracted cold which de.
veloped into intestinal influenza. A
turn for the worse followed Satur-
day and pneumonia developed.
Statler was born in Somerset
county, Pennsylvania, in October
1863. He began his extraordinary
career firing glory hole" in a
glass factory, when he was but 9
years old.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-16
Six Seized in Scheme
To Fix" Gas Meters

NE WORK, April ia scheme
for defrauding the Public Service
and Gas Company by tampering with
gas meters in homes in Newark's
suburbs was revealed with the arrest
and indictment of six men.
The arrest Of the men followed an
investigation by officials of the
company and detectives from the of.
flee of Prosecutor Joseph Smith. It
is said that for several months the
accused men canvassed residents of
Bloomfield, BeIleville and Montclair.
offering to repair their gas meters
for $40 to f15. The repair work con-
sisted. II II said. Of tampering with
the meters so that they would not
register the full amount Of gas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-16
BRIDE GROOM,
II GUESTsDIE
IN FLAMES
Tlmss stase photos.
By International News service

BLAIRFOUR, Pa, April Isl
Thirteen persons, a mother, her
six children and six wedding guests,
were burned to death shortly after
midnight today when fire swept the
two.story frame home Of Ambr0
IIrepachalk, a. SIavisl1 worker In
this little quarry settlement.
Van Verbonitz, 10, whose mar.
rfage to Ann Krepachalk was ceie.
.brated on Saturday. met death with
his bride in the flaming building.
! The dead:
Mrs. Ambro KrepachaIIx. 80.
Sara KrepachaIk, Is.
q Michael Krepachalk, IL.
Verna Krepachalk. Is.
Fatherin Krepachalk, IL.
Nicholas krepachalk. 2.
Van VerbOnitZ, 10.
Ann Verbonitz, Is, his bride.
Carl Gibson, 81.
Thomas Horchich, 43.
Peter Verbonitz, IS. brother %
the Bridegroom.
Joseph Renbolich, 81.
George KrepachaIk, s.
Suffocated First
THE fire. which was believed 20
| nave GN0IIC0 ct AAAAS@AAAG
frame dwelling before the family
and guests could escape. All app
parentlyl were suffocated, according
TO Coroner Chester c. Rothrock.
and the bodies were charred almost
beyond recognition.
The bodies were removed to the
morgue at Williamsburg.
According to F. NJ. Nicely, CHIEF
clerk at the Blair Limestone Com
pany which maintains quarries at
Blairfour. only the Blairfour fire
department responded to the alarm.
and they were too late to check,
the roaring flames.
He said that the wedding, which
took place Saturday, was a quiet
affair, and that apparently a party
followed on Sunday. 1t was thought
the guests and the bridal couple
had planned to remain over night.
Krepachalk, the father, and q
boarder at the home escaped the
blaze, it. was learned. Neither
speaks English, it was said, and
there was difficulty in learning any
details of the fire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-16
Snow and Sleet Storm
Visits Both CarOlinas

RALEIGH, n. c., April L.
Chilling temperatures prevailed over
the Carolinas today following sleet,
snow and hail which descended over
the two States late yesterday.
Light snow fell as Greensboro,
Ashevalle, Winston-SaIem,C Charlotte,
Wake Forest and other points
while hail fell at Raleigh, Durham
and other Eastern points.
Lee A. benson, meterologist in
charge of the State weather bu-
reau here. declared he did not he.
lieve the freakish mid-April weather
would seriously damage the early
fruit crop.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-16
Electric Line to Fight
For Carolina Program
-rhoto By Underwood . underwood

CHARLOTTE, n. c., April 10
The Piedmont and Northern rail
road will continue its efforts to
ton program in the Carolinas de.
spite the Interstate Commerce Com
missions denial of it's application
for a certificate of public convent
at the headquarters Of the railroad
here today.
Two major courses can be taken
by the p. & N, an electric line, 1t
was stated. A petition for re-
hearing OF the case may be filed
or an appeal to the Supreme Court
can be taken.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-16
Map of Bomb Plot
Found on Prisoner

MILAN, Italy, April 16.-After a
4S-hour investigation, the police ex-
pressed belief today that the man
arrested at Como on Saturday is
the actual terrorist who planted y
bomb here in an attempt to kill
King Victor Emanuel.
The police have found that the
suspect is connected with an an
archist organization and that he
was in Milan at the time of the ex-
plosion. The prisoner gave the
name Of Romeo Tranquilh. The
strongest evidence against him IL a
map of Milan with the scene OF the
explosion marked with a lead pencil.
The bomb conspiracy is said 30
have been financed abroad.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-16
split FORESEEN
. ON BLACKLIST
IN D. A. 4.

The Daughters of the American
Revolution should meet the foreign
Immigrant at Ellis and Angels is
i9ands and show him that a general
welcome awaits those who want to
become Americans, Mrs. Alfred J..
Brosseau, president general, told the
1928 convention of the daughters
which convened in the Washington
Auditorium today.
Mrs. BrouSseau's address of well
come urged the daughters to make
patriotism their wstchword and to
help the newcomer from foreign
lands to absorb American ideas and
ideals.
II he cannot absorb them. she
said, then let him go back to the
land from whence he came.
Blacklist" Chief Topic
Mrs. Helen Tufts Babies recent
charge that Daughters of the
American Revolution maintain a
blacklist containing the names of
some of the country's most prom
'jnent men and women, overshadows
every other issue.
The origin of the D. A. r. BLACK.
list was revealed today.
1t was taken from the list of
speakers approved by the National
Council for the Prevention of War,
of which Frederick j. Libby is execu-
tive secretary.
1t was discovered today that the
Rev. Joseph r. Sizoo, pastor of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church here, who is scheduled to
speak Friday before the Congress,
fwas formerly on Libby's list. When
advised of this, Sizoo declared the
use OF his name by the council was
unauthorized and he asked that it be
Withdrawn.
Some 1000 delegates and alter
mates filled the Washington Audi
.toriunn, and little else than the
storm Of controversy aroused with
publication of the blacklist" was
manifest on the convention floor
Even the campaign for the election
of officers fades into insignificance
except as to the bearing the cleo
tion would have on the one great
issue.
Efforts of the leaders to keep the
BaiIie charges out Of the deIibera-
tons of the congress were expected
to prove futile. and an open split
was thought to be inevitable before
adjournment next Saturday.
Mrs. Bailie, OF Boston, executive
secretary Of the so-called d. A. r.
committee of protest against the
blacklist" is neither a delegate nor
an alternate, but she will be present
at the sessions as a spectator and
leader of her forces within the
congress. She refused to divulee
her plans today.
"ThOse who are allowed to enter
the United States need special care
and guidance" Mrs. Brosseau de.
cLared, land therein lies our oppor-
tunity for constructive and highly
patriotic work along lines of true
Americanism.
I'm greeting the foreigner at the
ports of entry-Ellis and Angel
islands-when he gives his first
timid knock for admittance, yours
is the privilege of showing him
what a generous welcome is ex.
tended to those who in sincerity
seek the refuge Of a home in the
United States.
"The time to stop those Tho
would weaken and loosen the fabric
of our Government is before they
begin"
Mrs. Brosseau reiterated her
stand for national defense and said
that the contention that national
defense is politics Is "a smoke
screen with which the daughters
should have no concern"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-16
U.S.. War Store of Colo
Goes Europeward
Rapidly

America Is rapidly losing the
tremendous store of gold accumu.
lated here during the war.
During March the export OF
gold amounted to $94,s53,Ooo, the
Federal Reserve Board announced
today, constituting the greatest
monthly movement on record. For
the first three months OF the
year the gold export was $119,'
100000.
Exports for the first three
months of 1928 amounted to 81,
EOS, 100000, a gain of $4,OOO,O0O
over the same period last year.
Imports amounted to $1,070. O00,-
600, a gain Of $25,O0O,0Oo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-16

Capt. William G. Stott. corn.
handing the Third precinct, who