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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
BIG Mine STRIKE
BLAzES TRAIL OF
MASS PICKETING
Sentiment Spreads in
Face of Terrorism

Especial To The DAILY W0RKER.)
PITTSBURGH, April 17.-One Of
the greatest organizational efforts in
the history of the American labor
movement is now going on as section
after section in western Pennsylvania
and West Virginia adds it's hundreds
to the rising total of miners on-strike.
$4,000 Strike Monday.
Fifteen thousand miners took their
tools out of the pits on Monday ac-
cording to an official statement is
sued by the Save the Union Commit
tee today. The walkout covers Som
merset, Westmoreland, Fayette,
Greene, Arnold and Washington coun-
ties of western Pennsylvania and the
northern part of West Va. The strike
is spreading everywhere. Armed
forces of the states are growing
more provocative and brutal.
Attempts of the press to minimize
the extent of the strike have failed
to dampen the enthusiasm of the rank
and file leaders in unorganized fields.
1t is evident that one of the greatest
union drives in recent years is started
in the bituminous fields.
Lewis Machine Desperate.
Officials of the Lewis machine are
everywhere sabotaging the strike in
an attempt to prevent the miners
from responding to the call of the
Save-the-Union Committee. On the
other hand the leaders of the Save
the Union Committee is energetically
giving direction to the strike.
In a statement issued today by
John Brophy, John Watts, Pat Too
hey, executive officers of the Save
the Union Committee, the miners are
urged to spread the strike, to estab-
lish a union, raise wages and i'm
prove working conditions. The call
reads:
Miners, now is the time to acti
! Let's stand together solidly-bring
the entire mining industry to a halt
make the strike 100 per cent COM
plete-empty the minesp
Mass picketing has increased tre-
mendously throughout the strike
area since the call for the strike in
the unorganized territory was issued.
Hundreds of miners are now march
Continued on Page 7'wo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
BAKING CARS PAY $18
For That Wage Women Exhaust Selues

after. Of course the foreman or fore :
lady manages to see to it that we do
not work later then five thirty so
that they will not have to pay us
extra. l leave for work at five
minutes of seven in order to get down
to work on time as l live quite dis
tance away from work. But many
times it happens that the train is
overcrowded and l have to wait for
the next one or, if | do get in, the
train is slow and l am delayed, not
because it is my fault and | come in
two minutes late. The curtain on the
clock is pulled down and l am sent
home again which means that I not
only loose days wages but also
have to spend carfare. Unless Of
course they are very busy and must
rush the work out, then the forelady
gives Us a bawling out and tells us
that we will get fire if it happens
too often. AT no time / they believe
us when we tell them the reason for
coming in just two minutes late. This
Continued on Page Four)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
.PITTSTON MINERS
READY FOR FIGHT
Will Reject Maneuver
of Federal Agent

PITTSTON, April ia unani-
NOUS rejection of the proposal to be
made by Federal mediator Thomas
Davis, that the miners of local 1903
return to the contract colliery No. 6
of the Pennsylvania Coal Company is
certain when these miners meet this
morning at St. Alosius Hall at which
time the strike-breaking plan will be
advocated by both Davis and the
representatives of the operators and
the Cappelini machine.
McGarry Shows Hand.
1t is understood that the Brennan
McGarry forces which lately have
shown their hand will also be in
favor of the scab plan although they
may not favor it openly.
The Save-the- Union forces are lead
ing the fight against the move which
the miners understand is an attempt
to break their ranks.
McGarry, An Enemy to Miners Cause
PITTSTON, April 1.-THE so-called
opposition to the Cappelini murder
machine met again Saturday at
2:30. This opposition led by Brennan
Continued on Page TiOo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
(By a Worker Correspondent


want to thank you for the many
copies of The DAILY WORKER
which I have received free when you
distributed them at the National Bis
cult Co. in front of 18th Street in
which | work | ceri ainly enjoyed
reading all the articles you printed
on the National Biscuit Co. And
hope that you will continue giving US
this paper. l am glad that someone
is finally taking an interest in our
conditions as they certainly are bad
enough. / am sending you few facts
about myself and few of the things
that | have learned since am work
ing here and | hope that you will
print them.
am employed at the National Bis
cult Co. for the past two years,
started to work for $14 a week, but
now am making $500. My hours
are supposed to be from $40 to 5
p. m. but many times l work until
5:25 without getting paid for over
time unless we work after $3.50 or
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18

gang OF takers who have refused to
organize us. A friend of mine gave
me a few copies of The DAILY
WORKER the other day. | think it
is wonderful paper and real
friend of the miners. The fight is
going to be pretty tough and it would
help great deal if l could get the
paper every day. know lot of
others who feel the same. Could you
have the paper sent to me free of
charge as l have no money!"
What will be the answer of the
readers of The DAILY WORKER to
this miners plea? More than 100,-
900 unorganized miners have joined
the 100000 that have been on strike
for more than year. 10000 textile
workers in Massachusetts, have
walked out to fight against wage
cuts. They all need The DAILY
(Continued on Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
5S PLANTS shut
DOWN AS TIE-UP
STOPS MACHINES
Batty's Attempt to Halt
Rally Fails
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, April II

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, April IT,
= With an announcement to the press
condemning the mass meeting called
for tomorrow afternoon by the Tex
tile Mill Committees as "Communis-
tic" the reactionary officialdom of
the New Bedford Textile Council to-
day took the first steps toward be-
traying the $4,000 unorganized tex
tile workers who, to a man, walked
out of the mills Monday morning.
They walked out in support of the
1000 members of the unions who
voted overwhelmingly to strike against
a ten per cent wage cut.
The announcement came after the
failure of the attempt of William
Batty, secretary Of the Council, to
frighten the Textile Mill Committee
leaders into calling off the mass meet
ing. Batty, with squad of hench-
men, had entered the offices of the
mill committees and threatened Fred
Beal, organizer, with violence if the
meeting tomorrow was not called off.
Beal declared that the Textile Mill
committees were here to stay in New
Bedford in the interest of the tens of
thousands of unorganized workers and
would fight bitterly against Batty if
he attempted betrayal similar to the
one he perpetrated in the strike of the
Lawrence dye house workers.
The sentiment of the workers is
such as to confirm the opinion that
the meeting tomorrow afternoon, in
Bristol Arena, would be jammed to
the doors. The committee announced
as some of the speakers, Gus Deak,
president of the Passaic textile unions.
Dawson, of Passaic, James Reid, and
the leaders of the New England Mill
Committees.
The strike itself is one of the most
brilliant demonstrations of working
class solidarity ever witnessed in this
country, in the memory of the oldest
of textile workers here. Even the cap
italist press admits that of the SO
plants owned by the 27 mills, only
two failed to shut their gates com
pletely at o'clock Monday morning.
Even these two shut down a few
hours after an obvious attempt to fool
the workers gathered outside the gates
by starting the looms with the aid of
mill officials. The attempt was
laughed at by the workers.
The thousands of textile workers
came to the mill gates about in the
morning, gathered in a large crowd
and then permitted those who left
their tools Saturday to go in to the
plant to get them. After gathering
their tools most of the workers went
home, since the union officialdom had
made no plan nor given any instruc-
tions for picketing.
In discussion the workers, organ
lied as well as unorganized, are bit
Continued on Page Three)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
NEMPLOYED TO
VOICE PROTEST
Mass Meeting Planned
by Council

The second mass meeting of unem-
ployed workers to be held this week
in New York is scheduled for this
afternoon at Union Square, under the
auspicse of the New York Council
of the Unemployed.
Other meetings will be held tomor-
row at II a. m. at 101 w. 9th St.
and at 8 p. m. at 138th st. and St.
AIMS Ave. and a third at Rutgers
Square Saturday afternoon. Demands
for relief and plans for further or
ganization among unemployed work
ers will be made.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
NEWARK TAXI men
FORCED TO RETURN
A. F. Of L. Aids Bosses
in Fight on Union

NEWARK, N. j., April 17.-Aided
by American Federation of Labor Of
ficials here, the Yellow Cab Co. and
the Brown and White Co., have sue
ceeded in crushing the attempt of
over 500 striking taxi drivers to form
union.
A bare promise by the lawyers for
the companies that they will "arbi-
tratc the grievances" Of the men after
they return to their jobs caused their
leaders to issue the order to call off
the strike.
Indignation spread among the men
as soon as the announcement of the
calling off of the strike had been
made.
The position of the companies was
also strengthened by the refusal of
the A. F. of L. organization, the
Teamsters' International, to grant a
charter to the striking cabmen. Only
until they had returned to work, they
were told by the A. F. of L. repre-
sentative, would they be taken into
the organization.
Although recognition of their union
was the fundamental demand of the
strikers, no mention of it was made
by the companies lawyers. The men
also demanded an increase in percen-
tage from 33 per cent to 40 per cent
and freedom from responsibility for
losses of passengers.
The strike started IL days ago.
Monday the bosses obtained an in
junction aimed to prevent picketinG-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
SOCIALISTPARTY
Meet ISLANDERS
the SOVIET union
Supports the Imperialist
League of Nations

The socialist party, at the closing
session of its national convention
meeting here yesterday at Finnish
Socialist Hall, 2056 Fifth Ave-, ex-
pressed it's solidarity with the Men
shevik and counter Revolutionary
movements throughout the world by
unanimously passing resolution
condemning as brutal" the tt'at-
ment accorded to counter-revolution-
aries in the Union of Socialist Soviet
Republics, and demanding their re
lease from prison.
A resolution, sponsored by the Rev
Norman Thomas, was also passed, ad-
vocating the entry of America into
the League of Nations. The resolu-
tion asked that the League be made
more democratic" A previous reso-
luton, supported by Morris Hillquit,
urging that the United States join
the League without reservations, was
turned down in favor Of the one Of
fered by the preacher.
Detective Agencies.
2 A motion calling for federal con-
troll of detective agencies was defeat
ed after. heated discussion,
The convention passed a resolution
asking that the United States recog-
nize the Union of Socialist Soviet
Republics. The resolution merely
asks political recognition on the part
of the capitalist government, but ex-
presses no unity of interest of the
working classes of the two countries
Thomas In Robes of Debs.
In his speech of acceptance of the
socialist nomination for president on
Monday, Rev. Thomas, who was for
merly pastor of the aristocratic Brick
Presbyterian church in New York and
who has been socialist party candi-
date for governor and mayor of New
York, referred to himself as being "ir
the line of apostolic succession from
Debs."
To-day we cannot risk world con-
vulsions," he declared. "We are toe
interdependent. Our task is to bring
better world into being without rev
olutionary and catastrophe woe. It
is true that there is in the world to-
day every promise Of convulsion, but
it is also true that there is no prom
ise that out Of convulsion would come
anything better"
A proposal was made at Mondays
session that existing progressive
and labor organizations in sympathy
1, e l1r
socialist party may join the party as
body" 1t was decided to lower all
dues to 81 year.
Morris Hillquit made proposal at
this session that the socialist party
membership include all those who
vote the socialist ticket at elections
as well as those paying dues. He
said that the party's dues-paying
membership was at present 10000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
Students at Workers
School to Meet Today

An important meeting of class sec
retaries and student representatives
of the Workers School, 108 E. 14th
ST., will be held today at 8 p. m.
in Room 46.
Bertram D. Wolfe, director of the
school, D. Benjamin, assistant direc-
tor and A. Markoff, chairman of the
district school committee, will lead
the discussion. Sidney Levy, execu-
tive secretary of the Student Council,
will preside.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
LARGE VOTE CAST
At CLOAK POLLS
Elect Delegates to the
Boston Convention

Long before the polls closed at 3
D. m. in the elections for delegates
to the convention Of the international
Ladies Garment Workers Union yes
terday it was recognized as far more
than a mere casting of votes. Thous-
ands of registered and non-registered
cloak and dressmakers participated
in the Joint Board elections as dem
onstration of protest against the
union-wrrck rcking campaign Of the right
wing officials Of the International.
The workers participated in the
voting despite the fact that the right
wing here tried to use all means in
their power to stop them. They called
upon police assistance in trying to
halt the distribution of circulars in
the market. Three workers were ar
rested, and were later fined 81 in the
Jefferson Market Court. They are
Lii Gordon, Celia Feller and Clara
Gabel.
One of the chief strong arm men
of the Sigman forces also tried to
halt the voting at the Joint Board
offices by coming to the headquarters
of the Joint Board with several de-
tectives. This did not help, however.
Complete shop crews came to the
three polling places and cast votes
in block. Many of these shops are
registered with the Sigman right
wing dual union. After voting for
the left wing slate they went to the
Joint Board offices and paid up their
dues, so that the Joint Board will be
able to have sufficient funds avail
sble to continue its fight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18

lend all possible support to the drive
for $4,000 to finance the acquisition
of the new Workers Center at 1928
Union Square.
The statement follows:
"The undertaking to establish a
Workers Center in the New York
district is one of the outstanding
events in the life of the Workers
(Communist) Party. The Workers
Party, New York district, has in the
course of the past years gone thru
great mass struggles which have
added considerable prestige and in
fluence to the Party as whole.
Led At Passaic.
"The New York district was the
leader in the Passaic struggle of the
textile workers whose battle for the
establishment of a union shook the
entire country. The New York dis
trict was in the leadership of the
fight for freedom for Sacco and Van
zetti and it's mass demonstrations in
Union Square aroused the attention
of hundreds of thousands of workers
and was the pride of workers in all
cities of the entire country. New
York has been the battle-ground of
the needle trades workers whose
fight against company -unionism,
against the bureaucratic cliques and
Continued ON Page Ta0o)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
CHICAGO TRAIN HELD UP.

CHICAGO, April ia lone bandit
who last night held up the Overland
Limited, crack train on the North
western Lines, and robbed a dozen
passengers of cash and jewelry valued
at several thousands of dollars, was
The object Of city-wide search to-
day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
MORE FAT CONTRACTS

WASHINGTON, April II. = The
senate this afternoon enacted a fed
eral good road" bill for the years
1880 and 1881. The bill sponsored by
Senator Phillips (R) of Colorado,
carried authorization for the expen-
diture of $165,O0O,OoO in the two
years.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
300 ANTHRACITE
MINERS STRIKE
Especial to The Daily Workerl

WILKES-BARRE, April 17-Nine
hundred miners of the No. 2 and 3
mines of the Kingston Coal Company
went on strike yesterday after the
company refused to reinstate miner
who had been discharged for his union
activity. When the company refused
to take back the union member, Local
1859 voted to strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
Save THE UNION FORCES LEAD OUT new THOUSANDS
MIL Committees Call Huge Textile Strike Meeting


The Miners Ma
tiomGL r eIief
Troupe aOho are
touring the coun-
try for the coal
strikers relief, are
sho1om here IN a
characteristic act.
They 1OltL appear
at $3.50 p. M,
Thursday, at st.
Laske's Hall, 125 w.
130 st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
MINER ASKS FOR DAILY"
Coal, Textile Strikers Need Subscriptions

81 of the 100000 miners who
the initials to WORKER
fight against the bosses
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
c. E.. c.. URGES SUPPORT
FOR(WORKERS CENTER

The Central Executive Committee of the Workers Communist Party
all of District all
ympa the revolutionary workers of New York to
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THE DAILY WORKER.
33 FIRST STREET
New York City

Enclosed find S. ...... to help
you send the Daily Worker to the
striking areas for ....... months.
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VIII Give
China Lecture Tonight

BLEEDING China" an illustrated
lecture by Max Shachtman, editor Of
the Labor Defender, will be given at
the Jewish Workers. Club, 1472 Bos-
ton Road, Bronx, tonight at 8 p. m.
The lecture will be illustrated with
the latest pictures from China shown
for the first time and is to be held
under the auspices of the Sacco-Van-
zetti and West Bronx branches of the
international Labor Defense.
OF INTEREST TO UNEMPLOYED.
WASHINGTON, April 17.--River
and harbor allotments totalling many
millions of dollars were announced to-
day by the war department.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-09-03
VIII flake Seward
 Main Supply Point

After sojourn in Seward of sev- eral weeks during which he met most of the business men of the city, Geo. Davis head of the Proven Products Sales Co.,, of Seattle, departed yester day for his headquarters on Elliott Bay with the determination to make Seward a chief distributing point of his company's products.
 My thought of establishing ware house and distributing depot in Alaska for the heavy machinery, building ma terial, roofing and general heavy hard ware that we handle met with such cordial response in Seward that I was immediately won over by the optim- ism of the citizens" said MT. Davis before his departure. "Of course had looked over the entire Territory from the. panhandle to Fairbanks, and had been impressed with Sew ards location as a central point for quick distribution. Juneau is also a good location and we will probably have 2 warehouse there"
 MT. Davis said that he was leaving his affairs here in the hands of Mel Horner of the Overland Hotel, who is a stockholder in the company and who will confer with any prospective buy CTS who want mining machinery, or information concerning the many lines handled by the Proven Products Co.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-09-03

MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY AT. TENDED. SchaIIerer's Alaska Shop,
Seward daily gateway., 1928-09-03

thence South A deg. IA min. West 3.9o chains Witness Corner to Corner No. 1 N. c. 6.o6 chains to Corner No. 1 M. C., the place of beginning containing 4.27 acres. Any and all persons claiming aA verseIy any portion Of the above de scribed tract Of land are required to file with the Register Of the United States Land Office ct Anchorage, Al- aska, their adverse claim thereto under oath during the period of pub Iioation or within thirty days there after or they will be barred by the provisions of the statutes.
 THIS NOTICE is issued at the United States Land Office at Anchor aaae, Alaska, this 2nd day of Apri! 1928. 4. D. 1928, and ordered publish ed for period of sixty days in the Seward Gateway, a newspaper of es- tablished and general circulation, published at Seward, Alaska, nearest the land herein described and hereby designated for that purpose.
  J. LlNDLEY GREEN, Register RAGNOR DAHL
 HARDY HOFSTAD CHARLES SWORD
 Applicants Address:
 e23 Alaska Building,
 Seattle, Washington First publication, July 7, 1928. Last publication September 3. 1928.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-09-03
New Citizens For
 Town of Seward

Among the new citizens of Seward are MT. and Mrs. B. l.. Robbins who arrived from Seattle week ago. MT. Robbins is in the employe of Brown & Hawkins Corp, in charge of the clothing department. For many years he conducted similar business of his own, in Montana, but the past Seattle.
 MT. and Mrs. Robbins like Seward very much and anticipate and look forward to a long and contented res- idence here. This is their first time in Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-09-03
PAGE SEVEN
GO TO CALIFORNIA

To spend the coming months at their home in Lamore, Calif., Mrs. A. F. Davis, wife of the local bus mess man, accompanied by the child ren, Jean and Hedley, departed yes terday on the Steamer Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-09-03
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SERIAL NO. o6574

IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OF FicE AT ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLlCA- TON OF RAGNoR DAHL, HARDY HOFsTAD AND CHARLES SWORD FOR 4 PATENT TO LAND EN- BRACED IN U. S. SURVEY NO. 1899, SITUATE ON DAYLIGHT AARBOR, SOUTH SIDE OF sHU- YAK ISLAND, NORTH SHORE OF sHUYAk STRAIT, TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That RAGNoR DAHL, HARDY HoFsTAD and CHARLES SWORD, an associa- ton, whose principal office and post office address is o23 Alaska Ruildnq,
  Seattle, State of Washington, under section 10 of the Act of May IA, 1898 (30 Stat. 4o9) has applied to enter lands embraced in United States Sur vey No. 1899, situated at Daylight Harbor, South side Shuyak Island, north shore Shuyak Strait, Territory of Alaska, more particularly described as follows:
 Beginning at Corner No. A meander corner of said U. s. Sur vey No. 1899 at line of mean high tide on North shore of Shuyak Strait, South side of Shuyak ls- land, not set, from which United States Location Monument No. 1899 bears North 4e deg. 40 min. 17 sec. West (variation 25 deg. East) 4242 chains distance, and
 
 running thence from said Corner No. M. C., U. S. Survey No. 1899 along the neander of above de- scribed shore line (tirst course North 63 deg. 16 min. East 90 links, second course South S5 deg. 52 min. East 200 chains, third course South 80 deg. IS min. East 3po chains, fourth course South 32 deg. 58 min. East 1.60 chains, fifth course South 23 deg. IS min. East 3.19 chains, total of 1089 ehains) to Corner No. 2 M. c. not set; thence North A deg. IA min. East 6.7o chains to Corner No. 3; thence North GA deg. 19 min. West 9.44 chains to Corner No. 4;
Seward daily gateway., 1928-09-03

From Kokrines, Alaska, comes a renewal to the 16page Weekly Gate way lauding it's contents and which is termed the "best paper ever pub lished in Alaa aka." (ThanksD -
Seward daily gateway., 1928-09-03

Mrs. Harry Dout, wife of the fore man of the Anchorage railroad shops is back home from the Outside where she has been visiting since spring. Her husband was here to meet F
 when she arrived on the s. s. Alaska. ndrlar geer tsjhurgh,o olCynr ou7it