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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
NEGROES jailed
IN CARNEY FIGHT
Get TRIAL TODAY
Free-for-All Shows the
Collapse of Garveyism

Twelve men and women, all
Negroes, are scheduled to receive a
hearing today in Washington
Heights Court in connection with a
fight in Harlem Sunday night be-
tween two opposing factions of the
Garvey movement, the Garvey Club
and the Universal Negro Improve
ment Association.
About 600 people took part in the
fight which became so bitter that
several had to be taken to the hos
pitaI and three are in a critical con-
dition.
The Carney Club consists of those
who are 100 per cent supporters Of
Marcus Garvey and Garveyism. The
Universal Negro improvement As
ISOLATION, while subscribing to most
Of Garvey's frauds, are opposed to
his crude financial methods. Carney,
whose ideal was the founding of a
Negro capitalist republic in Africa
on American lines, for many years
exercised great influence among the
Negroes in this country, In the
course of his activities he founded
several fake stock corporations,
swindled millions of dollars out of
thousands of Negroes and finally
landed in the federal prison in At
lanta. He fawned upon the Negro
bourgeoisie and declared on several
occasions that Communism is the
Negroes worst enemy"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
Seek Spanish Fascist Flyers.
MARITIME at Hedgerow
Theater Next Friday

MARITIME" the latest addition to
the Hedgerow repertoire, is the
ork of Jean-Jacques Bernard,
uthor of "L'Invitation au Voyage"
nd Glamour" 1t was first pro-
duced several seasons ago in New
York City by the American Labora-
tory Theatre. The opening of MAR
tine" at the Hedgerow Theatre is
set for Friday, June %.
Shaw's "The Devils Disciple" af-
,er a period of inactivity, reappears
On Tuesday, June rs.
\"Poker Face" the new comedy by
IA M. Musselman, will have its per-
fornance at Hedgerow on Wednes-
day, June rs.
Ibsn's "a Dolls House" is
scheduled for performance on Thurs
day, June 81.
The thsatre's newest find, Way
land Rude will again be seen in
THE Emperor Jones" on Saturday,
June 20. "1he Emperor Jones" has
played to OVERLOOKING houses since
is opening this season.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
North Carolina,
Mecklcnburg County.
AFFIDAVIT

J. c. Hensley, being first duly
sworn TO speak the truth says:
That about six o'clock p. m. on
June 7th, 1929, some one came
into his place of business near the
Catawba river on the GastCnia
Highway in Mecklenburg County,
North Carolina, and told him that
two men were trying to beat up
Pedro Melton; that he ran out to
the eating place nearby and found
officers Tom Gilbert and A. J.
Roach of Gastonia abusing the
said Melton, whereupon this az
fiant asked what the trouble was
and officer Gilbert grabbed him
and tried to hit him with black
jack; officer Roach pointed a pis-
tol at him and asked, "What the
hell have you got to do with it,"
Affiant ran into the nearby woods
after officer Roach shot at him
twice with pistol. Affiant heard
the officers cursing and threaten
ing to kill Pedro Melton ard saw
one of them throw chunk at
Melton while he was in the Ca
tawba river. Shortly thereafter
officers Erwin and Mosley of
Mecklenburg County came and dis
armed Roach and Gilbert and Or
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and the chamber Of commerce crowd
were trying to stage lynching par
ties and give the N. T. w. the coup
degrace.
what a Fall Was There"
Probably no police department in
the United States, in such a short
space of time, has dropped from the
heights of heroism to the depths OF
all but universal hatred, contempt
and condemnation as have Gastonia's
guardians of the law" People are
beginning to tell things. Various
victims have become articulate.
CASTOR Post No. % of the Ameri-
can Legion-its officers at least
seems to have sensed that the police
were going to be the target of some
extremely keen and well-directed
shafts. So, on June II, in the weekly
legion department of the Gastonia
Gazette, appeared an editorial en-
titled, "The Gastonia Police Depart
ment." The legion might have got
by with this editorial if it had con-
fined it to eulogy of the departed
Chief Aderholt. One expects such
things of the legion since one of it's
principal roles is to add laurels to
the brows of army Officers, police
men, detectives, and all others whose
positions of authority place them on
the side of the capitalists against the
workers. Although 85 per cent of
the national armys raised to insure
that the loans of the house of Nor
gan to the allied governments re-
manned secure were workers, the
legion never fails to line up on the
side of the bankers and billionaires.
Gastonia is no exception to the rule.
The Gastonia legion editorially paid
| high compliments to "those splendid
officers, Roach, Gilbert and Fergu-
son" Referring to Chief Aderholt
the legion editorial says that che
died, trying to protect the citizens
of Gastonia. "
What citizens was Chief Aderholt
trying to protect? From whom was
he trying to protect them, The truth
of the matter is that Chief Aderholt
died, whether consciously or not, in
trying to project the profits Of Man
ville-Jencles wrung from workers
paid starvation wages. The only citi-
zen who needed any protection" of
this kind were the Manville- Jenckes
crowd and their associate capitalists.
The editorial continues: "The
members of the Gastonia police de-
/ partment deserve the commentator
and support of every loyal citizen
of Gastonia. They are men who, if
need be, lay down their lives, that
you might have life and liberty. Citi-
zens, the men on your police force,
are men Of courage who are doing
their best to uphold the laws of our
city and state. 1t behooves us all, in
this hour of unrest and peril, to
stand solidly behind the officials of
the city, the police department, etc,
ETC."
"The American Legion" the edi-
torial concludes" stands one hundred
per cent for law and order"
What Laws?
We now ask the question; What
law or laws did the National Textile
Workers Union violate? Is it a
crime to organize union? Is it a
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Gastonia's Plumed knights,
Defenders of Law and Order
All Gastonia Divided Into Two Class Camps
Continued from Page Onel

Continued from Page One)
ago could not have been made, senti-
ments which if expressed before or
Immediately after the armed con-
flict would have had serious conse-
quences for the individuals voicing
them, are now heard, more or less
openly, on every side.
Some Dare to Speak
The challenge to the autocracy of
the textile lords and their kept gov
eminent officials which was made
first in the strike, and later empha-
sized by the loar Of guns on the
night of June THE defiance of the
working class of Gastonia-is begin
ming to take the padlocks from the
mouths of hundreds who dared not
speak before.
The re-alignment OF forces is
dividing the community into those
who are for the Manville-Jenckes
Company and support anything it
does-a comparatively small min
ority-and those who are against the
company openly, supported sympa-
thetically by large mass of people
who have not the courage to take
up the struggle openly as yet.
Among the hundreds of people with
whom I have talked-mostly mill
workers-not a single one but has
been against the mill owners and
their policy, not single one has
expressed regret at the outcome of
the armed conflict. All of them ap-
pear to have considered the raid on
the headquarters as something that
the mill officials had had in mind
for a long time and which came
when it did because another strike
in the Loray mill was imminent. All
workers who have expressed them
selves appear to have quiet feel
ing of pride in the fact that the
strikers and organizers acquitted
themselves so well, before the shoot
ing, during the shooting and through
the days of terrible nervous strain
and physical suffering when the
Gastonia Gazette, the mill officials
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crime to strike! Is it crime for
workers to defend their persons and
property against attack?
1t should be remarked in passing
that laws are good or bad depend
ing upon the class viewpoint: Laws
that are good for the mill owners,
for instance, with some few eX-
ceptions such as sanitary regula-
tions, etc. are bad for the workers
that laws are passed for the bene-
fit of the class which dominates-in
the present period this is the capt.
talist class.
If all laws are accepted as un-
changeable all progress would stop.
The United States would still be a
part of the British empire if the
existence of a certain law or laws is
the final word
1t so happens that the Gastonia
strikers stayed within the frame
work of legality. What does the
legion mean when it says that it
stands one hundred per cent for law
and order and in the same breath
urges support of men like Roach and
Gilbert? What the legion really
means is that it stands for anything
the acknowledgements Company wants
to put over.
The mill workers are just as much
citizens of North Carolina and of
the United States as are the mem
bers of the chamber of commerce.
Furthermore, they are the great
majority Of the population of Gas
ton county. Yet the mill workers
are the Citizens" who have been
dubbed, shot at and jailed by the
police Of the city of Gastonia all
during their strike. Their homes
have been raided, their persons
searched, men and women assaulted
and threatened with death at the
hands of police officers.
Let US delve into just one of the
recent acts of some Of the opponents
of law and order whom the legion
wants to canonize. The following
affidavit speaks for itself:
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Page Three
me, this the 18th day of June,
c. B. ATKINS,
Notary Public.

My commission expires April 8,
1881.
1t will be noticed that this beau
tiful and complete public demonstra-
ton of the high ideals Of law and
order staged by Roach and Gilbert
took place at about 6 o'clock on the
evening of June THE same night
on which Roach and Gilbert-and
Others-accompanying Chief of Pol
ice AderhOlt, made the attack on the
headquarters of the N.T.W. after
they had broken up the picket line
and beaten up and checked several
organizers and strikers-iRcluding
several women.
If those responsible for the legion
editorial are really concerned about
the safety of the citizenry in this
'hour of peril, they should be pleased
and not angered by the fact that
temporary stop was put to the ac-
Invites of Messrs. Roach and Gil
bert in their special field by work
ers whom they had come to believe
they could club and COW at will.
We hope that further laudatory
editorials will appear.
We have many more affidavits,
more interesting and significant than
the two quoted above.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
E NJ E RIG ENCY Flu n ID

York commandments. 1000
Edward Koeng, Brooklyn,
New York ............ 300
IS. Shovel, Section l, N. Y. 1000
Women's COUNSEL, No. IL,
Bronu, n. Y. ..... SEQ
Nathan Zinmar, Elizabeth,
ew Jersey ................ 800
E. S. Yhdistys, Enfield, N. H. 1000
Sub Section BIB, New York =. 500
Henry Kroner, Newark, N. j. 100
Vaino Cass, Brooklyn, N. Y. 200
M. Submerged, Vineland,
N J. 500
Peter Fireman, Trenton, N. J. 1000
Carl Mol, Peterson, N. j. :. 100
Tom Ray, Mcdonald, Pa. 80. 100
Ph. Thavin, Detroit, Mich. 200
Mrs. r. Kaplan, Lakewood,
New Jersey ........... LOU
Willy Heinig, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1000
NJ. Purkin, Bronx, N. w.. 100
D. Brody, Richmond Hill, L.
l., n. Y. ................ 500
Total .............$5 50.00
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
TRAIN FOR WAR.

DENVER, Colo, by MaiD.-The
Fort Logan Military Training Camp
has been opened for the summer to
train young workers to serve as
cannon fodder in the coming imper-
ialist war.
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dered them to go back into Gas
ton County. Both Roach and Gill
bert appeared to be intoxicated,
the odor of whiskey being easily
detected in Roach's breath.
JIG. HENSLEY
Subscribed and sworn to before
me, this the 18th of June, 1929.
c. B. ATKINS
Notary Public.
My commission expires April 6,
1881.
Not wishing to cast aspersions,
supported by only one person, upon
the fair name of these two plumed
knights of law and order, we sub
nit herewith another affidavit which
likewise speaks for itself:
North Carolina, I'LL
Mecklenburg County. '%FfR
AFFIDAVIT 'R"
R. C. Brown, being duly sworn,
says:
That about six O'Clock on June
18th, 1929, he was at the place of
business where he is employed
near the Catawba river in Meek
lenburg County when officers Tom
Gilbert and A. ]. Roach of Gas
tCnia drove up from the direction
of Charlotte and asked Pedro Mel
ton to sell them liquor. Melton told
them that he did not know where
there was any liquor, and they
asked him where Mr.. Hensley was;
Melton said he did not know
where Hensley was, and officer
Gilbert said you are liar, you
gOd-damned bOotlegging son of
Bitch Melton started in to his
place of business whereupOn Of
ficer Reach drew a pistol which
he had concealed about his person,
and pointing it at Melton, said,
Don't go in, you son of bitten,
or | will kill you" and officer Gill
bert got out blackjack which
he had concealed about his person
and both Gilbert and Roach start
cd toward Melton in a menacing
and threatening manner, where
upon Melton ran into the Catawba
river and was swimming into the
water. Officer Gilbert took the
pistol from the hand of Roach and
shot at Melton while he was in the
water, after Roach fired it twice
at ]. c. Hensley as Hensley ran
into the woods. Both of the said
Gilbert and Roach threw rocks at
Melton while he was in the water,
curs;ng him and calling him vile
names, threatening to kill him I'M
til officer John Erwin and Henry
Mosley of Mecklenburg Rural
Police came and disarmed the
CASTOR officers, Gilbert and Roach
and ordered them to go back into
CASTOR County, and after Erwin
and Mosley had asked Melton and
Hens!ey if they desired the Gas
ton officers prosecuted and had
been advised that they did not
desire to prosecute them. Both of
the CASTOR officers, Gilbert and
Roach were in an intoxicated con-
dition.
rS=1T-~ ~
r. c. BROWN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
E. F. ALBEE

Ruth Mix, daughter of Tom Mix,
with company of thirty featuring
Jed Dooley, with Audree Evans and
Toby Tobias, The Candy Hale Girls;
Dorothy Douglas; Johnny Wright
and Company; and "Snowball;"
Feature photoplay prisoners star
ring Corinne Griffith.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
SYST STREET

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Keller Sisters and Lynch; Clifford
and Marion; FRANKLIN Ardell; Cor
don and King; and the Four Spin
nellis. Feature photoplay-"The Of
flee Scandal" starring Phyllis Haver.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
PALACE

The Yiddish comedienne, Molly
Picon, in cycle of English songs,
by J. M. Rumshinsky; Sophie Tuck
err, Glenn Hunter, in ellis First
Dress Suit" Gus Arnheim and His
Cocoanut Grove Orchestra; Jay c.
Flippen and others.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
Ford Fires Negroes in Brazil.

BELEM PARA Brazil 25Henry Fords AngloSaxon obses-
employed
plantation here when the bosses melted the Brazilian
which
with knife In his southern u s. plants Ford
will employ Negroes degrading work for which he cannot
whit
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
WORKER KILLED.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, (By Maid.
"A fall from a scaffold caused
the death of John Lukasiewicz,
construction worker, Of the Starke
Construction Co.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26

WASHINGTON 25J Morgan, assisted by his "debt
Perkins instructions to President
carrying out of the oaed Young plan OF PREPARATIONS
House today Andy Mellon and Secretary
Smson the exploitation of workers. advised the wall
the best of squeezing the last mark out
oft working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
ONA MUNSON

One of the principals in "Hold
Everything" Aaroiis and Freed
ley's musical show at the Broad
hurst Theatre.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
FOREIGN. IN E w S
[acDonald Asks Imperialists' Advice ON Soviet
"Recognition;" Morgan, Mellon Give Orders
to Hoover; Paris Builders Strike


LONDON 25-Ramsay Macdonald "labor premier has sent
whether the premiers of the various British
might the recognition Of the
The of the has forced him to make some
Although his government already pledged to
also seeking the advice of the colonial
despos optional clause the World Court statutes which calls
so-caed arbitration Of all disputes involving International law
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
WORKER ELECTROCUTED.

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. (By
Mail) Julius Hack, section
hand, was electrocuted when he came
into contact with live wire.
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Wireless Inpecorr1
25Tweny thousand building trades workers struck
of their secretary
Street which the police attempted to break up BY at
resulted in the of three gendarmes
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Dence, R. I. .......... 1900
Geo. Zimmerman, Union City,
New Jersey .......... 800
Young Workers League, Up
per Bronii Unit, N. Y. 80. $50
2. Rowley, New York ........ 500
Mrs. T. NJ. Nagle, Ere, Pa. :. 5000
Girls of Salfelt Hat Co., New
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26

Build shop committees and draw
the more militant members into
the Communist Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
HOD CARRIERS ORGANIZE.

HVD VANNILINo UiNUA4NIAL'
PUEBLO, Colo. (By MaiD.-Hod
carriers and building trades laborers
have organized into a union here,
and will seek higher wages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
Communists Gain.
wireless by Inprecorr.

(Wireless by Inprecorr)
PARIS June 25-Th Mecklenburg Sterlz elections show
democratic losses and Communist gains
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BERLIN 25The speech of Foreign Minister Gustav Se
mann is interpreted for the unconditional evacuation
of for lip support of the Young repaa
Man any strings attached the return of this lush
civilian commission the Recnstag threatens
to heave the plan overheard
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
Wall Street Messenger Boy Out of Job.

WASHINGTON 25-The resignation of Henry Fletcher as
ambassador fascist Italy has been accepted was
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Paris Builders Strike; Attacked BY Police.
Wireless BY Inprecorr.)

Wireless by Inprecorr)
2Twenty thousand building trades workers struck
against the arrest Of their trade union secretary
Street which the police attempted to break up BY at
lacking workers resulted in the injury Of three gendame
Communists GAIN
(Wreless by Inprecorr)
PARIS June Mecenbug and sterl elections show con-
siderable sociademocratc losses and Communist gains
German Imperiaists Bargain For Rhneland
BERLIN, 25The speech of Foreign Minister Gustav srese
here demand for the unconditional evacuation
the Rhneland in exchange for lip support OF the toung
area such as proposed civilian commission the Rehstag threatens
to heave the plan overheard
Wall Street Messenger Boy Out of job
WASHINGTON & s lion Of . Henry F Fi ssnsd
ambassador to fascist Italy has been accepted was learned
day.
Feng Double Crossed on Bride
SHANGHAI June 25Incaon that the three million bride
which General Fng Yuhssng offered to throw up ms war c agn
today came of corruption the Marking regime
ard threat to renew the squabble
Offspring Of Sewing Machine Boss Croaks.
LONDON June 25Sr Singer the Singer sewing
machine king His only for living the breeding
of horses.
Macdonald and Tories Get Together.
25The labor parliament convened today and
rejecting the notorious ngo Captain E. Fzroy as speaker
of Commons adjourned until tomorrow aporte tories
b and raucous laughter proving again poll
teal the three capitalist parties are purely imaginary
Fanatics Sentenced For Murder of Communist
MOSCOW u s. R. 25-Nne Mohammedans have been
exile and nineteen others to smaller penalties
Hakkmzad at Kokand southern
to death following speech
the backwaness and superstition of the Mohammedan religion
Venezuelan Revolution Brewing.
JUAN. 25-That the of Venezuela
are on the point revolving the government the
onnon refugees here Revouonsts recently seized the
arsenal at Wesad and carried off the
Venezuelan Rebel Leader Captured.
25A three day battle in the Cha
basqun with lines of extending thru three states has
with the capture the rebel leader Gabdon and his entire staff
including his
Seek Spanish Fascist Flyers.
25-Four nations Span Great Britain Portugal
and Italy, search for the missing Spanish lingo flyers
York last Friday and have not
Gunbats apanes blowing the
Islands,
interest in Primo
de Ryes down Hope for their dwnded
hourly the that the jngoes took only small
the possibility that they might be
alive and floating OF the water exceedingly remote
IL
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26
Feng Double-Cro on Bride.

SHANGHAI that the three million bride
for which Yung offered throw his war against
the nationalist forthcoming for the Christian General
todav came of corruption the Marking regime
and a threat to squabbe
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-26

Subscribed and sworn to before
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Offspring Of Sewing Machine Boss Croaks.

LONDON 25Sr Mortimer Singer Of the Singer sewing
machine king for living the breeding
of horses.
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Macdonald and Tories Get Together.

LONDON June parliament convened today and
after rejecting the notorious E. Fzroy speaker
Of the House adjourned until tomorrow abotes tories
and conservatives mingled promscuou following adjournment with
much laughter proving again that the poll
tical divisions capitalist parties purely imaginary
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Fanatics Sentenced For Murder of Communist.
Venezuelan Rebel Leader Captured.

CARACAS 25-A three day battle in the Cha
basoun extending thru three states has
ended with the capture the rebel leader Gabaldon and his entire staff
including his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-18
TRAVELLING MAN DIES
Floyd p. Coates Was Salesman in
Lumber and Hardware Trade.

Floyd B. Coates, SO, of 1927 Salem
street, who died Thursday, was well
known in Indiana, Ohio and Ken
lucky, where he travelled for more
than twenty-five years in the lum-
Der and hardware trade. He was
district sales manager of the Al
hth-Prouty Company of DanvilIe,
Ill.
Mr.. Coates is survived by four
daughters, Mrs. E. B. Cage, New
York; F. G. Wheeler, Mrs. ]. H.
Grace Jr., and Miss Margaret
Coates, all of Chicago, and two sons,
Floyd Coates, New York, and Don
Coates of Dallas, Tex.
Funeral services will be held at
the Flanner 81 Buchanan Mortu-
airy, 25 West Fall Greek boulevard,
Saturday at $3.50 p. m, under the
auspices of Calvin Prather lodge
Of the knights Templar.