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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-27
The DannemOra Prison Revolt.

revolt of the prisoners in Dannemora penitentiary
Is not new phenomena 1t is only the latest of many
that have occurred during the past few days
American prisons The buchery of the Florida prisoners
last fall was followed by the bloody of Louisiana
prisoners at Baton Rouge (Sept TO- 1929 Within week
there occurred the riots in the Baltimore Maryland prison.
Time and again there have been outbreaks Dannemora
IN upper New York State Constructed in 1885, always over
crowded with sanitary provisions whatever except the
most primitive Sort the victims of capitalist Justice are
forced TO rot their lives amidst the most besa sur
rouEdngs The terror regime always in vogue the dark
cells the fortunes that of the Spanish nouisi
tion, have Tor years been notorious in that prison.
When unarmed msn, shut up in vile Jail behind steel
bars and stone walls goaded to such desperation that
they revolt against welarmed guards further proof is
necessary that conditions horrible that the prisoners
would rather risk death than exist day longer in such an
environment Such revolts terrific indictment of the
penal system and OF the society which creates such conditions
Many Of those who killed and wounded were
baumes law prisoners that is who had been sentenced
to life fourth offenders This vicious law placed upon the
statute books OF New York state and copied by many other
states IS as scientifically unsond is ve II is based
upon the illusion that crime is individual phenomenon In
stead Of endeavorng to seek the crime in the social
conditions the police the courts and the aers proceed upon
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-27
Ry LISTON M. OAK.

Only few hours remain before
twenty-three strikers and union or
ganizers will go on trial in Gastonia,
fifteen charged with murder and
eight with assault with intent to
kill and conspiracy in murder.
Already reporters from leading
publications in the north are be-
ginning to swarm in,-this indicates
that the eyes of the nation will be
focused upon Gastonia, every move
will be scrutinized, and much more
than twenty-three workers will be
on trial.
Alarmed by the growth of the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union, which
is considered the strongest defense
OF its imprisoned members, the mill
owners continue to attempt to ter
rorize the workers, -unsuccessfully.
What Is This Case?
This is an opportuhe time to re-
view the events leading up to the
shooting, and subsequent to the
fatal raid.
Fred Beal, well known in New
England as one of the most cour-
ageous of the leaders of the textile
workers in their struggles, went to
work in the Loray mill in Gastonia
in February, 1929. This mill, owned
by the acknowledgements Company,
is the center of anti-unionism in
CASTOR county,. the center of the
cotton textile industry of the south.
The conditions in that mill are too
we'll known to be repeated here. Be-
sides it would take one whole issue
of this publication to do justice to
the ruthless open-shop exploitation,
the low wages, the long hours, the
inhuman treatment, the stretch-out
system, against which Beal began
to organize struggle. Suffice it
to say that while the Manville-
Jenckes Company now claims that
the average wage is $3.50, the fact,
as the workers or even the business
men of the city will tell you, is that
the average wage was around $12
to $14 per week for 60 hours work.
~. T. w. Betrayed Them.
The mill workers, betrayed in
1921 by the United Textile Work
ers Union, and because of the ex-
tensive spy system maintained by
the bosses, were at first suspicious
of any union. But gradually Beal
built up, secretly at first, strong
local of the N. T. W. U. in spite
of the threats of the employers to
discharge anyone joining the union.
Finally the discharge of several
Union members precipitated 6
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-27

mill owners became more and more
crush the union at all costs, and by
any means, legal or illegal.
The Workers International Relief
was on the job providing food,
tents, and other necessities for the
evicted destitute strikers. They live
at the subsistence level, never able
to save any money, and Immediately
after strike begins must have aid.
The I. L. D. was also there protect
ing the strikers who suffered from
various forms of legal persecution.
Tom Unison was engaged as the
l. L. d. attorney.
First Raid.
On April Is, about 2 am, after
the police had cleared the way by
arresting the strikers there, a mask
ed band wrecked the union head
quarters and raided the w. l. R.
store, throwing all supplies out into
the street. This. was done under
the noses of the militia.
Amy Schechter and ELAN Daw-
son were arrested. Police were sent
to arrest Fred Beal, on framed-up
charges, which were later dropped.
Investigators" from the COVER
nor's office were unable" to find
any clues as to who was in the
gang who wrecked the union head
quarters. The Grand Jury failed
to indict anyone. 1t became more
and more evident to the strikers
that they could not expect any pro-
lection from the forces of claw
and ORDER" all of whom were on
the side of the mill owners.
Picketing June 7.
Meantime agitation, organization,
mass meetings, went on with in
creasing energy. By June Z over
so per cent of the workers still at
work in the Loray mill, who had
been hesitant and suspicious, were
won over and were ready to go out
on strike at the signal from the
union. On June 7, it was decided
to send a strong picket line to the
Loray mill as a signal for the night
shift to walk out on strike.
In the afternoon mass meeting
was held. While Fred Deal was
speaking, the agents provocateur of
the Loray mill threw rotten eggs
and stones at him, and later at Vera
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-27
Review and Forecast of the Gastonia Case

alarmed, and more determined to
Buch and other speakers. The
squabble that arose at this was quiz
eted. Then the picket line started
for the Loray mill. It was met by
police and the Committee of 100 and
broken up, with considerable bru-
tally that did not discriminate be-
tween sexes.
| Aderholt's Raid.
This was followed by the fatal
raid upon the union headquarters.
The men who accompanied Alder
holt were heard to express them
selves as follows: "NoW we might
as well finish the job. Let's go
down and clean them bastards out.
We've got to do it sooner or later.
May as well do it now" and SINH
lar expressions.
When they arrived at the union
headquarters, they found an armed
strikers guard. He asked them if
they had a warrant. The reply
was, eve don't need no god damned
warrant" One of them grappled
with the guard, trying to take his
gun away. The strikers from. the
headquarters warned them to let
him go. The reply of the Aderholt
raiding party was fussilade of
shots. The strikers guard answer
ed with return fire and Aderholt
was fatally wounded. Gilbert, Fer
guson and Roach were also wound
ed, and striker, Joseph Harrison,
was wounded, but all recovered ex-
cept Aderholt.
Aderholt Admits Fault.
On his dying bed, Aderholt is re-
ported to have said to the clergy
man who attended him that DON'T
PROSECUTE ANYONE FOR
THIS. I WAS WHERE l HADN'T
OUGHT TO BE-"
They were all where they had no
business to be, doing the dirty work
of the Manville-Jenckes Company.
The strikers were right to defend
their lives, the lives of their wives
and children, their union and their
property from the murderous at
tack of this gang of Manville-
Jenckes hirelings, some of them
with criminal records, and three of
them now under indictment for as
sault and drunkenness.
Uphold the right of workers to
defend themselves against the at
tacks of such vicious hirelings of
the mill owners. Demand the re-
turn to the ranks of labor of every
one of the twenty-three strikers and
! union organizers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-27
NIGHTMARE.

IN the Poa Section or when
she returned home after four o'clock along
though blown by the wind With
pavement the cobbed streets the neither looking round
distinctly seeing the people before her.
People walked by her side met her. followed
reflected shadows
only feet feet in boot bare ragged
trousers skirts and womens socks fallen down
She did look
of strangers She could
at the shop windows through the people
appeared different from what they look
yet somehow knew that the they
been, short time the spring. their smarter
also had changed cuffs and ties and leather
there smell of perfume
OF birds Through the DOORS the Cafes
crowded the blue tobacco
of conversation; china rafting dice Gathering game
Of chance depths the
tones of srnged Instruments
Where did all And did it so ouckv
impudently and abundanty? why her
Poa expressing her and filling her mind with trouble and melancholy
IT though she had ayd into land where
rrepaceabe something And also
she felt shame dshonor and ndfnabe anxiety She
that some Of those ragged eaten with
munger with eaed would to her suddenly and
well? Is this what you've to? Is this then you
wanted? Strike them down, these rascals and hypocre"
And this constant fear filled her with Authorizations
One day. the beginning of August quay on
the caines,
of ragged hairy Withholding people, They lay heaps or sat-
hoksd and sobbed Someone goaning women were
picking lice out of each Others hair The searching for
vern their shirts trousers The faces
all Of them bloated
Busy pasersby would curious, sniff the air A.
"What's this? Starving? Famne?"
And from the dirty sinking ragged would
Starving! brought to punish u.s. p.,A.,.
we can get better We from the volgafrom the famine
country Starving!" =, '--''
(To Be ContixasdJ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-27

mate private visits During their of Imprisonment they
taught trade profession that will make useful
bers of society enable them all abandon
lives of crimes They granted vacations six months
during which time they visit place in the Soviet Union
they choose The Soviet prisons reality rehabilitation in
suons for human beings who been able function
in given social environment.
Instead of being compelled listen the fauous mpreca
tons of priests and the imbece believing of salvation army
captains the prisoners of the Soviet under
full observation specialists in criminal psychology Each p
special problem and effort directed toward
developing him where he will consider himself useful
citizen of the country and of the world instead of oucast
This contrast is only of tens of thousands that distinguish
Communist from capitalist Only the
abolition of capitalism will end the endsh orturs of prisoners
that such outbreaks the Florida Louisiana and Ba
affairs Only society that exists for the benefit of the
will be able to apply scientific remedies to all social
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-27
Strikers Correctly Resisted Brutal Attack By
Police; For This They Face Trial

strike on April 2, 1929, $500 work.
ers quit their jobs and flocked to
the banner of the N. T. w. U. The
strike was on--a strike destined to
become historic.
Bosses Hated "Noise."
Picket lines, indispensable in a
strike, were organized. On the pre-
text of the noise made by the picket
lines, trying to get more workers to
join their ranks, the Manville-
Jenckes Company asked for the
protection" of the local police. On
Tuesday evening the police attempt
ed to break up the picket line by
stretching a rope across the street.
The strikers grabbed one end of it
and tug-of-war ensued. Although
the result was not more than a
scuffle won by the strikers, the
local authorities were forced by the
Manville-Jenckes Company to use
this as an excuse for calling in the
militia to "quell the riot and pro-
tect the mill property"
The militia Immediately began to
clear the streets and prevent pick
citing. The strikers refused to al
low their right to picket to be trod
under the heels of the soldiers.
Women who resisted the efforts of
the soldiers to drive them away
were beaten.
Mill Thugs.
The Manville-Jenckes Company
organized it's Committee of 100,
composed of superintendent, petty
bosses, a few favored workers.
''bosses' pets" as the strikers called
them-and hired thugs and spies,
This gang began an offensive
against the workers, stopping at
nothing in their attempt to break
the strike.
On April 10th, one troop of cav
airy, out of the cavalry, infantry
and howitzer battery in the
strike area, was removed. This was
replaced by deputized "home
guard" of hirelings of the mill own
ers, and members of the American
Legion. q
Despite all this the strike contin-
ued to spread, and there were
strikes in Forest City, Pineville
Lexington, Greenville, Union, An
derson, and Woodruff, S. C. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-27

the exploded assumption that certain individuals are born
criminals and must be tortured all the days of their lives
Such outbreaks should again remind every worker that
the Baumes Law passed at the nstgation the en-
poyers and is calculated to mprson for life working class
fighters whom the capitalists want to get rid Of These
massacres of prisoners should lend tremendous impetus to
rhe agitation against such laws
In our comment the Louisiana and Baltimore prison
revots last fall the Daily Worker compared the American
prison system to the Soviet prison system What we said
then be repeated in relation the Danneora outbreak
Contr ut the American systematic gaows the
electric chair the lethal chamber
mentwh the Soviet system Instead
sinking cells the the state live in we'll
furnished light airy There no
strcons regarding their talking with prisoners of
being isolated from their families they permitted long
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-27
CEMENT e By FEoPoE
Translated by A. S. Arthur and C. Ashleigh
All Rights Reserved-InernationaL Publishers N. Y.

Gle0 chun Army commissa, to his home the
Black after the C Wars find the great cement a0or where
formerly sUorked life of Disappointed
He DISCOVERS great change his % Daha om he has not see"
the together With POa Mekhova, secretary of the Wosns
Section of the Communist Party.
Under the direction of Ge5 and with the support Of Badn
Executive of the Soviet reconstruction
of the factory is started.
N.rka little daughter Childrens whsrs
she begins to aUaSte
MRKA was melting away like burning candle-Nurka the only
only And could why she wasting away
What the good of doctors if they couldn't single plain
had the illness which consuming ths
child This little after ALL needed such little help from the adts
Yes was true the doctors could not d help % this affair Dash.
like little dawn not only the mothers milk which
its mother The child
its little head she does not with her blood and
spring apple bossom Nura blossom torn from the branch
and thrown upon the highway
The fault lay only in her. Dasa and She would never be able
to throw off was not the fault of her own vton it had come
give appropriate
The wordsrevoluton struggle work. Parreoundd like empty
measurable unavoidable which within herself that
ALL there there DEATH and she herself grain
But Nura wasting Nura going out like spark NuEts
kicked oyously then had begun
to crawl learning to walk and lisp her first words Then she
in Dashas Dasha could child
one Daha was being marched up to the Of death
thinking Nurk appeared only
like a far-away ghost.
NOW she Nurka alive with the
sunken made sad by deah and again. long before
she body
her e sacrce this sacrifice
And this which
Nurka morning:
.Nurka, do you feel pain, little daughter-yes?"
sNurka shook her head mo"
what do want? Tell mel"
81 don't want anything"
perhaps you'd like to daddy"
II would like some grapes mumme"
"Tts still too early dove the grapes aren't yet"
Il want to stay with that you'd
be And grapes
into Dasha's warmth.
And when Dasha her bed looking
with Then
responding to Dasha's silent fearful look, she sad
Dear munlnre mummew
"What, SWEET"
Nothing, mumme Mumme, darling :"
high the Womens Section
she flung herself lonely
unobserved smelling
howered tiny fecks of light through the foliage
long time, digging with her fingers into the mould.
One night during Glebs absence Badn drove
shadowy porch they coded breast
against breast Bdn embrace
sternly pushed him away
"Comrade Badn that will happen again."
Badn let his fall, and became heavy motonless
~"Dasha-I want to be alone with you you'd
ceive little warmly"
"Comrade Badn please
in vain.
He went She firmly shot the
bolt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-11

The measure to be introduced by
James would authorize the President to
class as secret certain material, appa-
ratus of equipment which, in his dis
erection, is such that the interests of
public service would be injured by pub
licly divulging information concerning
them. It would authorize the pur-
chase and award of contracts for the
development, manufacture or procure
ment thereof without public advertise
ment for bids or notice to the trade"
A provision stipulates, however, that
the contracts shall not be awarded ex-
cept where 1t Is impracticable to de-
velop and manufacture the material in
Government establishments. The deci-
sion of the President as to what mate
rial shall be classed as secret would be
final
The draft of the bill, Secretary Good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-11

Rogers Ramos, the former Countess
Salm.
The divorce was obtained in the
district tribunal at Utrecht June 20, on
grounds of infidelity. and was revealed
today with registry among foreign legal
cases in the records of the central
bureau of civil registration.
The divorce became effective July 2,
great secrecy, however, surrounding the
entire affair and the final belated de-
posting Of the official summary in
the court records here.
Dutch law forbids newspapers to pub
fish any details of divorce beyond
the actual reason for it, so that nothing
was known here of the actual evidence
introduced by Mrs. Rogers.
The two were married in New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-11
FAMED ITALIAN DIVA
TO WED PRESS AGENT
Claudia Muzio and 23-Year-old
Man Apply for Marriage
License in Rome.

BY Gable Dispatch to The Star and the
Chicago Daily News.
ROME, July 11.-Claudia Muzio, well
known italian diva who thrilled Ameri-
can audiences in past seasons with her
rich soprano, is about to depart that
spinsterhood to which she has tena-
ciously chung during her long career,
according to current reports in Rome.
They have been confirmed by her ap-
plication for a marriage license.
The lucky man is 23year-old Renato
Liberati son of Roman clothing mer-
chant Liberati has been the press
agent of the Teatro Reale during the
past season. The romance, according
to opera friends, Sprang up during the
course of the Winter, unknown to any
one, and the news of the coming cere-
mony took every one by surprise. y
This affair recalls the marriage OF
the famous Diva TetraZzini to boy
many years younger than. herself 5
years ago in Florence romance which
went on the rocks of divorce some
time ago.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-11
POPE HONORS ST. Plus.

VATICAN CITY, July II R-Pope
Plus XII today honored the memory of
the first Pope to bear his name, st.
Plus I, martyred during the reign of
the philosopher Emperor Marcus Aure-
Illus.
In the evening he expected to de-
scend into st. Peters. adjoining the
Vatican palace, there to pray at the
tomb Of the predecessor whose name
he bears
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-11
ELKS' CHARITY FUND
IS GIVEN $75,ODO
Col. Andrews Is Installed as
Grand Exalted Ruler, With
Other Officers.
BY the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES, Calf, July lin
stallation of Col. Walter P. Andrews OF
Atlanta, Ga, as grand exalted ruler
and other newly elected officers of the
Benevolent and Protective order of Elks.
marked the activities of the sixty-f1fth
convention today.
The grand parade of the delegates,
bands. drum and bugle corps and drill
teams also was on the program.
A spectacular electrical pageant in
the coliseum tonight will be staged by
motion picture producers of Southern
California.
Yesterday at a session of tie grand
lodge, announcement was made of the
contribution of S675 900 to the national
foundation fund started six months ago.
1t is planned to make this $4,000, 900
fund for charity work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-11
MRS. ROGERS WINS
DIVORCE AT HAGUE
Standard Oil Magnate's Wife Is
Given Absolute Decree by
Dutch Courts.

BY the Associated Press.
THE HAGUE. July 1.-THE Dutch
courts have granted an absolute divorce
to Mrs Henry H. Rogers from her hus-
band, H. H. Rogers, Standard Oil mag
nate. The two are parents of Millscent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-11

advised Mr.. James, had been approved
by the Navy and War Departments He
added that the necessity for legisla-
ton Of this character has long been felt
in both departments"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-11
SECRET WAR STUFFS
PURCHASE PROPOSED
Secretary Good Presents Draft Of
Bill to Chairman of
House Committee.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Authority for secret purchases of ma
terial for military and naval uses is
proposed in a draft of bill submitted
by Secretary Good to Acting Chairman
James of the House military committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-11
WANTS 400 AL? CADETS.

War Secretary Asks for Larger
Class for Air Corps.
Secretary Good today authorized the
Air Corps to maintain an average Of
400 flying cadets under training during
the current fiscal year. This is an in
crease of so over the number contem-
plated in the estimates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-11

A recent exhibit of cubist paintings
in Dublin, Ireland, was pronounced by
a local critic to be "a puzzle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-11

November z, 1900. They gave their
permanent address as No. 2 Zeist, which
Is near Utrecht.
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SQUAD Luncheon, ST.

--tomorrow's feature in our Downstairs
Fountain Room. 1t includes stuffed celery,
potatoes All gratin, bread. butter, coffee or
tea and frozen pudding. All this for 81.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-14
Famous Iron Man of Mound
Is Dead; Helped Teach Matty
Joe McGinnty One of Best of Old Pitchers, Gained Glory
as Double Header Winner.

Eventually, John McGraw,, who
was with the Orioles at that time,
took over the New York Giants and
McGinnity went with him. On the
club was a raw-boned pitcher who
lacked experience. SO Iron Man Joe"
began instructing the youngster in
working on the batters and fielding
his position. The youth was Christy
Mathewson, and until 1908, he and
McGinnity bore the chief burden of
pitching for the Giants.
In 1903 Iron Man Joe" worked in
three double during Au-
gust-against Brooklyn, Boston and
Philadelphia-and won them all. In
1908 the Giants released him, after
he had won Ais major league games
and compiled lifetime big league
record of 800.
For a time Iron Man Joe" was
manager and president of the New
ark club Of the International
League. Even then he found time
to pitch often enough to win % and
lose 16 in his first year there. The
year 1913 found him with Tacoma
of the Northwestern League, where
in two years he won AZ games and
last 40.
"Iron Man Joe" was still throw
ing them up to the batters in in
dustrial baseball four years ago, at
the age of So.