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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-01
DEFENSE IN new
Efforts IN Mill
STRIKERS CASE
Union Mobilizing All
At Coming Conference
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
organization ID issue a rallying call
for struggle, real struggle on a
broad scale Cor the eight-hour day,
increase in wages. abolition of the
unsanitary conditions in company
houses, and freedom for the Gas
tonla prisoners.
Last night meeting of the Rex
mill workers took up the question
Of a campaign against the bosses
recent and continuing discharges of
workers for belonging to the union,
and evictions from company houses.
The speakers were Organizers Ger
son, Wells, Phyfer, Mrs. Grouse and
Mrs. Roseberry.
There will be another meeting to-
night with Murdoch and local speak
ers, and struggle is expected I'M
less the boss backs down on his
policy of firing and evictions.
Word was received from the ma
tional office of the International La
Dor Defense that the $4,000 bail each
for Amy Schechter, Vera Bush, and
Sophie Melvin, originally charged
with first degree murder, but with
the charge reduced at the Gastonia
court yesterday to second degree, is
on the way and the prisoners will
probably be released tomorrow on
bail. The bonding companies re-
fuse to handle the case, and cash
bail has to be provided.
Amy Schechter, director since the
early days of the strike of the Work
ers international Relief station in
Gastonia, stated today:
"Of course we are glad to be freed,
so that we can get'to work at what
ever work is assigned us by the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union or the
international Labor Defense. But we
object to any favored treatment on
account of our sex. The other pris-
oners are no more guilty than we
are, and if we are released on bond,
they should also be released.
I'VE do not regard the change
of venue or any of the gestures
of the prosecution as any sort of
guarantee that we will have fair
trial. Workers and especially rev.
olutionary union organizers or
militant strikers can never ex-
pect justice in a capitalist court.
The court i'll Charlotte is con-
trolled by mill owners just the
same as the Gast0nia courts. If we
are saved from the vengeance of
the mill owners :. will be by the
power of growing union and by
the mobilization of the workers of
America, by the International La
bor Defense, and not by any 'im-
Partially or pretense of justice
on the part of either the prose-
cution or the Judge"
Russell Knights father Russell
Knight is one of the prisoners on
the frs degree murder charge) ar
rived today from Kannapolis. He
gave up mill job of $12 week to
visit his son. He was given shelter
at the w. I. R. tent colony, and
twill return tomorrow.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-01

First nominations for officers
were made at meeting Of the Ar
chitectural Iron and Bronze Work
ers Union held in Irving Plaza Hall,
18th street and Irving place. At the
same time a committee was appoint
ed to enter into negotiations with
the International.
Raps Forward" Lies
In an interview with a Daily
Worker reporter, ]. Rosenfeld, sec
retary-treasurer of the union, yes
terday assaulted an editorial on the
strike just ended, which appeared in
q recent issue of the yellow Jewish
Daily Forward.
in this editorial" Rosenfeld said,
"the Forward sheds crocodile tears
over the fate of the iron workers,
pretends to cry over the fact that
the strike was not won, and urges
the workers to investigate their
present condition.
"This kind of hypocritical talk, "
he said, lis strange coming from the
Forward, which, during the entire
period of the struggle conducted an
actual strikebreaking campaign
against the iron bronze workers by
its vicious attacks on the strike lead
ership.
Tried to Break Strike.
"The Forward talks about the
strike being lost Why doesn't this
sheet mention the 1900 new men,
bers who joined the union during
the strike? Nor the fact that a
large number of open shops were
forced to reduce the hours of work,
or that hundreds of workers, as a
result Of the strike, were able to
get higher wages?
"The Forward is really not inter
ested in the economic interests of
the union. 1t is simply utilizing this
opportunity to attack the Commu-
nists and hold them responsible be-
cause the strike was not COM
plete victory. This yellow sheet says
the strike was not won because our
union is cut away from the Ameri-
can labor movement - meaning the
International. 1t knows that this is
a lie. The iron workers lost out
in 1921 and 1928, after bitter strug-
giles, and on both these occasions
were affiliated with the 1nterna-
tional. Local 40 of the International
had strike short time ago and
lost, simply because the other To-
Gals did not show any solidarity with
their struggle. Even now Local 40
remains unrecognized by the bosses.
GAS for being cut off from the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-01
Mother Bloor Aids
|. L. D. Campaign In
Great Falls, Montana

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (By MaiI.
The local branch of the Interna-
tional Labor Defense in conducting
campaign for financial aid was
assisted by Mother" Bloor, who
spoke before the Cascade Trades and
Labor Assembly, who made their
second donation the /. L. d. of
$500. Many of the other labor
unions have also donated various
sums to our great cause.
Mother" Bloor, who spoke at
street meeting on last Thursday,
also Saturday night, made great
progress for our Local. Twenty-Five
new members were enrolled, and the
total collections were $4,000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-01
ARMED MEXICAN
PEASANTS FIGHT
~ Reported Killed in
Vera Cruz Battle

MEXICO CITY, July 31.-Twen-
ty-two persons, many of them be-
lieved to be armed peasants, Ag-
rarians, were killed today, in battle
near Acultizingo on a tract of land
in Vera Cruz over whose posses
sion the struggle was fought. The
number of wounded is placed at II
but no distinction is made between
the peasants and their adversaries.
Exiquio Cid, said to be the leader
of the peasants, is reported among
the fatally wounded.
Advices state that both sides were
we'll armed and that the battle lasted
until ammunition gave out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-01
300 Cemetery Workers
Strike Over Discharge

Three hundred employees of Cal
vary Roman Catholic Cemetery at
Laurel Hill and Woodside, Long Is
land, are on strike against the eX-
ploitation of the ecclesiastical boss
es who run the place. Everything
is capitalized under capitalism, and
the owners of this catholic church
burying ground have been trying to
rationalize grave digging, only to
meet with the present resistance.
All burials for some time to come
are IF; IL were to take place to-
morrow. The immediate cause of
the strike was the arbitrary dis
charge of members of the recently
formed union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-01
SUPPORT THE
ALLY WORK Err
COME TO THE
M DON LITE RUS

Andrews, of South Africa, and Bal
lam, of the United States.
The report of the credentials CON-
mittee showed 124 organizations
and IL League sections, represent
ing 33 countries.
Various resolutions were adopted
unanimously.
The anarchists made a statement
concerning the political situation
after which they also joined in max
ing the vote unanimous.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-01
SHOE WORKERS
BACK RED DAY
Shop Conference Hears
Vital Reports

All shoe workers are called to
answer the strike call at a o'clock
today and then join in the great
anti-war demonstration at Union
Square today in a resolution unan-
imously adopted at a meeting 81
shop delegates of the Independent
Shoe Workers Union held Tuesday
night in Irving Plaza hall, 18th ST.
and Irving Place.
Resolutions were also adopted
calling for the defense of the So
Wet Union and against the frame
up of the Gastonia strikers and
strike leaders.
The conference, which was at
tended by nearly 400 delegates, rep
resenting SO organized shops and
nine struck shops, heard reports
on preparations for the Shoe and
Leather Workers Conference to be
held in Irving Plaza hall, August
10 and IL.
The conference, to be held in CO.
operation with the Trade Union Ed
ucational League, will discuss ways
and means for laying the founda-
ton for a national industrial I'M
ion of shoe and leather workers.
General Manager Fred Bieden-
kapp and Steve Alexanderson, pres
ident of the union, reported on the
activities of the union, and prepa-
rations for an excessive campaign
to organize the thousands of unor-
ganized shoe workers in New York
and Brooklyn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-01
GENERAL STRIKE,
UNION SO. MEET
TODAY, RED DAY
N. Y. Workers Will
Challenge War Plot

Continued from Page One)
Darcy, Rebecca Grecht, Ben Lifshitz,
Fred Biedenkapp, George Pershing,
Nat Kaplan, Ben Gold, Rose Wortis,
Sascha Zimmerman, Harold Will
liams, Grace Lamb and Alexander.
Previous to the demonstration,
factory gate meetings at which the
workers will be mustered for the
general strike at four o'clock are
to be held before every large shop
in the city.
Torchlight Professions.
In the evening the streets of the
city will be electrified by a whole
series of torchlight professions.
When the demonstrators dispense at
seven o'clock, the hour set for the
close of the Union Square meeting,
they will go to gathering points to
which the section leaders have as
signed them, where they will be sup
piled with banners and torches.
Then, burning red flares and sign
ing revolutionary songs, they will
parade the streets, finally converg-
ing at the following places to give
further demonstrations: 10th St. and
Second Ave; 10th st. and Fifth
Ave; 138th st. and Seventh Ave;
10th st. and First Ave-; Intervale
and Wilkins AYES, Bronx; 50th St.
and Fifth Ave-, Brooklyn; foot of
Whitehall st. and South Ferry;
Rutgers Square; 149th st. between
3rd and Bergen; Grand st. Exten-
sion; Stone and Pitkin; Steinway
and Jamaica, Astoria, L. I.
Resolutions Pour In.
Resolutions in support of the
strike call continued to pour into
the office of the Daily Worker yes
terday. Among many other working
class organizations, the Retail Gro
Gerry, Dairy, Fruit and Butchers
Union reported that at a member
ship meeting Tuesday night, the
call, recommended for adoption by
the executive committee, was pre-
sented by the chairman and unani-
mously and enthusiastically endorsed
by the members.
The unexampled success of the
final mobilization rallies last night
forecasts New York demonstration
that will strike fear to the hearts of
the American imperialists and their
toadies. Thirty Thousand toilers
turned out to the fifteen street meet
ings arranged by the New York dis
trict of the Communist Party.
Huge TurnOuts.
In each case the speakers reported
unusually large turnouts, an intent
reception of the speeches, pune
tuated by outbursts of mass resent
ment against the imperialists as
their plots were laid bare and pro-
longed cheering for every allusion
to the socialist fatherland of the
working class. The meetings not
only voted unanimously to join the
strike demonstration today, but
many of the workers participating
in them signed applications for
membership in the Communist Par
ty. Party literature was eagerly
seized upon, and substantial re-
Spouse met the plea for funds to
save the Daily Worker, the only
English language labor newspaper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-01
Steel Trust ExtOrtiOn
At a New High Mark

The United States Steel Corpora
ton, the steel trust, that big war
industry, and basic peace time in
dustry, made more profit this year,
in spite of strikes by unorganized
workers against wage cuts and
speed up, than ever before, accord
ing to its latest report. The quar-
ter ending June 80 showed ST., 1885,
461 as against $60,105,3 for the
preceding quarter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-01

The Gastonia Textile Workers
trial began July 20! Twenty-three
workers face electrocution or
prison terms! Rally all forces to
save them. Defense and Relief
Week July ?7---ugust 3! Sign
the Protest Roll! Rush funds to
International Labor Defense, so
East 18th Street. New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-01
Ne " VESTRIS
REPORT AGAIN
SHIELDS GUILTY
British Board of Trade
Hits u. S. Firm

Continued from Page One)
derson & Sons, New York agents Of
the Lamport & Holt Line, owners
of the vessel.
The Board of Trade report lists
as the main causes of the sinking
of the Vestris, in which 112 lives
were lost: 1. Loading beyond the
load line. 2. General condition of the
ship. 8. An insufficient margin Of
stability and reserve of buoyance. a.
The heavy weather and high wind
and seas, which caused the vessel
to list to starboard. 5. Water in the
lower bunkers sat rating the coal,
causing list and probably prevent
ing the pumps from working eff
fectively.
The Board of Trade had only
mild censure for the Lamport and
Holt Line itself which, in addition
to maintaining a vessel that was rot
ten and leaky, regularly gambled
with human lives by ordering its
captains to delay sendiHc out an
SOS as long as possible in order
that the company nay save the sal
wage money. Had Captain Carey
sent out an SOS in time, the Yes
iris would probably have been saved.
The officers, who during the in
vestigations in New York lied
shamelessly in an effort to throw
the blame on the crew, are COM
pletely whitewashed by the Board of
Trade and the report, while blaming
the American firm, tactfully says
nothing about the criminal action of
the federal authorities in New York
who okayed the leaky coffin ship
and it's lifeboats prior to its depart
ure. In this it follows the line Of
the American investigations" which
ignored evidence showing that the
federal inspector had been drunk.
The. lifeboats, it was also shown by
many witnesses, were so rotten that
many of them sprang leaks as soon
as they touched water.
Fake Investigation.
mo more will result from the
report of the British Board of Trade
on the sinking Of the Vestris than
resulted from the four reports is
sued by official investigators in
this country" declares a statement
issued by the Marine Workers
League, % South St., yesterday.
workers have not forgotten the
disgraceful exhibition Immediately
following the Vestris disaster when
officers, ship owners, many passen-
gers, and government investigators
combined in an effort to fix the
blame on the crew, particularly the
Negro members. This campaign of
lies and SANDER collapsed so COM
pletely that the government inves-
tigators' were compelled to cease
their efforts to victimize the crew
and through the agitation of the
Marine Workers League and the
Daily Worker, the truth became
known: that the members of the
crew, despite the terrorism to which
the officers subjected them, had be-
haved heroically, one Negro seaman,
Lionel Licorish, saving about twenty
people.
"The Marine Workers League
repeats what it said las November,
that only by the organization of
the seamen i::...o a strong union that
will force the ship owners to stop
treating them as cattle and will COM
pei ship inspection by committees of
seamen instead of the present cor
rupt inspection service - that only
then will disasters like the Vestris
be avoided"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-01

The Gastonia Textile Workers
trial began July 30! Twenty-three
workers face electrocution or
prison terms! Rally all forces to
save them. Defense and Relief
Week July 27-August g. Sign
the Protest Roll! Rush funds to
International Labor Defense, 80
East 18th Street, New York.
BE WISE! GET YOUR TICKET
IN ADVANCE FOR THE
MOONLITE CRUISE.
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OIL GOES
TO NEW HICH RECORD

TULSA. Okla Jan 22@R-for
the third time in three weeks, tne
dali yaveraEe light and heavy crude
oil production in the United States
reached = new peak, braking all rec
ords in the petroleum industry when
the daily average production for the
week ending Jan. 19, reached q total
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This record was mostly due 10 deem
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Anti-Evolution
Bill Splits Up
Texas Ministers

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 22.-GP1-
Representatives Of this district ~
before them from Dallas ministers
the legislature today had requests
asking that they vote for the anti
evolution bill. and other requests
from the same source. urging them
to defeat it.
Several days ago five methodist
and one Christian minister wrote 10
Austin urging that the anti-evoIution
Dill be beaten. Yesterday 10 Baptist
ministers wrote TO Representative
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids will be received at the
office Of the City Manager addressed
to the Hon. A. 3. Cole, mayor, up
until 10 a. m. February 1st, 1929, for
the construction Of one all metal
airplane hangar on the Municipal
Airport, dimensions 100 feet BY 100
feet.
Bidders will be required to attach
to their bid a certified check to the
amount Of five per cent of the bid.
Specifications are on file at the
offices of the city architect. B. ".
Proctor, and city manager, and may
be obtained upon application.
The city reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
A. E. MUNDAY, City Secretary.
lis TO q inc. 1905
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22

George Purl OF Dallas asserting the
bill was grossly misrepresented and
that ii should pass.
The Baptist ministers argued the
bill was really N tolerant measure
which would prevent teachers from
presenting evolution to pupils. whose
parents might have contrary conv:c-
tons, as 4 proved conclusion. rather
than q theory.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

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New
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Trees-Seeds--PIapts
LIVE STOCK-POULTRY

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