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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09
Steel Workers Celebrate 40th Anniversary AS
They Prepare for Present Struggles

proposed drastic reductions of piece
rates in the 119 plate mill, the 80"
slabbing mill, and in the open hearth
department. He demanded that the
sliding scale go down to a minimum
Of $22 instead of $25 as formerly. He
wanted the next scale contract to
close in January, 1894. In view of
Tricks claims that the company was
operating at a loss it is interesting
to note that he refused to give the
government investigating committee
following the strike, information on
the labor costs. At this time the
Carnegie Company was capitalized at
$25,000,000 and the profits in 1891
were $430000O or 17.2 per cent. The
proposed cuts in tonnage rates were
to have involved the lower paid more
than the higher paid men. For ex-
ample the sllearmen's helpers were
cut from $93 to $44 or SO per cent
while 80 rollers in the slabbing mill
were cut from $198 to $167 or only
Is per cent. But the real issue at the
present time was the right to organize.
Frick gave the men an ultimatum to
accept the terms by June "a or sign
up on an individual basis.
Warlike Preparations
Frick began preparations for an
| armed struggle. A heavy board fence
topped with barbed wired and pro-
vided with loopholes was erected
around the mills. AS early as June 20
before the final break with the union
Prick wrote to Robert Pinkerton for
300 armed thugs to be held in read
mess for a battle. In the final con-
ference on June % Prick made a con-
cession Of $23 instead of $22 as the
minimum rate below which the scale
| should not fall. The men held out
for $24 and there was a deadlock.
Frick refused to compromise or give
in so that he might crush the union.
The men knew this was the main
issue in the struggle. Were they to be
ruled by the iron hand of wealthy
interests or were they to have some
say about their working and living
conditions? The men were willing to
die for their right to organize union
The strike broke out and the Pinker-
tons were called in.
The Pinkertons Are Met
The 300 Pinkerton detectives had
been assembled in Ashtabula, O., and
were rushed by train to Allegheny, O..
on the Ohio River. Here they were
loaded into two barges fitted with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09
ADMITS OPPRESSION OF COLO
NAL PEOPLES

WASHINGTON - Inperialist ex-
ploitation by United States bankers
is responsible for the doubly severe
crisis hitting the American
countries, DR.. Samuel Guy Inman Of
Columbia University said before the
Conference on Hispanic- American At
fairs of George Washington Univer-
sity.
Stating that in these countries the
toiling masses are exploited by the
native landowners and capitalists, as
we'll as the foreign inperialists, he
predicted revolutionary action will
soon lead to radical social changes
in these countries. The exploited
masses are awakening, he said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09

~Contradictions Among the Inn
perialistS and Conflicts on the Paci-
ito Coast" pf1Iiiant analytical
article by N. Terentyev in the
special anti-war issue of THE
Communist July number. o..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09
METAL LEAGUE IN
RECRUIT RIV E
Get 40 New Members
In Niles Ohio

WARREN, Ohio.-The recruiting
drive of the Metal Workers Indus
trial League in preparation for the
first national convention to be held
in Pittsburgh on August 10, IA, Is, is
proceeding here at a rapid pace.
Thirtyfive new members from the Re-
public mill were recruited during the
week, with As new members scheduled
as the quota for next week. The re-
cruiting is being carried on on the
basis of preparing for struggle against
the lowering of the base rate for
tonnage men which probably will
take place during the month OF July
In the Republic Mills.
Recruit 40 Members.
NILES, Ohio.-After three days OF
intensive activity, the MWIL has re-
cruited 40 new members in the mill
in this town, establishing for the
first time the new union in this i'm
portant Republic Mill.
Two mass meetings in the open
we're held here on July End, where
the National Secretary, Meldon, and
several local organizers spoke on
the recent national convention of the
Amalgamated Association Of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers, and the COM
ing Convention of the new union
which will found the Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial League.
The new application cards of the
union are scattered throughout the
mills in this section and the workers
are Joining fast. The open sell-out
character Of the recent convention OF
the AAITW held in Follensbee, Ohio,
where the officials of that company
union did not take a single step to
develop struggle against the wage
cuts and general bad conditions in
the industry, has disillusioned many
steel workers and demonstrated
clearly to them the treacherous role
of the A. A. ----~--,---------
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09

Why should the workers vote
Communicated It in the Elec-
ton Platform Of the Communist
Farty, one cent
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09
BIG HARVEST CAMPAIGN IN

MOS VA vigorous harvest
campaign will be launched through
out the Soviet Union to reap the
biggest crop in the history of Russia.
The campaign will be carried
through by powerful, collective, or
ganized struggle against grain loss,
for storage facilities and for increased
labor efficiency.
The struggle for increased labor
productivity will be inaugurated by
the introduction of piece work in the
countryside. Every worker will be
paid according to what he produces
The purpose of piece-work in the
Soviet Union is not the same as in
the capitalist countries. Here it will
result in an increase in wages as well
as an increase in productiveness.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09
International
Notes
THIS IMPERIALIST SERVANT
DOESN'T LIKE "REDS"

WASHINGTON.-In note to the
Charge d'Affairs here, the Foreign
Minister of Uruguay, proving himself
puppet of the imperiaist powers,
declared that his government is not
lenient towards the Communist
Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09
AUTOMOBILES WANTED!

One more we have to ask all work.
ers who have. cars and wish to take
a group Of athletes to the Intsrna-
tional Workers Athletic Meet in Chi
cago to come to the nearest Labor
Sports Union Office and report. Gas
and food taken care Of. New York
workers may come to Room 22s, 80
e. 18th St.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09

PITTSBURGH, PA group or
School, Washington, D. c., inspected
officers from the Army Industrial
the huge mills of the Jones and
Laughlin Steel Corporation here last
week and we're we'll placed with the
results of their investigation. With
few changes in certain machinery,
the j. & L. Corporation can turn
out hundreds of tons of shells and
plate which they manufactured for
the Allied governments during the
las: imperiaist war.
The j. & L. Corporation, noted
for its brutal attacks On the steel
workers, is preparing another wage
cut. The MWIL mill branch IS
fighting against this coming cut and
nobilizing the workers against it.
Prepare for War
EAST PITTSBURGH, Pa.-While
the MWIL was holding a MONDAY
shop gate meeting at the giant plant
OF the Westinghouse Electric Com
pany here, the Army group of war
preparations Investigators toure d
the mills. The MWIL speakers at
tackled the group and exposed the
meaning of this imperialist delega-
ton, pointing out that the present
wage-cutting starvation policy of the
Westinghouse company against the
workers is being carried through as a
means OF attempting to demoralize
the workers and prepare them for
the coming war. The workers of this
plant are openly joining the MWIL,
and for the first time contributing
to the collections without fear Of
their jobs.
1 YOUNGSTOWN, Pa.-Five hundred
steel workers from the Bethlehem
and Larian steel mills damned the
nesting here last Thursday night to
hear the speakers Of tire Metal Work
ers industrial League on the coming
National Convention to be held in
Pittsburgh, Aug 10, IA, and IS. Many
Joined the MWIL and a delegation
was elected at the meeting to go to
the Jamestown. City Council and de-
nand relief for the unemployed and
oart-time workers.
The delegation will be means OF
--x-..s;,.-, +I,a Jo,,, eocry of MaVor
McClosky, who has been carrying on
a fake fight with the Johnstown City
Council and posing as the miniature
Father COX" and champion Of the
workers of this city The delegation
will demand that McClosky takes the
demands of the workers and fights
for every single demand listed.
The mills in this steel city are
practically closed down with only a
few hundred workers still employed
The MWIL is organized and taking
the initiative in developing the
broad united frin5 unemployed Coun-
Gil movement, starting with the
teel workers who are now jobless
' Hold Organization Meet
WEIRTON, W. Va.-Workers from
seven different departments Of the
weirton Steel Corporation walked
five miles out of town to attend
an organization meeting of the MWIL
here recently. The company town Of
Weirton, W. Va, is one of the most
notorious thug ruled towns in the
whole country, and was one OF the
two cities that attacked the Nationa
Hunger Marsh to Washington last
December It'll.
Weirton has no mayor, only
police chief that takes his order!
from the steel company. The work
ers here are joining the MWIL ant
are carrying on good work in spit<
of the terror Mill branch meetings
are for the time being held secretl!
and plans are now going ahead tx
stage an open fight for the right o
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09
The Battle on the River

The barges were made fast to the
landing while the tow steamer, Little
Bill took the dead and wounded away
to the hospital. When the tow steamer
tried to return it was fired upon by
the men from the shore. They had
obtained an old civil war cannon
which was loaded with scrap iron and
fired at the steamer. One or two on
the boat were killed and it was forced
to return to Pittsburgh. The Often
sive was then directed upon the
barges. The fire engine was dragged
down to the river front and several
barrels Of oil were pumped onto the
river above the barges in an attempt
to set fire to them but the wind was
blowing from the wrong direction.
The cannons could not be aimed low
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09
LOON LAKE MEET, DETROIT

-, LOON LANE WEE !, DE InOIA
For athletes going through Detroit
to the International Workers Ath-
letic Meet in Chicago there will be a
special invitation meet at the Finnish
Workers Camp, Loon Lake, Michi-
gan. The meet will be held on July
90 at the camp and will be under
the joint auspices of the Detroit
Counter olympic Committee and the
Finnish Workers Federation For
entries write to C. Jay, 1869 18th St.
Detroit, Mich.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09
TO MEMBERS OF A. F. OF L.
UNIONS

The A. F. Of L. members should
get behind TIE campaign for a boy
colt Of the Los Angeles Olympic
Games and for the holding Of the
International Workers Athletic
Meet July 2s and 80, in Chicago.
Adopt resolutions in your local on
this.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09

sleeping and cooking arrangements
and loaded with supplies, arms, and
ammunition packed in goods boxes.
1t was intended that they should be
struggled into the mill early in the
morning of July Fortunately they
were recognized while passing under
meath one of the Pittsburgh bridges
and the warning news was tele-
graphed to the Advisory Committee
At the locks three miles below Home
stead they were held up for some
time AS they approached Homestead
every whistle in town gave lusty ex-
preston to the protest of the men.
The. Pinkertons had a most foul re-
putation as unprincipled thugs who
used any and every possible means to
break strikes. Thousands of workers
awaited them along the bank Of the
Monangahela armed with every con-
ceivable weapon. Some had even
snatclled fence slaves on their way.
When the Pinkertons saw the large
numbers of men they Immediately
broke open the cases of rifles and am
munition. When they reached the
landing the leader of the Pinkertons
said he was sent out to guard the mill
property by force if necessary. The
striker said that before they would
enter the town they would have to
t'rample over the dead bodies of 5000
honest workingmen." There were
angry words and fusilade of rifle
and pistol shots were exchanged. Sew
eral men were killed and many
wounded. After more firing on both
sides the men retreated behind piles
of steel and the Pinkerton men re-
tired into their cabins.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09
Labor Sports
WHO is FARLEY?

A word about Farley, the head of
the N. Y. State Athletic Commission.
He has just been elected as head OF
the Democratic National Committee.
Farley is also Roosevelt's compaign
manager and is the boss of one of
the largest building material supply
companies In New York. There must
be plenty OF jack in the State Boxing
Commission because, despite all his
other duties" he has no intention
of giving up his Boxing Commission
job Says the N. Y. American
7-5-329:
-. Farley indicates that he is
In no haste to hand back an APP
pointment rendered to him eight
years ago by Governor Smith. :"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09
JULY 18TH AT ULN1ER PARK

+ JULY 18TH AT ULNtER PARK
For New York workers who want
to compete in the Examinations for the
International Workers Athletic Meet,
there's still time to rush your entry
in. The meet comes off Saturday,
July is, at Ulmer Park, foor of 25th
Ave. Brooklyn An open-air sport
dance will wind up the evening. Med
ais and cups will be presented at the
dance. Entries can be gotten at
Room 229, 80 E. 18th st.
MORE OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES
The. captain of the English team
here for the games is none other
than Lord Burshley. This baby was
an active lieutenant of Oswald
Mosely, the English aristocrat who
formed fascist party. Burghley's
speciality was to collect a group of
young thugs and try to bust up
workers meetings in England. Is
known as a vicious anti-Soviet,
anti labor parasite.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09

LAND WITHOUT UNEMPLOY-
MENT, Edited BY Ernst Glaeser
and F. G. Weiskopf, Inter-
national Publishers, New York,
200 pages ................. $l.5O
Rv Joseph NORTH
Milford chronicle., 1932-01-15
MEN AND THE DISHPAN

Forty per cent of men, according
to figures gathereby New York de-
partment store, assist their wives in
washing the dishes. There was a
time when lordly man felt humili-
ated if he had to fuss with kitchen
tools. That job belonged to his hum
BILE partner. But in this day of
equal rights, the wife working 12
hours a day frequently asks why
hubby should toll only eight.
The woman who does her own
housework works longer hours than
the average man. 1t seems legitimate
for her to ask that he should Tighten
her labors. The OK that would not
pull its share of the load used to get
the goad from the farm boy. The
husband who lags behind can expect
the goad of his wife's tongue.
Milford chronicle., 1932-01-15
LEAP YEAR

Under the ancient leap year ira
dition, women during every fourth
year have the privilege of asking
men to marry them. At times in his
tory, this custom has been more than
joke. A law was passed in Scot
land in the 18th century, which ex-
plicitly gave women that right 1t
was followed by similar statute in
France, and like regulations existed
later in Genoa and Florence, Italy.
These provisions reveal the exist
ence of a feeling that the old GUS
tom which gives the first initiative
in marriage to men, is unfair to the
female sex. These old laws were a
first sign of the woman's rights
movement which has turned the
world upside down during recent
years.
How has it happened, that men are
supposed to take the lead in seeking
marriage? Perhaps the women, with
the intuition of their sex, originated
the custom themselves, and frowned
upon their sisters who were more
forthputting. They may have felt
that when they gave an impression
of elusiveness, they made themselves
more attractive.
The idea seems more appropriate
to an age of women's seclusion than
to the present one where women do
all kinds of work, and are given
equal rights under the law. At pres
ent many happy marriages are pre-
vented by the timidity of the unwill-
ing bachelor.
Some bright girls should take
those shrinking creatures, drag them
out of their snug but narrow re-
treats, and force them to make a de-
cision that would enlarge their lives
and create happy homes. Many of
the best women never marry, largely
because they are too fine to be appre-
ciated by the average male animal.
However, the girls have their ways
Of forcing a man up to the fatal
question. If he is really interested,
hey commonly konw how to make
nim feel unhappy if he doesn't come
across with the momentous question.
Milford chronicle., 1932-01-15
THE QUESTION OF WAGES

One of the most difficult questions
which industry and business has to
settle at this time is that of wages.
One element declares that business
will not thoroughly recover, until
wages come down from their pres
ent level. 1t is claimed that the
average cost of living has fallen a
good deal, therefore wages should
drop to correspond.
The opposing element declare that
high wages are the foundation of
prosperity, and that business can
not prosper, unless workers are
highly paid and able to buy goods
freely.
The experiences of the past two
years have converted a great many
people to the belief that prosperity
has not been fairly divided in this
country. They feel it is not right
that there should be so many hard
pressed families in a country which
has an abundance of the necessaries
of life. They feel that corporations
and companies that run in an irreg-
ular way, should so far as they are
reasonably able to do so, set aside
funds which can be used in a period
of depression, to protect their work.
ers from unemployment.
And yet at the present time, we
have a condition of things where
multitudes of people can not afford
to employ labor because OF costs too
high. Millions of people are de-
tered from repairing their dwell
ings, for instance, because of high
labor costs.
When a merchant finds that his
goods won't sell, does he try to keep
them on his shelves indefinitely? BY
no means. He reduces his prices
until the goods can be sold. Mer-
chandise lying idle on his shelves
does him no good. He is better off
to take his loss, close out the goods
at a lower price, and get in new
stock. 1t is much the same with |
labor. If labor can't be sold on the
existing market, it is usually good !
policy to reduce it's price.
Milford chronicle., 1932-01-15
=@N&EJ
THE FALLING OF THE CARDS

The ending of the famous Lenz-
Culbertson contract bridge match
will not settle all the card contro-
versies. Some will say the result
demonstrates certain theories, while
others will have it that the winners
had the better cards. So the argu-
ment will go. on, as it does every
night after thousands of card games
played in homes and clubs.
How very often it happens that the
good players who have made study
of the art of bridge or other game,
will be vanquished by very ordinary
ones, on whom Lady Luck has smiled
for the moment 1t is pretty hard
for science to make headway against
row of aces and kings. Science
tries all its wise tricks, but no konwn
way exists by which two spot can
take the ace of it's own suit.
Some will say they do not care for
card games, as they do not like
sport where skill and science may
be vanquished by chance. They re-
mark that if they have the cards
themselves, they get no credit for
skill, while if they do not have the
cards, the opponent thinks his sue
cess was based on his better play.
Such ones prefer some game of pure
science like chess or checkers, where
luck is not allowed to sway fortunes
by her tricksy smiles.
But for the majority, the uncer-
tainties of a game where luck figures
add to the fascination of it. They
grasp their hands eagerly, hoping
for better cards. They are downcast
and respondent, if they fail to draw,
the high ones. They overflow with
joy and frolicsome spirit, if they see
a nice row of faces and aces.
Such ones rail against fortune
when luck is against them, but they
never quit. They are always look
ing for better hands next time.
Milford chronicle., 1932-01-15
NEW OFFICERs BEGIN WORK

January sees newly elected officers
of many organizations begin work in
Delaware. There is a stir of excite
ment in church and fraternal and So
cial society circles. The newly
elected moguls are taking the reins
of office. New municipal officials
are assuming their jobs in many
cities. AS the old saying goes, the
new broom sweeps clean.
Election to any kind of a public
or organization Office is a compli-
ment. 1t signifies that a person is
honored and trusted. 1t is a chal-
lenge to anyone to do his best. He
is given a chance to display his pow
ers. 1t is an opportunity for those
who render useful services to obtain
higher rating in the community.
The people who hold these offices
are looked to for leadership. 1t is up
to them, not merely to perform their
duties in a routine way, going
through the same motions their pre-
decessors did before them, but to
meet the needs of the people, note
the changes of the times, and be
ready with new ideas when new
methods of administration and ap-
peal are needed.
Milford chronicle., 1932-01-15
PUBLIC SERVICE PAYS

Business men often ask what COM
pensation they will get, if they give
some time to promoting the CONNER
cial and civic development of their
home town.
They may receive no money re-
ward, but such efforts are extremely
profitable nevertheless. The busi-
ness man here in Milford or other
Delaware towns, who is willing to
give time and effort to public causes,
obtains a very wide acquaintance,
and he gains a popularity not to be
had in any other way. People are
personally attracted to do business
with him. Time spent in public
causes is splendidly invested, even
from a pure money making stand
point. And the more a town devel-
ops, the more profitable all business
in that town will be.
Milford chronicle., 1932-01-15
ROXANA

An old fashion revival meeting
began in Roxana NJ. E. Church Sun
day evening, January 10.
Mr. and Mrs. Allie Stephens enter
tanned to dinner Sunday Rev. and
Mrs. Frank McCorkle, Mr. and Mrs.
]. C. Evans of this town, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Lynch and family of
Bayard.
Miss Hilda McCabe spent last
week with her aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Nc
Commrick.
Miss Alice Lockwood spent Tues
day with her aunt, Mrs. Charlie
Daisey at Bayard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Lynch de-
lightfully entertained to dinner Sun
day Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Palmer and
son Linford and two daughters, Ida
Mae and Betty, Carl Wingate and
son Clifton of Rehoboth, Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Hudson and son Rus
sell of Clarksville, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lemuel Wingate and son Clifford of
Ocean View, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Hickman and two sons, William and
Lemuel of Bayard.
Mrs. Lucy Daisey and daughter
Clara of Ocean View and Miss Or
media Derrickson caller on Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Daisey and daughter,
Miss Pearl, Sunday.
~ Charlie Tingle is having a large
hennery built to replace the one re-
Gently blown over in the storm on
New Years Day.
Miss Alice Lockwood visited Mrs.
Herbert Calhoun at Bethany Beach
Tuesday of last week.
Orlando Derrickson has a radio
installed in his home.
Mrs. Jennie Powell of Ocean View
visited her daughter, Mrs. Irwin
Daisey this week,