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The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-18
2n YEARS AGO
From The Empire

By a proclamation by the Gov ernor, October Is, was declared a legal holiday to be known as AL aska Day and to be observed by everyone as such. 1t was the an- niversary of the date on which Alaska became a potential asset of the United States.
 J. H. Wilman, manager of the Dupont Powder Company's plant at Seattle, had been in Juneau for several days looking the place over with the view of recommend ing the establishment of storage depot near Juneau and with of- fees of the company in town.
 F. ONeil Tennessee Kid) who had left Juneau early in the Spring, for the Chisana, was in the city and was most enthusias- tic about the district in which the stampede occurred. He exhibited small nugget weighing perhaps a pennyweight which he said he obtained from his bench.
 Sid Whitcomb, who had bsen in charge of the P. O. Store during the absence of James Barragar, was confined to his home with pneumonia under the care of Dr. L. O. Sloane.
 Charles Russell was to head a large hunting party from Tread well that was to leave on the launch Pacific for SneIS.-.iam. The party expected to be gone several days.
 In the evening the Juneau High School Band promenade concert and ball was to take place in the Elks' Hall and everything was arranged for a fine time. The concert was to end sufficiently early so that dancing would begin shortly after nine o'clock. The floor committee consisted of George Burford, O. W. EEgreen, Fred Hamburg, Len Hurlbutt and L. D. Miliigan. Many people of the Channel were planning to observe Alaska Day b7 attending the sf- fair.
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BIG PRIZE

BIG PRIZE
 What is called the largest prize ever offered by a publisher for a novel just has gone to Janet Beith, a young Englishwoman, for her No Second Spring" The prize is S20,O0O and the book that earned so much money is a very pleasant study of the effect upon a sensitive woman of the old fashioned fire and birthstone doc trine-and attitude toward life. The story is laid in Scotland; inevitably the ideal of a freer life is represented by a wandering artist, who almost but not quite comes between fragile Allison and hard, laundering Hamish. There is a feeling of quiet competence about Miss Beith's work that must have impressed the judges con- siderably, for the story itself and the psychological problems posed are not particularly original, nor, in this day of freedom, particu- larly moving.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-18
RICH ORE IS FOUND ON SALMON GOLD
(Hyder Herald)

(Hyder Herald)
 A free gold ore strike of unusual richness has been made by Salmon Gold Mines, Ltd, on the company property in the upper Salmon Basin. Samples of the ore brought out by E. c. Ted" Morris, one of the original owners, showed an abundance of the yellow metal and created something of sensation in mining circles.
 The property is said to contain four known gold-bearing veins, av- eraging 51A feet in width on the smaller veins and Il feet on the main vein. According to company statement the average value of all surface open cuts is $22.50 per ton, on the basis of $50 gold.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-18
LASSOS YELLOWTAIL

SAN DIEGO. Cal, Oct. 18.- c. K. Schoell, landed a 20-pound yellowtail in an unorthdox man ner. Schoell made his cast and immediately got strike" but the usual fight was missing. When he brought the fish out there was half hitch around its tail and the hook had not touched the fish.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-18

It is said that former President Hoover was deeply impressed at the Century of Progress Ex- position with the Alaska Cabin and Slim Willams's dogteam. Maybe he's figuring coming North for rest
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-18
PETERSBURG LEGION TO
 DANCE, ARMISTICE DAY

The Petersburg Post of the Am erican Legion is planning novel dance on Armistice Day and the following is the com mittee in charge: Harold F. Dawes, Edward
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-18

the MIRA. As far as is known, he asked nobodys advise on the ques- ton; nor did he consult anyone as to what he should say,
 It was strictly personal prop osition with him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-18

At the rate things moving hot toddies will be among the things that Dad can legally enjoy along about Christmas morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-18

If some State should stagger along now With a vote against repeal, the most astonished 1olKs m the country would be the Drys.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-18

Americanisnl-Beng mortified if a college boy plays football to pay expenses 'praisng him if he pays expenses by footing singing in the Glee Club-(Akron Beacon JournalD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-18

With repeal set for December or it will come too late to have a bearing the conduct of foot ball crowds but early enough to alleviate the worst rigors of winter.-(Boston Globe)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-18

The country is divided, roughly into two classes: Those who thought Prohibition would solve the liquor question and those who think repeal wil- Detroit News)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-18

After the depression, doubt if tourists vii be very much interested in such trivial sink-holes as the Grand Canyon-(Ohio State JournalD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-18

As drinking becomes lawful again may it also become more decent and mannerly than it has been under Prohibition tLoran, Ohio, Journal)
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WHAT PRICE FASCISM?
 Those ultra-radcas who have been labelling the MIRA program as a Fascist movement designed 10
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
Hunger Coal Code
Is Met With Huge
Strike in Penna.
Close to 100000 Out in Pennsylvania, With
Practically Every Mine Shut; Miners
March on Steel Mills

break the strike and deliver the nee
essary goods the operators are chang
ing their attitude towards the agree
ment and resorting to other means
in an attempt to break the strike.
At the beginning it was only the
H. @. Friek Coal Co., subsidiary of
the U. S. Steel, that openly refused
to sign the agreement. In the last
few days, after Pagan and others
failed to drive the miners back to
work, the coal subsidiaries of the
j. & L., Midland Steel, Pittsburgh
Steel, Bethlehem Steel, National Steel,
Wheeling Steel, Inland Steel. Repub-
lie Steel, Crucible Steel, Youngstown
Sheet & Tube, u S. Aluminium, West
Penn Power, Duquesne Light and
dozen others-all having mines in
Pennsylvania - announced that they
have no intentions of signing the
agreement. P. t. Pagan, in a public
statement, openly admitted that he
visited all of these corporations and
that all of them refuse to sign the
agreement.
Next week will be a decisive week
in the strike. The open shop oper-
ators are holding meetings and max
ing plans to reopen the mines. The
code goes into effect Monday. The
UMW.A. agreement with the small,
independent operators also goes into
effect. According to the Pittsburgh
Press of Sept &c: Phillip Murray, in
ternational vice president; John
OLeary, of the international board;
Patrick Pagan, district No. 5 presi-
dent, and other district chiefs, are
concentrating on getting miners back
by Monday" The capitalist press is
making frantic appeals to the miners
to return to work Pinchots state
police are stationed in every town
The government mediators are
swarning over the striking area. All
the forces of the employers are get
ting ready to try to drive the miners
back to work and to break their
strike
The rank and file of the entire strik-
ing area are calling delegate con-
ference in Uniontown for Saturday.
Sept. 80, to discuss the future course
of the strike. 1t is true, in this rank
and-fle movement many takers could
be found, against whom the miners
must develop a merciless fight, but
the movement basically is rank
and-fle movement. The left wing
forces are being rapidly organized
and are coming forward with a clear
cut policy that will be presented to
the Uniontown conference. Locals al
ready are adopting resolutions indi-
eating the line to be followed in the
future. The National Miners Union,
through its forces who are taking an
active part in the strike, and through
the left wing movement, is present.
ing to the conference policy con-
tanned in the leaflet which Is being
distributed in every mining town.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
Thanks God for Pinchot, and
Helps Keeps, 900 from March

cause it would cause a riot and would
be against the policies of the United
Mine Workers of America. Because Of
this the miners did not cross the line,
although there were only six state
policemen and 25 900 miners ready to
march.
Following this it was decided to call
the meeting to order, with one of the
leaders, Ryan, making the following
statement: THANK God that we have
such a friend of labor as Governor
Pinchot," stating further that, "Pin-
chot is the miners friend, because he
sends in the militia to protect the
strikers" from the coal company
deputies.
But the facts and our past expert
ences with Pinchot prove otherwise.
While we were out on strike in 1881
under the leadership of the National
Miners Union, what did this friend OF
labor do then? Every one knows he
sent in the state troopers to club the
miners Today one of the strike lead
ers sits in the Blawnox Workhouse on
framed-up charge. If you don't
know this write to Ed Sherwood,
Box 5, Blawnox, Pa, and he will tell
you why he is serving from three to
six years in the workhouse. Not only
this. Two of the men were murdered
by the company police, but no one
was sentenced, yet 80 miners were
sent to the workhouse. Scores OF
others still remain cripples from bull
let wounds.
Many more examples of the Glib
eralism' and police policy of Pinchot
could be given. Pinchot proved him.
self an MIRA. strikebreaker in the
July-August strike. The miners know
that Pinchot pleaded with them to
go back to work. But what did we
get by going back to work?
At the mass meeting Ryan also
stated that he was ashamed that
there were no official leaders of the
U.MW.A. at the meeting. Why should
he be ashamed because they were
not there? Have we not had enough
of their sell-outs? Ryan further eX-
cused his. short stay at the meeting
DCCduot Iitttl W ltCNC lOl q oCtlCG
meeting" Secret meeting with whom?
Why does any union leader need a
secret meetingp
We miners need more open meet
ings against the U.M.W.A. officials
who are signing separate agreements
with the so-called commercial mines,
leaving the captive mines out. This
was the intended policy Of the Lewis
sell-out in Washington before the
MIRA. administration. We miners
will never have a union unless we
carry out what one Of the rank and
file miners from West Virginia stated
at the great meeting that the leader
ship of the UM.W.A. must be thrown
out--LeWis, Pagan and their gang
must go if we want to have real
union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
By A. GETTO

On September % a great mass
meeting of the miners took place on
the West Virginia Pennsylvania state
line The miners came in by the thou
sands from the strike fields, in old
worn-out automobiles, many without
license plates, while many walked.
All came with the intention of cross
ing the state line to march on the
West Virginia mines, picket them
hold meetings calling for strike to
stop this cheap coal from coming into
the Pittsburgh District.
While this was planned by the min
ers, the leaders Of the strike move
ment, especially those in charge Of
the meeting, promised the politicians
that under no circumstances would
they cross the state line. When Ger
tain locals started to cross the state
line they we're told not to do it be-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
By F. BORICH

The starvation coal code of the
NRA, the anti-strike agreement of
Lewis & Co., and the whole New
DEAL of President Roosevelt, met
with tremendous resistance of the
miners.
They refuse to accept those provi-
sions of the code directed against
their interests, namely: eight-hour
day, starvation wage scale, open shop
provisions, arbitration, etc. They re-
fuse to accept these same things en-
bodied in the agreement, particularly
the clearly formulated anti-strike
clauses, individual agreements, etc.
They are striking against these
anti-labor provisions and spreading
the strike with tremendous rapidity.
Close to 100000 are on strike al
ready in Pennsylvania alone, with
practically every mine in the state
closed down. There is a possibility
that the strike will be spread into
Ohio and West Virginia before these
lines reach the readers. At the same
time tens of thousands are striking in
Utah, New Mexico, Iowa, Arkansas,
etc., with the miners in Colorado and
other fields preparing to strike. But
even this is not all.
The miners are planning, and in
fact have already begun, to organize
mass marches on the steel mills con-
trolled by the same trusts which con-
troll the mines. The present miners
movement has the earmarks of one
of the most gigantic movements in
the history Of the American labor
movement More than $4,000 steel
workers in Greensburg, Pa, and Weir
ton, w. Va, directly connected with
mining, and in fact controlled by
the same corporations, are on strike.
The UM.WA. officialdom, with
whom the operators signed an agree
ment as a measure to prevent strikes,
and through whom the operators ex-
pected to control the miners, finds it
self absolutely helpless, isolated and
more discredited than ever before.
This in spite of tremendous propa-
ganda of the capitalist press, politi-
clans and other instruments of the
employers and the government. Even
if they succeed in some OF the mines
in tricking the miners to return to
work, this is being met and smashed
by mass picketing. These officials,
who as late as last June appeared in
the eyes of the miners as real organ
izers, now appear in the role of open
strikebreakers
The coal operators, who expected
to drive the miners back to work by
signing the code and the agreement
with Lewis through their association,
preserved a loophole for themselves in
this agreement. The blank agree
ment provides that each individual
operator must sign the agreement be-
fore it goes into effect. Seeing that
Lewis, Pagan, Feeney & Co. cannot
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30

cutting under q cut OF slate.
In this mine, working under the
U.M.WA. agreement since 1881, ev-
cry miner is forced by the company
to violate the mining laws. 1t is
against the law to push the cars, but
we must do it. But Mr.. Pagan has
nothing to say about these things
when reported to him by the miners.
On the contrary, he supports the
company whenever we raised the
question of forcing the company to
do the things it must do.
Our local did not undertake to
fight for the unemployment of these
two men, but decided to give them
relief until they obtain employment
somewhere else. This is how the
miners are protected by the U.M,W.A.
officials.
Fired for Activity
These two men were not fired be-
cause they violated any mining law.
They were fired because one of them
led fight against John Hayman,
notorious agent Of the company and
the right hand man of Pagan. Hay
man caused the discharge of scores
of militant miners. He, with his sons,
never permitted any motion to be
passed in the local that would bene-
fit the miners. He always fought for
the company and Pagan. No one was
permitted to speak at the local union
One Of these two fired men drafted
a petition to the company demanding
the discharge of the stool-pigeon
Hayman. He went from house to
house collecting signatures. Practi-
cally every miner signed it. Hayman
was not fired but the company was
forced to push him in the back
ground for the time being. So did
Pagan.
The way to fight the agents of the
and Pagan is not to cir
culate any petitions. The best way to
fight them is to organize a real rank
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
How a Local Was
Built to Serve the
Miners Interests
By a Worker Correspondent


ONTARIO, Pa.-For some time
there was bitter fight in this To-
cal union. The president of the
local, Mr.. Sokol, refused to call
local meetings. His wife, son and
himself beat up some of the COM
mitteemen, breaking a rib off one
of them. He was also a check
weighman. Wh en- we elected
another checkweighman he refused
to turn over his job.
Sheriff Seaman stopped some of
our meetings. In this fight four
miners were fired for being men,
bers of the National Miners I'm
ion. Sokol was responsible.
Through a bitter fight these four
miners got their jobs back. Not
only this but the local decided to
pay them for the lost time. These
four miners and some more active
ones decided to clean our local and
to make it really a local that will
fight for our interests. We went
from house to house and spoke to
all the miners about the situation
in our local and what should be
done to change this situation. After
we convinced the miners of the role
of the officials and that they should
be kicked out, special meeting
was called. At this meeting we
fired all old officers and elected
new ones. Two out of four min
ers that were fired by Mr.. Sokol
We're elected as local officers. Now
our local really serves our interests.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
Death by Hunger
or Accident Faces
Centralia Miners
BY a Worker Correspondent

CENTRALIA, Pa.-Centralia is
small town with population of
2,4OO. This town has only one col
liery, employing some 600 miners,
but it has been shut down for two
years with little hope of ever re-
opening. MANY of the unemployed
are anthracite miners who refuse
to die of starvation and like their
fellow-miners in Mahonoy City,
Shenandoah and other anthracite
mining towns, are engaged in the
"bootlegging" of coal.
They go to the fields near the
closed mines and pick coal and sell
it to the hucksters who come in
with their big trucks from Phila-
delphia, Reading, Allentown and
other places close to Philadelphia.
In some of the places they strike
coal on the surface but in the ma
jority of cases they have to do
actual mining, to dig 10, Is and
even so feet below the surface,
using explosives to blow up coal
and other mining operations. In
the crude pits the miners meet
with many fatal accidents because
they cannot afford the timbering
of the mines.
Unemployed Councils of Mt. Car
mel and Shenandoah should send
organizers to Centralia and put
that little anthracite town con the
map"
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this leadership of Lewis and his APP
pointed organizers and to elect real
rank and file leadership from our own
ranks that will fight for our inter
ests, and be 1t further
THAT we call on all the locals Of
the United Mine Workers to adopt
this resolution and present it to the
rank and file conference in Union
town, September 80, with the demand
that it be adopted by the Conference
and put into effect at once, and
finally
'"That copy Of this resolution be
sent to President Roosevelt and the
newspapers"
In spite Of several serious short
comings of this resolution 1t never
theless expresses a correct line which
can still be further developed. This re-
solution can serve as a basis for the
mobilization of all sincere forces to
organize the strike so that it can be
led to q victorious conclusion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
UMWA Bosses Try
to Smash W. Va.
Strike Movement
By a Mine Worker Correspondent

BY Mine Worker Correspondent
ARNETTSVILLE, w. Vain the
mines of the New England Fuel and
transportation 90. they say if we
join any union we will get fired and
the company will black ball us from
the mines. When the National Min
ers' Union would hold meetings on
Sunday the company would make the
men work on Sunday and tell them
all that didn't report out to work
to come to the Office Monday morning
and get their time.
Since Pennsylvania has been on
strike they have had men over in
West Virginia to try and get them to
come out. The U.M.WA. bosses went
to the Morganstown Press and had
them put a piece in the paper that
the men were well pleased with the
price that they were Citing, and that
tn Pennsylvania strike did not mean
anything to the West Virginia miners.
Here are some of the prices that
we were receiving: Motor mems. 30;
drivers-$380; snappers-$320; tim
Der men-$380; pumpers-$380; coal
loaders-22c per ton and about three
tons in one; cutters-3c per ton.
They have 31a-ton cars in this
mine and they won't let the drivers
pull the car unless it is full six inches
above the bed and when it reaches
the scales the weight runs from PIT
to PIG. When the men come out at
4 O'Clock, if they haven't cleaned up
they get two weeks lay-off and they
have worked from IL, IA, Is, 10 and 20
hours without any overtime pay.
A fellow who lives next door went
in the mines on Saturday, Sept. 20, at
5 pm. and came out Sept. q at II
am. without any overtime pay. And
the superintendent asked him what
he was doing out so early.
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UMWA Locals Hit Lewis in
Resolutions for UniontOwn

The great strike of the miners is
acing a crucial point next week. The
oal code goes into effect Monday,
october 2. So does the Lewis agree
1ent with the independent operators.
Local Unions Of the United Mine
Workers are passing resolutions to
q presented to the Uniontown Con-
erence, with the demand that the
ne contained in these resolutions be
dopted by the conference. At the
anne time the locals are electing de-
sgates to the conference that will
Ight for the adoption of these reso-
itions.
The U.M.WA. Local Union No. 5o71,
,cated at Ontario, Pa, unanimously
dopted resolution at its last meet
lg, with over 300 members present,
undermining the U.M.W.A. officers and
ne coal code and wage agreement
gned by Roosevelt, and declaring:
That this Local 5071 Of the UNI.
VA. goes on record to remain on
srike until the following demands
re granted: u SIS q day, 6-hour-
ay, 5-day-week; % Machine coal
0 cents per ton, pick coal IS cents;
) No check-of for anything; - Full
lght to organize and strike"
The resolution stated further:
THAT since no strike has been
on by the miners under the lead
rslip of Lewis and other officials due
{, their betrayals of the 1922 strike,
nd every strike since then, particu-
rly the last strike of 10000 in Penn
flvania, as well as the attempt to
I'll Off this present strike, that we
Ill on the rank and file miners of
10 United Mine Workers to reject
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-30
Miners Pay Robbed
for Back Rent
BY Worker Correspondent

COKEBURG, Pa. - When the
"truce" was reached in August and
the miners driven back to work we
were promised a checkweighman,
mine committee, and the right to
belong to any union. We elected
our checkweighman five times.
Even DR.. Springer was "a midwife
to one of the elections. The cleo
tons were held in hall on COM
pany property. Yet our coal so
far is not being weighed.
Our local president, Andy Dem
eter, was elected each time, but
he never went on the tipple. When
some of the members wanted to
make a motion for a strike to
force the company to accept our
checkweighman the president re-
fused them the floor.
No dead work is being paid for.
Two men put up II posts, but re-
ceived no pay. After shooting the
coal we must pull down slate be-
fore loading coal, but get no pay
for it.
This mine was shut down for
3 years. Some families remained
in the house all the time. Now
the company is deducting from the
small pay we make for the back
rent.
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liners CALL STEEL WORKERS TO FIGHT FOR BETTER CONDITIONS
Miners Form Group
to Aid Daily Worker

sHADYSIDE, Ohio.-I am a
former member of the N. NJ. U.
and part time reader of the
Daily Worker. I see more and
more the necessity of reading
the Daily Worker. Not only by
me, but by other thousands of
workers. Therefore, I've called
group of five workers to my
house, we had a discussion, and
we came to the conclusion that
we'd become steady readers of
the Daily Worker, and open a
drive for new readers. Also,
we're preparing a dance for
helping get the $4,000 needed
by the Daily Worker. 1 will
inform you later on about our
work for the Daily Worker.