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Hyder weekly herald., 1934-11-03
PREMIER POWER PLANT
 DESTROYED BY FIRE

Premier Gold Mining Company at Thirteen-mile was wiped out by fire between 6 D. m. and 2 p. m. Friday evening.
 The blaze caused a loss of many thousands of dollars in machinery and equipment and forced the closing down of the mill at Premier and complete suspension of ore transport ation activities.
 Unofficial but reliable esti- mates place the direct loss in- volved in the destruction of the plant at approximately $2O0,- GOO, making the fire one of the most costly that has ever visit ed the district.
 The exact cause of the fire is undetermined but is be- lieved to have been the re2ul. of the blowing off of a port hole cover on the exhaust chamber of one of the several big diesel engines, thus permig ting flames from the exhausts to attack the oil impregnated floor of the building. Elf forts of the men on watch tc check the blaze with fire ap- paratus were unavailing and the structure was a mass ot flame within few minutes, ac. cording to the report. Aside from one member of the crew who sustained burns on one arm, no one was injured.
 The plant supplied some eighteen or nineteen hundred horsepower of electricity, most of which was employed in the operation elf the mill and the Emile aerial tramway.
 Sufficient power for the con- tinuance of mining operations can still be derived from the hydro-electric plants on Gas cade creek and the deisel plant at Premier, but further milling and tramming cannot be done until new power sources are provided.
 Although definite inform ation could not be obtained to- day, the outlook appears to be that mine operations will be continued on an equal or poss- ibly greater scale than before 1; the ore extracted being stored until such time as normal op- erations can be resumed. Such a program would probably in- volve the laying off for several months of considerable num- Der of the mill and tram en- ployees-an eventuality which it is sincerely hoped can be avoided.
 Although rumors are flying thick and fast today, close in quiry indicates that no one possesses certain knowledge as to what the company will do toward meeting the emer- gency.
 B. F. Smith, resident mana
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-24
|. ". O. Plans to Increase
English Section to 5000
Nationwide Drive, Beginning Oct l, Has Coal
OF $4,000 Members-Negro Work Stressed

led the work of founding our Order
among the Negroes below the
Mason Dixon line last spring, is
again leaving for a four months
stay in the same cities, to
strengthen the existing branches
and guide the campaign for fulfill
ing the quota there.
With the start of the drive APP
preaching, the campaign for social
insurance is taking on more life.
Numerous requests are coming in
for material on the Workers Un-
employment Insurance Bill. Visit
ing fraternal organizations to enlist
them in a united struggle to win
social insurance, is on the order of
the day, especially in some of the
larger branches.
Plan City Wide Conferences
To top all preparations for the
drive, New York and Chicago are
holding their yearly city-wide con-
ferences on Sept. 20 and 80. At
these conferences the work of the
English branches for the year will
be reviewed, both as to member
ship recruitment and the social in
surance campaign. Perspectives and
plans will be worked out for the
coming year. These conferences
must be made rallying point for
the campaign. They must be the
final summing up of all prepare
tons, the final, collective signal to
begin.
The English Section of the Order
is on the threshold of becoming a
mass section. The English Section
is getting ready to take it's place in
the American fraternal movement,
to bring before the native American
workers the issue OF prole1arian fra
ternalism as opposed to bourgeois
fraternalism; to draw the American
workers into the struggle for social
insurance, for better life; to COM
bat the venomous campaign of
propaganda carried on by the bour-
geois-led fraternal organizations
against the most militant section of
the working class. The English Sec
ton is ready to give increasing
strength and energy to leading the
campaign for social insurance
among the millions of workers Or
ganized in American fraternal Or
CARNATIONS.
In the remaining week before the
campaign opens, every branch and
section must address itself to the
completion of every preparation, so
that on October LIST we can start
with the assurance Of successfully
carrying out our aim to build our
English Section to 5000 members
and our Order to $1,000 members.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-24
Rank and File Pressure Forces Hoyoke Leaders Into Action

prevent the patient from injuring
himself.
People with this condition may
have minor attacks petit maD
These consist of momentary spells
of confusion. staring. pallor, strange
behavior, peculiar sensations, etc.
Some patients suffer from major or
minor attacks from tine to tins or
from one or the other separately.
We urge Our comrades not be to
frightened by this condition. 1t is
one which often responds exceIlently
to treatment. Under the care and
observation Of a skilled physician,
most, If not all Of these spells, may
disappear. No physician can guar
antee a cure" If he does, you are
entitled to doubt his honesty, and
suspect him Of charlatanry. If you
are receiving treatment from a re-
liable physician privately or in a
clinic. trust his judgement and do
not fear to take the drugs he rec
ommendS The most commonly used
drugs are bromides and luminal Cor
more cheaply purchased as pheno-
barbitalD Do not fear them. They
are not dope" when used under
competent direction. Limitation of
all fluids taken during the day, and
a ketogenic diet Glow in starches and
high in fats) are also accepted forms
of treatment. If after q few weeks
treatment you fail to improve despite
the fact that you are obeying all in
structions, see a neurologist or &c
to a neurological clinic. Reduce
coffee and alcoholic beverages to a
minimum. Do not consider yourself
an invalid. but learn to live with
your condition and control it.
BY all means, however. beware Of
takers and racketeers. who, for profit
are permitted by our bourgeois order
to prey on those who are afflicted
with the condition. Do not permit
priests or rabbis to treat you, fol
they frequently profess to be able
to. Take no treatment by mail!
Such treatment is an outrage, anc
ought to secure the punishment o.
anyone who offers it. Have YOU
doctor recommended to you if nee
essary. If you are in doubt about
any aspect of the problem, write us
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-24
keep Away Is Order
As Militia Drills In
New Haven, Conn.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.-This eve
ming | went n 'ho 102.d A., Nv
This is what I saw. A couple Of
hundred of state militia modified
the night is rainy. the company of
naval militia is also modified. also
all citizens are ordered to keep out
OF the block on which the armory
is located, in very impudent MN
ner, One officer came out of the
armory; he was rubbing his thumb
on the edge of a short sword to
see if it was sharp. I suppose he
intends to use it on some poor
starved striker.
A hu1r;r2d automobiles could be
seen in the block, on COTE, Hudson
and County Streets, which is furn-
ished by the patriots" free gratis
who want to protect the geese who
lays the golden egg. A large nun96ar
of the tin boys have legs on them
like broom sticks, none of them
seemed to be ashamed of the dirty
work they are about to be engaged
to do; they like to show off as they
strutted up and down the street.
looked in window in the base
ment and I saw several tin boys at
mess. Maybe in few years they
might be on the bread lines eating
the graveyard stew down in the
charity department.
Up until about BIS they had not
moved. l left there and went out
to the troop A Armory Cavalry,
which is about two miles from there.
could not see any signs of activity
so far: they can be expected out al
any time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-24
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
EPILEPSY

The number of questions We have
received on the subject Of epilepsy
makes it advisable to devote a col
umn to this important problem. The
disorder is known under a variety OF
names. like "convulsions," spells"
fits absences" etc. 1t is Of great
importance to recognize that this
complaint is a symptom, and not a
disease in itself. AS much, it may
indicate the presence Of any one of
large number of diverse disorders,
each of which has its own treat
nent.
To establish the cause Of this
symptom, the advice Of skilled
physicion, preferably a neurologist,
must be sought. Not until the true
diagnosis has been made will the
treatment be sound. Not all social
ed spells" and commissions are
epileptic in nature. Some are due to
conditions which have no relation
to epilepsy; and the treatment,
therefore. will have to be different.
Early and correct diagnosis, there
fore is essential.
The condition generally appears
early in life. Those commissions
which appear later in life are, as
rule, due to other causes. The dis
ease may manifest itself as a major
attack grand maD which consists
of a loss of consciousness followed
by stiffening and shaking Of all
the muscles of the body, lasting any
where from a few moments to min
utes or more. During this time the
patient may pass saliva. water. or
may even have a bowel movement.
The dangers in this condition come
from the possibility that the patient
may fall, hurting himself, or may
bite his tongue. The latter can al
ways be prevented if bit OF smooth
wood, about three inches long and
a quarter Of an inch thick "a split
clothespin serves the purpose welD
Is inserted between the teeth imme-
diately at the onset Of the convul-
sions. Do not attempt to prevent
the shaking if you see someone in
an attack You will be wasting your
energy. The best you can do is to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-24
ntShikerS Send
Men to Easth0n,pton
Leaders Red-Baiting, Thugs, Fail to Hah the
Strikers Eager Welcome to Daily Worker

in a lot of smooth words.
Although the squad tried to tear
up the DailyS and beat up one
comrade they didn't get very far;
the workers took the Dailies and q
lot of resentment was expressed at
these thugs actions. Mr.. Donovan
beat hasty exist when asked what
he was afraid of in the Daily
Worker that he had to resort TO
such tactics; retired to the hall.
Too many workers are reading the
Dailies for his charges like Com
muniStS are strike breakers" to be
very successful. For the workers
want to win their strike and they
are recognizing straight, plain
tru h about their situation which is
impossible to find in any other
paper or from any other source.
The leaders have been calling on
the strikers at their meetings all
week to chase out the reds" and
make those people with the Daily
Worker run the gauntlet" the chief
instigator being Tom Roam, who
is very lavish with threats and not
too clever, for the workers can
think. He called for the police five
times to arrest one comrade; today
he said to the policeman: II you
don't bring charges against these
people I'll see that you lose your
job" and when we asked if he was
boss of the town he gave the an
swer quoted above.
We had another visit to the po-
lice station and were questioned"
The police in Holyoke call them
selves labor men," old A. F.. of L.
men linked with the bureaucrats.
The union leaders hold confer
ences with the police and then tell
the workers everything will be all
right as long as they don't do any,
thing rough He told them they
mustn't sing on the picket line; the
workers songs they had been sing
ing and the militant spirit displayed
on the picket line must have made
the bosses uncomfortable.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-24
By a Worker Correspondent

HOLYOKE, Mass.-Here all the
textile workers, American Thread
Co., SINNERS and Farrow Alpaca
are out solidly and the determine
ton of the strikers to keep the
mills closed down through the poll
cies they know are effective-unitv
and fights making their leaders
souirm and hide their faces behind
the red scare. In the town of East
hampton, practically under martial
law, actual barricades on the roads
to prevent the strikers squadrons
and the reds" from entering, all
the mills have been working; most
of the workers unorganized, not
knowing where they can find lead
erhip, have been asking for help
from the Holyoke strikers. Today
they got the real answer; the pres
sure of the Holyoke strikers on the
leaders to call for the flying squad
ron forced them to take action, and
Thursday q. M, 20 cars will take
strikers to Easthampton to support
the workers and close down the
mills in this textile citadel 100 per
cent.
The workers in these towns and
Chicopee Falls, home of johnson 81
Johnson, are eating up the Daily,
in spite of the vicious red-baiting
attacks launched against the Com
muniStS.
Wednesday, one of the organized
attacks to stop the distribution of
the Daily at the strike hall by a
few strong-arm pals of Mr.. Tom
Roam, big-shot of the A. F. Of L.,
probation officer, and, as he stated,
boss of this town and of the A.
F. of L. here" was unsuccessful,
and the smooth talking leader of
the s. P, failed to arouse the in
dignation of the strikers when he
made a speech to the crowd, closing
them in around the workers giving
out the Dailies and telling him what
swell fellow he was and how bad
we and the Communist paper were
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-24
THUGS, GUARDS, OPEN CON-
CORD MILL
Rv TeytiIe Worker CorreSnopdaut
BY a. Textill


CONCORD, N. Gust a line
about the textile strike here in Con-
cord, N. c. This town has a mill
owner by the name of Charlie Ca
man, and Mr.. Canaan, and mis- sher-
if. Mr.. Hoover, with the aid of
three companies of National Guards
and $50 special officers-the most
of them bootleggers and murderers
are driving the mill workers back
to their jobs. The Brown Mill,
owned by G. w. Johnston, opened
UP Monday with one company of
artillery and rs gangsters, and drove
the people back to work, and all
who didn't report for work were
discharged.
A MILL SLAVE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-24
Jailed Two
Refuse Offer
Of Release
Bride for Ceasing Activ-
ity Is Turned Down by
Atlanta Prisoners
By Two Worker Correspondents

BY Two worker correspondents
ATLANTA, Ga.-John Hudson has
offered to turn both my sister and
me free if we promise to stop our
working-class activity. Since we are
now in Jail because Of our efforts to
help the textile workers now on
strike at the Exposition Cotton Mill
win their demands, we refuse Mr..
Hudson's offer, since We refuse to
stop helping the Exposition strikers
and the workers Of Atlanta in gen
eral.
My sister, Annie Mae feathers, is
a striker at the Exposition Cotton
Mill. She was arrested on the picket
line before that mill. John Hudson
has no right to try to keep her from
the picket line. That is where she
belongs, together with the other
strikers.
John Hudson didn't give Angelo
Herndon or the Atlanta Six any such
/ bargains We refuse even to con-
slider his offer until he makes the
same offer to Angelo Herndon and
the Atlanta Six.
LEAH YOUNG.
Mother of five children, arrested
on the picket line at the Expo
sition Mill, and
ANNIE MAE feathers.
Exporition striker arrested on
the picket line before the mill.
Editors NOte.-The Daily Worker
/ greets the firmness with which
Comrades Young and feathers
turned down the Offer of Prose-
cutor Hudson. BY rejecting such
offers" these comrades show the
determination of the workers not to
give up their fight for better condi-
tons until the fight is won. These
militant women workers give an in
spring example of the courage of
the Southern working class by their
refusal to accept freedom from jail
in return for quitting the strike.
The Daily Worker also halls the
fact that these women comrades
have, in the midst Of their fight.
kept in their minds the question of
the fight for the release of Angelo
Herndon and the Atlanta Six. How
ever, we strongly urge our two SPLEEN
did felloW-fighters not to consider
Prosecutor HudSons offer" under
any consideration whatsoever. BY
bargaining" with Hudson the strike
will be weakened. Bargaining with
Hudson about the freedom of Hern-
oon and the Atlanta Six can also
have the effect Of weakening the
mass movement for the defense of
these comrades, since it will lead
people to believe that it is possible
to free them by striking a bargain
with Hudson" Even if one should
make bargain" with Hudson
which it is wrong to do, as pointed
out above-there is no guarantee
that Hudson, an agent Of the South
ern ruling class, will keep his part
of the bargain" No. Comrades
Young and Leather, stick to your
guns, as you have.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-24
Strikers Win
Farmers Aid
In Newport
Strikers to Join Farmers
In Fight Against
Tax Sales
By a Worker Correspondent

NEWPORT, N. H. The textile
strike began in this town on the
night of Sept. 6. A picket line came
into Newport on the afternoon OF
Sept. from Claremont, N. H, a
nearby town, and succeeded in get
ting out the workers on night shift
in one mill here.
That same night a meeting wa!
held at the Left Wing" hall in
Newport, where picket lines were
formed. The following day, Sept
7, a flying squadron arrived, and
with the help of the picket lines
all mills came out and have been
out 100 per cent since.
Last week there were "rumors'
going around that three mills were
going to start up here Monday
the 18th, but this morning picket
lines were in front of every mill,
and so far no mill is started.
The A. F. of L. and the U. T. w.
officials have succeeded in forming
a large U. T. w. union here. At
a meeting held at the Socialist
Party hall here, Sunday, Sept. 10Th,
U. T. w. officials came here from
Manchester, N. H. and are already
telling the strikers that they should
not worry, that the strike will be
over in week or ten days, and
probably in the meetings to come
they will ask the strikers to sign
individual agreements.
I want to especially point out to
you strikers of Newport not to sign
any such agreements, fight 10. All
demand 100 per cent before you go
back to work. Relief has been gath
cred from the farmers to help the
strikers, so don't be afraid to hold
out solid on the strike before your
demands are won.
And now at the same time the
farmers of Unity are facing a
hard situation. 1t is underS .ooo
that several farms are to be sold
out for not paying taxes. Well, it
isn't their fault, as farmers are not
able to find jobs, nor can they get
anything, hardly, for their products
that they sell.
At the meeting of Sept. Is, held
at Socialist Party hall, we asked
the strikers if they we're with the
farmers and if they would come as
large group and protest against
any such tax sales, and to my sur
prise, the majority of the strikers
are with us.
AS we understand it, these tax
sales are scheduled some time
around october LIST.
Now, workers and farmers Of
Newport, show your solidarity with
the farmers of Unity.
1t is the C.P. unit of Newport
which is trying to build the mass
group protest against any tax sales
around this vicinity.
1t wa a Communist who brought
up this question with the strikers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-24

The Women's Councils have been
busily preparing for the Second U.
S. Congress Against War and Fas-
cism at Chicago the end of Septem-
Der. After the return of delegates
from the Paris Congress. the central
Anti-War Committee of the Coun-
ellis met and planned activities such
as mass meets Con section Scale)
where returned delegates from Paris
reported: open air meets, and the
issuing of special leaflets; discus
sions in the Councils in preparation
for the Chicago Congress- meetings
of the chairmen of the local anti
war committees to plan a follow-up
of contacts with other organizations
made during the course Of prepara-
ton for the regional conference),
and the penetration Of new terri
tory.
The membership was modified for
the Aug. "a meeting. where the Paris
delegation as a whole reported. -Four
sections have already carried
through mass meets and elected
delegates to go to Chicago. These
delegates are: Mollie Picheny. from
Middle and Lower Bronx: Bessie
Polansky, from Brownsville and East
New York: Ella Williams, from
Crown Heights: and Irene Finegold.
Upper Bronx. Meetings in Staten
Island and Brighton Beach are also
arranged, and the Wilhamsburgh
and Boro Park sections have az
ranged special affairs to raise funds.
Membership of all Councils is be-
ing modified for the Mecca Tempt
meeting on Sept. 26. 1t is expecteE
that seven or eight delegates VII
represent the Councils at Chicago.
Conversation in Second Avenue
Store
How much is the cottage ha..,
you have in the Window"
This? Nice cottage ham, thirty
three cents a pound"
Thirty three cents! Oh. my!"
well you can get it in the A and
P maybe for thirty-two cents but
that's old and this is nice, fresh,
soft"
why it isn't SO very long ago il
was twenty-five cents a pound!"
"Whatl What For twenty-five
cents? Oh no. when? On no, its
q long time since it was such a price,
maybe in the summer, but not now,
perks going up, everything's going
tip"
Like wages, huh?'
"Everything's going up"
"TThat's prosperity, huh7"
"Everything's going Up"
You're telling me?"
Eyes everything's going up, you
can't get nicer cottage ham than
this, look, such nice fine fresh cot
tage ham"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-24
BY MAX BEDACHT

Preparations are being speedily
completed in every district and city,
in every branch of the English Sec
ton, for launching of our member
ship drive on Oct. /. The National
English Committee, in drawing up
its plans for the campaign, became
convinced that our national Or
ganization Committee had under
estimated the possibilities for the
English Section in this huge drive.
Accordingly, the National English
Committee increased the quota as
signed to it by the Organization
Committee by $780, raising it from
1000 to $500 members.
The spirit prevailing throughout
the entire section is that this drive
is the occasion for the English Sec
ton to make its first big stride
toward becoming the basic section
of our Order. In this drive we ex-
pect to build the English Section
into the second largest of the Or
der. This is a huge job, but it can
and will be done. The enthusiasm
and energy displayed in our Eng
fish Section in every part of the
country, the readiness with which
our branches are accepting and in
many instances las in Branch SIS
of New York; increasing the quotas
assigned by the National English
Committee, the readiness with
which the membership is mobilizing
in every branch of the country
united for the big task, guarantee
our success.
Method Is Stressed
We seek not only to increase our
membership in this drive. The
method of increasing our member
ship is the mos; important consid-
Grafton. That is why our greatest
efforts will be concentrated on the
most important industrial sections
of the country. Special organizers
will spend five to ten weeks in New
York, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland
and other large cities. Special Or
ganizers will concentrate their eff
forts on the Negro territories OF
Harlem and Crown Heights in New
York, the South Side of Chicago
as we'll as the Negro territories in
other cities. The South (Birming-
ham, New Orleans, Atlanta) will
figure prominently in this cam
paign. Plans are being made for
the recruiting of 200 Negro men,
bers and the establishment of eight
new branches among the Negro
population there. Louise Thomp-
son, our Southern organizer, who