MACMAHON DENOUNCES FRAME-UP AND THIRD DEGREE
MacMahon Denounces Frame-Up and Third Degree BOMBINGS SEEN AS POLICE PLOT Released Textile Strikers Told of Forged Confessions and Brutal Beatings PASSAIC—Implying- that the bombaaj...
...from now till the latter part of May...
...CALVERTON TO OPEN RAND COURSE Scholarships Are Still Available for Students at Socialist College ON Friday evening of this week V. F. Calverton of Baltimore, editor of the Modern Quarterly and a regular contributor to the New Leader, begins a series of six lectures on "Contemporary Writers and Social Thought...
...When he refused, Dung Tomachko said, the men began kicking him ground the room...
...4. That tbe association ef the employers be fully responsible for any of its members for the faithful carrying of the agreement...
...Tomachko related . at strike headquarters how a crowd ef plainclothes detectives in an upstairs room of the Passaic police sta•*» attempted to force him to sign his name to a paper which he was not •hewed tp read...
...Loggins will lecture on "Irish Folk Poetry...
...Russia...
...The class is decidedly international in its make-up...
...We have asked the American Civil Liberties Union to come back to the city and help us/and they have agreed to do so...
...Bamaboro, a thriving little bu*ha*a* center and mining town, ha* a popolation ot about AM*, including MB union miners...
...Scalding water has been thrown on them from the windows of the mills and the authorities have taken no action to arrest the guilty persona...
...Registration of' students from the age of seven ia seventeen may be *•***• Saturday...
...PhlllV at Eons, miner and his boys, also /musical...
...MINERS HOLD CHAUTAUQUA Barnsboro Coaldiggers Hear Discussion of Their Vital Problems By Clara Joluison !; * BRX8BORO, Pa-—The -Tis»*P Chautauqua given in B*i **b—» Cambria county, JPsaiiTaH !»¦>*> took tbe town by storm...
...and Billy Broad—singer...
...he was thrown into * «ell and left to tblnk It over for •while...
...also saw Joseph Bellene...
...member* of The Shirt Makers...
...and Sunday morning ft...
...Betty Watch, another small Char lest oner...
...MacMahon Denounces Frame-Up and Third Degree BOMBINGS SEEN AS POLICE PLOT Released Textile Strikers Told of Forged Confessions and Brutal Beatings PASSAIC—Implying- that the bombaaj charge* filed against 21 Pasaalc |(r*kers wers frame-ups and that con*sslons ware wrung from tbem by third-degree methods, Thomas Macjftahon, president of the United Textile Workers of America, attacked the city official* and police of the textile strike area st a meeting at Belmont Park...
...10- o'clock at the Brownsvlile Labor Lyceum, 3t» Saekman a tree t, Brooklyn...
...Henry E. Crampton of Columbia University...
...power double seamers shall re0»1,ve a spin'fnujn .wage of |7 per day...
...Tbe arrest of twenty men and one boy on charges of being implicated in certain bombings and their detention in Jail without being permitted to see their attorney, is to my mind a grave Infraction of the laws of New Jersey...
...were being fatten jS>»nstairs as he left, said Tomachko...
...and Edna Lou Walton will read from her adaptations of American Indian ritualistic hymns, and from her own poems...
...Tbe Btaterhentt •anted Tomachko as being Implicated j« the bon\b throwing...
...Ladles' Garment Workers, Neckwear Makers, Painters and Decorators, Pocketbook Makers...
...MATTEY LS RE-&K7ED TOESIDENT OF MINERS WDISI1UCT7,PB^ LAN SPORE*, Pe~-De!egat*s to District T,.United Mine Workers, convert - 'tion discussed tho failure of th* operator* and 'board of conciliation to institute the check-off ay atom expected when the anthracite agreement was signed...
...We warned the workers to avoid any act that would be so Interpreted, snd said that we do not approve of such acts, if committed...
...Second class tinsmiths **d...
...Besting Is Repested ;-*hen lie denied any knowledge of -lb* charges made against him the boy ?•id the men began to kick and push ¦hn around again...
...The strike was originally called by the union when the employers declared a loclfout because of th* union's refusal to accept a 15 per cent, reduction in wages...
...We do not believe that tho workers are guilty or save been guilty of any Intent to defy constituted authority...
...Crampton is one of America's foremost biologists...
...Grown-ups...
...The exceptionally liberal terms of the scholarship Wan leave but little excuse for any union member not taking the course If...
...so that he might Just as well eanfess himself...
...held...
...Kavalchick Twin** —six-year-old boxers: Vivian Bells*, 1 dancer and reader...
...3. Tbe restriction of the number ot layers a cutter shall be permitted to cut...
...Hugh Cannon, vice-president: John Yourishln, Secretary-treasurer, and Neal Ferry, international board membqr...
...M*cIsahon tn his speech...
...In anBttjon to the 1*0 peauetot union band—Dixsmneia^Boys' band from Sykesvills—there weTre*~On» Radcliffo Engineers, a whole CnmBF with musical specialties...
...SHEET METAL WORKERS PRESENT NEW DEMANDS...
...Loggins's subject on October 16 will be "The Aesthetes of the Nineties," and Genevieve Taggard will read...
...He was inJenned that the men had told on him...
...In these four lectures he will tell the story of how the evolution theory Itself has evolved, will show Just what the theory of evolution really is and on what evidence It is based, and will discuss Its significance, not only In the biological field, but also in its application to problems of individual and social life...
...October 3, 3:3* to i:tt p.m...
...SOCIALIST SUNDAY SCHOOL OF BROWNSVILLE OPENS BOOKS FOR REGISTRATION The- BoAjiaJkU - Saztday...
...This is a balanced .course of instouetion in English, public speaking, history, economics, trade unionism, labor problems and related subjects, occupying three evenings a week (Monday,Wednesday and Thursday...
...Bag and Suitcase Makers, Bookkeepers and Stenographers, Cap Makers and Millinery Workers, Carpenters and Joiners,- Cleaners and Dyers, Electrical Workers...
...Several thousand strikers stood In a pouring rain' and cheered khn...
...The old agreement expired on September 80...
...Are Whey guilty...
...After the lecture John Varney...
...Confronted with a Statement ot a forged confession...
...on whom *«bs police have been focusing much of fbeir attention...
...Tomachko said...
...While -teaching in the university and carrying..on original research, he has retained his interest in general . adult education and has a remarkable faculty of making the results . of scientific thought clear to those who have not made deep study of the subject...
...PREPARE FOR STRIKE The sheet metal workers employed in two branches of their industry presented a number of new demands to their employers...
...Then the ordeal was repeated...
...S HI kI MAKERS WIN STRIKE 6,000 Workers Return Victorious After Short Walkout SIX THOUSAND ahlrtmakers...
...It exists In the organized bituminous district...
...Union of Greater New York, affiliated with The Amalgamated Clothing Workers ot America, won a significant victory over their employers when, after a short strike of only a week, they returned to work, having gained a number of important concessions...
...Power pres*hanAs...
...A few scholarships are still available for union members who wish to take up the workers''training course...
...Sleeping Car Porters and th* International Typographical Union...
...2. All work that th* manufacturer* ¦end out to contractors in New Tork or out' of town must be sent only to union contracting shops...
...Workers picketing the mills have been clubbed' viciously by 'those^sworn to nphoM the law...
...For the tinsmith- supply shops the union demands the following minimum scale of wages: Leader -makers and first class bench hands, tbe minimum wage scale of twelve dollars (S1Z) per dax- Second class bench hknds and solderers to receive tlae minimum wage scale ot ten dollars <$!•) per day...
...draw presshands, •pall reoeiye the minimum scale of tt:S0 per -djiy...
...o of the prisoners, Tony Poekno, ¥¦* being held on $100,000 ball, and •Sehael Elaslk...
...But bombing charges can be framed...
...The check-off is a system whereby union dues are deducted by the company from wages and given to the local...
...All men t"aking charge of a department shall receive a minimum scale ot »n.50 per «*y...
...Prof...
...Delegates urged that President John L. Lewis and Hugh Grant of Colnmbus, Ohio, who received credit for bringing tbe...
...Bellene's face was fr°llen and battered, according to Toff""* ko, who saw him as he was beremoved with a group of other Tptkers held prisoners, from Clifton1 to #nother Jail...
...Ejfh* strikers are moved around con"Peually from one jail to another to g*** it difficult for their lawyers and ¦Bfbjnda (0 fjn(j out „ here they are and V** measures for their release on J*lts of habeas corpus...
...This evil is now eliminated...
...Has the time come when npen or women arrested are proved *gullty before conviction...
...Fur Workers...
...Under previous arrangements manufacturers were permitted to send a certain percentage of their total production to -non-union shops...
...The strike call of the union, however, was so thoroughly effective that the employers within several days realized that they would have - to come to terms...
...To the miners themselves the affairs of the Industry usually mean hard work, strikes, lockouts, an occasional man* mooting, or an address by some officer of the United Mine Workers at the local union meeting...
...This is no new thing in the labor history of the United- States...
...Ferry was also endorsed as Democratic candidate for Congress...
...Torture Victim Tells Story Positive evidence that the textile strikers arrested on an alleged charge ef bomb throwing are being subjected to a third-degree torture was brought Jo light with the release of Teddy Tomachko...
...Paul W. Fuller, director educational' department of District 2. opened tho Bret session...
...Wolevlne Elkin—four-year-oafs Charleston dancer...
...After an hour or of such treatment by the ^bouncing squad...
...Until proved guilty the workers can feel assured that every assistance will be given to them, tn order that justice may be done...
...Other speakers were John W. Brown, inter* national union organiser...
...containing natives of Denmark...
...Fri&afternoon he was taken to the on police headquarters, where still •wther third degree took place.' He IJs then released and told never to P*k hip nose around there again or f» would be lynched...
...it has been said that the United .Textile Workers of" America should jOXpel those guilty for this crime...
...and John Bro» phy, president District 3 and Candida to for international president...
...Next Monday evening, October 4. David P. Berenberg will begin hie course in composition and literary criticism, in which the students combine, st^udy of classics of literature with development of their own style In writing...
...Scotland and Spain,, as well as of the United States...
...A number of conferences were held at which the following terms were agreed upon: 1. No reduction in wages...
...These '• lectures start at 2 p. m. At 4 p. m. on Saturday Vernon Loggins will give the** first in a series of twelve lectures on "Modern Poetry," his special topic this week being Walt Whitman...
...shall receive the minimum scalecf $6 per day...
...Ia District 2. this is part of tha regular educational program...
...If the employers or police authorities or anyvone else can convince tho officers and members of Local 1.603 that any members of their organization are guilty of such a crime, they will be expelled immediately...
...About a dozen Tlpsels are also taking up tbe workers' training course...
...I regret to note that certain misconstructions were placed upon my statement of a week or so ago relative tf the Paasaio strike,** said Mr...
...Bl'ophy outlined hi* proposals to eliminate the industry...
...The two branches, involved are the tinware manufacturing shops and the tinsmith supply shops...
...Once he was awakened at 3 o'clock «• the morning and an attempt made P force a confession from him...
...But a tabor Chautauqua where the miners' wives and families might hear the "problem* of the coal Industry explained in an appealing way was entirely novel...
...England, Germany, Italy, Poland...
...Garfield...
...author of "First Wounds," will read from his poems on the Russian Revolution/ Next Saturday Mr...
...he or she Is really desirous of education...
...One of these is a course on "The Evolution of Life," by Prof...
...So far, scholarships have been awarded to members of fourteen different organizations—Amalgamated Clothing Work* era...
...In the opening lecture he deals with tbe work of Floyd, Dell, Waldo Frank, John Dos Passos and Ben Hecht, and next Friday, October S, he will take up Eugene O'Neill...
...He sketched the predicament of the bituminous in-' -dustry and' discussed nationalisetlom as a solution to the problem...
...Two Saturday afternoon courses start this week...
...youth* sssnV children followed the bond to ta* Slavish Han...
...First-class tinsmiths, hand riveters, aahcan, makers, .head - cutters, sprayera, gfrlpers and...
...ibiitp h» »rt Hg*ti» year on Ssagay, October It, at ItOJ a. m. Further detail* of Interesting s^perimenta which are being made at the school will appear in next wsafca xw:i*ad*r...
...There is still room for new registrants in some of the classes which began their work within the last few days, especially in the second hour (8:30) classes in all three grades of English grammar and composition...
...Bribnef of Broirj-jsolile vrul...
...He is the originator of the Labor Chautauqua...
...where the siisninn* mmm...
...a 17-year-old striker, who -has been held incommunicado by the police for four days...
...v 'Statements ot confession which the ^?stsctlves told him were written and signed by Joseph Bellene and Thomas jBegan were also shown to htm...
...Guilt Is Denied "If a confession is secured Under duress, that confession^ is not valid...
...Jam** Mark district vice-president...
...the second hour class in correction of accent, Joseph M. Osman's Tuesday evening classes In psychology ot personality, and Marius Hansome's class in data of sociology, which meets at 8:30 on Tuesdays...
...In the tinware shops the union asks for the following minimum scale of wages...
...i The entertainer* are all from i.na—1# families in different parts of tho district aneSvVolunteer their su ilipf freely...
...a living wage to an miners*' He also spoke of tho haaards mtnam face while at work...
...A L Bas* narr and Cusino DeChurchy, pianists...
...I believe there are forces at work In Passaic today which are working to blacken tho name of the strikers...
...settlement, be invited to meet with the conciliation board and go over the whole matter of check-off.-* Mad re w Mattey was re-elected president of tbe district...
...It bad never bakWn been fortunate enough to has** tho problems of tho coal industry mt*rprated In such a fascinating way...
...A ttarnd* led by th* Sykesvifle Boys* *J*S*t marched through the principal street* < of the town...
Vol. 3 • October 1926 • No. 38
