NORTH CAROLINA LAW PERMITS LASH ON PRISON LABOR
Courtroom Cheers Acquittal of Ford; Fear Suhr Arrest THE acquittal of Richard Ford at Marysvitte, California, where he has been on trial for his life; will probably have an...
...as they can to non-union conditions and abolish- the Pennsylvania law which compels them to ^employ only experienced .workers.Perhaps out ot this' latest conference some settlement in tbe anthracite region may-come...
...Both he and County Attorney W. E. Smith said "the only way to appeal to a nigger is through his hide...
...While this anthracite dispute hsa been going on, 81 non-union miners were killed In Oklahoma and 18 In West Virginia In, accidents that might have been prevented...
...But gone Is that Joy...
...Tbie* report1—receiving its only Northern publicity through the Federated Press—bares the Important fact that Cranford...
...The last time there was arbitration, the arbitrator...
...ML members ^rbo have not yet caved pet&km blanks are «rg4 to call at ence upoo their hcs&c*£ secretaries* >at^wos rtwy aJsf be secured fro* tke State-Setre* tary...
...They can be operated intelligently and democratically...
...We had a kind ot unholy satisfaction when we compared ourselves with the denizens of Pittsburgh or Chicago or St...
...pledged himself to do groat things and who baa done precisely nothing, because ho and his party are in the pocket of the anthracite operators and their allied financial interests...
...2, at 1167 .Boston Road...
...will probably have an important-bearing on the case of Herman Suhr, who was Ford's companion at the time of the fatal hop pickers' strike riot it WheatUnd^CalKornia, in 1913...
...G. D. Troutman, chairman of the road commission, told an Investigator of the Charities Board that he was Bsfiefled as long as tne me*, received the same treatment as the mules...
...All because we' are content to let the hard coal that we need and that ta part of our rightful heritage be the private property of the most obviously extortionate monopoly In the United States...
...Louis...
...That is Industrial' democracy at Its best and makes one more than ever rejoice that these Nash workers are now* pari of the Amalgamated movefehbev Itn* second cause tor eneourSgemeVi also' comes from the needle trades.- The cell on the entire membership of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers to give one hour's earnings to the anthracite strikers—a call that will be honored—Is the best sort ¦ of evidence that the solidarity ot labor ta not mere talk...
...I have latently returned from a trip l^ch introduced me to plenty of #*d people, but very few who fWM be-called radical...
...And, when you think it over, these acts fire not so exceptional or so contrary to the dominant spirit in the labor movement as la our moments of discouragement wo' are tempted to think...
...While In Mexico I bad many conferences with Luis N. Morones, leader of the Mexican labor mOTement and a member of President Canes* cabinet...
...York, New Jerst^ Socisltftt ace jrfteifctfhSjJS petition* caffiBg *pon Congress to natioaeBae tfee toal mroa...
...There Is a genuine eap^cjjy in men for intelligent fellowship which makes the labor movement ttrvfig...
...on January Seta, afta* deUberatine- 27 hilars and M samutoa Lee TuUa at the Cattforaia branch el the General Defense CoeuBittee, talegraphed, the .American Cavil Libertsw Union that the oottrtroom abook with eheerar - » * . North Carolina Law Permits Lash On Prison Labor NORTH CAROLINA >ws expressly authorise the lashing of road gang prisoners of ..that...
...PRESIDENT COOLIDGE . would "inform the representatives of the Fascist government ©fltaly that the people of the U. ST view with concern and alarm the tyrannical methods employed as...
...tor instance, the Catholics, the Freemasons and the trade unionists and for that reason such persecution naturally is the cause of considerable concern and agitation among large numbers of our c\tutens in this country," he said...
...A special meeting of ' the Executive Cpeamittee of local Bronx will meet on Monday, Feb...
...that the most highly skilled at the Nash clothing factory P. tteclmuti voluntarily agreed to the Christmas bonuses, ranging ^fU5 to $100...
...find Mexico la a strtkine stake of development, industrially, politically and jsocially...
...There ta no virtue la our meek acceptance Of smoke Vend soot apd extortionate prices...
...Robert Ixemaaa, 602 .ifl% Street...
...If not, it win leave virtually untouched the factors which produced the present strike with its consequent suffering for miners sad consumers...
...The mines of right belong to the peepl...
...That is not the way the newspapers tell the story...
...Now New York look* Ilk* Pittsburgh, tastes like Pittsburgh, smells Uke Pittsburgh...
...Robert Ixemaaa, 602 .ifl%•mpioy-d by Mm «mn«V-M thif rsias...
...well as the aspirations of world dominion proclaimed by...
...and out of Vhieh eventually will be gathered forces mighty enough to rebuild oar social structure...
...State Mine Inspector Boyle ol Oklahoma, after the terrible Wilburton explosion, laid that disaster to improper Inspection and Incompetent miners with no union to back them up...
...f The Maryssftle Jarr m-enoanosd Ferd not.gum...
...President Thompson ot Ohio State University, having Informally announced his Intention to grant the Increase asked by the men, was persuaded .by the operators overnight to change his mind and cut the inenfase...
...There is every - indication now that this affair will be the biggest Succmee in the history •« local Bronx...
...They must be acojhtred at a reasonable—net swollen—valuation...
...that prisoners had been knifed, had their hands broken, or dragged, shackled, behind trucks...
...A lower wage scale U the anthracite regions moans social retrogression...
...I bad conferences with other members of President' Canes* cabinet and numberless talks with other labor men and...
...Let the anthracite consuming region raise ouch a stormy protest that even Mr,' Coolidge and bin Congress will have to listen...
...TIMELY TOPIC By Norman Thomas fl'T'S AN awful temptation every m * now and then to slip into the JF- class of tired radicals...
...organiseifcms of which the groups persnyhted in Italy are an international part—as...
...employers and government officials and with the rank and file of' workers la factories...
...It is the more impressive because the Amalgamated Is not sa A. F, of X...
...the mine leader** might have handled their case bettor tor public consumption, and they ought long ago to have pressed forward a real Scheme of aon-bureaucratle nationalisation...
...No fair men can approach this (question on tho basis et faith la any genuine concern on the part of the coal operators In the welfare ot tbeii employees or the consumers...
...State...
...In that act they reveal their hope that power of the union will bo sufficiently weakened to permit them to fprce upon it a lowtu wage scale...
...But It la ridiculous nonsens* to suppose that they have coerced the rank and file into enduring unwillingly the cold and hunger ot e protracted striker The miners are near enough reality to know that the operators are playing a' clever game to break> me power ot the union...
...They talk instead of the obstinate refusal ot the mine loaders to arbitrate, and Imply that tbs rank and file would bo glad to arbitrate...
...I land the labor movement there growing and educating with amaatng rapidity and under a steady, constructive leadsrship that never wanders from trade' union methods and objectives...
...SH 1 »»ri«»o>d afals mate M Jersey Socialists Signing Mines Petition FOLLOWING tfae uinif» of New...
...la Haw Y«t% Sl%b wW» Kvinfc ia Irish piUS...
...Stanley County Convict System...
...which they had been PJJ**1...
...be that our children didn't think wo ¦ were liars 1 when we told them that the sky was blue...
...BERGER HITS AT FASCISM Washington...
...have obtained and retain power, and has singled out for particular attack tbe.Treemasons, the Catholics, the Conservatives, the Liberals, the Socialists and the trade unionists...
...In favor of a fund to In3P*f* OJb' wages of the lower paid j^P**^ Thereupon the yearly meetlag ot the Nash employees requested the company to arrange with the Amalgamated Union tor a wags raise tor these less well paid employees...
...HI ROADS LEAD TO THE BRONX All reads have been desired for local Bronx's greet undertaking — the Annual Bail, Bazaar end Concert at Hunts Point Palace ail day Sunday, Jan.' St...
...Those factors are inherent In private ownership and operation of coal mines for profit...
...Vsiw>~Gitj', N...
...8. The Central Branch Will meet on Tuesday, Feb...
...In the .preamble of hi* resolution Berger asserts'that "the present Fascist regime la Italy has taken measures to outlaw, suppress and prosecute all groups within its borders that are not In agreement with the despotic policies and .Anarchistic methods by which the Fascist...
...xfl** then 1 came across two Arfets...
...The Lafgr'ilwvement itself, I began.to ,%r, was under the spell of some '•Sange impotence*, so far as condtfUcttve activity looking toward *l^better world was concerned...
...The operators propose to arbitrate men's wages, but not their own prafl£s...
...No wonder the miners suspect arbitration: - -> On the other hand, the operators sc far have refused absolutely to eonsldei an agreement fixing the present wag* scale for five years as at least a minimum for the' men...
...though exceeding thebrutality officially authorised, was yet permitted by State law to lash prisoners...
...We choke our lungs with coot'and coal gas, we are strangled by high prices, and between coughs we cheer tor~Coolidgp—CoOlidge who, back ta ofdoo...
...There are millions of Americans who are affiliated^ with the...
...the 'Fascist government" if Congress adopts a resolution offered by Congressman Victor L. Berger, Socialist...
...SEE NO MEXICAN CRISIS Washington, D. C WHILE I cannot discuss my findings in detail until after I have made my report to President Green, I can say that after careful study I find no reason for Americans to be disturbed about the situation m Mexico," said Santiago Tglesias, Spanish Language Secretary of the Pan-American Federation of Labor, today He has just returned from an extended trip through Mexico, where he visited leading industrial centers, as well as the capital city...
...Thus'that commonwealth must bear . its share of • responsibility/for the murder of the two*Negro prisoners that led to murder indictments against N.C Cranford, superintendent of the...
...Suhr, who kH served twelve years of his life sentence, aw mob be released on parole, mm 7ord Mi last September, and like aim oompTiton, mar be Immediately ax reeled on the aame charge from which Ford baa Just been freed—the murder of Deputy Sheriff Rlerdaa, who warn the second officer hilled ia-'fbe affray...
...The two men were origin* fly sentenced for ahe murder of District Attorney Haawen, though tbey were simply speakers and organisers sad were set ennnsraoi la the actual sneezes...
...If 'one of these non-union miners had kicked against^ conditions he would hay* Jost his own Job...
...Girls Draw $15 World While Western Union secretaries* >at^wos rtwy aJsf be secured fro* tke State-Setre* tary...
...They will accept an arbitrator appointed by Taft or Coolidge out ot their own class...
...r*e Coo/ Strifes Drag* On One ot the satisfactions of living in Nsw York City used to...
...fftt...
...union...
...The inveiitlgating committee of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare returned a report stating that there, bad- been hundred* of cases of flogging;, that men had been strung up by the heels and hands...
...Yet the only remedy the anthracite operators offer us today ia to get back as near...
...We meekly submit to'the discomfort and Inconvenience of our present situation and then pay outrageous prices for coke or soft coal...
Vol. 3 • January 1926 • No. 3
