TROOPS LOOSEN TERROR ON MARION STRIKERS
Troops Loosen Tefror On Marion Strikers Walker Pays City Funds For Strikebreaking Strikers Jailed By The Score Troops Block Highways, Suppress Liberties—Two Mills Tied Up...
...eratie, to something worse than a lea...
...The strike is predicted to be a short one...
...Thus the defense has had 168 such challenges...
...w*PJl country and what Justice...
...Waldman of "partly financing the fight for increased fare, of paying for a fake company union, for seven cent fare propaganda and for strike-breaking activities...
...industrial serf...
...Mrs...
...But because the Southern hill faneare have been exploied tor year* by tts great plantation owners of the Shssk > as wen as by mercantile policy of tts North it does not follow that they sunt continue to be exploited forever...
...La^Jsras,,';;: J *-R...
...RWfO Corner Loci wood sod Praspeet asvnesz, Corner Intervals and WUkins avenues...
...Big eesamaaatons are gobbling up the small one...
...Merger apoa merger Is taking place...
...Revised figures of the amount raised to cash and pledges at the dinMr held on August 27 at Buffalo, at which Clarence O, Senior, national Mcretary of the Socialist party, Brings the total collected up to $676, Instead ef the 6400 which had been previously announced...
...Ordinarily, the total amount received varies from $200 to $600 per day...
...10 William A. Hyde 11 R. J. McOewan...
...J SChas...
...Even toe South is awakening from its slumber...
...I Westmoreland Samuel R. Angel t Co...
...Collections made after the dinner by Celia Rottot, of New Terk, who spent several says canvassing Socialists in Buffalo for pledges and contributions, brought up the total...
...1 Miss B. VareelllBo 9 Or...
...Total Is Now Near $20,000 Mark Hoan, Hillquit, Panken, Senior to Make Public Appeals in Various Cities WITH three more weeks to go to reach the 150,000 goal of the United Socialist Drive, andic&tons that the drive enters its most intensive period, with the party officials of almost 1,000 branches throughout the country working harmoniously to insure its success by October 1, are reflected in the steady stream of contributions which continue to pour into the national drive headquarters, at 23 East 16th street, New Tork City...
...Baldwin - Feitz Dicks Stir Trouble ' MARION...
...I Mrs...
...The proceeds will jo to the drive...
...s yet when I read of the triumph * <be Oraf Zeppelin, of the daily *l*w1ea of airplanes over problems * esrlal navigation and the steady of chemical industry In in**Msg mean* of destruction, I am ¦wated to feel that a naval confery h°w Is like a conference of hskhts on the strength of armor and ¦* *bn of swords after gunpowder SSs uinnted...
...ass "ktyaL" However, the mm threatens (a reopen with scab* soon...
...J. Hodges...
...LaOuerdia to nraaiag^ai the stass ttoaat with Ceaadart sattaBsaS that Ohastos Ivans Baghts endar^aBB* UOvrtU repudiate* ta advance aay...
...Boys had even their pocket knives taken away...
...Judge Townsend, who presided over the negotiations aa Gov...
...By the way, one of the mills was recently insured for big money, I *m told Is spite ef troop* aad scab* from the Mk who have not yet been educated to tea, Issues the lines ef the strikers bold...
...wtlnasa Booth, j.so D. J. Maaarola...
...Over 700 were promptly assigned to picket duty, the effect of which was felt for the first time Thursday morning in the garment zone...
...MacDonald •profoundly right: "Disarmament *** srsV follow only on successful r** »«e*otiatlong...
...His reference to "fighting tt alone" was taken to express his disappointment that the union movie crafts did not come to equity* aid by a sympathetic strike...
...No one who witnessed our extraordinary meetings out there can feel otherwise...
...About $2,000 of the 34,000 set as Massachusetts' quota will be raised by OctoBter 1st After spending several days conferring with Socialists In the New England states, and visiting Socialist party locals In New York state and Pennsylvania, Senior will be the guest of the Washington, D. C, local of the Socialist party, at a dinner to be held on September BOth...
...Let us speed on Its growth...
...AH show a great confidence and affection for Hoffman, and even mothers of famines *ay that even If they are evicted they with to continue the fight to reinstate the 23 unionist* fired and get 55 hour* for the same pay aa 60...
...Of that amount, $500 was contributed by R. J. Voorhis, of San Dimes, Cel., who had pledged that amount shortly after the drive started...
...America Is to the meat advanced stage of capitalist development...
...Tbh Is the spuit that win win, bat tbt situation illustrates again the necessity of central machinery in the A F. of L for' relief, atrike strategy and legal defease...
...All that Is necessary is the crystallizatlon of the resentment to the ranks of oar people...
...s'taava^ *M tot of h ooaeldsr...
...Gardner, a striker living in the tent colony, reports her children were told they were dirty and rough, and would have to go home and get some decent clothes on before they could come to school...
...The army ef unemployed Is growing...
...Because the prospective Juror said that evidence could convince him that the textile organizers and striken were innocent Barnhill was willing te pass him...
...At present the CtochfteM mm is running the day shift with bosses claiming over 600 out of 1,000 workers '?loyal...
...John Docrflar .. I John Hanblom . 4 Bdward L. B H. Hollenkaek MeCocmb...
...The worker-farmer Jury, now completed, which will hear the Oastools ease was axade possible by toe antiquated North Carolina system of granting 12 peremptory challenges for each defendant in a capital case...
...It was announced that no ndividual settlements will be made, save with certain embroidery manufacturers, it being the purpose of the union to drive non-union employers nto their respective associations, with whom the union will make collective agreements at the conclusion of the strike...
...Mayor Hoan aad Clarence Senior will be among the guests...
...It is an kssssst gain for peace and goodwill jpttesssste arrangements were made jar the evacuation of the Rhlneland...
...Corner SSth street sad Lexington avenue and Comer 180th street and KXSt...
...tar toaatosesfato for Mayet...
...As usual in thto country of "free" atot "prosperous" weaker* the troop* aad tbt courts have been called en to break tat," strike In Marion...
...This same judge a few days ago made a ruling permitting peaceful picketing...
...10 J. B. R. Bowae...
...Support also came from a hundred ears full of labor leaders from other parts ef the state, who brought food and encourtsjement to the labor day mass meettog...
...Corner zznd street and Mermaid avenue, Corner 42nd street and 13th avenue, and Corner Kings Highway and East i«th street...
...Xaarfel could speak with equal constant sad equal approval of some of seek* iBowden's speechea I think ea fjjeenlen wss right in demanding a ktgar share of German payments EX etantry- Although the sums j^aiiterr stwohrad were not large aer tecssae a symbol, and an imMttat symbol, to the English, it pi was for England to cut loose *jta the leading strings - of French aktsaacy- Moreover the general regat st the Hague was good...
...With the I.R.T...
...1 A. C. Kraons...
...On Sunday, Bepember 8, aa excuia4oar*will be laid, vhioh will be attended by many Hew fork Social 1st* On Saturday, ¦opember 14, a state picnic will be held tt Newark, with Mayor Hoan as the jrincipal speaker...
...The strikers* morale la unbroken...
...Whi^e martial law wss not formally declared it was strictly enforced against unionists...
...Olawe...
...Lewis is in charge of the arrangements, and reports that indications are that a large gathering will be on band to greet Hoan and Senior...
...There is a good deal of popular misconception as to what payment this $5,886,342.30 check represents...
...Moot of them are working people, and they have all they can do to bear their share of the burden, without imposing upon them the duty of bearing the burden which others have an equal obligation to carry...
...The first disagreement arose over Judge BarnhlU qualifying a venireman who would not grant the presumption of innocence to the defendants which the law Is supposed to grant to all brought before the bar...
...We I know every little thing will be used against us—and we certainly wouldnt do a thing nke that" Hoffman points sat that the anil task out over $2,000,000 of dynamite insurance just before the strike was called...
...Only the generally accepted lax dealing* of the Walker administration when it comes to the expenditure of public moneys justified the mayor's publicity agents In making the fuss it doee about the receipt of the five milliondollar check...
...pail laaanTT...
...s John H. Plsher...
...Not only has ear capitalist class a strangle-hotd upon our own people, but it is the bulwark ef capitoltom throughout toe world...
...employees...
...The same eetnaua, the gsi uristo eg 'Philadelphia win have at their guest, Morris HlUqnlt, Numerous organisations in Philadelphia have promised to help maka the dinner successful if HlllauB could arrange to be psassnt, Jssapfa Schwartz, secretary of the Philadelphia organisation, to ta oharge of arrangements...
...10 Ray W. Cham- R. T. Sawyer...
...10 ben...
...ta , £. W. WUUetaa...
...There is general indignation at state assistance to mill owners disregarding state labor laws...
...7,000 Strike In Fight On Sweat Shops Embroiderers, Hemstitch' ers, Pleaters and Tuckers in Inspiring Walkout COMPLETE paralysis of the embroidery, hemstitching, pleating and' tucking trades resulted Wednesday following a walkout of 7,000 strikers affiliated with the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union...
...Mayor Walker has agreed to wipe off the books over eight million dollars of ttds amount...
...Bast Trfariw niffl 1* closed down entirely...
...These are typical items which went to make up the total of over fourteen million dollars...
...00 O. A. RedeU...
...Snowden lest ts the heat of debate should have fined Bsrr Streseman's argugtpts ca Rhlneland costs taken from fkewasrra own campaign addresses BjBffy by saying that there was a ssjaassea between spsacfaes made atema staa waa out of power and in jptar sad adding, aor^ttag to the saw York Times...
...ji That dd, famous and able Southern paper, the News aad Courier of Charleston, S. O, has been discussing Southern labor problems to an editorial which we Northerners in the labor movement would do well to ponder and try to understand...
...To defense protests, he has answered that counsel should put it in their record that the defendants are atheists and communists If they expect to have prejudiced veniremen excluded from the Jury...
...Opportunity is at ear door...
...The balance that day came in amounts ranging from $1, contributed by workers who expressed their regrets that their economic condition prevented them from m.n-wg- larger contributions, to $100, contributed by Dr...
...813,000 paid for general legal expenses, inolodrng aa amount for propaganda...
...The rich have prosperity...
...I u S. H. Stuart .. . I Jo««wb RosenO. Blasar...
...In addition to raising money for the $50,000 chive, Cleveland Socialists win formally launch their local campaign...
...10 P. K. Pair...
...The management say they cant give more...
...i Prank Inatnsa .. l.K Ben Hamilton .. .50 H. P. Boeekel...
...10 Jobs C. Lawaon...
...1 Ells M. Richards 1 Vernon B Carter 5 l...
...Troops Loosen Tefror On Marion Strikers Walker Pays City Funds For Strikebreaking Strikers Jailed By The Score Troops Block Highways, Suppress Liberties—Two Mills Tied Up Despite Violence Bv a New Leader Correspondent) MARION, N. C—Suspension Of constitutional rights aad sweeping violations of civil liberties marked the strikes against the cotton mills near Marion after the bosses bad broken off negotiations sponsored by Gov...
...navies are an enor**|*»d wasteful expense...
...It is expected that some of these will be hdd between September 33 and 38, when no affaire have been scheduled as yet At the Cincinnati dinner, Bodsltsts expect to have Norman Thomas present...
...Corner Sfith street and Broadway...
...Jeering sad shouting till the Jail sounded like a boilershop...
...Tea minion dollars mpiismtof Wm Harry Sinclair almost stayed out of BB But though It was put In for a six months It couldn't be kept to 1^ has been riding around WB*U4™» with the prison doctor...
...EngMsh Labor has already achieved what American Labor must achieve...
...ic W. C. Branch Its s Mai Roaanbaum...
...4 DstBei ute Hope I confess that I cannot look at my ess children and think of their future wdsaut having arise in my heart new saa fervent hope for the success of *» naval negotiations which Mac•hstld and Hoover are carrying on...
...It certainly diacrttaS*** against the farmers but at that probably better than anything R ?»rtff Uakerers are likely to give ^?*se«^h** tti fanny tdd* •ad the tAsto sbbsb...
...10 »*ri...
...If possible, something on account ot accumulated back navment*' Equity Will Return To Fray in Hollywood "We fought a good fight in Hollywood for eleven weeks and we fought it alone...
...The strike call was responded to promptly at ten am and the strikers marched in good order, in shop units, to Bryant Hall...
...Tight like cat* and dogs...
...The right to enforce a minimsB national labor code would be an eaa> mous help...
...The aeesttlaed Hoover wave of prosperity has not materlsilsed...
...The total sum in dispute, $14,107,373.42, represented withdrawals the Interborough has made from revenue which, under contract 3, was the property of both the city and the company...
...Their wages are being reduced...
...4 committee of mothers in the National Textile Workers Union ranks is going with the Young Pioneers to protect...
...Reading matter is passed freely to the defendants, sad Robert Allen has his 5-year-old girl on his knee most of one session...
...Election Stunt Seen Mr...
...Hilda David Ruatnew . m Davidow...
...We will do our best in the next two months to bring these facts home...
...Among them are Cincinnati, 8t Louis, Rochester, Newark, and several aouthem dties...
...There are still several thousand who I am sure can give, and who, I am also sure, have the welfare of our movement at heart who have not responded...
...Mattresses were thrown out of windows and a door broken down...
...to _SeVilasTBQae...
...However he granted exceptions so that the point could be argued out in the event the defense exhausted its peremptory challenges...
...The ensue* is some dynamltta...
...Although on receiving the Interborough's check for $5,886,342.30 the Mayor solemnized the occasion by asking, Who could say no?' the cold fact remains that the city is paying unwarranted and outrageously high tribute...
...II 11.30 John H. Joaselyn 1 H. Alpern...
...The union has agreed to modify these charges...
...So said President Frank Oulmore of Actors Equity Association upon his return to the union's national headquarters from the talkie capital...
...U Alaart C. Miller...
...Mr...
...Naval ••bios tend to promote the Jealous¦laat lead to war...
...Perhaps most important in the new working agreement is the provision fox ending of home-work No employers are to send any neckties out to be finished by home- workers...
...5 Mr...
...a Kataan- Xtlah D Orr...
...The immediate pretext for bringing in the troops was a minor explosion in the mill worked by scabs and a skirmish taking place between the scabs and the unionists...
...Jobbers sad contractors, was signed by Acting President David Dubtnsky sad Vice President Harry Green berg...
...MacDonald Steesry euestion frankly sad falrenonnmittedbis country to eomW^L skitrstioa of uaaetUod quosJaTfjt recognised tba aacasalty of ¦"¦J, gttftuds toward tba nations of *^iaat sT psacs Is to bo pisasi fed...
...10 wait...
...10 tor...
...Investment trusts are ruling toe stoaaee of the country with aa iron hand...
...Comer Pennsylvania avenue and Sutter avenues, Corner Mth street sad Bay Parkway...
...The remaining prisoners insisted on staying and getting food aad shelter st the county's Far from scaring the strikers, the presence of troops heightened their spirits...
...That ia a big sum of money for the city to gtve away, even' of the taxpayers' money, aad nobody has ever accused Mayor Walksr of too tight a flat with the city's money...
...U August Xber ____ j Charles W. Rleker I Hugh Matehett...
...The defense had to exercise a peremptory challenge to keej this man who already believed the defendants guilty, off the Jury...
...Louis Waldman, for reaching the present satisfactory agreement Mooney and Billings Outdoor Mass Meetings Friday...
...Now it la true that farm labor ret- . erally and Southern farmers especially have been exploited by the national tariff policies and by the concentration of capital In New York...
...Strikers marched to Bryant Hall, Strike headquarters, aad were registered for various strike duties...
...I Hubbard...
...so laon C. Hood...
...The union also teds greatly Indebted to our counsel, Mr...
...a Joa A. Theeaas .. | Sol Chonln...
...and Mrs...
...I Henry Clay r. Morgan...
...When defense attorneys countered' that a man who would allow such considerations to sway him as to murder guilt is by that token incapable of being a fair Juror, Judge Barnhill just grinned and said: "Why should I take that into consideration when you still have so many peremptory challenges left...
...The action of the employers' association In withdrawing their demand for a wage cut has averted what would have been a costly strike to both workers and employers...
...The Emergency Committee for Striker**' Relief Is still appealing for help...
...The next day, Socialists ef Boston, led by Alfred Baker Lewis, will hold a dinner, the proceeds of which will' go to the drive...
...Bye re, a j striker-defendant, reports that when her daughter, age 10, went to school | the first day after the raid on the ' tent colony, the teacher asked her if she was a sister of the "man who murdered Chief Aderholt" The child was told to go home—"such people as you aren't wanted to, this school...
...The explosion in the mill did minor damage to the cheapest of several machines in one of the workrooms...
...10 Mrs...
...It Is true that this Is the background, to no small extent of the situation in the Southern - cotton nulls...
...I a D. Washburn...
...They outlined the union warfare against sweatshop conditions and declared that the strike will not be settled until the sweatshop is abolished...
...Local strikers, when asked about it, answer with flashing eyes: "Do we took like we had no sense at an...
...The only way of saving for the city large sums of moneys such as It gave in this instance to the I.R.T...
...to Austin Van Oar J. H. Lea...
...No chains, no separation...
...Hoffman says 600 of the Clinchfleld workers are union mamhtri, only 400 loyal: if there are any more working, they aye exuafae scabs, or wires sad daughter* called In in emergency...
...I AadtrseV^rrS iJ rSUsTsana^SBO lE&ftSS?: \ 1 SS- 1 InSS^ i o. p. Teal...
...I Abr...
...This will drive a death-blow at the threatened development of sweat-shop conditions...
...North and South, sat only effective unionization, can fight to* - stretch-out system, long hours and ban wages...
...BROOKLYN Corner Havameyer and South 4th streets, Corner Tompkins and Sumner avenues...
...r/*5The settlement to a great victory for the union...
...to to terminate this iniquitous partnership with it a proceeding the Mayor does not seem, In the least to contemplate...
...1 aaa in power...
...Nothin' else but...
...DoeSe...
...Judge Barnhill has been quoted to the effect that the system is absurd...
...The unearned wealth of American capitalists Is being seat abroad for greater profits...
...A committee of liberals are working with the Socialists to make plans for a reception to Thomas...
...Netotodt reports that arrangements are proceeding satlt factorfly, and that Bohliiaejii will stand begb in the fiat of dues malting large atmtributions to) the United Sootohst artve...
...Not a wheal turned, nor did a maikiiii is it ill s mm lint to Jacob Halpern, International Vice President, who waa elated by the response to the general strike call...
...Another far-reachlng change will be the abolition of the practice of contracting out work...
...Give generously to the United Socialist Drive...
...accumulated back payments out of the way, and its present earnings being ta excess of Its current annual pre*erentiala, the balance « the LRT.'s profits should go to the eltj to pay the current Interest on its Investment and...
...In spite of many compromises made by the strikers the company refused to guarantee ¦ non-discrimination to unionists...
...I Charles Oun8. V. Allen...
...100 Prank ounstead...
...The Labor Day week-end, which the managers of the drive thought would be the weakest in the receipt of contributions and pledges, furnished an interesting surprise, more than $1,000 in cash, and as much in pledges, having come to to the drive headquarters during the three days that they thought would be the poorest...
...Ah know him...
...to fighting the city, and Is sharing the expenses of the company's anti-labor policies and its fake company union...
...8 Neckwear Union Wins Demands Wage Cut Defeated, Strike Is Averted—Home Work To Be Ended THE possibility of a strike of 4,000 makers of neckties in the New Tork City market disappeared Thursday when the Neckwear Manufacturers' Association notified the United Neckwear Makers' Union that it had accepted the union's demand for a renewal of the wage and working conditions agreement which expired on September 1st...
...ajee*anrs speech on his return home, jeaiilSiTr bis way of describing his itfiflstlnns with the Prime Minister af Bebrhim ss intermediary, was ta fa ssst tone of labor statesmanship...
...While scabs and company men possessing passes issued by the mill management were not interfered with by the troopers, others were searched for weapons...
...f, W. Benin...
...H. Gilford, of Omaha, Nebraska...
...S Rutherlord...
...1143,664.59 paid to Pres...
...t-M P»to* 1 a^sST:: it w. w tohaiea . t BwrtBa Oreighlo* 10 _Hs*ms.5...
...2 ioajtod responsibility ia PeleaaUdrr fas restoration of order aad _ Jiuaiil sa inquiry lata tba conJijglTef^future peace...
...t nlnsham...
...Some of the manufacturers have been paying extra for these operations...
...And those were the sentiments of the majority of strikers...
...Corner Graham avenue and Varet street, Corner Pitkin avenue and .Bristol street, Corner Ralph and Sutter avenues...
...t* _Chamberlain .. 10 Jacob a Petcftky It W- W. Altaway .. 3 Miss A. B. W. H. Pltl...
...Fuchs said yesterday...
...The mother of K. XT...
...On the horizon Is a powerful Socialist movement in the United States...
...I hope 1hat shsagth, even that obetinacy, will be gad for the protection of peace and fat huerest of the workers in arItsgiiiiisli covering the international ehak which so easily may be made aaessnhe ef political intrigue or capasset satamion Lest this sound Bkuwaie 1st ms hasten to add that it *m American insistence on debt payBests which my at the bottom of the Ctesskt at The Hague and the trouBh which stIH will rise in working sat the Toung Plan, and that tt is the tewer end favored position of America ahaace which may make the bank tee agent of international capitalism saa though our government nexniaeey stands aloof...
...Tight how," X gueried...
...Well fight it out" a cherubic, curryheaded girl assured me...
...Efleo- • Uve uruonlsation...
...S. P...
...Textile mills were befitto raise the economic level -af the ptari white...
...to itself all the current profits, but site to pay off to itself the accumulated preferential* which aaaaunt to tens of millions of dollar* To date, the city hai not yet received aay of its current Interest payments, nor any of tts accumulated back payments which amount to a little over $100,000,000...
...Prosperity there to, bat easy for the few...
...The union a fuOy satisfied with the result of the negotiations,'' Mr...
...I BdwardIWT * * Bdward Beurtrj...
...t John Rcits...
...io W. C. Branch eat aa J. J. Httchan .. i H»*»r^SeT...
...t W. W. Passat...
...s Lao L. Rockwell l.fro Joseph Seld...
...The local union charges the Job was done to bring the troops to the mill...
...Mlnton...
...t Peter Poiiraes l idney Philip...
...help fPOta Obcrtos Evans Hugbat kg^ cause Mr...
...The following day the Socialists of Richmond, Va_, will turn out to greet Senior...
...The one that balled out Hoffman came tearing into the jail a few minutes after the arrest waving $50,000 worth of deed* and shouting, "You have to let this boy out sight away...
...A mass meeting of strikers was held Wednesday afternoon at Bryant Hail at which Vice President Halpern Edward P. McGrady, legislative agent of the American Federation of Labor Riesel and Leon Hattab, manager of Embroiderers' Union Local 86, were the principal speakers...
...Clara Selaerman...
...Lawyers friendly to the strikers referred to the decision by the Secretary of War Good who condemned the use of Federal equipment by troops strikebreaking in Elizabethton...
...Troops had been stationed for two weeks a mile from the Clinchfleld mill village as constant threat to the strikers...
...The next day, September 33, Pittsburgh Socialists Win give Senior a reception and raise their quota for the United Socialist Drive...
...Present pay for a weaver, one of the best jobs, Is about 814 a week...
...The Interborough had no right to appropriate these funds...
...have in recent years increased to such s point that not only bat it been able to pa...
...Fuchs predicted that a contract would be signed within 34 hours...
...S _»*eig ........^ t Gee p. Camlasa I Hsrmaa C W. Btudd ____ 1 Sifrrrberg...
...At this point the mttaj Courier's remark* about the Potass* psychology look to me like a melsostesfc Illustration of the bitter truth of Bess* T. Washington's remark that you ^'J11*]" keep a man down In the gutter ™"** getting down into the gutter en wB.JB him yourself...
...We were on the verge of success when an untoward incident (Ethel Barrymore's defection) occurred which caused us to feel that it wss better to retire temporarily, but only temporarily...
...Louis Sableff at J**- Macdonald . M Hugo a Sat van...
...t Albert Oasnier...
...In several instances union leaders were not allowed to proceed on their business and their cars turned back...
...where ba sskhusawl s number- af afasBrntoaaBigs-iB '""fat* at the British lahsr party during the recent rempelgn Dr...
...Frank HedTey aad Supt Doyle, ta addition to their regular swollen salaries, for patent fees...
...Waldman also denounced the Walker administration for failing to take steps to collect I.R.T...
...toughee to the L st t. towyer ta the seven cent far east...
...Despite the extreme heat they displayed a cheerful spirit and waited patiently in line to register and to be assigned to strike duties...
...Without having legal evktence oat way or other, it seems to me rather more lately that agent* of the bosses eea get dynamite and use it for fraate-up pay...
...Tbe present tariff isn't what r*a*t to be...
...SI W. B. McNineh...
...10 berlaln...
...It is a pre-election stunt for which the people of the city have been forced to pay the sum of $8,237,530.29...
...TJntermyer can aay that he ia entirely satisfied with the arrangement by which the city pays over more than eight millions for expenditures it never authorized...
...a Jugo-Slav Pad- Sarah V»loT?ck ! J T. J. Brown...
...Meanwhile I rejoice in the action et...
...Mayor Gives I.R.T.Giftof $8,000,000 Higher Fare Fight, Company Union, StrikeS mashing Costs Shouldered by the City MAYOR WALKER'S settlement of New York city's $14,107,J7S.42 claim against the Interborough Rapid Transit Company for $6,291,118.34 was subjected to a vigorous attack by the Socialist Party when Louis Waldman, chairman of the party's Committee on Public Affairs, issued a statement denouncing the settlement as paying the I.R.T...
...Judge Barnhill has also consistently refused to disqualify veniremen who say they would be more likely to convict the defendants because of their lack of religion or because they held communistic views...
...Lawyers too, although not so unobetrusively...
...t Cafp Xden sr J. C. Watson Brovnsrinytas 1.31 and wlfa...
...were taken in violation of its contract with the city, the Socialist leader held...
...Where the Money Went "The $14,107,378.42 which the Interborough high-handedly appropriated from (he joint income funds included such items as $740,912 for legal aad incidental expenses la the company's fight for a higher fare...
...Dammon, counsel for the manufacturers, and other members of the association, tackled the problems that were before us and which for a time threatened to bring on a rupture of oontraetural relations...
...S Jugo-Stav Br...
...In spite of that he ordered troops to the mills two days later...
...An insistent agitation has been begun for reforming criminal statutes to cut down the number of challenges permitted in a mass trial...
...S Henry N. Daniels 10 J. C. Bddy...
...10 to...
...Their oars are being reclaimed...
...noses than can the poor mill workers...
...nevertheless I do not think Mr...
...If not toned eat of business, he is facing bankruptcy...
...In return for its dropping of it* demand for a 38 per cent wage cut the union has agreed to partial modification of charges for extra work done after the tie hat been completed...
...Opportunity Knocks At Our Door By Jacob Panken OPPOBTUWITY is knocking at the aeor...
...P. Michael* » Oao...
...Hope of peaceful settlement of the strike vanished several days ago when the Clinchfleld management abruptly broke up negotiations...
...His arrest followed the dash when the soldier* sought to prevent striker* from moving a scab's furniture oat to the highway...
...Their stock periods are increased...
...Mayor Daniel W. Hoan, ef Milwaukee, who win be on.his way to New York to attend the meeting of the national executive committee, will be the guest of the Cleveland Socialists and progressives...
...toe*?* term*, show* an aavsrtwt III III to annlhfratr the anion row* and branch...
...It"** *bls point of view every S**"s of disarmament means someJBgjjven though standing alone in xP*Bi of airplanes and poison gas 2**°et drastic naval disarmament of itself guarantee peace...
...10 Frank W. Boylar in R. J. PownaU...
...Workers On the Jury In Gastonia Leisurely Way of Conducting Trial Brings Demand For Changes in Procedure CHARIXTTTE, N. C—(FF)—Labor defendants win never again get such an appearance of fairness ss has been characterized the trial, so far, of the Geatoada strikers and organizers...
...io Atoe Wat...
...The mill In East Marlon is planning to open its plant with military protection...
...Mlnnl* W. Michael Koefler...
...Theeaas Urges Speed-ep A statement showing the quota set for each state, and the amount raised by August 28, has been furnished to every branch and local secretary, accompanied by a request that if they find that their state to tossing behind they organise their forces to raise the necessary amount...
...Active party officials in Pittsburgh expect to raise $1,000 for BBSB^toSJBB?^ "* U-Ji OO^ffvnd*H to*B*ltta^rfwh«re Dr...
...What a aloe jab tarn would make of H If they should both bt elected...
...Senior Filling Dates On Sunday evening, September IS, the members of the national executive committee will be the guests of the New York City Socialists at a Banquet to be hdd at the Park View Palace, 110th street and Fifth avenue...
...t f»rl n»ak.taoo...
...S C. H. Jtouati...
...snathst leaders ought ta mean what any sty when they seek ease*, and if aay easngs thatr rntads ft ought ta k) ekhsr becsnsa of Baw aght or be¦ ante they lack, puaai to carry out ¦IsaaTnt tear stisiigth...
...disarmament hfhes successful peace negotiations S**e possible than they are Under gfrT system...
...The first union gains were confirmed reports that ten of the largest non-union pleating and tucking establishments made applications to join the Pleaters' and Tuckers' Association which embraces* the union employers in the field These erstwhile non-union shops employ several hundred workers...
...They explained the other union demands which include the 40 hour, five day week, substantial wage increases and the creation of impartial machinery, with the public represented, for policing the industry...
...10 W. B. Annon____ 10 z. D. Baker...
...May they be as successful as their brother* the COoakmakers...
...In addition to the contributions previously reported in the New Leader, the following were received until a week ago: Betty I...
...Ji Mayar Rosens- Daniel Jeb...
...M737d-S7 spent In fighting aad breaking the 1926 strike...
...It win not be fair to those who have already contributed, and who want their money to count, if we conclude the drive far short ef our goal...
...On the contrary, the uses to which this money was put were directly opposed to the city's transit policies...
...That we shall ultimately succeed cannot possibly be doubted...
...It is five or tea minutes before the attendants can shoo them out...
...Fred D. Warren, the fighting editor of the old Appeal to Reason...
...a P...
...Meanwhile Hoffman b out on ball of $500 on a charge of "upsetting the authority and dignity of the state of North Carolina" and "feloniously and willfully, with fun knowledge...
...Jurors chew the whole time they are being questioned by the court...
...For S»*ke not only of the goodwill that a?* to Peace but for the immediate tSjJSjsl advantage of the United 2*Js this is no time for a higher S*1 Tbe most we can hope from S»quabble in the Senate ia that the 2LI?rtff bm w111 be defeated altoW...
...Evictions Are Planned Encouraged by the presence of troops, the Clinchfleld company is planning to evict hundreds of strikers from the company houses...
...State militia from several parts of the state, some with Gastonia experience, dispersed pickets, blocked highways leading to the mill villages and interfered with free speech...
...I Oscar O. Simpson 9 Lilly Miller...
...925,000 paid for the Services of Ivy Leo, pubUefty mao...
...270,000 spent on establishing and keeping up a fake company union, known as the Interborough Brotherhood, which is despised and laughed at by the ULT...
...1 Morris Kunln...
...W. P. Anonymous...
...St Jamas J. SplllaBe 10 J. R Kittle...
...They say they bare laid off the night shift anyway because of slack times...
...But the companycontrolled soldier* have forcibly prevented aB picketing...
...The ChTtnnfleld bosses boast that their loyal workers, given the choice between the 16 aad 80-hour week, chose the latter...
...The hill that has followed the lntruducttao of troops and bayonets to Marian h fun of foreboding...
...10 Dr...
...He declared 2sW «°r reduction of armaments -atpaiartsd proerrees on nssrotiations SL" tte United States...
...It will probably be one of the largest gatherings of New York City Socialists in recent years...
...Mary Raskin t T. A. Walworth . i William Ault A I. C. Ruby...
...s v. Poaner...
...It will be a tragic CV ** the workers ot the South and the ear**' ere generally if they are prtventod, B , struggling for these things by s awrtt* racial prejudice which make* a man QSBj< penaate for long hours, low wag** SsBd poor food for himself and hto caller* by the satisfaction ot being whito TbB» Is no conceivable solution of the illiBjiafa i1 raclal problem...
...Mortgagee on their home* are being foreclosed...
...North or South, wtoes B#v slits that Negroes must be eotuuto* Ml certain kinds of labor and contlnu* m exist as the serfs of a slightly svaaprivileged class of white wcrkets •**» themselves are scarcely better off ttsg...
...N. C. PP...
...O. Psadtea...
...In addition to these affaire, which have already been arranged for, ether dties are making their plane to take part In the drive by holding meetings aad dinner* to aid the drive...
...The workers are awakening...
...While the trouble affected only the Clinchfleld mills, the authorities took it upon themselves also to send troops to the neighboring East Marion mill where a peaceful, 100% strike had been on for two months...
...Hoffman intend* to force a showdown on their right to do «o...
...The selection of the Jury, even so, has been marked by frequent clashes between defense counsel and the judge...
...Gardner's representative, blamed mill officials for breaking negotiations...
...It is a myth to fact...
...aad the Subway Sun, for services in pnipagaisililng for a higher fare...
...X °- Ouertac...
...lajoa strike...
...The beat prospective Juror— dismissed, alas, for cause,—was the one from Gaston County who said be couldn't give the state a fair trial because he "was raised up with one of the officers who attacked the colony...
...unwarranted and outrageously high tribute...
...I must urge every party secretary to not only continue his or her efforts during September, but to intensify them so that our goal may be reached by October 1st" Norman Thomas, chairman of the drive, declares in an appeal which has been sent to 1,000 party officials...
...jT tora^aiea j. ' Tril 1* " ^mrnm%9tu...
...l BaaaaQ 3. Hsiter a L P Tebbe : J Benjamin • Fred Jnhna...
...t* Louis A. Arnold...
...The Seem doee not object to a union but it objects to a closed shop, which probably means that it will object to the collective bargaining without which no union is worth much...
...It was $3,000,000,000 in capital •gainst approximately 3,000 actors, most of whom -live from hand to mouth," Olllmore explained...
...the conventions of various classes ot postal workers ta demanding adequate" pensions and a 44-hour week...
...He will appear on the picket line and win consult with union leaders in the conduct of the strike...
...1 1 Itad V. Truhlar 18 mrth Btddle...
...1 Sam Hoffman...
...Cleveland win come next with a tinner to be held on Friday evening, September 18, at the Win ton Hotel frank Manning, campaign manager, who Is in charge of the arrangements reports a city-wide interest in the affair, and that many progressive organisation* will have delegations attend the dinner...
...e-*aa unfortunate that Mr...
...The news vendor-juror convulsed the court by answering, when the Judge asked him if ha would be guided by the law: "Shuah...
...The News and Courier 1* commrat.rr on some remarks of mine concerning plantation peychdogy and racial discrimination in the South...
...The* employers' association, according to Louis Puchs, manager of the union, has abandoned its demands (or a It per cent wage cut which the union from the first stubbornly refused to consider...
...These extra operations included the sewing on of labels, the adding of fancy frills, etc...
...Waldman charged that laxneas on part of Mayor Walker in falling to apply to the courts to prevent the I.R.T.s misuse of the joint funds was in part responsible for the loss to the city...
...September Mth at I'M pas...
...By foregoing claims to $8,257,530 ¦pent by the Interborough out of Joint revenue funds belonging to the city and the company, the Mayor and his administration were accused by Mr...
...Under the new agreement, the union will have won important gains for the workers and the industry as a whole...
...Darner netfa street and Fifth avenue...
...If it attempts to move seats into the 200 unionists' houses, the the stsusslon may become very acute...
...It pointed out that the padrone system of exploitation has crept Into the trade, the ultimatum, seeking a series of-conferences to October...
...Bat Ttrktto dia aad Coudert sacaain buddlet oa tke same ticket...
...A complete check-up of the funds that have been collected so far will not be possible, Marx Lewis, director of the drive, announced until several hundred branches and locals that have collected money for the drive make their remittances and return the subscription lists that they have kept in circulation...
...Blumen- t. X. Ron...
...end for many years one of the leadens n the American Socialist movemewt, Mbs?w£f*^^ k)*aW*ta eapect to false a SBbstsay iai sunt far the drive, of 'sgjlili IbsE vill receive a share for their local ictivftiea...
...But the Cross mill, the third In the neighborhood, employing only 200 workers finds it profitable to pay almost double the Clinchfleld wage*, and charge only 10 cent* a room a week for rent...
...Use of federal equipment by state troopers engaged in strikebreaking met with bitter criticism...
...Br...
...H Ernest Curtis...
...I A. Loawentnal .. 3 Marcos Hardtln...
...H douarters Frank pekU...
...Walker Regime Lax "Under the settlement, the city contributed towards paying the items indicated to the extent of $5,000,000...
...4 Brothar...
...I Paul H. Ooutlas...
...10 A. Allan...
...Inciting, aiding and abetting, setting afoot and comforting, riot...
...1 Jacob Blaufarb .. 100 Preeland Penney...
...It was a myth when conceited...
...The fflnchfloV* company has already given 27 mi tin 1st families three days' noties to get out But Hoffman hopes to prevent eviction* both to Clinchfleld end Bast Marian by Injunction of Judge MacBaa of Burnsvtne...
...Friday Good Pay Last Friday was the banner day in ! the amount received at the drive headquarters, the total for the day being in excess of $1,000...
...And that the accident in the opening roost occurred on the cheapest sjaehme, and was an inside job, at a time when the ywin fenced in anyway with barbed wire, was ander careful natch...
...e»ssj to Worse !fLr¦pi*f• j P« course in the long run tariffs S? * bearing on world peace...
...We look to them te help us Insure the success of our drive...
...Waldman's statement follows: "Mayor Walker's settlement with the Interborough Rapid Transit is being exploited as a pre-election publicity stunt...
...Over 600 of the 640 markers are members of the union—only thirty f ami...
...Nicholas avenue...
...and must pay five million dollars to get back $9,000,000, to every cant of which the dty was, in aay event entitled...
...If the worst comet to the worst friendly farmers have offered land and help to build barracks...
...Referring to back payments, Mr...
...1 sir...
...In other words, it Is paying over one-third of the expense- in maintaining the company union, is paying the huge legal fees and expenses of the LR.T...
...Union officials set up settlement headquarters at the Hotel Continental, with Nathan Riesel, chairman, ind Z. L. Fvedman, Secretary, in -harge...
...If the people of the city were really acquainted with the facts of the transaction, hundreds of thousands of voters would say 'No' with a mighty shout...
...35 J. J- Pettoo...
...v~Uielee* navies aren't completely ~» °* date...
...Curtis...
...1,000 To Socialist Drive In Single Day...
...Condition* may be bad but they" are better than the condition of first workers who have been right along exploited by Northern policies...
...All that we need is organization...
...I:* violation of the law limiting worki::hours to 80 a week, the local millslaved their workers for 65 hours a week and more...
...One Hsasered Socialist Party, T. P. S. L. sad Trade Data Sfiisifs MANHATTAN Rutgers Square, SheridJan Square, Corner 9th street and Avanus 7. Corner 7th Street and 2nd avenue...
...as Prank stuhUnaa...
...O. Max Gardner...
...N. C agetaat leag hours, the stretch-out system sad low, wages...
...The Judge frequently avails himself unobetrusively of the spittoon behind the bench...
...i Dr...
...Weed...
...All contributions are to be mailed to Norman Thomas, national drive chairman, 23 East 16th street, or B. C. Vlsdeck, treasurer, 175 East Broadway...
...Certainly these naval lljywBtita do not touch the most "hjstuus forms of modern war, ****» o< warfare that can be quickly aJBturlsed by any nation possessed * agones and a chemical industry...
...Una generally collected toed and seat tt" to their striking comrades ta trucks...
...lo Fred and Marl* Joseph O. Hodgson...
...10 Stevens...
...10 V^ Ralaman, M.D...
...The Old North State press win see to it that that can never happen again...
...An ultimatum has been seat by the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union to employers of 15,000 children's dressmakers that the sweatshop in that industry must go...
...When complaints are brought before the military commander he In turn passes the buck to the county sheriff...
...With both the Clinchfleld and Bast Marlon mill companies, threatentag ertetton of unionists, the hardest part of the strike may be yet to come...
...McGrady was assigned by William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor, to strike luty in the present strike...
...10 Johnston...
...Thousands of Socialists and progressives who were written to during August, when" the drive got under way, but who were at summer resorts, are returning to their homes where the appeal signed by Norman Thomas, national chairman of the drive, awaits them...
...Mrs...
...M Carolyn Cigsnleh 1 Xndrew Rdwarda a W. C. Branch st I Franklin Smith . I Anna a Wain- D. Kaelsay...
...This does not include collections being made within Socialist party branches and locals throughout the country...
...e stein...
...I Ml...
...Social^ late and progressives should be solidly' behind them Certainly wt art solidly behind the encouraging strike in New York City of the Embroiderer* and Floaters against sweat shop conditions...
...For "plantation psychology complicated with race feeling," aay* tto) - News-Courier, "our poor white people *B'' fight . . . now as they did In 1881 to' 1888...
...The people of the country are waiting for our message...
...Detective* CsJsed Df inset In ¦ This dynamite, which has served the boesee' imigiii so weB, was pis wed...
...It is estimated, however, that over $3,000 have been collected and not reported to the headquarters...
...TIMELY TOP1CS By Norman Thomas ***S|fft constructively bis positioe * _?«tny questions rrf vital laoporSs s» work) peace...
...it Nr...
...To state these fine fen-1 eSsanmaistai is not to solve all probV ia a magnificent begin^ ef wkich Socialiste have a spessjkt to be proud...
...Strikes to the North, in the West, to the East...
...eently scant ot the unions in North Cere...
...10 to...
...charge of arrangements, the guest of aBatef^yflf to^&imiF^*^ from Bng'tnd...
...back payments which, he said total over $100,000,000...
...If that estimate is correct, the total amount raised so far is close to $20,000...
...Corner Claremcpt Parkway and Washington avenues, and Corner Bumslde and Walton avenues...
...The fund that is now being raised is the medium through which the Socialist message will be brought to the American people...
...10 Chaa...
...Tardily he corrected that error...
...Hoffmann and a number of others were released on bail offered by friendly farmers...
...t 8. T. Swarts____ 10 R. J. Balnrlchs...
...The South win fight apparently s by insistence on state rights, which **- ' plies, we suppose, to state right* agate* a national labor union as well at against the federal government...
...Judge N. A. Townsend who was sent by the governor to take charge of the situation, shifts all responsibility to the military officer in charge...
...P. Xauehu...
...These evils, however, o*anot be cured by s state right* program Only s national program of farm relief and tariff reform will be effective to eon evils for which a national program or . possibly a lack of a national program was originaUy responsible...
...S Bat...
...Two affairs win be held by the New rersey Socialists...
...Let as bring it to them...
...Xb *efusing farther aewtOatiam, the eoenp.njrs gar* as one excuse that Alfred e<ma^org*rusetloa, test Uaited Textile rnittag^aad texrcrxettion of loyal workex*.'* t**jrsaeatttBg wee also seed as aa excsee ts rail troop*, east has been need •a publicity in other parte of the state ta sash* strikers and unions unpopular...
...Louis Waldman, counsel for the union, and head of the committee which carried on the organization's negotiations for a new agreement, will meet today with Milton Dammon, counsel for the employers' association, to draw up a final agreement Mr...
...The tndepeeaOence ef the small business man is a thing of the pas...
...The uses to which they were put were never approved by the city, one of the partners in the contract...
...A complete list of all contributors, arranged alphabetically, will be published st the conclusion of the drive...
...J . Morgan...
...The batb*fl* has (topped that for • whito^ hasn't stopped other favors...
...He had been allowing the prosecutors to challenge for cause all those who would not convict on circumstantial evidence— without forcing them to write into the record that they have nothing but circumstantial evidence...
...waldman said: "The earnings of the I.R.T...
...Yes, if* funny bat tt yea as* ta New York instead of en Mar* tbh sort of Bohtics, Republican aad Deaja...
...In the meantime, lists are being compiled ae rapidly es possible...
...i Brnaat Weleeh...
...P. Blachof U .Backus...
...0 Henry Kioto...
...If the truth be told, it It a very unbusinesslike administration which permits a so-called partnership with the company to continue whereby the dty, in addition to its original investment must pay annually about $10,000,000 out ot its budget while the company Is mating huge profits...
...1 w. c. Branch 3*e is J. Rubin...
...Warren Chicago Speaker The first of the banquets to be held in the larger cities will be held on Sunday evening, September 8, at Chicago...
...and Mrs...
...Finally he LfcLa, tat the relation of tariffs to sasav sad spoke eloquently of the 1-7ef economic cooperation among aesstioB...
...The funds spent by the I.R.T...
...according to HetTsmnn, by Burns sad B*ldwin-Fdtz detective sgeoeles, last as it was in the ¦ttasbsthasa, Tsnn...
...t a Son...
...220,000 charged for 'welfare" expenses, of which) $115,000 was paid to E E Vreeland, director...
...The "Jailbirds" took the arrests lightly...
...We want to express our appreciation of the et meet new with which Mr...
...Alfred Hoffmann, in charge of the strike for the United Textile Workers, wss arrested with nearly a hundred others, charged with aiding and abetting rebellion against the state...
...The mm hat already raised strikers' rent from so easts to $4 a week for a four room house...
...i Bdward a Herbat I William H. Daly 1 Lavlnla L. Dock...
...The Judge evidently was unaware that he had not been applying toe same rule to the state...
...Before and after court, the defendants hold a reception, talking with their friends, lawyers sad reporters...
...The workers are la worse condition than they have been for twenty years...
...During the remaining three weeks of the drive, efforts of the drive managers will be directed towards following up leads that have been received from various party officials in different cities as to who ought to be approached for substantial contributions to the fund, in circularizing about 20,000 Socialists and sympathizers who have not been reached as yet, and in making adequate preparations for the series of dinners to be held In various parts of the country at which members of the national executive committee and other pprominent Socialists will appeal for subscriptions to toe drive fund while organizing the Socialists in those cities for more effective work...
...Come along now, hurry up, come on," they ¦«ay cheerfully...
...It say* in sutottnet, yes, there It a plantation psychology but it is a psychology of all the white* against all the Negroes...
...Waldman asserted that had it not been for the intervention at Samuel Untermyar, Mayor ¦Talker would have penal Und aa even not even Jtr...
...The communication sent to the manufacturers' association aad to independent manufacturers...
...Naturally when the bosses offer 85 hours with reduced pay...
...Of the other 78 jailed at the same time, an except 11 are out Sympathetic farmers have poured in over the week-end to ban them out...
...B. 3. SHlis...
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