THEMILITANT Weekly Organ of the Communist League of America (Opposition VOL II No. 22.
Telephone: DRYDock 1516 NEW YORK, Saturday, December 28, 1929 PRICE CENTS MARION KILLERS FREED Naval Conclave Acquit Deputies Who Murdered Six Strikers Miners of Illinois Sure to Crash Fought Big Odds Unemployment Grows with Business Decline Governor Passes Buck Again lessons are taken advantage of.
BULLETIN workers were guilty of any of the After being out for 22 hours, the charges made against them, they were jury returned with the verdict of Not found guilty. In the trial of the eight Guilty in the case of the eight deputy deputies, whom numerous witness provsheriffs who slew six textile strikers in ed to have fired the shots that murderThe London Naval Conference which is Marion, on October 2nd. The ed six workers on the picket line, the By Arne Swabeck to open next month in the British House decision of the court occasioned no class character of the court was demonof Lords has already encountered such particular surprised, particularly fol strated in another direction. Workers Despite the splendid fighting ability dishuge obstacles that there is every assurance lowing upon the convictions in the in court get nothing but perjured eviplayed, the Illinois miners strike is prac.
that the conference will collapse, without Gastonia cases and of the workers in dence, prejudiced courts and furies, tically over, broken up by the bruto force of any agreement being reached. The essence Marion. In the Gastonia and Marion convictions and imprisonment based Jailings, soldiers and machine guns mobiof the obstacles lies in the demands of workers cases, the class character of on frame ups. Bosses and their armed lized by the bosses government on the each of the five powers involved United the courts was adequately demonstrat thugs in court get broad handed imcommand of the coal operators and their States, Great Britain, Japan, France and ed. Despite the fact that in both trials munity from the worst crimes that they fellow capitalists. Acting in complete uniItaly for the strengthening of its own there was no proof presented that the commit.
son with them were their lickspittles who Daval power at the expense of its most keep themselves in control of the Unitcu immediate rival.
BURNSVILLE, The hand les Hutchins, Burnsville attorney retainMine Workers Union. The breakup we The preliminary conversations held be of God was called in to help the eight ed by the United Textile Workers, the Mamade so much easier because of the iso tween the Japanese delegation and Amer Marlon deputy sheriffs tried for the mur rion mill struggle was a class fight between lated basis of this strike, confined to a le!
ican representatives in Washington already der of six striking mill workers early in the rich and the poor, with the poor men localities, and by the utter lack of prepar gave promise of the hopelessness and the morning of Oct. 2, in closing appeals shot in the back to protect the rich men ations.
hypocrisy of all the solemn disarmament to the jury in this mountain village. mill. Jim Owens, mill bogsman, was depuWas Strike Mistake?
pledges of the various Imperialist robbers.
That was the only way defense at tized the morning of the massacre beJapan attempted to get the consent and To many workers the question will octorneys could explain how the deputles, cause he was the arch enemy of the union cur: Was this strike a mistake? To which support of the American imperialists for said to be battling in self defense, slaught in Marion. he said.
we must say: No a thousand times No.
the maintenance of its submarine strength ered six pickets while escaping themselves and an increase in the ratio for cruisers star witness in rebuttal for the For the Illinois miners which is also true unscathed, save for a scratch on one de union was Hicklin, Asheville reportfor the working class in general there to 70 percent of the strength of any other puty nose.
power. Thus far, the has refused to er, whose original testimony that he saw no other way out of the miserable condiThe tiny courtroom was crowded to deputies shooting strikers in the back was tions imposed upon them by the coal operagree to the Japanese proposals.
suffocation as union attorneys asked that a sensation of the trial. On the stand again, ators and the misleaders jointly, except France Wants Submarines the slayers, half of them mill paid, pay the he testified that Sheriff Adkins shouted to through struggle. The miners struck for Following right upon the heels of the price for their reckless fusillades into the his gunmen: For God sake, men, stop!
a chance to live. They fought courageously Don kill any more!
Their leaders showed no fear in this fight Japanese demands, comes a wrench thrown ranks of gassed, fleeing strikers. To Charinto the conference spokes by the bitter The experiences gained should mean one big step forward. They should be the basrivalry of France and Italy. The French THE MOONEY FRAME UP is to build on for the future. But it can have announced that their demands are not and cannot be based upon any proportions become so only provided the many great with other countries. Their intention is to First It showed clearer than ever be.
build irrespective of the strength of other SAN FRANSISCO Gov. Young, in fore the readiness of the government with powers and to base their land and naval armaments exclusively upon their own imreferring action on the Mooney case to the all its forces of coercion and suppression By HARVEY CONNOR perialist needs. Since they have a long coaststate pardon board, has caused a ghastly to come to the rescue of those who own NEW YORK. The spectre of delay. Editor Fremont Older of the San line facing England on tho one side, and and control the means of production and Mediterranean interests competed for by unemployment is assuming material form Fransisco Call Bulletin told a Federated to be pitted against the workers when they Italy, their demand is based essentially in New York as the Christmas holiday buy. Press correspondent Dec. 18. Older has fight for their vital needs. One more illumiing season comes to an end with trade reupon the maintenance of a big submarine written Gov. Young charging him with de. nating example of the fact that the governfleet, and parity with no one else in any ported at low levels and workers more ap liberately delaying Mooney freedom by his ment is owned and controlled by the capiother military or naval field.
prehensive than in years concerning Job latest act. It will take the pardon board talists and function in their interests only.
prospects after Jan.
until April to study the case, when the two In the meantime, to keep the pot of The miners, even those who did not dissension boiling, the Italians have again Heavy Business Decline labor men will have passed their 14th year participate in this strike, are not the least in prison.
in doubt that their conditions must be imcome forward to press their demand for Business leaders, whistling on the parity with France.
proved in order to make living possible.
Mussolint does not What is there to study. asked Older, front pages of the daily press to keep up deny the right of France to build accor that would take more than day time?
They have now seen once more, in the their courage and instill the Christmas ding to her needs. only he insiste upon cannot help feeling that delay wag your most glaring manner, that those officials of buying spirit into consumers, sing another Italy right to build to the point of parity motive in passing the case to the board.
the old union, who by fair means or foul, tune in their own press, Annalist, financial Then there could easily be more delays directly against any such possibility of imconstantly have themselves reelected, act with France, weekly of the New York Times, announces stretching Thieves Cannot Agree on beyond the troublesome that the decrease in November business month of August, 1930.
provements and do all in their power to Despite the big fuss made about the activity was the greatest for any one month defeat it. great hopes entertained for the cause of in the past 16 years. The decline for the The National Miners Union has proven peace at the conference, It is being re one month was The Index figure, in itself as the only miners organization THE REAL RISKS IN INDUSTRY luctantly acknowledged that the conference which 1925 18 represented by 100, was 95. which will fight for their needs regardless will find it impossible to do anything but of obstacles in the way. There will now be disagree. The French, according to infor with 108. 8, the peak in May.
mation given out by their Foreign Office, The Annalist figure by no means tells tionaries. The operators will long rememCHARLESTON, Va. More Geaths from will not find it possible to arrive at a soluthe whole story, as it represented business ber the serious scare they received, and tion which will sult both countries (1. e. conditions three weeks ago. Since then mine accidents occurred in the first 11 hasten more completely to affirm and upFrance and Italy) and also be acceptable New York department stores have been months of 1929 in West Virginia than in hold the wage cut, speed up contract they to the other participants in the London wringing their hands in anguish as shopthe same period the year before, according have concluded with their faithful servants pers flock through their aisles but fail to to the state department of mines. The killmeeting (New York Times, 12 22 1929. who keep themselves in office in the buy any but low priced articles. Hundreds ings to Dec. were 447 against 436. Most To corroborate this significant declaration, Blacklisting will likely be put into of the deaths were due to falls of roof and comes the statement from Washington, of saleswomen for the higher priced proeffect against the most active strikers in ducts have been laid off during the Christcoal and to haulage accidents. This means evidently inspired by the State Department, order to drive additional miners from the that so delicate are the prospects that mas season.
that the companies are economizing at the field and get rid of the militants. The minAmerican officials do not care to discuss Dr. Leo Wolman of the Amalgamated expense of the workers lives and that they ers will be told, often in terms of the Clothing Workers told Federated Press that are greedily speeding up the hauling apthem publicly prior to the London conferight to a job, to return to the old union rence.
production in the men clothing industry, paratus. Fatal gas explosions were fewer. and its leadership. But it would be the Just as in former years, the state The numerous forecasts of the conte an important factor in New York Industry, greatest mistake to rely in the least upon is under 1928. The spring season, department keeps on begging the mine own them.
rence made by the Imperlalists themselves, They have proved themselves too which gets under way in October in good ers to please put in adequate ventilation today at any rate, belle their previous prodefinitely the tools of the operators and the and to rock dust the mines to prevent exclamations of its success. The imperialist years, is barely under way now.
defenders of the capitalist system to ever In the women garment industry unplosions; to inspect thoroughly and intelpowers have no more intention of disarmseriously contemplate any fights for the permissible (safe)
ing than they have of turning power over employment is even worse. Many employ. ligently; to use only interests of the rank and file.
ers devoted more time to stock gambling blasting powder and to have foremen to the working class. The London conferenA Communist Scare Coming instruct the miners in safety methods, ce was called for the purpose of disarming than to business before the crash. Now There will be plenty of forces busy they are being forced to the wall. The the other fellow, but it appears that all endeavering to turn sentiment against the the other fellows refuse to disarm! The long skirt has also caused demoralization. NEW ORLEANS. Cases against Victor National Miners Union. But it should be collapse of the conference will only add to Women aro refusing to buy dresses in the Aronson and william Davids, organizers remembered that it always takes a bitter the enlightenment of those workers who new style in expected quantities and the for the Marine Workers League, have been struggle, and sometimes temporary defeats, gave a penny of confidence to the diplomatic entire trade is in contusion. All told, need. dismissed. They were arrested recently to build a real working class organization hl Jackers and their suave assurances. le workers are experiencing a bad season during an anti red hysteria Continued on Page at the end of the November as compared More Mine Deaths in Va. Increased attacks upon it from the reac