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LABOR (Connecticut) NEWS
Sports For Workers
(By C. L.
SAFETY CAR ENTER STATE FINALS
WIN A CLOSE GAME
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Raffile
Morrissey
Cassella -Krall
Galligan
Weston
Dube
Knipping
Lynch
.Mullen
Sheehey
McMahon
Fuhrer
Carrington
Ross
Gaygon
Michigan
Verzier ..
Two-base hits: Cassella, Krall,
Sacrifice hits: Knipping, Weston.
Double plays: Michigan to Carrington.
Safety Car had nothing to spare in
their game with Connecticut Light &
Power as the score, 4-3, in their favor
indicates. They got away to a fine
start and had a three run lead in the
first inning and this early accumula
tion of runs saved the day. Raffile,
the first man to face Michigan, hit
saieiy as aiu morrissey, wno iouowea
him, and when Ross fumbled Cassel
la's bunt, the bases were full. . Krall
singled and scored the first two bat
ters, but was himself out at second
following a-play on Cassella at third.
Galligan came' through with the
fourth hit of the inning, but after
Cassella scored he was picked off by
Gaigan attempting to ' make second.
Weston flied out to the catcher and
the inning was over. .
in tne visitors third inning ihee
hey singled off Lynch ,a hard drive
by Morrissey, and not another hit
was credited to them until the sixth
inning when Fuhrer singled. Both
these runners were left on bases and
it looked as if aneasy win for Safe
ty was on the books, more so as they
added another run to their total in
their half of the sixth. The seventh
'inning, however, saw the Waterbury
team its real self. Ross, first man up,
flied out to Knipping, but Laurencelle
hit safely and Gaigan scored him
with a two bagger. Michigan went
out Weston to Morrissey and Mullin
made the third out with a fly to Cas
sella. The visitors started off again
in the eighth, and for a while it
looked as if some team other than
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Sheehy, first man up, fouled out to
Knipping, but McMahon reached first
on a clean hit. A fielder's choice went
astray and Fuhrer landed on first,
advancing McMahon. Carrington
coaxed a walk out of Lynch and the
bases were filled and only one out.
Ross hit into short left field and an
apparently easy out went rolling
around the field, while the second and
third runs for the visitors went over
the plate. With two on and one out
it looked as if Waterbury would
come through, but Lynch struck out
Laurencelle and Gaigan hit to Raf
file for a force play at third. New
Haven in their half succeeded in get
ting a man on, Krall getting his third
hit of the day, but no runs resulted.
In the ninth Verzier batting for Mich
igan, poled out. a long fly to Cassella,
which he succeeded in getting under
for the first out. Mullen hit a hard
one to Galligan and a close play at
first was decided against the runner,
and Lynch wound up the game by
striking 'out Sheehey.
There was little to choose between
the teams, both played, brilliant ball
and Waterbury had one bad break
against them. McMahon in the sixth
HOW THE TEAMS SCORED IN THE INDUSTRIAL
TRACK MEET.
Win
chester. 100 Yd.
220 Yd.
440 Yd.
880 Yd.
Dash-
5
Dash 6
3
3
o
4
1
1
1
5
5
o
Run
Run...
5
5
5
Mile Run
Mile Relay
5
3
120 Yd. Hurdles 8
Run. High Jump 5
Run. Broad Jump 1
Stand. Broad Jimp 3
Shot Put o
Totals 48
3
1
INDIVIDUAL SCORERS.
Men's Events.
Sec.
First s.onds.Thirds.
Fitzsimmons, Win. 2 1 . o,
Petzol, Winchester! 2
Ttl.
Pts.
18
10
10
8
6
5
5
5
4
3
3
3
3
Marks, Geometric 1
Henry, Winchester- 1
La Flamme, Geom'c
Huer, Winchester 1
Sheehan, Geometric 1
Gruber, Seamless 1
Huber, Eng. & Mer.
Bence, A. & P. Co.
Trowbridge, E. M.S.
Dunn, Bereer Bros.
Speck, A. & P. C6.
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2
Wilson, Winchester. 1
San Marco, Greists- 1
Dwyer, W.. S. Gilb't 1
Tacinella, Geometric 1
Bullock, Geometric- 1
Hill, Winchesters . 1
Ferguson, E. M. S. 1
Totals
.10 10 " 10 90
HARDING)
Gaigan.
reached first on an error, and after
stealing second was hit by a stinging
drive Irom the bat of Fuhrer, which
knocked him down, and suspended
play for a while. He apparently was
not hurt seriously enough to stop his
playing, but he was automatically out,
and would have been scored by Car
rington's long fly which followed.
Waterbury, however ,are good losers,
and coupled with the fact they have
a good ball team, we hope to see
more of them in New Haven next
season.
FOURTH ANNUAL
INDUSTRIAL TRACK MEET
BETTER THAN EVER
Each year sees more entries to the
Industrial games, and an increase in
the number of spectators. Under the
direction of Peter Carney the 'events
were run off in good ; order, and the
majority of the events afforded keen
competition. It was generally sup
posed that Geometric would take pre
mier honors, and Eastern Machine
Screw follow them, but the dopesters
failed to look over the Winchester
entries. The Winchester team took
seven of the 10 individual events and
topped this off by winning the relay
scoring in all 48 points out of a pos
sible 99.
Harold Fitzsimmons with three
firsts and one third place, led with 18
points, with Petzol second in points
with two wins. In one event only
did Winchester's fail to get placed.
the last on the program, the shot put.
Geometric failed to get a man
placed in either the 880 yard run or
the shot put, but they scored in every
other event, Marks leading the club
with 10 points.
Sheehan again won the standing
broad jump in good fashion, but Fred
Dunn of Berger Bros, failed to take
the shot put this year, stepping aside
tor uruber ot beamless who threw 41
feet 3J4 inches.
Jim Bullock, the lanky first base
man of the Geometric,- finished third
in the low hurdles, but showed lack
of training, and the same- applies to
San Marco of Greists, who lost sec
ond place in the 440, at the tape when
his lack of condition told on him.
Petzol of Winchesters, , who took
the 880 yard and one mile, is a fine
runner, with a graceful stride, and
although the time was slow for both
events he could doubtless have bet
teredjt, had he been pushed any.
The staff of officials was very com
plete, and included many Yale officials
and coaches, in fact all the promin
ent local authorities on sport served
in some capacity or other even Bob
by Hatz, for no athletic event at
Yale is complete without Bob there
to do the announcing,
MEN'S EVENTS.
Geo. A&P Seam- Eng.& Berger W.S.Gil-
metric1. E.M.S. Co. less. Mer. Bros. Greists. bert.
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FOOTBALL.
East Haven with "Lolly" Leeper as
head coach are practicing twice week
ly and xpect to have a team in the
135 pound class that will be the equal
of any in the vicinity. They will play
the Davenports for their opening
game on Sept. 30. The Davenports,
who" last season were known as the
Quails, have a good reputation and
their two visits to East Haven last
season resulted in good clean games.
Mike O'Connor, who handled the
Williams A. C. last year, is busy re
constructing his team for the coming
season. Apparently dissatisfied with
the players that have appeared in the
Williams lineup from year to year,
he is now out to make up his team
of the younger local talent, which
seems to be a wise move.
Mike Healey of American Chain
worked on these lines last year and
was very successful, and with Fritz
Musante co-operating with him this
season, they will undoubtedly have
one of the best teams in New. Eng
land.
Mail Carriers
(Continued from Page One.)
tion city, Detroit received 1,481: Seat
tie, Wash., 707, and Kansas City, Mo.,
208 votes.
Members of the executive board
chosen were F. L. Douglas, New
i ork city; G. W. Haines, Allentown,
Pa.; J. N. Little, Brooklyn, N. Y.;
W. Maher, Omaha, Neb., and C. F.
Stinson, Bayonne, N. J., all of whom
except Mr. Little had served on the
board during the past .two years.
The former members of the com
mittee on constitution and laws were
re-elected with the exception of one,
his place being filled by J. F. Morgan
of .Nashville, Tenn. Other members
of the committee are D. F. Murray of
Kalamazoo, Mich., and D. R. Sullivan
of San Francisco.
L. E. Swatrz of Chicago. was nameJ
chief collector of the Mutual Benefit
Association with no competition, re
ceiving a total of 2,234 votes. B.
Curtin, Lynn, Mass.; J. T. Mahoney,
Buffalo, N. Y., and H. Schlagetter,
Cleveland, O., were elected members
of the board of trustees of the bene
fit association Alessrs. Curtin and
Mahoney have served on the board
for the past two years, as has also
the chief collector.
J. T. Mugavin of Cincinnati was
elected chief clerk of the National
Sick Benefit Association, with the fol
lowing board of directors to serve
with him: W. R. Beauvis, Detroit;
J. J. Scully, Pittsburgh, and W. H. R.
Woodrow, Baltimore, all of hom
were re-elected.
Delegates to the American Federa
tion of Labor convention named were
E. J. Cantwell, C. D. Duffy, E. J.
Gainor, J. T. Mugavin and L. E.
Swartz, all of whom are officers of
the association.
National Secretary Edward J. Cant
well will be the recipient -of a purse
of gold containing $2,500, in recogni
tion of his 25 years of loyal service
in that office, according to action
taken at the convention. lhe ack
nowledgment was. unanimously rec
ommended by a special committee ap
pointed earlier in the week. .
The sum of $1,000 was appropri
ated for the relief. of the victims of
the Japanese disaster.
A resolution was adopted amend
ing, the constitution whereby a per
capita tax of $2.50 per year, payable
June 30 and Dec. 31, to include a sub
scription to the Postal Record, was
adopted after a warm debate. Mem
bers nots subscribing to the Record
will be taxed $2.
JohnT. Mugavin, chief clerk of the
Sick Benefit Association, reported
that in the last two years $48,489.06
has been paid out in benefits, exceed
ing the income from premiums. The
surplus was reduced from $103,299.11
to $55,829.36. A 66 per cent, increase
in claims was reported.
The convention voted to increase
the monthly premiums by 10 cents,
thus, providing additional revenue to
talling approximately $46,000.
Assistant Secretary Finnan read
telegrams from the convention of
Postofnce Clerks, extending fraternal
greetings, and from the National Fed
eration of Postoffice Clerks, announc
ing a vote to seek salaries of $2,000,
$2,200 and $2,400, and salaries of $2,-
400 and $2,600 for special clerks.
A resolution to appropriate $2,000
from the association treasury to carry
on a membership campaign for the
Mutual Benefit Association was killed
after considerable debate.
A resolution to reduce interest on
liens against benefit association polic
ies to 32 and 4 per cent, was killed.
A Drooosal to oav is oer cent, of
the face value of a benefit association
policy to a member whose lien inter
est has wiped out his, equity was
adopted.
The action to present $2.;oo to Sec
retary Cantwell was taken in his ab
sence ,he havirfg left the convention
to return to his hotel because of a
slight illness. The motion was made
by Delegate D. F. Murray of Kala
mazoo. Lucien E. Bosworth of Orange,
Mass., during debate on a resolution
o improve working conditions of sub
stitutes, told the convention that he
had been a substitute for 19 years
and a regular carrier for six. -Under
the existing retirement regulations he
stated he was not deemed to have
served 20 years and was therefore in
eligible, although he had worked for
the postal department for a quarter
of a century.
The committee on group insurance
divided and reports were presented by
Roy Van Deurer and Mr. Swartz. The
matter was held over.
John J. Goodwin of Providence, a
former president, and Fay Trafton of
Cleveland, one of the early officials
of the association, addressed the dele
gates briefly. Both were cheered by
the "convention.
Would Have State Probe
All Industrial Accidents
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 15. State
investigation and prevention of indus
trial accidents and diseases is urged
by the Ohio State Federation of La
bor and Ohio organized employers.
At the request of these two bodies,
the last state legislature voted to
submit to a referendum a state
amendment which would provide for
an annual levy, not to exceed 1 per
cent, of he premiums paid by em
ployers into the state insurance fund
yearly, to be used by the state indus
trial commission for the investigation
and prevention of industrial accidents
and diseases.
For several years employers and
employed in this state have urged the
legislature to provide for the study of
accidents. It is now proposed to put
the cost on industry, and if the people
indorsethe plan funds will be avail
able each year without appealing to
the legislature.
STATE INDUSTRIAL
CHAMPIONSHIP
RESULTS TO DATE
Hartford, 6; Springfield, 2.
Bridgeport, 7; Hartford, 1. '
New Haven, 4; Waterbury, 3.
Final Game.
Saturday, Sept. 15 Bridgeport vs.
New Haven, at Bridgeport. v
Soviet Strikes
(Continued from Page One.)
they exist at this time.
"4. Seizure of all labor unions,
th rough a process of boring from
within them, and utilizing them as a
strategic instrument in fulfillment of
their revolutionary designs upon or
ganized and constitutional govern
ment. "5. Invasion of the United Mine
Workers of America, with the ouster
of its present officials and leaders and
the substitution of a leadership of
Communists, that it may be used' as
an instrumentality for seizing the
other labor unions of America and
for eventually taking possession of
the country.
"6.A well organized movement i
being promoted within the Big .Four
railroad brotherhoods and 16 railroad
trade unions to amalgamate all rail
workers into one departmentalized
industrial union, controlled by a single
leader of Communist principles and
affiliations and owing allegiance to
the Communist organization.
"7. Seizure of the American Fed
eration of Labor, with the ouster of
its officials, and, through such seiz
ure, gaining control of its affiliated
units and trade unions.
"8. Conversion of all trade crafts
unions into single units of workers
within an industry, known as 'indus
trial unions,' with co-ordination un
der a super-soviet union owing allegi
ance to and accepting the mandates
of the Communist International and
its subsidiary, the Red Trade Union
International of Moscow.
"9. Through conquest and subjuga
tion of the labor unions and conver
sion and mobilization of farmers and
other related groups, the overthrow
of existing institutions and the crea
tion of a condition similar to that
which now prevails in Russia."
. Has 200 Locals.
The article charges that a vast net
work of agencies for the dissemina
tion of Communist propaganda exists
in the United States. This system, il
is said, is a veritable octopus of in
terlocking directorates, with 200 local
organizations, 45 national ones, and a
membership that runs the social scale
of the continent.
The names of William Z. Foster,
professed radical; Alexander Howat,
deposed head of mine workers in
Kansasi J. B. McLachlan, ousted
leader of the recent strike in Nova
Scotia, and Roger Baldwin, executive
secretary of the American Civil Lib
erties Union, figure prominently
throughout the alleged expose.
American subsidiaries of the Mos
cow government are charged with
having fomented the steel strike ol
1919 and the switchmen's strike' of
1020, and with having aided in lining
up railroad shop craft and soft coal
miners for the prolonged struggle of
last year,-in an attempt to obtain pos
session of the unions during the strike
and making them instruments for the
furtherance of the Moscow program.
The Herrin massacre, of non-union
miners -last year was blamed by auth
ors of the articles upon groups ot
Communist bodies centered at Chi
cago. Bombings, dynamitings, rioting
and sabotage which marked the two
big strikes last year also were laid
at the door of the Reds.
Aim at Revolution.
The American Civil Liberties
Union, it was charged, provided legal
talent and money to obtain the re
lease of persons arrested for or pre
vented from delivering seditious
speeches. The league was challenged
to show where it ever espoused the
cause of a person who was 'not di
rectly active in Communist circles.
All these activities, in which it is
said upward of 6,000 leaders and 1,-
000,000 adherents and sympathizers in
the United States and Canada were
involved, were aimed at the one big
purpose revolution and communism
said the miners -heads.
"The seizure of this union is being
attempted as the first step in the
realization of a thoroughly organized
program of the agencies and forces
behind the Communist International
at Moscow for the conquest of the
American continent" continues the
article.
'The overthrew and destruction of
this government, with the establish
ment of an absolute and arbitrary dic
tatorship and the elimination of all
forms of popular voice in governmen
tal affairs, is being attempted on a
more gigantic scale, with more reso
lute purpose and with more design
than at any time in the history of this
nation.
522,919 ALIENS IN
LAST FISCAL YEAR
CAME H AMERICA
Nearly 50 Per Cent. Increase Over
Previous Year Germans
Head List.
The number of aliens admitted per
manently into the United States in
the last fiscal year increased by 213,
363, or approximately 50 per cent, as
compared with the preceding year,
statistics made public by the Bureau
of Immigration, Department of La
bor, show.
The total number of persons com
ing to this country was , 1,002,406,
made up of 522,919 aliens, 150,487 non
immigrant aliens admitted temporar
ily, 308,471 citizens of the United
States, and 20,619 aliens who were
debarred.
In the fiscal year, 471.187 persons
sailed from American ports, including
81,450 immigrant aliens and 119,136
non-immigrant aliens. Within the
six months' period ending June 30,
1923, there was a total movement to
the United States of 450,831 persons,
of whom 51,187 were immigrants,- and
11,652 debarred aliens, and a total de
parture of 205,885, of which 26,311
were emigrant aliens.
Admitted during the preceding fis
cal year were 309,556 immigrants and
122,949 non-immigrant aliens, showing
an increase of 213,363 permanently ad
mitted during the fiscal year recent
ly ended.
Summed up, 240,901 more immi-
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grants and non-immigrants were ad
mitted in -the last fiscal year than in
the preceding year, while there were
I34.798 fewer departures.
Occupations given by the 522,919
aliens admitted were varied. A total
of 106,213 were classified as skilled
workers. Common laborers and those
classified under micellaneous number
ed 208,579. Professional numbered
16,542, while a total of 191,585, in
cluding women and children, gave no
occupation, 3,661 were deported. Of
those debarred, 1,661 were deported,
8,239 were excluded as likely to be
come public charges, 1,409 as contract
laborers, 2,095 as unable to read, 955
because of diseases, and 2,680 as ex
ceeding the- quota law. Of those de
ported, 188 were sent away as likely
to become publk; charges, 304 as crim
inals and 13 as anarchists.
The largest number of aliens were
Germans, 65,543. Others in large num
bers were Mexicans, 62,709; English,
60,524; Hebrews, 40,719; South Ital
ians, 39,226; Scandinavians, 37,630;
Irish, 30,386; Polish, 13,210.
New York was given as the future
permanent residence by the 130,142
immigrants. Texas came second as
the choice of selection with 45,198;
Massachusetts, third, with 41,602; and
California, 30,003 Illinois, Michigan
and Pennsylvania were selected as
residences by. more than 35,000. -
"SAFETY FIRST" WORK
LOWERS ACCIDENT COSTS
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Olympia, Wash., Sept. 15. In a
bulletin issued by the state depart
ment of labor and industries it is
shown that "safety first" activity re
duces the hazards of industry and
lowers workmen's compensation cost.
In 1922 the amount paid out in ac
cident claims totaled $2,278,923. This
is a saving of $307,6sg.6i, or 13I2 per
cent., over 1920.
"In addition to the direct saving of
$307,654.61," says the bulletin, "the
industries and workmen of the state
had the benefit of active employment
which this achievement in accident
prevention work made possible."
STEEL MEN SATISFIED.
New York, Sept. 15. The local
press says Judge Gary has declared
his company is meeting with little or
no opposition from employes be
cause of the eight-hour day.
A few months ago, Judge Gary was
assuring the public that his employes
wanted to work 12 hours a day and
that this was one of the principal rea
sons why a change could not be made.
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