The Connecticut labor news., July 05, 1924, Page Six, Image 6

About The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925

Image provided by: Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT

                
Six .
LABOR (Connecticut) NEWS
CUBAN WORKERS WIN STRIKE TO
COMPEL EMPLOYERS TO KEEP WORD
By International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C. July 4. Cuban
railroad workers have won their strike
against the administration of the roads
for fulfillment of contract. The vic
tory is announced in a cablegram ad
dressed to the Pan-American Federa
tion of Labor, as follows :
"Strike brought to a successful end
Cuban railroad workers feel grateful
for vour action in our behalf. Extend
our greetings to American workers.
"Otero, Herrera, Tamayo, Arevalo."
Two months ago the railroad work
ers of Cuba went on strike, demand
ing certain readjustments in condi
tions and wages. After a struggle the
strike was settled and an agreement
entered into. About a month ago the
railroads violated the agreement,
whereupon- the strike was renewed for
the sole purpose of enforcing the
i agreement already signed by the roads.
In vioalting the agreement with the
workers the roads sought to strike a
blow at the unions which, if success
ful, would have resulted in destruction
of the organizations and restoration of
old anti-union conditions. The Cuban
railroad workers, for the first time or
ganized in a national federation, ap
plied to the Pan-American Federation
of Labor for support and assistance.
Labor s Buying Guide
ACCOUNTANTS
nod Business School, Inc., 9 West Main
BANKS
The Puritan Trust Company. V .
Meriden National Bank, 59 East Mam
St.
Home National Bank. ,
Meriden Saving Bank, The,
BUILDERS
H. Walea Line Co., The.
BUSINESS SCHOOL
Peqmod Business School, Meridea.
CONTRACTORS
L. Sari Contraction Co., The. 91 State St.
DRESS GOODS
The N. Y. Dress Goods Store, 25 Col-
,: ony St.,' - '
MEATS AND GROCERIES
Palace Market, 82 East Main St.
MIMEOGRAPHING
Peqnod Business School, Inc., 9 Wert Main
St. . "
, OPTICIANS
D. W. Parke, Room 304, Hall & Lewis
Msf'Sugarman, 22 W. Main St. -WATCHMAKER
AND JEWELER
Langner & Hayek, 32 West Main St.
DIAMONDS
WATCHES
LANGNER & HAYEK
SPECIALIST 1
Watchmaker & Jeweler
32 WEST MAIN STREET
Meriden, Conn.
Tel 1277.
The
H. Wales Lines Co.
BUILDERS
Meriden. Conn.
Est. 1864.
The New York
Dress Goods Store
The Stove of Large Sales
and Small Profits.
25 Colony Street,
MERIDEN, CONN.
"Th. Oldest Bank in Meriden"
CHECKING ACCOUNTS
SAVING ACCOUNTS
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
Meriden National
Bank
59 EAST MAIN STREET
Meriden's Most Popular
Woman's Store
THE CHERNIACK CO.
Furs and Women's
Apparel.
PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS
MERIDEN
As the most practical method of meet
ing the situation and complying with
the wishes of the Cuban railroad work
ers, the Pan-American Federation of
Labor addressed the following tele
gram to President Alfredo Zayas, at
Havana, Cuba :
"We have followed with deep inter
est the critical situation resulting in
Cuba from railroad strike and we
earnestly hope that before crisis as
sumes major proportions your gov
ernment will use its good offices to
obtain an amicable and just settlement
between railroad management and
striking workers. The Pan-American
Federation of Labor supports the Cu
ban workers in their defense of their
right to organize and bargain collec
tively and we earnestly hope the Cuban
government will protect that right.
"The following day the Cuban rail
road workers assembled in mass meet
ing, cabled appreciation of this ac
tion, stating that the government had
immediately interceded. - On the fol
lowing day complete victory for the
workers was announced in a cable
gram signed by the four executives of
the Cuban railroad organizations, ad
dressed to the Pan-American Federa-
tion of Labor.
"HELP DEVELOP MERIDEN"
We have loaned to the people of
Meriden over a third of a million dol
lars in real estate mortgages.
Deposit yotr money in our Savings
Department at 4 and make it possi
ble for us to continue this policy of
assisting home builders in Meriden.
Commercial, Savings, and Trust De
partments 2 on checking account
balances of over $1000.
The Puritan Trust Co.
Meriden's Bank of Friendly Service
C E. Schunack, Pres.
W. S. Alexander, Treas. .
L. D. Dossin, Assti Treasurer.
LENA LANGREHR
The Needlecraft
18 WEST MAIN STREET
Meriden, Conn.
Yarns, ' Needlework S applies,
Gift Novelties
THR LITTLE BROWN SHOP
, Walnut Beach,
i Milford, Connecticut.
Established 37 Years.
Our GRADUATES SUCCEED
IT PAYS TO
Prepare at PEQUOD
C. Z. Swisher, M. A., Superintendent.
P. P. Freeman, B. C. S., Manager.
M. S. SUGARMAN
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST
22 W. Main Street
Eyes examined and glasses fitted in
a most expert and painstaking method.
Special Lenses ground on the prem
ises. 25 YEARS IN MERIDEN.
D. W. PARKE
Optometrist
Successor to Walter M. Davis and
H. A. Hunter
Phone I860
Room 394, Hall & Lewi Bid?.
MERIDEN,
CONNECTICUT
Home National
Bank
MERIDEN
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
INVESTMENTS.
THE
MERIDEN SAVINGS
BANK
63 EAST MAIN STREET
Accounts May Be Opened and
Deposits Made By Mail
Resources, $10,000,000.
xm wt
AS THE WORKER
SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest of Important
Events of the Week, Here
and Abroad.
Nationalist-Labor coalition wins ma
jority over Smuts government in South
African election.
Mayor and city treasurer of Long
Beach, N. Y., convicted of grand lar
ceny and misuse of city funds.
Body of murdered Italian deputy
burdied in secret by Facisti ; Facisti
leader arreestd in connection with
case.
French deputies vote confidence in
Premier Herriot's declarttion of policy.
Duncan MacDonald of Illinois and
William Bouck;. of Washington head
ticket nominated by St. Paul "Communist-dominated
convention."
No wage reduction will be accepted
by miners, President Lewis of United
Mine Workers declares.
United Cloth Hat and Cap Makers
of Norths America opens credit union
in New York City.
Lynn A. Gale, convicted on war
time charges, released from Leaven
worth penitentiary on home parole.
Three railroad workers die as trains
collide near Adairsville, Ga.
Senator Maenus Johnson wins
Farmer-Labor nomination in Minne
sota primaries.
Prison system in Pennsylvania one
of worst in country, says prison ex
pert appointed by Gov. Pinchot.
Tire companies reduce prices.
Premiers of Great Britain and
France to call Allied conference on
Dawes pain July 16.
Canada announces
she has recog-
nized Soviet Russia.
Hoisting engineers and , bricklayers
on 12 buildings in New York City re
fuse to work with non-union iron
workers.
Control of Erie railroad reported in
hands of Van Sweringens of Cleve
land. Six workers killed, eight hurt in
oil explosion on vessel tied at JtSrook
lyn, N. Y., pier.
Samuel Gorftpers and labor delega
tion present labor's political demands
to resolutions committee' of Demo
cratic convention.
Gasoline prices reduced in various
parts of country.
Storm sweeping tipper Mississippi
Valley kills four.
Lieut. Russell Jl. Maughan flies from
New York to San Francisco in 21
hours, 48H minutes.
Forty thousand men's clothing work
ers strike in New York City.
United States sues 50 big oil com
panies under Sherman law as conspir
ing to gain gasoline monopoly.
Texas state prison board investi
gates charges of cruelty at state farm
prison.
Sicms of renewed buvme seen in
"-O - - .
iron and steel.
Great Britain approves Ireland send
ing ambassador to United States
MIDDLETOWN
CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS
The Barton Clothing Co., 388-390 Main St
DRUGGISTS
The Woodward Drug Co., 648 Mah
PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS
The Woedward Drug Co., 648 Main St.
SHOES AND RUBBER GOODS
L Goldstein & Son. 564 Main St. ' ,
WOODWARD DRUG CO
JACOB ANENBERG, Prop.
. 648 Main St
The Reliable Pharmacists.
CLEAN PURE MEDICINES
Year Prescription Solicited.
Quality and Price.
I. GOLDSTEIN & SON
Shoes & Rubber Goods
Catering to the public for 15 yean
tsves proof of our square dealing.
GIVE US A TRY.
564 Main St
MIDDLETOWN, CONN.
THE BARTON
CLOTHING CO.
JUST
GOOD CLOTHING
FURNISHINGS
HATS
388-390 Main St.,
MIDDLETOWN, CONN.
E.R.X
corey
J&gisteredX
i Optometrist
I MIDDLETOWN I
STRUGGLE IN RUHR
OVER 8-HOUR DAY
BRINGS DEEP SCARS
Berlin, July 4, The eight hour day, al
though abandoned in actual practice, was
never surrendered finally and irretriev
ably by the men. When the Ruhr miners
were compelled to accept the eight-hour
shift and the nine or ten hour day they
stipulated that the agreement should lapse
on May 1 this year. The magnates, no
doubt thinking that it would be as easy
to renew it as it had been to enforce it,
made this apparently slight concession.
But when May 1 arrived the men down
in the mines stopped work at the end of
the seventh hour and those above ground
at the end of the 8th. After some fu
t:le negotiations and threats of a general
siriKe trie magnates retaliated by pro
claiming a lock-out of all who would not
agree to work an eight-hour shift. The
lock-out began on May 5. There was com
plete solidarity among the men. Every
mine in the Ruhr was idle.
That they should have held out . for
nearly four weeks astonished the Ger
man public; indeed, even now it is dif
ficult to understand how it was possible.
The men never received a penny of strike
pay. What little money their unions
had and what little was contributed by
friendly unions was spent on food, which
was distributed at relief stations.
Sympathy with the miners was wide
spread a most unusual thing in Ger
many. Many middle-class families in the
Ruhr admitted miners' children to their 1
tables for a daily meal. A number of I
charitable organizations, including Bri
tish and American Quakers, helped to re
lieve the worst distress. Considerable
sums were subscribed by the Russian
trade unions, and these were used to set
up forty or fifty soup kitchens in various
parts of the Ruhr.
But even all this unprecedented char
ity was utterly inadequate, for the num
ber of men locked out approached half
a million. Symptoms of extreme dis
tress and starvation soon began to show
themselves. The children in the streets
began to look as pale and wretched as
they used to in the days of the blockade.
I have visited a. number of miners'
homes near Essen. The misery and des
titution that were crowded in bare, nar
row rooms was altogether horrifying.
A plate of vegetable soup from one of
the public kitchens and a little milk from
the Quakers was the daily meal of in
numerable men, women and children.
Some of the families I have visited
have sold all they possessed so as to buy
a little extra food, and now they live in
tenements 'bare of everything
even of a bedstead, the parents and chil
dren sleeping on rags and straw. One
little child had died overnight when the
mother lifted the piece of soiled rag
cloth with which it was covered it seem
ed just like a heap of skin and bone.
No words . could describe the intense
hatred felt for the small groups of in
dustrial magnates who caused the lock
out to be proclaimed. The spirit of pas
sive resistance, so strong a year ago, has
vanished completely. One miner after
another told me that he would willingly
work for the French if they agreed to
the seven-hour shift.
Hostility toward the German Govern
ment is very great. Berlin is frequently
referred to as "das Auslano," as though
it were a toreign town. 1 he men, are
fully conscious that the issue is vital, and
that whatever they lose will be lost to
all German labor. Some take an even
wider view and say : "This struggle for
the eight-hour day is a struggle for the
Washington Convention, which will re
main meaningless as long as Germany
does not sign it."
The magnates also realize the signif
icance of the conflict. The gist of al
they said about it, and of all that has
been written about it in their press, is
"This must be the final decisive blow
now or never is the time to break the
power ot the trade unions lor genera
tions to come.
These and the accumulated grievances
of many months are some of the rea
sons why the struggle has been waged
with such tenacity and determination
And yet it has decided nothing. The
losses of the Ruhr coal mining industry
are enormous and the state of the min
ing population is so desperate that both
sides shrink from continuing the struggle.
The issue has been postponed both sides
are aware of it, both sides have given
in with the most grudging reluctance and
both sides are convinced that the present
peace is only an armistice.
The terms arrived at by Government
arbitration are as follows :
The seven-hour shift (under-ground)
Italian deputies give Mussolini vote
of confidence.
British delegates tell International
Labor Convention that Great Britain
will ratify Washington 8-hour conven
tion.
Terence V. Powderly, formerly
Commissioner General of Immigration
and a veteran labor leader, dies in
Washington in 76th year.
Hungarian inventor perfects phon
ograph small as watch.
Shipping Board signs new wage
agreement with masters, mates, pilots
and marine engineers.
tice. The men are to work seven hours
plus on hour of compulsory overtime
(not paid for at overtime rates.) This
arrangement is to last until Nov. 1,
when it may be renewed. Nov. 1 is,
therefore, a likely day for the removal
of the struggle, if it is not renewed
sooner. The 12 days' yearly holiday is
maintained. In the cokeries the three
shift system demanded by the men has
been refused. The two-shift system re
mains in force, which means a working
week varying between sixty-two and
seventy-two hours.
As for wages, the men demanded a
30 per cent, increase in April. Fifteen
per cent, was granted from May 1 on
ward. The Arbitration Court has award
ed an additional 5 per cent, on the May
figure. It is not easy to translate the new
wage rate into English terms. In April
is maintained in principles but not in prac
the maximum wage per shift for a how
er (unmarried) was 5.40 marks. Fif
teen per cent, increase in May would
give 6.21 marks. A further increase of
5 per cent, would average 6.52 marks.
Assuming an average of 25 shifts a
month, the maximum monthly wage of
an unmarried hewer is 163 marks, a sum
which would have about the same pur
chasing power in the Ruhr as $45 $50
would have in Lancashire. (Deductions
for income tax, old age, sickness, and
accident insurance are very high in Ger
many, marking about 20 per cent of the
total which leaves a maximum net
monthly wage iquivalent to about $40
or less.)
The loss of production caused by the
lockouts is estimated at about 180 mil
lion gold marks. This is a loss which
the M. I. C. U. will appreciate the sys
tem of M. I. C. U. agreements shares
the responsibility for what has happened.
It is natural that the Ruhr mangates
should wish to shift the additional bur
den onto labor, and it makes their reluc
tance to pay higher wages more intelli
gible, although it neither explains nor ex
cuses their anti-social policy as a whole.
What will be the outcomes of a strug
gle that lias only been suspended for a
time? No one can tell. It would be un
fair to judge German employers as a
class from the German industrial mag-
W.H.
HENNEBERGER, JR.
RUG and CARKET CLEANING
ORIENTAL SPECIALIST.
Dry Cleaning, Washing, Scouring,
Shampooing.
79 MAIN ST., Stamford, Conn.
Phone 3675.
JACOB RUPPERT
INCORPORATED
BREWER
Ktntktzbatktz
562 Atlantic St.
Stamford, Conn.
MAX H. HEINTZ
Manager
H. FRANKEL'S
262 ATLANTIC ST.
Stamford.
CLOTHING FOR THE
ENTIRE FAMILY.
Phone Connection
Schulman's Clothing
Store
I. Schulman, Prop.
MEN'S, YOUNG MEN'S AND
CHILDREN'S CLOTHING
Hats and Furnishings
Our Motto: Service, Quality and
Guarantee.
505 MAIN ST., Stamford, Conn
Shoes of Quality Bear the
UNION LABEL
We Have Them.
The
Cramer Shoe Store
Quality Footwear
42 PACIFIC ST. Telephone 913
A Walk to Cramer's Saves Money.
INWOOD
MILK CREAM
ALL PURE WHOLESOME
HOME OFFICE,
HARRISON, N. Y.
Tel. Park 722.
Our routes also cover New Rochelle,
neck, Harrison, Rye,
Baerf acts
By J. M. BAER, The Congressman-Cartoonist.
International Labor News Service.'
Farmers Must Take Tip From Labor
It was the premeditated pur
pose of the big business inter
ests of this country to make
slaves of the workers and serfs
of the farmers.
Through the period of forced
unemployment and the "open
shop" drive of the last few years
these great predatory interests
tried to crush the labor unions
and force upon labor the low
standards and long hours that
existed before the workers
formed unions. But this plot
failed because labor was too
well organized.
The attempt by these same big
business interests to deflate the
farmers was successful. They
have so crippled agriculture that
more than half of the farmers in
many states have been forced off
their farms and a great percent
age of those who still own their
farms are on the verge of dis
aster. Only in the few cases
where farmers have organied for
self preservation like , the citric
fruit growers of California have
they been able to withstand this
powerful attack of the moneyed
iinterests.
Years ago 90 per cent of the
farms in Denmark were oper
nates. The German employers often has
humanity, understanding for his em
ployees, and a highly social sense. But
the great industrial magnates are, with
f .
a lew exceptions, a race aparat.
It has been truly said of them that
they are the spiritual heirs of the old
STAMFORD
Campaign.
BAKERIES
Ideal Bake Shop, 424 Main St.
BANKS
Citizens' Sa
gs Bank.
CARPET CLEANING
W. H. Henneberger, Jr.. 79 Main St.
CEREAL BEVERAGES
Jacob Ruppert, Inc., 1 Bank St.
CLOTHING
H. Frankel, 262 Atlantic St.
Richard Copans, 436 Atlantic St.
Schulman's Clothing Stoiv, 505 Mate St.
DRESS GOODS
J. Nemoiten, 115 Main St.
DRUGGIST
Borg Bros., Main and Greyrock PL
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Inwood Dairy, 2 PC Canal St.
DELICATESSEN
K A. Stabell,' 510 Main St.
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
Stamford Electrical Contractor, Inc., 221
Atlantic St. -
GENTS' FURNISHINGS
Schulman'a Clothing Store, 505 Main St.
The People's Store, 235 Main St.
, OPTICIAN
L. N. Stebe, 433 Main St
PAINTS AND WALL PAPERS
Wise's Paint Store, 28 Pacific St.
SHOES
Cramer Shoe Store, 42 Pacific St.
THEATRES
Lyceum Theatre. -
TAILORS
D'Alessandro Bros., 342 Atlantic St. 1
LYCEUM THEATRE
PICTURES CHANGED DAILY.
Matinee. 3:30: Evenings, 6:30 and
8:30.
Admission: Matinee, Children, zoc
Adults, z6c Evenings, Children, 16c
Adults, aic '
Union Men Attention
For
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISH, GLASS
and WALL PAPER
Call at
Wise s Paint Store I
28 PACIFIC ST. TeL 910
-Telephone 956
Richard Copans
Men's and Children's
Clothing & Furnishings
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
435 ATLANTIC ST., Stamford, Conn
Phone 1034
Stamford Electrical
Contractor, Inc.
EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL
221 Atlantic St.,
Stamford, Conn.
DAIRY
BUTTER EGGS
DELICIOUS PRODUCTS.
STAMFORD OFFICE,
ZOO CANAL ST.
Tel. 3810.
- m - mwm . " . m m
wniie nains, jarcnmont, mamarp-
and Port Chester.
ated by tenant farmers and the
balance faced disaster. Through
systematic farm aid, co-operation
and organization the con
ditions were changed so that to
day 90 per cent of the farms are
operated by owners and Den
mark is one of the most pros
perous farming countries in the
world.
The tendency in the United
States is toward the same con
dition that faced Denmark. In
fact it is a reverse condition, for
years ago 90 per cent of the
farmers owned their land. In
1920 only 61.9 per cent of the
farmers owned their land, and
with the increase in foreclosures
during the past four years, espe
cially in the wheat-growing sec
tions where more than half of
the farmers have been forced off
the farms or into tenantry, we
are approaching a point where
the farmers will be mere serfs
and will be chattels of the
mortgage sharks.
This condition requires the
earnest attention of statesmen
and economists, but more than
that, it requires that the farm
ers take a tip from labor and
ORGANIZE.
military caste. Their arrogance and
their indifference to all scrupples aston
ish every one who is not used to them.
Their whole mentality makes it seem
probable that only a long series of des
perate and embittered struggles can lead
to a lasting industrial peace in Germany.
Act Today BeGIad
Tomorrow!
Tomorrow is - the day 1 w&en
many a worthwhile thing may
be done, but today is the day to
do it! And nowhere is this
truer than in saving. Yor
Savings Account won't grow
until it is started. Stop ia at
the Citizens' Savings Bask to
day and open an accovat.
You'll be glad you did tomor
row, next week, and next year.
CITIZENS SAYINGS
BANK
STAMFORD, CONN.
Open Friday Evenings from
5 to 8.
A Pleasant Place to
Shop.
Always Something New
Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted in
a Most Expert and Painstaking
Manner.
L. N. STEBE
Optometrist & Optician
People's National Bank Bldz
433 MAIN ST, Satmford, C
On-The-Corner
BUT ON THE SQUARE
BORG BROS.
DRUGGISTS
MAIN AND GREYROCK
PL.
E. Spira J. Garrecht
Telephone 3836
The Ideal Bake Shop
High Grade Bread, Rolls,
Cakes and Pastry
424 MAIN STREET,
Stamford, Conn.
E. A. STABELL
DELICATESSEN
Geo. Kerns' Celebrated
Meats
Phone 906 510 MAIN ST.
Stamford, Conn.
D'Alessandro Bros.
TAILOR
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Clothes
34 ATLANTIC STREET.
Stamford, Conn.