Studies, lectures, dozens of street meetings, branch business, election campaigns, and more. A day of Socialist activities in New York City on Halloween, 1911.

‘Socialist News of the Day’ from The New York Call. Vol. 4 No. 304. October 31, 1911.

MEETINGS TODAY MANHATTAN AND BRONX.

Open Air Meetings.

Branch 3—32^nd street and Third avenue, E.T. Neben and R. Lansdowne.
Branch 4–25^th street and Eighth avenue, August Claessens.
Branch 5–137^th street and Broadway, Miss Johanna Dehme.
Branch 6–79^th street and First avenue. Mrs. Lena Morrow Lewis.
Branch 8–138th street and St. Anns avenue, L. Baum.
Branch 10–179^th street and St. Nicholas avenue, Charles Solomon.
German, Murray Hill–57th street and First avenue. William Karlin.
German, Yorkville–Avenue A and 84th street: First avenue and 84th street: Second avenue and 84th street; F. Paulitsch and B. Kirkman.
135th street and Lenox avenue, Hubert H. Harrison.
Branch 1–Battery Park, Mrs. Lena Morrow Lewis.

Frost to Address Machinists.

J.C. Frost will address Micrometer Lodge, Brotherhood of Machinists, this evening at 475 Pearl street.

Harlem, Attention.

A meeting to ratify the Socialist candidates of East Harlem will be held under the auspices of the Alteration Painters’ Union this evening at the Central Hall, 1915 Third avenue, near 106th street. This young and militant labor union fully recognizes the necessity of co-operation with the Socialist party. The following speakers will address the meeting: Jacob Panken, S. Esltein, Jacob Hillquit, Nicholas Oleanikoff, I. Phillips. Dr. S. Berlin and Samuel Benaim. Come and bring your non-Socialist friends along. Another big meeting to ratify the Socialist candidates of Branch 1 will be held tomorrow evening, November 1, at Madison Hall, 1666 Madison avenue, between 110th and 111th streets. Lena Morrow Lewis will be the principal speaker. Socialist candidates Dr. S. Berlin and Samuel Benaim will address the audience. John A. Wall will preside.

State Executive Committee.

A meeting of the New York State Executive Committee will take place this evening at & o’clock at the State headquarters. 239 East 84th street. Tonight’s meeting will be in place of the next regular meeting which was to take place on election night. The members of the committee will please take notice of this and make an effort to be present.

Address on “Unemployment.”

Max Sherover, Jr., will deliver the last of a series of lectures tonight at Thirteenth avenue and 41st street. He will speak on “Unemployment: Its Cause and Remedy.” Questions will be answered.

Dinner to William D. Haywood.

After the meeting, which will be addressed by William D. Haywood, at the Lenox Casino, 116th street and Lenox avenue, on Monday evening. November 6, there will be a dinner given to Comrade Haywood. All desiring reservations will please notify William Sanger, 35 West 135th street, chairman Haywood Committee. As the committee is committed to, the proposition to guarantee 100 diners, they request reservations to be paid for by mail, or in person, in advance. The dinner will be held near the hall and will be 50 cents per plate.

Phil Callery in Harlem.

A record-breaking Socialist meeting was held Saturday night at 125th street and Seventh avenue with Phil Callery, of Oklahoma, as speaker. The crowd was twice as large as the opposition meetings of the Republican-Fusions and the Democrats. Twenty-five Haywood meeting tickets and several books were sold.

Bronx Socialist Suffrage Club.

The first regular meeting of the Bronx Socialist Suffrage Club was held on Wednesday, October 25, at Bronx Forum Headquarters, 1363 Fulton avenue. The meeting was called to order at 8:30, with Comrade Sara Gordon in the chair. The business of the meeting consisted in electing officers for the club. Genevieve Myers was elected organizer; Mary G. Schonberg, recording secretary; M. Gilbson, treasurer, and Comrades E. Friedman, S. Volovick, M.G. Schonberg, N. Gilbson and S. Gordon, to act as Committee on Organization with Comrade Myers. After the election of officers, it was decided to hold a mass meeting on woman suffrage at 1363 Fulton avenue, on December 2. The meeting concluded with a splendid talk on the meaning of suffrage and the significance of its gradual development from earliest times. We want to make this organization one of the strongest in the Bronx, and we hope at the next meeting to have a great many more names added to the twenty-six present at our first meeting. The next meeting will be held Wednesday, November 8, at the same place. MARY GILESON SCHONBERG.

Haywood to speak.

William D. Haywood will speak on “The Coming Victory of Labor” Monday evening, November 6, at the Lenox Casino, 116th street and Lenox avenue. The meeting is under the auspices of Branch 5. As soon as the committee in charge knows that the house is sold out it will stop the sale of tickets. The capacity of the hall is only 2200, so get tickets early.

BROOKLYN.

Open Air Meetings.

5th-238 A.D., Branch 1–Saratoga avenue and Broadway, J. Jennings and Charles M. Matchett.
6th A. D., Branch 2–Lewis avenue and Stockton street, J.A. Well.
5th A.D. Branch 3–Sumner avenue and Stockton street. A.L Samuelson and Harry Slavin.
18th A.D., Rogers avenue and Hawthorne street, B.C. Hammond and W.W. Passage.
16th A.D., Branch 1–Thirteenth avenue and 41st street, Max Sherover.
20th A.D. Branch 1–Knickerbocker avenue and Harman street. William Mackenzie and Robert Lansdowne.
21st A.D., Branch 1–Hooper and South 4th streets, J. Chant Lipes and I. Polsky.
22d A.D., Branch 4–Alabama and Sutter avenues. J. A. Behringer.
23d A.D., Branch 2–Indoor meeting. Firemen’s Hall, Rockaway avenue and Smiths lane, Jean J. Coronel. Sol. S. Schwartz and Mrs. B. Fraser.

NOON.

Navy Yard, Sands street entrance, Gerald M.P. Fitzgibbon.
Grand street, Newtown. Jean J. Coronel.
Commercial and Clinton Wharfs, J.T. Vaughan.

Study Class Meets Tonight.

The Study class of the 11th and 17th A.D. will meet tonight at 399 Classon avenue and will again take up Marx’s Capital. The session of the class held last Tuesday was very well attended. There will be no lecture on Thursday night on account of the Frank Bohn meeting at the Labor Lyceum. All Comrades are requested to advertise the activities of the local among the public. W.A. MOSS, Secretary.

Canarsie, Attention.

A ratification meeting will be held tonight at Harm’s Hall, Rockaway avenue and Smith lane, Canarsie, under the auspices of the 234 A.D. Speakers, Dr. Charles Furman. J.J. Corone: John Vaughn, B. Felgenbaum and Fred E. Martin.

South Brooklyn, Attention.

The arrangements committee in charge of the mass meeting to be held on November 5 by the 16th A.D. of the Socialist party meets tonight at 8:30 at Finnish Hall, Eighth avenue and 40th street. Representatives from branches, labor organizations, etc., are requested to attend. Hand bills and other printed matter will be on hand for distribution. Let all combine to make this mass meeting a success.

To Appoint Watchers

At the next Joint meeting of the 20th A.D. tomorrow at the Maretta Mansion, Bushwick and Gates avenues, watchers for election day will be appointed. Socialist voters of the district are requested to be present and get their appointment and instruction.

Frank Bohn’s Lecture Thursday.

Are the days of craft-unions-individual organizations competing with and opposing one another, passing? Are the days of industrial-unionism–the compact organization of the various workers of a trade into one powerful body–rapidly advancing? Can political action alone overthrow capitalism? Can economic direct action alone do it? Can the party remain neutral on the momentous questions of craft unionism and industrial unionism? These questions will be discussed and answered in a lecture which Frank Bohn, co-author with William Haywood, of “Industrial Unionism,” will deliver under the auspices of Local Kings, at the Labor Lyceum, 949 Willoughby avenue, Brooklyn, on Thursday evening, November 2: Comrade Bohn will describe the industrial development of the United States. He will treat of the rise of unionism and relate the history of the craft unions. He will tell of the coming and meaning of industrialism, and show how the present capitalist system can be overthrown by a union of political and economic forces. As the admission to the lecture will be free, a large audience is expected. It is, therefore, advisable for all who wish to be present to come early.

Charles Edward Russell to Speak.

Charles Edward Russell, Benjamin Feigenbaum. Meyer London and others will speak at the ratification meeting of the 21st A. D. tomorrow evening at Liederkranz Hail, Manhattan avenue, corner of Meserole street. Brooklyn. The candidate of the 21st A.D. will give the record of the present Assemblyman from the district. Come and bring your friends. Admission free.

QUEENS.

Everybody Get On the Job.

All Comrades designated for duty at street meetings during this week are requested to carry out their obligations to the best of their ability. Consult the party paper each morning and on finding your name in the announcement, be sure to faithfully perform the part you have been assigned

Open Air Meetings.

Cooper, near Myrtle avenue, Hoffman Hall. Glendale Speakers: Charles Furman and William Buerkle. Gates and Covert avenues, Ridgewood-Speakers: John T. Hill and H. Gronbach; chairman. H. Froehlich; Platform Committee, H, Breimeler. Woodward avenue and Ralph street, Ridgewood–Speakers: John Flanagan and Ferd Stehle: chairman, H. Rothe: Platform Committee, F. Knapf. Noontime meeting, University and Bigelo place, front of hardware factory–Speakers: B.J. Riley and John Flanagan. Noontime meeting, Bassert Box Factory, Newtown Creek, L.L-Speakers to be announced.

Branch Ridgewood, No. 1.

At the last meeting of Branch Ridgewood No. 1, the application of William Jasmasy for membership was received and accepted. Organiser Stehle’s report was rendered. In it he said more Comrades should be added to the Platform Committee. The proposed amendments to the State constitution to be voted on at the election this year, were taken up for discussion, and a very interesting discussion was held thereon. The branch’s next meeting will be on Wednesday, November 1.

Socialist Educational Club.

A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Socialist Educational Club of Queens County was held on Friday evening. October 27, with Comrade Kramer, chairman. Present were Comrades Baer, Schuler, Steinhilber, Bremater, Arnts, Kramer and Gronbach. A communication was received from Comrade Halbmeier asking for the hall on certain dates to hold lectures in, and on motion the hall was granted. On election eve, November 6 there will be a sociable at the clubhouse and all Comrades and their friends are requested to come and enjoy the evening with us. We have engaged the finest talent and dancing will follow after 10 p.m. After a lengthy discussion on the “Building Law” the meeting adjourned. HENRY GRONBACH, JR., Secretary.

The New York Call was the first English-language Socialist daily paper in New York City and the second in the US after the Chicago Daily Socialist. The paper was the center-right of the Socialist Party and under the influence of Morris Hillquit. The paper is an invaluable resource for information on the city’s workers movement and history, it is one of the most important socialist papers in US history. The Call ran from 1908 until 1923, when the Socialist Party’s membership was in deep decline and the Communist movement became predominate.

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