The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-01
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stop selling the paper on the streets
adjacent to the Pullman gates. They
have been pushed from one gate to
another, run down one street and up
another for selling the DAILY
WORKER at the Pullman gates.
spynow Gets Special Attention.
But Nick Spynow, of 1O7O1 Stephen
son avenue, the Pullman agent for the
DAILY WORKER has been singled
out for the most vicious assaults of
the police. Spynow has time and
again had his papers taken from him
by uniformed police, and only OBJ
tanned them back again after stubborn
argument on the part of DAILY
WORKER representatives Saturday,
Spynow was selling papers at 10Srd
street when fat police sergeant took
his papers away from him and started
to arrest him. Only the Intervention
of John Holmgren, strike leader, saved
Spynow from arrest.
On Tuesday, the day after Spynow's
arrest on Monday, the police again
began their unlawful attack on Spy
Inow. He was rushed from the employ
ment gate down to l03rd street, and
from 1O3rd street back to 111th street.
Word had gone out, probably at the
direction of Pullman Company Of
ficials, that, "The sale of the paper
will be stopped" More police were on
hand Tuesday night than at any time,
since the start of the strike. Spynow,
Reeve, Miss Holiday, John Harvey,
and Sam Green were roughly handled
and threatened and cursed at.
The most fragrant outrage, has been
the arrest, and attempted shooting Of
Nick Spynow After Spynow was
beaten over the head, and Oficer Min
ton, number 1864, had drawn his club,
he started to rush Ppynow down Watt
avenue, near 18th street. Spynow,
seeing that Officer Minton was danger
ously drunk, started to walk briskly
away to escape the drunken mans
drawn club. Minton drew his revolver
and fired two shots at Spynow, who
flung himself on the ground to escape
being hit. The shots few over Spy
now's head and barely missed some
children who were further down the
street. Minton seized Spynow, con-
hscated his papers and telephoned for,
the patrol wagon.
Officer Beats 6ystanders.
BY this time a crowd of workers,
who were coming out of the Calumet
Car shop, nearby, stopped and remon-
strated with officer Minton at his
S5ltality. Minton again drew his club,
and brutally beat the bystanders off
lover the shoulders and head with it.
7 A friend of Spynow, seeing Spynow
in the hands of a drunken, irrespon-
sible policeman, came up and asked
Spynow what was the trouble. Officer
Minton, number 1854, dubbed Spy
now's friend over the head viciously.
Minton's blows beat Spynow's friend
to the ground, his clothes being torn,
his hat falling of, and he receiving an
ugly cash in the head This man has
agreed to act as a witness for the
DAILY WORKER when Spynow
comes to trial on May Sth before
Branch 3S, of the municipal court.
His name is being withheld until that
time because he fears further police
violence.
until that time because he fears
further police violence.
A laundry driver, who has also been
secured as a witness, informed Karl
Reeve, who was selling papers at the
main Pullman gate, of the attempted
shooting of Spynow. At the Kensing-
ton police station, desk sergeant No.
4S2, who refused to give his name,
told Reeve that "Spynow has not been
booked yet, you can't see him and you
can't get him out" For the next half
lhour Reeve witnessed a most amusing
exhibition of the mockery of Justice.
Minton was scurrying around with
bundle Of DAILY WORKERS, the
desk sergeant was calling for Captain
Patrick Wheeler, Wheeler was calling
for Officer Minton. What were they
doing? Why, after trying to shoot
down Nick Spynow, after bounding
MIN Tor days, after dragging him to
the stationhouse, taking from him his
watch, pocketbook, private papers and
letters and money and locking him up,
ALDERMAN COVER HAD TOLD
THEM THAT THERE is NO LAW
AGAINST SELLING PAPERS ON
THE STREETS OF CHICAGO. Govier
told Wheeler that man does not even
need permit OF any kind to sell
newspapers unless he runs a perma-
nent news stand.
Wheeler, the desk sergeant, and
Mlnton kept the DAILY WORKER
agent locked up and kept the DAILY
WORKER representative waiting
while they looked throu the city law
books to see II by hook or crook they
could find charge to justify their un.
lawful assault upon Spynow.
Finally they agreed thar .s~-low
had violated ordinance s66. Reeve de-
manded a written copv of tho cbar0as