The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-23
STRIKING GIRLS
APPEAL FOELL'S
LAST SENTENCE
Judge Gets Tough To
Garment Workers

AACO obAAhAA6 6hlul WOIhCI6
were sentenced to pay fines OF $3.50
each and serve so days in the county
jail yesterday by Judge Foell. The
judge in passing sentence pulled the
ancient gag, IF you don't like this
country why don't you leave?" He
did not give the girls a chance to tell
him that a garment workers wages
do not permit Of travel After asking
why the girls didn't leave THU coun-
try he asked if they were Sstizens.
They all said they were.
Bosses Don't Tell Them to Go.
"Our bosses never asked us why we
don't leave this country" one of the
girls said after court. '"They are will
ing to have us work for them if they
can dictate the wages and conditions.
When you ask for American wages
and conditions then you are asked
why you don't leave"
The girls fined and sentenced were
Kate Miller, Albino Gag and ELEANOR
Sadlowska. They were all released ON
bonds pending the decision on the ap-
peals that will be made on their cases.
In Judge Sullivan's court Meyer
Barkan was tried for contempt. The
judge reserved decision in his case.
Barkan was charged with having d.
rected the strikers to go to the picket
line.
Rat-faeed Stool Pigeon.
The chief witness against him was
little rat-faced stool pigeon named
Dave Cohn. Cohn worked for the
firm of Applebaum and Stern during
the strike and apparently in slack
times went around to the strike head.
quarters, at 1870 w. Washington street.
to spy on the strikers. He said that
when he went to the washington
street headquarters he heard Barkan
give direction to strikers on how and
where to picket. On the stand Bar
kan denied this, saying that he knew
the strikers had brains enough to
know the necessity of picketing and
where to picket
On cross-examination by Peter Siss.
man, Cohnl was asked if he consid.
cred himself member of the union.
Cohn said he didn't know. Then Siss-
man asked him if he thot he was
scabbing. Sullivan rushed to the as
sistance of Cohn by Directing to Siss.
mans use of the word "scab."
Legal Gents Can't See "Scab."
Sissman said that he was trying to
get at the state of mind of the witness
and not trying to intimidate him. He
said that the word "scab" was well
recognized and good English. Sulli-
van said that it was not recognized
as good English among legal gentle
men,"
After Cohn left the stand, Pat Mo-
ran was called. He said that he had
seen Barkan busy among the girls
who were in court in the corridors of
the court He said that Barkan was
instructing them on how to testify.
He also said that Barkan had given
Peter Sissman's son money to pay the
fines Of strikers who had been fined
in Judge Foell's court.
Under cross examination, Moran ad.
mitted that he had not heard what
Barkan had told the girls he had been
talking to. I'm other words, you don't
know what he was doing. You don't
know if he was instructing them"
he was asked. Moran had to admit
that this was true.
When Barkan took the stand he
said that he had not given young Siss-
man the money with which to pay the
fines. He also denied that he had in
structed the girls how to testify.
Lying Skunk Moran.
When court had adjourned for noon
recess, Moran had the gall to go up to
Barkan and try to tell him that he
had lied on the stand. Barkan refused
to talk with him.
Later, when young Sissman was in
Judge FoslPs court waiting to have
the three girls who were sentenced.
released, Moran, came up to him and
started to talk to him about the mon
ey Barkan had given him. Sissman
told him that he was a liar and a
damned liar at that. Moran grabbed
at Sissman's glasses and tried to take
a rap at him. Sissman countered with
a push that made Moran realize he
had picked on the wrong man. Moran
walked out muttering to himself.
Moran's activities around the court
since the injunction hearings began
have been to try to make friends with
strikers and then lead them into max
ing statements that he could use
against them when their cases were
heard. He has tried to appear very
pleasant and more or less in sym
pathy with the strikers, but all OF
them have managed to smell the
skunk on him.
The cases OF the other strikers who
were not heard, will come up today.