The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-18
STRIKE GAINS
WITH PICKETS
UNDAUNTED
Remember Sophie AltSChuIer!
Girl MiIitants Cry

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trolied the skirt and dress
making zones in the Loop,
Northwest and West Side dis
tricts and many scabs took
notice and stayed away.
The strikers have decided
that they will stand by the de-
clSion of the conventions of
the American Federation of
Labor that injunctions shall
be wholly and absolutely
treated as usurpation and dis
regarded, let the consequences
be what they may" (1916 con-
ventIon.) They know that the
strike will be won, and won
only by militant picketing.
Drunken Singers"
A small army of police and uri-
vate "siuggers," some OF them reek-
ing with the liquor supplied bv the
posses and most Of them iavin0
green gorgettes, or shamrocks. tried
IN vain to crush the militancv a. the
piekets. " s''e
The 'siuggers" focked to the dis
tr,ct In the yellow taxicabs convey
ing the scabs the bosses were abIe
TO get, end as soon rs thev had rot
ten past the picket line-where that
was possible-the "sluggers" draped
themselves around the doorwavs of
tne factories and began jeering at
yesterday was the beginning of the
third week of the strike and tbe
strikers considered it the Crucial
gay. They considered that the p;cket
line would be the test of the sn;y;t
OF the strikers. The picket line
was filled by strikers and in addi-
ton scores of members of the Work
ers Party and the Young Workers
League were also on the line. Sill
more pickets are needed.
Remember Sophie Altschuler.
Remember Sophie Altschulerin
was the slogan of the pickets as
tney marched past the blue-coated
siugger friends of Officer 1881.
Only two arrests of girls were
made IN che morning by the off.
GERS who seemed awed by the in
dignation with which the Chicago
labor movement has been flaming
since the girl striker was beaten
into a helpless condition. The girls
arrested were Lena Moritz and LII
liam Libbin, on S. Market street be-
low w. Adams
Sophie Still In Bed.
Remember Sophie AItschuler:
Long live Solidarity" cried Miss
Noritz to the other pickets as the
police were hustling her into the pa
troll wagon.
Sophie Altschuler was not ON the
picket line. Her doctor would not
PERMIT her to leave her bed. She
has not fully recovered from the
effects Of the beating that Officer
1851 gave her Friday night. She
hopes to be able to 60 OH the picket
line this morning.
Arrest Cloakmaler Official.
MOTIFS bialis, manager of the
cloak makers union, was arrested
by detectives from the states attor-
ney's Office. He was taken to the
Office Of the states attorney where
he was turned over to an assistant
states attorney and questioned.
He had been arrested because one
of the bosses on Market street had
pointed him out to the detectives
ind said that he was bader Of
che strike. Balls unioF IS not in
volved in the strike.
Balls Released.
When word was taken to the un-
ion that the states attorney had
Balls in custody, Oscar Nelson was
instructed TO go at once to court
and u writ Of Habeas Corpus de-
mand ng his release.
Nelson went before Judge Walter
Stefiin sitting In the criminal branch
Of the superior court. Steffin issued
a writ returnable at 1880 and the
states attorney released Balls at
1915. Groves men knew they had
no right to arrest Balls and were