The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-02
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PLOT BLOWS UP
Frameup Against Strike
Official Fails
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off some of his venom against work.
ers who strike against their EN-
ployers.
It has been the regular court prac-
tice in all other contempt cases up
till this one to permit the defense and
the prosecution to sum up the evil
dence presented, before the judge
passes sentence. This time Judge Sui
livan beat both sides to it-denied
the defendants their rightY- and inn
posed the sentence and delivered his
lecture before anyone hadNa chance
to say anything.
William Seiden Of the firm Of Stein
and Seiden, dress manufacturers at
PIP S. Market street, said that he had
seen Miss Jones in front of his place
of business every day. /. W. Stokes,
a police officer who was one on the
street all the time, said that he only
saw Miss Jones picket twice.
Colored Strikers Fine Story.
Then Miss Jones was called to the
stand to defend herself She said
that she had picketed and that she
had spoken to colored scabs. She
said that she spoke to them in order
to try to show them they were their
own enemies and were dragging down
the standard of living of all garment
workers by refusing to strike.
Miss Jones told her story in SIM
pie, straightforward, earnest fashion.
Then Leo LeBosky cross-examined
her. He was intent on finding who
had told Miss Jones to picket and
who had told her where to picket.
Miss Jones told him she had brains
enough to know where to picket.
"Why did you picket at PIP S.
Market street," LeBosky asked.
Had Message for Colored Girls
Because there were lot of col
ored girls working there. l am col
ored girl and / wanted to talk with
them" Miss Jones told him.
"Yeh, we can see you are colored,
but who told you to go there?"
For five minutes LeBosky kept at
that question of who sent her to
picket.
DO you believe in God? Do you
know you are under oath? Do you
know what that means?" LeBosky
shot at her.
LeBosky's attempts to rattle Miss
Jones failed and she told him simply
that she did believe in God, knew
what an oath meant and was telling
the truth.
Donnie" Feeds His Face.
Then LeBosky gave up his exam
nation, the judge passed sentence
and delivered his speech. The speech
was cut off when it came time to re-
cess for lunch. No overtime in ''Den-
MES" court.
Miss Jones' sentence will be APP
pealed. if necessary, to the state SUI
preme court.
Pasty Faced Dick on Stand.
Frank Fuller, a pasty faced pri-
vate dick employed by the Soule
Secret Service at 1879 Y. Clark
street, and Sergeant Patrick Collins
Of the states attorneys Office, were
the principal witnesses against girl
garment striker in Judge "Dennie"
Sullivan's court yesterday after
noon.
Fuller, who brazenly swore that
he was sold by his firm to the G. H.
Lowenthal Company at pa S. Mar
ket street, which is trying to crush
the strike, took the stand against
Freda Reicher, Lena Moritz and
Jennie Lieberman, and testified that
he had seen them frequently walk
ing the pavement in front Of the
Lowenthal shop.
Slugger's Eyes Drop.
The "slugger's" eyes dropped
when Miss Lieberman faced him. II
s only a few days ago that Fuller
5eat up Miss Lieberman under the
protection of some Of Mayor Dever's
policemen. Miss Lieberman after
Yards obtained a warrant against
aer assailant from Magistrate Trude
Judge Sullivan gladly accepted the
'slugger's" testimony-the beating
up of the girl being an incident in
he line of the same strike-breaking
luty that is engaging Sullivan him
elf.
Freedom For ireland Only.
Pat Collins, brother Of the late
Tichael Collins, former president OF
he Irish Free State and himself an
rdent advocate of freedom--fol
rreland-also did his bit towards
rushing freedom in America. Col
ms swore that each of the three
yirls had picketed in front Of the
Lowenthal shop. collins, by the
way, boasts of having made more
than 70 arrests in this strike.)
Sullivan sentenced Miss Reichel
to 80 days and 5000 fine, Miss
Lieberman TO 30 days and Miss
Moritz to 20 days and $500.
The cases are being appealed ant
execution Of sentence il delayed.
Decision was reserved in the case 0.
Bessie Katz, Olga Garich, Joe IRA
vitz, Isador Kregger and Saral
Dorf whose cases came before Sulli
van in the afternoon in contemp
proceedings. The case OF the eigh
strikers taken on injunction attach
ments in the morning was set fol
today.