The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-29
STRIKE TIES
Up CHILE AS
MASS PROTEST
Fraudulent Election
Anglers Workers

5UENos AIRES, Argentine. oct. ~
"A general strike for % hours as .
protest against the fraudulent election
engineered by the military dictator
ship which acts as a tool Of Wall
Street Imperialism, yesterday tied UP
the city Of Santiago In Chile, while
10000 workers In mass a mass meet
ing demonstrated their refusal to
recognize the election as valid and
demanded an annullment. Censorship
In Chile prevents truthful details
from being sent by usual kilograms.
The military Dictatorship, the like
Of which 1t is hard to conceive,
brazenly sets aside the popular will
Of the people, and every effort to ex-
press mass discomfort Is suppressed
with martial law, which not long ago
sent a dozen loyal and fine working
class leaders OF the Nitrate Miners
Union to the horrible prison exile on
the bleak, rocky and storm-swept
islands of Terra del Fuego at the
southernmost extremity Of the con-
tinent.
Union Leaders Imprisoned.
This military dictatorship ignored
the civil government to such an ex-
tent that its functioning was impos-
sible, the case of the Nitrate Miners
Union leaders being an example, in
which, tho acquitted Of charges
brought against them in the civil
courts by the imperialist nitrate mine
owners, they were seized by the mill
tary, given farcial trial" by court
martial, and sent to the island prison.
It is understood here that this az.
fair had considerable to do with the
resignation from office Of the presi.
dent Of the Republic" of Chile, Ar.
turo Alessandri, who would no longer
share responsibility for the conduct
of affairs.
A Queer Election.
This resignation naturally resulted
in call for an election, but the mill.
tary dictators conspired to defeat any
choice by the people, among whom
the organized unionists are a decisive
factor. Under the astounding excuse
that disorder" might result If cleo.
tons were held in the usual manner
sanctifed by all the normal rules of
democracy" they decreed that altho
there should be an election, all par.
ties must agree on one candidate
and they obligingly furnished one OF
their choice, Emiliano Figueroa,Lar
raine
soIdiery Prevents Fair Voting.
As the election day neared, the
military dictators called out troops
and declared martial law, which re-
manned until they had Salas out and
they thought, counted Salas out and
Larraine in, as president of the ire
public"
The Chilean labor unions demanded
that the obviously fraudulent cleo
ton be annulled and to demonstrate
their hostility to the regime Of i'm
perialist puppets, they called 24-hour
strike yesterday.
General Strike.
It intensified as the day advanced,
all ordinary manual labor refusing to
begin their days labor Shortly past
noon the hotel servants, the much
despised "criados." 'mozos" and all,
walked out, leaving the tourists,
North American imperialist business
agents and all else to shift for them
selves. while the street cars and buses
were suddenly stopped and shops and
stores closed their doors at the or
ders Of the unions, who made known
the penalty for non-observance. Street
clashes with the military have brought
numerous casualties. But no ac-
curate reports of the number wounded
or killed have come thru.
A great crowd of 10000 or more
gathered in the public square, where
speakers voiced the pent.up discon-
tent OF the masses with demands for
annullment Of the election, "vivas"
for Salas and denunciation Of the mill
tary for delivering the country into
the hands Of the money kings OF
Wall Street." Great excitement exists,
which the military, as usual, an
nounces It will meet with martial
law.