The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-11
Strike VictOrs Return to Jobs


men detailed to guard it. These pol
lcemen were armed and very quick
to use their guns as was shown in
the "acid bomb" throwing. This time
there was no police guarding the
truck.
Within a few hours of the destruc-
ton by fire of this truckload of par
eel post, the capitalist press had
stories in which the company officials
charged the union with this act. This
was scored as an attempt on the part
of the company to have the federal
detectives interfere with the unions
conduct of the strike.
Use "Unon" scabs
The company attempted to run the
plant in Chicago with scabs belonging
to the United Garment Workers I'm
ion, but did not succeed. Most of the
help was Incompetent and the COM
pany lost heavily In orders.
The company also tried to operate
factories in Rock Island and in Mo-
line. They leased a number of large
factories and began to send some Of
their machinery to these places. They
carried on an intensive propaganda in
these sections in an attempt to get
workers. All they were able to re-
cruit was less than 100 in both places
and they had reckoned on 1000 to
1000 workers. The workers in these
towns refused to scab. The company's
attempt to run away from the union
and the strike met with defeat.
Federation Of Labor Support"
During the early part Of the strike,
machinist local in Chicago intro
duced resolution into the Chicago
Federation of Labor pointing out that
the Amalgamated was on strike and
that the United Garment Workers Of
America were in the plant scabbing
on workers who were on strike and
using the name of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor in an attempt to
make it appear as tho there was no
labor trouble in the plant. The resolu-
ton called upon the Chicago Fedora
ton to go on record as desiring the
afiliation of the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers to the American Fedora
ton ,of Labor and calling upon Presi-
dent William Green Of the American
Federation of Labor to investigate
and take steps to bring the name of
the federation out of the disrepute
into which the United Garment Work
ers Of America was placing it. This
resolution was referred to the execut
i've committee, where it was accepted
and then brought before the Chicago
Federation of Labor with recommen.
dations that it be adopted. The reso.
luton was unanimously adopted by
the Chicago Federation of Labor. II
was signed by Fitzpatrick and Mock.
els as heads of the Chicago Fedora.
ton and sent to William Green, presi-
dent of the American Federation Of
Labor. In short time letter ar
rived from President Green telling
Fitzpatrick that the Amalgamated
was considered dual union and that
! it was the duty of the Chicago Fede
ration to support the United Gar
ment Workers of America.
Fitzpatrick Forgets Strikers
Instead of carrying on a battle
against the use to which a section Of
the American Federation of Labor
was being put, Fitzpatrick acquiesced
to Green's viewpoint in his attempt
to remain respectable" in the Amer.
lean Federation of Labor. He came
out in a statement accepting the line
laid down by William Green.
But, despite this alliance of the
bosses and the reactionary and self
styled progressives of the Chicago
Federation of Labor, the strikers car.
ried on their strike to a successful
termination.
The strikers received a great deal
of support from many of the other
locals in the Amalgamated. Many
locals levied a special assessment in
order to aid the strikers.
MiIitaney Wins Strike.
The strike has been won due tC
the militant spirit of the 500 workers
who went on strike. 1t was their
spirit of self-sacrifice and their solid
arity that won the strike and forced
the International Tailoring company
which attempted thru this strike tc
break the power of the union, to come
to terms. AS long as the members
OF the union remain alive to theil
rights and their interests just so Ions
will they be able to win and force
their masters to fear them.