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were looking for work of the strike
existing in the plant. The company
unable to get competent workers thru
the United Garment Workers Union,
which carried extensive advertising
in the daily papers for workers on
mems clothing and used its head
quarters as an employment agency
for the bosses, then attempted to get
an injunction prohibiting picketing of
their plant.
After a number of continuances,
Judge Pam issued an Injunction
which was ambiguous in its wording
and claimed to prohibit certain forms
of picketing. 1t did not define what
kind of picketing was legal and what
was illegal. The injunction was moth
ing but scrap Of paper. 1t did not
affect the union picket lines in the
least. A few arrests we're made for
violations Of the injunction, but as
yet the cases have not even had a
date set for their hearing.
TerrorIze Union PIekets
The company unable to break the
picket line thru the injunction pro-
cess then began a campaign Of ter
rorization of the strikers. Pickets
were beaten up and fiivver squads
would whick them away to cells,
where after being held number OF
hours and sometimes over night they
would be released on charges Of dis
orderly" conduct. Many were arrest
ed and held on conspiracy charges on
high amounts Of bail.
Homes Of strikers were raided il
the small hours of the morning
Strikers were pulled out of bed, brot
to the detective bureau, there they
were subjected to a grilling and later
released on charges Of disorderly con
duct or no charges against them.
When these arrests and acts meant
to brighten the union pickets went by
UNDECIDED, and instead of destroying
the morale of the strikers, it strength
ened their solidarity, the company be
gan to frame" the active pickets in
the strike.
Company hirelings would throw
bricks thru the windows of the homes
in which the scabs, members of the
United Garment Workers Union
lived, and then blame this on to the
union pickets.
The union headquarters were raid
ed and a number of union officials ar,
rested.
Every week Of the strike was filed
with acts of terrorization of the pick
cts. Recently, a number of union
business agents were arrested and
one of the business agents had four
shots pumped into his leg, when an
"acid bomb" was purported tohave been
thrown at the scabs. The "acid bomb
was later revealed to be nothing more
than a bottle of citrate of magnesis
accidentally dropped by passer-by
This bombs which was supposed tc
have been capable Of disfigurine
scabs, was nothing more than milo
laxative, but the union agents are
still on bail awaiting the date to be
set for their trial.
Another "Frame-Up."
A few days after the bomb" throw
ing, an explosion occurred at the
home of Raymond Reeder, one of the
heads of the Chicago office of the In
ternational Tailoring company. This
was blamed on the union. Upon in
vestigation it was learned that Ray
mond Reeder was about to leave his
home and go to Rock Island, where
the company had moved some Of It's
machinery and was attempting to re
cruit scabs to operate the plant. Sus
picions then became quite strong thai
hirelings in the employ of company
officials had placed the bomb and thar
the company would make a move Il
have some strike pickets arrested anC
charged with throwing the bomb.
Immediately following the throw
ing of the bomb, truckload of parce
post, that was being brought to thu
postotfice, was burned under myster
ious circumstances in broad daylight
Every truck and automobile that lef
the shop whether it had parcels O.