The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18
.SIGNAN, BOSSES
ALLY TO Sell
OUT STRIKERS
Offers Arbitration Over
Strikers Heads
Especial to The Daily Worker,

NEW YORK, Dec. 1e.-MorrIs Slo-
man and the General Executive Board
| of the Cloakmakers' international
Union that Is attempting to take con
troll Of the New York Joint Board OF
the union and It's affiliated locals, now
in a, bitter struggle with the bosses,
have entered into a separate agree
nent with the contractors association
to arbtrate all demands made by the
latter. The general strike committee
Of the cloakmakers declare that this
latest move Of the right wing COM
pletes the betrayal of the long and
hard-foueht strike.
The three arbitrators chosen are
Colonel Lehman, Professor Rogers and
Sheintag, who are all members of the
governors commission. This means
virtual surrender to the governors
commission and an acceptance OF the
employers program.
Works With Bosses.
This is the same commission with
which Sigman has been working, be-
fore and during the strike. In order
to cover up the surrender he has ar
ranged with the contractors, Sigman
has arranged with the association to
lift the lockout" which has never
gone into effect and allow workers
who never left the shops to return"
to work.
Workers Revolt.
The workers are in complete revolt
against the action of the International
executive in arbitrarily taking over
the New York Joint Board and the
local executives, thus turning the
workers over to the mercies Of the
employers.
The six thousand workers who
demonstrated before the international
office, carried banners demanding
"Out With Sigman," Down With Fas-
cist Methods in the Trade Unions"
Defend Your Union and Support
the Joint Board" They then walked
a distance of several miles to Rutgers
Square, in which is situated the office
of. the Forward and demonstrated
against the newspaper for its scab-
bling editorials and news stories about
the strike.
Police and Gangsters.
Police and gangsters were present in
great numbers and worked hand in
hand with Sigman officials in the at
tack upon the demonstrators. Scores
of workers were beaten, and trampled
upon by horses. Five were arrested.
The capitalist press is conducting an
unprecedented campaign Of misrep-
resentation and hysteria, presenting
the peaceful demonstrations of the
workers as riots and Communist plots.
Sigman's meetings, handfuls Of gang
sters and officials are magnified to
thousands by press versions while
workers demonstrations are distorted
to represent masses favorable to Sig
man. Editorials of the whole cap
italist press are speaking OF Sigman
in the highest terms, while there is
definite policy of suppression re-
garding news Of the stand Of the joint
board.
Big Mass Meeting.
AT two mass meetings of striking
cloakmakers, resolutions were I'M
animously adopted endorsing the gen.
eral strike committee. The joint board
of New York will refuse to accept any
responsibility for the arbitration be-
ing undertaken by the international
and also refused to accept the illegal
decisions OF the General Executive
Board, maintaining that, as legal rep
resentatiyes Of the workers, 1t Is the
legitimate Joint board and can be re
placed only by vote of the member
ship
Arrangements are being made for
gigantic mass meeting on next Satur-
day. The hall is to be announced later
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