The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-04
CARPET WORKERS
ARRESTED WHEN
PICKETING SHOP
Philadelphia Strike Is
Nearing Victory
BY J. o. 5ENTALL.
Especial to The Daily Worker)

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. q
Eighteen strikers Of the Philadelphia
Carpet company, where strike has
been waging for ten weeks, were ar
rested yesterday afternoon charged
with lettering and disturbing the Sc
renity of the idle factory where the
scabs do nothing but destroy fairly de-
cent goods.
This morning when brot before ma
gistrate Costello they were discharg-
ed.
Boss Reprlmanded.
The cops who did the arresting at
the command of Huffy Herbie who
runs the struck shop were informed
that people as rule have right to
walk along almost wherever they
please, so they do not commit any
particular crime.
This sounded very unreasonable to
Huffy Herbie and he is now hoofing
it to some other court that will look
with more favor on his huffy ma
jesty's whims and fancies.
lnIuUCIiOn MOOl1Sus
Some weeks ago the customary in
junction was issued against the strik-
ers forbidding them to exist any
where except on the moon, and only
there if they quit their strike. But
the injunction was not heedd by the
strikers and so It was modified by
''hizzonner" allowing II pickets if
they promised to be good. And they
promised to have II on the line who
would be good-good pickets.
That concession Of allowing II pick
cts was thus quite acceptable to the
strikers. But the judge said nothing
about walking on the other side of
the street. So every day a goodly
number of strikers have carelessly
and yet regularly walked in their own
good way as they seemed to see fit
without particularly minding the dis
pleasure of Huffy Herbie.
seabs Join Ranks.
AS a result of the picketing by the
II good pickets and the careless daily
walking of several hundred strikers
on the other side of the street the
scabs have quit their scabbing and
many joined the strikers. This has
given the heebie jeebies to Huffy Her
bic and made him as mad as a smil-
ing hyena- In his desperation he call
cd his cops and commanded that they
arrest as. ranv e the strikers walk
ing on the other side of the street
as the police wagons could pull to
the station. His first haul was IS.
Company Loves Money.
Moreover the weavers are leaving
because the scabs in the other depart
ments cannot furnish them with stuff
Tor the looms. It's a slow and drag
gy affair that factory of Huffy Herbie.
It's losing money. It's supplying the
strikers with laugh stuff It's making
the workers gritty and firm in their
solidarity.
Undertakers Haul Scabs.
: Worst Of all, the funeral wagons
have quit hauling scabs. The under
taking firm that did the scab hauling
has not had a funeral since it went
into the side line of carting scabs.
1t seems that even dead people hate
scabs and scab carriers. So the scab-
by undertakers have to go out OF
business as a reward for helping
fluffy Herbie to get scabs to the scab-
by factory.
Supported by Union.
The strike is supported heartily by
the Tapestry Carpet Union and its Of
ficials. A smoker the other night brot
$1,000 and this week strikers and
their friends rolled in about $1,000 at
a dance and bazaar to support the
valiant fighters for the union and a
decent wage. So there is no discour-
agement anywhere-except in the
sour mug of Huffy Herbie. =