The daily worker., 1926-08-07
Jewish Forward Tries
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strike Of the furriers these same
strikebreakers aided the bosses in
their unsuccessful attempt to defeat
the strike.
A number Of New York fur workers
were shot at by these scabs and many
were brutally slugged. Millstein then
sent wire to President Schactman
of the Fur Workers International
Union asking whether scabs were be-
ing sent to Chicago from New York.
Schachtman in wire declared thai
few scabs had left, denying Colds
statement that a goodly number were
on the way.
Meet Strikebreakers.
A small number of union members
met these professional strikebreakers
at the station. They were unable to
get near the scabs. Detectives and
police that had been waiting had them
get into a motor bus that drove them
to the Savoy Hotel, Both and Michigan
boulevard.
Picket Hotel Al Night.
Union pickets, hearing that 2S scabs
had arrived in the. city, began to
gather about the hotel. A picket line
was thrown about the place. The
union members then told the manager
Of the hotel that he was Quartering
strikebreakers. The hotel keeper de-
clared that he did not want to quarter
any scabs and pointed out that they
had entered his hotel telling him that
they were delegates to a convention.
He was about to turn them out when
objections were made by police. He
was told that he must let them stay at
least until morning, since he had al
lowed them to enter the hotel.
Picket lines were kept at the hotel
all thru the night. Attempts were
made to get into communication with
these strikebreakers. At about
o'clock in the morning a conference
was arranged. Millstein then told the
other members of the union to leave
the hotel while he conferred with the
strikebreakers. After secret confer
ence that lasted for some time, Mill
stein called in the members of the
union.
1--WE are not strikebreakers," de-
clared one of the scabs. 1--WE could
not get working cards in New York.
That is why we are here"
One of the pickets then asked him
why he couldn't get card and also
mentioned the fact that they had
aided the bosses in New York in their
attempt to smash the union organiza-
tion.
Admit Aiding Bosses.
oh, some Of us were strikebreakers
there. Not all of us7' declared the
strikebreaker, reluctantly. I'VE got
to make a living. The union in New
York fined us $1,000. 81 800 apiece and
would not give us any cards."
"You must have done something
against the interests of the union II
you were fned," pointed out the union
picket.
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to let them stay for the night. The
hotelkeeper raised objections to their
presence, and again declared he did
not want any scabs in1the place.
The business agent OF the union told
the pickets to go home as everything
was all right" A number refused to
listen to the orders Of the business
agent and remained.
At noon a bus called for the strike
breakers and brought them to the
East End Hotel on the north side.
Millstein then wired Gold as to what
he should do. Gold wired back that in
view of the critical situation in Chi
cago he was willing to give these
strikebreakers working cards IL they
returned TO New York and thus re-
move that menace to the Chicago
union.
The Chicago union then bought rail
rosld tickets for thesaCstrikebreakers
and shipped them back TO New York.