The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-30
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PASSAIc, N. j., March 2s-ln q
desperate drive to smash the strike
Of textile workers in this vicinity, the
Clifton police again launched an orgy
of violence and attacked with their
heavy clubs group Of pickets cross
ing the Alderman Ave. bridge between
Garfield and Clifton, beating fifteen Of
the defenseless workers and arresting
five of them. Some OF those arrested
were charged with refusing to "move
on" after they had been knocked down
by the policemens clubs and were I'M
able to move. The charge against the
strikers is resisting an officer"
At other mills eight women and FIVE
men were arrested for no cause at all
simply because the police are carrying
out policy of making number Of
arrests every day in order to harass
the strikers. But such tactics only
make the strikers more determined
than ever to continue the fight until
the employers are defeated.
The strike has been extended to
Samuel Hurd & Sons of Garfield,
bringing the total number of mills af-
fected by the strike up to ten and in
volving 700 more workers.
Arrest Relief Wagon Drivers.
A new form Of terror was launched
against the strike when drivers of
three motor trucks of the Reichter
Baking company were arrested on the
fake charge of speeding. The three
men, julius Grossman, Chas Schwartz
berg and Alex Rasp, had delivered
bread to the strike headquarters in
trucks bearing signs to the effect that
the bread had been donated to the
Passaic strikers by Bakers Union Lo-
cal 100 of New York City This ex-
hibition of solidarity of labor in the
strike was too much for the uniform
led thugs of Clifton so they charged
the drivers with speeding in spite Of
the fact that they were moving at less
than ten miles an hour.
Legion Tries New Stunt.
The local lights of the American le-
gion who tried to sidetrack the main
issue involved in the strike by indulg-
ing in provocative attacks upon the
strikeleadership and tried to hide
their scabby intents behind the Amer
lean flag were so thoroly outgeneraled
and defed in their stupid and con-
temptible efforts that they have now
lresorted to another trick They now
announce that they will open a "relief
station" for the strikers and will sol
icit funds for provisions. Il is doubt
full whether they will even make a
pretense of opening a relief station,
ii but since they were told that the
strike committee was using all funds
available for relief for the needy in the
strike region instead OF buying expens-
i've flags they have to make the blum
that they will do something for the
strikers besides trying to discredit
their leadership by spurious appeals
to patriotism.
They did not neglect, however, TO
aim another venemous shaft at the
lstrikers by announcing:
"When a Communist aaitator COM
pels American workmen TO violate
the law in order to eat, 1t is time for
every right thinking American to
take action. Accordingly, the Ger.
aid v. Carroll Post 161, American
legion, will Immediately open q
relief station and appeal to the pub
lie for funds to support this enter
priser
In view Of the previous action OF
this gang II is plain that their only
motive in pretending to open a relief
station is to try to collect funds that
otherwise might go thru the regular
strike relief channels. Furthermore
they will probably try to utilize any
"relief" they may grant strikers as
bribes to get them to return to the
mills as scabs. Most certainly they
are not prompted by any desire for the
strikers to win decent standard OF
living from the textile barons.
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