The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-23
HUGE MEETING
Halls PASSAIC
STRIKE Leader
Weisbord AssGiIs In
junction on Leaving Jail
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thousand strikers eheered for more
than ten minutes when Albert Weis-
bord, strike leader, in his first public
appearance since his arrest and re-
lease from Jail, came on the platform
erected on a vacant lot in the neigh
boring village Of Wellington, where
the mayor permitted the strikers to
hold their meetings after the reading
Of the riot act in Garfield last week.
In his speech he took up the hap
penings of the past week since his ar
rest and then dealt with the new
problem confronting the workers, with
particular reference to the Injunction
recently secured, which he branded as
scrap of paper" He told the strik-
ers: "You cannot be arrested for de-
/ flying an injunction"
Injunction Cannot Break Strike.
"An injunction is not criminal pro-
ceeding but civil proceeding" said
Weisbord. 81 want you thoroughly to
understand this. People who are not
afraid Of bullets, people who are not
afraid Of the clubs of hired policemen
such people are not afraid of a scrap
of paper.
This is not the first strike in which
an injunction has been issued. From
the procedure of the bosses in strike
after strike in the past | knew and /
prophesied two weeks ago that this
would be the very weapon to which
they would resort But let. me tell
you in times before this the workers
have n1assed before the mill gates
after service of an injunction just as
they did before.
Fellow workers. we will not allow
ANY injunction to break our strike.
Remember. injunctions do not make
cloth. Their scraps of paper cannot
make one single scab out of any union
Ilaborer ~.
On To Victory.
my advice is as follows: You will
observe the same peaceful orderly
lnanner as you did before. And, as
1.-THE result | venture to predict that
when the mill owners see the futility
of their injunction victory will be ours
The action of Mayor Samuel Nelkin of
Wellington in offering his ground for
meetings after the rights of free as
lsemblage has been denied in Garfield.
made possible the great mass meeting
today. Mayor Nelkin represents the
sentiment of large groups of citizens
in Passaic and vicinity, who outraged
by the drastic measures taken in Gar
field, to put curb on free speech and
assemblage. have offered their aid to
the strikers"
The Roseville Fire company of Sad
die River township, in a resolution
passed by their body, voted the use of
their fire hall for meetings in case a
hall is needed in that section. Saddle
River township is on the boundary of
Garfield, just across the street from
the spot where a meeting was broken
up by Sheriff Nimmo and his men and
Norman Thomas arrested.
Picketing Continues.
Picket lines marched at al 1.-The mills,
excepting the Injunction protected
mill. Monday morning. The loudly
heralded opening" of all the mills,
which the mill agents have announced
for every Monday morning the last
few weeks, again did not take place.
Not single scab was added to the
small groups in the mills. The strike
stands firm.
Other speakers at the meeting were
Lena Chernenko. one of the active
leaders of the picket line and thorn
in the flesh of the police who have ar
rested her number of times; Robert
w. Dunn OF the American Civil Liber-
ties Union; Anthony Capraro, organ
izer for the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America, and Alfred
Wagenknecht.
They all eulogized the magnificent
solidarity OF the strikers In face OF the
repeated brutal assaults OF the police
and the despotic actions OF the courts
In endeavoring to break their strike.
Capraro assured the strikers of con.
tinued support OF his organization and
Wagenknecht stressed the fact that
relief was coming in sufficiently to en-
able all strikers to live until the
bosses were forced to yield
Whole Nation Backs Strike.
The continued support Of the entire
nation heartened the strikers at the
beginning OF their thirteenth week OF
strike. Large contributions included
the following: International Workers
Aid SIS; Brotherhood OF Painters,
Decorators and Paperhangers of Amer
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