The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-27
$4,000 WORKERS
HOLD BIG union
SQUARE MEETING
Fur and Cloakmakers in
Protest Gathering

ub6eu thousand workers as
sembled in Union Square Saturday
afternoon to demonstrate their sup
port of the furriers strike for better
wages and working conditions, the
union shop and the right to picket,
led by the New York Joint Board of
the union, and to call upon the rest
of the labor movement for support.
Listening to speakers from three
platforms simultaneously the as
sembled workers cheered Ben Gold
and Louis Hyman, leaders in the
needle trades, while any reference to
Morris Sigman, Matthew Woll or Ed
ward F. McGrady brot forth loud and
energetic booing.
Display Banners.
Among the banners displayed in
the crowd were those reading, "Woll
and McGrady Are Breaking Our
Union," "The Forward Supplies the
Money For the Gangsters," "Sigman
Wants Fascist Union" MASS
Picketing Is the Weapon of the
Workers In Their Fight For Better
Conditions" and "The Furriers Are
Fighting For Their 40 Hour Week
and the July Raises"
Cheer Ben Gold.
More than an hour before the open
ing of the meeting thousands of
workers were pouring into the park.
At lao p. m. when Ben Gold arrived
the crowd went wild in expressing
their enthusiasm. They crowded
around and followed him from Union
Square to Broadway.
: A few minutes later several hum
dred children paraded into the park
singing, Solidarity Forever" and
carrying a banner reading "Why
Don't They Investigate the Use of
Gangsters Against the Furriers?"
Past the Freiheit.
When the meeting ended the work.
ers marched east to the Freiheit
Building at 80 Union Square where
they listened to a speech by M. j.
Olgin who addressed them from the
second story window. While this
was going on red confetti was being
thrown on the workers below and red
handkerchiefs waved by members of
the Freiheit staff. After Is minutes
the line once again moved, going
south to 18th Street.
Turning into 14th st. the thousands
of workers stopped in front of the
Workers Party headquarters at Num-
Der 108. They cheered for the
Workers Party, The DAILY
WORKER and the Furriers Union.
Some of the party headquarters staff
dislayed bust of Lenin and several
red banners. This brot more cheers
from the workers assembled in the
street.
Beats Up Worker.
Suddenly and without warning, po-
liceman 1924 dashed unfortunately
into the crowd and grabbed hold of
a Italian worker. With one hand he
held him by the neck and with the
other he gripped his coat lapel. Drag
ging him into the hallway Of the
Workers Party headquarters, he star
ted to beat him viciously. At that
very moment several other police
men and members of the Industrial
Squad arrived on the scene under the
direction of John j. Broderick.
After Selling up the situation and
the police to drive away the
crowd, Broderick came to a group of
reporters and said, "You boys are
newspaperman, aren't your" When
he was answered modestly in the af-
firmative he blurted out "Well, I'm
Johnny Broderick! See that you don't
forget to mention itw Then with
self satisfied air he left the repre-
sentatiyes of the press and went to
make arrangements for the removal
of the prisoner who was in the
building.
Cop Tells Lie.
When a reporter Of The DAILY
asked policeman 1904 why
he had arrested the young Italian
worker he was told that "he was in
citing the rest of them to make
trouble" The untruthfulness of this
answer was remarked on by many
present, including the representatives
of the capitalist press.
Reforming their lines the workers
continued their march until they
reached Rutgers Square and East
where they booed the
Jewish Daily Forward until driven
away by police.
More than half an hour before
the demonstrators arrived Rutgers
Square was filled with gunner of
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