The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-21

The enemies are gangsters-tight-
wasted and dapper, "hopheads" and
sluggers from the dives on the east
side. Kid Dropper's gang, Curly's
gang, Frenchy's gang, Matthew Vol,
A. F. of L. renegade-suave and "im-
partial" -McGrady-the Association
of Fur Neutrality-suspicious. &
Kalbfleish, boss furriers-American-
ism-the New York Times-the blue
bellied cops armed with cold-looking
gats-police connivance.
Wholesale Arrests.
AS SO Of the left wing delegates to
the Washington Convention of the
International Fur Workers Union ap-
peared on the picket line yesterday
morning the police swooped down and
without the slightest provocation. ar
rested all of them.
Gold in Police Net.
Ben Gold, manager Of the Joint
Board was amongst those arrested.
Colds appearance on the picket line
was the signal for an enthusiastic
turnout. The fur district between
22nd and Both Street between Fifth
and Seventh Avenues was jammed
with thousands of fur strikers.
Delegates Slugged.
AT SIS taxi dashed to the east
curb Of Sixth Avenue between 229e
and 23rd Street, six gangsters hurled
themselves upon a group of furrier
delegates and in fraction of p1in-
ute Sam Wienick, a Joint Board
furrier delegate was lying uncon-
scious on the sidewalk. Harry Eng
lander, left wing delegate from
Toronto was hit on the shoulder with
steel bar and his clothing was badly
torn. Phillip Chairman, New York
delegate was brutally beaten on the
body. Metal pipes beating on human
heads make an ugly sound. Wienick
was taken to a nearby drug store
where first aid was administered. His
clothing was splashed with blood and
being of slight physique he wilted
under the circulating pain. Not a
sound escaped from his lips however.
He continually asked that news of his
condition be kept from his wife.
Morris LANCER, another furrier dele
gate of Newark was also slugged.
400 Police on Job.
The police doubled their forces in
the fur district yesterday. There
were over 400 uniform cops on hand
to see that "justice" was done. 1t was,
as Wienick and co-workers will tes-
tify. A Gordon of police, in some cases
fifteen feet apart, ringed the district.
It would have been impossible to
sneeze without a cop being aware Of
it. Still a gang of armed thugs man
aged to wound and MAIN a group OF
peaceful picketing workers-and get
out Of the heavily policed area with
out an arrest. There were at least
twenty police on every street in the
district. There are none so blind as
those who will not see.
Cops Brutal.
They managed to spot over $50
picketers who managed to get into
groups of more than five and were
Immediately hustled over to the 7th
Precinct Police Station on Both Street.
During these mass arrests it is al
ways interesting to contrast the fine,
intelligent faces of the furriers with
the brutal, beefy faces Of their cap
tors.
Armed Camp.
The fur district yesterday looked
like an armed camp. Mounted police
clattered and tore up one street and
down another Groups Of newspaper
photographers stood huddled about
with cameras ready for action. Re-
porters with blue cards in their hat
bands accompanied the plain-clothes
men in search of action.
The usual scene Of police brutality
was enacted at the 7th Precinct Po-
lice station as the arrested picketers
were being showed into the Black Ma
ria. For fine points in brutal mean
ness 20 to a New York cop. A shove
with his stick in the small Of the
back, a twist Of girls wrist are
but few Of the methods which are
employed.
Courageous Girls.
AS one girl was being jammed in
to the wagon" a push from the back /
sent her sprawling on her face. Her
comrades were singing the workers
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