The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-12
AGAIN POSTPONE
PASSAIC STRIKE
PRISONER TRIAL
Jersey Justice Fears
Exposure of Violence
lspseIsI % ne oaUl WorEecl

tSpssisl 20 The Daily WORKER
FAssAic, N. j., Jan, 1Q.--The ma
ehinsey o. Jersey iustiss which last
September violently went into action
IN support ~ ths police efforts 20 break
the his textile strke for the mill own
err, Is Displaying a marked reluctance
10 bring &c trial the eleven strikers
who were arrested IN the fantastic po-
ice bombing plot and held IN eSorki-
tsHt ssii--ss high ss $4,000 IN the
case % Two 81 The prisoners.
the cases of Adoipb Wisnefsky,
Joseph 10th and Nieholas schiliaei
whicH were SCI fol January 10, are
again postponed, according ~ Ale1an,
der Macleod, counsel for the Joint
Committee for Passaic Defense. The
reason given by che prosecutor was
mat the court interpreter YVES sick.
These men are three of i've strike
prisoners held IA the Bergen county
jail no date has been sci yet fof
Vie trial ii tAa ether two, Thomas
RegaA snd Paul Koyac
Fourth Postponement.
Judge Joseph a. Delaney 0t the
Paseeic county court Of common pleas,
ysn Paterson, where ths trial Of the six
meu held III PBssaic county jail was
seized ed TO start January 10, dis
missed the jury fol a. week, and post
poasd Tie trial ua&il January rs This
il the te5r'h postDonement Of the
eases 81 ehe six textile strike prison
srs in he FaAsaie j4il Trial was first
SET f0r October B, and then postponed
10 November l5 The next dates
which were sci and postponed were
Deeembef i3, December 70 and Jan
nary 10. Tony Peehno, Joseph selaene
aad Charles CH4feHf sra the three men
who are 10 be brought up frst when
and il the trial finally gets under way
$4,000 Bail.
The I'VE men III the Bergen county
1ail were sdraigAed ia December On
tie indictments brought against them
bat January IS is the drat date THAI
has been set tor their trial, aitho fhey
we're arrested buck ID September
sHhsy are heid On $4,000 collective
I,sil. The sin men In Passaie county
iaii are held On $4,000. The enor.
nous amount Of the bail has made i
impossible 50 far 10 get the men re-
lsased on bonds.
i These elsVeH prisoners, together
with several other strikers arrested 81
the time but subsequently released,
sare the victims Of brutal police third
degree methods at the time OF their
arrest,
/ Fssssie Striker In Serious Condition
! PAssAIc, N. j., Jan. l0.-fahI
/ 11agac, one OF the eleven textile strike
prisoners who has been held without
trial for over three months, spent his
REV year in padded cell. koyae has
.a1aeu suffering since September with
lahfee broken ribs given 70 him by the
polica during the third degree which
followed his arrest
JUST before Christmas, Koyae's con
tdition grew so serious that he was re
moved 10 the Iiaekensack Genera
Hospital. AftsF a few days there 10
was taken back 10 Jail, where, accord
ing 10 the sheriff, he went OUT Of his
ihead ard had t9 be confined Ia
straight Jacket and locked Ia d padded
aell. he was Kept there Ton seyera
day, then returned to his oell-weak
lpsih ana quiet but obsesaed with th'
M on that he win never get OUT o
Jail alive.
Il is lsanad that kaFae's health AMI
Toason will both be permanently i'm
l0ai.sd if he is not Released from lai
$500. The bail foe which lie Is held
rs $4,000 He has a wife and three
.ahiidrsn. VINO ara frantie a. his con
saitian
Distribute 5000 Among Prisoners
Families,
II rAasAiC. N. J., Jan. 10 More thar
IsaN hundred dollars Was distributed Z.
shs 4ainiiies of the eleven textile
strike prisoners by the Joint Commit
asa f0r Pasaaic Defense during me
Christmas holidays The General lie
lief committee ct the l. w w SEN