The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-16
GANGSTERS FAIL;
so Girl PICKETS
TAKEN TO COURT
Joint Board Announces
More Successes

4GA biAAS were dIIeSleu on Ine
picket line at the A. /. Dress Shop, 361
West seth st. yesterday morning and
were later released with payment Of
81 fines.
They were accused of shouting
"scab" at workers going into the A.
]. Dress Shop, where workers were
discharged for refusing to register
with the international. The pickets
arrested were Sarah Green, Lena
Goodman, Sarah Begoon, Mary Fem
gold, Dora Barbo, Ida Lipsly, Mary
Allene, Sally Shore, Rebecca Adams,
and Mary Russo. Picket lines were
large and the gangsters who have
been terrorizing the district did not
dare to appear, according to the girls
arrested.
Bond Issue Going Good.
The continued success of the Save
The Union Bond Issue was announced
today. Julius Portnoy, treasurer of
the bond issue said that an addi-
tional $500 had been received from
Chicago, $3.50 more from Baltimore,
500 from Boston, 500 from New
Haven, S143 from Newark, $50 from
Schenectady, $25 from the Women's
Auxiliary to the Workmen's Circle in
Minneapolis, $25 from the Workmen's
Circle Branch of Hamilton, Canada,
and $25 from the Philadelphia branch,
$25 from the branch at Petrecover,
Russia; S81.05 from the Workmen's
Club of Coney Island, S115 from the
progressive groups Of the shoe
workers.
Third Or Fourth Gift.
Most of these cities have already
contributed to the bond issue and are
making their third or fourth contri-
button" Mr.. Portnoy said. "Chicago
has given more than $4,000 before
this last contribution was received,
with more to come"
Collections in shops have been
large during the past few days ac-
cording to Portnoy. He announced
another $3.50 from the Freedman and
Finer shop, SIS more from the Mer-
skin and Louis shop, SIS from the P.
Isen shop, $26.1S from the Schneider
and Caspin shop, $1S from the Arge
dress shop, $50 from the Goodman and
Fiovitch shop, and $25 from the Har-
lem Progressive Youth Club.
Arrange Mass Meetings.
Mass meetings are being arranged
in Hartford, Massachusetts, where A.
Black will speak, at the Labor
Lyceum, and throughout Massachu-
sets where ]. Weisberg of the Joint
Board will discuss the situation in
the needle trades.
"All Liberty Loving Italians"
"AI Liberty loving Italians" have
been called to a meeting in Webster
Hall, Monday, March 81, to protest
against the use of injunctions against
the workers." and especially against
the securing of injunctions by the Of
ficers of Italian dressmakers' Local
SO which attempted to restrain the
leaders of the Joint Board from en-
listing them in the struggle of the
workers against the domination of
Sigmanism.
Got Two InjunctiOns.
Ne@ @AAeoAAiAAAg H1ildkCE VI LOCAL
SO, has recently taken out two sets of
injunctions against officers of the
Joint Board and against the chair
ladies OF the largest shops, with the
object of restraining them from is
suing leaflets, books, calls to meet
ings, holding meetings, collecting
dues, or in any way assisting the
workers of the local in their fight.
Leaders who will discuss the IN
functions at the protest meeting,
speaking in English or Italian, will be
Louis Lyman, Ben Gold, Ben Gitlow,
Robert w. Dunn, Carlo Tresca, e.
Sorlaenti, Francesca Coco, P. Allegro,
+. Fresina and N. Capraro. The
chairman will be A. Ragmulia. All
Italian and other workers are urged
to come to hear the truth about the
present situation.
The Uiista Club, social organiza-
ton of Brownsville, has arranged a
gala ball at $50 Hopkinson Ave,
Brooklyn, to be held Saturday eve
ming for the defense of imprisoned
cloakmakers and furriers and the re-
Nef OF their families. Admission will
bd\ thirty-five cents.