The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-01
STRIKERS START
MASS PICKETINC
IN PATERSON
Silk Dye Workers Are
Being Organized
Continued from Pace One

Continued from Page One
Jacobs, Montgomery and Summers
Street. AT meeting with the strike
committee this morning, Webster
and Son settled again on the unions
terms and at p. m. the night shift
returned to work, while the day shift
will return tomorrow.
The workers at Chain and Jacobs
walked out yesterday afternoon
when the bosses refused to take back
the Wrappers, after opening the other
departments on union terms. The
whole shop is now out on strike.
An attempt on the part of one of
the most backward members in the
Associated Silk Workers Union to
discredit Gertrude Mueller, militant
leader of the left wing, was revealed
here today. Joseph Brook brought
charges against Gertrude Mueller to
the effect that she was trying to
"induce members of the Associated
to join the new National Textile
Workers Union"
The spreading sentiment for the
new union was strikingly illustrated
when workers, hearing that the
strike committee has endorsed the
organizational work now being
carried on among the dyers by the
National Textile Workers Union, ex-
pressed complete satisfaction.
At mass meeting this morning
the strikers listened with great in
terest and enthusiasm to Harvey
O'Connor of the Federated Press,
who gave vivid description of the
conditions of the textile workers in
the Soviet Union. He was greeted
with great applause when he told
how the workers actually had their
own government.
Hear of Soviet Union.
At the mass meeting yesterday
Gertrude Mueller, militant strike
leader, was greeted with a storm of
applause and her whole speech was
punctuated by enthusiastic response
from the strikers. She stressed the
need for large picket lines and es-
pecially for the immediate spreading
of the strike. Announcing the special
membership meeting of the As
ISOLATED for Friday night, she
pointed out how significant it was
for every member to be present and
participate in the discussion. At this
stage of the strike, she said, every
worker should offer his suggestions
on how to develop the strike out of
its present atmosphere into a more
militant and aggressive tone.
New Union Popular.
When she told the workers that
Local 1915 of the United Textile
Workers had joined the National
Textile Workers Union there was a
storm of applause and when she told
how the first thing the local did
after breaking away from the re-
dictionary union was to pledge sup
port to the Paterson strike the
strikers almost went wild.
Irwin Rifkin, one of the picket
committee leaders, also spoke stress
ing the Importance of picketing all
mills in large bodies.
To Attend Russian Revolution Meet.
kilograms were read from the CO.
operative Butcher Shop and from
the Workers Cooperative Bakery in
which the strike was strongly sup
ported and the Importance of picket
ing was urged. Both cooperatives of
fered bread and meat to the strikers.
Gertrude Mueller also announced
that meeting of all young strik-
ers is to be held Thursday night,
and stressed the importance of Or
ganizing and drawing the young
workers into active strike work. A
meeting of throwers was also an
nounced for Thursday and in this
connection the Importance of spread
ing the strike was also stressed.
Jimmie Rooney, a striker who was
arrested when he defended himself
from the attack of two scabs, was
tried yesterday and fined $40 for as
sault.
1t was learned today that the
strikers of Paterson would come to
the great celebration of the 18th an
niversary of the Russian revolution
at Madison Square Garden, New
York City, on November 4, in trucks
covered with placards announcing
the slogan of the strike. The Com
munist Party has offered free tick
cts to the strikers and trucks were
donated by sympathetic organiza-