The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-24
STRIKERS AL WAYS
ORDERLY; FIRMS
Men TOTED GUNS
Co. Wants Violence to.
Hurt Big Walk-Out


hosiery mill strikers threw
the bricks thru the strikebreakers'
windows, this is not true. AS soon
as the bricks were thrown with the
warning on them the papers began
10 say the strikers did it. They did
not do it.
am sending you a copy of the
Kenosha Hosiery Worker with this
story in it. I wish you would print
this so that every body can see that
We did not doe this.
KENMORE.
EDITORS NOTE: The copy of
the Kenosha Hosiery Worker, pub
lished by the American Federation
of Full-FashiOned Hosiery Work
ers, Branch 6, locked out by the
AlIen-A Company. is reproduced in
part below
On the night of March 6, bricks
were thrown through the windows
of two strikebreakers of the Allen
A Company. These bricks bore
certain messages on them, telling
the said strikebreakers to BE
WARE,
The strikebreakers who were
thus warned or threatened" were:
Charles Meyers, 1927 Roosevelt
Rd., Francis Lourigan, 5132 25th
Ave
Boss Press.
Immediately the local newspaper
played up VIOLENCE in first page
headlines, the assumption being
that it was strikers who threw the
bricks. The fact was. that no one
swas found who could be remotely
Fcharged with this rash action, which
! the union had condemned in no
uncertain terms.
. On the night Of February %,
more bricks were thrown. Evident
~ the first bricks were not salts
factory as yet. The strikebreakers
who were thus "cttacked" were:
Charles Meyers. 1927 Roosevelt
I'd Herbert Waldo.
The question now arises: Who
threw these bricks? 1t is an i'm
portant question, as mrch has been
made of it in this dis~Ita. We
would like, therefore, to call GER
tain interesting facts to the atten-
ton of the people of Kenosha, for
their rormation.
Carried Gun.
In the first place, it is worth
while to know that the strikebreak-
or Charles Meyers, the day before
the first bricks went through his
window. had asked permission of
the police department to carry a
gun. He had stated that he knew
that he was about to be attacked.
Where, we would like 10 know, did
he get this prophetic vision? AS
matter of fact, he was not con-
spicuous leader among the strike
breakers nor is he a skilled work
man. Under the circumstances he
seemed unduly alarmed. It is fur
Their more than strange that his
house should be chosen again as
the scene Of the second brio, throw
ing. These circumstances are more
than suspicious.
But there are more important
things that deserve notice in this
connection The union representa-
tives had warned the workers from
the beginning that violence was
what the company wanted. t. have
an excuse to secure an inian, ton,
This was common knowledge among
men familiar with the situation.
Urged Police Protection.
Moreover, tire union representa-
tives had made a special request of
the police department not on one.
but on several occasions, to give
police protection to the Allen-A
mill 81 hours Of each day. This
had been particularly emphasized
after it was learned that one A. r.
Macdonald, popularly known as
"yellow dog" Macdonald, had been
called in by the company to break
the backs of the workers. The union
representatives were concerned
about a frame-up, which would give
the company occasion for an in
junction. The officials knew that
in Joliet, H., a short time ago, a
Burns Detective Agency operative
had been caught red-handed throw
ing bomb into a garage, in order
to blame it on strikers. They knew
of other frame-up attempts of this
sort, and did not want an excuse
to be given the company, under the
plea Of property protection, to Sc
cure action in the courts which
would hamper the workers case.
The 1,uion had r,riufed WTan Com.