The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-04
CANTON WORKERS
MASS PICKETING
DESPITE POLICE
Mill Bosses Import
Gamblers, Spies
cBy a Worker Correspondent


CANTON. o. (By Mail).-Th
strike of 500 clippers and grinder
of the Central Alloy Steel Corpora
ton, now in it's fourth week, is still
gaining strength. The strikers ar,
more enthusiastic and hopeful o,
gaining their demands than at any
time since the strike. News has
reached the strikers that of the 60(
scabs imported into the mill, from
Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Youngstown
ETC., only $50 remain in the mill
The scabs are being sheltered and
fed inside the mill. The company has
put into use the barracks which
were used in 1925 to break the
strike.
Spy Ridden.
Production is at its lowest, de-
spite the growing number of scabs
taken in. Where prior to the strike
men turned out one ton of steel
every four hours, as an average,
the scabs' average is 26 hours. I'm
portation of scabs has been a total
failure from the point of view of
production. The mill is ridden with
spies, men are not allowed to talk
to one another. Gambling and booze
are encouraged by the company.
Two professional gamblers were
brought in the mill last week, and
after skinning all the scabs of their
earnings they quit.
There is growing hostility of the
men in other departments towards
the scabs, and the company. Posi-
bilities of spreading the strike are
better today than ever before. The
mill committee has formulated a
systematic plan of reaching all the
workers in the mill. Speakers are
being sent to all fraternal organiza-
tons to explain to the men that this
fight is their fight. If the clippers
and grinders lose, they will next be
the target for wage cutting and
speed-up by the company. The work
ers are predominantly of foreign
birth: Greeks, Spaniards, Italians
Portuguese. 1t is hoped that the res
ponse from the organizations for
relief of the strikers will be liberal,
insofar as they are closely related
and all are concentrated in the same
mill, same neighborhood, and same
fraternal and benefit organizations.
The mill committee will in the next
week or ten days exert all efforts
to reach the other workers and if
successful in signing up a substan-
tial number of the men into the mill
committee will issue a call for a
general strike of all departments
and formulate demands for the en-
tire shop.
Strikers Parade.
AS result of speeches made by
Joe Judson, mill worker from
Lorain, O., who together with many
others came into town in search of
job and subsequently joined the
strikers, the spirit of solidarity and
enthusiasm of the strikers is great
er than at any time since the strike.
Banners appeared for the first time
on the picket line Friday, stating
the demands of the strikers and ask
ing support of the men on strike
by those inside and the workers
outside.
The strikers, numbering 200, in
military formation paraded the
neighborhood and passed the work
house where three of our brothers
are serving a sentence of ten days
on trumped up charges. The strikers
received a favorable response from
hundreds of workers gathered on
the sidewalks. The line was greeted
by cheers and applause by the
workers in the shop.
Judson denounced the city author
tiles and police force who We're geu-
ting their instructions from L. c.
Smith, assistant superintendent of
the Central Alloy Corporation. On
numerous occasions the police were
seen in conference with Smith.
Friday, at p. m. when the par
ade appeared the police and Assist
ant Superintendent Smith were as
founded at the growing picket line
and the discipline of the strikers.
Smith was running wild back and
forth, urging the police to tear
down the banners, but not knowing
the law, they abstained from molest-
ing the parade, which after cover
ing couple of miles of the mill
district peacefully disbanded. The
strikers promise a greater picket
line on Saturday with many more
banners.
N. j.