The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-01
ALBERT WEISBORD
ARRESTED, DENIED
RELEASE ON BAIL
Strikers Defy Court,
Refuse Bond

NEW BEDFORD, Mass,
July 31.-Following an open
revolt in the ranks of the small
picket line of William Batty,
president of the textile council,
the police began preparations
for mass arrests on the New
Bedford Textile Unions line
this evening.
Strikers drowned out Nc
Mahon, president of the U. T.
w. with cries of 'No Arbitra-
ton" when he attempted to
put across a sell-out at a meet
ing yesterday.
The local jail is reported to
be seriously overcrowded, with
eight prisoners oN;upying
cell intended for one.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, July 81.
Albert Weisbord, national secre-
tary of the Textile Mills Committee,
was arrested here this afternoon,
after speaking at a mass meeting
at Saulnier's lot on the South Side.
The police arrested Weisbord on
a charge Of "trespassing in FAN
River eight weeks ago." is be-
ing held in jail here without bail,
the local authorities claiming that
they are waiting to hear from Fall
River" altho Chief of Police Feeney
of that city is at the police station
in New Bedford.
Other speakers at the mass meet
ings were Alex Bail, of Boston,
Harry Cantor of the Typographical
Union of Boston, Fred Beidenkapp,
Marry Correina, Arthur Daiz, Sam
Weisman of the Fall River textile
mills, and Nat Kay, district organ
izer of the Young Workers (Com-
munist) League.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, July 81.
Arrested as result of last nights
picketing demonstration, 256 textile
strikers were hustled into court by
armed guards this morning. Of this
number 180 waived examination and
were Immediately sentenced, the
majority of them receiving SEN
tences of two months each. A num-
ber of the defendants were iuven-
lies, and received smaller sentences.
All the pickets appealed and their
bail was fixed at $500, pending
hearing before a superior court. All
refused bail.
Fred E. Beale and Jack Rubin
stein, strike leaders, received six
month sentences at once and were
placed in bail of $1,000 each. Beale
was recently released after serving
a months sentence for activities on
the picket line. Pelczar and Boshak
Dawson, Marion Batelho anC Maris
Silvia, received sentences of three
months and are held in $1,000 bail
each.
Cheered On Way.
The strikers arrested yesterday
were brought from the Jail to the
court in trucks in patches of thirty.
Cheering crowds, assembled early in
the morning to listen to the singing
of the pickets in their cells, accom-
panied the trucks and were held
back at the courthouse by the bay
onets of the Massachusetts National
Guard who are still patrolling the
city.
All the arrested strikers pleaded
not guilty and received their sem
tences in an atmosphere tense with
excitement.
Parents Jailed.
In many cases both parents of a
family are in jail. One family of
six small children walked miles to
the Jail, the oldest carrying a two
months old baby in her arms.
While the sentences were being
handed down in the court room, a
line of pickets larger than yesterday
undaunted by the previous nights
arrests resumed picketing at the
Whitman Mill. The police did not
interfere, altho the resumption Of
picketing is in direct defiance of
police orders.
The Textile Mills Committee yes
ta,.day fseYpd a e+a+a,,,e,,t ,1o,~+;..S~
out that the hysteria and despera-
tion of the mill owners was never
better seen than when mayor called
in the national guard.
"By this time, the statement
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