The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-29

comrade from the duty of partici-
pating in the hunger-strike owing to
the state of his health.
On the very first day of the
hunger-strike the prison authorities
showed their intentions clearly
enough. On this day the light was
turned out two hours earlier than
usual, lie. at o'clock. At the same
time the windows were closed. In
this way the comrades lost at one
blow two hours of light and fresh
air. The various cells held confer
ences as to what was to be done.
The first proposal was one of our
committee to reopen the windows.
The locks on the windows were of
poor quality and the windows were
opened without much difficulty. The
spirit of the comrades was conf
dent. Lying on their mattresses
they told stories of their experiences,
and the older and more experienced
comrades told the new ones Of for
meT munger -SIrlkeS.
Punish Leader.
The next day the prison author
tiles refused to permit our chair
man to leave his cell in order to
prevent the committee from ex-
pressing its opinions. The comrades
then demanded that they should be
let into the courtyard for exercise
Usually political prisoners do not
exercise during hunger-strikes. This
time however the exercise was neces-
sary in order that the members of
our committee could get into touch
with each other. The prison au-
thorities did not realize the aim of
the exercise at first and agreed
readily. No sooner had our commit
tee finished its deliberations than to
the great surprise of the warders
the comrades commenced to return
to their cells. Afterwards the COM
rades did not go exercising any
more although it was terribly close
in the cells. The second day passed
on the whole quietly.
The following day, Monday, die
not pass without incidents. AS is
known, the third day of hunger
strike is particularly unpleasant
and painful. The hunger-strikers
feel very weak and suffer from ter
rible headaches. The comrades lay
on their mattresses. At midday the
inspector appeared and ordered Is
comrades to pack up their things. II
turned out later on that they hao
been transferred to Vronki. On
the same day number of comrades
were also removed from Paviak anc
Serbia. The authorities wished tc
break the hunger-strike by trans.
ferring a section of the comrades t.
various prisons in the provinces
The comrades who were left behinc
gave the comrades who were leaving
a warm farewell. The prison wall.
shook from our singing. The com
rades in all the cells joined in tn,
singing. All the comrades were ex
cited and had forgotten their weak
ness and hunger. When the sing
ing was at an end the comrades fel
exhausted onto their mattresse.
again.
Other Strikes.
The fourth day of the hunger
strike passed without incident.
number of the comrades had higl
fever. Instead of feeling hungr,
we all felt weak and had bite
taste in our mouths. Two Of tn,
comrades whose health was pool
fell sick. On this day we received
news that the hunger-strike il
Paviak had been called off. In Ser
bia the hunger-strike was still goin1
on, as we learned later. We il
Mokotov decided to continue tn,
hunger-strike under the slogan o.
"Re-establish all the rights of tn,
political prisoners!" This demand
was placed before the prison au
thorities. The answer was shor
and sharp and consisted Of . refer