The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-28
NOT A WORKER
GOES BACK, BOSS
CARRIES ARMS
Deportation Used as
Threat

(By a Worker espondert)
a CANTON, (By MaiD The strike
Of the clippers and grinders in the
Central Alloy Steel Mill remains I'M
changed. Not a man has gone back
to work-on the contrary they are
stronger than before in their deter
n1ination to win the strike and get
organized.
d Although six men have been held
by the immigration authorities, on
the charge of illegal entry into the
+ country, this has not frightened the
strikers, all of whom are foreign
born, mostly Greeks, Italians, Ru-
nlanians, Spaniards, Arabs, etc. The
men have been fooled so much by the
Central Alloy Steel that they see
that a fight must be made if they
are not to be reduced far below even
a living standard.
Press Lies.
Mr.. Fairless, manager of the Mas
silon plant, came to Canton some
time ago with the intention of per-
suading the men to go back to work.
According to the local press, whicg
published this account as the only
document of the strike, 200 of the
men have gone back to work, and the
others are returning. This is bare
faced lie, for not a single man has
gone back.
On the contrary, the strike COM
mittee told Fairless clearly that his
promise of So cents day and the
bonus, which is supposed to net
them Sc to 81 day, is bunk. When
they figured out for him that Sc
day is what they want-a flat rate
and no bonus, he replied that that
cannot be done, for there is a uni
versal scale, established by the steel
manufacturers When they told him
further that he would have to deal.
with the Mill Committee, he waved
them off entirely.
Hold Massillon Meet.
A meeting was held in Massillon,
which is only about eight miles from
Canton, for the purpose of acquaint-
ing the clippers and grinders there
with the situation in Canton. A good
part of them signed up, and it is
only matter of days when the Mas
sillon clippers and grinders will be
out.
The other departments in Canton
are closed down as a result of the
strike-Nos. 5 and 8. The men in
the entire plant recognize the justice
of the demands of the clippers and
grinders, and now the Mill Commit
tee will do everything to get them
out actively in the strike and to
organize them.
Police Active.
The police are on the job. There
is a reason for it. The company
has imported 40 scabs-white and
Negro. But these men did not all
stick. Eleven left at once, when they
learned that there is a strike on.
The other 20 know nothing about
chipping and grinding, and as a re-
suit, they stand round doing nothing.
{ There is report that one of the
scabs handled the job so poorly that
bar struck another man and he
was seriously injured.
Mr. Smith, assistant superinten-
dent of the plant, goes about with a
gun in his belt, accompanied by two
policemen. He follows the men,
dogs their every step and does every
thing to provoke them. 1t is clear
that this Is foretaste of what the
city intends to do in order to pro-
tect the interests of he Central AL
10y Steel, which together with the
Timkin Roller Bearing Works, con-
trolls the city of Canton.
This time, however, they have
.reckoned without their host. The
men are aroused, and will continue
5ethe fight. They are not inundated
by the arrests, but are on the picket
line. The International Labor De-
Tense is taking care of the four mer
arrested on Thursday, and the six
held by the immigration authorities
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