The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-03
ORGANIZER Tells
FRAME-UP PLANS
OF Mill BARONS
Activities of Workers
Grow Despite Terror
BY CLARINA NICHOLSON.


Is workers who were arrested last
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were
kept in the House of Correction
over four days, although it would
only have taken five minutes to
have them brought into court to
have bail set by the judge.
These workers are in the group
of % who were indicted on "con-
spiracy" charge-"conspiracy" to
parade without permit and econ
spiracy" to disturb the peace. This
move on the part of the courts is
obviously an attempt to get" the
most active union workers. All of
the local New Bedford organizers
are included in this framed-up con-
spiracy charge, except two, Fred
Beal and William Murdoch. The
only reason they were. also not in
dicted as "conspirers" was because
they were in Jail at the time be-
cause of their strike activities.
Taken by Force.
District Attorney Crossley an
nounced last week that he would
like all the 25 indicted workers to
appear in the New Bedford Superior
Court, on Tuesday, Nov. 81. He
was very much annoyed when
Henry Hoffman, the International
Labor Defense lawyer in charge of
the cases, stated that none of the
workers would voluntarily appear in
court, and that if the district attor-
ney wanted them, he would have to
go after them. This resulted in Is
being arrested by local police on
bench warrants. They were taken
in at the New Bedford local office
of the National Textile Workers
Union at 40 William St., at a mass
meeting, and from their homes.
They were booked at the Central
Police Station and then transferred
to the House of Correction. The
ten who have not yet been located
and served with extradition papers
to appear in the New Bedford court
as "conspirers" are Albert Weis-
bord, Frederick Biedenkapp, Paul
Crouch, Ellen Dawson, Elsie Pultur,
Germaine Madeiros, Nathan Kay,
Elizabeth Donnely, Jackson w.
Wales and Joseph NJ. Cabral.
Heavy Bail.
So far we have taken care of all
the New Bedford cases. Almost
100000 in bail has been put up and
about quarters of million
dollars in prosperity tied up in
freeing from jail arrested textile
strikers. Every cent has come from
local sympathizers; not a nickel
from outside or from professional
bondsmen.
The International Labor Defense,
during the strike, built up a strong
local organization, first under the
direction of Abe Pier, now organ
izer for the National Textile Work
ers' Union in Fall River, and now
under Antoine Samieras, one of the
active textile strikers. There are
over 800 members in the Portuguese
and English branches and almost
200 in the Polish.
While the Is workers on the "con-
spiracy" charge are spending days
in the House of Correction, away
from their union jobs, awaiting the
courts pleasure to have them
brought in to have bail set, another
case is going ahead full blast in
the same court house under the
same Judge Williams. This is the
case of the former treasurer and
collector of Westport, Mass, Charles
Fl. Clifford, on trial for larceny of
$43,066.4O. Clifford says his wife
knows how the missing money was
spent and Mrs. Clifford says she
laid it on the table, and wasn't it
a coincidence, someone came in just
then and the money disappeared,
she can't imagine how it happened.
Daily Reporter barreu-
While Judge Williams is upstairs
listening to the strange disappear
ance of taxpayers money to the
tune of over $4,000, the case Of
Patrick Cabral, of "a County ST.,
is being tried downstairs under
Judge John Gibbs. Cabral was a
striker. Someone was beaten up on
Oct. 8 and Cabral was arrested on
the charge of assault with intent
to kill" This obviously framed-up
charge was later changed to CAS-
sault." The man assaulted, incl
dentally, went to work as usual the
next day The case is now going
on. Cabral is being defended by
Henry Hoffman, the /. L. D. law
yer.
The New Bedford Hotel on Pleas
ant St, patronized by mill owners,
travelling statesmen and the like. as
sures strangers with big signs that
they are welcome to the city and
that every courtesy viii be extended
them. This courtesy is not extended
BY the court house. The representa-
tive Of the Daily Worker was ex-
cIuded from the trial Of Cabral on
the ground Of the room being too
small: this IN Epits Of the fact
that local reporters we're permitted
In.
Union activities are being carried
on in spite Of IS Of the active work
ers being in jail. 4 mill meeting
ia bn1d each rfgbf There are mass