The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-10
CHARGE TROOPER
DROVE STRIKERS
CHILD TO DROWN
Own Members Jeer
Union Faker Campos
BULLETIN


Charges that the six-year-old
Johnny Madeiros, son of one of
the strikers, who was drowned
here last night, died because he
had rushed in terror thru a gap
in a waterfront fence in order
to escape charging mounted
trooper, were substantiated by
testimony in the court hearing
held here today.
Eye-witnesses declared that
mounted policeman had chased
the child down the street till he
disappeared into the water.
Tanning the flames of bitter
mass resentment manifested by
the population here, was the cyni-
cal police testimony that the Of
ficer thought the six-year-old
child twas swimming"
Fellow strikers are planning
the holding of a mass funeral.
Especial to the Daily Worker.)
FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. O.
The Algonquin Mills, picketed yes
terday by strikers from the Amer
lean Printing Company despite po-
lice terrorism, were completely
tied-up today when the plants Mill
Committee announced to their fell
low workers the refusal of the man
agement to rescind the 10 per cent
wage cut and grant the other de
mands put forward by the workers
Following the demonstration of
strikers, held at the Algonquin
gates yesterday, the operatives at
this factory came to the Textile
Mill Committees headquarters,
passed unanimous strike vote, and
elected committee to present their
demands to the employer.
Charles Silvia, Frank Governor,
Manken Consour, Manuel Sousa and
Manuel Perry, the committee elect
ed, visited Superintendent Hindle
and demanded restoration of the
wage cut, a 20 per cent increase
over that and the other demands of
the Textile Mill Committees. The
bosses answer that the committee
must wait for a reply till Monday
was Immediately recognized as a
ruse, and the employer was told the
strike would be on after one o'clock
in the afternoon.
Enthusiastically the workers
gtreamed out of the plant to i'm
mediaely fling a picket line com
pletely around the mill.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. o.
John Campos, secretary of the re-
dictionary Textile Council of the
American Federation of Textile OPP
eratives, was howled down by his
own members at a crowded meeting
of 5000 on Brandea Lot last night
while he was urging his listeners to
participate in no strike movement
against the wage cut they suffered
last January.
The jeering began when Campos
began a vicious attack on the Tex
tile Mill Committees. When his at
tacks on the strike movement be-
came sharper, a storm OF protest
that rapidly grew in volume finally
forced him to leave the speakers
stand for home under police es-
cort.
Tear Up Books.
Members of the A. F. T. o. here
began to surround the platform
and demonstratively tear up their
membership books.
A marching line of over -one
thousand today broke through the
massed police squadrons and sue
ceeded in picketing the mills despite
repeated charges of police. Many
workers were injured by the swing
ing clubs of the police.
Peter Hegelias, young leader of
the Textile Mill Committees in Fall
River, was brutally beaten mp by
the uniformed thugs. He was later
lodged in Jail, charged with leading
the picket line, and held for $1,000
bail bonds.