The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-08
CASTONIA TENT
GUARDS DOUBLED
W.I.R. Opens Cleaning
Station in Bronx

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would include all workers in the
city, She recommended that Bertha
Crawford and Robert Allen, who
have been acting as chairman and
secretary of the W. I. R. branch
here, become the officials of the per-
manent branch.
viii Be Meeting Center.
Crawford and Allen reported to
the assembled members and prom
ised to work hard for the building,
ct powerful w. 1. R. They pointed
out that after the strike the w. /.
R, would be a good place to meet
old friends and repay the debt of
working class solidarity now being
shown by workers throughout the
country.
They also said that the building
Of the W. I. R. is of major impor-
lance, going hand in hand with the
organization campaign of the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union. The
reports of Crawford and Allen were
very we'll received by the strikers.
Strikers as Officials.
Crawford was elected chairman,
Allen secretary and Jesse Lynch.
head OF the housing and tent COM
mittee, treasurer of the Gastonia
". l. R.. The entire strike relief
committee We're elected as members
of the executive board for the dura-
ton Of the strike. Many of the
workers present participated in the
discussion. It was decided that the
branch hold membership meetings
every Thursday at z p. m.
Thugs of the Manville-Jenckes Co.
are threatening the striker, Stevens.
whose wife expects baby any day
now, demanding that he vacate the
company-owned house. They are
using the bait of free moving to
bring pressure upon him. His sicl;
wife is frightened by the policy of
constant bounding, but he is deter
mined to defy the company agents.
Stevens has two other children and
before the strike worked in the
twisting room at wage of $13.75
weekly.
Open Own Barber Shop.
Several strikers have been desig-
mated as BARRIERS for the tent col
ony. One tent will be used as the
barber shop. 1t will be opened to-
morrow.
Among the food given to the strik-
'ers yesterday were two pound cans
of syrup. According to Caroline
Drew, of the W. I. R. relief COM
mittee, more funds are needed to
purchase buttermilk, essential to
health in this hot climate; also to
take care of the sick strikers, the
sick list increasing to a great ex-
tent during the last few days. The
dysentery cases are more numerous.
To meet the pressing need for
funds, contributions should be rushed
TO the Workers International Relief,
/ Union Square, New York City.
Bronx w. I. r. Station
A w. I. r. store and station at
I18 Brook Ave-, near 144th St., the
Bronx, was officially opened yester-
day. 1t is conducted by the Work
ers International Relief, 1 Union
Square, New York City, for the ben
eft of the strikers.
1t runs a cleaning, pressing and
dyeing shop. A modern Hoffman
pressing machine has been installed,
according to Louis A. Baum, man.
ager Of the store. The station will
be open daily from 8 a. m. to p.
M, he added. All workers are in
vited to get their cleaning, pressing
and dyeing done here.
All the profits of the store will
be used for the Workers Interna-
tional Relief activities, while cloth
ing will also be shipped to the
strike centers and other parts of the
country where struggling workers
are in need of it.
Worn clothing contributed by
workers throughout the country will
be repaired and pressed and then
shipped to those sections Of the
country, where the need is most. AZ
present, clothing is being shipped to
the striking textile workers Of the
south and to the destitute coal min
ers. Those having clothing outside
of New York for donation are urged
To send IL nv marcel most while those