The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-04
NO new JURORS
IN CHARLOTTE
N.T.W. Organization
Drive Continues

! tC0HIWUeu from rage OHeJ
law. 1t is evident that this Law
is highly unfair to the worker de
PENDANTS.
The defense has used 100 per
emptory challenges and the state As
This indicates approximately the
percentage of middle class venire
men who are openely prejudiced ant
of workers and farmers who are
lopenely sympathetic to the defend
ants. The defense has SO challenges
left and the state So.
Defend Right to Strike.
The right of organizing and Of
self-defense are the central ques.
tons in the selection of jurors anc
it becomes increasingly apparent tc
everyone that this will be the prin.
cipal issue of the trial.
Conviction would in effect outlaw
these rights of workers. The prose.
cution is desperately determined tc
burn not only the union organizers
but the workers rights.
Organization Goes On.
The eight meetings held Saturday
night under the joint auspices of the
I. L. D. and nj w. y. at various
textile centers, proved very success
full. At Kings Mt 800 workers APP
plauded the speakers, Frank H.
Kirkland, Caroline Drew, Sam
Pfifer and 81 Gerson, who appealed
for support of the 1. L. D. campaign
on behalf of the defendants in the
Gastonia case and called for mo-
Utilization of the Southern mill work
ers for general movement of strug,
/ gle against the bosses and thei1
agents. About 25 new members
Joined the N. T. W. U. and an equal
number Joined the l. L. D. after the
meeting. Mass meetings are hello
at Kings Mt. every Saturday night
At Bessemer City, Paul Shep-
herd, Mike Harris, Yves Williams
and Hubert Carroll spoke to about
100 workers. A local doctor pledged
his support from the platform tt
the l. L. D.
Workers for Defense.
At McAdenville 300 workers lis.
tened with great interest to Juliet
Stuart Poyntz of the I. L. D.. who
told them about the examination OF
veniremen in the courtroom, point
ing out that practically all venire-
men of the capitalist and middle
classes were preiudiced against the
defendants, while the unskilled
workers and poor farmers were
openly sympathetic to the defend
ants and their struggle for better
conditions for the workers.
At North Belmont and Mt. Holly
there was a joint meeting at which
there were about 125 workers. The
speakers were George Saul, a local
worker, Ben Wells and Lillian
Cannes. This is the first mass
meeting to be held at North Belmont
1t was arranged at the request OF
the workers at three mills there
Another meeting will be held Mon
day night. Seventeen workers
Joined the I. L. D. after the meet
ing.
Meetings at several other places
were likewise successful.
A telegram was received from the
workers of Monroe requesting or
ganizers of the N. T. w. U. to hold
meetings there and meeting was
arranged by the workers themselves
for last Saturday night. Every
worker who attended Joined the
union. Some of them are working ir
a rayon plant and were formerly
U. T. w. members. The first ques.
ton they asked Ben Wells was
care you connected with that bunch
at Marion? If so, we don't want
anything to do with your union.
They were assured that the N. T,
W. U. recognizes that the leader
ship Of the U. t. w. is one which
betrays the. workers and that the
program Of The N. T. w. U. is a pro.
gram of class struggle, not of class
collaboration. Another meeting has
been arranged for next Saturday.
Jolt to Boss.
A certain mill owner who has
moved his mill from Rhode Island
to North Carolina in order to avoid
'1abor troubles"and to obtain "cheap
and docile labor is due to receive a
rude awakening. The N. t. w. U.
has just started organization of the
workers in this plant. Thirty-six
out of $50 have Joined the union
within the last two days and a
secret meeting has been. arranged
fo- next week. The name and To-
cation of this plant cannot be given
at this time as it might result in
the discharge and eviction of those
who have Joined the union. As soon
as the union is sufficiently well or
ganized there, open mass meetings
will be held. S.. ,a e~r