The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-22
TRIAL OF MILL
VICTIMS TO BE
REOpENED SOON
Charlotte Poisoned by
Lies of Press

The trial of the sixteen Gastonia
strikers will reopen in few days,
Monday, August 26, in Charlotte, N.
c., a city which has been poisoned by
the flow of malicious lies by the
Charlotte press, especially since
July &c, when the trial opened orig
inally.
This is the city to which the trial
of the Gastonia strikers had been
changed ~ the judge allegedly on
the supposition that 'fairer' trial
could be secured here.
Charlotte Press Spreading Lies.
Since the change of venue the
Charlotte yellow press has been
pouring forth a stream of lies that
vie only with the Gastonia Gazette's
frenzies during the first stages of
the strike-when an open call for
blood, for lynch law, was made.
The trial of the sixteen Gastonia
strikers charged with first degree
murder will reopen in the small city
of Charlotte, but the eyes of the
world will be focused on the court
house there.
Every country of the world, the
masses of these countries, the work
ing class OF America, have been
reused by the International Labor
Defense, the Workers international
Relief, and the National Textile
Workers Union, now functioning on
a united front in the Gastonia Joint
Defense and Relief Commute whose
national offices are at so E. 10th
St., Y. =. c.
international Mass Demonstrations.
There will be mass demonstrations
in a dozen countries denouncing the
brutality of the GastCnia mill barons
and their police and thug lackies.
The International Executive of the
International Labor Defense has
call for these demonstrations.
General Strikes for Gastonia.
There will be general strikes, es-
pecially in the South American coun-
tries. Thc worldwide series of Sac
co-Vansetti demonstrations have
been utilized by the workers to rally
themselves on behalf of the Gas
tonia strikers.
Vast Mobilization Of American
Workers.
FROM August "a to September 2,
there will be tremendous mobliiza-
ion Of the workers of America,
through the Gastonia JOINT Defense
md -elief Committee, in which a
house to house, shop, street collec-
ton Tor funds viii take place in
every industrial center of the land.
This will be accomplished through a
united front of the working class,
''-or.ling as one gigantic force to free
the % Gastonia strikers from the
ectric chair or from Imprisonment.
Iillionss will be reached, and ac-
uainteo with the t''lth about Gas
tonia.
The bosses of Manville-Jenckes
ill fine that their dastardly deed,
hich they wanted to pull off in the
ark, i, nov care in the limelight
publicity,
Although capitalist newspapers
i'll falsify the issues the bitter facts
Ill be there to stare the readers in
face.
The revolutionary working class
ess, the foremost exponent of
l;ch is the Daily Worker, will be on
nd with staff of brilliant artists
ID journalists to inform the work
5 what is going on in the Inquisi-
on Chamber of the new tortuer
rricsts-the Southern textile bosses.
Americas scores of millions of
orlze-s n <.ead of Gastonia and
alizc t. sixteen young men and
omen are in danger of their lives
I cause they fought for the follow
g two fundamental rights of all
r,en:
The indusputable right of all
vorkers to organize into unions for
etter conditions than $40 or S12
eek Cor so hours toll.
The indisputable right Of all
orkers to defend themselves and
leir families from the murderous
nslaughts of the boss-controlled po-
&c and thugs.
These are the two principles for
,,lich the % strikers and strike lead
IS of the National Textile Workers
Tnion have been imprisoned and
1reatened with death. These are
he two principles which hold ire
aendous implications for the entire
-orking class, of the north and the
outh.