The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-29
ALLEN, CAST0NIA
STRIKER, WRITES
ON EVE OF TRIAL
Calls on Workers to
Aid Defense
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which the strike was called I'M
der. Well, when a strike is called
there has to be picket line or
the strike can not be won, SO we
got orders from the leader to pick
ct the mill gates which we did till
the city council got together and
passed a law that we could not
picket; then when they went and
hired men and had them deputized
and give them guns with bayonets
on them, and when we formed a
picket line they would take the
guns with the bayonets on them and
started breaking up the line, and
there was nothing for them to do
too good. They stuck old women
with the bayonets, knocked them
off the street, blackened their eyes
like they were men and locked
them up.
The news reporter from Char
lotte was there one evening while
the thugs were breaking up the
line. The thugs took him for a strik-
er and knocked him cold with a
blackjack. They didn't care who
they hit, just anybody they come
to they found that wouldn't work,
so they got a masked mos and came
to the union headquarters one night
about two o'clock and with axes
and crowbars and other tools from
the Loray mill, tore down the I'M
ion headquarters and blackjacked
the men that was in there and
then tried to lay it on them. After
they smashed the headquarters
they went to the store where the
w. I. R. had food for the strikers
and broke the store open and threw
the food out on the street, but the
W. l. R. replaced the food and the
next day then the mill owner got
the man where the building be-
longed to where the store was in
and had him run the union out,
so they rented a little building that
was also bought by the mill and
they had to get out of there. The
union then decided to lease lot
and they did and bought lumber
and had their own headquarters
built. While they was building the
headquarters the mill bosses said
they would tear it down three days
after it was built. On account of
the threat the union placed guards
around the building at night. After
the mass meeting was over, well,
it run all right till on the 7th of
June the workers in the mill want
err to be called out on strike too,
So we were to form a picket line
that night. 1t was to be a signal
for the workers inside to come out.
While we were holding mass meet
ing that night the bosses sent men
down to the union ground to break
up the mass meeting. They came
down and started throwing rotten
eggs, when the picket line started
to the mill they were met by the
thugs and the police. The police
choked and beat up men and wom-
en-. Then they went to fulfil the
threats they had made about tear
ing the headquarters down. Now,
two Of the officers that came down
was drunk over there and raised
cain over there and wanted to beat
up two men because they would
not sell them whiskey, they run the
men into the river and shot at them
while they was in the water, so
drunk and raging they were going
to tear the headquarters down. Well
when they got to the headquarters
they were met by the guards at
the union grounds, and were asked
for a warrant to come on the lot
as they had no business there that
time of night. They said that they
did not need no dam warrant. Well
the guards would not let them come
on the grounds, then the officers
started to take the gun away from
from the guards. One of the guards
called out, "Turn that man loose,
then one of the officers fired at the
guards. The shooting then took
place. One of the guards got wound
ed, three of the officers got wound
ed, the chief was in the wounded
bunch, he died the next day, but the
same night the mill thugs and the
police arrested everybody that be.
longed to the union. Some they hac
to turn loose, the others were charg
ed with assault with a deadly weap
on, intent to kill, eight were charg
ed with that; Is were charged will
murder and held without bond, ant
all kinds of lies were told agains
them. They are being framed b!
the mill bosses. Every one tina
reads this, please rush funds to tn,
International Labor Defense office
80 East Eleventh Street, Room 4O2
New York City, if you want t,
know any more the l. L. D. will
tell you.
I want you to get this pub
lished in the paper so the peopl
will know the truth, for these pa
pers won't print the truth, as the.
are owned by the bosses and tn
mill owners.
Bob Allen.