The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-30
SPEED drive TO
HELP GASTONIA
Unions Continue Fight
To Save % Strikers
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(Cont1nued on Page F1Ue)
success. The drive to free the work
ers, however, must continue until
all of them have been released, the
committee pointed out. The ten day
drive was a period of mobilization
of the masses, but this mobilization
must not be disbanded after Sep
TENDER 2. 1t must go on until the
% Gastonia strikers are returned to
the Labor Movement.
Unions Contribute to Save Comrades
The Bakers Union, No. 8, of
Brooklyn, afflicted with the Anal
gamated Food Workers, brought
$1,000 today to the national offices
of the Gastonia Campaign Commit
tee at 80 E. 18th St., room 402, N.
Y. City, to help the Gastonia strik-
ers. The voting of this sum has
already been reported,
The money was taken from the
treasury after a unanimous vote on
the question by the membership
and $500 more was pledged.
The Needle Trades Workers In
dustrial Union is assessing each
member in the country fifty cents
for the campaign.
The Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers, Local Sd, contributed $500 at
their membership meeting last
night.
Activities at Full Swing Everywhere
Due to limited space the entire list
of cities in the United States that
have swung into utmost activity will
not be tabulated here. A few of the
outstanding ones will be mentioned
Minneapolis, Mimi: Another l. L.
D. Gastonia conference will be held
Wednesday, Sept. II, at 8:15 p. M
in the Labor Lyceum, at 1426 North
Sixth St. The workers will scour
the city in house to house collec-
ton Sunday, Septs 8.
Pacific Coast Very Active.
Mother Ella Reeve Bloor, touring
the entire coast, where she is in
charge of activities, reports splendid
meetings in Los Angeles, where a
demonstration was held despite po-
lice threats and $48 collected from
workers, many of them unemployed
strong activities in Richmond, Santa
Barbara, Long Beach, Castle Rock
Ranch, San Diego, San Francisco
Fort Bragg, Eureka and Seattle
Wash, are also reported.
Farmers in Middle West Contribute
The story of Gastonia has reached
the innermost Businesses of this
land. This is evidenced by the fol
lowing contributions from farmers
co-operatives, themselves impover'
ished in the middle west;
Cloquet Cooperative So
ciety, Cloquet, Mimi. $4,000
Farmers Cooperative Co.,
Cromwell, MINI. ...... SOC
Farmers Cooperative Assn,
Herman, Mich ....... 10,4e
Rudyard Cooperative Assn,
Herman, Mich. ...,.. SOC
Shelton Farmers Coop, AS
ISOLATION, Mahtowa, Mimi. zoo
Toivola Coop. Mercantile AS
ISOLATION, Toivola, MIMI. 20.0(
Other cities in the middle west re,
porting much activity are Paines
vile, Ohio, which sends in $22,25
and Kansas City, Mo-, where thu
Russian Progressive Club sends {
protest against the Imprisonment o,
the Gastonia strikers and is raising
funds to save them.
Even from across the border il
Manitoba, Can, comes the protes
sent to Governor Gardner, of Nortl
Carolina, demanding chat the prose
cution against the sixteen textil
workers of Gastonia be stopped i'm
mediately."
More Activity in California.
Further activities in Californi;
were reported today with the fol
lowing:
Fort Bragg sends funds and re
ports that the LID. local is very
active on behalf of Gastonia.
The Women's Educational Clul
sends $25 and Is continuing its &C
tivities on behalf of Gastonia de
Tense.
Mattresses Of the COOPERATIVE
restaurant in Los Angeles send il
$18.25 contributed by patrons on be
half Of Gastonia.
! Meriden, Conn.,, sends in $40 col