The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-09
COMMITTEE 100"
TRIES TO LYNCH
New Raid Reflects
What Happened June 7

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matter a god damn; get the hell ou
or we'll kill you, you bastards."
Dewey Martin told the driver t.
keep on going: "Drive right on t,
the speaking grounds"
Seize Martin.
Leaders of the mob jumped OF
the running board of the car anC
yelled: "We know you, god damn
you! Go get off that car" The!
opened the door and '--~bbed Mar
tin. He was hit twice with black
jacks in the face and was pulled
half way out of the auto.
Oehler and the others held Mar
tin, realizing that if he was taker
out of the car he would be murdered
! The mob of hired thugs and bosses
then broke every window and tn,
windshield of the car with black
jacks and stones. Oehler was hi
over the head with pop-bottles from
two sides. His hands and face were
badly cut and bruised. Mike Harris
and 81 Gerson were blackjacked. Tn,
others were also hit with sticks ant
stones thrown into the car.
Follow With Shotguns.
The union organizers succeeded il
pulling Martin back into the car ant
slammed the door. Realizing tina
they were outnumbered twenty Il
one by the armed thugs and would
be slaughtered if they did not NOV,
quickly, they ordered the taxi driver
to start the car. The driver, ais,
hit in the attack, drove off will
sluggers hanging on the outside
still hitting through the broken win
dows with bottles and blackjacks
These finally dropped off and 60
into their car, which followed tn,
union organizers closely with sho
guns pointed at the organizers.
Police Laugh.
Gerson and Oehler state they saw
men in the mob brandishing gun.
and pistols in the air and shoutin,
threats. Policemen stood arouns
laughing.
When truck-load of union mem
bers from Gastonia arrived a few
minutes later they were driven of.
by the armed mob, who held gun!
levelled at the workers. Frank H
Kirkland, organizer for the Work
ers international Relief and Inter
national Labor Defense, who wa
beaten there last week, was alst
driven off and threatened yester
day.
Union to Hold Meetings.
Hugo Oehler said last night: 9TH,
attack this afternoon signifies +;
mobilization of the mill owners, LEI
by the Manville-Jenckes Company
for offensive against the N. T. w
Alarmed by the rapidity with which
the union is growing, and realizing
that we are organizing for a gen
eral struggle for better condition!
to be initiated by the Charlotte con
ference, the mill owners are deter
mined to stop at nothing to smasl
the militant union. There is grea
danger of a~repetition of the murder
Gus attack of June Z, when Gastoni;
police and the Committee of 100 co
operated in the attempt at another
Ludlow massacre.
"This vicious attack of the Man
ville-Jenckes hirelings is the begin
ming of a new attempt to terroriz,
the workers. The members of tn,
N. T. w. will continue to protec
themselves. We will hold meeting!
in South Gastonia. The mill own
ers cannot hire enough thugs to stol
the workers from organizing. TIL,
progress Of the union will not b,
stopped by the terrorists by tn,
terroristic, fascist methods Of tn,
BOSSES"
Workers Defense Corps.
After treatment by a doctor, tn,
organizers went to McAdenville il
order not to disappoint the worker
who had gathered there.
Despite his injuries, Oehler spok,
to the largest meeting yet helt
there, and TOO workers cheered hin
when he declared that the work O.
organizing for a struggle agains
the stretch-out will 60 on despit,
the terrorism Of the bosses. tn,
committee of 100 had threatened t,
break up this meeting also, but tn,
workers were organized into a de
Tense corps, and there was no trou
bic.
Successful meetings were alst
held last night At Kings Mountair
with 300 present and at Bessemel
City where there were 1875 workers