The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-10

The next few days were devoted
to most intense campaign of fac
tory and street meetings, and leaf
let and shop paper distributions.
(8) On Wednesday night, the eve
of August LIST, we again held large
mobilization rallies throughout the
city at Is concentration points,
which rallied a total of about 10000
workers.
The demonstration on Thursday,
August LIST, had been called for a
little after four, the slogan being
"To Down Tools at Four O'Clock"
Already at three o'clock, workers
were beginning to pour into the
square so that by fifteen minutes
after four, despite heavy shower,
total of about 10000 workers had
been gathered. This, in face of the
fact that the police had modified
in the most threatening fashion on
horseback, on foot, and in armed
motorcycles surrounding the square
and threatening every move of the
workers, groups of workers contin-
ued to pour into the square in motor
trucks and in parade demonstrations
from near and far factory districts.
Especially effective was the march
of over 800 Young Communists and
Pioneers in their new uniforms
which they were wearing for the
first time. By fifteen past five, a
total of 10000 workers packed the
Square, with more coming continu-
ally. These were mainly workers
who had "downed tools at four
O'clock" or who had struck the
whole day. By 5 o'clock, fierce
storm was beginning to develop. A
large number of workers who did
not quit at A o'clock, but who would
have come to the demonstration on
quitting at 5 o'clock, $50 or 900
o'clock, did not come because of the
storm.
But the 10000 workers who were
there, who mainly consisted no
doubt of the best fighters that the
New York working class has pro-
duced, left no doubt as to the deter
mination with which they pledged
to carry on the struggle against
imperialist war and for the De-
tense of the Soviet Union, and not
even the fierceness of the storm
was able to bulge the mass of
workers from the demonstration.
After the demonstration was ad-
journed, several hundred of the
demonstrators, under the leadership
of the Young Communists who were
in uniform, marched to the head
quarters of the socialist party, two
blocks away, took possession of the
front steps of the socialist party
building, the Rand School, and it's
speakers addressed some thousands
Of workers who gathered there to
watch the demonstration. The yell
low socialists from their safe
perches on the fourth, fifth and
sixth floors of their buildings, threw
bottles, heavy telephone books, etc.,
at the workers, all of which had no
effect. When the demonstrators
had marched away, the socialists
got hose thru which they spurted
hot water after the workers. Stimuli
taneously the police attacked the
demonstration from the front, but
our comrades fought their way thru
and reformed their lines and finally
marched back to the Workers Gen.
ter.
By this time about 10000 workers
had gathered in front of the Work
ers' Center. The police drove their
horses, armed mot ycles, ETC., into
the crowd and attempted to take
away the banners from the demon
strators who were returning from
the socialist party headquarters. Re-
inforced, our comrades continued
guerrilla warfare with the police
which lasted for over an hour, be-
fore the police were finally able to
establish some symptoms of con-
troll over the situation. In the even
ing meetings were held throughout
the city, the best one Of which was