The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-11


about in the wind and rain removed and the
flag waving became a incident of the strike
The strikers of Paterson felt that e without robbery
greatest labor pageant held in America.
At this time Jack Reed who then the dramatic editor of
Jacks first venture in anything like revolutionary
later he taught the strikers which when by
great give to their full voice Booes like those Of
Lawrence used by the strikers of Paterson against
like blast Gabriels trumpet down the walls of
Jericho These thmderou choru will forgotten by
who took part in them or heard them
IN the of the pageant the Hud
Madison Square Garden
which previous every night lighted by an electric
sign of giant proportions with the letters Tww. lamps
had enlisted the services 80
New York Bobby" Jones, leading designer with
background factories chmney great stage
had been erected Madison Square Garden and painted
The first showed the sl alive working. Lights
through hundreds of windows The workers with spirits Dead walked
down the of the groups singy
and by woan occasional one gancng at newspaper another
hummng talking all with small baskets buckets pack
the wide deserted All were t wa T anen
supposed eapse when inside the mill
ing srke sre The workers came rushing out peme laugh
ernational-joined by the audience
the mills lights, sound They
strike coming on masd picket duty They sang
their strike songs One exuberant Italian gayy stummed his
paradng front of the mills Without warning poles began
the strikers A fight Shots
fell The police had killed Another lmped
wounded The dead man carried The strikers followed
the body to its home The day was DONE
THE third the burial of the
carried the shoulders the pabeae followed
ing strikers singing the Funeral March The coffin set down
the center of the stage The strikers marched
either side placing tg of and red carnaon
to the Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Carlo Tresca and spoke
really did at the gravesde of the dead striker Paterson
pressing the listeners and again pedgng the strikers to battle
ward until the Infamous system of exploitation overthrow
workers come into their
striking parents other cities
while the strike pathetic fal portraying
the the
children had gone on school strike because the teachers had called
fornothng foreigners The children who bidding their
Flag" They fends-their strike
parents-o stay until the strike ended.
The last strike meeting in Turn Hail. Paterson The
strikers the meeting the AISLE platform had
been made at the of the stage around which the strikers gathered
with their backs turned the audience setting
vast meeting addressed this gathering earnestly
vigorously could whose heart the and inspired
by thousands of sympathetic listeners.
The great ended with the crowd standing
ing the International"
When the train pulled into the depot IS 40 with
long yellow ribbons pinned the apes their thought
saw that each had long, hickory club fastened his wrist
with thong. When stepped
men came up to me and asked: care Mr. Haywood"
said: eyes, that's name"
He added: "The chief wants you"
He said: Fright here"
stepped where the chief of police standing and he
this city at the present time want notify you that
while you are here treadng thin ice"
IL said 81 know there strike here, in all strikes the feeling
is tense" Then asked him if he had warrant for
situation"
remarked If that all, aside. I'm going this way"
Hayaoood of "baeshippng Paterson
ah during the silk strike Only Of countless incidents of his
grd story his IS gears as leading factor in the class struggle
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