The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-12
CHARLOTTE COURT
ORDERS HAMPTON
TRIED With REST
Using New Perjury to-
Railroad Striker

tC0fltIFlWeu from tLg6 Ohe(
Hubert Pinion, who was also at the
stand at the time, state that at 6
o'clock in the evening of the night
the raid on the tent colony was
made two participants in that raid,
Policeman Gilbert and Roach, came
down, drunk, to the refreshment
stand, assailed Melton, the at
tendant there, with vile names,
chased him into the river, where
Gilbert threw rocks at him and
Roach tried to shoot him.
No Action.
Judge Shaw merely ordered Soil
eitor Carpenter of Gastonia to send
hills of indictment for drunkenness
against Roach and Gilbert to the
grand jury. Carpenter had the de-
Tense affidavits weeks ago, but has
failed to take any action against
them.
John Randolph Neal, the attorney
who was with Darrow in the Scopes
defense and who forced the war de-
partment to admit that use Of Ten
nessee militia, guns and equipment
for strikebreaking in the Elizabeth
ten rayon strike was illegal, was
with other attorneys for the Inter
national Labor Defense at the
habeas corpus hearing yesterday
Neal will return to Tennessee for a
few days and then come back to
Charlotte or Gastonia to actively
participate in the defense. Neal yes
terday stated:
No Prosecution Evidence.
There is no definite, specific evil
dence yet against the defendant.
Economic questions should not sepG
union organizers to the electric
chair or the penitentiary. 1t is my
interest in entering the case as de-
tense counsel to do what I can tc
see that the defendants are not tried
for their economic or political opin-
ions, and that evidence about Com
munism does not enter into the de-
termination of guilt or innocence of
murder. This case is like the ia
nous Scopes heresy trial and is an
important landmark in the struggle
for freedom of opinion in the South
"Men who exercise rights to free
dona of opinion should be entitled
to equal protection before the law.
"The first step to fair trial~will
he a change of venue"
Organizer to Rome, Ga.
The National Textile Workers
Union announced today that an CIR
ganizer will start soon for Rome,
Georgia, to organize a branch Of the
union there. Rome is the center of
the textile industry in that state,
with nearly 10000 textile workers.
Dissatisfaction with the wages,
hours and the streteh-out system is
reported to be acute and it is ex-
oected that strong local union will
be built.
Similar requests for organizers as
hat received from the workers in
Rome are coming in daily from
many textile eenters.
In the section of which Rome is
the center there are 3,052,474 &C.
tive spindles, 62,049 active looms,
and 1885, 72 bales of bottom are con-
sunaed yearly. This is twice as
many as were consumed in 1910.
The textile industry has grown very
rapidly but the workers have not
benefited from this growth. In
fact, with the introduction of the
stretch-out system the discomfort of
the workers has reached the point
of revolt, and the NTWU will lead
them in fighting for better wages
shorter hours and improved working
conditions.
A ridiculous story appeared in
the Gastonia Gazette few days
ago, stating that they had been in
fdlmsd--by whom was not stated
ths4 the Communist Party, the Ma
ttouAl Textile Workers Union, the
WsskSss International Relief anc
IL International Labor Defense
piAs % bniid big building in Gas
.s5A snJ make eEic the "headquar.
saaS q nl Gsramunias activities ir
.AmesaeA-n 'rhs story seems based
o. u Adna;sted fact that the unior
- ;SyH =. tho ". /. Z. and I. l.. D
yIhe u ocganiss the workers in Gas
soa1a and ths surrounding territory
- srs proceeding rapidly to carry
ont It's plan, and these organiza
t56ps Wi need larger headquarters
thaE fnsy have at present.