The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-17

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After the strikers families had
all retired to their tents and all Wis.,
itors had left. and while the union
organizers were at work at union
problems in the union headquarters
an auto load of police suddenly ap-
peared. They drove right into the
tent colony, began to attack and fired
upon the guards. After the. smoke
Of battle had. cleared, four deputies
and one union organizer were found
wounded, Following the deputies
came the committee of 1907 headed
by Major Bullwinkle, counsel fol-
the Manville-Jenckes company and
DR.. Johnson, in the pay of the COM
pany. This mob of thugs and raid
ers invaded the tents and strikers
homes, choked the woman and ar
rested all strikers guards, strikers
and W. l. r. workers they could
find.
Try Race Prejudice.
To encourage the; -Iynching spirit
and increase it's terrorism, the Man
ville-Jenckes company had its agents
set fire to two of it's company
houses. Prejudice against the Ne
groes was injected as an issue when
the mill agents reported that the
police went to the w. I. R. tent
colony to settle dispute between
white workers over the hanging of a
Negro picture in the union head
quarters. Evidence is now at hand
that several of the deputies wounded
at the W. I. R. tent colony were in
toxicated and had at $50 that same
evening shot alta man few miles
from Gastonia and. drove him into
the river.
Seventy strikers, strike leaders
and the members of the Gastonia re-
lief committee of the w. I.,R. lie in
jail. They are being given the third
degree. The defense attorney has
not yet been permitted to visit them
Mill company deputies have taken
charge of the w. l. R. tent colony
and the union headquarters. 1t has
been impossible to distribute relief
to the jailed strikers families fol-
four days. They are starving anc
destitute.
New Relief Committee.
Alfred Wagenknecht, national sec.
rotary of the Workers international
Relief proceeded to .Gastonia at once
He is instructed to select tempo.
rary relief committee and continue
relief distribution Immediately. Steps
are being taken to remove the mil
company deputies from the w. 1. R
tent colony. All relief activities will
be again established so that the
strikers may continue their struggle
against the mill barons, so that the
organization of the unorganized tex.
tile workers may proceed thru-out
the South.
Workers and sympathizers, friend.
ly organizations everywhere, are
called upon to come to the immediate
assistance of the families of the i'm.
prisoned strikers so that they may
again receive their regular food ra.
tons. Altho the lynching spirit pre-
walls and mob violence is rampant
our w. J. r. workers in Gastonis
must face these dangers, must defeat
the Manville-Jenckes company in its
attempt to railroad the National Tex.
tile Workers Union out of the South
The southern mill owners program
of intensifying the exploitation Of
the starving, underpaid, overworkec
men, women and children textile
workers in the South must be halted
SOLIDARITY-the watchword Of
the w. I. r. must now be made 6
living reality. Never was the sol
idarity of the northern workers with
their fellow workers of the South
more necessary than now.
Workers and organizations every.
where! Clench your fists and helr
us smash these murderous textile ex
ploiters of the South! This can b.
accomplished if you will extend boil
your hands filled with money fol
relief, as the sign of your solidar
ity.
Today-Right Now-your help i.
needed. Send a maximum contribu
ton to the Workers international
Relief, One Union Square, New Yorl
City.
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