The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-03-04
I:1ISON co.
SHOOTS Down
china 0IL-ERS
HELPS Bloody Chang
Kai Shek Regime

tang and the company officials had
cooperated very closely to prevent
the workers from organizing and
the company admits, as publicly
stated in the press, they also ar
ranged with the Shanghai Munich
pal Council for the Fire Department
to stand by ready, of course, to also
inflict violence upon the workers.
"Our Standing Committee will not
go into details of the implications
contained in the above facts, except
once more draw attention to how
closely the Kuomintang and imper-
ialists conspire together in prepar-
ing the assassination of the work
ers, especially the Shanghai NUM-
cipal Council dominated by the Bri-
fish. Can you do anything to as
sist us in arousing working class
interest in the brutal crimes which
are committed daily against our
workers? The facts should serve
to arouse the interest Of workers of
other countries as to how we are
oppressed.
"Some time ago a successful
strike took place at the China Cen
eral Edison Co. This was under our
leadership. But the victory so en-
Unused the workers that we decided
to extend our trade union group
into definite union covering all
workers in the firm. We had no
opposition from the workers who
had accepted the leadership of three
workers employed by the company.
But spies and provocateurs were at
work. They informed the company
of our plans to form a red trade
union, so to retard our development
the Edison Co. manager called up
the Social Affairs Bureau of the
Kuomintang in order to prepare to
form yellow union. Our comrades,
of course, opposed this and were
supported by all the workers, and
we went ahead with our plans as
arranged.
'Last Friday we decided to hold a
meeting at the factory and all work
ers would have been in attendance;
but the company officials inter-
vened, prohibiting the workers from
The imperialist managers
then offered brides to three of the
leaders in the form of higher wages,
better jobs, etc., but our comrades
refused to fall into the ways of the
Kuomintang yellow union leaders
and refused to sell out the poor ex-
plotted workers. Then the company
again called up the Social Affairs
Bureau who commenced to. make
threats against our comrades, the
leaders of the movement for real
trade union. When these were of
no avail the police were called and
the three leaders arrested.
"On Monday the day of the shoot
ing, the workers went to work as
usual. They sent deputation to
the Kuomintang Social Affairs Bu-
reau to petition for the release of
their leaders. The reply was in the
negative, so meeting took place.
The DULLES of the Kuomintang Bu-
reau appeared at the meeting and
made threats of violent character
and interfered by trying to pull a
speaker down from the rostrum.
They were naturally prevented from
doing so, whereupon the police fired
with such deadly results for our
poor unarmed and INNOCENT workers.
Following this murderous act
five more workers who replaced the
arrested leaders have also been i'm
prisoned. However, we are deter
mined to struggle ON and a huge
mass meeting has been arranged for
come what may. The
have now declared a strike,
have presented twelve demands first
among which is the release of the
workers, together with
the right to organize workers trade
unions, free speech, press and meet
ings. We can now clearly see how
the imperialists and Kuomintang
traitors unite to crush the workers.
"The imperialist press are con-
cealing facts and lying about this
terrible crime, and the Chinese press
is censored and no word appeared
about it yesterday. They know they
are guilty of this dastardly, muir
1erous crime and try to hide it.
Therefore our Standing Committee
asks you to give it publicity all you
can. We shall inform the Amer
lean soldiers, who are now occupy
ing the factory"
Since receiving this letter, COM
ment upon which would be super
fluous, huge mass meeting, with
more than 5000 workers present,
was held, and several textile mills
nave called meetings to discuss
strike action. The Chinese Aid So
,iety Branch of l. r. Az is said
% have begun raising funds to aid
he wounded and imprisoned. The
Chinese Anti-1mperialist League is
helping also and we have just re-
,eived information that the workers
Are preparing to protest to the
Consulate.
Our Secretariat suggests, in
view of the serious situation and
outrageous and wanton disregard
for the workers lives, that our
organizations assist financially,
as well as vigorously registering