The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-02
FACTORY MEETS
CALL TO PROTEST
Police Try to Cripple
Notifications

NEW YORK.-Open air meetings
and factory gate meetings through
out New York and surrounding
suburbs took place yesterday and
the day before to call out the work
ers to the anti-imperialist war DEM
onstration on Union Square. Where
no regular meetings had been ar
ranged by Communist Party units,
or by the militant industrial unions
and leagues of the Trade Union
Unity League, individual workers
carried packs of leaflets and Daily
Workers and distributed them to
the workers going to or coming
from the jobs.
They were we'll received in all
cases by the workers.
But the Tammany police and in
several cases, local organizations OF
bosses thugs, attacked the meet
ings and distributions.
Two Deportation Cases.
The International Labor Defense,
New York district, reports one de-
portation case arising directly from
the August LIST preparations. Sal
vatore Salute, an Italian worker,
was seized for distributing leaflets
in Hoboken, and rushed to Ellis
Island.
In addition police raided the con-
struction work, at 1S0th st. bridge,
and have turned over an LID.
member, Anton Gojjha, a Jugo-slav
worker, to the immigration authori-
ties. He had been telling his fellow
workers about August l, and the
need of organizing.
Fascist Attack.
The next most serious case was
at the Western Electric. After
1000 workers had listened yester-
day to speakers from Section of
the Communist Party here, after
the meeting was over and the
friendly workers had gone in; the
regular Young lingo organization,
the employers have created there
launched an attack on those who
had been speaking. AS the struggle
ragged, police charged in and ar
rested five-Communists of course,
not thugs.
One of the arrested workers,
Manus, was found to have a black
eye.
All were released at the police
station.
Cops Try to Cripple.
The tactics of the police seem to
be to cripple the demonstration in
every way they can, but not to make
sensational cases. The cops tried to
break up meetings and prevent dis
tribution of leaflets by making ar
rests, but few of those taken to the
stations were held in jail.
Yesterday, 5 were arrested in
Newburgh, N. Y, and held for trial
today.
The night before five were ar
rested for distributing leaflets in
front of the Schrader factory in
Brooklyn. Their case has already
been twice postponed.
Hearst Would Jail 2.
Two were arrested for distribu-
ting the Hearst Workers shop bulle-
tin before the Hearst Publications
building and taken to the Essex st.
court. Hearst had his lawyer there
demanding Jail sentences. The
bulletin called for Aug. LIST demon
stration. The judge agreed with
the agent of yellow journalism that
the workers were bad men, but
suspended sentence.
Gussie Pearl, distributing leaflets
before the Stag Laundry, Brooklyn,
is scheduled for trial, August a.
Six Spanish workers, distributing
leaflets at an open air meeting at
Madison Ave. and 10th st. were
released after arrest.
Two were arrested at Eagel
Pencil Co., on the East River.
All these cases, and numerous
others not yet reported will be de-
Tended by the International Labor
Defense.