The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-05
CHICAGO COPS
BEAT DELEGATES
OF UNEMPLOYED
10000 Mass at Union
Park; Many Jailed

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Rubicki has been released, and
the others held.
Blockade T.U.U.L.
The headquarters of the Trade
Union Unity League and the Coun-
ellis of the Unemployed are sur
rounded and regularly visited by
detectives.
All this is an effort to terrorize
the delegates and prevent the dem.
onstration and the opening of the
convention tomorrow. The workers
and unemployed are not terrorized
They show a militant spirit. They
gathered in large masses in Union
Park and the vicinity. The police
charge came when Joe Dallett, or
ganizer for the Metal Workers In.
dustrial League, the first speaker,
had been talking for scarcely five
minutes.
Charge on Motorcycles.
The police rode their motorcycles
and automobiles right into the
crowd in their first charge. They
swung their clubs viciously, beat
ing down to the ground men and
women, delegates, and Chicago un.
employed and workers.
A large number of Negro work
ers were in the demonstration.
At the present moment, the I'M
employed and the workers are
marching through the streets in
large numbers, singing "The Inter-
national" Solidarity" and "Hold
the Fort"
Convention Will Open.
After the arrests, the police were
seen savagely beating up their
prisoners in police squad cars.
The International Labor Defense
is now working to secure the re-
lease of the jailed delegates.
The National Unemployment Con-
vention will open as planned in
bland Auditorium tomorrow
morning.
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UNEMPLOYMENT CONVEN.
TION HEADQUARTERS, CHI
CAGO, July Az P. Mas opposing
class forces form their lines on the
issue of work or wages, the situa-
ton here is extremely tense. On the
one hand, freight trains, buses,
trucks and autos are bringing hun
dreds of delegates. Over 700 regis
tered from out of town at nine
o'colck this morning. Preliminary
estimates by the arrangements COM
mittee indicate from 1900 to 1000
delegates. Many have been arrested
enroute, as they held meetings along
the way. Eighteen were arrested in
Springfield, Illinois. Their release
was forced by the International La
Dor Defense: Eight were jailed on
arrival in Chicago. The !. L. D.
is working on the case.
Delegates have arrived from the
striking auto workers in Flint and
big delegations are arriving from
other auto centers.
JObless VS.. Police.
There are now present delegates
from New York, Massachusetts,
California, Minnesota, Tennessee,
Georgia, Alabama, Pennsylvania,
Missouri, Wisconsin, Ohio, Mary
land, Michigan, Indiana, Kansas and
North Dakota. All of them are real
proletarians from the shops, mills
and mines, who are now unemployed.
On the other hand, the entire po-
lice force has been modified. After
the West Side Park Commissioner
had granted permit for the Union
Park demonstration today, and after
many thousands of leaflets, posters
and stickers had been put out ad
vertising the demonstration, the per.
NIT was delibeia tely revoked last
night, following the splendid mass
turnout to the funeral of Herzel
Weizenberg, who had been murdered
by A. F. L. gangsters.
Gas and Machine Guns.
Acting Chief of Police Alcock
after conference with committee
of the Unemployed Council, at which
the committee refused to call off the
demonstration, ordered a special
mobilization of hundreds of reserves
and fifteen squad cars armed with
tear gas and machine guns, in order
to prevent today's demonstration. In
addition, regular police forces and
squads of cars with police reserves
are patroling the streets in order to
prevent twenty preliminary demon
strations which were planned for
this morning in order to mobilize the
workers for the central demonstra-
ton at three o'clock this afternoon.
The delegates and the Chicago
workers, under the leadership of the
unemployed Council of the Trade
Union Unity League and the Com
munist Party, are busily engaged in
final preparations for the demon
stration and the convention. They
are not terrorized by the police
threats.
Pledge at Funeral.
Many of the representatives of
the unemployed came in time to
form part of the 5000 at the funera,
yesterday of Herzel Weizenberg,
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