The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-05
THOUSANDS IN
FACTORY TOWNS
DEMONSTRATED
August l Shows Wave
of Revolt Spreads

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tens of thousands of workers with
their chance to be expoited or I'M
employed.
1000 in Grand Rapids.
The furniture city of Grand Rap
ids, Mich, had an August / demon
stration of 1000 workers which
fought the police for over an hour
for the right to meet. The demon
stration was broken up only after
large sections of the crowd had
entered the struggle to defend the
speakers and the banners carrying
anti-war and unemployment insur-
ance slogans.
1000 in Seattle.
In Seattle, on the "skid-road" at
Washington and Occidental Sts., a
mass of 1000 cheered Communist
and revolutionary union speakers.
Many were veterans of previous
demonstrations which had fought
the police so hard that this one was
not attacked.
5000 in New Bedford.
New Bedford, Mass, scene of the
great textile strike of 1928, the
town which U. S. Commissioner of
Labor Wood boasts "has been
cleared of Communist influence"
saw two demonstrations August 1.
In the North End, 1900 workers
rallied to applaud Communist
speakers, and to vote for the Work
ers Social Insurance Bill. Here
world war veterans rose and showed
the scars of wounds they received
in 1918, urging the workers to fight
for something for themselves in
the next war.
A similarly enthusiastic crowd of
1000 assembled in the south end
of New Bedford.
5000 in Iron Center.
The metal mining centers, Iron
wood and Hancock, showed each a
demonstration of 1000, mostly min
ers. Police attacked the Ironwood
meeting. Hibbing previously re-
ported) had about the same number
demonstrating. This marks real
progress of the Communist Party
and the Mine, Oil and Smelter
Workers Industrial Union into the
ranks of these terribly exploited
metal miners.
In the Philadelphia sector, there
were a number of demonstrations.
Instead of one single meeting, a
demonstration of $50 was held in
Kensington (textiles); a demonstra-
ton of 1900 took place on the
Waterfront; and 800 demonstrated
in Clifton Heights. In nearby
Chester, steel center, 300 demon
strated. In Allentown, coal and
textiles, $50 demonstrated.
A fine demonstration was held
in Minersville, Pa, in the face of
threats to smash the meeting made
by Lewis thugs. Two attempts of
these thugs to break up the meet
ing were vigorously repulsed by the
workers. This town has a mining
population of 5000.
Most of the miners were there,
! and large numbers from their
families.
In Muskegon, Mich, 1000 demon
strated and applauded the two
speakers. After the meeting q
large group walked over to the I'm
employed Council, jammed the
place, and held another meeting
Fourteen Joined.
Negro Speakers, Indianapolis.
Another thousand demonstrated
August l in Indianapolis, Ind, the
state capital, and John L. Lewis
capital. The meeting was held at
the State Capitol building, with
Negro and white speakers. Indiana
is one of the northern states most
inclined to Jim Grow Negroes
Those joining the Communist Party
at the meeting numbered rs.
In Reading, Pa, a city with a
socialist party administration, SOC
workers took part in the August /
demonstration, and the speakers as.
sailed the socialist misleaders, who
were present as observers. Many
applications from former socialists
were received.
In Baltimore there were two
demonstrations of about 300 each
one at the Plaza and one on the
waterfront. In Washington, D. c..
$50 came out. Hundreds are re-
ported at the demonstration in
Windsor, Canada, near Detroit-one
of the border demonstrations.
New England Factory Towns.
1t is now estimated that over
5000 took part in nine New Eng
land cities: New Haven, New Brit.
ain, Bridgeport, Stamford, New
l. on d n, Hartford, Springfield
South Norwalk and Waterbury. In
New London, the naval police were
called out to keep sailors away, the