The daily worker., 1931-08-04
SILK STRIKERS
TIE UP DOHERTY
TEXTILE MILL
CONTINUED FROM FACE ONEI

tire force turned back and the her
oic publicity mongers ran like rats.
Very soon the militant pickets OF
the N. T w. u. approached the mills.
At that time the A. F. of L. strike
breakers s0d their Lovestoneite
1enchmen informed the Paterson po-
lice that the militant pickets were
coming. A whole army of policemen
we're thrown around the plant cut
ting off every approach to the Do
herty mill. The militant picket line
of the N. T. w. u, however, sue
ceeded in getting through in many
spots. The Doherty workers laid
down their tools and the mill now
ia shut tight.
The police who were very gentle
with the A. F. of L. so-called pickets
we're extremely brutal in attackinG
the pickets of the N. T. w. U. One
group of picketS was almost run down
by the motorcycles and cars OF the
police thugs recruited from the slurns
OF Jersey City and elsewhere. They
selected especially young picket
leader and striker Morris Liss. He
was isolated by the police as they
attacked a small group of pickets
who defended themselves heroically,
beating him into Inconsistencies
and rushed him off to Jail. The In
ternational Labor Defense is doing
everything possible to develope
widespread protest against this bru-
tai attack as well as against the vici-
Gus attack of the Paterson police
upon two Negro workers last Thurs
day evening.
A mass protest meeting is planned
by the L. L. D. for this Wednesday
night at Turn-Hall, at Cross and FL
hson Streets, the strike headquarters.
When the I. L, D. attorney called
the police captain for information
on the charges and the bail set, he
was refused any information.
The I. L. D. Secretary, Kushinsky,
was thrown out Of the police Jail
when he inquired about the charges
against Liss. This police brutality
is an indication that the A. F.. of L.
and Associated strike-breakers to-
gether with the bosses and the so
cialist" party leaders are rushing
through their sell-out agreement and
betrayal Of the silk strikers.
Part of their plan to sell out and
betray the silk strikers is to unloose
the most vicious police attack on the
militant N. T, w. which is exposing
the shameful betrayal of the A. p.
of L. and arousing the workers of
Paterson to repudiate this sell-out
agreement, to refuse to 60 back to
work until all the strike demands are
won and until the bosses are COM
PEELED to recognize the only militant
textile union that fights for the in
terest of the dye and silk workers
the National Textile Workers Union
From reliable sources, it is learned
that the official sell-out agreement
between the leaders Of the A. F. of
L., Gitlow g. Co., the bosses and the
socialist" party, will be announced
this wednesday. These strike-br
ers after the complete collapse of
their farce at Doherty mills which
was intended to fool the workers
into believing that they are actually
putting up some kind OF a fight in
order to facilitate their treacherous
agreement and sell-out, are rushing
through with their betrayal.
They are also ready to sell out
the strike as soon as possible to head
on the militant strike movement
among the dye workers lead by the
N. t. W., to get the Paterson strik-
ers back TO work in order to smash
also the militant fight of the Allen
town strikers who are reforming
their mass picket lines under the in
spiration OF the N. T. w. in repudi-
alton OF the strike breaking leader
ship composed of the U. t. W., the
Musteites and the socialist" party.
The most enthusiastic mass meet
ing OF the strike led by the N. T.
w. was held this morning at Turn
Hall which was addressed by many
rank and file strikers who are de-
termined to strengthen the mass
picket lines around the dye shops.
to pull the Weideman shop, to build
the N. 7. w. in every shop, in every
silk mill and dye house, to complete
ly expose and smash the treacherous
betrayal agreement of the A. r. of
L. Associated, Gitlow and Social
ist" party strike-breaking associ-
alton and TO continue the struggle
l.