The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-26

the head of the Metheune Forum is a
certain Alfred c. Gaunt owner of
the Merrimac Mills in Metheune.
But German did a little strike
breaking even here. He declared that
If the vote were taken, "25 to 40
per cent of the strikers would vote
to go back" Fridays unanimous vote
to stay out shows this is false.
Cheer Organizing Results
LAWRENCE, Mass, Oct. 25.-The
full meeting of the United Front
Rank and File Strike Committee, at
.234 Essex St., Friday night cheered
enthusiastically the announcement
that the Wood Mill Dye House was
now practically 100 per cent or
gained into the National Textile
Workers Union. This Is relatively
small department, only about 100
workers, but It is extremely strategic
and Is the largest dye house here.
And 1t is the first department to be
solidly organized. Speakers pointed
out that workers in other depart
ments Of this and other mills could
do the same, by careful carvassing Of
the strikers from their rooms In the
mill, and that departmental meetings
could be arranged to finish up the
job.
Strike committee speakers de-
nounced the trickery of the police
department in regard to q dance for
the benefit Of the strikers relief,
which was to be held Friday night.
The police on Friday revoked the
permit previously given to a friendly
athletic club to hold the dance.
When committees went down to the
police station with strong protests,
the police waited until about two
hours before the dance was to start,
and then granted the permit again.
But there is law in Lawrence that
there must be a policeman at every
public dance. The policeman who
brought down the new permit simply
faded away from sight, and all at
tempts to locate him, or Marshal
OBrlen failed. The hall owners
would not open the hall without all
the formalities of law being COM
Piled with, and the strikers were thus
cheated out of whatever food the
money taken in at the dance would
have brought.
A registration OF the strike COM
mittee showed delegates present from
many departments of the Wood Mill,
and delegates also from the Wash
ington, Aver, Arlington, Pacific Print
and Stevens.
The strike committee discussed the
plan to divide the city into sections,
with organizing crews to visit house
to house in each section. 1t decided
that the task of the week Is to cover
the mills with pickets, and partic-
ularly draw in other language groups
than the italian, which is the main
one active at present.
There was discussion on the neces-
sity OF spreading the picketing over
longer period, and the strike execu-
tive was left to arrange the actual
details. The general opinion seemed
to be that soon a division of the
picket line into shifts would be nee
essary for almost continuous picket
ing. For the present, picketing will
be maintained from to 10 a. m, and
from 2 p. m. to late in the evening.
More members we're added to the
Relief and Defense committees.
One delegate from each mill was
elected to go to the National Board
Meeting of the National Textile
Workers Union, in Providence, Sun
day, and transportation is already
arranged for. There are also going as
delegates, the chairmen and secre-
taries of each mill committee.
AiC oIllhC COillultISC NOVcu udlll-
mously to send mass delegation of
strikers to the city hall, Monday, at |
10 am. to receive the answer of the |
city council to its previous demand |
for the right to hold mass meetings |
on Lawrence Common.
Reports from the various mills |
showed that, whether officially shut
down or not, they are all trying to
get a few scabs in, but that tho
number of scabs is very small, 20 or
80 in mills that we're running with |
1000 to 1000 before the strike.
LAWRENCE, Mass, Oct. 25.--Hun-
dreds OF workers assembled Saturday
afternoon OH the lot at Lincoln Court
and cheered the speakers who called
on them to hold their ranks solid, to
give the answer To the strikebreaking
schemes Of the bosses, the U. r. w.,
the governor, the police and courts
and the Priest, Milanese. The main
speaker, John BALKAN OF the Trade