The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-30
PICKETING
GROWS IN
SILK STRIKE
Strike Committee Hits
Mayors Committee
Strike-Breaking
AFL Keeps Workers In
so jailed On Lines at
Boss Orders

PATERSON, N. j.. July 29.-Mass
picket lines, under the leadership of
the United Front Committee and the
National Textile Workers Union
have been active in front of many
shops here, both last night and this
morning. They were able to pull
out 60 girls at the Color1ia Throw
ing plant. The new strikers showed
tremendous enthusiasm, singing and
shouting the slogans of the strike.
They modified the children of the
strikers and all marched to the
strike headquarters at Turn Hall.
When 40 workers of the Taylor g.
Fried ribbon shop walked out at 10
am. this morning, under the notion
that the A. F. of L. had called them
on strike, Burger, organizer for the
United Textile Workers Union, an
A. F. of L. organization, told them
to go back to work eff you want to"
He tried to discourage the workers
from going on STRIFE and forced most
of them to go back. s%
Yesterday egeill.s the A. F. CT L.
textile unions arranged for an OPEN
air meeting of its members on a
piece of property owned by the Work
mans Circle at Carroll st. and 18th,
with Ludwig Lore, Musteite faker,
and other A. F. of L. betrayers as
speakers. A professor" of Brook
wood College spoke. Many of the
workers demanded unity of the rank
and file to win the strike, interrupt
ing the speakers blah.
After the meeting the speakers
asked for volunteers" for picketing;
only a few score workers responded
Right following the closing of the
A. F of L. meeting the workers re-
NAMED and j. Lubin, secretary Of
the General Strike Committee, and
Lima Chernenko spoke, calling on the
workers to unite for struggle on a
united front basis. The workers
cheered them. When the workers
called for mass picketing, the whole
meeting responded. over 500 Joining
the picket lines.
This morning the picket lines we're
In fine shape in every single section.
About Is shops came QUE, all under
the leadership of the National Tex
tile Union. They elected the neces-
sary rank and file committees to
conduct the strike.
At 10 o'clock today there was q
mass meeting at Turn Hall. The
hall was filled to overlooking The
workers were called again to go to
the picket line at lunch time. At
the Rosn & Son Mills police arrested
around Opickets. The boss claimed
that there was no strike and de-
nlanded the police arrest the pick
cts. The cops obeyed.
Today there was secret meeting
Of Mayor Hinchliffe's committee
with the bosses and the A. F. of L..
takers to break the strike and pre-
vent united action of the rank and
file to win the strike through mass
activity. At the mass meeting Of
the united front a delegation OF IS
was elected, with Biedenkapp as the
spokesman, and they presented the
demands of the strikers to the
mayors committee. They told the
mayors COMMITTEES no agreement be-
tween the A. F. Of L. takers would
be recognized by the United Front
General Strike Committee.
Mayor Hinchcliffe has been in
structing the Police recorders (po-
lice judges to inflict severer punish
ment on pickets and strikers ar
rested, in an effort to break the
strike.
At 10 am. Thursday there will be
a mass meeting Of strikers at Turn
Hall, to conclude drawing up the de-
mands Of the various departments
Of the strikers.
men in the shop has definitely shown
the boss that he cannot break the
Shop Committee!