The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-23
UNITED FRONT
IN LAWRENCE
Is GAINING
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Front Strike Committee at the Aver
Mill, and 500 stood across the street.
No scabs got into the Aver MIL. The
Pacific Mil and the Pacific print
plant officially declare themselves
closed" The Boston papers issue the
false statement that all American
Wooden Co. mills In Lawrence are
closed. AL local newspapers admit
that practically no scabs got by.
The Lincoln Court mass meeting
today will march in body at this
afternoon to picket the Wood Kill.
There is a new arbitration attempt
on Governor Ely now claims that
his appeal for the mills to reopen
and the strikers to return on Monday
did not mean what 1t says, and he
calls on the citizens committee to
meet him this forenoon in the state
house, together with the A. F. Of L.
committee Of eleven which took part
In the previous arbitration attempt.
The Committee Of Eleven includes
Vice. President German Of the u. T.
W. now in Lawrence, and President
Watt Of the Lawrence Central Labor
Union.
Fred Biedenkapp, secretary Of the
United Front Rank and File Strike
Committee stated today that the
committee regards the scheme an
nounced In the U. TIE W. closed
meetings for a hand-picked commit
tee Of strikers to Investigate" the
books of the Arlington MIL as a
brazen attempt TO prepare sell-out
by fake evidence OF doctored books
"The meeting of the full United
Front Rank and File Strike Com
naittee will expose and prevent this
betrayal"
Mass Meets Friday
MIL mass meetings will be held on
Friday to build mill organizations as
follows: for Washington at 234 Essex,
HOO In the morning; for Aver, at
81 Havertill, $50 in the morning;
Wood Dye House, at the N. T. w
local in the morning.
Bedros and Donegian arrested on
October are now held by the i'm
migration authorities. Thirty-six ar
rests have been made 80 far, the
arrested being bailed and the cases
appealed. The judge has openly adj
vocated deportation, and Horace Re
Were, national organizer Of the N.
r. W., has published q letter to
Chase, immigration inspector, offer
| ing cooperation in deporting reds.
= Attack. Relief Station
Today the first signs Of attack on
relief were shown when Macdonald,
head OF, the Yice-squad and two de-
tectives entered the station OF the
strike committee OF the N. r. w. and
the Workers International Relief at
so Union Street and found Director
Maurice Victor preparing for open
ing soon. Macdonald deliberately
stole the relief lists from Victor S
coat pocket and refused to return
them. Some food is now In the
station.
LAWRENCE, Mass, Oct. 21.-
Over $4,000 workers we're at Arling-
ton Mill tonight from 4 to S pm
Thousands marched on the picket
line, two by two, and other thou
sands crowded across the street in
such solid masses that picketing was
impossible.
The strikers cheered, sang, booed
the carloads Of plain clothes mer
who came as an additional force tc
be added to the police on duty
Practically the entire police force was
centered at this mill.
The American Federation Of Labor
had everything all fixed up with the
police. In the morning there was
no picketing allowed In front Of the
mills. In the evening the police die
not object. But promptly at five
the A. F. of L. disbursed the picket
line in q very shllful police manner
No scab came out of the mill at the
time the picket line was there,
The thousands Of strikers present
felt that the A. F. Of L. had put
something over on them, and thai
the plan was to rix things up with
the police and let everybody have
a good time.
Addressing the $4,000 Lawrence
textile strikers, the National Textile
Workers Union has issued pene.
trating leaflet, exposing. the role o.
the U r. W., the A. F. OF L. ane
their collaboration with the bosses
tool, Governor Ely Of Boston. Tit
leaflet says:
Francis J. German, Hce-presiden
Of the United Textile Workers Union
A. r. Of L., in a speech, said:
Here Is what we WANT. Con
Citation Of the wage reduction
2. That we favor a survey Of tn
industry to determine who Is right
the employer or the workers"
1.-THE U. T. w. and the A. F. o.
L. are also for a wage-cut. The,