The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-25

/ IlS live NuIhGlS INV bCii46 AiOAS
on the franled-up charge Of murder
were in the lead of the fight against
the fake leadership of the Associated
Silk Works.. B. Lib and L. Harris
two of these militant workers were
on the Strike Committee at that
time. Ever since its formation these
workers were in the leadership of the
union, always ready to fight for the
betterment of the conditions Of the
Textile Workers. B. Meb is men,
Der of the National Buro of the
N.TW.U. and has always been IN the
forefront of the struggles in Pater-
son since 1918.
At the time f the strik Elm the Ur-
ban Silk Co. all but one Of these
workers were employed there. The
1 strike broke out because the boss re-
fused to give the workers the iac
increase on the yard that he had
! promised them. Urban, the owner OF
the plant was a bootlegger and had
direct connections with the under
world of Paterson. In order to break
the solidarity of the strikers Urban
took in his nephew (son of So
called revolutionary worker in to
scab The strikers had talked to the
nephew time after time not to scab.
He had promised not to, but the next
day would always go in to work. On
the day of the attack the strikers
had gone over to talk to the scab.
Urban ran over to the woman work.
er, Helan Gershonowitz. and struck
her in the face. Immediately gang
sters, waiting across the street, ran
over and struck Urban over the head
with some sort of an instrument.
Whether by accident or design no
one knows Police ran up and ar
rested B. Lieb, who did not even at
tempt to escape. At the police sta
ton the nephew of Urba, or rather
his scab. swore out warrants for the
arrest of the other four. namely H.
Gershonowitz, A Kutzubuck, L. Bart
and L. Harris. They were let out on
a high bail
About a month later Urban died
and as stated by the Sunday Eagle, -
a local paper which gave the report
of the physician, said that he died Of
n1enengitis. Immediately the textile
bosses and the police saw their
chance. At three o'clock in the
morning detectives came to the
houses of the workers, routed them
out of bed Notwithstanding that all
except one were fathers and mothers
and threw them into the police sta
ton.
For four days and nights the po-
lice kept them in the lousy, sinking
police station. in cells 2x4, question
ing them and trying to break their
spirit This is direct violation of
the law" which says that prisoner
cannot be kept in the police station
longer than two days.
Judge Joelson, the so-called liberal
judge, refused to have them removed
to the cocnty Jail incidentally this
liberal is the attorney for the Dye
Owners Association He is doing his
job very satisfactory"
Even before the Indictment had
been issued by the grand jury 1.-THE
Paterson Evening News" commonly
known among the workers as the
Ellison st. Gutter Sheet" came out
with a vicious attack against these
workers, demanding blood. This edi-
torial was head by the caption, "Vio-
lence Should Be Paid in Kind" then
it goes on to say in the beginning,
If i',e authorities are able to prove
that Max Urban, Eastside manufac-
turer, died as a result OF the violent
attack upon him by strikers, no ef-
fort should be spared to mete out to
those responsible, the punishment
which such acts merit" And it ends
up with the following: IF those re-
sponsible are found guilty, the cause
of decency and respect for other peo-
pies rights will be splendidly served
if punishment commensurate with
the magnitude of the crime is meted
ouC." In plain English this yellow
sheet which is bought over and paid
for by the Silk Bosses demands re-
venge, is after blood.
The grand jury kept the indict-
ment secret week after Indictment.
Their scheme is to keep the work.
ers waiting, tire them out, break
their spirit, send them to the cleo
trio chair and smash the National
Textile Workers Union.
But the workers in Paterso and all
over the country will have something
to say about that. The working class
doesn't want any more martyrs. It
has had plenty. What 1t wants Is
real live fighters. The National Tex
tile Workers Union is the central
point of attack by the textile bosses.
Every worker must come to the de-
Tense of the Union and these five
workers. Silk and dye workers should
join the National Textile Workers
Union and form defense committees
in every shop and factory. AL work.
Inc r1asr 0rpa loo fio,u sho,,IH sav,d