The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-25

Der. as yet undetermined, of shops
walked out during the course of the
day.
1000 Strikers Win Demands.
The answer of the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union to the con-
+ention that the present is bad
time to strike is that more than 1000
dressmakers in Uew York City have
gone back to work with increased
wages, 40-hour 5-day week, and
recognition of the Shop Committees
and Of their fighting Industrial Union
and the strike has been in pro-
gress only week.
After the mass picketing, the
strikers attended three mass meet
ings, one in Bryant Hall. another in
Irving Plaza, and third in Ambas-
sador Hall, the Bronx. Shock
troops of John Reed Club, Prolet-
pen, and Artef writer's, artists, dane
ers and singers entertained at the
various halls, hurrying from one
meeting place to the other as they
finished their part of the program.
Similar mass meetings will be held
in the same halls tomorrow, begin
ming at 2 O'Clock.
The Workers International Relief
opened two food kitchens yesterday
which distributed sandwiches, coffee
and fruit to the picketing dressmak-
ers, most Of whom walked out with
absolutely no reserve money to fall
back on. The w. l. r. will open
snother food kitchen in Bryant Hall
today,
Was Picketing in Phila.
Scenes similar to those In New
York were enacted in Philadelphia
yesterday when the strikers held their
first mass picketing demonstration.
Another huge mass meeting of all
strikers will be held today. An at
tempt by the Philadelphia police to
break up picketing demonstration
on Monday resulted in six of the
cops getting a sound thrashing.
In an attempt to break the strike
Of the dressmakers, the police are
arresting pickets by the half dozen.
Forty-nine picketers were arrested in
New York yesterday, but dressmakers
Immediately filled the gaps in their
lines by fellow workers. Thirty
three of those arrested were dis
missed, and the others were to be
tried In night court. Three dress
makers who were arrested last week
were held in $1,000 bail each and
will be tried on March 4th. They will
be defended by Jaques Bultkampt.
A meeting Of Shop Chairmen will
be held tomorrow at noon in Bryant
Hall, Sixth Avenue near And Street.
The N. T. w. I. U. calls on all
needle trades workers to join the
tens of thousands of their fellow
workers who will demonstrate today
| for immediate relief from the piratic
capitalist government which is spend
ing hundreds of millions in prepara-
ton for the next imperialist war but
refuses to spend dollar on the
country's ten million unemployed.
four millions of whom are slowly
starving.
Employed and unemployed dress
makers in the market" are TO meet
in Bryant Hall at p. m, from which
point they will march to Union
Square to participate in the DEM
onstration there at 43o.
Dressmakers in the downtown
section Of the city are to meet in
Irving Plaza at 3 p. m. They will
then march to Cooper Square and
Join the marine workers delegation
both Of whom will then march to-
gether to Union Square.
Workers Clubs Build Strike Fund.
The following workers organiza-
lions have announced that they
have taken measures to raise money
for the benefit of the $4,000 Dress
Strike Fund: Finnish Federation;
Scandinavian Workers Club; Ukrain-
Orderian Workers Club; Spanish
Workers Center; International
workers Order (the latter organiza-
ton has done particularly good work
In this connection; East Side
Workers Club, and Council Twenty
of East New York.
A further list of club and individ-
ual contributors to the fund follows:
Dora Gellman, $3.50; School /,
Council 3, IS; Rubin Berger, $24; B.
Fifkind, S.; I. Birnbaum, 81;
Cleaners and Laundry Workers
League, SIG; Mary Britton, 1878;
Carpenters Local 2717. T. U. u. L..
$40; Anse Candor, $1.l5; Marine
Workers Industrial Union, IS; r.
Schwartz, $3.50; Office Workers
Union, Sill; Helen Eisenstein, 81: In
dustrial Shoe Workers Union, 81; s.
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