The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-19
Report Two Died From
Hunger at st. Louis
Demonstration
Alderman Won't Listen
Club and Gas Starving
Who Demanded Bread

ST LOUIS, Mo, Jan. l8--At least
Five Thousand unemployed workers
responded to the call of the Unen,-
ployed Council and demonstrated at
the city hall for jobs or bread, Friday.
Police attacks resulted in a wild
battle in which clubs and tear gas
were used on the starving rnent and
women.
The demonstrations started at the
north and south sides Of the city and
marched through the streets with
signs and slogans to the city hall.
About 5000 more workers were walk
ing on the sidewalks and at the city
hall there were about 10000 unena-
ployed workers.
Signs with slogans such as We
Want. Jobs or Bread" THE Uneni-
ployed Demand Free Remission
Evictions,' Give Charity Garbage to
Pigs--We want Food" were raised
A meeting at the city hall lasted
about As minutes, then large dele
CATION was elected to present the de-
mands to the board Of aldermen in
session at the time.
Demands.
The delegation was instructed to
demand: A 100000 appropriation
by the city for employment relief.
housing for homeless unempioyed in
vacant buildings; free rent, coal, gas
and csrfare for the unemployed; free
milk for babies and free lunches for
school children of unemployed. and
free use q public buildings for meet
ings of the unemployed.
After long fight with the police
that were lurking inside the city hall,
the delegation reached the chamber
of the board of aldermen. But the
city officials refused to listen to what
the delegation has to say stalling
them off until their regular order of
business is completed.
/ President Orders Attack.
The delegation refused to wait and
insisted their demands be taken up
Immediately. So the president OF the
board of aldermen ordered the dicks
to throw them out" The delegatNi
consisting of over rs, more than half
of whom were women, protested
vigorously. The dicks and police
started clubbing.
Ethel Berap, secretary of the IN
employed Council, was beaten into
Inconsistencies, SO they dragged he's
into the police wagon. The workers
resisted this brutality, and the police
threw tear gas bombs all around and
inside of the city hall.
Two Of the bombs we're exploded
just outside the mayors ONCE, and
the fumes spread through the whole
building. Most of the officials were
chased out by the gas The alderman
locked and stuffed the cracks in tho
door to their chambers, and continued
the session, coughing and weeping.
Some of them staid barricaded for
hours, afraid TO come out.
More Arrests.
Among those arrested were: Yetta
Becker, 26; and Boris Stevens, 35,
who we're among the leaders in, this
and other demonstrations that have
been held in the city. Others were:
Lizzie Jones, Negro woman, "A;
Frank Letter, %; Morris Charney, 90;
Erwin Goldberg, Walter Urbhaus, %;
John Peer, 81; william Jones, IS;
Eugene Warren, Negro, 81; Monroe
Jones, Negro, SO,
The committees spokesman were:
John Brown, candidate for the presi-
dent OF the board of aldermen in the
coming elections on the Communist
Party ticket; Ethel Beran, B. Stevens.
secretary Of the T.U.U.L. and other
leading members of the unemployed
councils.
| Workers Faint.
While the meeting was geins en-.
two workers. one celored and ore
white, tainted away. and there are re-
ports that they have died.
The news spread all around the city
hall, trying to protect these that we're
continuously being beaten by the
police and thugs.
Twelve Arrested.
Finally after long fights, the police
with help Of tear gas, which they gave
in plenty instead Of bread, succeeded
in dispensing the crowd, making II
arrests and breaking cameras of
those that were taking pictures Of
the brutal attack by the cops.
For the first time many workers
realize just what capitalist democracy
means.
| Foster Speaks, Feb. 3.
The announcement that VIM. z.
Foster is going to speak in st. Louis,
was greeted enthusiastically. and all
preparations are being completed now
for a real mass demonstration at
Hibernian Hall on Feb. TO greet
Foster, the leader OF the Unemployed
Hunger march in New York on March
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