The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-02-12

strated at New Little Park, de-
spite a heavy. rain, for the Work
ers' Unemployment Insurance Bill.
1000 Come Out In New Castle
NEW CASTLE, Pa, Feb. A.
George Lewis of the Unemploy-
ed Council here was arrested i'm
mediately after he tried to speak
to 1000 workers on the Public
Square. In spite of the fact that
a permit had been denied for a
demonstration today for unem-
ployment insurance and relief, the
workers assembled.
After Lewis arrest, the mayor
tried to speak, but was booed
down by the workers.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. s.
Sharp clashes with the police fol-
lowed by many arrests took place
as thousands of steel workers and
miners participated in the Febru-
airy a demonstration here to de-
mand unemployment insurance. A
heavy concentration of Governor
Pinchot's state troopers and city
police broke up the demonstra-
ton, despite the fact that a permit
was forced by the pressure of the
workers.
Sixty were arrested and % held
The troopers observing thousands
pouring in from Whylie and Full
lerton Hill district, assaulted the
crowd coming to the meeting,
charging it was parade"
Later this section was blocked
by the police, no one being allow
ed to enter.
At New Kensington, Pa, the
police mounted machine guns anC
connected fire hose, but did mo-
interfere as Carl Price, district or
ganizer of the Communist Party
: here, spoke.
: Hundreds Of Terminal Coal Co
miners demonstrated at Coverdale
, Library, Avella, and many othe
, mining centers, where Frank Dor
1 ich, secretary of the National Min
, ,ers Union and others spoke.
f Following the demonstration il
r Pittsburgh, Rebecca Greebe an
S Buksa, Communist councilma
r from Yorkville, Ohio, spoke at tn
r workers center. The arrested in
cluded Ben Carruthers, distriC
S secretary of the Unemployed Cour
S Gil.
: At Ambridge, Pa, the meetin
e was broken up by the police. Hel
Il man, district organizer of ii
:. Young Communist League, Wa
n arrested despite the previor
/ granting of a permit. There wei
demonstrations in Steubenvill
e Johnstown, Wildwood, Kinlocl
b Brownsville and elsewhere.
II seSSs
i CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 5-De
l. spite a blizzard and the bitter
= cold, between eight and min,
is thousand workers demonstrate,
l. at Union Park for unemplOy
v ment insurance and immediate
relief, fighting for local de
th mands.
at Another mass meeting wa
re held on the South Side at Went
IL worth Avenue and 3Sth Streets
be with 500 present. The UniO'
Mt Park demonstration was yer
I'd enthusiastic, a large percentag
a of the crowd being Negroes
it Workers from the flop house
came under their own banne
in with their own demands.
Ist The Waukegan, ILL.,, Feb. 4th {
dy monstration was held in the hi
school. Over a thousand after
ed. Dave Mates of Chicago spo'
s$&&a
cd 10000 in Seattle
SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. s.
mass demonstration against HI
ger and for unemployment ms
ance was held here yesterday. {
er $500 were present and p
ade of $4,000 followed. Demal
for relief were presented to
~ city government and to the col
Ae' cilmen. Police efforts to break
the mass meetings were unsucce
=. full.
Join Unemployed Council in
- st. Louis
on ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. s.