The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-11
ARMY OFFICERS HELP LABOR
SPY AGENCY BOOM BETTER
GAS ATTACKS ON WORKERS

That there is considerable likelihood
OF continued and possible increased
difficulty in the handling of labor
situations and adjustments attendant
upon the upset conditions of industry
in general
I'VE are especially impressed with
the knowledge and experience of the
officers of the Lake Erie Chemical
Company, several Of whom are Re-
serve Chemical Officers of the U. S.
Army. The president of that COM
pany was chief of Chemical Warfare
Service; Second American Army, A..
E. F. and directed all of their gas
and smoke operations in the World
War. Major General Amos A. Fries,
Chief of Chemical Warfare Service
A. E. F. said of him: "One of the
best living experts in chemical war
fare. He did more than any other
man to get the army in the field to
understand gas, its dangers, and
what was still more important to
victory, its proper use"
1T is, therefore, pleasure that
we are able to Off to you not only
the expert advise of the officers of
the Lake Erie Chemical Company,
but are in position, as distributors
OF their products in this territory, to
properly equip you with these eff
cient and humane weapons and mu-
nitions with which to protect your
persons and property.
"A request for a personal call or
more information places you under
no obligation.
O'NEIL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE co.
Book Bldg, Detroit.
Professional Murder Gang
One of the most recent exploits of
the O'Neil stool pigeon agency was
its Strikebreaking and gunthug ac-
tiVities against workers who were on
strike against the State Creamery
company. az-s
A State Creamery Co. wagon, OPP
Grated by strikebreakers, was pick
eted by union me nat the corner of
Lyman and Orleans streets. 1t APP
pears that the union men did not
modest the wagon beyond calling upon
the strikebreakers to give up their
jobs and join with the srikrs.
AS he strike pickets walked along
beside the wagon, an automobile
drove UP. The machine was later
found through its number (Y-2383)
to be the property of a detective in
the employ of the O'Neil Secret Serv-
ice Co. Immediately upon the ap-
pearance Of the automobile, the
strikers were threatened by the men
in til wagon-it proved to be filled
with men-and ordered away. After
this whistle blew three times and
volley of shots was fired from the
milk cart. Two union men fell
wounded. The horses of the milk
cart ran away, oVerturning the cart
and throwing the gunner upon the
street. None of them we're hurt. No
policemen witnessed the fracas, The
union men, unarmed, retired tc
safety, The mysterious automobile
disappeared.
In the injunction proceedings
against the strikers, no evidence was
produced to show tn estrikers guilty
of any violence during the course of
the strike, No members of the O'Neil
Secret Service Co. we're arrestd. II
was definitely proven that the com
pany had ben rtsind by the en-
ployers.
Workers viii Meet Challenge.
Detroit workers, who have faced
the murderous fire of machine guns
and whitening tear gas attacks and
who have ripped the hypocritical
mask off the face of the demagogic
mayor, Murphy. for his part In Fords
Dearborn massacre, will answer the
plots Of the ONeal Secret Service
with more militant struggles, The
bosses Of Detroit will learn that such
attacks, far from defeating the work.
ing class fight against hunger and
wage cuts, makes the workers more
determined than ever to organize
their forces to build up the the Auto
Workers Union, to create united
fighting front in the industries and
to mobilize the masses of unemployed
and part-time workers to defeat the
capitalist offensive.