The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-25

N. C. STRIKERS
Strikers Vote Against
Pay Cut Plan
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ing the strikers decisively rejected
terms urged by Bradley and the
bosses. During the afternoon the
general strike committee formulated
new compromise terms of $2.12h
cents per hundred dozen for submis-
sion to general meeting of the strik-
ers Saturday night. These terms
were decisively rejected at the meet
ing after three hours of heated dis
cussion.
Gust Compromising Committee
The Adams mill committee, which
alone favored the compromise was,
fired by the workers and a new
committee standing for continued
struggles was elected.
Highland Cotton Mill workers,
numbering 100, joined the strike.
The workers have curtailed the
power of Bradley, instructing him
to issue no more statements to the
press without the approval of the
strikers, but refusing to accept his
resignation.
The Chamber of Commerce, Min
listers Alliance, city officials and po-
lice are meeting to review the situa-
ton and determine upon action to
smash the stubborn resistance of the
workers.
The wide distribution of the Daily
Worker Friday was a great factor in
stiffening the resistance of the
strikers.
D. v. Bradley, strike chairman,
took steps toward the betrayal of
the strike Friday by urging com
plete law observance as justification
for the police efforts to prevent all
gatherings of strikers.
In calling meeting of the strik-
ers Friday to consider the bosses
terms, which were the July II scale
($2 per hundred dozen, as against
the workers demand for $225 per
hundred DOZEN, Bradley said: THE
time has come for a complete state
ment of the progress made in nego-
tiations for better wages and condi-
tons for workers now off their jobs
and for some action of a positive
sort"
This made clear Bradley's efforts
to force the strikers to accept the
July IL scale. The papers speak
openly of collaboration between
Bradley and local interests" to set
tie the strike because of fear of the
entrance Of Communist elements.
Guard Adams Mills Workers.
Strikers at the Adams mill at
tempted to prevent the unloading of
machinery at the Adams hosier mill,
but were scattered by the police and
the machinery was unloaded. At
the High Point Overall Factory the
workers were prevented from joining
the strike by police after strike
vote was taken. Police scattered the
pickets and Police Sergeant Samuels,
former silk mill owner, addressed the
strikers and ordered them to stay on
the job. One hundred struck; three
hundred remained under the pro-
lection of police shotgun squad.
Lawrence Hogan, United Textile
Workers Union organizer, and sew
eral of his allies, described as "con-
tributors to radical publications" ar
rived here Saturday unmolested by
the cops.
Calls were distributed by the strik-
ers urging the sending of delegates
to the State Nominating Convention
of the Communist Party to be held
in Charlotte July 81 where steps will
be taken to file candidates for all
state offices and begin stick cam
paign for Foster and Ford who were
denied a place on the North Caro-
INA DhilOt.
Bradley's role as betrayer of the
strike was furthey shown Saturday in
a statement which he sent to all To-
cal papers advising the strikers to
accept the bosses terms and return
to work.
The local press states, Gas Brad
ley's proposals were presented police
were organized following the reports
that large minority Cread majority
would refuse to return to their posts
declining to accept the will of the
majority should it agree on resump-
ton of work."
This shows clearly the collaboration
of the bosses, police and Bradley to
break the strike.
Reasons shown further in Brad