The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-19

railroad trestle on one side of the road. Some
Of the cops came out and attacked workers
standing alone or in small groups with long
night sticks. The workers defended themselves
miltantly. group of workers rescued one
worker from cop on the trestle One Of the
cops shot with his revolver some workers who
ran from the trestle. BY this time the workers
had scattered all over broken field along side
the road.
The field was well covered with stones which
were picked up by the workers and soon the
air was filled with a hail of stones. The cops
kept on shooting tear gas but the sharp wing
from the River blew 1t away. The workers pushed
back the cops and when the tear gas gave out
the cops turned and fled. The marchers then
continued their course to the Ford plant.
At Dix Road the Dearborn cops received re-
Enforcement from Detroit and the Ford plant
and made another stand
A couple of fire trucks came up and tried to
connect up the frehouse but so fast was the
advance that the fire trucks beat hasty re-
treat with the cops behind them.
AT this particular point the most inspiring ex-
amples of working class initiative were revealed.
Groups of workers passed among those tagging
behind urging them forward. knowing no stones
were handy near the Ford plant, they picked up
handfuls, filled their pockets, and passed them
along to other workers. The workers showed
marvellous solidarity, helping one another against
cops, helping dubbed comrades along.
Now the workers thoroughly aroused and more
closely united, followed the rapidly retreating
cops past the employment agency up TO gate
No. 8 where under cover of reenforcements with
new tear gas and drawn revolvers the cops were
able to make another stand. The firemen con-
nected the hose and soon q couple of heavy
streams of icy water sprayed those more daring
spirits who ventred too far ahead. The
workers grimy with sweat and dust, their eyes
red from gas fumes kept up a spirited struggle
Suddenly the cops began shooting into the
crowd with revolvers. 1t was here that Comrade
York, 10 years Of age, District Organizer Of the
YCL, was shot and killed Comrades Leny and
Del Blasio were also killed at this point. The cops
seemed to have gone mad and shot left and right
into the unarmed crowd The workers, however
stood their ground and kept up the rock, throw
ing, inflicting considerable damage on the police
Later, the capitalist press revealed that Edsel
Ford, Ex-Governor Green, millionaire exploiter
of prison labor, were watching the massacre
supervising the shooting.
In the course Of the struggle many Of the
workers had engaged in struggles with the Ford
service men who refused to go inside at first
They were quickly driven inside however, and
the windows of the Employment office were
smashed up by rocks, Buses were forced to
stop and park over at one side and traffic was
almost completely stopped.
The leaders Of the Auto Workers Union and
the Unemployed Council, realizing that nothing
more could be attained at that time, decided to
call off hte demonstration. Accordingly speaker
mounted the back OF a car and pointed out that
the tear-gassing, clubbing and shooting was
Fords bloody answer to the demands of the eb-
ployed and unemployed Ford workers. Rousing
cheers greeted the statement that the Hunger
Marchers would return, but with 10000 instead
Of 5000. A vote was taken to start on the