The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-08

dust and steel. Our truck went
along West Federal Street. An
along the people at windows waved
to us in answer to our yelIs and
shouts. 1t sure put life into us.
There we're cops along the way
also. But we we're used to them
in Cleveland. Not one cop was good
enough to catch any of our old
gang when we used to fill pals
and sacks with coal from the rail-
road yards and bring them home.
AT last we all got together ON 4
"A big lot near Federal Street.
There were thousands OF fellows
and girls there and kids too. Sings
said they were from Akron or Mon
essen or Pittsburgh. We all stayed
close together because it was some
thing new for us. The Toothless
Wonder was pretty calm about It
though. Lets go there where the
fellow is talking"
We went up and listened. The
speaker said the police had refused
to give us parade permit. This
made us sore. Permit or no per-
init we are going to organize our
selves in lines of six and march"
said the speaker. Everyone let out
a big yell. Lines we're formed. We
saw the fellow and the girl who had
come to speak to us right in the
front line. Toothless yelled, Lets
get right back of them" We did.
THERE WERE
LOTS OF COPS"
There were a lot Of cops on
horses and cars blocking the way
out into the street. We started to
march. The police yelled, swinging
their clubs. "Stay back. You can't
march. You've got no permit" We
yelled back. Eve don't need per-
NIT" and went right on marching.
oh yes, the lots was full of pieces
of scrap IRON, bricks, stones, etc.
That was our big break. The po-
lice started to ride straight into
us on their horses. The lines broke.
But-did you ever hear of it rain
ing cats and dogs? Well, those
cops must have thought 1t was
raining bricks and scrap iron. The
air was black. We ran around try
ing TO keep out Of the way of the
police clubs-still we stopped to
pick up something and chuck it at
a cop. TIL bet many a cop still
has scar as souvenir from vi
king.
ONE cop on a big black horse
" struck girl crack on the
head swinging his club downwards
all his might. Toothless, who was
standing beside me, picked up
big rock and flung it right at the
cop. But we weren't the only ones.
A lot of others had seen that cop
hit the girl. Many rocks joined
the one Toothless threw above the
cops head.
Down he went off his horse!
The fight was on. But we couldn't
stand against the cops all day. They
had clubs and guns and blackjacks.
We had to give up at last. Any
how the cops learned good lesson,
we think.
WE'VE JOINED UP!"
So had we. Next day on the
way home in the truck we discussed
the fight. We tried to figure out
why the cops acted like that. An
older fellow on the truck said the
steel workers in youngstown we're
mostly unemployed and even those
that were working got very little.
He said that the steel bosses didn't
want their workers to see lis young
workers and kids march and talk
about unions and organizing and
fighting for better conditions. That
would show the workers that they
had support. So they gave the po-
lice orders to break up our parade,
After we got back to Cleveland
we elected Toothless president. Bpt
Mr.. Schultz isn't our leader any
more. Because we've all joined the
Young Pioneers and the fellow who
took us to Youngstown Is our lead
er. And he's one swell leader too.