The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-11
THOUSANDS DEMONSTRATE
AS DRESS STRIKE SPREADS

Negro Workers To Spread Strike.
A special meeting Of Negro work.
ers was held wednesday morning at
the strike headquarters, $50 9Th Ave-
Maude White and Ben Gold, secre-
tary of the Strike Committee, re-
ported on the strike, the need of more
unity between the white and Negro
workers, and a special committee was
elected to activize the Negro work
ers and help to spread the strike
among this section of the workers.
Italian Workers Plan Strike Activities.
A meeting of Italian workers was
held for the purpose Of spreading the
strike among the Italian dressmak-
ers.
A huge open air meeting has been
planned by the Strike Committee to
take place today, IL o'clock, in the
garment center, where leaders and
the rank and file members Of the
Mass Strike Committee will speak on
the strike.
Entertainments for the strikers will
be held this afternoon at Manhattan
Lyceum and the headquarters at $50
6th Ave. With the assistance of the
John Reed Club, the Jewish Art
Theatre and the Cultural Fedora
ton. entertainments for the strikers
are being arranged for this afternoon
in both halls at p. m. After the
entertainments there will be mass
picketing in front of all the striking
shops
TO Decide Policy on Settlements and
To Spread Strike.
A meeting of the Strike Commit
tee will be held this morning, II a.
m. at the strike headquarters, $50
6th Ave, to report on further pro-
gress of the strike and to decide on
the policy with regard TO settlements
with the individual employers who
have sent in applications for settle
ments.
Fur Workers Receive One and Two
Day Sentences.
Fanny Warshafsky, leading work
er in the fur trade and L. Scheer,
| Sol jacobson, Isidor Cohen Of the
B. J. Dretel striking fur shop, we're
sentenced to 2 days imprisonment
yesterday afternoon in Jefferson
Market Court.
Striking Dressmakers Dismissed.
Seventeen striking dressnakers,
arrested Tuesday. were dismissed in
Night Court, since no charges could
be proved against them They i'm
mediately went back on the picket
| line.
Yellow Press Lies.
All the enemies of the strike came
out yesterday with more vicious at
tacks on the workers united front
The Jewish Forward which on Tues
day said, There is no strike; no
shops are stopped said yesterday
that the strike is licked" The way
the yellow Forward ticks strikes is
indeed amazing.
The Day, another paper printed in
Yiddish in New York, only two days
ago said that "the strike is of nc
value" Yesterday this same yellow
rag contradicts itself by admitting
that many bosses are demanding
settlements"
Ochnan, one Of the main gorillas
of the Schlesingef group of racke-
teers, advised the bosses not to settle
with the United Front Committee
He advised the bosses that the settled
shops would not be recognized by the
gangstsr unions.
All these frantic rnaneuvers Of the
boss press and the fake unions show
clearly that the strike is spreading
and is worrying them.
Harlem Shops Out.
In the Harlem four shops are nov
down. The Harlem Beauty Girls
Shop at E. 116th st., where the
wages ranged from 81 to $l3 week
has joined the strike. The New
Model Dress Shop at 8 w. 18th st
came down to fight for union condi-
TONS The wages in this shop ranged
from 80 to SIS per week.
The Cspelito shop at 2O4 Z. 10th
st. where the pay Of the workers
ranges from So to SIS week, Joined
with the striking Harlem shops. An
Italian shop near 104th st. Is also
striking.
More Of the Harlem shops are ex-
| pected to join the strike today. Let
tiers have come in to the strike head
quarters from the shop committees
various shops in Harlem stating their
willingness to join the United Front
| Strike.
There we're over 100 workers out
yesterday from the four striking
| Harlem shops. Delegates from vari-
Gus Of the Harlem shops came to the
strike Harlem headquarters at 2oll
Third ave. yesterday. Strike en-
thusissm is spreading throughout the
shops in Harlem.
A mass strike conference will BIZ
held at the Harlem headquarters or
Feb. IA at pm. All mass organiza-
tions, unions, block committees fac
tory and shop committees are invited
to attend the conference in body
Dressmakers! Rally to the mass
demonstration at noon today! Joir
the strike against starvation! Negro
AL ,,bita ,rorkers native and for-