The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
Silk Dye Strikers
Boo ALL. SANDER
Attack On N.T.W.
$4,000 At Sta dium
Silence Keller

PATTERSON, N. j., Oct. Z.--AJ the
Hinchcliffe Stadium this afternoon,
IS 900 workers gathered in a splendid
demonstration Of unity and told the
UT.W. leaders that they are not go
ing to allow them to stand in the
way of this unity. The demonstration
occurred when Eli Keller, leader of
the U.T.W., attacked the N.T.W.U.
in his speech, calling the union
strike breakers" while misquoting a
statement of the United National
Many thousands of those present
were members or followers of the
NT.WU. and they carried huge
sign which read: Members of the
A. F. of L., We Greet You" The Ma
tional Textile Workers Union domi-
mated the Stadium. Scores Of plac-
ards were seen everywhere.
When Keller, who has consistently
refused to form a united front, ut
tered the word strike breakers, he
was booed and shouted down until
he could not proceed. He was finally
forced to leave the platform. AS we
go to press the meeting is still in pro-
gress. The meeting is called by the
A. F. of L. Dyers and Associated Silk
Workers (UT.W). In order not to
break the ranks of the strikers, the
NT.W. members attended the meet
ing, although the A. F. of L. had re-
fused to permit the strikers of the
NT.WU. to be represented by a
speaker.
The United National Strike Com
mittee met today in Paterson and is
sued a statement answering the scan
dalous attacks on their committee
and on the N.TW.U. by Eli Keller.
The statement contains six points,
as follows:
1t places on the leaders of the As
ISOLATED Silk (U.TW) the response
bility for maintaining throughout the
strike a division in the ranks Of the
strikers by refusal to join hands with
the strikers of Allentown. Easton and
other centers, and to join a united
front with any union, or with any
elected delegates of any rank and file
strike. "Only through complete unity
in the ranks of the strikers can the
strike be won,' the statement de-
clareS.
The statement exposes the McMa-
hon fiveweekS truce, which the
U.T.W. leaders, including Keller
himself, tried to use to- break the
strike. 1t states: 1.-THE silence of the
Kellers and Schweitzers in this out
rageous betrayal Of Mcmahon and
continued sabotage of the unity of
the workers, is today the greatest
danger to the silk strike.
"Our declaration of last Friday is
not an abandonment of the original
strike demand 1896 for week work..
or policy of separate settlement"
the strike committee says. ct was
declaration of minimum demands to
guarantee against further attempt
on the part of the U.T.W. leaders to
send the workers back to work with
out any real gains. We declare that
we stand by the original demands of
the strike and at the same time are
willing to enter negotiations subject
to the approval first by the United
National Strike Committee and by all
of the strikers. We declare that all
settlements will be approved by the
Strike Committee and strikers and we
will not make any settlements with
out a decision Of the strikers Of Pat
erson and Of all striking silk centers.
eve are ready to use any method
or form to meet the authorized rep
resentatives of the Associated to es-
tablish joint committees and work out
jointly the next steps to spread, solid
ify and carry on the fight to sue
cessful conclusion
All silk and dye mills were closed
this morning and none of them even
attempted to open, showing that in
face of the militant picket lines OF
the N.T.W.U. and rank and file of the
A. F. of L., the bosses abandoned
their preparations for general
strike breaking opening which they
planned last week. Even the Lyons
mill, which placed front page ad-
vertisement over the weekend call
ing the workers back to work, aban-
doned its plan to open in face Of the
picket line, and it remained closed.
After violent protest of the workers
in the mill, the company was forced
to admit this morning that it had
paid for the ad and openly admitted
that it was their plan to stop the
strike in that MILL
the immediate conversion of all war