The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-22
Bullets, Tear Gas
Can't Stop Strike
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other costs-and profits.
For three weeks the Dextale mill,
employing about 500, the Interstate
and the Arcadia were all closed. A
few days ago the Dexdale began i'm
porting strikebreakers and announced
it would open. The strikers inme-
diately began mass picketing.
Pinchot Investigates.
Tear gas. was turned on them yes
terday, and seventeen were arrested
Gov. Pinchot announced he was
opposed to the use of the tear gas
and would investigate. While he
was investigating, this morning, the
strikers turned out in even greater
force, captured the driveway into
the mill, and held it against the
police. Only one gas bomb was
thrown this morning, and that went
astray, the police themselves getting
the benefit of it.
Strike Meetings.
In the afternoon there was a ire
mendously enthusiastic mass meet
ing of the strikers in Music Hall
Visiting delegations Of hosiery work
ers came from Norristown, the strik-
ers sang and applauded every men,
ton of militancy. The A. F. of L
organizer, to be sure, put it on the
basis of the rights guaranteed you
by the government" and the oppo-
sition of the mill owners TO the unior
was was treated almost as a bit Of
petulance on their part, which the
strikers themselves far outstripped
that of their leaders, and the only
action proposed that failed to arouse
enthusiasn,-though it was agreed II
was molten made by Bramley tt
exempt from duty in the picket line
his colleague" in the leadership Of
the strike.
From the hall the workers went
directly to the mill, in body. Every
one had been provided with hand
kerchief and some had camphol
balls, to counteract the tear gas.
AS soon as the head of the column
reached the mill the deputies made
an attack, scattering the first hall
hundred. and dragging one CIR
striker. her head bleeding from g
club, into the patrol The patro
rushed away, through lanes of boo
ing and eursing strikers.
Mass Picketlng.
Then the mass picketing began
At the head of the line stood 6
youngster with a bucket Of water
As the. strikers, marching two alb.
reast came up to him, each dipped
a handkerchief in the water. Or
the coping Of the roof Of the low
building could be plainly seen thu
new cases of gas bombs brought il
today
Four or five hundred strikers wer'
now parading up and down in from
Of the. 500-foot long mill Across tn
street. were fully as many more, will
thousands of sympathizers. TIN
first car. of strikebrea1ers dashed on
| of the driveway and a roar of ange
went up from the crowd. Immedi
ately thesman in charge of the depu
ties-next to the sharpshooter him
self the most bitterly hated man il
Lansdale today-Chief of Polio
Shaver, of Jenkinton, tossed ga
bomb into the crowd Simultaneous
ly the six mounted deputies begal
rushing their horses at the Grove
The crowd gave, let the gas subsid
a little, closed in again. The picket
ers never lost step once. Anothe
gas bomb was tossed, and this tim
a striker, with marvellous nerve an
dexterity, picked it up before it ex
ploded and tossed it back on tn
roof.
Here the rifieman, who had bee
prowling restlessly up and down tn
whole length of the roof, while til
crowd yelled: Come down! to hin
swung into action. and shot dow
the two young strikers.
Stones began flying from tn
crowd. The police tried to make on
arrest in the midst of it, and wer
forced to give up their prisoner.
Three gas bombs in all of tn
dozen or SO thrown, were, picked u
by inteprid strikers and tossed bac
to their attackers. One went throug
window into the mill itself. Throug
broken windows could be seen
huddle of frightened strikebreaker
waiting their turn to be rushed on
So intense and widespread is tn
towns anger against the mill, tn
police and the deputies that tn
Lehigh Valley Transportation Com
pany, which was asked by telephon
to rush two buses over to the mi
to take strikebreakers home, refuse
to do it at any price. An interurba
street car was stopped by the polio
for the benefit of those strikebreak
ers without cars. In the ten seconc
or so that it stood within range {
the strikers half its windows wei
broken.
And tomorrow morning, at S o'cloc
the mass picketing goes on agail