The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-01

a store. a frightened face disap-
peared behind the iron-bars Of the
window. 1t was the Manager
Social Democrat. The workers laughed
and shouted across the street: "Cele-
brating the first Of May behind iron
bars. en-?
Like monkeys in the zoo!"
Again five or six rows in front of
Kurt the fair smooth head appeared.
Then it was hidden again by the
next regular wave Of surging heads.
Halo! Morning, comrade!'
A narrow hand was stretched to-
wards him across q couple Of Shout
ders. Kurt looked up. Wasn't that
the pals young speaker who had
spoken in the Red Nightingale?
Red 'FRONT.' He drew him to his
side.
Come on, it will start again in
minute!"
He was glad to see how the young.
certainly not ve-y strong, con1rade
was marching so calmly next to him.
He doesn't only talk, thought Kurt,
satisfied.
-s- Clear the Street
The demonstration was approach
ing the Nettlebeckplatz. K t
stretched for a moment to look above
police were standing four deep across
0.the heads in front Of him. The
the street awaiting the demonstrators
The workers continued marching
forward without moments hest
tation
A high-pitched voice screamed in
front: "Clear the Street -
The ma-chers marched on. Left
left left. Down with
the police Dictatorship
That was Thomas, thought Kurt
and shouted with the others: Down
down down."
On the right pavement some began
to run backwards. Someone shouted:
Stand firm comrades!"
The centre of the demonstration
pushed further and further to the
front. The first broad rows were
formed by Thomas men. He him.
self was marching next to Paul at
the head.
Again the high, sharp voice whip
per through the air-Some COM
mand-and the clubs crashed down
on the first rows. There were
piercing noises Of booing, whistling
and shrieking Against a house on
the left a gentleman with battered
hat was leaning and gesticulating
wildly in ridiculous protest. APP
parently he had just come out Of
the cigar store at the corner. Two
policemen tore him away from the
wall. He collapsed under hail Of
blows A policeman was kicking his
hat like football over the square.
The police wavered. In spite Of
their mad rush at everything in their
way, they. couldn't break up the DEM
onstration. On the contrary they
we're forced to retreat step by step
before the ever-increasing pressure Of
the masses. The workers protected
themselves as best they could, but
they did not bulge an inch. If they
were pushed back in one place, they
pressed forward in another
The police only succeeded in break
ing up the demonstration after fresh
reserves had been called, though they
still could not clear the street. The
whistle called them back again. A
few curt orders and they jumped into
the waiting lorries and drove away.
Possibly the situation was even more
dangerous elsewhere.
A few minutes later a young
worker had jumped on sand box in
the center of the Nettlebeckplatz and
spoke to the masses who filled the
square.
Kurt was looking for Paul. At last
he had found him.
1--WE must return to the alley at
once. Paul,--we must see what is
happening there" They knew that
the police attacks would be concen-
trated there. They hurried back
along the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The Cop Drops.
Hit Defenseless Worker.
After few hundred PAGES they
noticed that the workers in front OF
them were running towards the alley.
They followed them, running as
quickly as they could. At the corner
OF the Wiesentrasse they met a new
demonstration coming from The Ufer-
stYasse
Paul, that is Otto-that one with
tI1e flag ia 'front.' Kurt called out
and ran towards the marchers.
He had not yet reached them, when
he heard the nailed boots Of the
policemen behind him.
Only reach the demonstration! he
thought pantingly. He was too
heavily built to run quickly. The
young policemen could do better,
"T'n get you yet, you bloody swine, -
someone shouted close behind him.
He heard the loud breathing Of the
policeman. The next moment the
club fell on his head. But the police
man ran past him towards the dem
onstrators who had now reached the
corner OF the Kosliperstrasse.
The policeman who was about ten
YARDS in front OF his colleagues
rushed straight at tins flag bearer
Kurt saw him raise the club against
Otto.
What followed happened so quickly
that no one could tell how it had
come about. The young policeman
was suddenly lying on the street
without his helmet on and rolled over
several times. Just than other police
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