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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
Hillman's Demagogic Radicalism, Once Used
Against A. F. of L., Now United in
Fight Against Left Wing

the career of an opportunist who
established his prestige among the
radically inclined clothing workers by
left phrases while at the same time
bartering away their interests like
the most open reactionary. The
merger with the A. F. Of ". appears
a logical development in the light OF
Hillman's history in the Amalga-
mated, and the present developments
In the working class movement.
The Amalgamated Clothing Work.
erS was born out Of the revolt of the
New York tailors. The oppressed
N. Y. tailors, neglected and betrayed
in their struggle for week work by
the United Garment Workers Off
cials, rebelled and bolted the 1918
convention Of the A. r. OF L., SER
wing as an aid to Hillman in lead
ing the clothing workers out of the
American Federation Of Labor.
Having revolutionary tendencies,
the New York tailors chose as their
secretary not one Of their trade, but a
member of the Socialist Labor Party
and an avowed left winger, Joseph
Schlossbclg. Later, when the Anal
gamated Clothing Workers Union
was organized from the groups
which had left the A. f. CT L., Hill
man was elected president on the
strength OF the revolutionary Ian
guage he used, which the tailors were
eager TO hear
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
All st. Louis Police
Called for 10 Hour
Duty to End Strikes
Bosses United in Move
to Crush Workers
Unions

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Sept 6.-All po-
lice here were ordered out for ten
hour strike duty in an effort to
break number of strikes that have
tied up 81 factories here. Most Of
the strikes are in, the garment and
millinery trade, for higher wages and
improved conditions.
The order to increase the work
ing day of the police from eight 10
ten hours followed closely upon the
concerted efforts OF The lnanufactur-
ers to crush the unionization move
ment.
In full page advertisement in the
81. Louis 4'cs,-Dispatcn the Manu-
1acturers Association diseases the
true aim or the MIRA code in its APP
peal to abolish unions and end strikes.
1t opens with a vicious appeal rem
iniScenC OF war day propaganda.
Stop the bloodsheu,' 1t Snrieks.
Blood is being shed. Bones are be-
ing broken. Neither age nor sex is
respected. Several women employees
(scabs) trying to make their way
through massed p4ckeC lines have
been stripped s,arK naked and have
entered their places OF employment
with literally anu absolutely nothing
on except their stockings
Following this horror story the
bosses go on to state that the work
erS do not want to JON unions. In
some OF the piGnvS noU ole einp-oy ~
has chosen to join union" nov
ever, The bosses co not deny The
worNels that right.
Finally the bosses close their "a
tack with the cry OF professional
agitators and with threat. The
police are dong their duty in the
race of great dllhoulties. They know
who the sggressors are
Row well the police are doing their
duoy IS evident from the l1cG mat
285 strikers were arrested lssC week.
The statement was signed BY inc
Rice-5tlX Dry Gooas Co, ny Z
walker Dry Goods Co. Curlee Cloth
ing Co., Alligator Co., MARI q Haas,
KLrrekt Co., Goldsmith Clothing, r.
Lowenbaum Manufacturing Co., Sol
oman Manufacturing Co., Forest City
Manufacturing Co. and Knickerbocker
Clothing Co.
The garment strikers are lei by the
International Ladies Garment Work
er3 Union and tie AnalCamated
Clothing Workers Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07

themselves. With the union mem
bers' funds they engaged in real
estate and banking ventures.
Visualizing the possibility of be-
coming leading figure in the A. F.
OF L., Hillman made overturcs to the
Executive Council for admission dur
ing this period, but Green and Vol
were not yet ready to come to terms
with this rival. 1t was prior to the
crisis, when the shekels of the A. r.
of L. members were pouring into the
officials Golfers and the machine
was in good working order. What
ever rumblings came from below
were severely crushed.
Even before the advent of the
crisis, the bitterness of the member
ship OF the Amalgamated had come
to sharp head. No longer able to
bluff the workers with left"
speeches, Hillmen made common
cause with sangster and racxeteerins
elements which had entered the
union with his knowledge. Terror
and explosions were used against
those who re5elled against thcsc
policies. Like the A. p. Of L. officials,
he was concerned principally with
gaining the support Of small groups
of skilled workers in each shop as
means of maintaining his ma chine,
and was completely indifferent to the
interests of the majority of the work.
erS Of the industry
The crisis brought a whole series
Of attacks on the wages and condi-
tons of the workers, engineered by
Hillman in behalf CT the bosses,
whose f.iandsh.p he now openly pro-
fessed. lie was among the first to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07

were on guard at the mill gate.
The Cambria plant has announced
that it will not operate pending the
decision OF the National Labor
Board after meetings with both labor
and management at Washington.
Labor in this strike and at the
hearings is being represented" by
the notorious labor faker, Emil Rieve,
president of the racketeering Full
Fashioned Hosiery Workers Union,
and his able lieutenants, Leader and
McKeown.
The workers of the Cambria Mil
have been subjected to one wage cut
after another; until now under the
piece-work system they were being
paid at the rate of 43 cents per
dozen. The workers at the Cambria
were averaging about S18 for CO.
hour work-week. On Saturday aft
ernoons the knitting machines were
cleaned by the operators, for which
they received no pay. The machines
are very old and break down con-
tinually, one mill worker told your
correspondent. "You sec, then, that
all lost time Is not paid for. and
under the piece-work and these other
conditions we are not earning very
much" he said. No lunch period is
provided for. the workers betting
their sandwiches while attending
their machines.
According to this worker there is
growing sentiment among the Cam
bria workers for the raising OF all
the other demands besides the one
to merely recognize this Full Fash
ionsd Union which they still dis
tinguish from company union.
There are some Reds in this union,
but most of us are conservative" said
this same informant.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07

TO be roughly nandled. olCn
care about being hurt myself, except
if I was hurt so bad I couldn't pay
for food and rent. ="
This last statement was obviously
suggested by Lemisch, the Cambria
mills lawyer who is handling his de-
Tense, in order TO create favorable
sentiment for this young thug who
gave no thought to the families Of
the $50 strikers who couldn't pay for
food and rent"
The scabs for many weeks were
paid as high as $50 per week for
their food and rent" although the
rent problem for many OF them was
mont so acute when the company put
them up in the plant on army cots.
On the day OF the killings many
were inside the plant and heavy
sash weights we're heaved through
the windows at the strikers gathered
on the outside, many Of whom were
seriously injured. The sashweights
and a gunnysack full of pistols found
in the truck were turned over to
police.
From conversations your cores
pondent had with member Of the
Strike Committee in front of the
Cambria Mill last Friday the strikers
had visited Acting Superintendent of
Police LIE Strange some weeks ago
and appraised him of the fact that
Clementson- was armed. "You
strikers are responsible for his carry
ing gun you made him -. . :.
he says you threatened him." The
police condoned this action.
The Philadelphia papers are carry
ing on a campaign of lies against the
strikers ever since the shooting.
They have said, too. that only one
watihman remains in the plant. At
least Is cops were seen leaving at
lunch time last Friday. Three cops
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
Piano Strikers Defy
Anti-Picket Order

CHICAGO, Ill, Sept. 6.-Further
proof Of the anti-labor nature of the
MIRA was given the 375 strikers of
the Kimball Piano Co., when a sweep
ing anti-picketing injunction was is
sued against them by Judge Trude.
The injunction, issued without notice,
and without hearing the case of the
workers, named the TU.UL., the
Furniture Workers Industrial Union,
and, to raise the red scare, the Com
munist Party.
The workers met the injunction
with mass picketing demonstration
but were dispersed in a brutal attack
by the police swinging their clubs.
Seven were arrested. When the I.
L. D. prepared to supply bond for
the men, the bail was raised to $4,000
each. As a result, the strikers were
forced to spend the weekend in jail.
The workers have planned to con-
tinue the picketing in spite of in
functions and police clubs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
TUULLeadsMolderS
Strike in Bridgeport
Expect Walkout of
Entire Force

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Sept. G. -
One hundred and fifty workers OF the
Nemco Molding Division of the Bry-
ant Electric Co., Westinghouse
concern, under the leadership Of the
Steel ard Metal Workers Industrial
Union. walked out for higher WAGES
end recognition of the newly organ
ICED shop committees.
The company officials have already
approached tie Strike committee, as
they fear the strike will spread
through the ertire force Of 400 work.
ers. Strike sentiment is running high
Over 100 workers of the z. w. Car
penter Machine Co. in Bridgeport
gained an increase in wages, shorter
hours, and recognition of their shop
committee after they held strike
meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07

by large force of armed deputies
without badges or uniforms. Not
knowing of the strike or the armed
terror here, and believing the official
gunner were ordinary robbers, they
increased their speed
The deputies fred. The tourist and
his wife are in a serious condition,
perhaps fatally injured.
The local press is trying to con-
ceal the facts, describing the Incl
dent as "an accidental shooting
Charles Guynn was arrested after
he spoke at a mass meeting. He was
taken to the county jail at Price,
Utah.
Charles Wetherbee was arrested
this morning on the same charge. I
Official gunner are now hunting
FOR Paul Crouch.
The arrested organizers are in
serious danger at the hands of their
iailors who have threatened ito put
them where bonds won't do them
any good"
The patience of the miners has
reached the limit in the face of ex-
IRENE provocation, savage terror,
and repeated violence against men,
women and children.
Many of the miners have declared
they will defend themselves against
future attacks OF the thugs and in
tend to answer force with force.
The situation is extremely tense.
Deputy sheriffs block the roads to
the mines with machine guns
mounted on trucks.
The trials of the arrested pickets
and organizers of the National Miners
Union, which is leading the New
Nexico-Utah strike, will begin Sep
teJnscr IS The Union organizers are
charged with "rioting"
Sylvia Crouch was released mcon-
dilionaIly without charges following
4 habeas corpus writ.
the secretary Of the state A. F. of
L. ana the U. S. Re- Employment
Director for Utah, George A. Wager,
in Labor Day speech at Tooele de-
clared the Utah mine strike lis en-
instruction against the organized
forces Of the government, and those
participating ir 1t are traitors"
The miners went on strike when
the coal operators broke the agree
inent they had signed with the N.MU.i
The strike spread from Helper, Utah.
10 New Mexico, where martial law
wcs declared.
The terror has been intensified in
an cffo.t to crush the general strike.
HsaVY forces OF armed guards with
machine guns are covering the hills
ard all approaches to the mines and
camps.
It is urgent that an immediate /
nationwide campaign be carried on
to establish the right to picket and /
against armed terror in Utah and /
New Mexico The coal operators
gunner are anxious to create an
excuse fer the massacre Of strikers.
The authorities are threatening to 1
send all children participating in, the !
school strike to the reformatory.
Organize Defense
NEW YORK. - An International
Labor Defense lawyer and an organ
izer are on the way from California
to give organizational and legal as :
sistance in the defense Of Crouch, |
Guynn, Huff and Weatherbee, and
the hundreds of miners held in
Helper. Utah. on various charges in
connection with the miners strike, it
was snnounced today by William L
Patterson. national secretary of the
organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
Hartford Cleaners and
Dyers Plan StrikeMove

HARTFORD, Conn, Sept. g.
Cleaners and dyers of Hartford met
Tuesday night to decide upon strike
action. A general strike had already
been prepared last Friday, The pur-
pore CT this meeting was TO decide
on the time for the walkout.
A number of shops have already
walked out in the fight for higher
wages and union recognition.
The Window and House Cleaners
Union OF Hartford have arranged
for a victory banquet and dance on
Saturday, Sept 9.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
n atiOnal
Events
14th Anniversary Celebration.

14th Anniversary Celebration,
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. The
Philadelphia district CT the Commu-
mist Party calls upon all workers
to attend the 14th Party Ami
versary meeting, TO be held this
Friday, at the Labor Lyceum, 80
Locust Street. Earl Br0wder, Sec
rotary os the Central Committee of
The C. T., will be IRE main speaker.
william Chopper, stsI ceytoonist
of the Morning Freiheit, viii CO.
operate with the Philadelphia john
Reed Club in presentation OF the
program. All organizations are
asked not TO hold any affairs in
conflict.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
Whole Page Saturday
to Expose Coal Code
of Operators and Lewis

In view of the fact that John L.
Lewis and the coal operators are
about to issue slave code for the
coal industry, special page will
be devoted to coal in Saturdays
edition Of the Daily Worker. Sre-
cial articles have been written for
this page by Frank Borich, secre-
tary of the National Miners Union,
Jack tombstone and others. Conn
siderable workers correspondence
has beenn contributed for this page.
Order your bundles now. This is
sue should have a wide distribution
in all coal fields.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
Youngstown lid Picnic.

YOUNGSTOWN, ohio.-The local
International Labor Defense group
here will hold it's last picnic of
the year at Gurinovitch's Picnic
Grounds, at Shirley Road, on Sun
day, Sept. 10. The grounds are
within walking distance of the In
dianola Bus Lines. Features at this
affair will include a jazz band,
games, roasts and entertainments.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
Picket Refuses to Pay
Fine; Serves Jail Term
in Protest of Arrests

RED HILL, Pa, Sept. 6-After
serving three hours in the Mont
gomery county Jail for "illegal as
semblage" on the sidewalk, II
strike pickets at the Rosenau shirt
factory were released when their
fines were paid.
Frances Moore, union organizer,
refused to leave the Jail and an
nounced she would serve the ten
day sentence as a protest against
arrest Of pickets. She said she would
fast while in Jail.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
Boston Tom Mooney Action.

BOSTON, Mass. - The Greater
Boston Tom Mooney Council of Ac-
ton has arranged for mass meet
ing this Saturday, Sept. 9, at the
Parkman Bandstand, Boston Com
mon. Frank Palmer, publicity sec
rotary of the Mooney Defense, New
York City, and other prominent
speakers will address this Free
Tom Mooney" meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
Young PioHcer Member Dies

FAIRVILE, Pa. - Veronica Rubie,
IN active ne. !, 2rs CT the Young oio-
nse-s OF the United Farmers Pro-
tective Association, died Of mushroom
poisoning. Her parents, who are poor
farmers, were unable to get the nee
ecsary medical attention.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
Scranton Schools Re-
main Shut as Teachers
Continue Their Strike

SCRANTON, Pa, Sept. 6.-Schools
did not open yesterday as scheduled
when 100 teachers Of Old Forge Bor-
ough voted to strike until the school
directors paid their long overdue
salaries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
Mine GUARDS MISTAKE TWO:
TOURISTS FOR STRIKERS And
SHOOT; NMU HEAD ARRESTED
ALL and Govt Heads Tell Miners Strike Is
Insurrection Against Government Gunmen;
Guynn, Wetherbee Arrested

6UnaWare Of the armed terror
the high
night uSade
80 bullets and his wife seriously injured
Travelling
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
|Scab Charged With Murder Of Pickets
Pleads "Jnstifiable Homicide"
BY ROB ROBBINS.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 6After farcia aragnmnt the
the usfiabIe
the arrested by the police Philadelphia for the murder
the strike pckets the Cambria mill Thursday
going going
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
100 Dead in Texas Hurricane.
New Warship Launched.

PHILADELPHIA new cruiser,
the thirteenth of the 10 allowed the
United States under the terms of the
London naval treaty, was launched
Yesterday. The new ship, the U. S.
S. Minneapolis, cost $11 100000 and
has displacement of 10000 tons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
NEWS BRIEFS
Mutiny Among Insane.

MATTEAWAN, N. Y.-Four inmates
Of the State Hospital for the Crirni-
nally Insane mutinied here today.
They beat up guards who attempted
to quiet them and barricaded them
selves in room where they resisted
tear-gas attacks for four hours.
The leader Of the group was shot
by state trooper.
100 Dead in Texas Hurricane.
EDINBURG, Texas.-One hundred
dead and $1O,0oo,ooO damage was the
first estimate after a survey Of the
wreckage left by the storm which
swept Texas Tuesday.
Troops were rushed into the devas-
tated area and towns were pat under
martial law.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
Scottsboro Tour.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis.-The Milwau-
kee district Of the International
Labor Defense announces that
Ruby Bates and Alice Burke will
speak at West Allis Saturday, Sept.
8, in Central Park, 10th and West
National Avenue. In case of rain
the meeting will take place in the
Labor Hall, Gath and National Ave
nue..
On Sunday they will address a
2 o'clock meeting at Turner Hall,
81 South Butler Street. Admission
to both affairs will be 10 cents for
employed and free entrance for
iobless.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
Farewell Party.

SCHENECTADY, N. Y.-A fare
well picnic will be held for Alex
Trainor. a General Electric worker
and active unemployed leader, this
Sunday, at Kutassy Park. Admis-
sion will be 10 cents.
Alex Trainor was a delegate
from the G. E. plant last year to
the Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
Sleeping Sickness Reaches East

PHILADELPHIA seven-year
old boy died here yesterday, the third
victim in the East of the strange
malady sleeping sickness. Two others
died in Stamford, Conn, from the
disease.
NEW YORK.--Three new cases of
sleeping sickness were reported here
yesterday. In st. Louis, the western
center Of the disease, IA have died
and 545 other cases have been under
treatment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-07
Vermont Goes Wet.

MONTPELIER, Vt.-Vermont yes
terday became the 25th successive
state to vote repeal of the 18th
amendment. Voting was in all but
two counties almost to wet. Min
nesota viii vote today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-04

. Larger business concerns in Dub- lin, Irish Free State, report that their profits have been seriously af- fected by the Free State-British dispute. ;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-04
HAVANA IS MUCH
 ! DISTURBED BY
 MANY STRIKES
resident of Cuba Hastens Home From Vacation to Try to Control the Sit= uatiOn
BY LAWRENCE HAAS

II BY LAWRENCE HAAS : |lnited Press Staff Correspondent Havana, ug 4.-(UP)-President |lrardo Machado i1astened home |bm a fishing trip to-day to take large of a strike situation that |came graver with each new re- |lrt. ||Business was crippled here and eets deserted as workers in one He of business after another lined a strike that though 1t start as protest against city taxes s become one against oppressive |yernme ntal measures.
 The provinces were assuming a Evolutionary aspect. s
 Small groceries; cafes, bakeries, |lh dealers, restaurants, and tex N 2 workers joined the strike to- |y. Bus drivers, taxicabmen,
 feet and unterruban, car workers,
 fry boatmen and launch opera H s already were affected. Railway
 lrkers met to discuss adherence.
 Police operated the only street Iss running in the capital.
 ISo serious was the situation that
 H a late night meeting of high lFernment and police officials, in- l}ding the ministers of war and Elerior. it was decided to give the lfny control. It was forecast that Ibceries, cafes and restaurants
 luld be ordered to remain open.
 Reports from Santa Clara, Ma Ihzas, Camaguey, Santiago, Gu l}s. Melena, Sardenas, Pinar Del E|o and Aguacate, among other Wns, showed strikes that in some Ire general, and in the others Ire spreading.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-04
OF Y. :. 7. MILK IN THREE
 COUNTIES WARN
Holland, Windharl, and New London Milk Men Threaten to Have Strike
 d.. if''. <; ;. a.-' Over Prices

Willimantic, Conn, Aug 4-(UP) The threat of a milk strike, un- less their demand for a higher minimum price for milk is met at once, was sounded last night by milk producers of Holland, Wind ham and New London counties.
 The resolution to declare a milk holiday was adopted at the first, of a series of four meetings the pro- ducers are to hold. More than 300 dairy farmers were in attendance. next three or four days to obtain the views of producers in New Ha- ven, Hartford and Litchfie1d coun- ties.
 The producers declared they would refuse to send their milk to market if the milk board does not immediately establi a minimum price of 2 cents quart for milk of 3.7 per cent butterfat content, de. livered at market centers.
 The producers agreed to walt seven days for the milk board to act. They also passed a resolution, for presentation to the governor, asking him to remove the members Of the milk board.
 In event of milk strike, the farmers were cautioned against violence. George H. Robertson. president of the Farmers National association who presided at the meeting. said the producers should merely keep their milk on the farms if the holiday is called.
 Utica, N. r., Aug 4-tUP)- Striking dairy farmers pressed their drive to shut off the states milk supply today. despite threats of the state control board to import milk from other states if necessity.
 Farmers in the central tier and in the Rochester area were de- ployed over highways at dawn, per- suading Dairymen's League mem bers and independent producers who have refused to join the strike to withhold their milk from mar ket.
 The strikers promised there would be no violence.
 State troopers, however, pa trolled the highways and escorted milk trucks.
 The strike spread into western New York this morning as inde- pendent producers in Erie, Chaus tauqua, Cattaraugus. Allegany and Wyoming counties refused to make deliveries.