The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-26
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Mass Picket Lines Close
Mills in NJ, n. Y, and
Pennsylvania
BOSSES MOVES FAIL
Owners Cite Roosevelt
Truce in Refusing
Union Demands
By Carl Reeve

PATERSON, N. j.. Oct. rs
Thirty thousand silk end rayon dye
workers in the Passaic Valley. Now
York end Pennsylvania walked out
on strike this morning. More than
10000 are striking in the Passa'c
Valley. At o'clock this mo-r~g
the first pickets began to gather
in front of the Paterson mills. Tt
was soon apparent that every dye
shop in Paterson had struck.
In front Of the Expert dye works
mass picket lines Of a thousand
workers had formed by 7:30, and
began marching on other dye
houses. Rowing picket lines Of
several hundred workers formed
and marched from mill to mill to
cement the solidarity of the strikers.
Flying auto squadrons were formed.
At the Weidemann plant, storm
center of the 1888 dye and silk
strike, the picket line gradually
grew until several hundreds were
on the line. Across the Passaic
River bridge from the Expert dye
shop, the big Textile DYE Co. was
being picketed under the eyes OF
heavy police guard.. The strike was
solid in the Passaic Valley. The
Great Lodi dye plant walked out
solid.
The employers boosted that sixty
per cent of the workers will return
to the mills this morning" The
picket lines of the militant dye
workers soon proved this an empty
boast. No one went in to work.
The strike was one hundred per
cent.
Transfers Vote to Join
The dye house teamsters, menu
bers of the International Brother
hood of Transfers, A. F. of L..
voted to strike tomorrow morning.
William Green sent a represen-
tative, General Organizer, William
Murphy, into Paterson.
The Emergency Committee of the
United Textile Workers Union,
headed by Francis German, meets
in New York City tomorrow.
The strikers, organized into the
Federation of Silk and Rayon
Overs and Finishers of America
(affiliated with the United Textile
Workers Union) are demanding
higher wages, thirty-hour week, end
of the stretch-out and speed-up,
and one hundred per cent union
recognition.
At 2 o'clock the thousands Of
striking dye workers began their
march from 203 Paterson Street, to
the Hinchcliffe Stadium, where a
huge mass meeting was held. The
speakers were to include Joseph
Yanerelli, George Baldanzi, and
Anthony Ammirato of the dye To-
Gals and the dyers federation OF
the union; the socialist Jacob Pam
ken; Arturo Giovanitti and others.
rank and file workers were in
favor of having Morris Brown as
one of the speakers, in the interest
of achieving unity. Brown, the
Communist Party candidate for
governor of New Jersey, was one OF
the leaders of last years dye and
silk strike and is popular with the
strikers. The New York City dye
houses are out 100 per cent.
Last minute efforts were made by
the employers and by the Roose-
welt government agents to prevent
the strike. P. w. Chappell, federal
government representative, who is
operating in Paterson as mediator"
for the U. S. Department Of Labor.
held conferences with the employers
and the dye union officials until
the last minute. The employers re-
fused to give any concession, pro-
posing an extension of the present
agreement for six months. Such an
extension would give the employers