The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-15
MaskedThugsAttack
Militant Steel Men
In WeirtOn, West Va.
Ohio alley Workers
Are Ready for Strike
Despite A.A. Heads

SIEUBENVTLLE, Ohio (Bv Maill
"A vicious campaign Of terror has
been launched against the active
union members Of Weirton, ". Va.
Every day some member Of the
union Is beaten up by a gang Of
men wearing masks. The first man
to get this treatment was taken for
a ride, beaten up and then left IS
miles out of town, where his assail-
ants left him for dead. He recog-
nized one Of the men by his voice,
but when he reported to the police
they told him that he must have
more proof and refused to do any
thing further about the matter.
To date there have been five men
seriously beaten, the last one q
president of one Of the Amalga-
mated Association lodges. These
outrages, together with the firing
of over 100 men. have aroused the
workers to fighting pitch, but the
A. A still does nothing about 1t,
The Steel and Metal Workers In-
dustrisl Union has sent protests TO
the police Of Weirton and TO the
Weirton steel Co. In addition
plans are being made for mass pro-
test meetings in steubenville and
Weirton.
The strike Is the main topic that
the steel workers OF the Ohio Valley
are talking about wherever they
gather. The overwhelming major
ity are willing TO come out, but at
the same time doubt whether the
Amalganated Association will lead
them to victorious strike.
Wen wait till the 18th, and
then If the A. A. does not do any
thing we will join the Industrial
Union" they say.
The S. NJ. W. L q. is telling the
men not to wait for June 18th, but
to organize now into the s.M.WIU.,
and form rank and file committees
inside Of the A. A., so that the
strike will be an organized strike.
A. A. Leaders Demagogy
AS an example Of how the A. A.
organizers speak of the strike,
will quote Bill Gray, of Pittsburgh,
speaking st an A. A. mass meeting
in Weirton a short time ago: IF
you men are afraid that you will
go hungry when you come out on
strike, get that out of your heads
now. We have a man In the White
House who is behind us and who
will see to it that We will not go
hungry, All you have to do is to
let him know that you are on strike
and you haven't anything TO eat
and he will have the government
send relief" Yes. he'll send relief
relief in the form Of tear gas and
bullets, just as the workers Of
Toledo and Alabama got.
The thousands Of leaflets issued
by the S. M. w. 7. o., both in Weir
ton and Steubenville, have had a
great effect on the workers. The
workers are for militant united ac-
ton of all the workers, regardless
of what union they belong to. For
this reason the leaders here, such
as Bill Long and Mel Moore, speak
about unity but they refuse to take
any concrete steps to build up a
united front They have refused
the floor to S. M. w. I. u. speakers
at their meetings and are afraid TO
come to the S. NJ W. I. U. mass
meetings to which they have been
invited. This has opened the eyes
Of many Of the members of the
A. A.
Rave Against Communists
The clear-cut program of the S,
NJ. W. I. U. against the hesitant,
planless maneuyer1ng of the A. A,
has raised the prestige Of the In
dustrial Union For this reason the
A. A. has brought Harold Henry
as an organizer to rave and rant
against the Communists Every
speech made by him so far has
been nothing but the vilest kind Of
SANDER against the S. M. w. 1. U.
and the Communists. In his speech
he tries to provoke the militants
into fights. Despite his frenzied
efforts he has not succeeded in
lessening the S. M. W. 1. o. in
fluence.