The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-13

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Mahon had conferred with Green
before the guard was called and
Mcmahon said he had no objection
to calling Of the Guard. Thus u.
T. w. heads are furthering the
terror against strikers and are
helping the efforts to open the
mills, at the same time they at
tack Communists.
Another Strike Danger
Another danger the strikers must
guard against came forward to-
day in evidences that U. T. w.
leaders are trying to effect sepa-
rate settlements which would
weaken the national strike front.
For example, the U. T. w. an
nounced it had cancelled a strike
order at the Roxbury Carpet Co.,
mills in Saxonville. The mill
has now reopened. 1t was said
they had signed an agreement and
ended the strike in the plant.
The U. r. w. leaders announced
in the New Bedford mass meet
ing this morning that one MIL
which they did not name would
be allowed to reopen because it
has signed an agreement. It is also
reported that at Danville, Va, a
similar U. T. w. order called off
the strike there. The strikers must
not allow the U. T. w. leaders to
break their ranks with individual
settlements.
The U. T. w. leaders continue to
refuse to call local union meetings
or union membership meetings to
strengthen the strike organization
For example, in New Bedford.
where I was this morning there
were no union meetings called since
the strike. The strikers demand
union meetings to better organize
the strike apparatus and the pick
citing. But the U. T. w. leaders
by refusing to call union meetings
prevent the rank and file from
participating in strike leadership.
$4,000 Troops Called Out
The strikebreaking terror of the
state armed forces increased in New
England not only at the Saylesville
Mills but at many other points in
New England. Twelve thousand
troops were called out by gov
errors in all. And in Massachusetts
the guard has been modified and
equipped and ordered to be ready
to be called out at a moments
notice.
The National Guard is out at
Lewiston and Augusta, Maine; in
Connecticut two National Guard
companies are patrolling mills at
Putnam. They are patrollirg in
Danlelson, Conn. In Norton, Mass.
the sheriff of Bristol County has
called the Guard out to transport
scab goods for the Defiance Bleach
cry.
National Guards are on patrol in
Bristol, Rhode Island. A strike OF
1000 wool sorters was voted to
take place there Friday morning.
In Woonsocket 1000 mass pickets
were forced to retreat only after q
tear gas barrage. Severe fighting
took place also at Woonsocket ir
front of the Woonsocket Rayor
Company.
Thomas Kelly, U. T. w. leader
made a vicious attack on Commu-
nists in statement today.
Ann Burlak speaks tonight at g
mass meeting at Ashley Park, New
Bedford. Fred Biedenkapp, we'll.
known as an organizer in the 1925
New Bedford strike, will speak If
New Bedford on Thursday at :
o'clock, in Hazlewood Park, South
End, and at o'clock at Brooklawr
Park, Norh End.
Terror Troops Concentrate
Fred Biedenkapp will speak II
Fall River Friday evening at Lib.
erty lot. There will be a mass meet
ing at the Common tomorrow ir
Boston in support of the textile
strike. Ann Burlak will speak.
other evidences of increased ter
ror against strikers are seen in the
orders of Worcester police forbid.
ding picketing at the Worcester
Knitting Co.; the concentration Of
over 100 police in Fitchburg against
a picket line there; the concentra-
ton of over 500 private deputies al
North Dighton; the heavy police
attacks in Maine, Connecticut anc
Rhode Island, where troops arr
out.
More Mills Closed
New mills which were shut dowr
today include Three Rivers ano
Bondsville, Mass, mills, which EN-.
ployed 900 workers; Chicopee Man.
ufacturing Co., Mass, with 1,0Ot
workers closed yesterday when only
a dozen reported for work; nint
Rhode Island Mills employing 6
total of LOO workers, the biggest
being the Lebanon Mills. The strike
definitely continues to spread, anc
remains solid and effective through.
out New England.
Mass picketing throughout the
whole textile area was good today
Mass picketing took place at many
points.