The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-28
BY HOWARD BoLDT

BY HOWARD BOLDT
NEW YORK-Ten of the workers
arrested at the demonstration of
unemployed workers before the Of
fees of the Welfare Department at
so Lafayette St., were brought up
at the First District Court at Frank
lin and Center SITS. Sunday morning,
and ordered held in $500 bail by
Magistrate MCGEE.
When MCGEE said: "Bail, $500
each" a boo rose from the packed
court room. At a signal from the
Judge, police stationed in the court
room descended upon the workers.
AS the workers left the building
the cops again attacked. Repeatedly
the cops assaulted the workers. One
woman, Myra Marini, was knocked
to the ground, and slugged and
kicked while on the ground. Attacks
we're made upon the workers blocks
away from the court house. Cops
slugged Mrs. Lechay, and jailed her
ana n6T nuSDanQ,
Pack Court Tuesday
Workers are urged to pack the
court room when the workers come
up for trial at 10 am, Tuesday,
May 20, at the Tombs Court,
Franklin and Center SITS.
In protest against the announced
plans of the Welfare Department to
cut 10000 of Home Relief and an
equal number on relief work by June
l, the jobless workers assembled
shortly after 10 am. at the Depart
ment Building, so Lafayette st.,
Saturday, and started peaceful
picketing. All during a continuous
downpour of rain, the workers, car
rying placards and shouting slogans,
marched before the Welfare Depart
ment offices. At 11:15 committee
was elected to meet with Deputy
Commissioner Stanley Howe, who
had been previously informed by
telegraph that committee would
call for a meeting.
Police barred the doors, and re-
fused to admit the workers COM
nittee. After a short meeting in
which Richard Sullivan, secretary of
The New York Unemployed Councils,
informed the workers of the refusal
to meet with the committee, the
committee marched to the door.
Instantly the police sIashed out
with nightstlcks, and scores of de-
tectives, armed and carrying short
lead-weighted blackjacks attacked
the demonstrators. Mounted police
rode into the solid packed ranks,
twirling their hcrses in circle, and
slashing at the heads of the workers
AS the ranks of the workers broke,
Ben Lapidus, organizer of the New
York County Unemployment Coun-
ellis, led the jobless into reforming
their picket line. Deputy Inspector
James A. Wall shouted to the police,
Clean them up. Treat them
rough!" and again the police, now
reinforced by two emergency squads
and scores Of patrolmen and detec-
tives, launched another attack. AS
the workers rose to defend them
selves, eight police went down.
About 5000 sympathetic workers
now lined the streets.
Forced to Run Gauntlet
AS the workers retreated, the po-
lice continued to attack the workers.
Three workers wrested his night
club from Policeman Conway, and
he whipped out his gun and fired
at the retreating workers. One
worker, knocked down by rain
of blows over his head, was club
bed and kicked by four policemen
AS those arrested were brought
shackled between two cops into the
hallway at so Lafayette St., they
were made to run gauntlet of de-
tectives who slashed at them with
lead-loaded blackjacks. jeremiah
Lynch, a young Irish worker, was
beaten about the neck while hand
cuffed between two cops. A detec.
tive kicked another prisoner, Larry
Crolson, in the groin, while the cops
laughed. Sam Miller, crippled
Daily Worker agent, who was on the
opposite side of the street, had his
crutches seized, and when he coulc
not hop on one leg fast enough, was
attacked and Jailed.
The 10 arrested workers were
taken to the 9Th Precinct. Workers
who attempted to go to the police
station found the way blocked By
mounted cops. Most of the worker;
were charged with "felonious assault
and rioting" charges carrying SEN
fences of from three to ten years
in Sing Sing, When the arresting
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