The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-20

mill today denied that their COM
pany had employed strike breakers,
as indicated by police reports.
Following an attack on one mill
worker about three days after the,
strike began, the company promised
employees who refused to strike that
it would protect them to the fullest
extent" one Real Silk official said.
Guards" Are Employed
Police were unable to escort
workers to their homes. and the
company did employ a number of
out-of- town men, quartered in a
downtown hotel, to protect workers.
who asked for aid, on their way to
and from work. Employment of
these guards, or company police, has
been no secret"
First report of disorder investi-
gated by police was early last night.
Officers met Ed Hall. SO, Linden
hotel, one of the guards, who re-
ported he and another guard, Yova
Davis, were forced from the road,
just north of the city, by carload
of men they said we're strikers.
Davis fled, but Hall was beaten by
the men, he told police.
A short time later. police were
called to R. R. Is, Box SO, where
Mrs. Richard Mccullough said a
man broke in her door and de-
manded a revolver, saying he and
another man were being held up.
Strike Breakers Police Told
Police reported they learned the
men we're Floyd Yarba and John
Gallagher. Linden hotel. The men,
iWho awaited arrival of police, said
they were employed as guards by
the Real Silk mill and that on Road
81, north of Board Ripple, several
men stopped them and beat them.
While police were there, about
fourteen men in two cars, who told
police they were strike breakers"
drove up to get Gallagher and
Yarba, and were permitted by police
to take the two to the Linden.
Police reported each of the men
in the two cars carried hammer
handles or gas pipes.
Police arrested six strikers said
to have attempted to drive away
from Walnut and Spring streets
when the officers approached. In
their car, officers said, were a num-
Der of rocks.
Those arrested were Cline Allen,
AIT South Oakland avenue; Paul
Stevenson, 5144 Schofeld avenue;
Roy Roark, 2O30 East Washington
street; James Fleming, 705 East
North street; Ernest Hines, 844
North Chester street, and Guy
Belcher, 140 North Pine street.
Band to Be On Hand
Trial of Bertram Gerdt, %, of
1914 Hoyt avenue, Real Silk en-
plcye. accused Of chasing a striker,
George Knauss, 1923 Colorado ave-
nue., into the home Of patrolman
Edward Griffin, 420 South Oakland
street. and hurting a chair at him,
was continued until May Is by
Municipal Judge Dewey Myers.
Gerdt testified he chased Knaus
into the officers house to protect
himself" He said the chase started
following an auto collision in which
strikers and mill employees we're in
volved
The officer testified that before
entering the house, Gerdt threw a
missile through the window, barely
missing the officers head.
Gases of others arrested we're to
be heard by Judge Myers this aft
ernOOn.
Two other men, Harry c. Martin.
D, of 1903 East Maryland street,
and Charles Centers, both reported
to be strikers, were arrested on
charges Of attacking two Real Silk
The public mass meeting at the
Armory tonight will be enlivened by
presence Of twenty fve-piece
band which has been donated by
the Indianapolis Musicians union.
Mrs Pinchot's address will be
broadcast from radio station WKBF
at 10 p. m.