The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-18

across the road there were a thou
sand pickets. Only four strike
breakers entered the mill.
At 7 o'clock, when q car drove
up carrying a scab, the pickets
moved across the road. Two squads
of soldiers were ordered to advance.
They charged the picketS in Skin
wish formation and wounded one
striker with bayonet. But the
soldiers were Immediately sur
rounded by strikers end isolated
from the main body. 1t took three
more squads to rescue them.
Troops Charge 3 Times
The troops charged three times,
but each time the strikers out
Unanswered them and maintained
their stand in front of the mill.
You're going to start a revolu-
tion," a striker shouted at the SOL
diers as he graSped a bayonet with
his bare hand and showed it away
from him.
About this time an automobile
moved slowly down the road. It
stopped every twenty feet. The
driver was handing out small
bundles to the pickets. They
seized the bundles, tore them
open and almost like magic the
Daily Worker appeared every
where. Where / was standing the
strikers were pushing each other
cut Of the way to get copies of
the paper.
A striker, one of the picket capt
aims in the 1929 Gastonia strike.
called on the pickets to sing and
build up some spirit" Hold the
Fort" the fighting song of the big
Gastonia strike, burst forth from
hundreds of Threats.
Pickets Insist on Staying
Following the singing one of the
local union leaders shouted to the
pickets that they could go home.
The mill won't open today" he
told them.
That's what they've been tellin'
us all the time" striker replied
Well stay here and keep an eve
on the plant" another retorted.
Not picket left the line. And
the mill did not operate.
In Gastonia the Loray mill. which
the local newspapers announce has
opened. was still closed down by
the strike. The three Hanover mills
were operating with skeleton crews.
The entire area from Charlotte to
Gaffney, S. c., was struck prac-
tically 100 per cent today.
In the High Point, Burlington
and Greensboro region the strikers
held their lines in face of increased
numbers of troops.
A large crowd Of pickets gathered
in front of the Gibson Mill in Con-
cord this morning. Six workers are
held in jail in this town, charged
with melting to riot. They are
Arthur Fortner. Steve Murray
union organizer from Kannapolis;
Robbie Dixon, w. H. Combs, Jack
Billiard and Leonard Hopkins.
At a number of points the strike
has made considerable gains. The
ranks of the strikers have been in
creased at the large Cannon Mills
in Kannapolis. In South Carolina
the United Textile Workers Union
reports that 5000 new members
have entered the union in Chester
Seneca and other points since the
strike began.
Flying Squadrons Active
A flying squadron travelled
through lower Spartanburg anc
Greenville Counties and exhorted
the strikers to stay out. A mass
picket line faced a company Of
troops at the lilly Thread Mill al
Shelby, N. c., this morning ano
stopped the plant from operating
Three thousand soldiers, accord
ing to official reports, were sta
toned at the mills in North Caro-
lima. There are 1000 out in Georgia
and 5000 in South Carolina. But
despite this tremendous mobiliza
ton Of the armed forces of the
State, the strikers are holding theil
own in the South.
c. p. To Meet Despite Threats