The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-11
Women Aid Men
To Fight Troops
Continued from Page y
BY CARL REEVE

ready for instant use against the
strikers. Thugs with armed bands
terming them Military Police" are
marching here and there. New truck
loads of these hired thugs which
are deputized are arriving almost
hourly. These gangsters have long
and short clubs, tear gas machine
guns, rifles and all war parapher-
, MALTA.
State Arms Mill Gang
The troopers say they are ready
to attack picketS when they show
up. North Dighton is practically
| owned by Milliken, who owns the
mill He may be compared to Koh-
Ter. He owns the houses his work
ers live in and threatens them with
eviction if "disloyal." The workers
are virtually prisoners inside this
mill. No one can get within quar-
ter Of a mile of it. All roads are
blocked by the army Of guards and
police. Some young sons of mill
workers were forced to be deputized
on fear of their fathers being fired
and evicted.
1t was revealed today that the
State Government has aided in the
arming of this gang for the mill
owners. This revelation came out
when it was learned that forty
seven policemen from little sur
rounding Massachusetts towns were
sent to the Dighton mill at the re-
quest of General Needham in charge
of the Massachusetts, National
Guard.
More Mills Closed Down
Mayor Macdonald spilled this
when he said he had sent police TO
Dighton at the request Of repre-
sentative of Needham. Thus, al
though the guard had not yet been
called by Governor Ely, the State
Government is helping to pour
armed forces into key mill centers.
The Slatersville Finishing Com
pany at Norm Srnithfield was
closed down by pickets this morn
ing. Mills in Woonsocket and East
Greenwich were closed down by
mass p:cketing today. The Wood
River Wooden Company of Hope
Valley was also closed down. Mills
throughout Providence are being
picketed today. Woonsoeket, Samo-
set Company attempted to open,
but several hundred pickets closed
the plant.
Strike Spread Continues
Thirty-one more mills in Woon-
socket alone closed today.
The strike thus continues to
spread. The strikers made decided
gains throughout the day. The
last mill working in Fall River,
Luther Manufacturing Co., closed
today following mass picketing
Of the mill.
This spreading Of the strike and
continued effectiveness was achieved
in spite of a movement of armed
forces into New England, which
observed Friday in Lawrence and
Lowell and today throughout Rhode
Island. Literally hundreds of gang
3ters are riding into New England
in trucks. The mill owners are de-
ternined to break the strike
through these terroristic measures.
but the mass picket lines today on
the first day of the second week
Of the strike checkmated them.
Greenwich Bleachey was closed
down by pickets at East Green
wich by mass picket lines. Warren
Textile and Machinery Supply Co.,
at Warren, r. l., was closed.
There were four known arrests
of strikers by state troopers at the
battle in front Of the Sayles Fin
ishing Co. plant at Saylesville.
They were dragged into the. mill
yard.
Strikers Batter Troops
After the fight the state troopers
showed the wear of the battle. A
number had heavy dents in their
tin hats and several were limping.
One woman and a young girl
striker had to be assisted from the
fight by strikers after being beaten
by the trooper clubs.
Strikers Jeer at Cops
City police arrived on the scene
toward the close of the fight, but
they were not taken seriously by
the strikers. They came from Cen
trail Falls. The mill is located on
the borders of Pawtucket only
few miles from Providence.
Throughout the fight, the strikers
were shouting derisively at the
state troopers and the police.
Here come the Americans the
strikers tainted when about five
Central Falls police, old men,
ambled into the fray. The strikers
marched up the street toward the
mill behind the police cheering. A
baby was overcome by tear gas in
one of the houses on Lansdowne
Avenue.
Legionaires Guard Mill
| Reports coming in now from all
centers show that today the strikers
were able to spread the strike even
in small mills. AS passed through
Walpole I saw little mill, the Ken
dali Surgical Bandage Company,
being guarded by Legionaires with
tin hats and clubs. They were
afraid of pickets coming.
The Cranston Print Works which
we visited today, was also heavily
guarded and the workers were
hanging out the windows on the
lookout for pickets. They were ready
to come out as soon as the picket
lines arrived. All mills shut down
last week remain closed
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