The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
Germans Proposal of
Arbitration Resented
in the South
By Harry Raymond


CHARLOTTE, N. c., Sept.
]. Germans pro-
posal to submit the issues of
the great textile strike to the
Roosevelt Arbitration Board
is in direct opposition to the opinion
of workers in the Southland The
tremendous fighting spirit of the
strikers in face of the brutal reign
of terror that stalks through the
two Carolinas and the spreading the
strike over the weekend proves
this. I have talked to workers along
400 miles of the strike front and
they all express the opinion that
the strike should be settled only by
direct negotiations with the manu-
facturers through representative
committees of the strikers.
Wen settle the strike after We
have spread it to more mills and
when the employers are ready to
grant the demands that these six
union brothers of ours died for" a
local strike leader told me yester-
day, as we stood in an open field
at Honea Path beside the bierS of
the six workers who were shot to
death by armed thugs in front of
the Chiquola Mill, Wen arbitrate
the thing ourselves" he added,
when approached on the question
Of turning the matter over to the
government board.
25O,000 Out in South
The strike, which on Friday in
volved 10000 workers in the
Southern area, has now reached the
point where 100000 are out.
John Peel third vice president Of
the United Textile workers Of
America, gave out the following
figures yesterday at the union
headquarters in Greenville, S. c.:
5000 out of 10000 are out IN
North Carolina $4,000 out of 10000
in South Carolina, $4,000 out of
$4,000 in Georgia, 1880 out of
$4,000 in Alabama, 5000 out of
10000 in Tennessee, 5000 out Of
5000 in Mississippi, over 10000 are
striking in other Southern areas,
The local press has announced for
the PAST two days that mills in
various sections will attempt to
open tomorrow. But in the strike
headquarters at Greenville, it was
announced that "fcr every mill that
the manufacturer attempt to open
with skeleton crews we will close
two"
Plan to Shut Every Mil
Tremendous preparations are
afoot in Shelby, N. c., where all the
mills are closed, to shut every mill
operating in the surrounding area.
Mills at Kings Mountain, a few
miles from Shelby, are operating
with skeleton crews under the pro-
lection of three companies of Ma
tional Guard In Spindle, a few
miles south of Shelby, the entrance
of the town is roped of and guarded
by troops and deputized thugs. No
one is allowed in or out of the town
unless passed upon by the thugs
Citizens are even searched while en-
tering the post office.
President Allen of the Shelby
local of the U.T.W. stated that mass
picketing would commence Monday
in the Shelby area.
A mass meeting of strikers at the
Shelby Union Hall Friday night
enthusiastically endorsed the cal
for intensiIlcation of picSeting and
the stopping Of additional mills.
Troops Get C.P. Leaflets
At Greensboro and Concord leaf
lets issued by the Communist Party
were passed out to both the t-cop;
and strikers. The leafet to the
troops urged the soldiers, many Of
whom are textile workers from
other centers, TO refuse to be USED
as strike-breakers against their fol-
low workers. Those issued to tTlt
workers called for mass picketins
and striking of all mills still OPP
Grating.
One of the main weaknesses o.
the strike at the present time i;
the lack of sufficient mass picketing
While john Peel and George
Grocge, southern ST ike lead7rs
talked in very militant language il
their office last night about pulling
more mills, they have Up until thC
present time excrted little effort t
continue the flying sGuadrons anc
intensity mass picketing, Mr.
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