The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-10
LABOR BOARD
STUDIES CITY
MILL STRIKE
Employees Union Demands
Laid Before National
Committee.
REPORT WORKER BEATEN
Election Result, Favoring
Company Organization,
Under Probe.

hosiery mill employees -IndG Gnelr EN-
ployes' union be recognized by the
company, despite the employees cleo
ton held last fall, today was being
considered by the national labor
board at Washington.
Telegram announcing that the
national board would consider
whether or not the election, result
ing in favor of company union,
should be binding on all employees,
including those affiliated with ma
tional union, was received today G..
T. Watson, regional labor board sec
rotary.
1t was pointed out that the situa-
ton was similar to the street rail-
way employees dispute, in which an
agreement was reached several days
ago.
Several hundred workers. affili-
ated with the Real Silk, National
and Fulton hosiery mills, walked
out last Friday, charging that the
companies refused to grant the en-
ployes union recognition.
Report Worker Attacked
Employees Of the Fulton mill last
| fall voted in favor of an employees
union, but they assert the company
failed to give recognition to their
representatives..
Steps to protect workers not on
strike, in event of violence, were
taken by police and the Real Silk
Company today, following report of
an attack on Bert Kimmel, 43, of
433 North Temple avenue.
Real Silk officials said Mr.. Kim
mel had been on strike, but returned
to work yesterday as knitter. On
his way home last night, he was
attacked and slugged by six men
in two cars, he reported to police.
Company officials said that for
the time being, night shift employees
would work days, as a matter of
precaution, and arrangements have
been made to permit employees to
drive to the mill entrance and have
their cars driven to garage by
other workers.
Union Denies Charge
B. Foster, union business agent,
denied that Mr.. Kimmel was at
tackled by strikers, adding that the
strikers had been cautioned against
violence.
The Real Silk Company was
named defendant in a suit filed to-
day by Lowell Anderson, a striking
employe, seeking to mandate the
company to pay him $39 so, his last
weeks wages, which he charges the
company assigned to the mills
credit union to pay credit union
note. The suit was filed by Attor-
ney Saul Rabb.
Company officials explained that
the employees credit union rules
provide that when an employee, ow-
ing the credit union. quits work, his
wages shall be assigned to the credit
union to guarantee the loan.
80 far as we are concerned" one
Real Silk official explained, "Mr
Anderson has quit. He has failed
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no way of knowing if he will re-
turn"
Several Resume Work
1t was explained that the COM
pany has taken no stand barring
strikers from employment again and
that several strikers returned to
work yesterday.
1t was said that number of the
strikers, also owing money to the
credit union, had had the amount Of
their indebtednessg deducted from
their last checks, and similar suits
may be filed by these persons.
A group of fifteen strikers, &C.
companied by an attorney, visited
the Statehouse at noon to confer
with Attorney General Philip Lutz
Jr. in regard to the credit union as
| signments.
They contended an old statute
prohibits assignment of wages, and
hold that the credit union violated
the statute by permitting them to
make the assignment of wages.
Mr.. Lutz was out of his office.
but they talked with deputy, and
later were to attempt to confer with
Governor Paul V. McNutt.