The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-17
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Militia Surrounds
Mills in South as
Pickets Stand By


president this week on its unsuccess.
full efforts to obtain arbitration.
German Addresses Strikers
In a radio address, German told
New England textile workers:
1--WE know management is weaken.
ing. What we have to do is hold our
lines tight and we shall win this
strike. Every mill not now closed
must be closed. look to New Eng
land to stand fast, as New England
always does"
I'VE do not he said. "underesti-
mate the strength of forces opposed
to the workers in this strike. With
General johnson evidently trying to
march at their head. the big bankers,
the National Association OF Manufac-
turers and chambers Of commerce in
many cities are helping the mill own
ers."
German rejected suggestion by
Peter Van Horn, chairman OF the silk
code authority, that issues between
the union and silk mill operators be
aired at q public NRA hearing. Cor
man suggested arbitration through the
Winant board.
1900 Guardsmen Patrol
Germans ultimatum added to fears
of disorder in the nations textile
centers as 1900 national guardsmen
patrolled the scene.
Martial law in Georgia marked the
opening today Of the textile strikes
third week.
Governor Eugene Talmadge an
nounced, martial law is in effect all
over the state Of Georgia wherever
there are disorders and the local au-
thorities cannot handle the situation"
Wholesale arrests Of visiting pickets
marked the strike scene at Newman,
Ca, where Adj. Gen. Lindley Camp
made use of the strikers weapon, "the
flying squadron"
Commanding military flying
squadron" of eight automobiles, four
guardsmen to car, the adjutant
general took personal charge at the
Newman cotton mill. Georgia had
just seen her greatest peacetime mo-
bilization Of state militia-4,000 off,
GERS and men on strike duty.
Determined to Open Mills
Southern operators were determined
to open their mills. Amid q driving
rain In many sections. pickets took
their posts.
The week opened with scattered
skirmisheS in the south. A thousand
pickets faced q company Of national
guardsmen on busy highway at
Belmont, N. c., shouting, you'll start
q revolution"
Troops gradually forced the crowd
off the road. The demonstration be-
gan after reports were circulated that
the Hatch hosiery mill at Belmont
planned to reopen.
Police cordons guarded the plants
In Cohoes. N. r., as flying squad
ron" Of 800 visiting pickets swooped
down. Crowds of strikers besieged a
plant In Worchester. Mass. to pre-
vent an attempt at re-opening.
Rhode Island Quiet
Rhode Island, last weeks sore spot
Of the strike, was quiet, but appre-
hension grew throughout New Eng
land. The troops in Rhode Island
numbered 1900. Militia were on
guard in Putnam and Sterling, Conn.
The strike cut into the ranks Of
Maine Textile employees. From 20
to 80 per cent of the $500 workers Of
the Pepperell Manufacturing COM
pany, Biddeford, Me-, and the York
Manufacturing company, Of Saco. Me-,
joined the idle ranks.
Stones flew over the heads of Wom-
en- workers in a cotton mill at Water
vile, Me-. and windows were broken
when 200 pickets tried to close the
mill.
In New Jersey, the Passaic Valleys
| 20, 600 dye workers, forbidden to strike
by q chancery Injunction, worked in
an atmosphere charged with strike
feeling.
A survey Of eight states showed that
approximately $37,000-a rough esti-
mates being spent daily for pro-
lection by state troops.