The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-06
Thousands Face Police
Provocation in New
Bedford Picketing
BURLAK is CHEERED
WalkOut Rapidly Nears
Complete Tie-up in
New England
BY Carl Reeve
Especial 10 the Daily Worker)

ispetiai 70 the DaHy N1rker)
NEW BEDFORD, Mass,
Sept. 5,-Militant mass picket
lines of the workers strength
ened and spread the general
textile strike in New England
today and last night in spite
IF greatly sharpened police
activity. A PICKET line of $4,000
workers at midnight last night
stopped the night shift from en-
tering the Pepperill Mil in Fall
River.
This morning after a night Of
mass picketing in face Of police
the thousands Of picketing workers
pulled out the Fisk Tire Mill. Only
the Goodyear and Firestone remain
to come out to make it one hun
dred per cent strike in New Bed
ford.
Fall River today was ninety per
cent on strike. with the large Amer
lean Print Mill completely closed.
The spinners came out in the Pen
PERIL Mill last night and this morn
ing and many Of the weavers are
out already. The loom fixars of
the Pawtucket area have walked
out and the strike in Rhode Island
is spreading. Capitalist press re-
ports greatly understate the effec-
tiveness Of the strike in Rhode Is
land. visit last night to Paw
tucket shows.
Active Strikebreaking
Today in New Bedford evidences
that the employers have swung
into their strike breaking campaign
we're many. Police forces we're
strengthened around the tire mills.
Today deputy chief Chase came to
the mass picket line of thousands.
told the strikers last night at mid
night that he has issued orders
prohibiting all mass picketing in
New Bedford from now on. This
attempt to halt picketing was an
nounced in today's press simultane-
ouSly with the announcement Of
employers that their mills will re-
main open and try to operate with
strike-breakers. At the picket DEM
onstrations last night before the
| three tire mills police drew guns
and tear gas was thrown to dis
perse the, thousands at the Good
year plant.
Ann Burlak, National Textile
Workers Union national secretary,
and Walter Burke. New Bedford
N. T. w U. organizer, were on the
picket lines last night and this
morning helping organize the work.
ers' ranks in the picketing.
Unity Policy Cheered
Last night two large meetings Of
the N. T w. U. were held. with
Burke and Burlak as main speak
ers. In the North End 1000
cheered hte lire Of the ~ 7. w u.
for unity end in the South End
more than 1000 we're at the Hazel
wood Park meeting These meet
ings we're arranged on days
notice.
Burlak and Burke in the name
of the N T. w. U. issued a state
ment today calling on the work
e-s to defeat the campaign of the
New Bedford manufacturers to
break the strike. EVERY mill must
| be picketed," Burlak declared. I'VE
must resist the orders of the police
prohibiting picketing" She called
for unity, for united rank and file
strike committees in every mill to
organize the picketing and strength
en- the strike.
The New Bedford Cotton Manu-
facturers inserted big ads in this
mornings Mercury declaring. THE
mills Of the New Bedford Cotton
Me aufactu~crs will be opened at
the usual time on Wednesday,
Sept. s." This is the ironical answer
to the speech of U, T. w. leader
Sylvia at Yesterdays UTW. mass
meeting. when he said, I'VE ask the
) New Bedford manufacturers to Cos
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