The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-05

of reaching their goal of 100 per cent effectiveness, and mass pick citing, mostly on a peaceful basis, was resorted to at several points in an effort to draw out opera tives still at their looms. Quiet along New England's s strike fronts was broken to-day in only two instances.
 At Nashua, N. H., Morace A. Brouillette, New Hampshire strike director, was arrested under dra- matic circumstances, charged with parading, without a permit. A crowd of 500 strikers that seemed bent on freeing the prisoner was frustrated by two police officials, armed with tear gas bombs. Brouilletet was arraigned in municipal court, pleaded not guilty, and posted $20O bail pending a hearing Monday.
 A mill-worker at New Bedford was waylaid and beaten by men armed with clubs and fence-pick- cts and required hospital treat ment.
 Mills Fail to Open Four Fall River mills which had planned to reopen to-day failed to do so, adding 5000 to the strikers ranks. The working force at the Pepperell mill, normally total- ing 1,500, shrunk from 50 per cent to 25 per cent overnight.
 At Holyoke some 3,200 were out to-day, gain of 200. with 1,300 still at work.
 Following mass-meeting at Lowell to-day, 5000 to 4,000 strik- CTS marched in orderly fashion to nearby Dracut, where they picket ed the Merrimack wooden and Beaverbrook mills. Mass picket ing also was resorted to at the Lawrence Manufacturing company plant, the Boott Mills and the Mer- rimack Manufacturing company, all in Lowell. Police watched but did not intervene.
 The attitude of Lowell strikers to-day was in marked contrast to that of yesterday, when they jeered workers and called them 'scabs'. This morning the strikers were jubilant and sang as they marched. With the loom -fixers, key crafts men, out, the National Weaving company's plant at Central Falls, R. l., was forced to close to-day, fulfilling the prediction of UTWA leaders. Some 700 were affected.
 The Lorraine mill at Pawtucket, R. l.. continued operating to-day but its normal force of 2500 had shrunk from 2300 yesterday to less than 2000. UTWA officials pre- dicted 1t would not open tomorrow.
 It was on the key craftsmen that strike leaders depended largely to force Rhode Island into the walk ont Tndina tfAr.C eral additional mills would be- obliged to shut down for lack of oom-fixers and weavers within a few days.
 No Trouble in R.. I. No disturbances were reported in Rhode Island.
 The UTWA, overnight, lost some of the strength with which it had been credited in Connecticut. Whereas survey yesterday indi- cated that 30,00O of the states 34,000 operatives were idle, a re. vised estimate to-day placed the number of strikers at nearer 22,- 900.
 Police loosed tear-gas barrage at Fall River as they escorted 50 men workers In automobiles through a crowd of 5000 gathered outside outside one of the Pepper. ell Manufac curing company's mills. One arrest was made as demonstrators tried to seize gas bombs from the officers. Eggs and rocks were hurled at police and departing workers. A United Press correspondent was among those affected by tear gas,
 New Bedford crowds of 5000 each menaced night shifts of the Firestone and Goodyear tire fab- ric mills, two of only three plants still operating there. Forty-five windows in the two plants were broken before police were able to drive the mobs away. One of the demonstration was led by Rev Glenn Trimble, pastor of the Car- penter church and socialist candi- date for congressman.
 No Night Picketing
 As result of the New Bedford demonstrations, acting Police Chief Raymond c. Pierce announced ban on night picketing.
 Police dispersed a crowd of l. 900 milling outside the Lawrence Manufacturing company in Lowell, most of whose 1093 workers have remained at work. A night crew was not molested as it left the mill. but shouts of "scab" rang through the air.
 Though only 2,o00 of Lowell's 13,000 textile workers have joined the strike, the minority included large numbers of loom -fixers and weavers and 1t was believed their absence might force closing of most mills.
 From Lawrence, where almost all of the more than 1l,000 wooi- en and wcrsted workers have ig- nored the strike call. came word that the Americaw wno'e~ ~c-e-