The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-23
Taxi Strikers in
Militant Parade
Halt SCab Cabs
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triumphant march up Broadway. A
mighty roar went up from the strik-
ing cabmen as they shouted back
their solidarity with the striking
clothing workers. Traffic was
snarled. The taxi men stayed to
show their support Of other strik-
ers, fighting for a living wage.
Thousands Of girl workers in the
lofts and salesrooms Of the Broad
way garment district maSsed in the
windows and doorways and cheered
the strikers.
Over a score of scab cabs belong
ing to the Parmelee, Terminal and
Radio systems were put out Of bust
ness between City Hall and Union
Square. The strikers marched in
a picket formation up Fourth Ave-
nue. to 2Srd Street, where they
turned down toward Broadway. At
Broadway and 23rd ST.. four scab
cabs were stopped and the drivers
were chased out of them.
Strikers. whose numbers which had
now swelled to about 5000, marched
down 23rd St. to It'll Avenue, where
two more scab cabs were stopped,
All throughout the midtown sec
ton of the city, police could be
seen driving in smashed up Par
melee, Terminal and Radio cabs.
At the Penn Station four cabs we're
put out of business.
Parmelee officials squirming under
the heavy blows dealt to them
through the militancy Of the strik-
ers, claim that they have not got
proper police protection and have
demanded through the President Of
the Parmelee System, Levin Rank,
that more police detachmentS be
placed at their disposal Mr. Rank
issued a statement to the press to-
day, stating that the Parmelee Co.
has suffered damage loss of between
fifteen and twenty thousand dol
lars during the course Of the strike.
The radio police operators say that
the strike has cost the company
over twenty thousand dollars.
All along the line Of march yes
terday, the strikers shouted disap-
proval to the provocative stories
carried in the capitalist press. AT
City Hall today and on the picket
lines. strikers could be heard shout
ing the slogan Boycott the News
The demonstration and parade
last night were successful in once
more carrying the strike to every
garage in the city. BY 2 O'Clock
yesterday morning, the strikers were
successful in hating practically al
the cab service in the city. The
militant picketing, which started
the night before, continued unit
the early hours of the morning. Al
sections of the midtown district Of
Manhattan were covered by block;
of rowing pickets who were shout
ing slogans: Down with the Com
pany Union" AS the striker,
marched past the Rand School or
18th Street, they showed theil
anger against the Socialist, Judge
Panken, who was responsible fol
the sell-out Of the first strike, BY
shouting the slogan Down with
Panken"
All during the period of the dem.
onstration. the pickets were attack.
ed brutally by LaGusrdia's police
At 18th Street and Fifth Avenue
a policeman pulled a gun on the
strikers, but he was Immediately
isolated and pushed from the side.
walk. In an attempt to smash III
the militancy OF the strikers ant
the effectiveness OF their picketing
the police department called out the
18th, 14th, 18th, 18th and 10th pre-
cinct radio cars and all squad car,
and riot equipments from those
stations.
Early in the morning at 41st st
and 7th Ave. police in a radio car
deliberately drove into the strikers
seriously iniuring Jack Stacher, o.
1852 West Farms Road, a striker
who was taken to the Roosevelt
Hospital for treatment. The police
car number was 4N-4744: the bedg,
of one of the cops in it was No
1887. Stacher's brother informed
the Daily Worker that he had take1
his brother from the Roosevelt Hos
pital on account Of the bad treat
ment given to him by the phySi
clans. The doctors, Stachers brothe
said, inSulted Stacher and said t,
him: We'll, now, what do you thinl
about going out and demonstratinI
and parading."
Joining with the Manhattan driv
ers in their successful move to pul
all the cabs off the streets, fou
bus leads and nine auto loads o
Bronx taxi men came to the mid
town section at midnight. Upol
embarking from the cars and BUSES
the Bronx delegation was brutal
! attacked by police. They marche,
with the Manhattan men through
the downtown section and later con
tinued the parade through Harlem
into the Bronx, stopping off cab
attempting to operate.
The strikers arrived at Time
Square during the hour of tn
theatre let-out. Crowds of t'tatre
goers, who we're waiting ~ cabs
had to take the subway and stree
cars to get home. A number o
theatre-goers showed their sym
pathy with the strikers by gettini
out Of the cars on Times Squar
and walking home. Passengers
upon alighting from the cars, wer,
given tremendous cheers by tn
strikers.
Joseph Gilbert, Organizer of tn
Taxi Cab Drivers Union of Create
New York, hailed the militancy o
the strikers at the strike meetinl
at Germania Hall, Wednesday night
I'VE will continue to maintain tn
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