The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-17
n. 7. Workers in
Mighty Strike Hit
Austrian FaSciSml
(Continusd from Pass y

4 the platform TO plead Tor an orderly
Tseeting of true preletarian United
Front, Clernee Hathaway, editor OF
the Daily Worker, ami one Of the be-
loved leaders Of the Communist
! PARTY, was severely beaten BY trade
union and Socialist Party officials to-
day on the platform and in the front
rows Of the Madison So Garden
meeting called 70 pledge solidarity
with the heroic workers Of Austria.
Seated in the audience, as Sporadi-
/ caliy bursting nights and disorders
! thrcHgheut the immense hall threat
ened TO break no the meeting, Hath
/ away, rose to make 3 short appeal
! for order and wo~l''-sa class so'ias~'tv.
AS he approached the platform he
/ was met with an unusually brutal
! assault of hurled chairs and flying
fists as the trade union and Socialist
| officials seated on the platform
rushed toward him in vicious attack,
Completely alone, Hathaway was
soon surrounded by Socialist and
trade urion officials erowding
around him, with hsts and chairs
| R-''-~. IN F~yv u.~--~-4~ V-~4hs-
wav'S face WIS covered with blood.
! a~d his enat torn to Shveds.
This entire front section OF the
/ Garden WIS er'ntv. since 1t vas re-
served bv the officials for special rer-
| sons. ard no workers we're pern1'tted
to take them, dssoite the fact that
many thousands were turned away,
| This left Fathawav cosn9leteiv at
the mercv Of the eftlcialdoni and the
thU9s ON the platform.
In his devotion TO the COmmu-
mist IePAnr. orr wa-k~- r'~''~A hts
life and leaned from the first bal
Cony on to the rI~'snr--, in his
easerness to protect Hathaway. He
was eaHsht IN In tS~ swtrsI~s ~,asS
Of attacking officials welding
chairs and beaten.
St~uTolin~ a"ainNt his aeseilarts
Hathaway faltered and fell twice.
With blood streaming from his face
he was soon surrounded by 8 pro-
| tective 9uard of workers wir0 rp-hed
toward the platform and led him out
~ ire c-~~Tan. Es he r'~s h~ino LED
away several Of the Socialist aud
| trade union o5Hcia1S seated M the
n'attorm rushed after him In unre-
strained thuggery to deliver final
blows at his BODY and face.
AS Hathaway was rushed out an
fnlr ense cry arose from the assem-
hled workers. I'VE want EstNcwav,"
which was repeated again and assin.
md a mass exodus from the Garden
bean.
Two press photographers attempt
ing TO take pictures of the incident
were also beaten, their cameras
smashed. and tllev also were r1Ie"ed
swav by the trade union and So
cialist officials on the platform.
The cry OF worker calling for
Unity brought from the ct,air~,an,
Algernon Lee, the warning that any
Noa cnU''7e ort o-,H "Ai-t-,-'',it,~ ~
meeting" would DE taken care Of
by the ushers.
Speaks TO Outside Crowd
AS he reached the outside Hatha-
wev was quickly surrounded by a ring
Of workers who souoht to rush him
TO a physician for immediate cave.
Despite his obvious pain, and with
blood still running down his fee
from head wounds, Hathaway In
sisted on speaking TO the scores of
thousands who were unable to obtain
adnnittance. He spoke for about 20
minutes, urging that the working
class clasp hands in revolutionary
unity for the overthrow OF Fascism
Then he was taken by workers TO a
physician.
At this moment hundreds OF work
ers are calling the Daily Worker anx-
iously irauiring the state Of Hatha.
wav'S injuries
Hathaways physician, DR.. Luttin-
ger, reports that it has been necessary
to put two stitches In Hathaway's
scalp to close a very ugly scslu
wound. Hathaway was suffering
from nuner abrasions and cuts
about the head received as result
OF the cheir blows received on the
platform, Hathaway's physician re-
ported.
Over a thousand metal workers
stoppsI work in the Majestic, Seiden
Grand Metal and other netel sNoos
responding to the call Of the Stee.
and Metal Workers Industrial Unior
fo~ n general strike.
The workers gathered at the unior
headquarters, from where they
marched to Madison Square Garden
sincing revolutionary songs anS
shouting fi~htins slogans.
Painters In Manhattan. Bronx ant
Brooklyn struck at o'clock under
the leadership OF the Alteration
Painters Union and marched to Mad
ison Square Garden with their ban
ners.
At 2'30 nnl. masses Of fur workers
downed their tools, walked out OF thu
shors and gathered at 2eth street
and 7th Ave, under the banners o.
the Needle Trades Workers Union
from which point they marched II
formation up Seventh Ave. to 3ett
Street and then turned west to 5tf
Ave, where they we're met by cloat
and dress workers who had walkec
out of the shops In answer TO tn,
general strike call.
| The streets we're alive with ban,
ners denouncing the bloody Dollfus.
regime and calling on all workers tt
unite, regardless OF their political affi
| listiors, AGAINST iascisnl ard war.
Shoe workers stopped work ant
began arriving at the headnuartsr:
Of the Tinted Shce and Leather
Wcr,-ers Tr"icn. II Fifth Ave, at
o'clock, from where they marched tx
the Garden.