The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29

o'clock last night as a result Of the
mass picketing which began at all
strategic points at pm. All car
and bus service was halted by the
mass picketing.
Tens Of thousands Of workers,
Sympathizers and strikers are
massed in front of barns through
out the city. Three more cars were
wrecked at the Kinnickinnic, South
Side station, when pickets closed in
on the barns. There the first tear
gas bombs were hurled in the strike,
driving thousands back. Eight more
were arrested and two cops laid
cold.
Water Hose Used
At Fond du Lac Ave. barns provo
cative tactics were used by the util-
ity company, when high pressure
streams Of water came shooting
over the stone walls surrounding
the plant. Angered, pickets began
clambering up the walls and were
met by the clubs of company thugs.
Workers Defend Themselves
Workers picked up stones and de-
Tended themselves, and, angered.
smashed the huge windows in a
large car waiting station nearby. A
police sqFad car was tipped over
and wrecked with the cops under
meath. Clubs, blackjacks and gas
bombs are being used freely by the
well trained Socialist police force.
Mayor HOan and all the Social
ist city officials have not issued
a word as yet on the strike situa-
ton.
The latest leaflet issued by the
Communist Party is headed: "Why
Is Mayor Hoan Silent?" It calls
for a huge strike solidarity mass
meeting to be held Thursday under
the auspices of the Communist
Party, Unemployment Councils, the
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial
Union and the International Labor
Defense.
The street car and power strike is
obviously growing in strength and
militancy. Many cars are being
prevented from leaving their sta
lions. When motormen leave the
cars stand on the tracks and join
the strikers, they are cheered by
sympathizerS. The latest leaflet
issued by the Communist Party
calls upon the public not to scab by
riding the cars.
Public Backs Strikers
Thousands are walking and have
turned in their car passes and de-
manded their money back. Most
cars are almost empty and many
housewives are protesting by burn
ing only candles and Oil lamps.
Women are playing a very militant
role as picketS. In Tuesdays dem
onstration 43 cars were wrecked by
pickets at the South Side barns.
Trolley wires are being cut and iron
bars thrown on the tracks. Cars
are being run by older men for the
most part, who are afraid of losing
their prospective pension, and by
scabS trained for weeks by the com
pany. One to four guards" ride on
each car-these are combination
of thugs and police who are re-
tired on pension.
Socialist Leaders Do Not Support
Strike
Socialist city officials have issued
no orders or protest against city
police guarding company property
and the use of the city police
against strikers and pickets. The
$4,000 spent by the company for
wire screening to armor the street
cars and barns is to be taken out
of Garments bonus.
Newspapers, the company and
union officials all have raised the
red scare in their efforts to smash
the strike. When sympathizers and
pickets rushed to the South Side
police station to protest against the
arrest of a picket they were met
with guns and told to stand back
unless they wanted something they
weren't looking for"
Spreads to Bus Drivers
When rs bus drivers suddenly
walked out on one line, the COM
pany was caught by surprise, with
no scabs ready.
At the Lakeside Power Plant, key
of power in Southern Wisconsin,
employees are virtual prisoners. The
plant is strongly fortified and
guarded. The men are not allowed
to speak to each other and no news
papers are permitted in the plant.
Six men got out of the plant Tues
day and due to mass pressure on
Wednesday IS more got out. The
company has gas bombs, billies,
clubs, ETC., stored in the main build
ing.
Pickets reported seeing the repair
truck men handed guns by officials.
Officials of the company union are