The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-09
Company Union Menoces
Illinois Steel Workers
With Troops, Blacklist
Bosses Call Meeting Of
All Departments With
Co. Union Threats
DAILY Worker Midwest Bureau

ADdlIF w 0Eber Midwest 6ureEu)
CHICAGO, June 6-"The hell it
went"
This answer was shouted by a
wcrks~ at a safety" meeting in the
illinois Steel Company plant in
South Chicago Monday night when
company union representative
stated that the threatened steel
strike would not materializa.
All workers of department g., slab
mill A.. we're called to the meeting,
which was opened by the depart
ment foreman. Bennett, company
union representative. was given the
JOB Of trying to crush the strike
Sentiment among the workers.
After spending some time telling
the workers that the strike was i'm
pcz5-bie, he changed his tack and
told the workers what to do when
TIE strike developed. He stated:
Now men, if the strike does &C.
cur. the company wants you to know
that you who remain loyal will have
our fullest cooperation in the mat
to- Of personal safety.
In the event you find little
resistance in entering the gate, and
think you are unable to enter alone,
W suggest YOU all gather in groups
Of ten. fifteen or twenty-five and
come down 20 the mill en- masse."
New Gates"
He went on to promise that new
gates would be built if the present
Cas5 were not adequate to protect
the workers. He also said that the
Illinois Steel Company will have
strong Garden Of police around the
mills to protect the scabs.
Not ONLY that men, but troops
If Necessary"
lie then stated that the company
was ready to provide cots and three
meals q day and recreation 50 that
s riie- breakers would not have to
leave the plant A worker asked
what would become Of their fani-
LES, and Bennett stated that the
s1eriff and his deputies would see
to them
Threatens Workers
Having claimsd that there would
be 70 strike and that adequate pro-
toct.on would be given scabs dur
ing the strike, Bennett then tried
a threatening line. telling the work
e~s that 800 applications for Jobs
had been taken by the company
the day before. a worker shouted:
we are killing ourselves in
here"
Emmett weakly told the workers
10 take this no with the proper"
authorities and the company will
try to rectify all these difficulties"
Meetings exactly like this one
were held in every department in
the Illinois Steel Plant Monday and
Tuesday in q frantic effort Of the
steel bosses to prevent the strike.
Twenty-eight open hearth fur
naces are running full blast at ILL
nois today, more than operated at
the peak of production during the
war, as the company frantically
tries to get its orders out of the
way. No scrap is being purchased.
Cops Active-Against Workers
A Canal Street employment
agency is sending men to the steel
mills in South Chicago in large
numbers, charging them a dollar
apiece. Police in plain clothes and
private cars are cruising the steel
mill region in an effort to prevent
all leafet distribution and street
meetings.
In spite Of all these activities.
preparations for the strike pro-
coed at full speed. The local united
front conference to prepare FOX the
strike in South Chicago will be held
Sunday, June 10, at 9133 Baltimore.