Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-15
NO INTENTION
Of GIVING IN
SAY SHIPPERS
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highway patrol, notlfied FRANK OS-
walt, captain of the squad station
ed in this county that additional
traffic patrolmen from Los Angeles
and other Southern California
counties would be assigned to duty
here today. Later this morning IL
of these officers had arrived and
10 more are expected before night.
These will aid local officers in pa
trolling the highways and also
sheds where picketing is going on.
1t was reported to The Press Of
flee this morning that a truck
driver delivering lettuce to one of
the local sheds had fired four
shots at pickets standing near the
entrance to the shed. Fortunately
the shots all went wild and no one
was injured. The pickets were un-
able to give the license number
on the truck. Another report is
to the effect that a non-union
worker, whose name could not be
learned, was beaten when he at
tempted to go to work last night.
Leader Urges Peace
Joe Casey, of San Francisco, state
representative of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, arrived in Ell Cen
tro late yesterday afternoon to in
vestigate conditions existing here in
connection with the strike as the
Fruit and Vegetable Workers union
which is out on strike is an affiliate
of the A. F.. OF l.. Casey addressed
mass meetings of strikers here and
in Brawley last night and here
again this morning.
In an interview at noon today,
Casey issued the following state
ment:
I'VE are stressing this idea and
bringing it home very clearly to the
workers that this strike is to be con-
Quoted on a positively law-abiding
basis. We are pledged to cooperate
with law enforcement officials to
the fullest extent and will preserve
peace among the ranks of the Strik-
erS.
The Fruit and Vegetable Work
erS union has applied to the Cen
trail Labor council of Imperial coun-
ty to have the produce of one COM
pany placed on the unfair list in
California and throughout the Uni
ted States. The union has, further
more, extended an invitation to
headquarters of the fruit company
n Cincinnati to show cause why
this action should not be taken, and
1t is intended, eventually, to have
this extended to all shippers who
are not cooperating with the union.
Moral persuasion and not vio-
lence are the tactics we advocate in
conducting this strike" Casey ad-
ded. He visited with Sterling Os-
walt, local police chief this morn
ing and pledged fullest cooperation
with local police officers III MAIN
tanning peace and order during the
strike. He met with Sheriff Ware
this afternoon and repeated the
American F'ederations pledge of
keeping order among the ranks of
the strikers.
The sheriff's office was notified
that about II o'clock this morning
a truck loaded with lettuce had been
overturned by strikers near the G.
M. ranch in the vicinity of CaleX-
ico Deputies were sent to the scene
of the reported disorder and found
the overturned truck but no strik-
ers nearby.
At noon today local police head
quarters reported no disturbances
here during the morning. Picketing
was in progress at the several sheds
in the city and non-union crews
were at work.
1t was reported here early this
afternoon that strike sympathizers
in Brawley had attacked truck
belonging to the Imperial Ice and
Development company, practically
demolishing the truck and strewing
the ice it had carried on the street.
One man was arrested by Braw-
ley police, it was further reported
and charges of malicious destruct-
ion CT property will be preferred
against him. Other arrests in con-
nection with the affair are expect
ed il was further reported