Evening star., 1935-08-02
ASSAULT CHARGES
FACE PLANT HEAD
IN STRIKE CLASH
Weinman Is Arrested on
Four Warrants in Al
exandria.
WOMEN CLAIM THEY
WERE HIT IN MELEE
Two Man Sympathizers Also Ac-
cused-Continuance of Case
Is Granted.
BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BY Stan Correspondent OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, August a.
Said to be under a doctors care fol-
lowing a melee with girl strikers at
the Century Manufacturing Co.'S
shirt factory which resulted, in his
arrest yesterday, Sidney Weinman, %.
president of the company, asked for
a continuance of the hearing of four
charges of assault and abusive Ian
guage, through his attorney, in Police
Court today.
The continuance was granted by
Judge James Reece Duncan until
Tuesday.
Weinman was released in custody
of his attorney after his arrest yes
terday on four warrants sworn out by
three girl strikers and a woman
sympathizer. All claimed to have
been struck by flying fists of the
young company official in a fracas
outside the plant yesterday afternoon.
Other Case Continued.
A telegram which read, Sidney
under doctors care, postponed until
August g." was received from Morris
Weinman of Baltimore, father Of the
plant head, by E. Joel Treger. Vein
mans attorney, few minutes before
the case was scheduled to be heard
in court this morning.
At the same time Judge Duncan
ordered a continuance of the cases of
George Arnold, l9, and Bernard Ham,
mill, "a, strike sympathizers, who
were arrested on disorderly conduct
charges along with Weinman, until
Tuesday. The two, arrested at the
scene by Capt. of Police John S.
Arnold, also were released in custody
of their attorney.
According to Mayor E c. Dawson.
a witness of the melee, Weinman
came out of the plant swinging both
fists into a crowd of Is girl strikers,
who had been standing outside the
factory while the youth and colored
helper loaded company truck.
Woman Knocked Down.
weinman's first blow struck one of
the woman strikers in the breast and
knocked her down, Dawson said. An
other striker claimed to have been cut
on the face by Q ring the youth had
on his finger.
One of the women said to have been
hit in the fracas, Mrs. Lucille Gard
ner, was not an employe Of the plant.
However, she swore out one of the
warrants.
The other warrants for Weinman's
arrest were obtained by Mrs. Bessie
Shelton, Mrs. Valerie Padgett and
Mrs Ethel Mahoney, all employees on
strike.
After his alleged fisticuffs episode,
Weinman was said to have run to the
automobile of Capt. of Police Arnold.
There he was grabbed by the two man
sympathizers while Mayor Dawson
and police shielded him from the in
furiated women. The two men were
placed under arrest and Weinman
driven to police headquarters by Capt
Arnold to end the scene.
Truck Driven Away.
The truck, which strikers had per-
mitted to be loaded, had been driven
away a few minutes before the melee,
To date attempts by Cancellation
Commissioner Howard T. Colvin OF
the Labor Department to bring off,
cials of the company and the strikers
together in an effort to end the strike
have proved futile.
Colvin said today that Cancellation
efforts were at a standstill following
yesterdays fare-up at the plant.
The approximately 100 woman en-
ployes have been on strike for almost
three weeks in protest of recent
wage cut. They have maintained
picket guards at the plant both day
and night since their walkout July Is