The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-29
RED REVOLUTION IN PHILADELPHIA

RED REVOLUTION IN PHILADELPHIA
The so-called labor war in several of the
States of the Union, which in reality is
nothing more or less than Red revolution,
has written its records on numerous pages
which will be among the blacklist of all
time in the history of the United States
and no blacker page of the records will be
found than that of the case of the Apex
Hosiery Mills in Philadelphia.
This case, in the weller of insurrection
and revolution in half a dozen States, has
received little notice in southern newspa-
pers The people of his section are ignorant
as to what has been transpiring in one OF
the country's largest cities and in what un-
til recently was supposed to be law-abid-
ing American State.
A few paragraphs in regard to the case
of Apex Hosiery Mills, written by w. A.
Hildebrand Washington correspondent OF
The Greensboro News, will help to an un-
Outstanding of what millions of our fellow
countrymen are facing and combating In
those States where the Reds are in control
of State governments, and with the add
tional backing of the federal government,
are seeking to impose their lawless reign
on great commonwealth. Here is Hide
brands comment:
Senator Glass has declared that there is no
government in Washington, nor in some of the
states That government has surrendered to law
leSSnesS and violence.
When Senator Reynolds introduced Governor
Earle to Washington audience he assured his
hearers that the heart of the Keystone state gov
ernor "beat warmly for the South we all love-
But it is well for the peace of mind of North
Carolina industry that it is the warm heart OF
Clyde Hoey that is beating at Raleigh, instead
of that of Governor Earle who will never get
over his regret that the embattled farmers threw
the sit-downers out of the Hershey Chocolate
plant before he got troops to the scene to pro-
tect the awless elements.
The Apex Hosiery company could not have
Jared much worse in Spain than it did in Phila-
dephia where the reds and the outlaws had the
support of the authorities.
A crowd of some 5000 to 10000 appeared
about and around the Apex factory, and because
the management would not see William Leader,
with thousands of noisy people milling around
the factory but was willing to him in the
attorneys office, Leader standing the front
steps, cried out: IL declare sit-down strike in
the Apex Hosiery company" At once volley
of bricks, stones and pipes was thrown through
the windows, and some of Leaders crowd were
tossed in through the windows, the front door
was battered down and, amid yelling and ours
ing, the crowd rushed in broke down partitions,
dumped out files threw adding machines and
typewrters around and smashed up things gen.
orally. The offices were completely shambled.
Everything was wrecked on the first floor
The Apex employees sought safety in the ware
room, but were crowded out and finally forced
up to the sixth floor. Meyer, the Apex president,
was struck by missiles and pushed about and
abused. The loyal employees were violently
beaten-skuls and jaws fractured ribs broken;
they were knocked down, beaten and kicked af
ter they were down and otherwise injured The
sit-downers were organized by Leader and
NAMED in complete possession of the factory for
more than six weeks. They refused to permit
any one to come in to oil and care for delicate
machinery worth in the neighborhood of $780,,
0OO A shipment of merchandise of the value of
some 100000 was interfered with. There was
no strike or difficulty of any kind at the plant
Finally, after the Apex plant was held
for six weeks by this gang of outlaws, two
judges were found with the manhood and
courage to issue a court order against
them; and, strange as it may seem, when
the order was served the plant was vacat,
ed by the sit-downers.
The Apex concern is one of the largest
in the United States, with millions invested
in the plant and business. In riot in which
it is estimated as many as eight to ten thou.
sand people participated, not move was
made by the authorities of Philadelphia OF
of the State of Pennsylvania to afford the
owners and operatives of Apex a modicun
of that protection which the laws q, al