| Show v Ji MARTIAL r I LA LAW W ENFORCED IN IN STRIKE ZONE ONE 1 Union Chieftains Threaten To Extend Walkout Unless Terms Met by Employers New Violence Marks Opening of Third Week of Textile Textile Textile Tex Tex- tile r t r t LEi LEADERS jERS WILL CONFER I Military Flying Squadrons Squadrons' Active in Georgia B By El Press Martial law Jaw In Georgia marked the opening of the textile strikes strike's third week I Governor Eugene Talmadge announced announced an- an n. n flounced Martial law is in effect all aU over vcr the state of ot Georgia wherever ver there are disorders and the local authorities au au- cannot handle the situation Francis Franc 5 J. J Gorman chairman of the he strike committee issued an ultimatum ultima ultima- tum turn that all aU remaining divisions would be be called out i if It the thc strike is Li Linot not settled th this 5 week I S While national guardsmen patrolled the strike scene Gorman declared declared de do- dared Neither General Johnson Johnon nor state militia have b been en able to break the thc strike His ultimatum would affect ap proximately workers In the following fallowing textile div divisions Dyeing rayon underwear knit goods goo carpets carpels car car- pets and rugs Leaders to o Meet led The executive council of the United Textile WO Workers prepared ar to meet to tomorrow morrow to discuss discuss' the question o oi of strike extension Apprehension mounted in textile centers as the strikes strike's third week eek began began be be- be began gan with scattered violence Stones Stone hew flew over the heads of f women workers work work- ers in a cotton mill at water Waterville Me and windows were broken 1 wh when n pickets tried to close the mIll Wholesale arrests of ot visiting pickets pick pick- els ets marked the strike scene at Newnan Newnan New New- nan nan Ga Adjutant General Lindley Camp made use of the strikers strikers' weapon the flying squadron Commanding a military flying squadron of ot eight automobiles four guardsmen to a acar car the adjutant general gen gen- cral eral took p personal charge at the thc Newnan Newnan New New- nan cotton mill Georgia had just seen her gre greatest Continued on Pa Pare Parc e Two TROOPS RULE STRIKE AREA New Violence Marks Opening of Third Week of Textile Textile Textile Tex Tex- tile Continued from Pate Pare One peacetime mobilization of s state t tat a t c militia militia 1000 officers and rn men e a on strike duty Textile Mills Reopen A number of or mills north and south reopened under the protection of national na- na ional guardsmen Police cordons guarded the plants in hi n Cohoes N N. Y as a flying aing squadron squadron squad- squad ron on of visiting pickets swooped down own Crowds of strikers besieged a plant lant in Worcester Mass to lo prevent an attempt at reopening A thousand pickets faced a company company com- com pany any of national guardsmen on a ausy busy highway at Belmont N. N C. C shouting houting start a revolution Troops generally forced the crowd off ff t the road The demonstration began began bejan be- be gan jan af after ler reports were circulated that the he Hatch Hosiery mill at Belmont planned lanned to reopen Rhode Island last weeks week's sore spot o of f the strike was quiet but apprehension apprehension hension jension grew throughout New England En En- gland land The troops in Rhode Island numbered 1900 Militia were vere on guard in Putnam and Sterling Conn The strike cut into the ranks of Maine textile From 20 to I 30 0 per cent of the workers of the he Pepperell Manufacturing corn como pany any Biddeford Me and the York Manufacturing company of Saco Me Mc joined the idle ranks Daily Dally Cost I IA A survey of eight states stales showed that hat approximately a a rough estimate estimate is is being spent daily for protection by state slate troops I General Hugh Johnson was confronted con- con fronted by a demand for his resignation resignation tion ion as N R A chief The demand came ame yesterday fr from m 35 labor organizations organizations in and around Philadelphia who branded his attack on the textile textile tex- tex tile ile strike false and misleading WASHINGTON Sept 17 UP UP- UP Efforts c of textile manufacturers to open their mills today have proved a complete failure failure strike leaders declared declared de de- de- de dared after a che checkup kup The strike is is' bigger than it wason was wason wason on Saturday Francis J J. J Gorman German leader eader of the walkout said General Strike Looms At the same time he threatened that hat all allied textile trades would be called out if it the llie strike was not settled this week He said the executive executive ex ex- committee of ot the union would be asked tomorrow to order a walkout walkout walkout walk walk- out of ot allied workers Gorman German accompanied his threat with a bitter denunciation of ot General General General Gen Gen- eral Hugh S. S Johnson adding that if U General Johnson is 13 an officer in inN N R A at the time the he he A. A F. F of ot L. L convention meets our delegation in that hat convention conventi will introduce a resolution so reso lution ution demanding either cither his ti tion or his discharge ine rne resolution will be adopted I think I know how bow organized labor laborn In n g general feels about the general There is scarcely an international union that has not been damaged by his unjust rulings and actions Charge Charte Terror Reign Irn Gorman said that national guardsmen guardsmen guards guards- men men and deputy sheriffs attempted to establish a reign of ot terror in the strike zones rones today but that reports indicated the tha strike was more sue sue- than ever He declared the strike was completely com effective in spite of the fact fac that our organizers and pickets are being thrown Into jail almost by the I hundreds He said production u in ili the mills was inconsequential anc and not sufficient to indicate that the mills still open were maintaining any anymore anymore anymore more than mere skeleton forces Officials o of Rhode Island and other textile strike areas have been informed in in- formed Gorman said that the strike committee will not be responsible for tor the tho consequences if U an attempt Is made to reopen mills Copyright 1934 |
