U.S.A. TEXTILE STRIKE

Grey River Argus, 8 September 1934, Page 5

U.S.A. TEXTILE STRIKE

STILL GROWING Workers’ Determination (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) WASHINGTON. September 6. The death lull reached ten to-day and forty-one injured, as Union leaders sought to extend the genera] texti’e strike by picket movements again.- 1 p’ants still open. Six strikers were shot dead at Hone, a path (South Carolina) in a battle be tween the workers anj a “flying squadron ” seeking to prevent the opening of the Chiquola mills. One striker was shot dead at Greenville (South (Carolina) in friction with the police guarding the Duncan mill’s (Received September 7 at 10 p.m.) NFW YORK, September G Deep feeling has been aroused both in the union circles and among mill owners over the deaths j'n strike strife. Tn one South Carol na town six strikers were shot dead. The textile" mill owners’ representatives claim that picket ers fired on workers, precipitating a clash. The unionists allege that workers, who became angry because p’cketecs sought to close a mill, fired into the backs of the picketcrs. Mr Francis Gorman (the Union leader) declared that the strikers will agree to arbitration only afer every mill has been c’o-ed. He decal.'ied: “We have nothing to lose! Our people would rather *arve striking than starve work’ng. If the recommendations of t.het President’s Mediation Board fail to meet our expectations, the strike will cont'nue. ” The Governor said he estimated that there now are 475.000 operatives in all branches of the textile industry out on strike. The srikers. whose funds are admittedly low, have been heartened by the announcement of a one hundred , thousand dollars donation by the Now ; York Cloak and Suit Makers Union. MORE TO STRIKE. NEW YORK September 6. The strike situation developed another serious aspect to-night. when one hundred thousand cotton garment workers were ordered to go on strike on Monday next, because of the employers’ refusal to obey President Roosevelt’s orders to raise the wages and reduce the hours* BRITISH T.U.C. OPPOSITION TO WAR. (Received September 7 at 7 pm.) LONDON. September 7. The Trades Union Congress overwhelmingly rejected a proposal 1o include a general strike in the programme of opposition to war. the Congress preferring to decide on its course of action, if any. when a threat of war arises. The Congress decided to favour a system of collective peace. STRIKERS’ FLYING SQUADRONS. OPERATE WITH EFFECT. WASHINGTON, September 6. The textile strike expanded to-dav to the accompaniment of gunfire, tear gas, and bludgeoning, while at the same time the Federal mod ■ a tors snod to Washington to undertake the difficult task of ending the industrial warfare. Thirty-five thousand more mill-work ers left the looms to join the picket lines. The total of the strikers was to-day estimated bv independent surveys at 360.000. Troops were on the march in North Carolina. The flvinn- squadrons of the strikers operated with success there, and also in Now England.