UNIONIST IS MADE VICTIM OF TEXTILE FIGHT FRAME-UP

Unionist Is Made Victim of Textile Fight Frame-Up Charged With Rioting Although He Was Not at Scene of Disturbance in Question PHILADELPHIA —"It is an open secret in Marlon and throughout North...

...Worman...
...Alfred Hoffman is organizer United Textile Workers...
...I've' lost, my home through a fire and my best horse was killed by lightning, but I can't afford to miss a single copy Of The Progressive,—John Behrends...
...7—Knelosorf and $1.50 for renewal to The Prof.rer.3lve...
...Unionist Is Made Victim of Textile Fight Frame-Up Charged With Rioting Although He Was Not at Scene of Disturbance in Question PHILADELPHIA —"It is an open secret in Marlon and throughout North Carolina that cotton mill owners issued orders to judicial and other authorities that Hoffman must be convicted and jailed on some charge," said Win...
...The Supreme Court has declared, In effect, that it will help to make the Inevitable unionization of Southern mill workers as •difficult and as- bitter a process as possible...
...SENDS GOOD WISHES (De Soto...
...Other trade unionists who were also watching the trial were given (he same Information by men who are in a position to speak with knowledge of facts...
...LOSES HOME, IIOKKE...
...Wis., Sept...
...Smith, secretary-treasurer American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers...
...I was frankly told thai this (conviction order) was the situation...
...We- were told that we had better accept the inevitable...
...They were found guilty and Hoffman was sentencrd to two months on the road chain gang...
...He and three ether workers were accused of rioting, although they were not at the scene of the disturbance...
...The North'Carolina Supreme Court, by its decision in these cases, has ranged itself with manufacturers who are determined to maintain semi-slavery In Marion and other Southern villages...
...With all good wishes for a successful campaign, and an overwhelming victory for Phillip in the coming primacy.—Frank II...
...H. Worman, R. 1, DeSoto, Wis., to your mailing list...
...RUT HAS THE PROGRESSIVE (Oregon, 111., sept...
...7—Enclosed am sending postal money ordev for the amount of $3.00 for which kindly extend my own subscription to The Progressive from the date of its expiration, and add Geo...
...Speaking for our union, I wish to state that the United Textile Workers and its affiliate, Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers' Union, are more determined than ever to aid North Carolina workers to win a decent living standard...
...The State Supreme Court has upheld that sentence: "I was in Marion when the four men were being tried," said Secretary Smith...

Vol. 1 • September 1930 • No. 41


 
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