Workers in Dunn and
Armstrong Textile Mills Walkout Protesting Alleged Injustice
Gastonia, July 2, (UP)—More than 400 workers of the Dann and
Armstrong Textile Mills went on strike here today in sympathy with operatives
of the Clara Manufacturing company, where a lockout has been in effect for the
last eight weeks.
About 20 workers entered the Armstrong mill after running a
gauntlet of booing and catcalling strikers. The machinery was started but the
strikers claimed there were not enough men to keep it running.
The Dunn mill, half a block away, half a dozen men entered
the plant, but the machines had not been started three hours after opening
time.
City and county police were on guard at the mills.
There was an unconfirmed report that mill executives planned
to import strike-breakers from the closed Monarch Mill at Dallas, N.C.
The Dunn, Armstrong and Clara Mills are under the same
management. The Clara workers struck eight weeks ago in protest against several
alleged injustices. All but one point of dispute has been settled by the state
industrial relations board.
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