1929 Gastonia book now online

GASTONIA

CITADEL OF THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN THE NEW SOUTH

By
William F. Dunne

Published for
NATIONAL TEXTILE WORKERS UNION

By
WORKERS LIBRARY PUBLISHERS

39 East 125th Street
New York, N. Y.

PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.
First Edition – September 1, 1929
NEW YORK, N. Y.

Copyright 1929
Workers Library Publishers, Inc.

Contents

1 – The Textile Barons Demand the Lives of Sixteen Workers

2 – Gastonia's Place in the Industrialization of the South

3 – The Beginning ok the Struggle in Gastonia

4 – A New Reign of Terror Starts

5 – Immediate Effects of the Gastonia Struggle

6 – "Free, Unchangeable and Contented"

7 – A Living Document of the New Proletariat of the South

Photo shows the 16 workers arrested in raids on tent colony on the night of June 7, 1929, 13 of whom face the electric chair. They are; Amy Schechter, K. Y. Hendricks, F. E, Beal, C. Miller, Sophie Melvin, Wm. McGinnis, J. Harrison, R. Allen, Vera Bush, L. McLaughlin, G. Carter, K. O. Byers, Russell Knight, D. Hampton, J. P. Heffncr and K. F. Gibson. The International Labor Defense is in charge of the defense.