A fight which broke out in an open clash resulting in the injury of many, with one in a serious condition, developed in the Tailors Union in the capital.
The fight developed between the Communist and Bundist workers in the Tailors Union, following the declaration of a strike by the Communist locals. The workers belonging to the Jewish labor party, Bund, opposed the strike, declaring that present economic conditions make a strike inexpedient. Drastic measures against the Bundists who refused to go out on strike were taken by the strikers, during which a number of workers were injured. A reporter of the Bundist organ, “Volkszeitung,” is in a serious condition as a result of the injuries he received.
In protest against the methods of the Communist workers, the Bundist tailors declared a one-day strike. A proclamation was issued by the Central Council of the Bundist unions urging workers to “fight the red splitters of the union movement” and to “fight the reds who bankrupt the unions morally and politically.”
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