The Rise and Struggle of Zhengzhou Erqi Memorial Tower

192365438+1On October 5th, the third preparatory meeting of Han Jing Railway Federation of Trade Unions was held in Zhengzhou. The meeting considered that the conditions for the establishment of the Federation of Trade Unions were ripe and decided to hold the inaugural meeting in Zhengzhou on February 1. 1 At the end, hundreds of local representatives arrived in Zhengzhou one after another. Just before the meeting was about to be held, on October 28th, 65438/kloc-0, Huang Dianchen, the police chief of Zhengzhou City, led a number of policemen to the preparatory office of the Federation of Trade Unions and announced Wu's decree prohibiting railway workers from meeting in Zhengzhou on February 28th, 65438. The next day, Wu ordered Jin, the police commander of Zhengzhou, to monitor the activities of the railway trade union from Luoyang, and banned workers from holding rallies. By this time, Wu had mastered the Beijing regime, and his influence extended to most parts of northern China, and he started the action of reunifying China by force. Lu's income is one of the important sources of Wu's military expenditure, and the workers' struggle directly threatens his interests. Jing-Han Railway is the main artery of economic plunder of China by imperialist countries. The upsurge of workers' movement in Jinghan Road will inevitably affect their economic and political interests. Therefore, they manipulated the warlord to attack the workers on behalf of Wu.

In the face of the suppression by warlords, the producers and workers' representatives from all over the country who led the road workers' movement in Han Jing did not flinch. 1922 65438+1October 30th, * * party member, Li, employee representatives Ling Chufan and Yang Defu went to Luoyang to meet Wu on behalf of all employees, and proposed that it was legal for the China Federation of Trade Unions to hold its inaugural meeting according to the Contract Law and Wu 192 1. However, Wu insisted on opposing the convening of this meeting and threatened to use force. After the delegates returned to Zhengzhou and told all the workers' representatives about Wu's attitude, the workers were extremely angry and unanimously agreed to break through all obstacles and hold a meeting on time. On the morning of February 1, more than 430 representatives from Han Jing Railway and Brother Railway stations and more than 000 employees of Zhengzhou Railway1March to the meeting place with plaques presented by various places. Along the way, the military and police were armed with live ammunition, and there were layers of checkpoints trying to stop the conference. After several hours of stalemate between the two sides, the workers' representatives finally ignored the threat of enemy bayonets and sticks, broke through the obstruction of reactionary military police and entered the Puyuan venue. Li Zhenying, secretary of the inaugural meeting of Han Jing Railway Federation of Trade Unions, boarded the rostrum and loudly announced the establishment of Han Jing Railway Federation of Trade Unions. At this time, the military and police have surrounded the venue layer by layer, the delegates were quickly dispersed, and the plaques presented by local trade unions were destroyed. Hotels, restaurants, and places where the Federation of Trade Unions works are full of military police. They forced workers to leave Zhengzhou, and the safety of workers' representatives was seriously threatened.

Han Jing Road is a place where the Party is stronger and the workers' movement is better. After the conflict with the warlords at the inaugural meeting, the main leaders of the Party in Han Jing Road called a meeting in time and decided to move the temporary office of the Federation of Trade Unions to Hankou Bank. Under the leadership of the Railway Federation of Trade Unions, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions went on strike to protest against the suppression of Wu. Li Zhenying, Yang Defu and other major leaders command the overall situation on the river bank; , Jiang, Liu in Zhengzhou, Wu Ruming, Hong in Changxindian, Luo Haicheng, once executed the orders of the Federation of Trade Unions in Jiang 'an. Xinyang Chairman Hu He, Vice Chairman, Xu Kuan, Chairman Du, Chairman Dai Qingping. On February 4th, under the command of the Federation of Trade Unions, the whole railway started a general strike, and Han Jing Road became a zombie snake. The Federation of Trade Unions issued a declaration and put forward five conditions: (1) requiring the Ministry of Communications to remove Zhao Jixian, director of Han Jing Road and South Section; Wu, Jin () and Henan authorities were asked to remove the leather and investigate Huang Dianchen. (2) Request the Railway Bureau to compensate the inaugural meeting for the loss of 6000 yuan. (3) Ask the local governor of Zhengzhou to return all the plaques and gifts seized by the military and police on that day to Zhengzhou Branch of the Federation of Trade Unions. All troops occupying Zhengzhou branch should retreat immediately. The plaque of Zhengzhou branch was hung up again, and all the losses in the meeting were paid by Zhengzhou branch. The local head of Zhengzhou apologized to the Federation of Trade Unions. (4) Ask for rest on Sundays and pay wages accordingly. (5) Take a week off in the Lunar New Year and pay your salary accordingly.

Under the leadership of the Party organizations and the Federation of Trade Unions, the strike went on in an orderly manner. Strike workers distributed leaflets to passengers, saying that workers' freedom rights were violated and they had to strike to gain sympathy and support from passengers; Expose the crimes of Wu and other reactionary warlords to all walks of life in the country. The internal organization of workers is also very neat and strict, "because all railway workers are members of trade unions, from drivers to firefighters to coolies." All members take orders from all branches, and all branches take orders from the Federation of Trade Unions, which is orderly. In order to maintain order, all railway branches have well-trained pickets; Asking for information, during the strike, there were temporary investigation teams organized by various branches. "

After the strike broke out, Wu, Xiao Yaonan, Cao Kun, Zhao Jixian and other reactionary warlords, instigated by British imperialism, went back and forth to e-commerce to plot and brutally suppress the strikers. On the 4th, the enemy forced him to return to work by high-handed means. On the 5th, the chairman of Zhengzhou Railway Trade Union, Jiang, Liu, Wang Zongpei, Qian Nenggui and others were arrested in Zhengzhou, and they were subjected to carrot and stick, coercion, inducement and even torture, forcing them to drive back to work. They have always insisted that "there must be an order from the Federation of Trade Unions not to drive". Gao Bin was tortured and died soon. Hu of Xinyang division, in the face of the cruel persecution of the enemy, persevered and refused to return to work. On the 7th, Wu suppressed the striking workers on the Jinghan Railway on a large scale, which led to the "February 27th" tragedy that shocked China and foreign countries. In Henan, Zhengzhou and other places, 6 people were arrested, 1 people were persecuted to death, and more than 300 people were dismissed. Zhang Dexing, Xinxiang and other places were killed. Workers were persecuted and the Zhengzhou Party organization was destroyed. Li Zhenying, Zhao Zijian, Xu Kuan, Yao Zuotang, Dai Qingping and Xie Changchun, the party leaders who led the Henan Workers' Movement, were forced to leave, and all the rights and interests won by the workers in the struggle were deprived and all the trade unions were closed.