Lin Xiangqian, 1892 10 was born in a peasant family in Minhou county, Fujian province.
1906 mawei shipyard Apprentice. Because he was clever and eager to learn, he soon mastered the locksmith technique.
19 12 He passed the mechanic examination and entered Hankou Jiang 'an Railway Factory as a locksmith. At that time, the Jing-Han Railway was not only a blood-sucking pipeline for imperialist aggression against China, but also a tool for feudal warlords to rule and scuffle with each other. Nearly 30,000 employees of Jinghan Railway lived a miserable life of "being cattle and horses for many years, eating and drinking like pigs and wearing like willows". In order to improve working conditions and increase income, Lin Xiangqian and his workers went on a small-scale strike.
192 1 China * * * after the founding of the production party, Chen Tanqiu and Xiang Ying, leaders of the Wuhan Party organization, often went deep into the railway workers in Jiang 'an District to publicize the revolutionary truth, and soon found Lin Xiangqian, who was full of rebellious spirit and had high prestige among the workers. With the help of producers such as Chen Tanqiu and Xiang Ying, Lin Xiangqian began to embark on the revolutionary road. In 65438+February of the same year, Lin Xiangqian attended the meeting of Wuhan Branch of the Secretary Department of China Trade Union, and as one of the initiators, prepared to organize Jing 'an Railway Workers' Club.
1922 1, Jiang 'an Workers' Club was established and Lin Xiangqian was elected as its director. Because of his justice, helpfulness and interests for workers, he is deeply trusted and loved by everyone. /kloc-in the summer of 0/922, Lin Xiangqian joined the China * * * Production Party and was soon elected as the chairman of the Jiang 'an Division of Labor on the Beijing-Han Railway.
In order to adapt to the rising situation of the national workers' movement, the Preparatory Committee of Han Jing Railway Federation of Trade Unions decided to hold the inaugural meeting of Han Jing Railway Federation of Trade Unions in Zhengzhou on February 1923. On the morning of February 1, Zhengzhou was under martial law. The reactionary military police are armed with live ammunition and are on the verge of exploding. Facing the heavily armed enemy, Lin Xiangqian and the delegates broke through the encirclement of the military and police without fear and entered the meeting place. Amid cheers and slogans, the Jinghan Railway Federation of Trade Unions was formally established.
The reactionary warlords Wu and Xiao Yaonan felt extreme panic and hatred. In the afternoon, they ordered the reactionary military police to occupy the Federation of Trade Unions, expel the trade union staff, raid the documents and materials of the Federation of Trade Unions, smash the plaques and gifts presented by various units to the Congress, and even surround and monitor the residences of the delegates. That night, Lin Xiangqian attended an emergency meeting held by the Federation of Trade Unions and decided to put forward five demands to the reactionary authorities and give a reply within 48 hours, otherwise the All-China Railway Federation will hold a strike on February 4th. The meeting decided that the Federation of Trade Unions would move to Jiang 'an office and set up a general strike committee. Lin Xiangqian was appointed general strike manager in Jiang 'an area.
The next morning, Lin Xiangqian returned to the riverbank and immediately held a general meeting, conveying the decision of the Federation of Trade Unions to launch a general strike of the All-China Railway Federation and calling on workers to resist the atrocities of warlords with the greatest strength. Then, Lin Xiangqian led the workers to organize propaganda teams, post slogans and distribute leaflets to expose the enemy's crimes; Set up an investigation team to understand and master the enemy's situation; Expand the workers' picket, and at the same time make iron bars and sticks to prepare for self-defense. On the evening of February 3, all the preparations for the strike were ready. At 9: 00 am on February 4, Lin Xiangqian issued a strike order after receiving the instructions from the Federation of Trade Unions on the strike. With the sound of the first whistle, all the whistles of Jiang 'an Locomotive Works roared at the same time, resounding through the three towns of Wuhan. Passengers, goods and military vehicles on the Beijing-Han Railway all stopped running, and the strike of Beijing-Han Railway workers, which shocked China and foreign countries, began. This general strike dealt a heavy blow to imperialism and reactionary warlords politically and economically. On the afternoon of February 6th, the Consul General of the United States and Britain in Hankou summoned Chinese and foreign comprador capitalists to plot and put pressure on the Beiyang warlord government. Wu colluded with imperialism and decided to brutally suppress the striking Beijing-Han railway workers. Lin Xiangqian realized that a cruel struggle was coming. At noon on February 7, he hid the seal of division of labor in the charcoal fire basin at home and hurried back to the trade union. At 5: 20 p.m., the reactionary warlords, with two battalions of soldiers, surrounded the Jiang 'an Division of Labor and started shooting wildly. In this barbaric massacre, more than 30 workers died and more than 200 people were injured on the riverbank, which led to the "February 27 Massacre" that shocked China and foreign countries. Lin Xiangqian led the workers in a heroic struggle against the reactionary troops who came to suppress them. In the end, because they were outnumbered, they were arrested by the enemy together with more than a dozen trade union leaders and workers' representatives. That night, it snowed heavily, and the enemy tied Lin Xiangqian to a stake on the platform of Jiang 'an Station. The reactionary warlord used death threats to force Lin Xiangqian to order him to go back to work, which was flatly rejected by Lin Xiangqian. The enemy viciously ordered the executioner to raise a knife and cut it at Lin Xiangqian's left shoulder: "Can you go to work?" Lin Xiangqian said categorically: "The Federation of Trade Unions must give orders to work. My head can be broken, my blood can flow, and my work can't be restored! " The butcher's knife went into Lin Xiangqian's right shoulder, and he bled profusely and fainted. When he woke up, the enemy asked him again, "What's going on now?" Lin Xiangqian used his last strength to denounce the enemy: "What is there to say now? If you pity a good China, it will be destroyed by your warlords! " Lin Xiangqian died heroically at the age of 3 1 year.
To commemorate this pioneer of the workers' movement, after the founding of New China, the Party and the government built the Lin Xiangqian Martyrs Cemetery in Fuzhou, including the Erqi Martyrs Memorial Hall, the Mausoleum, the Thousand People Square and the 6-meter-high granite martyr statue. The memorial hall introduced Lin Xiangqian's life story in detail with rich pictures and materials. Behind the mausoleum is a bluestone tombstone inscribed by Guo Moruo, "The Tomb of Lin Xiangqian, a martyr on February 27". The cemetery is lush and green, guarding the immortal spirit of the martyrs.