New-York tribune., 1890-07-16
STRIKE AND LOCKOUT END.
CLOAK MANUFACTURERS AND THEIR MEN
CONFER.
WORK TO DE RESUMED on MONDAY-GREAI
EXCITEMENT WHEN THE RESULT BE-
CAME KNOWN

The combined lockout and strike Of cloakmalIerS
was settled yesterday AT "A conference between
the manufacturers executive committee and the
Consolidated Board of The Cloakmakcrs' Unions
held in the rooms of the Merchants Club. No. j3l
Broadway. The conference, which was resided
over by Gabriel Schwab. of the ManufarturcrS'
Association met at / u 80 a. IN. Mr.. Schwab said
thlt the Manufacturers Association had held q
meeting the night before. and had decided 70 leave
everything relative 10 settlement of the trouble
in the hands of its executive committee lie
said further that the committee was determined
To settle the strike. Arthur Dale, president of the
Cloakcuttcrs' Union. reported that AT a meeting
of the various unions in Pythasoras Hall II had
been resolve and the Consolidated Board had
been instructed 10 insist as the first steps toward
settlement that all non-union men must be
discharged and not be rc.cmp0ycd Mr. Dale
said further that those non-uniOn hands who
were skilled Wortmcn would be taken into the
union and could then be rc-employcd. but not until
then. This demand brought Mr. Schwab to his
feet, and after describing how nard he had been
working 10 alleviate some Of the misery among
the strikers. and saying that hc would not let
anything stand in his way toward cilecting a
peaceful settlement, hc aided that he had decided
To- stand 10y his contract with his non-unlon men
under any and all circumstances, even if lie had
to begin life all over again.
After n long discussion and many separate and
secret. conferences between the manufacturers
and the strikers committees. II WIS at
last agreed that all nou-union men should he
discharged the competent WOrkm"n To be- re-
employed after joining the union, and that those
not eligible 10 such membership should be
assisted 10 other places. The Consolidated Board
then decided that the non-unon men, when they
Joined tie union. should be fined for having tah"l
the places 81 the iockcd-out men. This action
threatened 10 cause further trouble, until Mr.
Schwab said that. il necessary, he would pay
these fines himself rather ,han have the present
sulcrlu-s OF tie striker, continue.
After ID recess the question of payment for
the time lost by tie lockcd-oUt men wa, taken
up 1t was finally decided that the cutters
union. whose members insisted on full WAGES pr
the time they had been IDLE. should be dealt with
later. and that they should be paid IN part for
their lost time Professor Gorsidc president Of
tie CluaAmakprs and Operators | mon, said
however, tHat his union would not insist on pay
for work not dor".
tie strikers Consolidated Board who worked for
hr1a which did not lock oUt ItS men. tie follow
iug a.rccuoqt Was arrived a'. aud the striker,
viii an return 10 work on Monday:
O. a.
boon .-,hlr.,7l> or who ~ff of their o'n fro" " u
pr JUNO II ~huud %" r,r~fli"d and may r"-um" work
o o.. condition fhat no" ,Yu.,lldltcd board shall take
an the non.uu.'u hand, into th" union. the manu-
firt.r.r~ 10 las th"-" men of until Monday, ana thd
40 workman shall be taken back tO work and into The"
employ who of h, own free viii refuses to JOIN th'
union.
Inc strike was euGcl. After unanimous
vote haI been pissed thinking Nr S'Hw1h fo'
hi, patience .uI ImpaUmhty W his ot'lc" as
chairman, and for h., uniform courtesy, the con
ference adjourned until th.> morning. when d
meeting VIII hr held 80 No. 53l broadway I.
Sllu the contracts between the manufacturers
and tie unions.
TIE i1,~c, ON account of the STRIKE and lock
ont arr estimated T. lc 900 - the cutters
S2o"o 20 tHc 'llors. S}".oon 10 IN" contractor,
and many hundreds II thousands Of dollars - re
tPrlvc finn, composing the Manufacturers y,
suclJt on.
Grclt crowds of STRIKER, Gathered about thclI
headquarters az ~. l3i tau1l->t.. No. l2l Allen
- and so 80 suffolk 81 last uI-ht - hear the
news and comment upon H. There Slll Ncrll'
t. bc au idea prevalent among t'rm that hitch
Will occur and tuar the men VIII not return I,
work ON Monday