New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-28
HODCMAN'S
MACKINTOSHES
Essential 10 Health and Fashionable.
BROADWAY. 81 West 23d ST.,
Cor Grand ~. Adj. Fifth Ave. Hotel.
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men yesterday afternoon In Mr. Whites Office, at No.
703 Broadway. where meeting OF the General
Executive Board OF the United Garment Workers OF
America held special meeting. The board consists
Of Lyman o. Bedford OF Newburg; F. Fezer, OF Bal
timOre A. j. Fez, OF Boston Charles F. Reichers.
OF Brooklyn; william Sheldon, of Rochester, and A.
Sussman and Harry White. of this CITY, These MEN,
bers OF the general executive board met the members
OF the local boards Of the Cutters and TaiOrs Unions
Without dissenting vote they decided to make q
National issue Of the lockout, by ordering general
boycott OH the clothing manufactured by members
oil the Clothing Manufacturers Association, and TO
appeal the general organization OF the American
Federation OF Labor for assistance through its pres
dent, Samuel Gompers
II. l.. MendclsOn, Of the firm Of Banner Brothers'
in West FOuthst., Is secretary Of the Clothing Manu-
facturers Association lie said to Tribune reporter
yesterday The Federation men have made many
misstatenents. Not over twenty-five per cent vi
the employees Of our members were Federation men.
non-union men OutnumbeI the Federation and knights
vi Labor cutters 4 large number OF Federation men
# we would give them work. Ne have received
numerous applications IRON the Knights OF Laoor''
tonal convention OF The National Trades Assembly.
No 231. Knights OF Labor Garment WORKERS, began
1t. and Secondave. Fifty three delegates were pres
ent from Brooklyn, philadelphla, syracuse Bqnaio'
Cleveland Chicago, Milwaukee,; 81, Paul s Lo ,ns
hamton, Haverhn. Newark and this city. Frederick
Archer, the vce-chairInan, presided owing to tue IN
ability OF James Hughes, the master workman OF tile
assembly. 10 be present Hughes is now In jail for
extortion. which he was guilty OF during the grea;
Philadelphia a member of the executive committee
and well known his activity In labor matters ex
PRESENT PRESENT trouble rs H.'" Mr. Wright said: ~
"Our assembly meets here for particular busl
ness not connected with the lockout That subject
WILL however, be considered tomorrow and emphatic
action will be taken. We shall approve Of Master
Workman Waiter X. westbrook's orders, and advise
the continuance Of his policy of filling the places OF
the Iocked-out Federation men with Knights; We
viii divide up our men among the members OF the
Clothing Manufacturers Association In proportion to
the urgency OF the latter's needs. 1t is. indeed
fight between the two labor organizations. We have
alndavits from our cutters to prove tat ever since
have prosecuted their course against US by secretly
requiring hrms to discharge our men 1t Is not rea.
work at good wages now, are deserving simply for the
pleasure of joining the ranks of the unemployed
the quarterly meeting of the General Executive Board
OF the Knights Of Labor In this city Yesterday.
But yesterday four members OF the board came to
this city and went 10 the AstOr House.. They were
The kns nSwd'sF I s"f:' sssS "A %s
editor Of .",Ihe Journal of the knights
Of iS e board ~ The e. of
National Trades Assembly for an hour In the after
noon Mr. Powderly when seen at the As,or liose
we thought we might be required We have not
vet considered the lockout. but will do so today,
UT. fOWu'TN WuS III hurry "HVh S''h pu' PhuS'u
long enough to denOuncc the recent decisions OF
Judges Kicks Taft and Billings on the right to quit
work.
Edward Feeney. Of the State Board Of Arbitration
and Mediation, has volunteered the services OF the
Eoard the locked ont men and 10 the manu-
factnrers. As usual. however. the offer was re-
jected by both sides.
Joseph Rarondcss, the well known president OF the
ClOakmakers' Union, took hand In the controversy
last evening. He went about the streets OF the East
side and gathered together In Beethoven Hall several
hundred Federation cutters Then In highly ORA,
matte manner told the cutters that the C0akmakers
Union had decided TO give 81 900 TO the cutters 70
assist them in their fight with the knights. The
cl0akmakers would also perform picket duty In large
numbers, he said.