Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-22
WILL Be VERY SHORT.
Strike of Boston Garment Workers
Is Having Good Effect.
A Number Of Contractors
Have Already Yielded.
Men Determined 10 Hold Out In Behalf OF The
Women Workers.

BOSTON, Aug. 22.-Tho success OF the
strike OF the garment workers IL as-
surcd, and tho time OF idleness for
the operatives promises 10 be very brief.
Already 27 OF the contractors have agreed
to tho conditions required by their work
Ing people, and the majority OF tho others,
Is confidently expected, will sign today.
The men have taken IA chivalrous part In
this labor conflict. They arc standing
Loyalty TO the women, even when set
Element OF benefit to themselves might re-
suit by their deserting them. They claim
She women are doing rs good and ms much
work as they are, and should be paid ac-
cordingly
"With this object in view," say the ofIl-
GERS Of the union Eve have resolved to
protract this struggle to successful ter
mination. Either the demands of the
women shall bc granted or we shall de-
moralize tho entire contract system and
inaugurate something better In Its stead"
In reply to tho query rs to why the bond
was so sternly exacted, Secretary A. j.
Felz replied: Even with the bond at our
disposal during the past year, our people
have been so provoked through the most
fagrant violations of the agreement that
we have been very many times
On the Verge Of q General Strike,
IN which we would have been fully justi-
6ed In the eyes of Justice loving public.
owe sympathized with the victims and
tolerated the abuse when, perhaps, we
ought not to have done 30, rather than 10
should be said we had taken advantage Of
the weapon at our disposal, which today
stands us In good stead, because 10 en-
phasizes our veracity and entrenches our
honor from the possibility Of doubt"
The premature, yet not unexpected,
s'call ont" yesterday was received with
kind Of doubt, and tho presence OF the
agents in few instances was necessary to
convince them of tho edict OF the night
previous.
II a single evidence Of the earnestness
and determination Of the strike was re-
Quired, glance at the financial secre-
tary's desk all day long yesterday, and the
line Of depositors eagerly waiting, all
spoke with a pleasing chime.
The contractors now claim they have no
hesitancy to give the bond demanded, II
only the request of the women was ex-
plunged.
This IL tho Bono of Contention
standing in the way OF settlement, and
the contractors say that If tho firms will
Concede to their request OF paying more
Tor their contracts they will at once affix
their names to the settlement.
In reply to dispatch forwarded by A.
j. Felz to National Secretary Reichers Of
New York, apprising him Of the strike,
that gentleman replied that tho interests
of Boston will be looked after In New
York and Brooklyn, and any attempt Of
contractors to handle Boston goods will be
followed by a reopening of hostilities.
At 10 o'clock last night bonds to the
emoun5 of $4,000 were on file. Thus the
backbone, it may be safely inferred, of
what promised to be protracted struggle
is broken, and by tonight, it is surmised
by the officers Of the union, that very few
needles will be idle.