New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24
NAY THROW $4,000 IDLE.
TRY TO AVERT STRIKE.
CIotFsng Workers Plan Going Dat
All OUer Country.

A geuec-aI strike Of clothing workers all over the
country Under the auspices Of the United Garment
workers against the open shop policy Of the Ma
,sonal Assoc alton OF Clothiers, which was to go
,r+o eject to-rnorror. has been postponed until
she result Of conference 10 DC held in New-Yorl1
This week Is known. The strike. IL II goes tito
,rec. VII i,Eolve At least 1090o0 garment workers
directly. and gno-e than twice many Indirectly.
before ,ranv weeks Il IS estimated that in all II
would throw abo;sf $4,000 persons Idle. About 10000
world be involved IL enc ssround New-TorR.
The open shop declaration 90 tire National As
sozRtion Of Cl"thieTs vas made after a conven-
zion IN Philadelphia week before last. There has
roen strike % the clothing cutters IN Rochester
sganst the oTen shop for some time and In Phila-
dclphia and Boston tho open shop policy was Ge-
clared When the National Association Of Clothiers
decided or a general declaration the open shop.
rnion meetings were held all over the country 20
resist Il Henry White. general secretary Of the
United Garment Workers. then issued statement,
n which ne SAID. after denounciDg the manu-
fac;urcrs
Rather than suffer The unions in the different
cities 10 h attacked one by one the international
urtor prefers "a concentrate its strength in
common effort 70 defend its existence. The United
Garment Workers at once takes UP the gage OF
conflict. confident IN the loyalty of its own mem
be-sh!p. 81 the oeferoined hacking Of the entire
labor movement. aid In the support OF an aroused
public opinion
Resolutions were psSssd BY she general executive
board OF the United Garment Workers afterward
pleigirg local unions 20 strike If called on in
support Lnc IlE1llS IN 1Ie tCNuS where the open
shop policy carried out. and they were in
dorsed al ever the country. Later the general
executive board met ana declared the general strike
al over the country against the open shop. which
was 20 so into effect tomorrow.
As soon the strike decided on some 0f the
Nev-York manufacturers A-cre 81 favor Of irving
20 come TO some arpcable arrangement 20 avert il
President Marcus NJ. MarSs and other officers Of
Che National Association Of ClOthiers had several
conferences with the general officers OF the United
Garment Workers The result that Il was
agreed 70 have conference early this week in this
CITY between the executive officers OF the national
union and representative Of the National Associa-
zion o. C1othiers tho strike order 20 be suspended
uutil the result Of The conference is made known.
i is conceded that "A general strike would be
exceedingly serious just when the samples for the
Eau and winter trade are being prepared. A rep
resenatfve OF the clothing industry made the fol-
lowing statement last evening:
The Nevy-York manufacturers hold tina: without
the open shop they cannot successfully compete
with other cities account Of the high wages
paid IN NeN-YOrk. When IL came TO declaration
for a general strike. like the ordered. however,
va another matter. The conditions just
would make very disastrous. In Rochester the
unions have been fighting the employers for a long
tine. and in Of national strike some OF the
Rochester manufacturers would go to the wall.
don't see how strike can he averted. The United
Garment Workers are Well fixed for money. and
would get support. I understand. from the American
Federation OF Labor