New-York tribune., 1905-08-11
REPORTS OF STRIKES.
What Women Are Doing in Their
Labor Unions Told at a Meet;np

A strike with happy ending was ranor+os
st the meeting Of the women's Trade Union
League, az the University Settlement last
night a six weeks strike OF about sixty Girls
at the Nernberg factory Madison-st had
ended the night before in complete victor,, Gov
the workers, recognition OF the union and the
granting OF Its demands. throughout the ne
riod Of the strike the girls had picketed the ra-
gion around the factory. approaching e,,er,,
girl employed TO take their places and ,,sIpo
moral suaslon to induce her to refuse the iob
PuoAc sentiment in the locality was entirely on
the sloe OF the strikers. The neigbborboo5 ..
one man or one woman, perhaps asked the
10" e4 L they wished TO take bread out of
the mouths Of those who were fighting for tbe
-. - i7pOI' IN severe cases the word
"as oealt out with its customary effect
=. Naius We're very small ones but they
N-eS-i' sood deal TO the girls They asl-a5
simply that their union be recognizaa .-,5 80
VIII as & union. and that no charge sbo,,1d ~
= maze 1or the use OF machines. II seems +b.+
0HuIacturer charged for the use of +be
l--it'es on which his own employees vere
manufacturing his own goods
SplcaI case Of one young girl was rela+as
enc pelc 80 on entering the factory for III. ct,
- y earning to operate on shirtwaists
-, - 0i1Neo TWO weeks for nothing Then
hAe WORKED Two more weeks su,rnosa5,,r E.
wages. at the end Of which she raoe;-lI -Oi
acuy eight cents She was supnosed - -.
earned % cents, Of which 25 cents q yveAl, b.s
oeeh Kept out for the use of the machines
"Heh Che slrls sent their first committee -
leg lhe naatrer before the employer they 1,ara
treated very rudely and refused snv COW
ference, said Miss Gertrude Barnun. secratsr,.
o. me leagne' But they have won what thew
struck for" 0'
Much interest was felt in the report Of the
~glr Of 4Ae
BaTnurs who recently visited them to cor,,o,,
the moral and financial assistance of tbe 1es,,,,.
There is q very peculiar and interesting si+,-
alton in Albany said Miss Barnun1. ..7,he one
thousand women Of the starchers' union have
been OUT three months. They have the solid
sopport OF me community behind them. They
have practically tied up the business of tba
manufacturing OF shirts and the laundering ~
the manufactured products in Albany Manu-
facturers have sent ?. little work av7av to ofber
cities, and a little has been done in Albany. br+
the plants Of the whole manufacturers associa-
uon, with all their thousands of capjtsI have
sIarchers.
Some Of these women have worked twenty
and thirty wears in the factories. They are well
h-oNL IA me community. In all those years
they never had raise Proprietors in the fac
torles nave made fortunes and retired over and
over again in that time.
New machinery was introduced and the
starehers were cut from 4 cents 10 cents q
dozen II was claimed by the bosses that The
Etarchers could do so much more work that the
pay would amount the same After six
months trial they found IL amounted to a cut
OF - per cent in their wages They asked for
q conference 70 explain the situation, and were
refused. They had never had a union before
They organized and struck. In the three
months they have been out the union has not
lost one member. and the bosses have been un-
able 70 i'll their places. Moral suasion has
been used on The new girls secured by this firm
The community has backed the strikers. II has
been impossible 10 fiji their places. and they will
undoubtedly win their strike very soon.
OT,+6
tngs in the various Settlement gardens and roof
gardens during the hot weather