The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-06
Allied Organizations Giving
Moral and Financial Sup-
port to Strike.
BIG MASS-MEETING TO
BE HELD ON FRIDAY
President Joseph A. Sonnabend
Makes Strong Plea for Men
Who Are Out.

relief of the striking members of the
United Hatters of North America. 1t
was reported at the meeting of the
Essex Trades Council last night that
many unions had assessed their MEM
bers certain sums and had taken other
steps to assist the strikers.
A. J.. Cozzolino, of the Walters Union,
reported that in addition to leyyfng an
assessment on each member 1t has been
decided to fine every member So who
was caught wearing a hat without the
union label.
Garment Workers Union Nc. "A re-
ported that its members were being
assessed twenty-five cents a week each
for the hatters, and an assessment or
ten cents a week for ten weeks has
been ordered against the steam engi-
neers.
To Try Open shop.
The members of the Associated Hat
Manufacturers are making their plants
ready for business Tuesday morning,
when they plan to resume without
using the United Hatters label. A
number claim that they will be able
to run their plants with a full force of
non-union men and m
Several of the local shops attempted
to resume business yesterday, but with
little or no success, as only a half
dozen applied for work. The manufac-
turers are advertising for help in all
of their departments, including fore
men, as all of the old foremen are
members of the hatters' union.
The Essex Trades Council, after
listening to an address by National
Vice-President Frank P. Shalvoy, of
the hatters, ordered the payment of $40
a week for ten weeks to the matters.
Mr., Shalvoy said that 1t was the first
time In sixty years that the matters
had asked assistance, and that in thai
time they had contributed literally
and many times to other unions who
had called for help.
President Joseph A. Sonnabend, of
the council, spoke of the necessity of
union men standing by each other in
demanding union-made products, not
withstanding the recent decision of the
Supreme Court of the District of Co
lumbia against the leaders of the
American Federation of Labor in the
boycott of the Buck Stove and Range
Company.
S~onnabend's Talk.
1T may come to pass he continued,
that owing to the trouble that the
United Hatters' Union is having with
the Associated Hat Manufacturers, the
latter may seek to enjoin organized
labor from placing an embargo on their
product. If they do, hat will not pre-
VEN us from refusing to purchase any
hat but that which bears the union
label. Every member of a labor union
is obligated to purchase, SO far as can
be obtained, only such articles as bear
the union label, and you may purchase
hats that bear the label of the United
Hatters' organization.
Il want to say to you that If you
ever lived up to your obligations as
union men, you must do it now, ami
show those who are trying to crush
out organized labor that you are strong
enough to defeat them at their own
game"
An invitation was received from the
Weighers and Feeders Union, which is
composed of women employed in mai
shops, to attend the fourth annual ball
of that organization, Monday night at
Dodgers Hall. 1t was accepted with
applause.
1t was decided by the delegates to
attend the massmeeting of the union
matters at the New Auditorium Friday
afternoon at / o'clock. Raymond Robin
of Chicago, is to speak on Lincoln and
Labor" An invitation also was ac-
cepted to attend the services at ST.
G+o-LoNp. E~;,aoOn1 Cbtroh Sunday
evening, February IA, when the Rev.
DR.. E. A. WATSON, rector of the church,
will deliver an address on Lincoln.
New Committees.
The new standing committees of the
council are as follows: Resolutions and
credentials, William j. Brennan, Emil
Kleiber and William Umstaedter; out
side communications, Joseph Voigt
Frederick Wickelman and Patrick
Clark; arbitration, Henry F. Hilfers
John Roach and George A. Leary; law
and State legislation, George A. Leary
John Roach and Charles Troxler; rlu-
nicipal legislation, Frank Fetridge ant
Patrick Kelly; grievance, Patrick Nc
Govern, A. Joseph Cozzolino and W
s. Weeks; organization, Louis J. Ageth
ell, JoScpn oOilDd DeUQ anu fT6ueTlSh
Wittel; labels, Edward B~alentine and
Emil Ruegner; child labor, Adam Zusi
Robert Glib and Edward Lynch; print
Ing, William Zinck, w. II. Hackett ant
Henry F. Hilfers; label league, Edward
Balentine and John Lyons; Hudson
County c. L. u, William ]. Brennan
Orange Federated Trades, Daniel Dai
sey, and Union County Trades Council
John J. O'Connor.