Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-03
Seventy Thousand Men and
Women, Idle for Nine Months,
Return to Work IN New York
City,
BOTH SIDES SEE
VICTORY AS RESULT
Agreement Recognizes Modi-
tied Form Of Closed Shop and
Provides for Sanitary Condi-
tons of Workrooms.
iBy mornlsx Journal sp.e,ai IAa..a VIE,


New York, Sept. 2--The cloak max.
ers' strike one of the greatest indus,
trial disturbances Ia The history OF
American labor. was settled tonight
Seventy thousand garment workers
who have been idle for nine months
will return to work. Ten thousand
and those dependent upon them--flf-
~ Thousand souls in all--were on the
point of eviction and hundreds had
| already been forced on 70 the streets.
The industrial loss 20 employers ana
employees has run high into the mil
lions. In loss OF wages alone tho
total has been estimated Al more than
Sl0,000,000 while the loss to manu-
faeturers, jobbers and retailers the
country over have been computed ~
ten times that amount
In spite of the stupendous readiust-
ment involved. the strike has been In
the main notable for peuoefulness.
There were numerous cases of petty
disorder aud petition OF the manu-
facturers brought forth from Justice
Goff of the state supreme court an
any strike called to demand The
closed shop was I'm restraint of trade,
Julius Henry Cohen. counsel for
the Manufacturers association. de-
scribes theS agreement signed by him
and representatives Of the strikers in
this sentence
mo principle has been surrendered
by the manufacturers, yet the union
MAY truly claim they have won a
great victory for their people The
manufacturers believe in the union
and the principle that all who desire
its benefits should share in it's bur-
dens
one essential Of this victory aud
one important not only TO the strik |
ers but to the nation at large, ~ the
abolition OF all contract work az home, \
Hereafter garments made IN New
York will be manufactured under SAN
itarv conditions. There viii be no
more sweat shops.
The rock on which all previous ef-
forts ut mutual concillation have split
has been the closed shop, That rock
has now been avoided hy the adop-
ton of the preferential union shop"
idea for which Louis u. Brandeis OF
Boston, formerly counsel for CLAWS In
The Pinehot- Ballinger hearing is glv-
an full credit.
IN the articles OF agreement the
dea is thus described:
Each member Of the manutaCtur-
ars Is TO maintain union shops. union
shop being understood TO refer To- "A
ihop where union standards AZ to
working conditions, hours OF labor
md rates Of wages prevail and wheroi
when hiring help. union men are pre-
erred: il being recognized that since
here are differences OF degrees OF
XIII, employers shall have the tree-
lom OF selection as between one uu-
on man and another aud shall not
le confined TO amy list nor bound to
ollow any prescribed order"
other articles provide Tor these
more important points,
I--Electric power free' ?. no work
{ home. 3, discipline Of any manu-
acturer proved guilty OF discrlmina-
ion among his employees 4, SIX days
york n week and a cash weekly pay
ay g. al sub-cOntructing within
hops abolished g. nine hours work
day five days week ana rive
ours on the sixth, e. the price OF
iece work TO be agreed upon by Z
ommittee of employees and their oin- {
loyer S. double pay for overtime. Il
Mr.. Coheu concludes his statement @
18th the following declaration re- $
iarkable for one in his position N
TRADE unions are not onlr n'ces- q
arv but must be guided ana strength IA
ned I have not been fighting your !,
MONS. ] have been fighting Tor :,
hat I believed were the rights guar "
nteed by the laws OF the country \
, my clients ~
The settlement OF the strike ayerts y
crisis on the crowded Fast Side V
rith thousands ont of work and un- u
BILE 10 pay rent. the courts were
terally swampcd with eviction pro- VI
,edings el