New-York tribune., 1910-08-26
Mr.. SCH|FF AS ARB|TER
Banker Offers Aid in Efforto to
End Cloak Strike.
CONFERS WITH MARSHALL
Many Witnesses Testify at Grand
Jury inquiry Into Street
Disorders.

Jacob H. Schif and other influential men
took q hand Yesterday in an effort to end
the cloak strike. Mr.. Schiff had a talk
with Louis Marshall, OF Guggenheinler,
Unterrnever & Marshall. who started the
present peace movement, and offered TO aid
in any way possible TO settle the dispute.
a conference lasting from 9 a. m to
$50 p m. took place yesterday in Mr..
Marshalls office. No. 81 Wall street. be
tween Mr.. Marshall. julius Henry Cohen.
counsel for the Cloak. Suit and Skirt Manu-
facturers Protective Association. and
Meyer London. counsel for the strikers. in
which Mr. Marshall heard the position
taken by both sides. Mr. Marshall said
last evening:
no action has ben reached yet, and
nothing of a definite nature can be made
public until action is taken by both parties
interested The situation is hopeful. how
ever, and I believe that matters point TO
some kind of settlement of the strike. Mr.
Schiff had a long talk with me and is
ready TO use all his influence to bring
about peace. He believes that the strike
should be ended soon to prevent the dis
tress which will follow If it lasts several
weeks longer.
The executive committee of the manu-
facturers' association issued a statement
yesterday. in which it was said that what
ever proposal might be submitted on behalf
of the union would be considered and acted
on by the executive committee of the en-
ployers' association. and that under na
conditions would the proposal be made a
subject for conference or arbitration. It
would be accepted or declined on its merits
No decision was reached by the grand
-;--a. .;1,, <E . 1l
garment workers strike, and it will be
continued to-day.
After listening to the testimony OF
number of witnesses the grand jury fled
into General Sessions. and it's foreman,
John D. Moore, and John Beattte, one of
the jurors, composing a committee, waited
on Judge Osullivan. The purport Of their
conference could not lie learned.
Reports that some members Of the grand
Jury, whose business interests are allied
with those of the employers in the garment
workers strike, We're responsible for the
investigation were heard during the day in
the Criminal Courts Building.
Alexander Bloch. chairman Of the settle
rnent committee Of the strikers organiza-
ton, openly declared outside Of the grand
jury room that that body had gone out Of
its way TO interfere in what he called "a
controversy between capital and labor
Undoubtedly the root of the reports as
to the source Of the inquiry was the fact
that at least two members of the grand
jury are engaged in lines of business re-
lated to that of the members of the en-
ployers' associat ton in the strike under in
vestigation. They are William Einstetn. a
Woollen manufacturer, and Edmund B.
David. a ribbon manufacturer
The suggestion that the investigation
might have behind it some other motive
than that Of the public welfare was dis
counted by Frank Moss, acting Dlstric:
Attorney. who expressed the opinion be-
fore he left his office last night that the
grand jury was interested only in placing
the responsibility for the frequent scenes
Of disorder, approaching rioting. which
have occurred since the strike started. ovcr
a month ago.
Asked if the grand jury investigation
was not one as to the efficiency OF lfI,.
Police Department, more than anything
else, Mr.. Moss shrugged his shoulders. leav-
ing his inquirer TO draw his own c0nclu-
sions. He qualified whatever the concIu-
sion might be by saying:
Il do not believe from what l have OBJ
served that the grand jury is interested
in the relative merits of the claims of the
strikers or employers. 1t is my impression
that it is interested only in placing the
responsibility for the scenes of disorder
that have occurred during the last few
weeks in connection with the efforts of the
manufacturers TO open their establish
ments'
Among those who were summoned be
fore the grand jury yesterday We're Deputy
Commissioner Bugher and Inspector Nc
Clusky, Of the Police Department, whose
duties have brought them in close contact
with the strikers, as well a number of
officers of the manufacturers association
and Of the strikers organization.