The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-08-22

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the story Of revolt and new
found brotherhood The revolt OF
100000 deniEenK OF the packed east
side tenementS. ground between the
miil.stonra OF American economies.
forced 20 pay more and ever more
for the bare necessities OF life and
driven 20 work for less. ever less.
OF the cash 10 buy them the $50 600
mon. women and children whose
bread winners make womens suits
and ci0akz
Six weeks ago the bread winners
struck. just az the opening Of the
busy season Seveniy.fiye thou.
sand cutters. fiuiahers and preNserr
answered the red cali 20 induHtri-
al battle IN a desperate struggle for
living wagc.
From an unorgnnirrd mass ~
toilcra they have developed in that
SIX weeks into compact. weli'or-
Eanired body. fighting shoulder 10
/ shoulder with courage and loyalty.
helping each other stave off starva-
I ton the more fortunate and better.
paid throwing In bis lot with uu.
[ furfuuatcN Who face the wolf pack
What docs this mean % youl
/ Simply that every woman sn tho
United States will pay more for her
I fair suit this yeBr~-and probably
more for her spring suit next year
---one, two or i've dollars more. de-
I pending on the sort OF suit ahe
I buys
Il means that New York. a.
manufacturing center for women r
garments. has hesn hit another Hsri-
Gus blow. like that which came With
the strike Of 1919. developing this
industry in Chicago. Boston Cisve'
Y land and 81 Louis Manufacturers
I from All these cities are reaping a
harvest ~ orders
/ II means that another vivid
lesson OF the conditions caused BY
Mckinley .plngley Payne tariffs 10
being painted on the canvas for all
who care 10 look.
/ It's blk strike 10 the quarter
million Just now shaking hands
with starvation.
And its sull bigger In the broad
sense. 70 the %. 900 900 ali over the
| United States indirectly affected
It's more than locai--it's sympio
matte Of national condition.
Annie Lcswlctx. q striker on
picket duty arrested for "as-
sault." doesn't know about the
tariff. She never heard OF
Mr. Payne or Mr.. Aldrieh.
schedule X" would sound 10
her like an Esperanto pass
word. But she's out OF work
and suffering Just now be
cause Of Mr.. payne's neat and
nifty all.ineiusive measure.
She can't live on what she
earned In her trade under old
conditions. While the cost
Of living goes Up. her pay has
been coming down. The other
74,999 tell the same story.
In the crowded. smoky strike
headquarters AZ Beethoven hall. on
T. Fifth st. you'll meet most of the
10 600 sooner or later You'll see
hundreds OF men whose rent II
overdue. whose families are threat
ened with ejectment. who haven't
s cents in their pockets 10 buy
bread-but you won't find one who
10 sorry he struck or wants TO 90
baek--eSeept on the terms demand
ed--that is, living wage.
Secretary J. l.. Zimmerman. the
executive OF the strike committee.
tried To tell about the strike amid
that talking. jabbering. gesticulat-
ing mass Of humanity In beethoven
hall. Every halfminute some one
pushed his way through the crowd.
past the sentinels at the end OF the
tables aud into the space whore
clerks and volunteer workers were
solving the problems OF the strik-
ers. A few words to this man sent
him away happy. with the news that
his shop had settled. a short,
crisp NO" TO this delegation an
swered their excited plea 10 strike
again, over some trivial trouble In
some shop already settled.
six months ago we didn't have
g. 900 members In the unions now on
strike" he said When the strike
was called. July Z, we didn't have
25. 900. but the day after We had
practically every man and woman
working in the industry 900 OF
them. They struck because they
had 70, or starve. They were Just
mass of unorganiZed workers
thousands not even speaking En-
glish.
First we called big mass meet
ing In Madison Square garden. II
was jammed. and the streets packed
with people outside. The papers
said so 900 or 10000 we're there. Did
they want 20 striks7 They were
eager, excited, demanded II. Then
Il was announced that a red call.
issued at noon. would tell the hour
, OF the strike They waited for II
p impatiently. Then on July 7. tho
/ red call was issued. Az O'Clock
that afternoon every worker in tho
= Industry walked out
1 What did we want? just enough
= TO live on twelve months In the