The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-16
SHRTVATST BOYCOTT SUIT
PAPERS NOR YET SERVED on
MRS. BELMONT AND OTHERS.

Charles D,Ishkind. attorney for sitOuisr
a Co.. who are suing Mrs. o. n, P. Belmont.
Misa Inca Milholland. Miss Elaie Coles.
Miss Ellmbeth butcher. the Women's
Trade Union League. the International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union. Ida
Rauh. Joseph Goldstsin and others On
the allegation that they snnRed in an
Illegal boycott upon the business Of
Sitomer Co. in the recent strike Of the
shirtwaist makers. said last night that his
process servers had not yet succeeded
In finding any % the society women or
college girls
Mrs. Belmont. who Il at her home at
Hampstead. refused % make any com-
ment on the suit Miss Elsie Coles.
VasSar graduate and one Of the most
active Of the volunteer pockets. was not
% retioeut.
1T seems 20 me that the whole thing
Is a sort Of joke shs said yesterday
afternoon 10 an Inquirer who found her
az her desk In the Manhattan Trade
School for Girls. Il don't Sc what this
matter has 70 do with the sherman law.
That IL supposed 20 apply to trusts. and
labor organization Il not a trust.
am sorry 81 course that the results Of
the strike should fall with special force
upon an employer who was comparatively
innocent. but such things can't always be
helped.
Mr. sitomsr complains that his EN-
ployeas continued 10 strike after he had
complied with all the demands OF the
union simply because he sold goods 10
firms who had not complied with those
demands. Tho union did perfectly night
in ordering his employees 10 continue
the strike under thnse circumstances.
The strike vas organized for the benefit
of all the workers and for the punish
msnt Of those firms which did not give
them their rights. II u quite obvious
that any firm who was giving aid 20 any
Of the ofending manufactures must also
come under the han. Il n simply one %
he cases where the Innocent had 10 suffer
Tor The guilty
But don't you think Il Is rather hard
| that this man should become bankrupt
because Of 10 slight an offence she vas
asked
-Oh. is too had. Of course.' she said
smiling. hut after all. W. must consider
the greatest good of the greatest number
! I did what | thought was night IN aiding
/ the strikers in their picketlng. and ! am
! willing 20 stand by the consequences
Then you wercn't inhuenced by a
desire 20 promote the cause Of woman
sIIngei- said the inquirer
The very idea 81 such a thing eE-
claimed Miss Coles. half IN amusement
and half IN Indignation. am 90 best a
pasaive sufIrngisi. not In the least a suf-
fnRette. and the question d suffrage
didn Z enter my head in connection with
the shirtWaist strike ! think that all the
women who Interested themselves in
il we're moved only by a desire 10 help the
working girl and 10 secure justice for
her
Mr. Bertha Mailly. secretary o. the
Rand School Of Socialism. said that she
hadn't heard anything Of the suit until
she read about i IN the newspapers.
4 don't think II h worth taking seri-
orsly. she added 1T seems rather strange
that i has taken this man 70 long 10 find
out that he has bean ruined by a strike
that was ended IN the middle Of the ,
winter If ! am served with papers I
shall not engage a lawyer or take any /
action ia the matter ] imagine that I
the WoUena Trade Union League will
deal with the matter officially
Miss Mary Dreier. president Oithe lea gae. ,
will sail this morning on the Bremen. /
T'D to a late hour last night she had not /
i,s,.,n served Miss Elzabeth butcher j. In |
Europe and Miss Ida Rauh and Miss Inez |
MilhOlland are out Of town.
Mr. Dushkind. however. u not at al /
disturbed regarding the delay.
We will reach them all sooner or later
he aaid cheerfully. and the case against |
them y a good one. II n very unWise I
Tor women 20 NEEDLE with things that |
they don't understand Most 81 thnse 1
who took part in this strike IN the role |
Of volunteer pickets were actuated by /
sentimental motives and others who as |
sisted the strikers by gifts 81 money were |
inhuenned more o. lees by their desire % /
show how much better the world would |
ba II men didn't have 70 much % say /
Tbeae women not only paid tho girls |
fines 70 such an extent that Magistrate /
COrnell aid he was obliged IN send the /
girls 10 the wOrkhouse In order that they |
might realize that they were being pun |
ished bat they went - far a. 10 hire halls |
for their gloriAcation and present them |
with gold mcdAk.
Norris HIIquith, one Of the speakers |
at a Carnegie Hall mass meeting. he
slowed an encomium upon the dtsOrderly |
Ne think incitad them n further activity. |
Look az these girls he said. Many Of |
them have served their terms IN the work
house We honor them here tonight Tor
/ il, and the Judges vino pronounced that
shameful ssntanee upon them thereby
aantenced themselves 20 eternal disgrace.
What punishment does 1--WE days IN the
workhouse bold for girls who have served
Tor years IN workshops that are worse
than prisons The strike serves 20
danonafrate how deeply women have
penetrated into the industrial life Of our
city and country and that they not only
know how 10 work ~ well a. the men but
/ how % fight for their rights with the same
energy. herOiam and perseverance ~ the
/ best men
An sfort was made by the manu-
! faCtiIrers % have the society women who
were hystsrically taking sides with tppe
strikers inspect tho factories and see for
| themselves that mattors were not ~ bad
a. they had beon repreaented. but Il was
TOO late 10 stem tho tide The strike went
/ on 10 the hjtter end. and a. q result not
only my clisnt. Mr.. Sitomer. but several
other manufacturers were ruined. sew
eral men have gone into bankruptcy and
have sianided their intention of bringing
suit against theae Wousen agitatora.
The people who think that We haven't
any case would better look up the oaae
I Of the Danbury hatters. Judgment was
awnrdad 10 the plaintiffs for e2t000O. Ny
client Il suing fOr a very reasonable sun
/ $50 O0O n nOt much % osk Tor the com
/ plcte ruin o. a prosperous business
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