United labor bulletin., 1910-10-20
GARMENT WORKERS II
ARE. OUT IN CHICAGO
Three Thousand Workers Join Garment Workers in
One Day.--EmpIoyes Are Choked and Doors
Locked. when Workers Are Called Out
Policemen Club Them Back

II. Haskins, national organizer of the
garment workers.
All the speakers urged the strikers to
stick and avoid giving the police an op-
portunity to use force. They urged all
present to agitate quietly in the various
shop neighborhoods and avoid getting
into arguments over trivial matters.
Enthusiasm broke out in full force
when resolutions of encouragement were
read from the Chicago Teachers FEEDER
alton and the Woman's Socialist Agita-
tion committee. There was tremend-
Gus stamping of feet. whistling and
cheering. This broke out anew when it
was announced by Noren that the Daily
Socialist will print extra copies of the
paper for distribution throughout Chi
cago. When Noren asked for volunteers
for distributing the paper almost every
person in the hall rose and continued
cheering
A continuous rush of 50-cent pieces
poured into the hats on the tables of the
secretaries, and each so cents repre-
sented new member and striker 1t
was figured after the meeting adjourned
that over 5000 new applications had
been received. This added to the total
of strikers reported Saturday evening
makes a total of over 1000.
The cheering became deafening when
Robert Noren announced that the cut
ters of Kuppenheimer at secret meet
ing held Saturday evening had decided
to join the strikers Every person in
the hall arose and almost went wild over
the announcement The excitement con-
nd In x-nI
ren said that moral and financial aid is
to be forthcoming from the Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor.
The meetings in Hod Carriers hall
will be continued daily The meeting
will be called to order at 2 o'clock each
day and will close soon enough to allow
those present to do picket duty when
the shops are let out.
Noren severely condemned the Satur-
day riot and expressed indignation at
the support given the company in its at
tempt to slug inoffensive men and
women. In his arraignment of the Hart,
Schaffner & Marx, Noren said:
THE big capitalistic corporation, Hart,
Schaffner & Marx, tells you there is no
strike, but at the same time has hired
so private detectives, at a daily cost of
$400, to protect its property and slug
our people. A number of our people
were slugged yesterday and are in bed
today instead of being at this great
meeting.
"You must stand together If you de-
sire liberty. The firm knows that wages
will have to be increased from Is to so
per cent if we organize thoroughly. They
are afraid of the almighty power back of
organized labor. The Chicago public is
with you. Are you going to continue on
asking for pass to leave the room for
drink of water? They have a rotten,
contemplate system. We must get it,; /;
We have to get it
"The capitalists are giving us less
cloth to make a suit of clothes and are
paying kids from Sc to 50 per week for
doing the work of men. They reduced
one young mans wages from s22 to $17
because they needed the money to pay
their sluggers. Shop conditions are
worse than conditions in the Joliet PEN
itentiary."
The Helping Hand society representa-
tive informed Noren that arrangements
had been made to secure the Lyric the
ater for a big mass meeting Nov. 6.
Other arrangements are being made to
secure either the Coliseum, Second Regi-
ment Armory, the Auditorium and other
halls and theaters for meetings to be
held at an early date.