New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
STRIKERS WON'T AGREE
Repudiate Terms of Settlement
as Proposed in Entirety.
LEADERS AGAIN I'M CONTROL
Nothing Less than Completa
Surrender VIII Content
Cloahnakers Now.

The strike of the cloaknakers in ~.
factories of the members of the Cloak, s1i,
and Skirt Manufacturers Protective Asso-
ciation IL was announced yesterday. Is stIl
I'm full force for the original demands
Those in the strike committee who favored
the agreement which the strikers voted
down have withdrawn their support OF tha
agreement. and the committee, q a ness-
ing at No. 3f3 Grand street. passed rsso-
luton unanimously repudiatins the agree
ment and declaring against the open shoo
I'm any form
Two reasons were given yesterday fo-
the stormy meetings last week and thu
wild demonstrations when the proposed
agreement was read One was the repor.
which had spread through the East sid.
that the agreement was sign91 without
being referred to the strikers. Another was
the decision OF Justice Gofr sTeeping away
from the union what It consi4ered is best
weapon in the strike-the insir tence on the
demand for the closed shop.
To guard against conflicting statements
by strike leaders the strike coInrnittee re-
appointed the former press cOmrcittee. con-
sisting of Lsadore Epstein and P Cassota
which had been assigned to other durs
After a meeting IN Beethoven Hall yester-
day afternoon the press committee issued
the following statement:
The agreement drawn up by Laryvr
Louis Marshall: julius Henry Cohen. eoun-
sci for the manufacturers' association and
Meyer London. counsel for the union
which was thought by many would be the
means of settling the strike. was rejected
In its entirety by the strikers
Reports that the agreement had already
been signed by the strike leaders and that
the strikers were to return to work on
Monday were erroneous. This unfortna.s
occurrence resulted in many demonstrations
of protest on the part OF the strikers on
Saturday. However what Threatened 70 be
a calamity was turned into better under
standing of the feelings Of the men on
strike.
In the various halls where the strikers
were assembled it was decided unar ir1oes-
Iy TO remain on strike until all the de-
mands of the union have been grarted-"
The committee reported that the ar1u o,
Freedman Brothers. No sS4 Broadway.
which employs about one thousand cloak
makers, had made an agreement with
the union. The committee said that the
feeling against non-unioa men vas so
strong that non-union men were leaving
many factories, and that they deserted
one factory in a body
Abrah ham Rosenberg, president Of tha
International Woulens Garment Workers.
one Of the strike leaders who had heen
ouposed to the proposed agreement rom
the first. said that as soon as Il was re-
uorred that the agreement vas signed
manufacturers who had settled told Their
ernnIoves that the open shop would now
hs the rule In their factories. The cloak
makers then quit in those factories snd
q general exodus began OF cioshE1akers
Rosenberg and q number of other leaders
persuaded them to return
Some Of the members OF the strike con-
rnittee," he said, might have been N favor
of the-open shop agreement Trey had
right to their opinion The strikers sstsd
against it. and they are the people 70 g.
eide We must go with tire tide. ,fhs
strike rs now for all the original demands
The cfoakmakeFs who have settled are as
sessing themselves to support the strtzs
and the American Federation OF Labor vii
support it"
Never London. counsel for the cloaknak-
ers. would not discuss Justice COTS dec-
sion. but will make a statement to-day.
The strike leaders are again in control
of the strikers he said The excitement
o. last week brought out the real sentiment
Of the strikers. who are opposed absoiufsy
10 the open shop.
"As TO Justice Goffs decision. all can
say until tomorrow Is that Supreme court
justices may be learned men. but they are
not cioaknakeTs'