The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-09-07
STRIKE LOSS MANY MILLIONS.
Seventy Thousand New York Cloak
makers Resume Work.

makers strike, one of the greatest in
dustrial disturbances in the his
tory of American labor. was settled
tonight. Seventy thousand employ
ees will return to work Ten thous-
and of them, and those who depend
on them, fifty thousand in all, were
on the point Of eviction and hun
dreds have already been forced on
the streets. The Industrial loss to
employers and employees has run
high into the millions. In loss Of
wages alone the total has been esti-
mated at more than ten million dol
lars, while the loss to manufacturers.
iobbers and retailers the country over
has been computed at ten times that
amount.
In spite of the stupendous read
justment involved, the strike has
been, in the main, notable for it's
peacefulness.
Julius Henry Cohen. counsel for
the Manufacturers Association, des-
cribes the agreement signed by him
and Representatives of the strikers
in this sentence:
mo principle has been surrendered
by the manufacturers, yet the Union
may truly claim they have won a
great victory for their people. The
manufacturers believe in the Union
and the principle that all who desire
its benefits should share in It's bur-
dens."
One essential Of this victory and
one important not only to the strik-
ers but to the nation at large. is
the abolition of all contract work at
home. Hereafter, garments made in
New York will be manufactured un-
der sanitary conditions. There will
be nc more "sweat shops"
The rock upon which all previous
efforts at mutuai conciliation have
been split. was the open shop. That
rock has now been avoided by the
adoption Of the preferential Union
shop" idea, for which Louis D. Bran
deis, of Boston. former counsel for
CLAWS in the Pinchot- Ballinger
hearing. Is given full credt.
In the articles of agreement the
ideas Is thus described: Each member
Of the Manufacturers Association is
to maintain a Union shop, a Union
shop being understood to refer to a
shop where standards Of unionism as
TO working conditions. hours Of la
Dor and rates of wages prevail, and
where, when hiring help, Union men
arc preferred; 1t being recognized
tOot. since there are differences Of
'rees of skill, employers shall have
the freedom Of selection as between
one Union man and another and
shall not be confined to any list, nor
bound to follow any prescribed order
whatever"
Other articles provides for these
more important points:
Electric power free"
No work at home.
Discipline Of any manufacturer
proved guilty Of discrimination among
his employers.
Six days work a week and a cash
weekly payday.
All substitute contracting within
shops abolished.
Nine hours work day, five days a
week and five hours the sixth day.
The price of piece work to be
agreed upon by a committee Of en-
ployees and their employers.
Double pay for over time.
The settlement Of the strike ayerts
a crisis on the crowded East Side,
with thousands out Of work and un-
able to pay rent, the Courts were
literally swamped with eviction pro-
ceedings and there arose the pros
poets Of thousands Of mothers and
children being rendered shelterless
Many were evicted yesterday, but
IL Is believed that landlords apprised
OF the adjustment, will now grant
several days Of grace.