New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-09
From SIS, 900 to 10000 Garment
Workers Have Left the Shops.
MANUFACTURERS ORGANIZE
Both Sides Are Confident, but
G. f. u. Hears Settlement Is
Under Discussion.

Officers of the International Women's
Garment Workers and the Cloak, Suit and
Skirt Makers Union were still at loss
yesterday, at least in the early part of the
day. as how TO dispose of the thousands of
strikers who continued to stream out of
the factories. From fifteen TO twenty thou
sand of the non-union workers caught the
strike fever, raising the fun number out TO
between sixty-f1ve and seventy thousand.
No strike committee in this city ever be-
fore had such army of strikers on its
hands
The various committees which had been
appointed by the union were overwhelmed
by the work before them. A settlement
committee. with Alexander Block at its
head. had installed itself at the Victoria
Hotel, but there was much confusion
that though many manufacturers asked
for conferences with a view TO settlement,
it was said tine committee would not be
IN any shape for business before Monday.
Pickets were appointed by the strike
committee Of forty-f1ve, 10 watch the
various factories. and all were enjoined to
observe the law and TO give the police no
excuse for making arrests
Late in the afternoon Abraham Rosen-
berg chairman of the International
wonaen's Garment Workers who is the
strike leader said that enough meeting
places had been engaged at last for all the
strikers
Strikers Have Money.
at must be admitted he continued,
that we have 3 large crowd OF people TO
handle but we Will have plenty OF financial
assistance Funds in our treasury aggre-
gate $4,000 and besides assessments on
members We are guaranteed s2GO0 week
by the Boston local while the strike lasts.
and the unions in Philadelphia, Baltimore,
ST Louis. Chicago, Cleveland and other
cities have guaranteed contributions aggre-
eating s40eeo weekly.
STRIKES of the cloakmakers viii be or
Sered by the locals in these towns if the
manufacturers there DO work for the New
York manufacturers affected by the
strike
The manufacturers were at much of
loss as 10 what to do IS the strike lead
ers About three hundred of the manu-
faeturers gathered in the lobby of Tam
mary Hall at p. M, on the understand
ing that e meeting Of the manufacturers
was 10 be he'd there TO form an associa-
ton
Nest Of them had attended a meeting in
the Broadway Central Hotel on Thursday,
called by N. Rubinger, a lawyer, in refer
been led TO believe by Mr.. Rubinger that
ne would engage Tammany Han for a
meeting yesterday, or, in default Of secur-
ing Tammaay Hall, would engage some
other place Tammany Hall had not been
engaged and Mr. RUbinger could not be
found
Manufacturers Get Together.
room was secured at the Union Square
Hotel and a meeting was held there at
which an association was formed, to be
named later.
Max Rindsl1epf was elected chairman, J.
Springer secretary, and the following COM
.mittee was elected to draft constitution
and bylaws and report at future meeting:
II. Funt, Henry II. Finder, s. Barnett.
Morris LoYejoy. Solomon Silberberg, S.
Iolk. NJ Bergman S. Levy, L. Salinsky
and N. Loewensten.
It was announced last night that head
quarters VIII be maintained in the Moorish
Room of the Hoffman House on Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday next A large
meeting of about three thousand manufact-
\ urers Will be held on Wednesday afternoon
u in hall 20 be designated later.
Representatives of the committee said
that no efforts would be made TO break the
strike by employing strike breakers The
business situation was such that the manu-
facturers could wait. The open shop, they
said which they would stand for. was the
real issue
Vice President Greenberger of the Inter
national Women's Garment Workers re-
ported to the Central Federated Union last
night that three hundred manufa cturers,
errpIoying about twenty thousand cloak
makers. had made applications for set
Element, action on which viii be taken on
Monday