New-York tribune., 1910-07-11
SEEKS TO MEDIATE STRIKE
State Arbitration Board Makes
0vertUres to CloaNnakerS.
MORE MAY QUIT TO-DAY
Gompers Starts Out This Morn
ing to Address As Meetings
Throughout City.

The striking cloakmakers. It was stated
vesre-dav. viii have, besides John B Len
mn treasurer Of the American Federation
Of Labor. as Official leader Of the strike, Two
assistant leaders for the men and two
women leaders.
II Amdu- OF Philadelphia vice-presloe11
OF the international Wonen's Carmen
Workers and business agent Of the Phlla-
delphia local Of the skirtrnakers, ano .
Teveason business agent Of the CleVelallo
local ot the cloakmakers. arrived mere yes
terday and viii act as aids 70 Nj Lennon
NJ Lennon IS not e practical cloak or skirt
maker, and Messrs- Arndur and LeVelisoi
are 10 help him by their experience
Mss Mary Martin and Miss Katie Cohen
were appointed yesterday 10 take charge OF
the women cloakmakers. who are On strike
n he number OF ten thousand. ano VIII
have their headouarters at Beethoven Han
rFev will begin to-day 10 appoint women
r7ickers and assign them 10 the factories
where women are on strike These plchels-
ike the men pickets viii be instructed 10
avoid doing anything which may even teen
rlicaIlv be construed as a violation OF lhe
law and will each make report every
evening.
T was stated at the headquarters CT the
vo,nen-s TRADE Union League, which took
makers. that the league had not yet been
asked 10 help the women strikers, but that
= STOOD ready 70 cooperate The head
quarters Of the league have been used sew
erzl times for q meeting place OF the CLOAK
makers.
Gompers 70 Speak To-day.
President Gompers of the American r Cd
Grafton Of Labor had a conference with the
-F7rozre
Re viii address the cloakuakers to-day as
7here are 1s5 meeting places IN all II VIII
-,rorahlv. be the end OF this week before ne
-7sl-es -na round Of all the meeting places
NJ Go-pe-s viii start on his sPeech-
making tour today from the heaoqusI-
re-s OF the International Wo1nens Gar
-,e-- Workers. No Il Waverley Place IN
N a7,1oraobils He will be accompanied
-, Joh- 3 Lennon. President Rosenberg
zn5 VICE President Pollikof. Of the Inter
-a-ionsl TTornen's Garment Workers. and
Alexander Bloch. business agent OF lle
Anafga-na1ed Cloak Cutters Re VIII ao-
dress The cloakuakeTs first AT Manhattan
Ivceun. No. 66 East 4th street Ihen
he Will address the strikers al The follow
ing halls
Progress Assembly Rooms. Avenue
er5 % street: Great Central Palace Hall,
~
~ Clinton street. No. 50 Clinton street;
ApoI1o Hall. No. 128 Clinton street; JefeT-
son Hal. No 90 Columbia street; Nos 3O9
er5 81 Grand street. New Prospect Hall
NJ. SIS Orchard street; Oddfellows Eall.
%o eS Forsyth street No III Last
Broadway: Terrace Lyceuu. No. 2o6 East
Broadway New Henry Han, No - Henry
street and hall at No. 133 Eldridge
street
Thinks Strikers VIII Win.
"A1I can say" said Air- Gonpers yes
1e-dav. is that shall strive with all the
energy : have 70 aid n making the strike
o< ne cIozkrakers success. and believe
= VIII be successful, because the cloak
MAKERS have right or their side They
could do little individually 10 remedy their
grievances, but banded together IN this
strike. which IS the most important move
r-ent IN the garment trades ever under
rake-. not only because Of The large num-
ber Of people involved, but also On ac-
count Of he hard conditions under which
they have been working for years BE-
1ieve they ought 10 be invtncjbIe. We do
not want strikes. bur The only way the
clozEralers could get living wages was
through z strike
Ny Rosenberg said TWO delegates from
the Philadelphia local came 70 this city
with z message from that local that It's
members stood ready 10 quit work IN any
factories where work was being done for
New York factories One Philadelphia
factory WIS accused OF working for New
York firm, but OF investigation the charge
could ror be proved
We are not encouraging the idea OF
strikes in other cities until we get through
with this strike he said. *%one such strike
CT our hands IS enough, but If work is done
H any OF these towns for New York firms
affected by the strike the firms that do The
work viii have 70 face q strike The manu-
facturers in the other cities know perfectly
well that their employees viii strike If they
DO work for New York firms, and VIII not
take any chances"