New-York tribune., 1910-08-13
STRIKE CALLED ILLEGAL
Cloak Manufacturers Urge That
Union Be Enjoined.
"EMPLOYERS IN TERROR"
After Argument on Permanent
Injunction Golf Reserves
His Decision.

The courtroom of Special Term, Part l..
Of the Supreme Court, was crowded yes
terday with cloak manufacturers and thelT
striking employees. who came to near the
argument for a permanent injunction asked
by the Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers
Protective Association against the 1nterna-
tional Ladies' Garment Makers Union
The argument before Justice Goff was
long one and at times spirited Julius
Henry Cohen, for the manufacturers re-
ferred to the workmen as "socialistlc. ana
Meyer London, for the strikers, caiieo the
manufacturers sweaters.
Counsel for the employing cloakmakers
said that the strike was not one for higher
wages, but that its object was to compel
the employers to engage their help only
through the defendant union. He argued
that this constituted coercion.
Strike Violence Charged.
Cohen also declared that the strikers by
threats and intimidation were forcing men
who had not joined the strike to leave
their employment and Join their NUMBERS
and he wanted the temporary inJuncuoh
issued by Justice Lehman made permanent
The employers lawyer said that one man
had lost his life, and many had been IN
jured as a result of the violence OF the
strikers.
London denied that the strikers had oeen
guilty of any unlawful acts.
Cohen wanted Justice Goff to go further
than Justice Lehman, who merely enjoined
the defendants from committing any acts
Of violence or intimidation. He wanted the
strike itself declared unlawful, because, as
he said, the strikers were maintaining an
illegal combination in striking against the
r. 4t,.4 tI1 ,Tny
duced 50 per cent Of the cloaks, suits and
skirts manufactured In the United States
and that the issues were the most i'm
portant ever involved in a strike.
The investments of the employers. the
lawyer continued, represented between $780,
0ooooo and s6ooOo,ooo and that the strikers
approximated eighty thousand Enough
persons to populate a good sized CITY,, he
said, "and enough money to capitalize sucn
a city"
Cohen said that the manufacturers were
in a state Of terror. and that If the IN
junction was not issued the strikers would
soon be practically in control of the cloak
making business. The situation was one
bordering on anarchy. and he added:
"Many Want to Work"
'Manv of those now on strike are out be-
cause they were forced to join the ranks
Of the strikers through fear of violence.
conveyed to them through threats Ii these
emploves were assured the protection that
would be afforded by an injunction against
the strike leaders they would return to
work at once"
London tried to get an adjournment be-
cause Alton B. Parker, who had been re-
tanned as special counsel, was unable to be
in court. Justice Golf, however, refused TO
grant an adjournment on this ground
London said in opposition to the granting
of the injunction that II it were granted 1t
would practically wipe out trade unions
in this state. He said that the strikers
were acting within their rights in refusing
to work with non-union men, and also in
trying by peaceable means to induce the
non-union men to join their ranks. He de-
MED the allegations Of threats and violence
Justice Goff asked for briefs and reserved
decision.