The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-03
Great Clio AKIN ak ers'
Strike in New York
Is Settled.
UNION STANDARDS
TO BE MAINTAINED
Agreement Means Notable I'm
provement in Working Condi-
tons, Hours of Labor and
Rates of Wages-"Pre-
ferential Union Shop"
Idea Is Adopted.

New York. Sep ptember 2.-The cloak
makers strike. one of the greatest III
dustrial disturbances in the history OF
American labor, was settled tonight
Seventy thousand garment workers.
who have been idle for nine weeks,
will shortly return to work Ten thou
sand Of them, and those dependent on
them, $4,000 souls in all, were on the
point of eviction, and hundreds have
already been forced on to the streets
The industrial loss TO employers anG
employees has run high into the mil
lions. In loss of wages alone the total
has been estimated at more than s10,-
100000, while the loss to manufac-
turers iobbers and retailers the coun-
try over has been computed at ten
times that amount.
In spite Of the stupendous readjust-
ment involved, the strike has been In
the main notable for its peaceableness.
Judge Henry Cohen. counsel for the
Manufacturers Association. described
the agreement signed by him and rep
rcsentatives OF the strikers in this
senrence:
mo principle has been surrendered
by the manufacturers. yet the union
may truly claim they have won
great victory for their people. The
manufacturers believe In the union
and the principle that all who desire
Its benefits should share in its bur-
| dens''
Sanitary Conditions.
| One essential of this victory alo
| one important not only TO the strikers
| but TO the nation at large, which
wears their output, is the abolition OF
| all contract work at home Hereaiqss
| garments made in New york Will pc
| nanufa ctured unde. sanitary conol-
| ttons. There will re no more sweat
shops.
at mutual conciliation have split mas
been the closed shop. That rock mas
| now been avoided by the adoption OF
i the ..prefereuuaI union shop idea. ioF
winch Louis D. Brandeis. OF Boston
formerly counsel for Claws In the
Pinchot- Ballinger hearing. is given tu4l
credit.
IN the articles of agreement the idea
Is thus described:
1 "Each member of the manufactur
| ers is to maintain union shoP'
4 union shop being understood 10 retel
1 TO a shop where union standards, as &c
. working ioe'
and rates OF wages prevail, and where
when hiring help. union men are pre-
/ ferred. 1t being recognized that, slnce
there are differences OF degrees o.
! skill EMPLOYERS shall have the freedom
! of selection as between one union maj
and another, and shall not be confined
to any list. nor bound to follow any
/ prescribed order whatever.
Terms Agreed On.
Other articles provide for thes
more important points:
/ /. Electric power free.
2. No work at home.
4 3. Discipline of any manufacture
proved guilty of discrimination among
his employees.
. 4. Six days work week. and oasi
4 weekly pay day -
5. All subcontractirg within shop
, abolished.
6. Nine hours work day. fVe 1aS
| a week. and five hours the sixth day.
Z. The price of piece work TO D.
agreed upon by committee OF en-
ployes and their employers.
8. Double pay for overtime.
/ Mr.. Cohen concluded his statemer
t with the following declaration, re
markable for one in his position;
"Trades unions are not only necss
sary, but must be guided ano ssiehs w
ened. L have not been fighting you
unions: I have been lighting for VIVA
7 believed were the rights guarantee
; by the laws of the country to my cl'
! ents -. !,
4 IT want now to lend my help !
strengthening your organization an
securing for it wise leadership. sha
urge nv CLIENTS to use every legitimat
means to that end, and shall urg
i upon them strongly that each presen
employe in their shops join the uniot
You must help by urging your peopl
7 ~ he neaceable and quiet in returnin
~ thnir work, and in meeting thos
= Who are not now union men,"
! Crisis Is Averted.
The settlement Of the strike avert
S crisis of the crowded East Sid'
+ with thousands out of work and an
Q AHA to pay rent, the courts We're Ut
eral1y swamped with eviction proceed
I ings. and there arose the prospects
: thousands Of mothers ard children be
!. ing rendered shelterless. Many wer
s auicted ni yesterday, bup it is behave
i that landlords, apprised Of the adjus
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