New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-14
.DRESSMAKERS WALK OUT
10000 Men and Women Quit
Work at Call of Their Union
LARGER SHOPS AFFECTED
Demand Is for S26 for 48-Hour
Week and No Piecework-
Employers COME.

The threatened strike IN all the shops
IN greater New York for which the
Ladies' Tailors nd Dressmakers' Union
has been preparing for month went into
effect at o'clock Yesterday afternoon.
The executive committee Of the union had
been empowered TO declare the strike two
weeks ago, and after the mass meeting
Tuesday night in Carnegie Hall the COM
mittee held conference in Sokol Hall
lasting TO the small hours of yesterday
morning. at which the time for the strike
was fixed
Committees went the round OF the shops
yesterday morning distributing a red let
ter" call for the strike. printed in Yiddish,
English and Italian. The strike order was
as follows:
Sisters and Brothers: We call upon you
that the moment YOU will receive this ap-
peal you should an lay down your lools.
leave the shops and stores, and 20 ont on
the streets; JON the ranks Of your sisters
and brothers in the general strike.
Let thousands and thousands OF lddles
tailors and dressmakers stream over Fifth
avenue as well az other streets. and let
your bosses see the solidarity Of the entire
Ladies, Tailors and Dressmakers' Union
Local IS
Act 10 the best Of our organization ana
We viii congratulate YOU soon with VIC
tory Of our general strike.
LADIES TAILORS AND DRESSMAK-
Frs UNION, LOCAL 3s.
Even the officers Of the union did not ex-
pect the strike order would be so literally
obeyed. They estimated that 10000 were
out on strike. which would include every
member Of the union. Solomon BOSNIAN,
organizer Of the union and the strike
leader said that II within two or three
days the employers did not yield, the strike
would be extended to 1900 more dress
makers in the smaller shops, where dress
making alone was done.
Among the large firms in the Fifth ave-
ME district whose shops are involved in
the strike he said, were those OF Hickson
e Co, the Mrs. Osborn Company Kuey &
Co., the Lichtenstein Millinery Company
The McNally Company. the Bendel Mill
merry COMPANY Julius Ward & Co., Mrs
Dunstan & Co., and T. J. " Fox & CO.
Fifth avenue had its daily parade, but il
was Of strikers instead Of wealthy shop
pers. The strikers poured into the ave-
nue. from side streets where there were
workshops, then separated TO 60 70 the
halls where they were 70 meet.
Those from the Fifth avenue district met
az the Astoria Assembly Rooms. No. 50
East an street. those in the downtown
shops met at Nos So and $ Forsyth
street. the strikers in Harlem ana The
Bronx met AZ Clermont Hall. No. So East
105th street. and the Brooklyn strikers met
al Canitol Hail. Manhattan avenue, near
Broadway, Brooklyn. Few OF the women
strikers, who form % per cent Of the whole
went 70 the halls. All the halls we're
packed with people almost TO sUnocation
Representative OF some Of the largest
firms IN the Fifth avenue district had q
conference YESTERDAY in the headquarters OF
the Merchants Society OF Ia lies TaLor'
ard Dressmakers. at No Sss Fifth avenue
to agree on a plan Of action. Some Of them
were members ri the society ana som
represented INDEPENDENT firms.
Walter H. Bartholomew. secretary Of the
association. "a q it would he day or more
before anything wae Sc tied.
I'VE 90 rot know yet how strong or how
weak the strike IS" he continued. IF II
proves tc be a general strike, we my send
reply TO the ST ike leaders or We may
fight the strike We want first 70 see how
strong or how weak the strike IT,.
The main demands are fcrty-eig' t-hour
working week. payment for holidays, a
minimum wage scale OF S26 a week. aboIi-
ton Of piecework and sanitary shops The
Employers made q compromise offer before
the strike started. which was rejected.