The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-09-14

at s3 and IS Forsyth street and the Brook
Ivn strikers to meet at Capitol Hall. Man
haitian avenue near broadway, BROOKLYN.
A number of the strikers who were con,
fused as to their instructions crowded
the hesdouarters Of the union at - East
Tw.ntv-second street to ask for iustruc-
tions and il took half an hour or more
10 -iraighten matters out. Solomon
Rosman, general organizer OF the union.
who l. the strike leader, said that ther"
were 10000 men and women on strike,
and added 49,.
"Ws will give tn. employers two or
thrca 1,vs to come to- terms and " they
do NOT settle we will Cs.ll lS,ODO more on
s,riLein all the smaller shops which do
,ressmaking alone. As to the statenent
ot the representative of the employers
association that the ASSOCIATION VIII w.
willing to arbitrate If the strike - general
and the employees of all the tirn- whlcn
90 not settle remain out Iinill iheN "e.!l'
| have nothing to say 'at nreS'u'' W.
have declared the strike at the tiine "neh
the wealthy women are giN1hE men "ruels
ror their fall gowns and ihe strike order
has been obcyed in all the shops. lhere
is no programme to-day II Will take "a
day or 80 before We can systematihe
matters"
Out his statement They were so packed
with -trikrrs that even the holding or
regular ,ncetiug- WAS farce. AT Astoria
Hall the stairwdys were crowded as well
as t1e assembly rooms on the different
floors Some girls were among the strikers
at this hail and their hats suffered in the
crush.
The principal demands of the strikers
are a minimum wage scale oi $40 n week,
a fortv-eight hour working week. aboii
ton of piece work. payment for holidays
whether work is done on holidays or not.
and sanitary shOps. On "Wednesday the
ntnt at r.
ence of representatives OF the UNION
offered some concessions. They offered
n minimum wage scale of S2t week,
the present scale being s2l, fifty hour
working week and that work should cease
on Saturdays all the wear round. instead
ofiP. NJ. as demanded. but would not
pay for holidays. other matters to be DIS
cussed at son. future time. This was
rejected and the strike was the result.
Among the list Of firms affected by the
strike in the Fifth avenue district. the
officers of the union said were the Mrs.
Osborn Company. dickson & Co. kuey
4 Co.. the Iicitenstcin Millinery Com
.anv, the Bendel Millinery Company,
Julius Ward 4 Co.. Mrs. Dunstan Co.
T. J. NJ. Fox L Go, and the McNaliy Com
pany.
A conference took place late in the
afternoon at the headluarters 'of the
EMPLOYERS association 386 Fifth avenue.
between Il number of prominent employers
in the Fifth avenue district. some oi
whom We're in the Merchants Society ot
Ladies Tailors and Dressmakers and
some of whom werr lnucpendent. The
meeting. a. the strike affected all firms
associated or INDEPENDENT, was 10 come
to some understanding regarding the
situation. Walter Ii. Bartholomew. sec
retary Of the ASSOCIATION. said later.
1t will probably he another day or
perhaps more before we come to a course
of action. We wanted to meet the EN-
plovers who are not in the association
SO that We might have general plan.
We will do nothing, however, until we
see If the strike is actually general and If
the strike leaders can keep the people from
returning to work. There is no doubt that
the strike is a large ono"