Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-31
Investigation
 May be Result
STATE LOOKING INTO GARMENT
 WORKERS STRIKE
MAY AIR CONDITIONS
Witnesses May Be Called Under Sub
 poena to Tsstify-Peace Forum Pre-
 sents Plan of Arbitrating Difficulties.

New York, Dec. 30-Strong efforts were made today to bring to an end by mediation and arbitration the strike of workers in the mems clothing man. featuring trade which began this morning with the refusal of operatives variously estimated to number from 50,000 to 150,O00 to go te work because they desired higher pay and better working conditions from their employ CTS, members of the New York Cloth iers' association. The strike affects some 1000 shops in New York, Brook lyn, Newark and other nearby places.
 May Be An Investigation.
 John J. Bealin of the state board of mediation and arbitration conferred with representatives of the Clothiers' association and the United Male Gar ment Workers of America and will re- port back to the board on the advisa- bility of conducting an investigation at which witnesses may be called under subpoena to testify as to the conditions under which the garment makers work.
 Arbitration Proposed.
 The International Peace Forum al so resumed it's efforts Logging to medi- ation. It presented to both the employ CTS and the operatives a plan for sub hitting to them list of governors of ten states ten educators, ten United States senators and ten clergymen, from whom five of seven men shall be selected to listen to arguments on the points in controversy and submit a. de- cision of their findings, which shall be binding to the manufacturers and their
 Strike May Spread.
 The strike has assumed serious proportions" Mr. Bealin said and there is grave danger that 1t will spread to other cities"
 Some of the strike leaders predicted | that Rochester. Baltimore, Pittsburgh, | Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, Phila- delphia and Utica concerns most like ly would be affected by the strike I've Cases of Violence.
 The only violence reported today | as a result of the walkout occurred in ! the Williamsburgh and Brownsville sections of Brooklyn In Williams i burgh building where coat and vest 1 makers were working was attacked by sixty men who smashed In most of the i doors and windows before the police ! reserves arriFed and routed them. Tn Brownsville the disorder took the form of slight clashes between alleged l strikers and operatives who insisted on going to work. The leaders of the strikers sse they are frowning upon all 1 efforts at violence
 No Demands Yet Made.
 1 The manufacturers declare that nc formal demands have, been received by them from the strikers. They say flat the number of workers who were ab- sent from their piacds today is much 1 less than that estimate by the labo, | leaders- The strikersl hold thirty -four mass meetings today and predictions were made by them that 2eo,OO of their fellow workers would be out by | the end of the weeG
 Too Early for Arbisratisn. Strike leaders at a mass meeting of 1 garment makers tonight refused to al- 1 low William Carter, general secretary i of the International Peace forum. to 1 put before the assembled workers the society's arbitration plan. Dr. Carter was told fl was too early in the strike" to consider a mediation move
 It was announced officially at strike | hea adquarters that the number of op- eretives out tonight is Ts, 900