New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-31


tractors. as the unions do not place the
blame for present conditions on them
He also announced that offers OF help
had been received from unions IN othei
large cities.
Some Employers Confident.
The noon hour was looked for as the
first big event in the day. Groups OF
pickets gathered about the doorways OF
the biggest shops and became active rs
the workers came out for luncheon. The
crowds were especially big about the
building at lth street and Lafayette "c-
cupied by Albert Robinson q Co ana
other big manufacturers An lncipleh'
trough house" started. but soon quoted
| down, and nothing save peaceful methods
were resorted TO as the workers came
out. Similar scenes occurred about mos
of the big places, with the same peaceful
endings.
1--WE are having no trouble here, sale
+ s. Myers. secretary OF Alfred BenJa-
min g. Co. speaking for Eugene Benia-
min. president Of the Clothing Trades As
ISOLATION THE men seem satisfied ana
we are doing everything for them. No
demands have been presented TO us ana
| l do not expect any will be-
The same sentiments were expressed Nv
a number of other large manufacturers
who said the only men out were from
the small sweatshops in the lower Eas'
Side. where conditions were such as to
warrant discomfort among the workers.
| More than forty strikers tried 10 per
suade nearly a hundred non-union en-
| ployes in the shops OF Samuel II. PECK
and Joseph Dalnosky, at No. us Jeher-
son street Williamsburg, yesterday 10
give I'D their work. The strikers invaded
! the shops. but were soon dispersed by the
reserves Of the Hamburg avenue police
station. No violence was shown Oh the
part OF the strikers. but the non-union
workers were terrified until the arrival
| OF the police
The committee OF five" Of the national
workers association held an executive
session last night. The proposal OF me-
diation from the State Board Of Media
ton and Arbitration. presented In person
by NJ. J. Regain, a member Of the board,
was discussed
May Compel Arbitration.
1t was announced that the chairman Of
the board. John J. Rogers, who IL IN
Little Falls attempting To adjust the
labor troubles there. Will arrive IN this
city to-day and meet with the committee
II was stated that the committee VIII
take no action until 1t confers with him
IL was reported Mr.. Regan expressed the
opinion thar should the strikers prove not
| 10 be amenable 10 the suggestions OF tho
board steps will be taken to force them
! TO arbitrate. 1t Ia estimated that II the
strike is not settled soon there VIII be IN
all before the end OF the week about
two hundred thousand out
When Eugene Benjamin, president OF
the New York Clothing Trades Associa-
ton. was asked for a statement on the
situation last night. he said the only
thing he had to say for his organiza ton
! was embodied in the statement Issued By
the Chamber OF Commerce. This state
nent. issued by Charles l.. Bernheim,
chairman of the arbitration committee OF
the Chamber Of Commerce, was as fol-
lows:
In view OF the Importance OF the strik,
i'm the clothing trade. the Chamber vi
| Commerce EXTENDED lilNlldtloU W req
| resentatives Of the clothieTs, the en-
ployes and other citizens representing th'
! public 10 appear before one or It's com
inittees to discuss the situation. The In
| vitation was accepted, and al meetlnt
| held this afternoon general discussion
| was had, covering the entire situation.
No intimation OF the nature OF the dis
cussion or its results was given out
Less than six hundred workers went out
in the garment making shops In Newarh
as result OF the strike order All oil
them we're from the smaller plants, TN
big concerns going on with business az il
nothing was In the wind.
Five Thousand Packed Into Wigwam
There never was political gathering
Of the wigwam braves that packed Tam
many Hall with a larger crowd than at
tended the mass meeting Of the strikini
garment workers held there last night
About five thousand OF the strikers occu
pied all the available chairs and standing
room on the floor and in the gallery
They were warm, well fed and enthusias
tic on the first day OF a great battle.
az one OF the speakers said, and they
cheered the various union officials ant
organizers, who addressed them In ild
dish, Italian and English.
b. A. Larger, general secretary Of thu
United Garment Workers OF America
presided. He said that the official figure.
placed 1900 garment workers out OF
strike yesterday, with 5000 more ex
pected to go out to-day. There were
1900 garment workers all told In thu
metropolitan district. which included
Newark he said.
The Rev. William Carter. general secre'
tary Of the international Peace Forum
attended the meeting and tried unsuc
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