Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-19
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co BACK TO WORK
Employers Attend Strikers
Meeting-Signify Readiness
to Sign Pact.
SOME HESITATE IN FEAR
OF REFUSAL BY RIVALS
Leader Overcomes Argument
by Sending Pickets to Fetch
Competitors, Too.

New signatures which were OBJ
tanned today for the agreements
drawn up by the striking members of
Local 319. Journeymen BARRIERS Inter-
national Union of America. show that
125 boss BARRIERS have granted the de-
mands of the strikers, according to
the report made by the secretary.
This statement was given out at a
lively meeting of the strikers today
in their headquarters at 66 South Or
ange avenue.
In addition the pickets reported
that the tour of part of the city yes
terday resulted in gaining 100 recruits
to the strike. The new strikers have
Joined the sister local of the interna-
tional union recently organized to
unionize the shops throughout the
city.
The signing of the agreements so
readily by many bosses has caused a
large reduction in the ranks of the
strikers. Those journeymen whose
employers have signed the agreement
are permitted to return to work. The
places of those who returned to work
have been filled by the new members,
but the striking force has not grown
in strength.
Bosses Appear at Strike Meeting.
While the meeting was in progress
today several boss BARRIERS made their
appearance and declared they were
ready to sign up If their nearest COM
petitors would do the same. The
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who appeared was that If they should
sign and their competitors do not the
latter will not only do more business.
but also stand a chance of winning
over steady customers.
Samuel Feldman. vice. president of
the local, who presided at the meet
ing, answered this by dispatching
several picket committees to the
shops in question to persuade the
owners to sign.
1t appears that a majority of the
boss BARRIERS are willing to close their
shops on Sunday, which is one of the
| chief demands made by the strikers.
The owners declare they are in favor
of law compelling Sunday closing,
so that all BARRIERS will have the same
opportunities in competition
At a meeting of the journeymen
BARRIERS last night it was decided to
send circulars to every minister in
the city. asking them to advocate
closed shops on Sunday. Prosecute
Hood, Mayor Haussling and members
of the Common Council will be asked
to enforce Sunday closing
1t is understood that a petition
asking the Common Council to close
the shops on Sunday by enacting an
ordinance to this effect win be drawn
up next Sunday at a joint meeting
of the Master BARRIERS Mutual Aid
and Protective Union and the Master
BARRIERS Progressive Association. 1t
was pointed out by Mr. Blanchard.
secretary of the joint committee, that
this step would be necessary to regu-
late the Sunday closing of shops, as
there are 64S shops over which the
union has no control. Only 128 bar
ber shops in the city are union shops,
he explained, and it would be foolish
until both union and non-union shops
were compelled by law to close.
Following the meeting of strikers
today they were again divided up
into picket committees of about ten
members each and delegated to call
out all BARRIERS in shops where the
agreement had not been signed.