New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-01
MERCHANTS FAIL TO
END GARMENT STRIKE
workers Declare They Have
Mo Faith in Arbitration
by Capitalists.
$4,000 MORE JOIN RANKS
oScial Of Peace Forum Believes
professional Men Can Unite
Warning Factions-State
Board Active.

...- mother day of effort on the
tho arbitration committee OF
cn.,,ber Of Commerce to bring
oeaco between the striking gar
a.orkers anG Jhcir employers the
o,s seemed 20 be that the efforts
80 norticular set of arbitrator
10 vain. The cause Of the eN
.,;rre was said 10 be the fact
-. workers had no faith in any
,om;ttee from the Chamber OIL co"
which they looked upon as o.
-.ntiauy bed. of capitalists.
attitude ol the strikers was eN-
- also rs the Rev. William Od' -
secretary Of the international
- Forpm. lie visited both sides o.
oontroversy Yesterday and LAID De
-. Them the plan of his organizauo"
.ot,lo the trouble. His proposal was
-. fortv names Of professional men
"a mon Of affairs. but none OF 'he"
,..s mon be submitted. each side
10 select four. and these eight TO sele0'
ninth thus constituting non-pir
,,san arbitration committee "hio"
both sides could trust.
In the nature Of things the Chaih-
te, NJ Commerce cannot succeed s"'u
NJ Carter Yesterday. because Of the
s,s,rnst against them as capitalists
i.pt our scheme. which both sides nave
said they will take up when the Cham-
nor of Commerce has ended its efforts
would have no capitalists on ii. | feel
opfdent the dispute will come to us.
No Faith in Arbitrators.
arter q long meeting yesterday the
chamber Of Commerce issued state
ment saving a meeting had been heio
which included representatives OF ooth
ddes and that an adjournment had
been taken. the meeting 10 convene
again at the call Of the chair.
From labor leaders. however. II was
learned that they had little faith that
there was any use for them TO meet
With the committee again, so far as
their side Of the fight went.
II was estimated by the strike lead
ers that fully $1,000 more men went
out Yesterday and that 81 per cent Of
the trade was badly crippled, % per
cent Of the shops being completely
closed This latter result had been
brought about. il was said. by the fact
that ma jority Of the cutters and
allied bran hes had walked out. com
pletely paralyzing work even in tn
shops where the other workers re-
NAMED
The New York Clothing Trades ASse-
citation issued a statement contradict
ing the claims Of the strikers. In their
statement thev said that - per cent
Of their employees were still at work
and that only shops already unionized
mad been closed. They interpreted this
as a sign that the non-union shops
such as their members run. are in bet
ter working condition than are the
union shops They also declared that
II was fear Of bodily harm only that
had led such Of their employees IS had
struck TO do so.
Little Trouble in War Zone
representatives. Of the State Board
Of Mediation and Arbitration were ac-
tive in the field. but without definite
results Thev found the attitude of
the manufacturers was that. since the
strikers had made 10 demands upon
Them. there was nothing for them TO
90. The strike leaders. on the other
nand said they would present no de-
mands until they had them formulated
70 their satisfaction. and had i'm
pressed the employers with their power
10 enforce them.
The day was uniformly peaceful. al
though there were a number of threat
; ehed ARRAYS when the workers walked
OUT OF places at the noon hour and
pckets swooped down 10 convince
-asm OF the errors Of their ways In
Nickng AT work but there were no ar
'es's and the extra police had little 10
10 out keep them moving.
IN an effort to persuade $50 employees