The evening world., 1913-08-26
$4,000 PAINTERS
IDLE AND LEADERS
URGE 0RDERL|NESS
Expectation Is That Within
Twenty.four Hours Number
of Idle Men Will Double.
HURTS BOSSES WORSE.
Work Contracted for Needs
Skilled Decorators; No Fear
Of Strikebreakers.
HURTS BOSSES WORSE.

Tho work Of redccoratins hundreds Of
bomes. particularly In Fifth avenue and
In the Riverside Drive section. prepara-
tory to the Homecoming OF families
spending the summer out OF town.
stopped to-day when thousands OF paint
ers and paperhansers obeyed the order
TO strike. Al the headquarters OF the In
ternstional Painters and Paperhangers'
Union. which has called the waikout. Il
was declared that 5000 men are Idle al
ready and that within twenty-four hours
their brushes.
No violence has yet been reported. and
the leaders Of the strike ars doing their
utmost TO prevent disorder. A thousand
pickets are at their posts. say the lead
ere. but all have implicit instructions to
10 all they can 10 prevent trouble. Their
instructions are TO get every painter and
paperhanger out II possible. but only IN
q peaceable manner Disorder depletes
union treasures. That 10 the slogan
given the workers.
In the building OF the Jewish Daily
Forward. No. lit East broadway. Max
was At the telephone almost constantly
to-day receiving reports Of the success
OF his agents In persuadinE men not 10
20 TO their work to-day. Toward noon
he declared that the strike was we'll
launched and that while many were still
at work the entire decorating trade In
New York. now at the height Of Its
season. would be at . standstill
lGAoGRo PLEAD WITH MEN TO
KEEP ORDER.
Meetings were held n dozen halls
throughout the greater city Cor the pur-
pose OF informing the men OF the object
Of the strike ana the manner In which
Il Vas to be conducted. In every In
stance the speakers pleaded for an or.
deyay wai&.out. declaring that only In
this way could the object Of the strike
bs accomplished. They also warned the
men not to stay At work o. return 10
their tasks upon the promises OF the
bosses that everything Will bs al
rieht" The only way In which the mon
can bs allowed to 90 back 10 work 70
through the signing q union agreements
BY Individual bosses.
After warning the men against vio'
isaee and any imitation OF ]. w. w.
msthods, the apeaksrs impiored the
workers TO remain true to their union
and protect their life and health. Ons
Of the demands OF the union is that the
bosses at their own expense provide g.
ciAent insurance for the men they en-
ploy who have to work on scaRolds
hundreds Of whom are injured ever,
year. according to labor department sta
tistics.
CAV STRIKE HTS so6sGs
WORSE THAN MEN.
= reply to the statement Of Leon
Nsysrson. manager for the United
Paintsrs' and General Contractors' Asso.
ciation. the most influential body O
master painters In the Greater City. thai
the strike could not last long. MAJ
0sft bad several caustic comments te
make to-day. lie declared that In spit,
Of the lockout declared by the bossei
when they learned Of the impending
rtr.ke. the bosses could not stand the pc
riod Of idieness any lonssr than thu
men. The work contracted for at thil
time Of the year. said Graft. can onlI
be done by all around experienced men
and that talk Of bringing striksbreak
ere 10 the rescue cannot be taken -
riously.
In regard to the alleged weakness Q
the union because Il 10 not affiliate
with the American Federation Of Laboi
0aft declared II has . large war fun
Of its own and can ask for more fund
from other unions u the strike 10 pre-
longed. In support Of this he points
out that the painters loaned $1,000 to III
furriers when those workers were goin
through . wage and hours dispute.
Pickets viii be at work all day to-da
and tonight another series OF meeting
will be held and further plans for pros,
cutting the strike will be formulated.
At the main offices Of the bosses. n,
- Delaney street. no statement regar
Ing the situation was forthcomin