New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-03
Y0NKERS STILL WALKING END Of STRIKE REMOTE
Chamber of Commerce Com.
mittee ACComp|ishes Nothing.
IDLE ARMY NOW 106.250
Four Arrests Made and Report
Circulated That Pickets Had
Been Fired Upon.

| Dull IL Gu OPOh'
Four arrests Of strikers on charges OF
disordery conduct and the excited report
OF an organizer at the union headauar-
ters In the Bible House that shot had
been fred into a body Of pickets by a
minion Of capital" were about the only
outward indications that trouble was in
progress between the workers in the gar
ment making industry and their en-
| ployers yesterday. No one could tell JUST
BY whom or where this reported first
shot of the fight was fired and at latest
returns the bullet had not been heard
| from.
! II was announced by the strike com
mittee that several thousand more had
Joined the ranks Of the strikers. swelling
the number OF those out 10 l06,25O. the
expected paralysis of the retail trade from
| the walking out OF the alterers OF ready
made clothing, however, was not appa-
rent.
All prospects OF settling the difficulty
| by arbitration seemed remote. A pro-
! longed session Of the arbitration COM
I mittee of the Chamber of Commerce pro-
duced nothing further than brief state
mcnt that the hearing had been adjourned
subject To the call of the chair II was
said by one Of the conferees that the
prospects for settlement looked slightly
more favorable. although nothing definite
was done.
For the present the offer OF the Inter-
national Peace Forum TO try its hand at
peace making was declared off. The Rev.
William Carter. secretary OF the forum
said he had received a letter from the
vice president OF the clothiers' association
declining the offer of his organization
with thanks since negotiations were
pending before the Chamber of commerce
\ meeting OF the manufacturers af-
fected by the strike was held at the
Hotel Brevoort Afterward Eugene 5
Benjamin. president Of the Clothing
Trades Association. announced that moth
Ing had resulted from the meeting. The
opinion seemed to be that the situation
was not at all serious as the strike had
fzzled out"
Three Of the strikers arrested were
taken into custody on the complaint OF
Murray Dennson. manufacturer, al
40 6l5 Broadway. His complaint was
that the men had entered his place and
engaged in an argument with his en-
ployes. The men were held for exam
ination TO-DAY. The fourth arrest was
that of Harry Rosenstein. OF No. 81 De-
iancey street. on a charge OF disorderly
conduct FOR refusing 10 move on when
ordeed to do So by a policeman. lie was
lined 81.
Thomas Flynn. district organizer OF the
Industrial Workers OF the World, said
that a. the situation was at present his
organization would not come into 1t. al
though il stood ready TO help at any time.
lie commented on the fact that the strike
was Just the kind advocated by the In
dustrial Workers, In that II was directed
against an entire industry. He said that
the custom tailors were organized. about
"A thousand strong, under the auspices or
the Industrial Workers of the World.
Although they had planned no particpa-
ton I'm the strike as yet. he said they
stood ready 10 do so should circumstances
seem favorable.
committee was appointed by the
strikers yesterday 10 consider the requests
Tor settlement made by individual firms.
The plan for u minimum wage scale
in Industries in general. advocated by
Governor Sulzer at his inaugural, was
severely criticised b. an official or the
Clothing Trades Association yesterday.
He said that the subject OF mini
mum wage was matter for fed
eral adjustment, II at all, and not for
state action. He said that such an arbi-
trary scale. put into effect I'm this state,
might place the manufacturers here at
a great disadvantage with other parts OF
the country. owing to the diversified COM
petitive factors in industries existing in
the various states
The strike committee met last night
and decided 10 appoint general strike
committee OF twenty-five from each of
the fifteen locals. with headquarters at
Clinton Hall
4 mass meeting OF the strikers and the
Socialist party will be held tomorrow
afternoon in Rutgers Square. and meet
ing for the women will he held at No. ~
Suffolk street where Mrs. Frank Melon
aid. who was Socialist candidate for
Congress in the 18th District. will be the
principal speaker
A mass meeting of the waist and dress
cutters was held last night at Arlington
Hall, In ST. Marks Place. at which it
was decided that the cutters should strike
with the waist and dress makers the
week after next.
Philadelphia. Jan. 2.-Representatives or
garment workers unions I'm this city met
to-day and adopted resolutions protesting
against their employers assisting New
York manufacturers by doing their
work" They assert that II the manu-
fac,urers persist In doing work for those
against whom the strike is in progress in
New York strike will be called here.