The evening world., 1913-03-10
Makers of Garments for Chill
dren and Misses Walk Out
of Shops in New Struggle.
FEEL SURE OF VICTORY.
Busy Spring Season Is On, and
They Declare Employers Can
not Break in Green Hands.


0hilAren and Misses Dressmakers'
unSon, which u affiliated with the In
esenaucnal Ladies' Garment Workers
Uuion. Sol Eistein Of the International
union has the strike in charge. He said
to-day that conferences had been going
o. between representatives Of the
union and . secret organisation of the
manufacturers for nearly . month, but
It had been impossible to reach In
agreement
According to Elstein. the girls and
women demand . slight increase In
wages. . hfty-hour week. q three holl-
Gays during the year. and the aboli-
uen OF tenement house work.
There are about 1900 members Of
The Childrens' and Misses Dressmakers'
Union." said he. Ninety per cent. Of
them are girls and women, and the
1emands come from them through the
parent organisation. They want to do
away With work in dirty and unsani-
tary tenements and they want to be
free from the ub-contractors. There are
too many middlemen."
COME OF THE MANUFACTURERS
WHO ARE INVOLVED.
The biggest manufacturers involved
ere siemons. No. lA West Twenty
ninth street; Fels. No. lss West Twen-
ty-third street; Borgenicht. Kornreich
4 Co.. No. lii6 Broadway; Gus LURE 4
Co.. No. 100 broadway; Katx 4 Co.,
No. l57 West Twenty-third street, and
A. NJ. Cert Bros. No. las West Twenty
NTH street.
Mr.. Gerf declared that none Of his
employees had walked out and denied
the existence Of a secret organisation
among the manufacturers. Another
manufacturer said some of his en-
ployces had quit. but would not say
how inan.. He also admitted that con-
ierences had been held to no purpose.
Temporary headquarters for the
strikes have been opened at No. 30
,'hicn square and at Fourteenth street
ara Second avenue. Eistein said that
orders had been issued forbidding vio-
hence.
FEEL SURE MANUFACTURERS
WILL HAVE TO YIELD.
BY noon 5000 women and girls had
street and Second avenue. They kept
coming In from all directions. The walk
out was general. In Brooklyn the strik-
ers were holding meetings of their own.
Labor leaders addressed the crowds at
the Temple In several languages.
The women and girls all seemed sat
isfied with the situation and felt sure
OF short fight and a sure victory. The
meeting lasted an hour and half. No
arrangements were made for picketing
the shops for the reason that there IL to
be some time to-day a meeting of labor
leaders and representatives of the man
ufActurers. 1t Is hoped that the strike
will be settled at this conference. II not,
the pickets will go on tomorrow.
The manufacturers are In a rather DIFF
fkcult position. according to the strikers.
This 10 the busy season. making goods
for the spring trade. and the strikers
say that II will be hard to break In green
hands.
A big meeting OF the strikers was held
In the Labor Temple at Q o'clock this
afternoon. Other meetings were held IN
West Twenty.first street. West Thirty
eighth. East One Hundred and Third
street and at Grand and Clinton streets.
Girls who went out fran ID. Lubin's al
No. lb2 West Twenty-hfth street tod an
Evening World reporter that they had
no complaint to make and were satis.
ned with everything appertsining ID
their work.
I'VE are all sorry We had to 20 out"
one OF the girls said. I'VE work ffty-
two hours a week and our apartments
are sanitary and comfortable. We dom,
have to do any home work. But ws
went out through sympathy with the
girls who have to work in the sweat.
shops TO help them with their night"