New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15
Almost All Provided For
Some Get Better Places
Many Retained.
AGITATORS. REBUKED
Advocate of Raid Is Jeered b,
Crowd-Older Saleswomen
Are Sorry for Siege1.

= ourIeeutn StrocI btOIeS CioUoo SHSAS
doors last night almost all Of the hum
dreds Of employees. who. 1t was thought
would be workless to-day, either had
new and better places or were being re-
tanned IN their old ones temporarily,
while most Of those not provided for
were assured Of places within q month,
when Leo A. Price. now merchandise
manager Of the re. ivers for the stores.
hopes to reopen the Rothenberg{ store.
in 18th street.
In consequence positive gayety ruled
in the stores last night instead Of
tears and heartburnings that were
ticipated, while in the music roomf
the Simpson Crawford store girls
COED and the sounds Of ragtima
out where walls had been feared
Almost as one man the proprietC
New York's great department st
united in finding places in their esl
Iishments for those who were ia
idleness. some providing work for
dreds. others taking the stats of wiz
departments.
Store Managers to the Rescue.
The change in the situation wal
sudden az It was pleasing. When Z
stores closed on Friday night it W
figured that about 2,10O men, wom
aud girls would be looking for work
morrow morning. this allowing I'd
those who had secured places durin
the week.
At noon yesterday change had comd
over the scene. Then Charles r. Will
Jams, superintendent of the Simpson
Crawford store, sent word through the
store that places would be given to
hundreds Of the help during the day,
This was followed by an announcement
that Gimbel Brothers had employed
about one-fourth Of the staff, that i1rf]
sending its various superintendent I'd
engage the persons wanted. Wana-
makers, r. n. Macy & Co., Saks & Co.,
Oppenheim, Collins & Co., Blooming
dale Brothers, Stern Brothers. Lord &
Taylor, James McCreery & Co.. and the
O'Neill-Adams Company, the latter
three stores controlled by John Clahtn.
were making room for as many as
could be put to work.
Similar announcements were made at
the Fourteenth Street Store by A. D.
Carey, the superintendent, who, IKE
Mr. Williams, had also notified all en-
ployes that every one would be paid
of in full up to the hour Of closing
last night. ry.,
These officials further announDo1
that two hundred employees would ~
retained in the Simpson Crawford stogo
until further orders, and four hundred
in the Fourteenth Street Store. In the
latter it was announced that $50 hands
had found new places, and that the
$50 who were unable to find work In
the mean time could look to Mr.. Price
for something to do when, as stated
the Rothenberg store is reopened.
Those retained in the stores, In ad-
dition to arranging stock and exhibit
ing it to prospective bidders, are slso
being kept in the hope that 1t may b.
possible to sell either or both a. or
ganjzations. Naturally the most en-
cient employees were the first placed. Z
Girls League Offers Help.
Not all the consideration for the un-
fortunate ones was shown by the a.
partment store proprietors. The 0s1e'
Protective League, of which H1go
Maude E. Miner is secretary, sent =
delegation Of workers to the stores -
do what they could to assist the ctsIG
and to inform them where to apriy u
the event of their being forced to seek
new places Of residence through laclI
Of means. Miss Kelly. Of the com
mittee, gave out typewriter notice
to the girls giv- : the following
formation:
NOTICE.
THE following agencies are rekdy,
aid you in securing new positions:
Girls Protective League EmpI(
inent Exchange. No. 162 Madison aj
nue.. Store. factory and clerical pos
t.ons.
Alliance Employment Bureau. N
107 East 18th street.
National Employment Exchand
No. 80 Church street. Office position
o.-.y.
Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton Employment Exchange, No. IA
West 45th street. Office positions only.
Bureau for Unemployed Women,
No. IL West 30th street.
Young women needing advice on
help of ary kind will be welcome xe
the head -uarters of the Girls Pro-
tective League. No. 162 Madison ave-