New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-13
PROTEST ARRESTS
ON fem CHARGES
Gompers and Other Labor
Leaders Attack "Dopey'
Benny's Confession.
DENOUNCE VIOLATION
OF PEACE AGREEMENT
$4,000 Garment Workers Attend
Big Meetings in and Near
Madison Square Garden.

Tventv-Ave thousand garment WORK
ers held rrotes. meetings YESTERDAY IN
and near Madison Square Garden. Be
Ginning If Q o'clock in the morning IN
side tho big amphitheatre. leaders ad-
dressed the multitudes in English and
Jewish.
Vehement protests were maze
AGAINST the arrests Of the labor lead
or. Morris Zienin. julius Wolf and Sol
Metz through the alleged confession OF
"Dopev" Kenny Fem. and also against
the abrogation OF the peace agreement
between the union and the manuisc'-
urers by the latter four weeks ago
As a result Of the big meeting II
vos decided 10 adopt a watchtui wait
/ ing policy during the next t"ie hIa
tonr weeks. The unions were unso!e
/ ~ socure Mace big enough for theIr
rosetin0 and the Arena Amusement
| Comnonv sold them the capacity OF the
/ rIace Moving pictures we're given o.
,rtervals so that the company "outu
49, violate its contract. All 'he
Eirner Rosenberg, president OF the
-, hoard of the Cloak WORKERS
lion presided. and when he lntro,
dnced Samuel Gompers. president OF
the American Federation or LABOR t s
bio gathering stood and cheered ioI
oae minutes. The veteran laoof
iea6er surrounded BY painted glaciers
iooEad cool and calm. in contrast %
80 sweItering and enthusiastic cro"o
in the seats. .,.i,, AGAIN a.
tho arrests of the labor leaders on tn'
oharges OF "Dopey" Benny. he DE
ciared that the arrests of the men Wer'
An outrage. and his listeners agree
,,;,b enthusiasm. The voice OF ION
ners neretrated every part OF the Gar
dan while others spoke through mega
nbones 10 be heard clearly.
Never London. Socialist Congress
man, made a dramatic recital o
The arrests and the breaking OF IN.
nnace treaty by the manufacturer
The sneakers were of the unanimou
on;nion that the arrests Of the laoo
leaders should never have oeen maui E
Zignin is secretary of the Ladies oar
ment Workers, Wolf is organizer o
the Cloak and Skirt Makers, Union an
Metz is vice-presldent OF 'he 49,:
tional Cloak and Skirt Makers union.
BENJAMIN Schlessinger. OF the = nIte
Garment Workers Union; Abe Canaan
Of the Jewish Forward" and Jacob ran
ken made indoor talks. When IN
doors were opened at $3.50 o'clock IN
crowd began 10 pour in. FROM Una
time until the meeting adjourned
o'clock. there was a continual sttear
of persons going inside and out OF IN
bnildine They enjoyed the SPEAKING
tbe movies" and the excitemen
MANY who came to the opening OF IN
session STAYED until it was over,
Outside the Garden orators neld IN
attention of hundreds during the DAY
speaking from boxes and trucks
There was no violence. Police captain
SEXTON of the East Twenty-secoh'
Street station had 200 policemen o.
duty, but except for a couple OF SQUAD
bles they had little to do.
The workers decided that tnen
course in the future would be gulde'
hv the events of the next few weeks
Thev are not going to take radical &C
ton, but will depend on the. stand o
the bosses. In the meantime their OWL
councils will thrash the matter our
II was declared that at the END OF tn'
allotted time something exciting migh
| happen.