New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-18
TAIL0RS MOBILIZE
$4,000 WORKERS
TO QUIT MONDAY
Mediators, After Confer
ence. Add Little to Hope
of Averting Strike.
LAWYERS PREPARE
CLOAKMAKERS IN WAR
All Lines Unite TO Tie Up Indus
try in City Unless Employees
Win Demands.

Spread Of the strike in the clothing
;r6ust~v IS threatened Monday, unless
tte Committee OF Immediate Adjust
ren.. named by the unions and manu-
fa,,urers reaches a basis of settle
-rsnt satisfactory TO both sides by
nat slime The committee held an
,tber long session yesterday, after
vsich 10 Official statement was is
.sed The members. however. eX-
messed themselves as hopeful Of ar
ryir. q. settlement. Or. Henry
NossoWi--. chairman Of the commit
nee. se.l .cat fair progress was being
-sie.
Nea~whIs the union leaders say
hist. unless the decision Of the COM
rittee is f. orabie 70 the workers, q
Genera. strike will be called involving
some 1900 employees. There are 2l,-
BOO q. c~s now on strike, and the
unions .lV awaiting the decision in
dude workers IA al branches Of the
.c5Istry.
Bs-.e Cohen, business agent for
he r.cs ca;.6ren's jacket makers
.v.ors. said yesterday that, unless the
s,-,s, o. the taIlors is settled within
Two days the members Of his organi-
cations Will Quit work. The jacket
makers in tie city number about To-
co.,
william c. Rogers, head of the New
York BOARD OF Mediation and Arbitra-
Non, came here from Albany yester-
6ay. lie said he would begin pub
Inc inquiry Immediately it became
clear that the Committee on Adjust
nent was unable TO accomplish the
purpose for which it had been ap-
LAWYERS representing the cloak
makers were said to be working on
the plans for a general strike yester-
cay. and 20 have completed the mObllI-
zat!on Of all the workers in that trade
for the purpose Of going on strike
the first of the week should no set
clement be reached.
President Sidney Hillman of the
Analgamated Clothing Workers of
America, which is said 20 control
about 90 per cent OF the workers in
the clothing industry, said last night:
EVERYTHING IS in readiness for q
general strike of the tailors. To-mor-
low there viii be a further session OF
the Committee on Immediate Adjust
ment, and the decision of the com
mittee will be awaited. There Will
also be q conference for the children 5
clothing trade and the unions await
TIE decision Of the conference. All
branches Of the coat tailors are thor
oughly modified. according 10 the re-
ports received tonight by the joint
board Of the clothing workers
Late last night President Hillman
modified his statement and expressed
rope that the difficulty would be ad-
iusted.
"The notice for a strike order was
reee we'd enthusiastically by the cloth
ing trade" he said. "but during the
last few hours there have been sew
sral developments which hold out q
possibility of adjusting the grievances
Of our members without resort to a
strike.
The strike order therefore has been
temporarily suspended. and there is
hope for d speedy settlement for the
ch1arcn's clothir~ makers. The union
expects every clothing firm in the city
70 reach an agreement within the next
few days or action viii be taken"
Mr.. Hi'iman said the negotiations
ere w.tt the American Clothing Manu-
fsctur.r-' Association. and that when
IN agreement is reached 1t viii apply
only fo chat organization. Strikes VIII
be called against manufacturers not
In Oh. association unless they make
SPEEDY settlement with the union.