New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-07
Men and Women Garment
Workers March to Show
Their Strength.
UNION REPLIES TO
EMPLOYERS LETTER
Ready to Concede Right to Reg
uIate Force, but Won't
Tolerate Oppression.

A parade OF 10000 men and women
yesterday 81 owed that the striking In
,ornational Garment Workers are still
undcLn.ed ty the ten weeks Of priva-
ton that followed the lockout declared
Icy tho Manufacturers Protective AS
cociaton in April.
Following the demonstration officials
of the workers union gave out state
ment in answer to that OF the en-
ployers published yesterday morning
Concedng the right of the employers
to increase or decrease the number OF
employees in factory without any Inn
tation and withholding only the right
to strike if it is used opprcsslvely, the
strikers await the word to meet the
employers in conference.
Reserves from all the precincts along
the line of march lined the curbs IS the
procession went by, but there was no
confusion and no disorder. -Four owl
sions Of four sections each, preceded by
a band. tramped grimly along, mere
was little cheering until the mead OF
the procession reached Madison Square
when each new section to arrive was
greeted uproariously by those already
gathered.
Spread through the marching col,
umns were signs giving the workers
viewpoint on the strike, while banners
of the marching sections. American
flags and red ribbons gave the only
touch of color to a parade without uni
forms or gsudy display. Red arm
hands with silver lettering worn by
members of the strike committee, red
ribbons in the buttonholes OF some OF
the marchers and red carnations on the
women were the only insignia. Many
were poorly dressed, and some marcned
with difficulty, but none dropped out
along the way.
Bands Play Martial Tunes.
Nearing Madison Square. each band
6, ruck m the "Marseillaise' and
shoulders went back and steps grew
springv again. Many were unable 10
hear the speeches in the park, Tor
the square was already packed dense
lv from one side Of the street 20 the
other The committee in charge es-
,ablished overflow meetings IN varl-
ous nails nearby. but most Of the
workers managed 10 hear some OF tns
speeches in the open.
In Madison Square speeches were
made by Representative Meyer Lon
don. Hugh Frayne, general organizer
NJ the American Federation OF Labor;
Andrew Furuseth, president OF the
International Seaman's Union, ano
many others. As each man hnisned
another rose 70 speak, and any man
who had anything to say was gwen a
chance.
Allan Robinson, chairman Of the
citizens committee which IL aiding
tn. strikers, marched with the process
sion Yesterday. He said that each day
the committee was devising new metn.
DDS Of raising money and that a fund
Of 5000 900 would be subscribed. no
citizens committee has already turned
over TO the unions $4,000.
BENJAMIN Schlesinger, president OF
the international Garment Workers
Union, said that yesterday he received
100000. much Of il from unions which
svmpathize with the strikers. and that
the citizens committee was giving
$4,000 a week.
Strikers Answer Employers.
In answer to the statement published
by the manufacturers yesterday, Mr..
Schlesinger gave out the following last
night:
and 10 put an end, once and for all, to
all attempts TO misrepresent our posi-
ton, we reply that we are willing 20
concede TO the employer the right to