The sun., 1916-09-25
STRIKE Will COST
$1,6OO,OOO A WEEK
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said Secretary Bohm. ITO the oeRces or
the 500 unions III the city. giving them
directions as ~ 10Y to report the vote OF
.hcir unions 10 the labor conference and
advising them OF the necessity OF having
every union man do his share or WORK III
helping win this strike.
we began our picket duty to-day n
our men worked in secret. While you
did not see them standing around SUD
way entrances or exits. they nevertheless
were near at hand and they arc learning
the names of all persons using the tran
az lines and riding on 'scab' cars.
81 also have received scores OF tele-
grams from union organizations
throughout the state expressing thstr
Willingness to give US support :nancia.!I
or ty going OH strike. ! tell you that
the union men are thoroughly con-
WINGED that the fight In New York con-
Germs every member OF organized labor
and every man is ready to do his share.
we do not want those unions to strikc'
bu, remain on the Job and give US imam
Ia aid II necessary
Names Of sixty Cnions.a secret.
White Secretary Bohm did not emu
nierite the sixty union which, ho as
serted. had voted to suspend work be.
'tus' ti!cy WouII We tOiupCltVN " aipS
on n%on-union cars. efforts to get an
idea as to what these unions were failed.
REPORTS were obtained OF a number OF
u:!ons taking votes. but the total OF
their membership was comparatively
slight.
II have been informed said Secretary
Bohm. that $1,000 painters v voted
to strike"
President Meyer Abramson o: the
Joint Council of Metal Workers insisted
that the strike OF the 5000 brass work.
ers would be extended this week to
10000 metal workers. partly out OF
sympathy for tho carmen and partly for
higher wages II better working con-
ditions.
anthony Roth. leader OF the butchers
union. said after "A meeting OF dele
gates to an executive session OF that or.
ranization in the Labor Temple yester-
day afternoon thai tho delegates. repre-
senting 10000 workers IN butcher Shops
and meat packing houses In Manhattan.
Brooklyn. Queens. The Bronx and Pa.e--
son. y. j., had voted TO quit work.
other Unions Go on Record.
Forty members Of the International
Local No. l Of the Horse Shoers. In PA
East Forty-nrst street. held n meeting
sts''iidy, Dut WITHHELD tnelT decision
from the public. Tho riverfront cooperS.
500 strong. voted in favor Of a general
strike. Local No. SOC Of the Teamsters
Union. which handles sand and gravel.
decided in a hall at 229 East Forty
seventh street 10 leave to their join.
council the time at which they should
stop work
A meeting OF the Bronx Labor Coun.
Gil will he held at Mul!er's Casino. l5:d
street n Third avenue. tomorrow
night to decide on n sympathetic strike
h. Mor!tsky. representing h milkmen's
union. said that every milkinan In the
city would he called out by Wednesday
If the demands made by Borden's milk.
men were not granted. He said Their.
were $500 members uf the union. David
Bradsky of the Tinsmiths' Union said
10000 members OF that organization will
vote to-day.
II is expected that President Gomper.
Of the International Federation OF Iabo,
and Presiden; William n. Mahon OF tho
c'rmen's union both will be in the cit!
In a few days TO participate in the de-
!iberations OF h strike leaders work,
! ing on the plan 70 paraiyzc all trade IL
New York.
"NovinR Day. May he Sad AFFAIR
I! the plans Of those men md of III,
other leaders are carried out it ia like,
that October /. New York's moving
day" will he n sad affair and that man,
persons will remain in flats and apart
ments from which they wish to migrate
William y. Fitzgerald. strike lcadcl
for the carmen. said everything wa.
moving smoothly with him.
II observe" he remarked. that Nj
Borden has called upon Police Commits
| Sinnnr NlnnlS fnt. IN nntrn't,a Z, % U,,a -
every milk wagon driven by n strik,
breaker. n l suppose that as Mr.
Woods loves consistency he will oblig,
Mr.. Borden Just as readily as he obliget
Mr.. Shonts."
Louis Fridiger. attorney for the car
mems union. appeared at the lIote
Continental carrying n Of the pam,
phlets which President Shonts sent Is
the Grand Jury.
II am reading Il carefully he said
II regard Il "a irpcr,inent. impuden'
and Illegal. II Fitzgerald had done any,