New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
i{.000 GO OUT
n WAIST STRIKE
- Of Shirt Inspires
%]S from 500 Shops
Wv" in Wage Fight.
.oowN WITH BOSSES!"
V TrGHS GIRL WORKER
..,., Lead the Marchers on
c.,s Avenue and Are Among
First Arrested.

..rs vss on. Watching the
hands Of ,hc clock the needle
81 hs5 waited imps,iently for the
''" When t1c moment arrived
80 IN each Of tho 500 shops
',, ;, arm ana announced that the
~. we're Immediately TO abandon
~ '...k.. Needles stopped in midaT
{. lanes stopped humminS Forty
- . a'' men snd women. most of
lean. workers in dark, damp
- 81 las, had severed the
', .s.'reer employer and cmPlOye.
.o- most OF them were girls
' Az ,be.r hats on the door Of
....bi.bme7, hune brilliant rcd
% .y,sdish English and Italian.
e-kers read;
',...r, and brothers. To-Day
,.....5.y) q, p. m. YOU will stop
.,d On on strike. Lesve your
.. employment as orderly snd
~, =, ross,ble. Avoid arguments.
'.'-' a., no discussion with your en-
...,rv OF his representatives. Il
..,o,ers refuse to permit you to
=. ,,.va.ors walk downstairs
,,.,prn crowds in hundreds OF
~ ,~dincs did as they had been
lido. From the side streets
IS ,vsa, into FIFTH Avenue joining
...s.snd, thst we're pouring out
=, ,rs,ike loft buildings. Walk
81, sni seven abreast, they charged
~. avenue 20 Madison square.
.,-.s - one started go hum the Mar,
. 'e S,ooo-.aouldered men ano
--- .oo. Oh .hc stirring chorus. me
.,.,.or broke ranks at Fourteenth
~. wscre seycra. mounted poiee-
'' .,..or the uatcn FOR a continual
- --e trouble thet occurred IN
/. rs;gfbornocd yesterday morning
.novr with the bosses. shriiIed
-. was laughing. She would
ave 10 stay away from her work
.r, savs and tnere we're nlseeh
- Thousand Ike her. They
IA mss che rernics sccruinG rom
- 81 DAYS OF labor. but II was pet
10 wors for employers who we're
.-bs-s Of the Waist and Dress MAI
.yrrs Association than 20 De
I'D 70 endure 8 long strike 81 en-
.,., NJ .hc independent msnufactur-
ArItre majority o the WorSerS
% q the latter class.
IS Belle /. MoskoWItz, manager OF
k5or department OF the Dress ana
I. Manufacturers Association, eN-
~, ia, her organization was al
..,, ri,h the un'0r Just ss soon az
Ell members Of the asSo-
~ an got ,re,r Identification
vas - as 60 pass the Gordon OF
.,s.s .ier will return 10 work. hey
10 aving a demonstration MONDAY
.gnmthy waikout' al their own
use Tor a day or TWO. 60,
j. the independents that Wi
s trouble" said Abraham Baron,
-,-s' secretary. We want them 10
-. ne workers the same wages ana
r, az the Dress and Waist Manu-
ryrers' Association has promised 20
q sorse,s. We want 70 raise all the
.sers % the new standards created
ne Industry by the decision OF TIE
ard OF arbitration. handed down on
cisy"
s., Polssor. chairman OF the general
-u committee. fastened from place
place he said that the strikers
re 10 the fight 90 q finish, as Samue'
rpers had advised. He begged,
&c The police were expecting trouble
ealse none
b isr the greater number lei' inc
6 on The Eas. SIDE where they nad
nsrblei reassured. cheerful. They
~ as they marched 10 the union
,ieuarprs. a. l6 West Twenty-hrst
,,s,. and they iammed the brown
re building from top foor 20 base
| ~ asking questions and imploring
-porsry relief. Some one had been
,',d 70 clip au c<corut from Thomas
,sts famous poem. The Song OF the
m
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VT tHs |rar l..
tf-s. bal. .-f0ua.. -sss
Ht9 r an. trfaI
Stf -.t -''.f
'rerr t.F g. s.i a.-.
~ Fi sir. vi.e - i0 -ou-
Nas Ne fc SHIT.
enthusiasm ~ many Of the work
'ssg,ed iu their arrest and ar
ganstt Elias Lieberman. q union
Fas1Y. stated late yesterday after
On thai many girls had been ar
's: during the day for distributing
'e-sH The first 20 arouse the ire
u police were Rose BSrovsky, Of
MADISON Street. Helen Kaser, Of
s.One Avenue. Brooklyn. and Lii
.r9witz. OF 577 Cnauncey Street,
'LN. They were fined s. each by
ESTATE Murphy The union paid
p ares.
N'ssrk. too. is 20 join the strike
l day or tpo. Meanwhile q
ntli committee has opened Offices
! ,s Union Square Hotel 10 await the