The sun., 1916-09-28
SAY I79.SOO MORE QUIT.
Leaders Keep Names Of Trades In
Walkout secret.


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Leaders Keep Names Of rrades In
Walkout secret.
There was no great or enthusiastic re-
Spouse Us trade unionis;s yesterday to
the call OF the Hotel Continental labor
conference to n suspension Of work in all
trades and industries until the traction
heads should recognize the striking ar
mems union.
u police observation counts for any
.hing-and it invariably does in New
York-only a few union quit work and
q number of unions continue TO debate
the point as to whether they should quilt
their Jobs. The extensive plans on which
Messrs. Hugh Frayne. organizer Of the
American Federation Of Labor. and
Ernest Bohm, secretary Of the Central
Federated Union. have been working for
weeks to bring a paralysis or trade IN
New York apparently came to naueht.
still those two labor leaders did not
seem in the least downcast. On Monday
they had prophesied "A waikout Of ESQ.,
900 Yesterday morning. When the hour
had come and gone and de.t gates from
various unions were gathering In Bee
thoyeu Hall In answer 10 the cail OF the
labor conference Mr.. Bohm
thai 103 unions. with "a total member
shin OF l23,600. had walked out. At 6
o'clock he announced that lwenty unions.
with a membership of 10000. had Joined
tho sympathetic strikers.
mo, We xnnot give the names OF the
unions" said Mr.. Bohm. because the
delegates requested tina, we maintain ST.
lence for the present
Then came Il challenge from the re-
porters for the name of a single union
tina. had gone out In the course OF the
day. whereupon Mr.. Fraync announced
shat the operative lacemakers. 5000
strong. had quit. and that the sheet
metal workers. 700 in number. had
Joined the strike. lie said the last two
unions were In addition to the number
already mentioned.
According to those announcements ex-
actly lis. 800 unionists had rallied to the
night Of the carmen. Up to yesterday
there were II .000 carmen. 5000 machin-
lists and 1000 metal workers on strike.
making a grand tota. Of ls&,300 union
members In the city who were nghtinS
their employers.
"And tomorrow" said BohM. who on
Tuesday had joyfully predicted that
events OF Wednesday morning would
speak for themselves, 'w. shall have
1000 more unionists out. We shall
tie up the city ye, and give n demon
~stration OF unionism that will win our
night within forty-e!ght hours
vais Hunt for Closed Shops.
During the day search for shops
whence union men had gone forth wa
made, but in vain. II there was u city
wide strike on II apparently was Il phan,
tom one, and yet Messrs. Frayte ant
Bohm presented figures SO neatly anc
argued so eloQucntly that the reporters
were almost forced to believe they wer'
dreaming. The police reported u STRIKE
OF IA Yiddish painters local OH the T. :
Side.
Then John L. sullivan. vlce-pres.den
OF the United Brewers Workers Union
announced he was not going to call gu
his 1000 members until he knew VIA
the others were doing. On the prevlou
day Mr.. BONN had set the brewer'
strike down as certain. "1f there Is an
hitch" said Sullivan, CIV" are not goin
to DO the goats. Our men will meet to
morrow morning to decide"
But some brewers did quit. Tner
were some $50 employees OF the Berr
heimer 4 Schwartz Brewing Con
pany, at 1cSth street and Amsterdam
avenue. who apparently wanted a vaea
ton over the Jewish new year celebra
ton. They announced to their employer
that they were going out on strike fC
three days, but they would he right goo
fellows, and so as not to inconvenienc
their employers they worked overtin
getting out all the beer that would i
needed by the company's customers VI
Ill Monday. That was done according I
promise, and the brewers went hon
happy.
Leaders sim Enthusiastic.
Still Messrs. Frayne and Bonn. orgaI
ixers OF the proposed gigantic demon
0tratioH," were Just as enthusiastic
tho close Of the day as they have bee
for more than n week, They said aft'
an all day session OF the delegates to II
convention OF labor delegates IN Bee
hoven Hall that a new committee Ia
been formed to carry on arrangement
for = still bigger sympathetic walkou
that money would be raised. that parad'
would be held and proc. given to q
public of the sympathy OF organized Il
Dor for the fight OF the carmen for recoI
milton of .he!r union.
There is no doubt that II Messr
Frayne and BOhm get out the membe
OF every union represented at the Bee
hoven Hall convention yesterday tn
will have a strike OF the %proportlo'
which for weeks they have been proph
eying and the date OF which they ha'
been a~ssiduously setting ahead from di
30 day.
Shonts Wont See n. Of l.. l.. Me
Then, while the leaders were givii
out their glowing statements, Charm,
Straus Of the Public Service Conmissi'
announced that he had received a CT
from L. q, Griiiing, assistant gral
master, and A. L. Grid!ey. organizer
tho Brotherhood OF Locomotive EnS
neers. who told him Of II vain effort
have 4 conference with President The
dore r, Shonts Of the InterborouI
Rapid Transit Company In behalf
their members who are employees
That line.
Though yesterday was the late