The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-14
STRIKE BREAKERS TO.
FILL CLOAK SHOPS.
Manufacturers Send lltima-
tnm 10 Workers ~ Plans
for trhiiruiium Fail.

III effort lp end a." strike Ina has
long been threatening Z" disrupt the gar
ment trade OF this city have JAILED
Members % tho Cloak. suit aud skirt
Manufacturer u ISOLATION tiatly rcfusted
yesterday to attend , conference A.
ranged b, tho "itizcrs' committee. ,
neutral body composed 90 weakly ula
influential N'N lorkeis. VINO hay, been
trying 10 s.ttl" the differences ;aroush
arb. ration III" manufacturer, also
sent 10 IN" s'rlkcge an official notice,
written We three languages. saving 500
substance tina, IL was their plan 10 hire
an army of strtk breakers II tiiev were
forced to u. This statement informs
The STRIKERS that They viii get "a r,i-op-
able time 10 return to the shops but
that Z they do not do SO coon steps WIZ
10" taken 10 nh their places"
Robert w. Brucrc, acting as spokes-
NAV for III. citizens comni.t-c. issued o
statement charIctcriz!rg tho action Of
me manufacturer IN locking out their
10000 workers as e "deliberate ATTEMPT
- break their sp'ri' by starvation" lie
call. upon the public 70 alleviate the
suffrage OF tho thousands Whose .lvcii
foods Will L." threatened by the TN
pending strike.
Hs said thai 'as y "onsecuenco -,
~" unreasonable attitude OF the man
nf7cturers TIN refusing 10 arp'trafr with
those vitality affected hv the strike.
that !s. through the Medium of the citi-
1cns' committee, the COMMITTEES has de
,ided 10 nut the matter squa-ely up 10
the public. II Is now M To- all wealthy
and other citizens Interested in justic.
for the strikers to contribute A. ,nucl
money AZ possible to lesson the misery
and suffering OF the 200, 600 men, women
and children involved I'm thu strike
Among the members on the citizens
committee are Mrs William ". Baldwin
lr,. i. Fulton cutting. Haley tfske, Mrs
Benjamin Guggenhcin,, Mrs. Learned
Hand, Darwin r. James. Jr. Mrs. Jane.
Lees L;,ldldw. sam LcNis. nm, Alfred T.
Marling. Miss Ruth Morgan, Allan
Robinson, Mrs Frederick Nathan.
Eugene II. Outerbrldgr. Mrs. OXFORD
P!ncllot, Mrs. Ogden Mills Rc,d. Allau
Robinson, Jacob ~. Schlff, lsaa, \
S~eliglnan. Mrs. Willard Straight. Nelson
:. spencer and Isaac y. Sclignau
Several wealthy men ana woman, M
Guiding Jacob II, Sthin. have already
made substantial donations to this
starvation fund. Mr., Bruerc said. u,
added that 1uany Columbia University
students have promised To- helph thr
~ nv iF'h'Nn WIS ~ anu 1Ilt' '1lA
College men nave offered IN lend the
snlne aid next week
In their statement the manufacture
quoted the following from - 70 erri
speech = President Wilson \ Amer
can Ii Il man who thinks for himsel. Do
IN" satemcnt adds "l}r that hind Of =
man! Don't let your Union boss, wnr,
IN always PLAYING polite. tniuk for Won
vet your families help You To thin, these
matters over, and II YOU do this, We are
sur" that You will see thu right way
Replying 10 this statement B|ouianhu
Sc~hlessingcr. president ~ tho Inter,
national Ladies' Garment Workers
Union. said
81 observe that That tho employers
have climbed down from hayen to earth
In their first circular appeal 10 tho
workers htey quoted Isaiah. now they
are quoting President Wilson,
Mayor Mitchell wr"to Yesterday To The
';rcltcr New York independent aud
/ suit Manufacturers Association aud TO tn,
Nutu'l cloak, Suit and skirt Manu-
rtcturcrs Association urging them T. Ws,
their influence In the plan for adbitrt.
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