New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-29
o,,v 20 of 400 Manufact-
' "+srs Appear for Peace
Conference.
ANN MORE MEN
TO QUIT MAY DAY
takers Reply to Employers
Nth Strike Call, Expecting
Is Weeks Fight.

nj, thirty Of the 400 members Of
Cloak. Suit and Skirt Manufac-
,-.' Protective Association accept
=. invitation o.: Jacob A. Schif TO
AN, st the Hotel Astor last night
s.,uss the possibility Of averting
.,,eral lockout in the industry.
-, ssme in response TO the follow
,,lsrram. signed by Mr.. Schiff;
am inviting all the members Of
-, cioss. Suit and skirt Manuiac-
- Protective Association 10 meet
- - privately and without publicity
,.3sy evening at 10 o'clock at the
I'D Aston"
-. were present Theodore Rosseau,
..s,,ry 10 Mayor Mitchell; Henry
- former City Chamberlain; Dr..
- Noskowitz. Oscar Straus, Charles
"a g,.rpbeimer and the Rev. DR.. |. /.
T,,rss. Newspaper men were not ad-
sd 10 the meeting room.
n he conclusion Of the conference,
- lasted from II o'clock until l, IT
=, harmed that Messrs. Straus and
80 had addressed the meeting and
....-lv denounced the action of the
',,,n,iys committee Of the manufactur-
Il sssoeiation for its refusal TO meet
- Nsyor Mitchell yesterday. Such
,s;,s both said. would work only evil
: AZ manufacturers and the strikers
,rsrsl members Of the association
SD ;hst the action of the commit
- had their approval. One declared
xas the manufacturers turn TO put
: the pressure.
For years" he said, "the strikers
ave had the employers by the throat.
g,4. il the dull season, they are TO be
s,ssi out. Lc. them make the best
fir ,
4. the conclusion of the general
-ss.ing the members of the associa-
sr xEo were present called meeting
Z their own TO discuss the further
l1ol.
Lockout in Force.
he manufacturers put their lockout
,.s4sc: al sundown yesterday. Mayor
gi,hel announced there would be no
s,-,ssr conferences on the differences
s,sssn EMPLOYERS and workers, and the
,,i,, chiefs issued defiance 10 the
,,sss By announcing that all the ope-,
1.s-s not locked out would be called
4 on general strike May Day.
his was the beginning OF what the
non officials expect 10 become one
The bit,erest fights in the history OF
iss York's industries. The lockout by
q employers. banded together under
q rsre o. the Cloak. Suit and skirt
hn-.scturers' Protective Association,
-7olvss 40g shops employing 3O,OOV
so'ksrs, according 70 union estimates.
he strike. which will affect workers
= he 1900 smaller independent SHOPS
VI. ~; 10000 more out OF employ
s,-. BENJAMIN Schlessinger, presi-
:.ri Of the International Ladies Gar
usr. Worker Union, said he looked
VA strike lasting fifteen or sixteen
usks. causing an industrial loss OF
ENQ0o0 or 100000, and affecting
.ly 100000 people.
says Employers Misrepresent.
The EMPLOYERS in their statement
Us attempted 20 misrepresent the
"a ISSUE a. stake" he said. The
-.ors are not asking for closed
.'p. as the employers say.
We have not asked for the closed
,,p since 1910. when through the ar
,i's,lon OF Louis Brandeis an agree
ssai vas reached and a peace protocol
.sEn Up establishing the preferential
10, shop This simply means that
= .'ng as the supply OF union WORKERS
nu the union member shall nave the
l''.srsnee, but u does not prevent the
'-;oysrs from using non union help II
's,susy. ln a closed shop non
10, help cannot be used under any
itsus;snces. We do not ask TINS.
The employers lived up 20 this
iEsenent until about year and nall
- They took the stand that any
z. showing a union card was union
si. But We contend that a man ~
q gnior help unless he IS in good
aiding The card might be twenty
's's Old, the holder may never pay
pig cues, he may even have scaobed
'gs,s. Is
The employers said they were not
p sed % examine into a worker s
-sncng. but that u was enough for
,sr II he showed a union card. This
=, simply 81 evasion. They could MI
~ shops with q thousand men who
s.ie show union cards but are not
-s1oe's Of any union now.
satisfied with Preferential Shop.
i vss for the settlement Of this
n soFsrsy that, We APPEARED before
= Mayor council Of concilistion,
4, ne employers refused 70 meet US
"a ordered the lockout and have at
ped % throw dust in the eyes OF
= public with their cry. We are sat
20 With The preferential union shop
+, ts'ao.ished By the Brandeis protocoi.
-~' al We ask for. And we are go
% fght for it % the finish"
~ general strike. he explained.
.,-ls Be called a. an answer 20 the
.,ts9si, because the biz shops let out
~ q their work IN sub-contracts
-te Independent shops.
,s unions began yesterday 10 Dig
~ trenches fCr a long VET They