New-York tribune., 1916-07-12
Workers and Manufactur-
ers Are Deadlocked Over
Method of Procedure
ROTH SIDES READY
TO OFFER TERMS
Marks Urges Garment Makers
and Bosses To Be Moderate
New Farley on To-day.

During a four-hour conference az
the Hotel Astor yesterday between n
committee of the Cloak, Suit and Skirt
Manufacturers Protective Association
and a committee representing eleven
locals of the international Ladies Gar
ment Workers Union .herc was little
progress made toward ending the ten
weeks' strike or lockout-if an out
slider believed the pessimists. Ihere
was much progress toward peace IN
the trade-if an outsider believed the
optimsts.
A. the conclusion of the conference
Morris Hllquit, representing the work
crs, and William Klein, representing
the manufacturers, came out OF the
room with hands upon each others
shoulders. Hllqut said;
"The committee will met again to-
morrow, at some place to be determined
in the morning. We are still In the
trenches. The question Of wage IN
crease, shorter hours and the metnod
OF procedure to reach an agreement
have been considered. There is much
difficulty regarding the method Of pro-
cedure. Neither side has made any
definite threat to refuse to meet the
other side upon any single question.
Mr.. Klein said: 1--WE have not
reached an agreement upon any one
point yet. So far, the chief trouble
has been the failure to agree upon
how We shall try to agree"
The meeting was convened by Marcus
NJ. Marks, Borough President of Man
haitian. He said that he hoped that
the workers and the manufactures
would be moderate in their demands.
A number of the members of the
union. men and women, came TO the
hotel during the afternoon. Some OF
them were permitted TO see Benjamin
Schlesinger, president of the union, but
the majority were told that the pro-
ceedings of the conference could not
be interrupted. These were the pessl-
mists, who declared that they could see
no hope of peace.
A number of manufacturers. not
members of the committee. visited the
hotel during the afternoon and ex..
pressed opinions that a settlement OF
the labor trouble appears probable.
The manufacturers who at the meet
ing in the Mayors office had said they
would limit their committee 70 ten MEM
bers decided to match the announced
union strength OF fourteen members.
The union was represented by one
man from each local, Mr.. Schleslnger,
president of the union; Abraham
Barof, secretary. and Mr.. Hillquit. The
manufacturers were represented by L.
j. Vile, William Klein, /. NJ. Getskay,
Jacob Rapport, |. Stein, R. Sadowsky,
Max Lochman, VI. Herzig, David Crys
tai, J. Greenbaum, /. Blauner, Morris
r. Silverman, Horatio Simon and A. L.
Lefcourt.
In addition to the $4,000 he has
already given. Jacob II. Shift has prom
ised 70 contribute $1,000 weekly TO
the support of the striking garment
workers. Samuel Untermyer yester-
Gay, pledged the same amount weekly.
President Vile. of the manufactur-
ers. and Mr.. Hilquit. representing the
strikers, said yesterday that they eX-
pected thelockout of the strikers to
be over by next week.
The obstacle in the way of immedi-
ate settlement is said TO be the strik-
ers' desire for a "preferention union
shop" By this would be established
a shop, wherein the places of men dis
charged for incompetency would be
filled by union workers; or. at least.
union workers should be given prefer
ence over non-union men.