El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-29
LABOR BACKS UP
GIRL STRIKERS
Central Union Committee
Confers With Laundry
Managers.


Central labor union appointed TO heap
49, -..l .-.un-ry atorktrs now on
strike at the Acme, Elite, Troy and III
4 40 etga-l l-ulurEes IN III asO
30 eunesQay claimed z55 girls We're
.at, leslues auOur Is men employ ed
cOmmittee als0 claimed that mana
GERS OF me American ana Excelsior
laundrles mad agreed not 10 take any
more v ork IRON the launurles H.
vowed In the strike anu promised to
give answers Thursday morning on
tie question OF ueaiiug win en-
plcyes collectively or WlLh their legal
representaLlfu and arbitration OF
any questions which are not mutual
~ agreed upon
On the oluer hand managers OF the
four laundries affected said thes
were going ahead with their WorK
ard while Handicapped in force Of
llunofy women tueg were BetLln8
along very well Manager f. g..
Fletcher said he had a rull force al
ii Faso laundry said that IS giris
had gone out and rnat IS had re-
NAMED at work Manager j. R. Pruett
Of the Elite laundry, where the strike
that he had not ordered any Of the
girls 70 go to the Acme laundry 10
work. He said he asked If any would
80 and three had volunteered
Twenty-Five On Strike
he gave the number Of the strikers
from the Elite at % Manager r. VI.
Miller Of the Troy said no complaint
rad been made by his girl employees
They, like those at the Fl Paso laun-
dry did not report for work Wedues-
day morning. The complaint against
the Troy and FL PasO was that they
had taken work from the Acme
The managers Of the american
and Excelsior laundries said that
their employees were at work " ed
nesday morning and they had had no
trouble They said they had been
called upon by the Central labor IN
ion committee consisting OF W j.
Moran. J. L HausWald and T. j.
Plunkett, and had agreed 20 take no
more work from the laundries where
strikes were on.
About the labor temple on south
Oregon street Wednesday morning
was a bevy OF the girl strikers and
about Is men all wearing green rib
hons. They assembled In the main
hall OF that buildiEE and awaited the
return Of the committee When this
committee returned W. J. Moran made
speech which was translated into
Spanish. He told the result OF the
committees visits
To Appoint Committees.
Mr. Moran advised the strikers TO
have a committee appointed Tor each
Of the four laundries- This. he said,
would be attended to BY Mrs c. J.
Madrid and Miss Lola Armendarez Of
the strikers grievance committee
He said the duty OF these four COM
raittees would be TO see the girls who
had taken strikers places in the four
laundries and explain TO them the
situation.
The strikers had held a meeting IN
the same hall Tuesday niGht Il was
stated there that girls OF the Fl Paso
and Troy laundries had decided to
strike. Thew were addressed by W. J.
Moran. william T. Griffith and J. I.
Velaso. editor OF the ia Republic"
q Mexican daily published here The
meeting wound up with a dance
J. l. Hauswald- secretary treasurer
lf the Central labor union. said We'd
lesdav that the following unions had ]
contributed 70 the laundrv strikers Z
Numbers. $50. carmen. $50; narking !
liant employees, $40. and bricklayers, /
20.
The question OF strike conditions I
,ow prevailing in the country and /
hreafeuing was a subject % discus i
ion in tire civ council wednesday 4
ncrninE- The chief u police was IN /
attendance. 1lavor Charles nzTis au- 1
i-ori7ed this statement The c1ief 1
Z police OF FL Pasq has instructions /
permit no disorders or riotinE IN /
bis city no matter what the cause