The Connecticut labor press., 1919-05-03
GARMENT GIRLS
 STRIKE IS OVER.
 WORK NEXT WEEK
Unions Were Organized in This State and Girls Were Out
 for Three Months.
TO HAVE AS HOUR WEEK
Miss Annie Kronhard, Assistant to International, to Write
 for Labor Press.

This is the last week of the strike of the garment workers and shirtwaist operators The strike has been in prog ress for three months. The strike orig mated in New York, where over 56,00O went on strike at the beginning. Settle ments were made from time to time and the girls returned to work until a few weeks ago all were back in New York except 5000 When the strike was at its height in New York, some of the manufacturers there tried to open fac tories in this state and get work done in shops already established here.
 The officials of the Ladies Garment Workers Union carried the war right into Connecticut and Samuel Lefkovits, vice-president and general organizer of the International Union, was placed in command of the Connecticut forces. He came to New Haven and after making an investigation decided to call the girls out The Russian girls were the first to heed the call and then one of the or ganizers who speaks fuently in Italian was sent to New Haven to talk to the are a great many. The colored girls followed their Russian and Italian sis terS.
 The girls in Hartford were also call ed out but the effort to get the girls in Stamford to strike was not so success full and 1t was reported that they were afraid to attend the mass meeting call ed for their benefit. Two weeks ago the Hartford girls returned to work. It was reported i'll Hartford that the unions in that city did not give any encouragement to the strike but this was denied by the Central Labor Union of TA 11~ a1 that the daughters of two union men in Hartford were among the strike-break- CTS.
 In New Haven, the New York manu- lecturers who tried to open shops did not meet with any success. The girls are to have 48 hour week hereafter instead of one of 5 hours and all will return to work next week. The strike breakers will get the benefit of the new time system.
 Since the strike was inaugurated in this state, weekly strike benefits were paid; T3e Hartford girls were paid .or on Thursday The Ladies' Garment Workers Union Is to be maintained and 1t is gradually adding to its member ship.
 MT. Lefkovlts was unable to come to this state for two weeks because of sickness. Miss Annie Kronhard of New York has been the resident agent of the International in New Haven during the strike She will return to New York next week Miss Kronhard assisted in organizing the union i'll New Haven and read to groups of the strikers from standard authors from time to time While in New Haven she made large acquaintance and as many of the girls have expressed desire to learn about her work in the future, Miss Kronhard will contribute to The Connecticut Labor Press an occasional article so the members of the unions i'll Connecticut will know that the organizations in other cities are doing and how Miss Kron- hard is engaged in her life work Miss Kronhard said yesterday she would be peased to write for this paper as she would not have the time to write in dividual letters to so many girls.