New-York tribune., 1920-12-24
Pants Makers
Are Said to
Lock Out 600
Amalgamated Charges Cloth
iers With Inspiring Con.
tractors to Act; Report
$500 Barred in Boston
Pickets and Guards Clash
Two Detectives Arrested
and Union Man Is Hurt
in a Fight on Broadway

The lockout in the mems clothing
industry in this city was extended yes
terday, when 600 custom pants makers
were deprived of their jobs by the
custom pants manufacturing contrac
tors inspired by the Clothing Manu-
facturers' Associa ton, according to
statement made public yesterday at
the Office OF the All, lgamated Clcth-
ing Workers of America. The pants
makers held a meeting at Casino Hall,
where they were addressed by A. /.
Shiplacoff, manager Of the New York
joint board of the Anlalgamated. They
agreed to stand by the other $4,000
clothing workers now engaged in the
conflict with the. manufacturers.
1t was also announced at the Office
of the Amalgamated that the clothing
manufacturers Of Boston, who recently
broke off relations with the union, had
locked out the $500 clothing makers
in that city, with = declaration that
they were determined to restore the
open shop in the industry,
Sidney Hillman, president of the
malgamated, interpreted the move of
the pants manufacturers here and the
action of the Boston manufacturers as
Fart of q general plan to force ma
tional lockout in the clothing industry
for the purpose of bre aking the union
The Boston manufacturers have an
nounced a cut of ~ per cent in
work wherever week work had been
n practice before hitherto the Bos
ton manufacturers had simply abro-
gated their agreement with the union.
That involved 5000 men.
$500 Workers Involved
The new action involves all Of the
$500 workers in the Boston market.
According to Mr.. Hillman, the shops
are to be, kept closed and none Will be
reOpened except on conditions the work
ers will not accept.
The New York members of the execu-
tive board OF the ANA gamated held a
meeting yesterday at which they con-
si0ered the Boston situation. It was
decided to treat It as part of the New
York situation and to extend to the
workers in Boston the same relief
which is to be given the workers here
as soon as the 81 100000 fund now be-
ing raised by the Anal gamated is col
ected. The fund, it is expected, Will
be raised by January Is.
Clashes between union pickets ard
guards employed by manufacturing {
clothiers enlivened the situation in this
city yesterday.
In a free -for-all fight at broadway
and Prince Street William Corso
twenty-five years old, of 276 Mott
Street, and Salvatore Dailo, twenty.
two years old, of 2l5 Mott Street, were
arrested and held in $500 bail each bS
Magistrate Max S. Levine. in Jefferson
Market Court, on a charge of assault
They will be given a hearing Decem-
ber % Both men are employed by a
detective agency. They were escorting
worker from plant nearby to A res
taurant when they met Aroup of
pickets. A fight followed David Schal-
vason, member Of the Amalgamated.
OF % Christopher Street, Brooklyn, was
injured.
Bail of Five Suspects Raised
A similar disturbance was reported
at union headquarter to have occurred 4
in front Of the plant Of !. Friedman &,
Co. l2l West Nineteenth Street. Ac.
cording to the union picket and d
guard were arrested. The police have
no record of this alteration.
Five men who were arrested in an auto
mobile at Broome and Crosby street:
last Tuesday by Detectives John Pc
trizzo and George Terminelo, of Po
lice Headquarters, suspected Of hav
ing assaulted union pickets viii
weapons, had their bail increased tC