The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
WARNED AND FREED
100 Pickets Patrol Places
Where Employers Were
TO Engage Men.
MANUFACTURERS CONFER
Secret Meeting Held, but Re-
suits Not Announced-Hir-
ing of Guards Denied.

The first arrests In the fight for the
open shop being waged by the Clothing
Manufacturers Association OF New
York against the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers Of America came yesterday,
when sixteen members OF the Amalga-
mated were taken TO the Essex Market
courteand accused of constructing the
sidewalk" Magistrate rockingham dis
charged them. with a warning not to
block the sidewalk again.
Five were arrested before the Anal
gamated's labor bureau, in 205 Eas'
Tenth street. where a throng has been
gathering daily. According TO the police
Of the Fifth street station the complaint
against the gathering was made by
neighboring storekeeper, who asserted
his business was being harmed. Tho
other eleven were picked out Of a crowd
before Manhattan Lyceum, sc East
Fourth street. which is one OF the halls
the Amalgamatcd has hired for its
members 20 meet in during the war"
Before sixteen shops where the union
expected the manufacturers would try
10 resume operations on an open shop
and pleccwork basis 100 pickets were
on post yesterday. No disorder and
headquarters issued The following:
THE manufacturers offensive opened
to-day. as predicted. running true TO
form along the lines of the usual lock-
out procedure. Guards were hired fol
the manufacturers on a wholesale scale
and some were Immediately stationed
outside OF factories 4 semi-anonymous
'ad has been appearing in some of the
help wanted columns seeking 500
strong, able bodied men to act as
guards Men who applied were IN
formed they We're wanted for factories
where the Amalgamated was on strike.
"A plant in Fourteenth street served
as a test place, where an attempt was
made TO open up with a group OF
eighteen workers this morning. An
Amalgamated organizer explained the
situation. and as result the leader or
the eighteen men was himself on the
picket line"
William Bandler. president of the
manufacturers. declared that the as
ISOLATION as such had not hired guards,
and he didn't think it's members as in
dividuals had. because they agreed to
notify him forty-eight hours in adj
vance IL they intended 20 employ
guards. and so far he has received no
notices.
Henry Fruhon of Fruhon Brothers.
the Fourteenth street firm referred 20
by the union. declared his cutters had
walked out in a body last "Wednesday
and that on Thursday the tailors and
other workmen left TO attend meet
ing" and never returned. He had thirty
six faithful ones who were willing 10
work under the status quo he SAID.
but when they reported yesterday six
teen were weancd away BY the pickets.
While the Anal gamated chiefs are
waiting for tho leaders Of The union in
all the large clothes making centres "
the United States and Canada 90 arrive
for a war council" a secret pov WOW
OF that sort was held yesterday by
thirty leaders among tho manufacturers
II lasted all day. and al the end neither
Mr. Bandler nor any Of the Others would
discuss what took place. The plecs
work standard which the manufacturers
are lighting 20 have accepted has NOT
yet been completed Mr.. Bandler said.