The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-13
WOMEN WORKERS
HOOTED by MOB Of
C0H0ES STRIKERS
Guarded by Police When Leav-
ing Knit Goods Plant
WAR ON OPEN SHOP POLICY
United Textile Workers Officials De-
clare Fight Will Be Carried to
Finish.

Troy, July 13.-Hoots and jeers
greeted the twenty five women workers
who left the plant of the Root Manu-
featuring company shortly before
o'clock last night. These women re-
ported for work yesterday, as they
have for the past week, under the new
ly announced open shop policy of
the Knit Goods Manufacturers associa-
ton of Cohoes and vicinity. The wo-
men workers, who were in most all
cases former members Of the United
Textile Workers were taken to their
homes in auto busses with two police
men riding in front for protection.
The manufacturers claim that
satisfactory gains were made in the
number of workers yesterday while
Union leaders deny this fact and add
that lit was less if anything Yes
terday was the first day of the second
week of the open shop policy and it
was expected that many workers
would report.
Following a dispute on Howard
street over the move on orders re-
Gently issued by the police young
man was brought to the station house
for arguing with patrolman. He
was allowed to go when it was found
that the entire affair was misunder
standing. The young man was not
affiliated with either Of the warning
unions of this vicinity 1t was said
unofficially yesterday that there was
about $50 workers in the mills.
international President John Golden
with officials of the local unions and
other international officers who are
in charge of the local situation held
conference yesterday afternoon when
the local matter was discussed from
all angles. No statement was made
after the meeting except that twas a
fight. to the finish.7ua hlu rFpHh q
The women workers who reported
yesterday in the plant of the
Root Manufacturing company were
taken to their homes in an, auto buse,,
THE crowd filled Mohawk street for
at least one block south of the min.
| A large number of police officers were
on duty in the vicinity of the factory.
A sta ement issued by the nlanufac-'
turers yesterday in full follows.
Satisfactory gains have been made
today by the mills which started open
shop as the only solution of the oper-
ating Every day more workers are
realizing the fairness of the open shop
as the only solution Of the labor trou-
Bile and strikes that Cohoes has had
for the past few years.
with business all over the country
shutting down it is a calamity for
the people Of Cohoes that they are not
at work while there are some orders
still left on the books, particularly
when there are no new orders in sight
for some months.
THE manufacturers are doing their
utmost to co operate with their loyal
employees by pleging themselves to
fully protect all who come back to
work and guarantee that their posi-
tions WIN be good as long as the mills
run.
I'VE have already guaranteed and
repeat our guarantee that there will
be no increase in working hours and
no reduction in pay.
At present the employees the manu-
facturers, the merchants and, in fact
everyone is suffering except the few
leaders who are drawing their full
salaries while the workers get only
SIX dollars week.