New-York tribune., 1921-11-18
Cloak Strikers
Routed i'm Milk
Bottle Battle
First Violence of Walk-Out
Comes i'm Small Attack
an 20 Workers in Open
Shop in Outlying B'klyn
Union Leader Sees Mayor
Manufacturers Still Firm
for Piecework as Nation
Wide Tie-Up Threatens

rhe first outbreak of violence In the
lament workers strike that began on
Tenday was reported from Brooklyn
yesterday. Six union men who had
aseovered an "open shop" tried to in
spee the employees to strike. and in
.hs disturbance that followed their re-
,usal bottles were thrown and police
rserves summoned. One union man
xss treated by surgeon.
Benjamin schlesinger. president of
sbs international Ladies' Garment
workers Union, met the Mayor yester-
aay afternoon by appointment and dis
crssed with him the issues in the
xyiks. MIR. Schlesinger would not say
whether the Mayor offered to arbitrate.
Wore thsn q hundred of the smaller
xhers, employing from twenty to 1a5.
asrted up yesterday, with the under
sanding that they would not turn out
.ny work for the Protective Associa-
don or attempt to supplant the weekly
wage system by piece work.
Milk Bottle Bombaydment
The shop that was visited by the
uaion men is at 1901 New Utrecht
Avenue, in an outlying section Of
BROOKLYN, operated by N. Finkelstein
{ Son. There are about twenty en-
ployees. Toward 10 o'clock the six
union men appeared and urged them TO
ioin the union and walk out
A short time after half q dozen milk
bottles came hurtiing through the
door. The men inside rushed out and
pursued the strikers to Eighth Ave
aus and Thirty-eighth Street, where
hey caught Tsvino Salarve, Of the
messers' union. who lives at Ill Jack
con Avenue.
A single policeman got to the fight
before the reserves arrived. He res
eued Salarve and called an ambulance.
The surgeon treated few cuts about
the mans face. Salarve pleaded guilty
to disorderly conduct before Magistrate
oNeill. in the Fifth Avenue court, and
gas held in $500 bail.
Mayor Writes Enright
In his cali at the City Hall Mr..
Schlesinger said that he found that
the Mayor had written a letter to the
Police Commissioner directing that the
police handle the strike in the most
impartial way. Mr.. SchlesinEer said
that he had been informed that the
manufacturers association had passed
resolutions indorsing the Mayors first
term in Office and had pledged him sup
port before election, but reminded him
that now he was the Mayor Of all the
people.
In reply, M. schelsinger said. the
Mayor told him he would try to see if
he could be helpful.
Mr.. Schlesinger explained to the
Mayor that conferences on the strikes
Of 1915 aud 1916 had been called in the
City Hall, the one of 1915 sitting for
two weeks in the Aldermanic chamber.
The prospect of the strike spreading
across the country increased yesterday
with Schiesinger's announcement that
he would leave for the West on Sun
day. He said there would be plenty
q news" after he left New York.
Nationwide Strike Likely
With a strike in progress in Mon treal,
one voted in Philadelphia, a strike ref
srendun being take in Chicago and
dissatisfaction in Ohio, the outlook is
that the entire international union
membership will soon be out
In Toledo the manufacturers are de-
Manding that workers take employn ent
as individuals, and it was reported
yesterday that a walk-out had been
ordered. The trouble elsewhere in Ohio
II over the demand of the manufac-
turers that the union conditions apply
snly to Cleveland. Show owners also
want the right to discharge employees
without q review of the case by the
union.
Lefcourt Cites "Ultimatum''
A. E. Lefcourt, speaking for the Pro-
tective Association gave out yester-
day section from the records of the
1919 conference at which the agree
ment, running te 1922, was made. He
said:
sIn 1919. whom the union leaders
asked FOR conference with our repre-
aertatives, this request was granted
and the following statement by Mr..
Schlesinger, taken from the minutes
E5that meeting, gives a clear insight
isto his way of doing things:
The union is absolutely determined
toestablish week work in the industry
Il you call it an ultimatum, you are
using terms which / am surprised to
hear from you. If we are determined
70 do q. thing, shall we say we are not
determined p"
Mr.. Lefcourt reiterated the deterni-
nation Of the Protective Association
to- stand for the piecework system
until fhe upiou vielded