The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-07
CITIZENS TO
!. PROBE GARMENT
WORKERS STRIKE
Groves Stand Causing
Bitter Feeling


The arrests of citizens found walk
ing in the vicinity Of dress making
establishments where strikes are on,
by officers of Attorney Groves Office
and the gross Partially shown to
the clothing barons by city officials
has finally forced citizens not in
volved in the struggle to step in with
a view to bringing about a settle
ment. A meeting Of progressive ele-
ment met yesterday and the following
statement was issued by Walter r.
Nee, secretary of the conference:
"a group of representative per-
sons of this city were called to-
gether for luncheon at the Hotel
Morrison today by the Chicago
Church Federation to consider inn
partially the conditions and progress
of the strike of the international
Ladies Garment Workers Union in
this city, now going on. Those pres
ent. numbering about fifty, organized
themselves into a Citizens Commit
tee, with Father Fredric Seidenburg,
Dean of the Department of Sociology
of Loyola University, as chairman,
and Mr.. Walter R. Nee, Executive
secretary Of the Chicago Church
Federation, as secretary, to gather
facts and take such action as may
then seem desirable.
"A subcommittee was also ap-
pointed, consisting Of Father Seiden-
burg, Mrs. B. F. Langworthy, First
Vice-President of the Woman's City
Club; Mrs. v. Frank Brown, Chair
man of the Women in Industry of
the Illinois League of Women Vot-
ers; Dean Thomas F. Holgate, Presi-
dent of the Chicago Church Fedora
ton; Mrs. Alb Simon, President Of
the Conference of Jewish Women's
Organization, and Mrs. George M.
Mathes, Director of the Women's De-
partment Of the Anti-Saloon League,
for the purpose of investigating the
present conditions of the strike and
to confer at once with the city Off
cials regarding them.
"In view of the Importance to Chi
cago citizens of the present strike
this Citizens Committee expects to
enlarge itself materially for the pur-
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as far as possible on the true merits
Of the situation"
Not Daunted by Cold.
In spite of snow and cold and in
functions and the brutality of the
police the striking garment workers
kept their picket line filled along
every street in the garment districts
yesterday.
The most significant development
of the day was that the regular uni
formed police have followed the lead
Of the police attached to the states
attorneys Office and have begun to
treat the striking girls in a fend-
ishly brutal manner.
Strikers believe that Capt. John
II. Alcock, who has been put in
charge Of the strike detail of police
by order of Chief Of Police Morgan
\ Collins, has ordered the police to
help States Attorney Robert f..
Groves police break the spirit Of the
strikers and the strike.
Police In Military Array.
4 Yesterday was the first day Al
cock was in charge Of the police de-
tail There have been assigned TO
strike duty more tnar 100 police
officers. Most Of them are stationed
in the strike area along Market,
Adams, Quincy, Wells and Van Blu
rem streets. That is the district
where the big dress manufacturers
have their shops. The police work
from 500 a. m. till 600 p. m. They
concentrate their energy on arrest
ing pickets during the evening when
the scabs are returning home from
work.
When the pickets got on the job
along Market street yesterday morn
ing, five Of them were arrested and
brltally handled and thrown into pa
troll wagons. They were taken to the
First district police station, where
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