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Show LOCKOUT DECLARED; THOUSANDS AFFECTED Differences Between Garment Manufacturers Manu-facturers and Their Employees Have Reached Climax. NEW YORK, April 29; A lockout, throwing between 30.000 and 3o.0(.1u garment-making employees out of work m more than 4u0 shops, was declared in effect today by the Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers ' association. Unless Un-less 8D agreement is reached within forty-eight hours, it was stated by officials offi-cials of the einpiov ees ' unions todav, there will be a strike of 1S00 independent independ-ent shops, which would bring the number num-ber of idle men and women up to nearlv 70.000. The employers have rejected serefal offers of arbitration. A statement on behalf of the workers todr.y denied that a lockout was aaused bv a' demand by them for a ojo?edShop. They desired, the statement said, onlv ! that the manufacturer ni,i;i. .! pref croupe m favor of union men, according ac-cording to the lylO protocol. |