Show GARMENT WORKERS WORKERS' I i STRIKE MAY BE I I ENDED BY U. U US U.S. S NEW YORK Aug Three 2 2 Three mediators mediators mediators media- media tors appointed by the United States department of labor will confer here I today with manufacturers of women's I garments and with leaders of the union I of their in an attempt to I end the strike of makers of women's clothes which has been tin progress for fourteen weeks If the I mediators fail to bring about an agreement agreement agree agree- I ment mont it is understood they will start j jan I Ian an investigation of the women's garment garment garment gar gar- ment industry The strikE situation was complicated I today by hy the action of manufacturers manufacturers of mens men's clothes who locked out outI I yesterday workers and who I planned to close more shops today in inI increasing increasing in- in I creasing the number of idle garment workers to There ar are reports that the union of ot workers on mens men's garments g will call a general strike of men This action would bring the total number of at strikers on men and women's garments In this city to persons Fully in orders for women's clothes are waiting to be I filled when the shops reopen Manufacturers Manufacturers Manufacturers Manu Manu- of mens men's clothing said that orders for worth of mens men's clothing had been heen placed for the fall season and that the orders orden cannot be filled If the lockout leads to a general strike |