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Show FACTORIES ARE aOSED Garment Workers Go Out on Strike, 4000 Places Are Tied Up New York. Dec SO Men and women wo-men garment workers, estimated In number at 125,000, went out on Btrikc In New York today, tying up approximately approxi-mately 4,000 factories. Thev demand higher pay and better working conditions. condi-tions. Mass meetings of the strikers began be-gan as early as 4 a. m., and nt day-night day-night in a drizzling rain picket squads of twelve had been posted at all the factories afrected. In each squad wero at least two women. Forty-fivo halls throughout the city have been engaged by the strikers for gathering places. Violence has been discontinued by the leaders and the walkout today" was accompanied by no disorder. Before daybreak the leaders of garment gar-ment workers in this city and New Jersey environs began preparations for the proposed strike of 125,000 workers at 4,000 factories today as ordered by tho United Male Garment Workers' union last night. More than 1,000 pickets wore ordered or-dered by a vote of the workers at a late night meeting to report in tho several districts as early as 5 o'clock this morning to dotennine proclamations proclama-tions printed in seoral languages explaining ex-plaining the purposes of tho strike The strike is confined at present to the making of men and boy's clothing. Of the 125.000 workers In this Industry, there are about 40.000 women. It was declared today, however, how-ever, that the Ladies' Garment "Workers' "Work-ers' union was also at work organizing organiz-ing its forces for the demand of an extension to other branches of a peace agreement signed two years ago and that a strike of 70.000 more workers would he called to enforce the demands. de-mands. Strike Largest In Years. The strike In the men and boy's clothing Industry alone, however, will be the largest New York has experienced experi-enced In years, if the tieup of this Industry proes as complete as the leaders threaten. Tho total value of the product of men's and boy's clothing cloth-ing manufactured in New York yearly is estimated at 350.000,000. It will bo the first large strike in this branch of the Industry here. An eight-hour day, twenty per cent increase In wages with a minimum mini-mum of $10 a week for girls and $1G for men abolition of child labor and work In the tenements are the features fea-tures of the strikers' demands. The various unions involved and the members of workers who are assembled as-sembled to be enlisted for the strike Is tabulated as follows- Brotherhood of Tailors (coat tailors), tail-ors), 25,000 Trousers' Makers' union. 12,000. Overcoat and Sack Coat Makers' union, 5 000. Vest Makers' union, 12,000. Knee Breeches Makers' union. 2,-500 2,-500 Children's Jacket Makers' union, ,-000. ,-000. Boys' Reefers union. 2.500. Prcssers' union, (several branches), 10.000. Lithuanian Tailors' union, 2.500. Custom Tailors' union, C.000 |