Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-06-06 | Page 5 | Critical Day for Garment Workers

oo CRITICAL DAY FOR GARMENT WORKERS Now York, Juno 5. Manufacturers of women's garments and tho sixty thousand striking or locked-out workers work-ers in that trade, regard this as a critical day in the labor struggle over the open shop system. Some of the employers made preparations to re-sumo re-sumo operations today by beginning the making of samples in which It was said that five thousand workers would be needed. To prevent the strikers, or others from going to work, Benjamin Schle-slnger, Schle-slnger, president of the Cloak Makers Mak-ers union, said he would have 10,000 plck'ets on duty near the garment factories fac-tories and, "if necessary, would call out all the 30,000 strikers as pickets. Re- M lief headquarters for the workers on M strike were opened today In an effort M to keep them from the factories until H the busy season in July, when the M strike leaders believe they can die- H tate terms. H