Some dates from my Eagles Byte Chronologies that might help you narrow
your newspaper searches. Hope they help.
David Minor
Eagles Byte Historical Research
1909
GenevaNov 22
The Ladies' Waist Makers of New York City's International Ladies'
Garment Workers (ILGWU) begin athree-month strike. 20,000 women walk
off the job.
1910
GenevaFeb 15
30,000 members of New York City's International Ladies' Garment Workers
(ILGWU) return to work, having won a wage increase, improved conditions
and a 52-hour week.
GenevaJul 7
New York City cloak-makers walk off the job, stay out nine weeks, until
their demands are met. ** 60,000 members of New York City's
International Ladies' Garment Workers walk off the
job.
GenevaSep 2
The International Ladies' Garment Workers return to work after a
"Protocol of Peace" is signed. Working hours are moved up to 54 hours a
week but other concessions are won, strengthening the labor
movement.
>It was dressmaking. 19 E. 34th in 1892, and W. 56th in 1920's. These
>addresses may have been the location of the shop and/or residence of
the
>owners. Taken from city directories.
>
>I wonder if I should look into ILGWU or something like that...
>I also learned that there were some large labor strikes for garment
workers
>in NYC about 1909-1910. Maybe newspapers would have something about
the shop
>during that time frame.
>
>Rebecca
>
>
>At 02:51 AM 11/14/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>In a message dated 97-11-13 17:16:34 EST, you write:
>>
>><<<< I recently wrote to the NYC Chambers St. archives, looking for
info
>> about a small business named White & Howard which became Leonard &
O'Neill.
>> Business was operated approx from late 1800's to 1934.
>> >>
>>
>>May I inquire what the nature of the firm was? Do you know where it
was
>>located?
>>Obviously some material maybe industry specific.
>>
>>Jim Maguire
>>[log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>Rebecca, [log in to unmask]
David Minor
Eagles Byte Historical Research
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