Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1909 — HATMAKERS SCARCE [ARTICLE]

HATMAKERS SCARCE

Of 150 Strike-Breakers Seeking Work Only Sixteen Get Jobs. Newark. N. J., Feb. 12.—One hundred and fifty men and boys, under guard of Pinkerton men, arrived here to net as strike breakers at the Thomas Smith Hat company’s shop. Out of lhe one hundred and fifty the firm accepted sixteen as having some experience in various lines of the hat manufacturing business. The rest had to leave.