The group formed branch clubs in stores, factories, and banks, expanding at a rapid rate.
Isidor Straus, Oswald Ottendorfer, and former New York City mayor Franklin Edson were proponents of the 6-15-99 Club.
Tasks assigned to job seekers included furniture repair and basic carpentry work.
[3] By early 1894 the 6-15-99 Club had secured employment for a number of women who worked making quality garments for children.
Sizable retail stores accepted the items manufactured by the women, so that a portion of the work performed by the 6-15-99 Club was self-supporting.