New-York tribune., 1886-04-28
PRICE THREE CENTS.
BOYCOTTERS FEEL THE LAW.
THIRTY-FOUR TAILORS ARRESTED.
AN INDICTMENT CHARGING THEM WITH coNsPIR
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long procession of police officers, each ac-
companying an undersizei man, marched through tho
rain yesterday across the Ctg Hs Park and into the
General Sessions building The ununiformei member OF
each couple carried umbrella. which shielded tho
policeman rs well as his companion. Tue prisoners,
thirty four in number had been arrestsd bench war
rants issued Monday afternoon by Chief Clerk Sparks
at the direction OF Recorder smyth.
The indictment under which tho arrests ordered
was one OF the largest that has recently been seen at ths
Court OF General Sessions, against forty
persons and the frequent necessity Of repeating the cntrs
list of names. almost all Of them those OF orc born
persons swelled the Of document. The iuilct
meat was procured the evidence OF oce officers and
of members of the firm of Cavanaeh. sanriord K Co..
tailors, OF No. l6 West Twenty thrdst., who a few
weeks aga had in their employ sixty men and sixteen
girls. The went strike five weeks ago and tho
girls three weeks ago. The members OF
another tailos union, and they made efforts to niice
union and others work for the taors by
distributing circulars end by other methods Tncy
indicted for conspiracy and coercion under the
sections in the OF boyc0tters O Mrs Grays
bakery.
The forty bench given Inspector
Byrnes Monday night and NJ 30 n. m yesterday ho
had forty police officers the residences ny
the Some OF the warrants were no erve because
the eOuli not be found. The others taken
the Police Headquarters and thence to the General
Sessions where they crowded into a portion o. tho
pen reserved for prisoners in Recorder smyths court
room They mostly Germans. but there wcrc
among them Danes swedes. Frenchnsn and two
three Irislmen None OF them apparently )f Amer
can brth They small in stature and most OF tlem
had dark compile Sions They fairly well dressed
and did depressed they talked together while
waiting for the court to open.
Frederick Jensen, Dane, the president OF the Custom
Tailors' Benevolent and Protective Union. At tho
set To
members OF the union who had been arrested Joseph
Wilkinson, tho secretary of the union and walking
delegate" among the arrested The prisoners
called one by one before Recorder smyth who
fixed bail in at $500 except in that OF John
Hannon, who suffering from spruined ankle AMI
whose behalf Charles steckler. the counsel Of the
union, asked that he be paroled for tra. Bail In his
fixed at $3.50 All the pleaded not guilty.
The men arrested John HaDnoD Micnael Stack,
c. BludiDger +. Nchol. f, Krause. J. Chimack. Jules
FRANKIE. David koltmau. Joseph Matzoach, W. Boston,
a. Micnlor, Morris Goidstein, Joseph McLougbhn,
Charles Bukins, Francis Madden. Michael Gerney.
Charles Neuman John Musel. H. scher Henry spaler,
Thomas Boylan Joseph Wilknson Joseph Eashorter, f.
Rosenbaurn. CHARLES Vachner. Thomas Griitns. David
Courtney, Albert Renn. Walter Flynn and August
employed by Cavsnagn, ssndfori X Co. before the
strike. The others symrathzcd with the strikers
the District Attorneys office and ,iisred bail. John
stmmel the proprietor OF the Germania Assembly
Rooms at No 293 Bowery furnished bond, for seven OF
the men. Frederick Werner. OF No 33l flftnst. was
accepted bondsman for four and Charles Killings ot
No. l3 First-st.. and George Ketschner Of 80. 10
Stanton-st. for each. Among the other bOndsmen
+. sctoer OF No. jl9 FIfth-s. r. Krag, No. ilS
Frst-st and A Dcfcnthaler Of No. Ill ttn st, who
accepted as boDdsman Tor sis OF the boycotters
Some Of the bondsmen members OF the union VINO
zeal est te and Others were merchant taoIs VINO
employ union mon. All of the men secured bonds before
the DAY
The alleged boycOtters and their friends consd-
eraby excited aud they talked earnestly
IN the District Attorneys oilice TO any one VINO would
listen. 5000
President Jansen said that the nnion numbered 1000
men probably less than nifty were born IN TINS
country. They all learn their trade, hc saii In tho
old country and do need TO be here two weeks before
shop" He said that the men Were not boycottng
place, but simply distributing circulars
to who ml ght apply for work.
Thomas Grlfiiths, picturesque veteran, was very
denunciation OF the bOycOttcd firm. which, no
SAID had employed labOrcrs who took work hone 10 un-
cleaDly teuemeDtS. He could scarcely be pdclnel by
other members OF the union.
Joseph Wilkinson, the walking delegate WIS
inclined TO blame Captain Williams aud Detective Price
for Oi the evils that hal Oocl brought u on tho
union. lie said that Price mad profcs,c to act rs
tailor about engage work at CavaDag. SandfOri az
Co 3 place and had put himself in the way for te plr-
pose ssslltet. lie said thar the circulars ony
said firm paying from - To 30 per cent less
than the rates and made other statements which
might dSSuadc mon from seeking employment there.
ifr continued: rnose wholesale arrests are enureiy
nnuslIhahle Some Of these men nad never been EN-
pOyed by Cavanagh, -lndfori Co Thc5 were ~ Work
in other and had nothing to do either directly or
indirectly with boycott. rbis u tho trs time that
the last. IL tried an experiment ana We are
sat sfl ii that it is not feasible in this countr%"
Two brawny, looking woIkinen Stopped 10 reaI tno @
freshly posted TRIBUNE bulltin which announced the
OF the bOyco;er, The elder read It slowly ana
partly aoud turning his quid OF tobacco over and over
In "a mcdative manner a. he became impressed by the
statement; then ung to his companion he remarked:
They've trippei up thirty OF them boycottns cIleIs
I'm sorry it wasn't three hundred.