The Anaconda standard., 1890-07-04
RIOT IN NEW YORK.
starvation Drives Men to Commit De-per-
ate Deeds.

NEW YORK, July at has been feared
for sometime that starvation would force
the striking cloakmakers 10 act of vio-
lcncc. These fears were realized to-day.
IL has been "A matter of common notoriety
for several days past that these uufortt-
nate people have actually been in awful
straits and not n few have been confronted
with the necessity of leaving their homes
for the lack of money to pay their rent.
Last night several families were out ON
the streets all night aud the men this
morning were driven to the point Of
desperation aud about two hundred OF
them went over to their old work shops.
They massed in front of Meyer Jonasson
Co.'s place and the Mercantile Cloth
company's, two of the largest establish
ments in the city. Joseph Lereburger.
buyer in the employ of Meyer Jonasson,
came down the street. When the strikers
saw him they made rush at him and
Lereburger was badly beaten before he
managed To escape from the mob.
The success of the attack upon the first
victim seemed 10 turn usually peace
fully men into bloody rioters.
They ran down To Jonasson's store. The
front doors being open a few of th bolder
ones entered. seized an office boy, Charlie
Buttncr, and in "a second he was receive
ing the same kind Of blows which fell up-
ON Lereburgcr. William Wasner an op-
orator, Joseph Roedelheimer, a packer,
| and bookkeeper Sims were next to re-
ceivc similar treatment as accorded the
other two. Two Italians were then
attacked but they drew weapons
and the strikers fled. The mob
next gathered around n cloakmaker
named Kunz. lie did not get away so
easily as the other men When the
police. who had been notified, came rum
| ming down the street, the strikers
scattarcd but they left kunz ON the side
walk bleeding from half dozen severe
| cuts in his head. They must have kicked
| him. as his injuries are serious.
All this time another detachment OF
strikers had been busy two blocks below.
| They were men who had been in the en-
ploy Of the Mercantile Cloak company
aud they gathered there just as they did
in front of Meyer, johnson n Co.'s and
waited for scab workman To come along.
They were rewarded just before o'clock
| when they slrrounped two men, struck
them badly half dozen times and then
chased them upstairs. The mob was then
scattered by the police.
While all this going on AN angry mob
of striking cloakmakers collected at
the corner OF Irvington and Eldridge
streets determined Ia obtain work or pre-
vent the bosses from employing nom
union workers. Samuel villet. a Pole.
|
for him. He did not like the looks of the
strikers. Accordingly he locked and
barred his door. At ll:D O'Clock
when the crowd was the largest
villet aud employees were startled by a
crash. The strikers had broken open the
door and a mob of about 10. led by
Abraham Rosenburg rushed in upon
them. They demanded all the hands to
stop work and meeting With no success
began 10 threaten aud intimdate Villct
and his workmen. The strikers threw
out Of the windows the plush cloaks being
made. Pandemonium reigned and the
streets in that vicinity were filled with q
surging mass of people. villet became
terroriked and after receiving an ugl,
slash across the right eye with d
knife, he whipped out revolver
and fired two shots, one bulle
lodged in the back of Abraham
Rosenburg and with a shrek he staggeret
out on the street. At this moment ia.
police arrived. They captured villet ant
eighteen other persons and carried then
off TO Jail. Roscnburg was removed I,
the hospital, where he lies in a prccariou
condition. Tonight 10 Jews on the Eas
Side mobbed the driver of a loaded cloal
manufacturers truck on which also rod,
a policeman. The latter caught the mol
leader and let his club fall ON his head :,
, often that lac collapsed and the crow,
skunk away.