The evening world., 1890-04-18
STRIKERS HELD FOR ASSAULT.
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Policemen Cohen and Henry Say They
Were Threatened with Death,
The Knee Pants Makers Claim That
Cohen Started the Trouble.

Four of the knee pants makers who have
been out on strike for several days were
arraigned i'll the Essex Market Court today
on the charge OF ieloniousy assaulting Po-
liceman Morris Cohen, of the Eldridgo
street station.
According to Cohen. Louis Rubinski, n
contractor, OF 20 Orchard street, accused a
striker of having assaulted him. and Cohen
chased the man into.Amerlcus Hall, l05 East
Broadway. and attempted to arrest him,
but was prevented by the strikers who were
Cohen says they took away his club and
revolver and he id hlm Will others scratched
end pummolled him.. Policeman Lobert
Henry, who came to his assistance, was also
similarly treated.
They sent TO the station for help and a
squad oi police appeared, and after q
desperate fight succeeded in arresting tho
four. who were arrRiEned in court
They were Ida Ginsbcrg, pretty Tirl OF
twenty, Of gag Madison street; PmcuS
aSYhSn Henry Malt rse MaS spJ ShSsGSs saSnSn
Lnbitz. twenty. Of I45 Norfolk street.
The prisoners and their friends said that
the trouble was brought on by Cohen him-
self. They say that he rushed into their
hall daring meeting, and drawing reNol.
yer shouted that he was going to search for
Q man who had struck Louis Rubin XII. and
he world shoot the first one whip lntertered.
Cohen, they clam. grabbed the wrong
man. and when they expostulatc,l he grabbed
another striker. Then other officers arrived
from tho Madison street police station and
q small riot ensued.
Cohen has once before got himself in
trouble through using his. pistol. About
she1B cs Sns IsS presa wf o sSos mann IN
who died the following morning.
Cohen claimed that hc was justified in
shooting, as he had been pelted with stones
xii !, he claimed. was corner loafer anu
tough. He was exonerated from any charge
OF crime.
this morning. hey repeated their story
and Cohen said that when he tried to arrest
the striker, Ida Ginsberg jumped ON chair
:" Kali him! Kill ,him Don't let HIM take
that man out of here. He is one o. our
brothersr sho yelled. said Cohen, and
with that the crowd interfcred and took the
prisoner from my grasp.
Lawyer Gottleib, who appeared for the |
prisoners, declared the police Ind made an |
assault on some innocent peo-
:. Policeman Cohen walked into the hall, d"
said he. and drawing his revolver, said:
- Somebody has been assaulted and am
going To look for the man who did II. ,"
The lawyer said the policeman got the |
right man aud LET him go. aud afterwards
expostulate ted, and the police then brought on
the trouble by making arrests promiscu-
Ously.
Justice Patterson held Miss Ginsberg in |
1900 ban to answer, apd the mon were COM
mitted in default OF 5000.
Two other prisoners, Simon Sobbe. OF 30
Essex street. and jacob Siegel, of IOl Or
chard street. who were arrested outside the
static house for acting disorderlv. were
fined 81 d each.
The strike OF the pants-makers is being
waged with great vigor, aud the chances arc
IN favor OF the men gaining their object,
Four firms agreed to nay the union wages.
AZ present there about eight hundred men
and girls still on strike.
The police cleared the strikers ont of their
nall after the riot last night and they will
lod mass-meeting this evening at 02
Hester street