The sun., 1891-01-31
CIOAKMAKERS CELEBRATING
II rs JUST A YEAR SINCE THEY
LEARNED TO UNITE
Now Barondsss Tells Them Exuitingiy
That In Their Hands IL the Business

Now Barondess Tells Them Exuitineiy
That In Their Hands IL the Business
OF Their Employcrs-Some Speeches.
Cooper Union was full OF cloakmakers last
night Between $500 and 1000 Polish. Rus
sian, Hungarian. and Austrian jews filled the
seats the aisles. the hail. and the platform.
They were there to celebrate the first anni-
versary OF the day that seventy or eighty OF
them came together and formed the first
Cloakmakers' Union. The union now numbers
betw cen 5000 and 1900. They are the same
ill-clad and half-starved.looking mob that
marched up Broadway last summer to parade
their misery.
Tho platform was decorated with red flags,
and under the clock hung the motto OF the In
ternational. "Workmen OF All Countries.
Unite" Louis Faerber. q young Pole who is
a sort OF fGurehesd OF tho union. presided. In
opening the meeting he said:
II all tho million aires Of this country wore
to unite, they could not break this union"
John Swinton said:
My friends. l salute you on this. the first
anniversary OF your union. The union has
stood Tor a year-only Q year-and yet during
that year what great work 1t has done. What
good work 1t has done for the cloakmakers and
for workinamen OF all crafts and forms OF
labor. 1t has done moro In year than any
union over knew In ten years. 1t has done
saiisn ever iiiSit has won It's first battls In
He went on to tell them how the intoxtceton
them overconhdent. In Rome. last summer. he
had read an aecount Of thS TIP hunger process:
h hts irends tho New YorEs1s. Tor % not iiinsins ~
their wealth out OF the wi1dows to these suffer
ganize union, in every city where there were
sSilisse With other trades. He was loudly aps
Alexandes, Jonas, spoke on Socialism. and
nag. He suggested that modern socisty Be- be
overthrowp aud an entirely new arrangement
posm ns
was very Vigorous. The poems name was
q IN IL: s;
ns III tins a9;%s Tstis
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%s'Es With y0s You vi Sbat sssaf w. Your Us =
or our snsS ys
s7$ !2s III
IKE thai that 7 It 81 SHAH renain TSs cioak makers
nave I6aEDSu BDm0tuluR III bulb DASt year.
They learned first that they wore men. and
then that they had something to soil and last
Of al that the manqiacturers wanted to buy It
sign. Operators Wsntsd,', and 700 pen who
etrke Is ordered perhaps that same day, and
Mr. ,Jonasson wonders why he can't got a
single workman"
He told them about the conference between
the men and tho manufacturers during tho
last strike and with q sort OF Glee he related
how he had twirled the manpfacturers around
his fingers. Just as he wanted In Intelligence.
be said. tho men were far above the manufac-
turers. He had a low opinion OF the m8nufac.
turers. he said. and he felt above them In all
that pertRined to true manhood, and he simply
stopped to put on the screws.
There was thunderouB applause when he
finished. Mrs. Johanna Grsie spoke In Ger
man Mrs Crete Is q Philadelphia Socialist
Is good looking, with mild. blue eyes aud q
plump figure: and wears glasses. In terrible
NJ !The capitalists. squeeze the blood Of the
workingmen into the diamonds which sparkle
on the breasts OF their wives. The marrow OF
their bones they convert into the gold which
Nils their money bags, Out Of their SOULS they
At this last question her voice rose to such @
pitch that the audience was startled. Con.
tinuinH to scream Mt tho top OF her voice she
said: "Down with tho whole economic system |
Down with capitalists! Lot liberty spread |
Hail to the great revolution"
Then she seemed to become exhausted. and
with a few tame remarks she took hor scat.
painting,