New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-09
CLOTHING CUTTERS OUT.
ELIMINATION OF A LONG STANDING LABOR
TROUBLE.
EIGHTEEN THOUSAND MEN, WOMEN AND chill
DREN OF ROCHESTER, WILL BE IDLE
UNLESS A SETTLEMENT is
OrJCKrY REACHED.
FRY TELEGRAPH TO THE TKIBUSE.1

TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TKBCSE1
Rochester. March S.-Over 300 clothing cutters are
locked out here by their employers, and unless the
trouble Is settled speedily $4,000 men, women and
children employed in the manufacture OF clothme III
this city will find themselves out OF employment
When the cutters in twentyone of the prncpal shops
quit work saturday they found copies OF inc loho"'
ing notice inside their pay envelopes:
We have been so hqmpercd and nterfered with IN
business by ntermedders that we feel conpeeo 10
stop work from now until we can adopt means 10
conduct our affairs in manner satisfactory to our
Selves
The manufacturers decline to talk about the stua-
tion largely attended meeting of the cutters was
held this afternoon. They say they VIII hoc cii ou'
anv Of the other branches of the trade but there Is
only small amount of cloth cut, so tlat employ mee
cannot long be given to the other hands 1t Is esti-
mated that the total weekly payroll OF inc nrihs
affected is 100000 so that much apprehension Is felt
By business men concerning the situation
The lockout is the elimination OF long series OF
difficulties between the manufacturers and the cutters
About year ago the firm Of NJ. kolb son was
boycottcd for hiring more apprentice than the
union allowed This boycott was finally raised, but
the firm paid - 200 into the unions treasury 70
secure It's removal. Other firms were bOycolted IN
much the same manner. AS result, the employetts
organized themselves into strong association 10
resist such demands upon them in the future. Iheie
has been "a great scarcity Of cutters here, the manu-
facurer saw and the charge Is made that the Cutters
Union las syscmatlcally kept down the supply Pre- pre-
venting men from coming here from other cites Inc
union Is strong one and those who are best INFORMED
believe that the struggle will be long. IL IS estimated
that the employers have failed to fill SoOOOoo worth
Of orders because of the lack Of cutters.
The National Trades Assembly No. 231 OF Clothing
Cutters is one of the strongest districts organized III
the knight, Of Labor, and has $4,000 members. one
Of its officers present at the meeting OF the
Central Labor Union yesterday to secure tho support
Of that body for the Ocked-Out ailOrs OF Rochester
$1,000 OF whom, many OF them non-lnion men, were
locked out on saturday in that city by twenty one
firms This said: The trouble between the Dis
fd and the bosses began last year when boycott was
placed on three firms. l.. Adder. the steinbloch
Company and Wilcs. Stein & Go. These firms were
bcaten and conceded the demands OF their men, but
said that this would not be the last fight with the
District. II was then that the twenty principal
firms in the clothing trade in Rochester combined and
formed the ClOhicrS' Exchange, adopted plan to
guarantee any firm in its membership from loss by
strikes. We expected this lockout in November, and
are well prepared 10 carry on the fight for year
We have $4,000 in the treasury and intend to bring
down the output Of clothing in Rochester from SllCOo,
OO0 to about Sj,CO0C0O annually"