The evening world., 1894-09-05
TOO.
5000 Preparing to Join the srik-
ing k-Makers,
Union Carpenters Strike Against
"Lumpers" Growing.
The Thousand Mon Now Out VIII
Make No Compromise.

The shirtmakers are preparing to
throw their forces into the breach
against the sweating system. They
claim to be working under even more
grinding, soul-and- body destroying con-
ditions than the coatmakers who are
fighting for emancipation from the task
system.
There are 5000 men and women In this
city making shirts. One-half OF this
number work in organized union shops
where the hours of labor are from Z
o'clock in the morning until o'clock
In the evening. The other half work IN
the vilest of the vile sweat-shops, from
3 o'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock
at night. And Notwithstanding this dis
crepancy In the hours of labor, the
sweat-shop toilers earn no more than
those who work in the union shops.
The average earnings for both classes
Shirt-sleeve makers formerly got a
cent for each sleeve. Now they get one
cent for q dozen sleeves. TO make mat
ters in some shSps ane
month for the use of the machine they
work on.
shirtmalers' Union of New York;. No.
1. has appointed a committee of fifteen
to investigate, and will probably declare
q general strike within day or so.
The strike OF the coatmakers now In
cludes almost every sweat-shop on the
east side. Seven thousand operators.
basters, pressers and finishers are out.
Seven thousand more OF other branches
in the same trade, who depend upon the
strikers. are also Involved In the , str,k e;,,,
meet a committee of the Executive
Board of the Brotherhood of Tailors at
. o'clock this afternoon. at 2U East
Broadway. to consider means FOR setting
The Actors Benevolent Associa ton has
notified the strikers that 1t viii give
benefit performance In aid OF the strike
This morning committee OF three
upon the men in the empioy OF Mr.. Abra-
The members Of the Committee after
wards reported that when they reached
the lower hallway, after having spoken
to the sweaters, they were set upon Upon
other ihen. Being taken by surprise;
they were terribly beaten before they had
an opportunity to defend themselves.
One of the members Of the Executive
Board of the Brotherhood went out to
Investigate the matter. He says that
when he asked the roundsman whom he
met in front of the house where the
ii, the latter told him. he says, that
he would smash his head II he didn't go
The strikers will hold monster mass
meeting at Cooper Union Friday night,
which, 1t is expected, Will be largely at
The action of local union No. 465, X.
of L., which Is said to be issuing cards
TO non-members, In order that they may
take the places OF strikers. was re-
ported to the Miscellaneous Section OF
the Central Labor Union at its meeting
in Clarendon Hall last night.
Miscellaneous Section although strong
ly X. of L., Is also affiliated with the
Federation of Labor through its con-
nection with the Central Labor. Union.
Patrick Murphy, Secretary OF District
Assembly 40, X. OF L., to which Union
No. 465 belongs. 1t IL expected that
Murphy will be prevailed upon to stop
the alleged anti-union practices of Union
Many individual members OF the X.
of L. are leaving their uaion and join
ing the Brotherhood of Tailors.
The cloakmakers' strike has been set
tied In most OF the shops. but Is very
not yet been affected. There are still
about 1000 men out, but while negotia-
tions for their return are likely to be
contaminated to-day by the manufacture
ers yielding to their demand for higher
pay, the chances were that about 2,0O
In Jonassons. Freedman Brothers, Sam
Oppenheim's and Friedlander's will go
out this afternoon.
About 200 men struck at u. Blacks,
Broadway and Grand street, this morn
ing.
Most of the journeyman tailors of
brooklyn have joined the ranks OF the
strikers, and were of the opinion this
morning that the strike would be of
short duration. the employers have
Eothing to say.