New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-16
TO GO on STRIKE TO-DAY.
srrK.wEAvERs AND THEIR GRIEVANCES
UNLESS THE MANUFACTURERS INCREASE WAVES
1000 MEN WILL STOP WORK THIS MORNING

UNLESS THE MANUFACTURERS INCREASE WAVES
1000 MEN WILL STOP WORK THIS MORNING
STORMY MEETINGS OF THE EMPLOYEES
over 1000 men who have been employed IN wea'-
ing silk ribbons In this city probably Will begin
strike for increased pay at 10 d. m to-day a
strike was begun yesterday in the factory Oh JACOB
New in West Flfty-hfth-st., and orders nave pee"
given for 1t to begin to-day In every shop "here
new scale Of wages demanded by the union weaVeis
is not adopted. one firm was reported last hish'
to have adopted the union scale, and this morning
other manufacturers may decide 10 prevent t"e
strike in their shops by agreeing TO pay the III
crease demanded by the weavers
Over five hundred men. representing three times
that number OF the sk-ribbon weavers III the cn''
met on Tuesday evening in the haii OF 'he "es'
Side Labor Lyceum. at No 3i2 West Forty-second-
Ct 10 talk about loss Of employment ana other
troubles Frederick Mott, who presided. mad dl-
cuI,v in keeping order at the meeting because SO
many of the men present were anxious 10 n'ahe
violent speeches. 1t was said that majority VI
the silk-rlbbon weavers in the city had peen WIN"
out work 6, long that they either starving
or on the verge of starvation and had Deeh com-
PEELED to get food at the charity restaurants me
manufacturers had reduced the wages 10 such an
extent that weavers could earn only ABOUT -
week when they had work
ON tho ton of the reductions in wages came the
financial crisis which stopped many or the i'S III
worth mentioning. When weavers had gone 10 o"e
~ tho manufacturers and had declared that they
,vore starving II was said the manufacturer "au
given five cents apiece to them and mad tod .'ei''
- buv soup with the money. speech IN iaVor
of Il general strike cheered. IL was ueci'e'
TO submit a new scale of wages to the manulac.-
urers and have another meeting ~ "
from the various shops.
r,bora u,as another well-attende1 meeting OF inc
slk-rlbbon weavers last night in tho hall at NO.
1cs Nirth-ave and the delegates from the various
shoDs reported the conversations Wnich ny aaaia
had with the manufacturers about the ne" a.
OF wages II said that JACOB ~" G' ,a adoni
richost OF the manufacturers, had reluseu " a. ~
Inc union scale and had told the "eaNera !" ~
employ that II they could not work at me L D him
they could go at once Inc w., % strike the dele
retn said Another delegate reported tha' III, Ii'
Eagle six Company, in FIFTY second,sai n os wages
and there would be no cause ior s.ii hossns ha(
shop other delegates said that thei Do'1 sc,ln
expressed willingness to ADOPT 'he '''S Si,I the
the other shops would take the ieal. 81. '' ~
,nar~Sacturers were reported 10 have refused u
I discuss the question OF wages. -. -. 81,
There were n number Of speeches maze at III, M
meeting upon motion 10 start a s,,n nverv shop a
ribbon weavers at a. m to-day III envI; ,he new
which the manufacturer refused 70 aoop. m. the
scale Of wages. Many or the men ,npIS'' ore he
r.,s too carly and said that II Woulu pe niplc W
nr,in,, IN rive the bosses time 10 get 10 the sIioi
,nd answer the demand for an increase oI vas
Tow declared that II the bosses were 700 id~S -
~, to tho shops early I'm the morning the weaver
hood not wait on them The motion was amen g.
~ strike AT 10 n. m to-day, ana was cafi'eu II
that form. 81, ~. -. ,,htcb eilx ribbon
~. ,,od, tho union weavers. therefore. VIII strlN
-. In n IN to-day unless the manufacturer ayr
TO adopt the new scale OF wages II "aS Ia, o'H a.
a. ~ tho manufacturers were forced 10 ADOPT III
union scale OF wages.