The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-15
.BARONDEss STRIKES BACK.
Declares Contractors Were the
First to Break Agreements.
His Stirring Address to 1000 Strik-
ers I'm New Irving Hall.

The cloakmakers and cutters now on
strike declared war In dead earnest
against the manufacturers during an ex-
citing mass-meeting in New Irving Hall,
in Broome street, this forenoon. The
hall holds about 1000 persons, and was
packed with the strikers, while nearly
5000 more were, compelled to wait out
on the street, unable to gain admittance.
Joseph Barondess presided, and made
one of his characteristic speeches,
mainly in answer to the statements
made by the sixty-three manufacturers
who met yesterday at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel and resolved not to recognize
the cloakmakers and the cutters unions.
Barondess was frequently interrupted
by applause, and at the close of his
address by loud cheers He said:
1T Is true that we signed agreements
with the manufacturers. and we broke
them for three reasons; first, they were
Of no legal value whatever; second, the
manufacturers were the first to violate
the contract, because they never paid
the advance agreed upon and broke
the agreement the same day they made
it: third, l do not want to make this
personal fight like the manufacturers
have done, but II l am forced to II /
will give the names OF those manu-
facturers who violated their agreement
with us.
THE manufacturers always have the
pretext for reducing wages by pointing
| to Meyer Jonasson e. Co. 8 shop. with its
low wages They would never give us
| an opportunity to bring Jonassons house
to terms. These same manufacturers
also pointed to the east side manufac-
turers-those in Division street and East
broadway in particular.and now that
| pay the same wages as the broadway
hrms these large manufacturers kick.
| They always wanted us to crush out the
east side manufacturers. Cries of
That's so" and You're right.'D
at is not true that manufacturers
pay $4,000 a year in r, wages; as 4 they io
cloakmakers in New York. and II
IS, 100000 year were paid to them 1t
would be at the rate of $500 a year to
each worker. Everybody knows that is
not muniticent wages. and everybody
can't live on $500 a year.
The manufacturers neglect to tell
plain because we strike in the busy
season. We are not fools, and don't
strike when trade is dull" cloud
laughter and applause) The manufac-
turers take advantage of dull times to
reduce wages.
"They also kick because I back up the
cloakmakers. The public would have a
poor opinion of me as a labor leader II
II did not back up the workmen and
women: and 1t is to my credit that
the manufacturers have nothing to say
| i
should be open to the suspicion OF not
being the friend of labor. was OPP
posed to a general strike, but now that
the men have struck l am with them
Some of the manufacturers say ouI
men are making $50 week each, but
that appears strange when the highest
wages demanded by our Union for the
scale of wages is from Sc to s22 a week
low figures enough when 1t is con
sidered that the cloakmakers work but
six months in the year. cloud ap
Meyer Jonasson is Offering $500 in casl
, for three years agreement ana slo
: We can hold out longer than the bosses
After our men are out week we know
that they are good for many months
The ma TnI, are making Ing t, e1
In our power. The interests OF the work
? ing men and women are common, Will
the ma1ufaeturers are a. SWORDS Sob point
Barondess appealed to the strikers I
stand firm for their demands, and lief
the platform amid great cheering. Whe
he reached the street he was surrounde
by an immense crowd and received a
At Is Franklin street, where the Join
= Executive Committees of the Cutters
and Cloakmakers' are In session, sig
natures were being received to the ney
: agreement from manufacturers an
Burke, OF the Cutters Association, sal
e that IL the cloakmakers did not live u
s to the new agreement in every particu
lar, they would not be supported by IN
cutters in the event OF strike or lock
0 out.
[ Two hundred men in Meyer Jonas
son & Co.'S mandatory, at Elm an
: rGand streets. quit work this forenoo
a and Joined the strikers.
e A resolution OF the Central Labo
. Union adopted yesterday had referenc
e to the Gotham Association OF Knit
y Garment Cutters, and not the Lad
y Gotham Association. as reported in tn
u morning newspapers. The Gothai
. Knife Cutters were accused of takin
II the places of the striking cloak-cutteri
Twenty-Five cloakmakers asked sup
y for defense against strikers, but the
K were refused. He said he would pr
~ tect them from assault II they returne
% to work.
= President Martin. of the Police Boar
=, announced to-day that that body wou
le hear any of the strikers on the Rutgel
e Square clubbing affair at its meetir
&c tomorrow afternoon at l o'clock.