The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-16
ASSAULTED BY STRIKERS.
Foreman Weiss and a Cutter
Roughly Handled by a Mob
Many Manufacturer Singing Zee
ments with Their Men.

Exciting ana turbulent scenes, grow
ing out of the cioakmakers' strike. were
enacted on the east side to-day. aud
two men were severely beaten
While 5000 coakmakers were as
scmbled In and around New irving Hall.
PA Broonc street, all eagerly discus
sing the situation, Foreman Weiss. Of
bernstein, Adler Il Co. cloak manufac-
turers, at Boz Broadway. came along the
street with one OF his cutters In search
OF some OF the tailors who formerly
%orkcd in the shop OF his employers.
Weiss found some OF the old hands
and walked around into Ludlow street
to have talk with them. with n view
to persuadinR them to return 20 work.
The parley had scarcely begun when Ii
crowd of strikers gathered about the
foreman and demanded to know what
business Weiss and his men had there.
IT'S none OF your business" eX-
claimed the cutter.
The words were scarcely uttered when
n tall man gave the cutter a sap across
the face with the. palm Of his hand. This
started a general attack by the crowd.
The cutter fled down the basement
stairs OF a grocery store and seCrcted
himself His face was bruised and blood
flowed from several cuts.
Weiss was driven across the street,
receiving blows and kicks as he ran,
into cigar store, and sought refuge
behind "A woman.
Policeman Green, OF the Eldridge
street station. came running up and
the crowd dispersed. Weiss was es-
Cortcd to his home.
The cutter was subsequently taken
from the grocery store and also escorted
home by policeman.
No arrests were made, but an agent OF
IlnN A tot All a.R a. a. nj
scene and endeavored to ohtai the
names of the men who assaulted Weiss
and the cutter.
ed with striking cloakmakers to-day
when Leopold Taveletta, of 100 Wooster
street and Francisco Sketona, of Iii
Elizabeth street, cloakmakers, were ar
aligned before Justice Simms on the
charge Of feoniously assaultlng Police
man Thomas Heaphy, of the Madison
street station. Heaphy stood at the bai
OF the court with his coat thrown loosely
over his left shoulder. which he said had
been dislocated by "A blow from bale
stick in the hands of Sketona.
Justice Simms held the prisoners ir
$500 ball each for .examina ton.
Nathan Schlissel was also held tC
await examination on charge of as
saultng Mrs. Cohen. David Bogert wa
held on the charge of asaulting non
union cloakmaker.
were held in $500 each to keep the peace
after a hearing in the Jefferson Market
Police Court on the charge OF forcibly
entering the cloakmaking shop at S
Spring street.
At the headquarters OF the Executive
| Committees OF the Cloakmakers' unior
and the Cutters Association. Al FRANKLIN
| street. President Dion w. Burke, o.
| the cutters. said to-day that the manu-
| facturers were coming in quite freely
| and signing the new agreement. owe
| 5000 men Will return to the shops o
| these employers.
The cutters are successful in wipini
| out cutting on the east side and In pre-
| venting a man from being manufac
| turer and contractor at the SAM
time. Immigrant cutters also receiv
union wages. over 100 non-union mel
| Joined the union to-day.
| Eighty-three manufB cturers have OF
| ganlzed The Cloak and Suit ManufaC
turers' Associa tion, with Daniel Rich
| man az President and Andrew Crawfor
as Secretary. They declare they wi
not treat with the unions, but will re
| celve committees OF their employees an
| make terms with them.
| A meeting of contractors Ia announce
to take place tonight In the Metropoli
tan Hotel. rider the auspices of tn
Manufacturers Association.
The United Brotherhood of Tailors ha
| arranged for a parade and mass-meetin
| tomorrow afternoon and evening, fc
| the purpose OF celebrating their deliN
erance from the task and sweating ~!
| TEN.