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

Exciting and turbulent scenes, grow
Ing out OF the clOakmakers' strike, were
enacted on the east side to-day, and
two men were severely beaten.
while 5000 Cloakmakers were as
semblcd in ana around New Irving Hail.
PA Broom" street, all eagerly Discus
sing the situation, Foreman Weiss, Of
Bernstein, Adler II CO., cloak manufac-
turcrs. at jjS Broadway, came along tho
street with one of his cutters, IN search
worked 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 view
to persuading them to return to work.
The parley had scarcely begun when a
crowd OF strikers gathered about thc
foreman and demanded to know what
business Weiss and his men had there.
IT'S none Of your business" ex-
claimed tn" cutter.
The words were scarcely uttered when
o 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 II grocery store and seCreted
himself His face was bruised and blood
flowed from several cuts.
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 ana
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
Bernstein. Adler Il co. appeared on the
scene and endeavored to obtain the
names of the men who assaulted Weiss
and the cutter
Essex Market Police Court was crowd
ed with striking cloakmakers to-day
when Leopold Taveletta, of $50 Wooster
street, and Francisco Sketona, OF III
Elizabeth street, cloakmakers, were ar
raigned before Justice Simms on the
charge of feloniously assaultng Police
man Thomas Heaphy, of the Madison
street station. Heaphy stood at the bar
of the court with his coat thrown loosely
over his left shoulder, which he said had
been dislocated by a blow from a bale
stick In the hands OF Sketona.
Justice Simms held the prisoners In
$500 bail each for examination.
Nathan Schlissel was also held to
await examination on "A charge of as
saulting Mrs. Cohen. David Bogert was
held on the charge OF asaulting non
union clOakmaker.
Ephralm Wcdang and Abraham Tune
were held in $500 each to keep the peace
after hearing in the Jefferson Market
Police Court ON the charge of forcibly
entering the cloakmaking shop at SO
Spring street
At the headquarters of the Executive
Committees OF the Cloakmakers Union
and the Cutters Association. 40 Franklin
street, President Dion w. Burke, of
the cutters, said to-day that the manu-
faCturers were coming in quite freely
ana signing the new agreement. over
5000 men will return to the shops OF
these employers
The cutters are successful In wiping
out cutting on the east side and in pre-
venting man from being n manufac-
turer and contractor at the same
time. Immigrant cutters also receive
union wages. over 100 non-union men
joined the union to-day.
Eighty-throe manufacturers have or
ganlzed the Cloak and Suit Manufac-
turers' Association, with Daniel Rich
man az President and Andrew Crawford
AZ Seen etary They declare they will
not treat with the unions but will re-
ceive committees Of their employees and
make terms with them.
a meeting OF contractors is announced
to take place tonight In the Metropoli-
tan Hotel, uIder the auspices OF the
Manufacturers Association.
The United Brotherhood OF Tailors has
arranged for parade and mass meeting
tomorrow afternoon and evening, for
the purpose of celebrating their deliv-
erance from the task and sweating sys
TEN.