The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12
CLUBS NOT TRUMPS.
Police Attack on Cloakmakers to
Be Investigated.
Capt. Grant Says No Unnece ssary
Violence Was Used.
Reserves Called Upon TO Restore
Order in Division Street.

The reserves from the Seventh Pre-
| circt police station were called to 63
| Division street at noon to-day to quell
| what threatened to be u riot. A number
| Of striking cloaltmakers called on Cohen
Il Berman and demanded that they be
allowed to talk to three workmen who
| had refused to strike.
| When the demand was refused, IL is
| said, that they became abusive. A large
crowd collected in the street. andnsome
one sent word to Police HeadquSrters
| where word was at once sent to the sta
| ton. Two of the men were placed under
| arrest.
Samuel Cohen, a cloakmaker OF 50
Suffolk street showed the strikers com
mittees, at 10 Franklin street, a bad
wound in the right wrist this after
| noon. Cohen, who was picketing the
shop of Nathan Schlissel, at 3l7 Canal
street. says that when he went UP stairs
| to see II any men were at work, Schlis-
| sci attacked him with a knife or scis-
sors. and inflicted the wound. Jacob Sill
verstein, of PA Madison street, said he
witnessed the assault. 1t Is said that
Policeman Peter Morris refused to ar
rest Schlissel. Cohen went to a law
yer's office for the purpose of having
Schlissel arrested upon warrant
Supt. Byrnes this morning ordered In
spector Williams to make an immediate
investigation into the alleged clubbing
OF striking cloakmakers by Capt. Don
street station.
AT Police Headquarters this morning
Capt. Grant denied that any unneces-
sary violence had been used, or that he
himself had used his club upon any of
the cloakmakers.
Joseph Barondess to-day vigorously
denounced Capt. Grant and his men for
what he termed their brutal and indis-
criminate clubbing OF law-abiding citi-
ZenS.
II think that 1t was an outrage, and
clared Barondess. In speaking OF the
occurrence In Rutgers Square, he added:
meH oe cub SSy
people have got to dlsperse or be
Joseph Bowlofsky had a permit from
supt. !Byrnes. and would soon arrive
WIZ WILL AZ; Can, Grant w.s told wh., Rsr-
ondess had said. he replied:
Iwant no controversy with Baron
dess., He admitted last night that he
Square He lies when he says that the
| eople were quiet, and that my men com
mitted an unprovoked assault upon
| them. The crowd got fighting among
themselves 10 see who should carry the
| banners.
-Four street car lines were INSTRUCTED
hour he r." before fore the time specified in their
permit Policeman Cosgrove was sur
rounded by an excited lot of men and
was struck in the left side and knocked .'cti
| him in the stomach. The crowd was
bowling at the delay of their leaders.
There were no drunken policemen, no
! pistols were drawn and no violence was
committed, as reported
| Essex Market Police Court was crowd
| ed this morning with striking cloak
makers and friends OF the three men
who were arrested last evening in Rut-
| gers Square
Justice Ryan was on the bench:
| for the prisoners, who were in custody
OF Policemen Mccarthy and Shea, OF the
Madison street, station.
man, living at 43 Canal street and not
striker. was. lied to the bar of the
court by the clerk.
Carthy with resisting arrest" said the
Justice. Are you a Socialism
No" was the answer. II was stand.
- Canal street, when ! saw this police
man pointing at Mccarthy strike an
old man with his club. l was leading
Mccarthy drove me back, holding his
club as II about to strike me with It.
II said Don't strike mel ! viii take
bed me by the coat collar and roughly
dragged me to the station house"
Policeman McCarthy denied Rabino-
young man had interfered with him in
the discharge OF his duty.
81 have known this policeman for TWEEN:
ty years" SAID Justice Ryan, and |
! you are fined So
This surprised the spectators and
Rabinowich.
: Tammany Judge and a Tammany po-
! iiceman?" whispered cloakmaker
from the crowded benches. The young
salesman Paid his fine and stepped aside
old, Of No, i65 SUFFOLK street. charged
with interfering with Policeman Denis
Shea. and resisting arrest and Samuel
1863 Attorney street. also charged with
resisting arrest, were discharged.
The strikers VIII hold meeting in New
Irving Hall late this afternoon to de
nounce the police for their conduct last
evening, and the names of the men said
/ to be injured will then be given out. The
Central Labor Union will be requested
! on Sunday to call a mass-meeeting OF
all trades and labor organizations In
| Union Squar to denounce the course OF
he police in Rutgers Square, and ask pr.
prominent men TO appear as speakers.
, Printed forme Of the agreemnt and
| bond drawn up by the Cloakmakers
| and Cutters Committees for the manu-
facturers TO sign, are at 45 Franklin
/ street. Twenty-Five firms were reported
/ 10 he ready TO sign the contract and put
| their men to work.
! work system be abolished, and that the
( following scale OF weekly wages be paid:
Operators, SIS, SIS and s22; tailors, NS SIS
I fnishers, 50. 50 and sl2; pressers, SIC and