The evening world., 1894-09-11
.BARONOESS, LEADER.
Elected by the Cloakmakers' Union
at an Albright Session.
Contractors Are Yielding TO the
Striking Coatmakers.
Possibility that the Strike May BE
Ended in q Day or Two.

The strikes in the various garment
workers trades are rapidly approaching
their end. The coatmakers, who have
struck against the sweating system, are
virtually forcing the contractors to the
wall. They hold the whip. and have ac-
quired such an ascendancy that they
now refuse to even confer with the Con
tractors Association. and confine their
dealings entirely to the individual men,
bers of that body
The result Is that eighty contractors
have signed the agreement submitted
by the strikers, together with the bond
demanded as security. and 700 men
have returned to work. By Thl rsday,
1t is expected that all the contractors
will have fallen into line and that the
1000 men who are still out will be back
in the shops.
At mass-meeting of the striking
coatmakers at New Irving Hall, Broome
street, near Essex street, this morning
the names of all the contractors who
have signed were read, each name
eliciting round of applause. bulle-
tin will be posted at the strikers head
quarters, 40 Attorney street, giving the
name of each contractor who surrenders.
The strikers have engaged Notary
George w. Egers. of AZ Attorney street,
to draw up the agreements and notes
and bonds. Each contractor who signs
pays % cents for the agreement and 81
for the bond.
Dave Levy. one OF the strikers. was
arrested, It is said for distributing cir
culars for the mass-meeting at New
Irving Hall.
Other mass-meetings will be held at
Good Fellows Hall. rs Essex street. this
evening, by the striking pressers of
Irving Hall this afternoon by the over
Bro therhood.
brotherhood Of Tailors' Executive Com
mittee. has been sent to Newark to
organize the strike there.
ase one e str. of the day all
| Joseph Barondess to the leadership of
the Operators and Cloakmakers' Union.
BY virtue of this office Barondess be-
comes ALMOST absolute master Of the
situation. He was elected at 2.3o o'clock
I this morning by the Executive Board of
the union; which refused to adjourn un-
| til he had accepted the proffered leader
The Socialist element in the Union, -
said Barondess, this morning. "at first
however. and when the Socialists saw
my faction must prevail, they withdrew
their opposition. but insisted that the
Garment Workers Association. This was
intended to weaken the influence and
power of Charles F: Reichers and Harry
ton. / would not listen to such a prop
osltlon, and after interm!nable, debates,
the Socialists were finally vanqulshed.
cloakmakers' strike viii be ended within
a week. At present there are about 1000
men and women striking against the
& Levy, Friedlander, Rothsehild. 1ndig
Koch, and Crawford &c Quigley. These
than one week. will remain in New
York until then
''In settlements with cloak manufac-
for the faithful performance Of their
agreement. They have, as a rule. car
ried out their promises to us. Indeed.
they are aware that we would not hest
| tate moment to declare a new strike
for any infraction of their agreement
II intend speaking to-day at shop meet
street and 81 Orchard street. Should the
may make my, home in New York again,
although l shall continue to edit my
Baltimore paper, the Free Press"
Barondess says there will be no gen.
eral strike.
| Inc hnlBntS OF LaDOr expect 10 make
a great showing tonight at their mass
meeting in Union Square. They have
invited General Master Workman Sover-
eign, and believe he will speak there
The General Strike Committee of the
X. of l.. will confer to-day with COM
mittees from the United Hebrew
Trades and District Assembly 40, X. OF
L., to bring about some harmonious
plan of action looking towards the set
Element OF the strike among their men.
Goerck street, was assaulted in the hall
way OF his home to-day by man
named Klein, who, struck him on the
head with a bottle. infiicting severe
wounds on the forehead. Klein made
his escape. The assault is believed TO
have grown out OF the strike.
The Clothing Contractors Mutual Pro-
tective Association held a mass m Getting
at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Everett
Hall, IS East Fourth street.