The evening world., 1894-09-08
BARONDESS ON DECK.
" King of the Cloakmakers "
Comes on to Direct the Strike.
His Subjects Generally May Join
Striking Coatmakers.
800 OF Them Quit Work in Broadway
Shops To-day.

The striking swett-shop coatmakers
were In a quiescent mood this morning.
They had measured their strength at
the mass-meeting in Cooper Union last
night, and were satisfied that victory
was within their grasp. Their army
which Is numbered by tens Of thousands,
stands together a compact mass. deter
mined to win. Not one dissenting voice
has been heard among them since the
strike began in the early part of this
week The task system, which had
Slapped their life so long. may be prac-
tically regarded as thing of the past.
A new element of strength and sue
cess has been added to the strikers
movement by the arrival of Joseph
Barondess from Baltimore. He is a born
leader OF strikes, and like the Alex
anders and Caesars and Napoleons of
history he consolidates his armies by
the enthusiasm which his presence
among them arouses. He is booked to
address the strikers at a mass-meeting
this afternoon at New Irving Hall. He
and Brownsville.
The striking cloakmakers, to whose
Union Barondess properly belongs,
declare that now their old leader Is once
more among them, there is no doubt
that a general strike of their trade will
also he inaugurated within few days.
SO far there are about 5000 cloak
makers on strike. That number was
reached by 500 men quitting work yes.
broadway. near Grand street. and A.
Friedlander q Co.'S. Broadway. near
White street.
The cloakmakers and the coatmakers
N mot tri lf Inc tn af tn In he mo nh
jects The former are underpaid but
work. at least, in thoroughly ventilated.
roomy. well-lighted shops Al they ask
the other hand. have been working in
dingy foul-smelling dens, where the
light In many instances came strag-
the rear yard, where some sky-scraplng.
double decker tenement often obstructed
view OF the sun or even the sky.
Crowded into those h9t6sds uo Of d nf
cutta," were often fifty, one hundred or
even one hundred and fifty men. toiling
from o'clock in the. morning until 10
work rarely vent above Is week: They
were nominally getting So a day. but as
days work was considered a task"
stead of one to be finished. they were
really earning only 81 a day.
1t Is this system that the coatmakers
have struck against.
middlemen woo stand between the toll
ers and tn, great manufacturers, have
agreed to accept the terms submitted
on every point except one. They still
hesitate to furnish bonds as security
for the faithful performances OF their
by the strikers, as they claim to have
often been deceived by the contractors
in the past.
The contractors hold a mass meeting
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shS fSa w ra S who who nsT pskeS
by all the unions of kindred trades of
the X. Of l.. in this city. Brooklyn and
Brownsville. will also hold mass
not. however, decided whether this
meeting shall be tonight or next Tues
day.
The task workers In the shirtmaking
trade have also wearied OF the intolera-
BILE burden that has been bearing them
down for years almost to the, level OF
mass meeting in .walhalla Hall. 30
Orchard street. o-day. They have suf-
fered even worse than the coatmakers,
and have received very much less pay:
city. About one-half are women. There
is no doubt that they will strike.
A. J. Milkun; coat contractor, OF
men on strike yesterday. and went
with them from shop to shop taking
out men everywhere. He thus sue
ceeded in getting 100 Christian Poles
to strike against the sweating system.
V'edenburg & Brooks, l64 Fifth ave-
nue., have settled with their locked-out
custom tailors, who resumed work at the
old scale Of wages. The question whether
or not the men working at the lockout
shops are TO he permitted to settle with
general vote next week. Some OF the
shop meetings will vote for PROPOSE
tion that no more settlements be permit
ted unless every one of the employers be
willing to settle.