New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-16
SUFFERING CLOAKMAkERS.
DESTITUTION AMONG THE Slhlhhh''
NO SIGNS OF A SETTLEMENT OF THE TRoCb

SIGNS SETTLENENl Ut Inn i''DN '->-'
WHAT BOTH SIDES SAY.
The deep distress and misery Of the striking cloak
makers have been intensified by wholesale eviction
OF families from their homes in the dehseN popu-
lated Hebrew quarter OF the East Side MEMBER
Of the Executive Board Of Operators and Cloak
makers Union No. l. which was In session at NO
40 Crand-st Yesterday afternoon, told a TRIBUNE
reporter that the board had list of over seventy
families who were evicted yesterday morning
Since the strike began about ten weeks ago inc
reporters informant said that over l2V" COAX
makers had quit work About 400 of these had re-
turned 10 work in shops where their demands were
allowed Those demands not for more pay
but simply for the abolition of the pieoeWork SNS-
TEN. substituting weekly wages IN us s'cd' anu
making ten hours days work. nder Tue on
system cloakmakers compelled to work oa'
and night Sundays and week days alike. ior me
nerest pittance and only by the most pro!onee"
and laborous effort were they able 10 earn a scdh!
liz eiihood Since the beginning o. the strike doou'
/ 800 cloakmakers have left the city and sought EN-
pIovr,ent In Philadelphia Baltimore. Chicago ana
other places Every day the number who seek WORK
elsewhere increases and the cloak manufacturers,
aside from causing grievous suffering among the'r
employees injurng the city by driving away
industrious and women ana reducing the No'-
une OF trade. BY this shortsghted policy the man
ufacturers are also only running their own pusi-
ness but are bringing upon the city an unenviahie
reputation. The number of employees no" OH s'i'he
IS about 5000, and there are many among 'he" WIZ
declare that they have tasted no meat lh over SIX
weeks. Many grocers in the Hebrew quarter say
that their business has fallen off over CD per cent
Butchers and others who deal in food pro0uctS
make similar reports
Collections OF money are made daily Tor the re-
lief OF men. women and children who are h'eraiiy
starving. Joseph Barondess. the strike Ieauer' -
working day and night collecting relief money ana
aiding the sufferers. On Monday night ne had
bread worth about ST. which he started 10 distribute
among about POO hungry men in Walhaia Han
Orchard-st He had scarcely begun his task wheh the
men rushed upon him and fought Ike madmeh 10
gain possession of the bread Many o. these men
said they had not had single morsei OF 1000 IN
several days. and their gaunt, pinched races ana
hollow eyes silently attested the truthfuness Of
their sad assertion.
While the Executive Board and others n" strug-
cling against starva ton their efforts So'in TO nave
been made well-nigh hopeless by the LARGE number
cf evictions already made. -Four hundred famhes
are reported to have been turned out OF doors ana
Il WAS stated Yesterday that about 100 others have
been Informed that they too viii be thrust INTO the
their rent is paid before December |. The board
has rented snail cnTsp pparped larger
but who now compelled TO huddle ,Ssether r m
lori About 200 hungry men sheltered nightly
in the dingy basement Of Nalhalia Hal, k.soo,.,od
Cloak Manufacturers is reported TO be increduious
about the extent of suffering among the sulkers'
dpOOinceS
honest trickster. with whom the ASSOCIATION VIII
have no dealings If Barondess VIII step down
and OUT Of the Cloakmakers' Union. the assocla-
zion IL is said would be willing to treat with the
union but not while it is under his controi. ne
association estimates that the cloak manufactures
have lost fully s2,5O00oO through strikes that nave
occurred this year. and that the strikers theni-
selves have lost nearly sl.Ge.cNo In wages during
The present strike alone. as the aggregate amount
of the pavrolls the shops. when in fuii operation
is sG00 600 a member of the manufacturers Asso.
citation said that the unauthorized punhcahon or
President Lows letter offering 10 act as an arm
traitor in advance Of its consideration by the asso-
citation had frustrated that object.
Board Of the Cloak Tailoring Trades. SAID Nester-
daV. There is not the sChieS- Possibility OF an
carly general settlement OF tho strike. the large
manufacturers declare that they will not We'd 10
firmly declare that they will noi return to WORK on
The Old terms. The manufacturers would not haNe
10 treat with Barondess, but with our BOARD a No
Ao7 Broone-st -, s,r,ve-e a,
There was continuous meeting o, s'r nSnSIns
Speakers Vas j. 'sSo!ysdonsky, Who Ioudy detained
against "scsbs' and bitterly denounced the COAX
manufacturers. Pickets Of strikers were ont in
full force in Creenest.. near Spring St yesterday
morning and strenuouSly endeavored 10 persuade
on-union men and women not 70 go to work 1ney
made attempt TO resort To force ana no threals
of Violence The uuieness Of the strikers has re
suited i'm a reduction Of The special police detail that
has been on duty i'm GTeene-st.. between Canal ana
Spring SITS. and there seems to he no Tear OF u.s.
furbance OF the peace. %
Abraham Berman aged twenty three. Of No ~
Eldridgest ana Joseph kostero. aged twenty three
of No ia Madisonst. held for trial by Justice
Grady in the Essex Market Police Court yesterday
Joseph Kalawsky OF No. PA Cherry-st. The two
men who are striking cloakmdkers. II is alleged;
he'd up Kalawsky at Henry and Rutgers SIS and
stole s..