The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-10
STRIKING CLOAKMAKERS.
BhRoNDEss AGAIN. THEIR LEADER
IND HERO.
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Girl Operatives VIII Hear Ne 0thcr
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| Girl Operatives VIII Hear Ne Othcr
| the Manufactured 5ay-Cwtters 90 Go Out
The general strike Of the Cloakmskers' Union,
which was ordered on Monday night by gem
ersl vote Of the union and went into effect yes
terday, promises 10 be more extended than was
at first thought. The cutters belonging TO the
| United Cloak and Suit Cutters Union, number
| ing 1000, will go out tomorrow, and this ac-
ton, II is declared, will parslyze the trade. The
| original issue has been lost sight Of and new
demands are made which the manufacturers
had not foreseen and which they are likely to
fight with all their power
II the strike has demonstrated nothing else IL
has shown the hold Barondess still keeps over
the union. When Barondess resigned and went
to Baltimore II was supposed 10 be his last
resignation. He was running away from the
| Socialists and was never TO come back again.
| Meyer Schoenfeld doomed into prominence later
as the leader Of the east side tailors, and IL re-
quired little persuasion TO bring Barondess back
as leader Of the cloakmakers.
II would be hard to get a correct estimate Of
the number OF people who went on strike yester-
day. but the number is between 10000 and 49,
600. The strike was originally intended to be =
sympathetic one in support Of the strikes in the
establishments Of Julius Stein & Co.. l.. Graner
& Co., A. Baller & Co.. and Heller & Dinkel-
spiel. Now II is strike against the piece work
system. The demands were not formulated
until last evening.
Committees were sent around early In the
morning TO order the strikes The 1000 hands
in Meyer Jonasson e. Co.'S factory, 1854 Grand
street, did not go out until after IL o'clock. A
little before that hour one OF the hands received
q despatch containing tho words, "Stop work,
by order Of the General Executive Board" It
10 said that Foreman Michaeles tried to prevent
tha tcln Hat,, 1,,,N
and all the Hebrews, men and women, left, the
Italians remaining. A clerk got into wrangle
with a cloakmaker, and there was rough-and-
tumble fight. Yesterday was pay day, and all
the strikers came back to be paid. They were
admitted at one entrance in relays by police
man, and after being paid passed out another
way.
Among the larger firms where numbers could
be learned It was said that 800 struck in
samuel 0ppenheimer's in Greene street and
1000 In Popkin a Co.'S place in Grand street.
About 800 shops in all were affected, including
the email contractors' shops. force of 500
pickets was distributed in the vicinity of the
The men strikers met in the afternoon in the
basement OF New Irving Hall. where they were
addressed by Joseph Barondess and others.
Barondess was received as IL he had been q con-
One OF two artyey kissed the skirt OF his coa
Barondess, who has grown considerably stouter,
'PoMs IN The he e .ss side 9 to not to
II you do. The, manufacturers are conspiring
system. We must do away with It,"
The Chairman, swinging a soda water bottle
vote as to whether or not they should have a
meeting to-day, which Is Hebrew holiday.
The girl cloakm had a meeting OF their
own at 23o Broome street, Miss Lizzie Mahon
presiding B.rondess appeared At this meeting
hystericSliy. Bsrondess made a short speech.
hurried out. The sensation caused By his ap-
pea pearl. i,e, broke up the meeting The girls
Several manufacturers, who were seen by q
sun reporter, said that the strike was direct
Louis Graner denied the statement ~ made at the
mass-meeting that he was able to go with
his business despite the union, only because he
was receiving assistance from other manu-
Our difficulty with the union" he said, has
union refused 10 make the same terms with
me that they had made with the other
nananion Sas wa. 'e Wiling s!easoG s.Se
ALI OF my old EMPLOYEES back, but now
cannot discharge the operatives who stood by us
during the strike. Since some Of the old hands
came cam, back to work fifteen or twenty OF the
houses and frightening their wives, who
were told that their husbands would be
came here and begged them to go home. and l
advised them to do so. A. Boiler q Co. are in
the same position that am.
Mr.. Barondess figured out the new scale. and
according TO his calculations the advance made
In the wages | pay amounts to ~ per cent. |
have been spoken OF as the President of the
Cloak Manufacturers Association. There Is no
such association. and If there was wouldn't be-
Meetings OF strikers were held at 4l2 Grand
street and several other places. In the after;
and United Cloak and suit Cutters Union met
at As Franklin street and decided that all the
cloak cutters. numbering about 1000, should be
lowing demands were formulated by the strikers
as b" the only basis OF settlement"
- None but members in good standing shall be
employed; nowork is to be taken home, and the
work to be cut and made directly by the firm
and tailored by their contractors instead OF
being sent TO secondhand manufacturers H. C.,
tenn TO be abolished; nine hours to constitute a
days work: a legal agreement for the year and
a satisfactory bond for each case"
tied. II is 10 vary from sI2 TO SIS and $50 a
week, according to the quality and style of the
garment.
that the strikers will do little beyond holding
meetings,
There was no regular mass meeting Of tho
striking shirtmakers yesterday, so that they
were out in the streets n good deal. Sixty OF
shirt factory OF Phillips a Son, Is I.ispenard
street, and burst in the door, threatening TO
carry of the machines.
her Of the firm, an attempt had been made to
call the EMPLOYEES out on strike and had
been unsuccessful. Isaac Cohen, Joseph Rosen. |
ringleaders, and were arrested. They were ar
raigned In the TOmbs Court on the charge OF |
disorderly conduct and fined 81 each by Justice
Ryan.