The evening world., 1894-06-23
500 TAILORs STRIKE
Employees Of Fifteen Fashionable
Shops Desert
Many More Will Resent the 10
Per Cent. Reduction.
Rock Is Swamped and Is Ready 10
Give In.

The strike OF the custom tanors against
the 10 per cent reduction Of the bosses.
which. as told in "The Evening World"
was decided upon by an overwhelming
majority of tho men last night, went
into effect this morning.
Five hundred or more men employed
In fifteen fashionable establishments re-
fused to go to work. There are forty other
shops In the Manufacturers Exchange.
AMI unless the present difficulty Is amic,-
bly, settled speedily 1t Is believed the
trouble will spread and that about two
thousand additional men will be affected.
The work Ia given out by the bosses
10 the outside men every Saturday, and
when the employees went around TO the
various establishments this morning they
refused to take the work unless assured
be be- enforced. @ The bosses e refused Yuo to r re.
cede from the position taken and the
men walked away.
Fl From that time on the Chimney Corner.
Twenty-sixth street and Sixth avenue,
was crowded with tailors, nearly all OF
whom were armed with big bundles OF
unfinished work, All this OF course had
not been finished no money could be OBJ
tained tor them. The Union, however,
appraised the unfinished work. and after
This is M the @ second md sttsmpt a ae Of the Sosses
to enforce 10 per cent. reduction. The
lirst was made in March last. and was
successfully resisted. Both sides now
The Committee appointed to wait on
the different establishments in which
the strike was in force started out this
ment. but its efforts were unavailing.
The Committee consists of John B. LEM
non, Frederick Jensen, John Stewart.
lldawrd Ingraham, John Madge and Chas.
The establishments they called at were
those OF /. q. Erickson. B. B. Marvin,
Esson yGra sSn B1s Patterson W P sswtps msts.w 4r hn
West & Co, NJ. Carlson. Pettus q Curtis.
Vaughan & CO.. Weiss & Co. and Basta-
BILE g. Mannigan.
the Chimney Corner all the striking tai
lors crowded into the meeting-room. Tho
heat became so oppressive. however, thas
It was decided to have conferences all
over the building. each shop to hold sep
Speeches and explanations were being
made when word was a;,,, ressiysd s,t,s iron, from
tailor that he wanted to see committees
of his men. This provoked cheering. and
| II Was at once concluded that the back.
! bone OF the combination OF bosses hao
The Committee started out to. nnd
Mr.. Rock, and speeches were continued
}. Mr.. Rock, however, is not a member Of
the cornblnatio and even II he should
| waive the reduction clause the leaders OK
the strike believe the trouble will be .
| long one. sH
Mr.. Rock said he thought the reduc.
tlon was nonsense: that he didn't want
| solicitntion of the Association. More
| than 100 OF his employees did not go to
work this morning. and he is IN bed
plirht.. He thought the bosses would be
| Obliged 10 agree to the demands Of the
men, and for his part. he was ready To
| do so.
| Mr. Rocks views were not sympathized
with. It was said there that the cut wns
made necessary by the financial depres-
iess thew wanted to- They would not
treat with the strikers at all.