The evening world., 1894-09-12
LAST EDITION.
$500 men AT WORK.
Situation of the Garment Work
ers Quieting Down.
1926 Contractors Have Yielded to
Their Demands.
The Workers Still Out Insist Upon
the 50-Ho Week.

The holiday aspect which the east side
has borne for the last two weeks is rap
idly disappearing. Thousands OF the
anti-sweat system coat-making strikers,
who had blocked the thoroughfares in
order to discuss the situation, have re-
turned to work. Only here and there
small groups of men are still seen gath
cred to congratulate themselves on their
almost certain prospect of also soon re-
turning to work. In word. what is
considered to have been the most re-
markable strike ever witnessed in this
city Is drawing to close.
The strikers have won at every
point, and 1t is only question of a
work under the better system they have
fought for
So far, i25 contractors have yielded;
and $500 men have returned to their
shops.
Notwithstanding that the strike is
practically won, the coatmakers Will
continue to hold mass-meetings every
afternoon until the last man is back at
his bench. This Is considered neces-
sity, which is explained by one of the
leaders to be due to the peculiar char
The Clothing Contractors Mutual Pro-
tective Association has requested the
Executive Board Of the Brotherhood Of
Tailors, to which the striking coat
to confer with the Association. The Ex
ecutive Committee has replied with an
open circular. in which the conference is
declined, because the main body of the
strikers Is opposed to any settlement
with the Association as such, and also
because 1t is considered unjust to the in
signed the, agreement and bond SUBJ
mitted to them.
The Knights Of Labor strikers have
also adopted the form OF the agreement
Brotherhood
the exception of the bond. No securi J
is required by the X. of l.. for the
contractors faithful performance Of the
fhis lea to rather 5smsrkaels com;
street, and who had before the strike
employed Brotherhood men, awaited him
self OF the X. of l.. terms and signed
came to getting men to fill his shop, it
is said that there were not enough X.
OF l.. coatmakers to supply his demand.
Levy thereupon went around to Il Suf-
folk street, where the Brotherhood strik-
ers have their branch headquarters, and
explained that he had acceded to the
X. of l.. demands.
His announcement produced an effect
altogether contrary to his expectations.
He was fairly pitched from man to
man down the stairs, through the hall,
ITO the street, landing there so com
away.
Joe sneider is one of the strikers who
is imbued with an antique Ro-
man disposition. He has Joined the
strike against his own father, r. Smell
der, of "a Norfolk street, and declares
that he will not return to work until
mis- father has signed the agreement
and the bond.
The Executive Board of the Brother
hood will issue a circular to the down
town manufacturers this afternoon, ex-
planning the nature of the strike and the
strikers attitude towards the contrac-
tors.
Twelve local assemblies of the X. of
|. Will hold meetings all day at Liberty
Han, In East Houston street. One of
these, Progressive Union No. ", con-
sists of piece-work tailors. They ask
for change to week wages, with an
Increase of from % to 80 pei, cent. OF
What they can earn now, and demand
mat weeks work shall consist of
hfty-nine hours.
Barondess has. since his election yes
terday to the leadership of the Cloak
makers Union, settled strikes in the
following firms: Crawford & Quigley;
triedlander, and Indig & Berg. New
strikes were declared to-day against
Morris Cohen. of Lispenard street, and
street,
There, will be mass-meetings Of the
brotherhood of Tailors and of the X. OF
L. IN Newark tonight.