The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-11
BARONDESS, LEADER.
Elected by the Cloakmakers' Union
at an Albright Session.
Contractors Are Yielding 10 the
Striking Coatmakers.
Possibility that the Strike May BE
Ended In Day or Two.

me SlllN'S III Inc various garment
workers trades are rapidly approaching
their ends. The cuatmakers, who have
struck against the sweating system, ar"
virtually forcing the contractors to the
wall. They hold the whip, and have aC-
Quircd such an asccndancy that they
now refuse to even confer with the Con
tractors Association, and confine their
dealings entirely to the Individual mem
bers of that body.
The result is that eighty contractors
have signed the agreement submitted
by the strikers, together with the bond
demanded as security, and 1000 men
have returned to work. by Thursday,
it is expected that all the contractors
will have fallen into line and that the
1900 men who are still out will be back
in the shops.
At n mass-meeting of the striking
coatmakers at New Irving Hall, Bruome
street, near Essex street. this morning
the names of all the contractors who
have signed were read, each name
eliciting a round of applause. A bulle-
tin Will be posted at the strikers head
quarters, 40 Attorney street giving the
name of each contractor who surrenders,
,
George w. Egers, of ~ Attorney street,
to draw up the agreements and notes
and bonds. Each contractor who signs
pays % cents for the agreement and 81
for the bond.
Dave Levy, one of the strikers, was
arrested, il is said, for distributing cir
culars for the massmeeting at New
Irving Hall.
Other mass-meetings will be held at
Good Fellows Hail. 10 Essex street, this
evening. by the striking prcssers of
the Brotherhood Of TailOrs, and at New
Irving Hall this afternoon by the over
coat and sack-coat makers of the
Brotherhood.
Abe Harrison. a delegate of the
Brotherhood Of Tailors Executive Com
mittee, has been sent to Newark to
organize the strike there,
The one event of the day among all
classes of strikers is the election Of
Joseph BarondesS to the leadership of
the Operators and Cloakmakers' Union
BY virtue of this office Barondcss be-
comes almost absolute master of the
situation. He was elected at 80 o'clock
this morning by the Executive Board of
the union, which refused to adjourn un-
til he had accepted the proffered leader
The Socialist element in the Union"
said Barondess this morning, lat FIRST
opposed me. The majority was with me.
however, and when the Socialists saw
their opposition, but INSISTED that the
Cloakmakers' Union withdraw from the
Garment w OrkefS ASSOCIATION. ! ms was
Intended to weaken the influence and
power Of Charles +, Reichers and Harry
White. who are officers of that Assoc!a-
ton. | would not listen to such prop
ositon, and after interm.nabie debates
the Socialists were hnIlly Ydnquished.
IL can now safely predict that the
cloakmakers' strike Will be ended within
II week At present there are about 1000
men and women striking against the
following firms: Morris Finn, Seiigman
x Levy, Friedlander, Rothschild. lndis
Koch, and Crawford q Quigley. These
firms will not be able to hold out longer
than one week. ] win remain In New
York until them
I'm settlements with cloak manufac-
turers, We never ask for any security
for the faithful performance Of their
agreement. They have, as rule, car
ried out their promises to us. Indeed,
they are aware that We would not hest
tate IA moment to declare new strike
for any infraction of their agreement
with us.
81 intend speaking to-day at shop meet
ings in l2j Rivington street, llj Suffolk
street and 81 orchard street. Should the
strike continue longer than week,
may make my home In New York again
although | shall continue to edi my
Baltimore paper, the Free Press"
Barondess says there Will be no gen
eral strike.
The knights OF Labor expect to make
great showing tonight at their mass
meeting in Union Square. They have
| invited General Master Workman Sover-
| eign, and believe he will speak there.
The General Strike Committee OF the
*; of l.. viii confer to-day with com
mittees from the United Hebrew
! Trades and District Assembly 40, X. of
| L.. TO bring about some harmonious
! plan of action looking towards the set
! Element of the strike among their men.
| lsael Goldstein, twenty-siN. of 81 Co
erck street, was assaulted in the hall
| way of his home to-day by man
named Klein, who, struck him on the
head with a bottle, infiicting several
wounds on the forehead. Klein made
| his escape The assault is believed to
| have grown out of the strike.