The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-06-23
500 TA|LORS STRIKE.
Employees Of Fifteen Fashionable
Shops Desert
Many More will Resent the 10
Per Cent. Reduction.
Rock Is swamped and Is Ready to
Give In.

The strike Of the custom tailors against
the 10 per cent. reductio of the bosses,
which. as told nj The Evening World"
was decided upon by an overwhelming
majority Of the 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
shops In the Manufacturers Exchange
and unless the present difficulty is AMIGA
bly, settled speedily II is believed the
trouble will spread and that about two
thousand additional men will be affected.
The work Is given out by the bosses
TO 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
IN tnat ne ~ per cent. reduction would not
De enforced. The bosses refused to re-
cede from the position taken and the
men walked away.
From that time on the Chimney Corner,
Twenty-sixth street and Sixth avenue,
was crowded with tailors nearly ali OF
whom were armed with big bundles OF
unfinished work. All this OF course had
70 be returned, but as the articles had
tanned FOR them. The Union, however
appraised the unfinished work, and after
paying the men the goods were returned
This Is the second attempt Of the bosses
10 enforce 10 per cent. reduction, The
hrst was made in March last, and was
successfully resisted. Both sides now
seem determined.
the different establishments in which
the strike was In force started out this
morning to try and effect an settle
ment, but its efforts were unavailing:
The Committee consists of John 3. Len
non, Frederick Jensen, John Stewart,
Edward lngrham, John Madge and Chas.
Rosencrantz.
The establishments they called at were
those Of L. G. Erickson, b. r. Marvin,
Overall Bros, w. G. Bawnes, Alfred
Nelson, John Patterson, Matthew Rock,
West & Co. NJ. Carlson. Psttus & Curtis.
BILE & Mannigan.
AS soon as the Committee got back to
the Chimney Corner all the striking tai
heat became 80 oppressive. however, that
II was decided to spread themselves all
over the building, each shop to hold sep
arate meetings.
made when word was received from
Matthew Rock, the wealthy Fifth avenue
tailor. that he wanted to see committee
Of his men. This provoked cheering. and
1t was at once concluded that the back
bone of the combination Of bosses had
been broken.
The Committee started out to- find
Mr. Rock, and speeches were continued
until their return.
Mr.. Rock, however. Is not a member Of
the combination. and even II he should
waive the reduction clause the leaders OF
the strike believe the trouble will be a
long one.
Mr.. Rock eaid he thought the reduc-
ton was nonsense: that he didn't want
to make n cut, and did 30 only at the
solicitation OF the Association. More
than 100 Of his employees did not go to
work this morning, and he Is In bad
plight. He thought the bosses would be
Obliged to agree to the demands OF the
do 50.
At Merwin Bros. No. 246 Fifth avenue,
Mr.. Rocks views were not sympathized
made necessary by the financial depres-
sion and that the men need not work I'M
less they wanted to. They would not
treat with the strikers at all.