The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-07-30
Tailors Hold Mass Meetings and
Pass Resolutions.
THE CONTRACTORS DO LIKEWISE
AND THE STRIKE CONTINUES.
AS Customary at the Beginning of sucb
Troubles the Leaders Prophecy Speedy
victory-The Contractors Declare Thev
VIII Not Be Ruled by the Walking
DeIegates-some Rioting Reported.

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New York, Julyss29 -Walhalla Hall was
packed with striking tailors this after
noon at the mass.meeting held to hear
the report of their arbitration commit
tee Crowds were unable to gain admis-
sion. Nathan Reiben reported that the
Brooklyn union was in fine condition for
the strike and was determinedrrto stand
solid against the contractors until the
new agreement was signed.
Every mention of contractors name
was received with hisses Meyer Schoen-
| field, the general organizer, made long
speech exhorting the strikers to use no
violence, but to stand firmly together.
s'We will surely win this strike he said
'sThe bosses have violated every stipula-
tion of their agreement with us and we
bargain if it takes three months. The
outlook is very favorable for us to win.
and by Wednesday night we will probably
have everything settled, for many OF
the bosses have already signed the agree
ment, and we will make all of them sign
III 1l1ul5uldU6iJ. We WILL uOU IGCCRulZc
the Contractors Association, for not
more than half of the contractors belong
to it. AS soon as a contractor signs the
new agreement and puts up bond of
$500 we vii allow men to go to workgfor
him, but not before This is the sub
stance of the arbitration committees de-
ciSion.
A vote was then taken to determine
whether the strikers would accept the de-
cision and abide by the result. The vote
was loud and unanimously endorsing
the committee, and Immediately after the
vote one of the strikers disturbed the
meeting with boisterous complaint that
he had not received his wages and that
the executive committee should be held
responsible for the collection of wages
The chairman replied that the executive
committee would do all in it's power to
collect back wages due the workmen
from the contractors. Other speakers
were Benjamin Schweitzer, Henry Wox-
man and Abe Harrison. The meeting ad-
iourned at o'clock and it was followed
at once by a meeting of the women S
branch of the United Brotherhood of Tail
ors, under the direction of Lettie Persky
the delegate, and .21eye4 Frank. More
than 500 women attended the meeting
which was held for the purpose of bet
ter organization and to make a strong
into the union. While the two meet
ings were in progress at Walhalla hail.
the 900 striking Lihuanians, who were
| called out yesterday morning, held a
meeting in an adjoining building and
passed resolutions of sympathy with the
| Tailors Brotherhood Several speeches
| were made commencing the action of the
tailors' arbitration committee.
| A special meeting of the Clothing Con-
! tractors Mutual Protection Association,
was held this afternoon and resolutions
were adopted in relation to the tailors'
strike. The preamble to the resolutions
declares that employees left the shops
long before the expiration of the existing
contract without just cause, and that
repeated attempts on the part OF the en-
ployers to harmonize the trade was not
accepted by the empl Dyes. The resolutions
are as follows
| Resolved, That the members of the
| Clothing Contractors Mutual Protective
| Association unanimously adopt that we
will grant to our employees a continuance
of ten hour week day for five days of
each week and a nine hour day for the
| last working day, at regular weekly
pay days at the existing scale under con
ditions that we shall rbe in position to
| Judge what is and who is not entitled
| to such wages, and be it further
| Resolved, That we will not continue
to exist under the arbitrary laws of au-
tocratic walking delegates who in many
cases precipitate trouble for personal
motives, as cases have occurred during
the existing year.
About 100 striking tailors made things
very lively for time in Brownsville
which is the home of the striking tailors
in Brooklyn. The strikers congregated
in Siegel street where they wrecked sew
eral sweating shops At 80 Siegel street
in the rear of which building is sweat
shop, conducted by Emanuel Silverstein
and his wife, about 100 strikers turned
over all the machines and assaulted the
proprietor and his wife. The mob also
wrecked the shops at %, A, SO and 141
Siegel street and beat several non union
men The police finally quelled the dis
turbance.