New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-02
1,r cq,aRTING CLOAKNAKERS
CONDITION PITIABLE IN THE EN-
IRENE
- FROM j. r. REYNOLDS. HEAD
WORKER or THE UNIVERSITY sETTLE-
NFNT SOCIETY

MENT SOCIETY.
,, an air of activity in the little office Of
i".,. 1oseph Barondess. of the C,oakmakers
f rss'1' os,erlay and Mr.. Barondess and his col
'h'o'' 49,. more hopeful demeanor than on Sun
leas .rh,s was due TO the fact that James Is Key
day. ,'9 ma worker of the University settlement
nouS, ~ S Dclancey-st., which has been doing
society ~, work on the East Side of late. had
nu'h =. ,ha Office and made proposition winch
called a. =, n By the striking cloakmakers. may
as ,.s ,ong strike to speedy settlement. y
br's If the Executive Committee OF the cloak
nee'"s has been called, and the proposition made
inaks REYNOLDS Will be acted upon II is Mr..
hy- al, Ill EXPRESSED desire to end the strike
lafo"-s ~,ss,hle !; may be remembered that he
SOON oosea 10 ordering the strike when ii was be-
Wa" m three months ago. on the ground Of the
gun s.aenailon of business and the poverty Of
~ c'oaknakers. but he was voted down
' ar,nosi,.on has also been made to have 800 or
20 - the able bodied men among the 1900 strk-
+N %, n work at cleaning the streets and this VIII
eS o.. considered by the Executive Committee.
rnovr,edee Of the facts makes it clearly under
- that II is useless now 10 argue over the JUS
~ or the Injustice of the strike. The season Tor
n.er c,oakmaking is over. and President Baron
- ,,;d the reporter yesterday that 10 per cent
oe N the oloakmakers in the city were out Of
~ includns those who went out on strike ana
VIZ" W. ohio have recently been discharged by their
NJ - frou, lack OF work. The spring cloak
tn season will not begin until the latter part
f,.h-,,o-v and the question in the mean time is
"a, - keep the nickering ombers OF life in the
,,,.s ~ the starving c.oakmakers and their wives
~, ,paren until the time when II is pos
',. "a get employment; at any wages. no matter
how small
~. dawning OF a new year brought little com
,, "a the cloakmakers. and yesterday morning
- came hungry horde beseged the little cellar
:. No az Clinton-st. where the food which the
lit Committee Messrs. Goldsmith ana Jones'
manage TO accumulate from day TO day IL eNo"
~, The rations of bread were helped aiohS
yesterday bv a limited supply OF herrihss III"
,r,,it,ee also received 100 pounds OF poiosh"'
,,ver bv NJ. Zimmerman and q. GoiuHan, :"
oho,r from Adolph Kres. of Baltimore. Tor ~ 49,
and n,ne,een three-pound cans of cornmeai mush
from the Metropolitan Prepared foou Con'P".S
e,.or,p,sndant Papen OF the .. h. Bakefy no:
o. Isck son-st also save his day CONF ~,
1f,y ioaves OF bread. The Renet toili"'i''ee "'
si-ss 10 EXPRESS its thanks for the el4 - lain o.
TIE committee has no easy tash Il, 80. =,
49, s~oorg the cloakmlkers who are tne mos ~
nroeijate need OF food 10 prevent 'lehi io't'
aiiv living from starvation IL IS no. on! u 49,
.bes-nsees who have to be conSl1ered Ous =. .,
wives nc little children. 'Bre&f mamie lie,
wv -, ali Inc little tots know OF the r.ns-.sn
isns,sse and certainly all Of 1t that interests
SINE Charitable bakers have given several s par
rsis of cake from time 70 time ana 'he i'e"e' -'
n,ittee gave IL 20 the ch!lorei' .-,. tho s,ri,s-
~ 4, is growing more pitiabe ana intense S'eis
-, Tn-iay 1; is feared hfty faHliIes VII ~, ov
tbroO-n homeless the streets from 'he'' Hi"O''
10 pay the rent they owe