The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-07-30
THE NEW YORK STRIKE.
The TailOrs Believe That They WIN Win
the Battle.

New York, July 29.-Walhalla hall
was packed with the striking tailors
this afternoon, a mass meeting held
to hear the report of their arbitration
committee. Crowds We're unable to gain
admission. Mr.. Feigenbaum presided.
Nation Reiben reported that the Brook
lyn union was in fine condition for the
strike. and was determined to stand
solid against the contractors until the
new agreement was signed. Every
mention of a contractors name was
received with Kisses. Meyer Schoen-
field, general organizer, made long
speech exhorting the strikers to use no
violence.
I'VE will surely win," he said "The
bosses have violated every stipulation
of their agreement, and we will now
make them live UP to their bargain,
if it takes three months. The outlook
is favorable, and by Wednesday night
we will probably have everything set
tiled for many of the bosses have already
signed the agreement, and we will
| make all of them sign it Immediately.
| We will not recognize a contractors as
| sociation, 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 will allow
men to go to work for him, but not
before. This is the substance of the
arbitration committees decision"
| A vote was taken to determine
whether the strikers would accept the
decision. The vote was loud and unan-
| imous, endorsing the committee. I'M
mediately after the vote one of the
strikers disturbed the meeting with a
received his wages, and that the COM
mittee should be held responsible for
| the collection. The chairman replied
that the executive committee would do
all in it's power to collect back wages.
| Other speakers were Benjamin Schweit-
zer, Henry Woxman and Abe Harrison.
| The meeting adjourned at o'clock
| and it was followed by meeting OF
! the womans branch of the United
| Brotherhood of Tailors under the direc-
/ ton of Lottie Persky, the delegate, and
Meyer Frank. More than 800 women
attended the meeting, which was held
for the purpose Of better organization
and to make a strong effort to get all
non-union girls into the union.s While
the two meetings were in progress al
Walhalla hall the 900 striking Lithu-
anians, who were called out yester.
day morning, held meeting in an ad-
Il ;xip 11x,tJ ~
4 tions of sympathy with the tailors
4 brotherhood.
A special meeting of the Clothins
Contractors Mutual Protective asso
citation was held this afternoon to TAX,
action in relation to the tailors' strike
A. Green presided and forty members
were added Ito the membership. "Ther
is not truth in the report that our as
sociation does not represent the ma
jority of contractors" said Henry Wit
kowski, after the meeting. There wer
over three hundred and fifty of tn
principal contractors of New York ant
Brooklyn at our meeting to-day and a
the rate they are joining the associa
tion every one of any consequence will
belong to it. Our answer to the striking
/
which were unanimously adopted thi
afternoon
The preamble Of these declares tha
employees left the shops long before tn
expiration of the existing contract with
out cause and that repeated attempt
on the part of employers to harmonic
the trade were not accepted by tn
employees. The resolutions follow:
Resolved, That the members of tn
Clothing Contractors Mutual associa
tion unanimously adopt that we Wi
} grant to our employees continuanc
of the ten-hour work day for five day
of each week and a nine-hour day fo
the last working day, regularly weekl
: pay days at the existing scale unde
conditions that we shall be in a posi-
ton to judge who is and who is not en-
: titled ITO such wages, and be 1t further
Resolved, That we will not continu
to exist under the arbitrary laws G
! the autocratic walking delegates wh
} in many cases precipitate trouble 70
personal motives as cases have occurre
during the existing year.
About 1000 striking tatlors mad
things very lively for time to-day /
Brownsville, which is practically tn
home Of the striking tailors in Brooklyn
Strikers congregated in Slegel stree
where they wrecked several swea
/ shops. At 80 Siegel street, in the rea
of which is sweat shop conducted b
/ Emanuel Silverstein and his wife, abou
: one hundred strikers turned over a
{ the machines and assaulted the propr
etor and his wife. The mob ais
wrecked shops at %, "A, So and l41 Siege
tsreet and beat several non-union mer
The police finally quelled the disturb
2 ance'