New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-31
TAILORS WIN POINTS.
THEIR DEMANDS CONCEDED DY MANY
CONTRACTORS.
r,,r Nrw AGREEMENT SIGNED ny LEADING tM
FLOWERS ~ THIS CITY ANp HR'oklfN-
LARGE MEETING or STRIKERS
IN coorER rNio>

4 LARGE MEETING or STRIKERS
N coorER rNioN.
4, IA, Yesterday the Settlement Committee ~
~. pro,herhooi OF Talors was Kept busy AT No
Al. Orsni-.t with contractors who were SIGNING 'h'
new agreement, which d-places the p'ece""r~ "'
tenn and In It, place creates weekly So o' "'h''
More than sixty contractors have ssh'N 'h' as'''
n.nt These are the leading contractors 81 Inc
CIV and they employ from fifteen TO my "orkmen
es.h A. a result nearly two thousand iailors VIII
RESIN. r,nfk -. isf
Tho settlement Committee viii continue to h''h
sessions daily until all the contractors AT" ACCOM-
n,o4aied Oh these terms who desire II b"
Ma.,.m.cings we're held NJ Waihala Hall IN Al
mos, .ontnnou. session from 10 o'clock yesterday
,,o,,,ne ~. principal speakers being Samuel Com
~. ueym,n Robn.n ami Meyer s'hocn'c'.
rhse continued sessions together NTH that % the
Lithuanian. we're arranged principally 20 keep IN"
worklnensn together until the remainder OF Inc
contractors give IN - .
rhs ron,rac,or-' Association. Secretary Wi'kowskl
said has noe done all It can to meet the workmrn
hsf w,y. and IN. members think that they have
acted fairly.
some per.nn circulated report yesterday tha'
the contractor. hal sent letter to butchers ana
bakers telling them not 10 civ" creiit To the suiNhg
vorklngmcn Mr Witko~sh emphao'ally aenle'
all knowlsaec u this. saying that the association
vonia give 500 for the apprehension OF the person
who sfafi"i Inc I'p"''
uAssMEETING OF GARMENT WORKERS
The United Garment Makers ~ America h'Ied the
hlr hall Of Cooper Union last might i"n"r"i seer
,arv Reichtcr presided. There was no disorder "i
o,v kind. and Inspector Corright and ion police
leaves who were scattered about the hah. had
nothing N do
N.v., schoenfcd was the hrst speaker lie
swokc rounds Of applause when ne announced
,h., nj least seventy contractors ha' a"'as Sb"'u
an agreement To give the strikers wha' 'h'y "'
mansed and that at least twenty others would Ia"
in line to-day.
co.ral Secretary Reichter told the workers That
thew had good reason to congratulate themselves
their success
-, coun.rs was greeted with cheers lie
,a. an. the contractor. the sub-contractor ana
tho sub sub-contractor who are mainly respohS'"'e
for our grievances. We must stand together anu
do,y ,hcm The contractor and his subs are para
silica sucking blood and what little IS LETT is draw"
OF by the arbitrary walking delegate -,...,..,
The chairman read the following resolutions
which were adopted: 81,
whereas. The coat contractors OF New York.
Brooklyn and Newark have IN settlement OF 'n ~
abolish the sweating system and to abide by 'he
fair union conditions stipulated then ana ,v Vic.
laief their agreements. and intended to restore
the former conditions OF slavery ana acVsy spns
pared 70 a'' Ss ov t9e ,S Srens VINE" Wv
Resolved TIA. we n ns hn We viii refuse to
return to work until the contractors prove tne,r
sincerity by again signing ,he n "'T me order
calling the present strike when was necessary
IN order 40 10 let the nrst booi when the
workers would be unprepared.
THE STRIKE IN BROOKLYN.
According 10 Delegate So.otavsky. OF Council No
r,ni,od Garment Makers, last night. the back
hone OF the strike has been broken In Brooklyn by
sixteen contractors signing the new agreement
Which sets forth that nfty-nine hours shall con-
s,i,ute "A weeks work. and money earned be paid
either on Friday or Saturday OF each week instead
q, every two or three weeks. az heretofore The
agreements were signed at meeting OF the strik-
| ers held last night at their headquarters. No q
Ewen-st To-day 100 hands vii be at work. Twenty
other applications were received from the 'bosses'
anking to be permitted to sign the new agreement
This WILL In all probability. bc done at meeting
tn'nisht There was much rejoicing among the
s,rkers who believe that the strike VIII soon be at
an end
QUITTING WORK IN NEWARK
A number OF garment workers employed In fac
| tories on the "Hin," Newark. n j.. struck work
| There are about nine hundred OF these work
| people In Newark. mostly Hebrews. 4 committee
visited the various shops during the day to induce
| the employees 10 strike"
TIE WIRING WAS POORLY DONE. IT Is SAID.
During the recent building trades strike the
| leaders OF the strikers asserted that many build
ing In the city which had been wired for electric
| lighting purposes by non-unon laborers were not
safe from fire. Little heed was paid to these as
| sertons at the time. AZ IL was thought that they
were made AS capital for the strikers Re.
| Gently. however the union has laid the matter be
| fore the Board OF Fire Underwriters. report wa'
| made of the manner In which the electric light wiz
Ing had been done IN the buildings WIN ths resui,