New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-23
PROGRESS OF THE LOCKOUT.
EACH SIDE MAKING THE CLAIMS USUAL IN
SUCH CASES.

EACH SIDE MAKING THE CLAIMS USUAL A-'
SUCH CASES.
The ta.lors' lockout reached its height yesterday
and several thousand persons are now deprived VI
employment and will continue to be unless theS
agree TO abandon their labor unions and accept the
new shop rules submitted by their employers lhey
must give up all they have battled for and gained III
the last ten years and consent to work uhuer 'ie
task or piecework system. They must submit "
work in sweatshops. That apparently irrespohsio'e
body of middlemen known as the contraciors-."e
"go-betweens" between the working taiiors ana Tue
large clothing manufacturers-has pronounced
against the further payment of uniform scale Oh
weekly wages and has deliberately broken Its agree
ment with its employees. The only explanation io'
their present action vouchsafed by the contractors
is that the dull in the tailoring business mas
arrived. Although they were under bonds, IN sums
ranging from 500 5000 each. they chucke over the
fact according to some of their own statements
that they gave straw bondsmen. Some OF the'"
smriney say that not fifteen per cent OF the
$4,000 of bonds held by the Brotherhood Of Tailor9
is worth the paper the bonds are written on
The tailors have resolved TO fight them until their
every resource is exhausted. 1t we'll under
stood that the powers of the officials of the Cloth
ing Contractors Mutual Protective Association TO
hold their members together would be severely
tested Yesterday They held meetings in this city.
Brooklyn and Brownsville on Saturday, ana every
induceinenf was made TO get all the members to
close their shops. President Marks said 4'0 shops
mittod to the rules OF the bosses. -.
a large proportion of the population of the East
Side where most OF the shops are. was up early yes
terday morning, anxious to see the extent OF the
threatened lockout. The contractors and the
taors held meetings during the day and the leaders
on both sides busy receiving reports as 10 now
the battle waged. The stories given by both SIDES
to the reporters varied greatly There was just as
wide a difference between their facts and figures as
there has been since the trouble started. Inc leaders
OF the tailors met No. 80 Orchardst. and the thor
oughfare was crowded with excited Hebrews all
day, anxious to hear the latest news.
Meyer Schoenfed. their leader, when seen by a
reporter for The Tribune. said: The contractors
mess Of Il. Their boasts yesterday that they would
have 300 more shops out to-day has dwindled down
TO thirty. There eighty-hve shops out yes
terday in this city, and there thirty more to-
day, making rs in all There are $50 shops In the
city. They have thirty out OF ninety shops closed
in Brownsville and about sixty In Brooklyn. They
boosted that they would have every shop ott to-
day. We are satisfied with the progress OF things
and we find the contractors are hghtins each other
The contractors meet at No. 100 broadway.
member OF the Executive Board said that IT was
impossible TO tell just how many shops were closed
but that he did not think there 100 open in the
his statement. and $3.50 persons out of employ
ment.
prominent East Side merchant, who is thor
oughiy acquainted with the subject said yesterday
that in about three weeks the busy season would
begin In the tailoring industry. When II does"
he continued the contractors Will desert their
citation like do a scuttled ship. and tumble
each other in their efforts TO be among the first 10
siga az agreement with the Brotherhood"