The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-07-29

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NEW YORK, July 20.-The Hebrew cloth
ing makers of this city yesterday, for tho
first time, observed the American sun
day. They were on strike. Trouble has
been brewing between the tailors and the
contractors for some time, and yesterday
1t eliminated In a general strike of the
workers. 1t is claimed by the strikers
that $4,000 workers nave responded to the
call of the United Brotherhood of Tailors,
and chat not only this city, but Brooklyn,
Newark and Brownsville are affected.
The number out in this city is estimated
at 5000. The workers assert that the con-
tractors broke through the terms of the
existing agreement by refusing to pay
their hands on the day specified, and that
they, the better to insure the success of
their scheme to force a strike, locked out
several hundred of their employees.
h contractors allege that work-drri
slack, and that SO few wers-of aliases, hay
that they were Soplana as B. A. Simpkin
some of their-aI. Post. He wqS Is
willinusIn The Taylor ada Vnelr oIuoI s
IL gage swindles in c-g1lleo 10 KNOCK OH
" many Chic In5n. They deny any I'M
a; Is etssness to live up to the terms of the
agreement and that they forced the men
to strike.
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one thing is certain, that the tailors were
dissatisfied, and that they nave demon
strated this by responding instantly to the
call issued by the United Brotherhood of
Tailors, the leading spirit of which is
Meyer S~choenfeld who styles himself
"%otflcial organizer Of the United Garment
Workers of America"
Mr.. Schoenfeld and the other leaders
warned the contractors of what would
happen if they persisted in their policy,
but it a not the desired effect, and he
proceeded to act. The fiery cross never
brought the Scottish clansmen pouring
from their businesses in quicker time than
did the call of SchRnfeld and his fellow
members of the executive board bring the
tailors from their stuffy hooks of work
shops,
At 8 o'clock four men started out with
slips of paper bearing the official stamp OF
the United Brotherhood, n the order,
"Stop working at once" in large black
capitals, addressed Ito oil members of the
United Brotherhood of Tailors." In q few
minutes every needle in the shops In the
n~eighborhood of Orchard street stopped,
and soon the snap of scissors was no more
to be heard in all the lower east side than
the clink Of glasses. The strikers came
trooping from all directions to Walhalla
hail, their rendezvous in Orchard street,
) and by 9 o'clock the street in that neigh.
, borhood was black with people.
AS many as could find room within the
hall went in and heard speeches from
l Sohoenfeld and other leaders. Schoenfeld
told the strikers that the strike would bC
: over in a week or ten days if the wholesale
: manufacturers would not interfere, as the
strikers had been called out in a busy
| time, and the contractors were not in
position to leave their orders untitled
Meetings were also held in the new Wash
4, ington hall and other places.
r The strikers are very anxious ooncern
ing the attitude of the manufacturers, be
cause If they do not help the contractors
out of their difficulty the latter must Civ,
way to the workers. No matter what hap
n pens, however, the leaders say that the
strike will last until the agreement draw
up by the executive committee Of tn,
United Brotherhood is signed. They in
II sist that only members of the brotherhood
be employed, they guaranteeing to fur
a nish all the men wanted; that they shall
Il be required to work only hfty-nine hour
in the week, ten hours on all days say,
Friday, when they stipulate for an houl
d" less of work.
The contractors must also agree that
they will not make it compulsory for al
employe to make a certain number of gar
II ments in a certain number of hours. Thii
is an entirely new clause, rendered neces
sary, it is said, by the fact that the con
tractors, while living up hitherto to tn,
number of hours agreed upon, practically
robbed the workers of the benefits of tn
agreement by compelling them to do al
impossible amount of work in the stipu
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The minimum wages demanded is TO
operators sl5; basters, S13; p~ressers, $40
bushelers, SO; trimmers, $40; twister:
81. They also insist thatall members of tn
brotherhood out be reinstated, and tina
the representatives of the brotherhoo
have access to the shops to investigat
grievances and see that the employees hay
their due books as proof Of their men
bership to the union.
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