New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-03
cTRIKERS MAKE TROUBLE.
,.rrrMPT TO OPEN SHOPS CAUSES DIS
TURBANCES.

EFPT PJSY-BOTH sides F''>r ADf--Ni
~. attempt Of tie Contractors Association to
-, all their shops yesterday as they an
-.,,ced Saturday night hat ihey wou!d 40. was
-, cause OF considerable tnuole- on tne East
cus and in one or two instances the struggles
..ra dangerously near to noting AS soon as
.,s brotherhood of Tailors. who were on strike
,a.rned Of the determination or the contractors
o,o,,on they at once appointed committees
.. ..La I'm nostions OUTSIDE of the various shops
"a d,ssuade men from entering them TO go into
Ao er,nlov Of the contractors. Meyer Schoen-
,,d the leader Of the strikers. says that he
.,.so,,ea then, TO use 10 violence in their pro-
Ns,,,,s hu, IN spite Of this there was trou-
~, a.. soverar cases in which the police had to be
- ,co, and several arrests were made.
A., r,r,oson ~ the Contractors Association,
"a ,os,ordav afternoon that Meyer Schoenfe.d
"a hired the members of gang that Is called
- ..or,o,,s names sometimes the Boys of Lon
"a sometimes the Hook Gang. TO mix them
.,..o. With the strikers in the proportion of
.- r,,ea,s 70 one striker. in order that the
oo,,roctors might suffer bodily harm If they
a,tenonted 10 keep their shops open This state
MON, Mr. Schoenfeld earnestly denies.
WORST DISTURBANCE OF THE DAY.
c,,,o u.orst disturbance Of the day occurred in
E,,ff 'K-Cf
=, No 155 Isaac Cohen runs a tailor shop on
inner floor Of the building. Along with the
.Ar ,,sr,bers Of the Contractors Association.
r-o,sn onened his shop in the morning. Lazarus
x,,tou-ski who runs a shop just over COhen's,
savs he was standing the stoop when he
observed crowd OF strikers coming up the
street He further SAYS that he. with the as
sistance Of a policeman. kept them out Of the
building and that when he pointed out Charles
Goetz and LOUIS Brown as the ringleaders of
the crowd. the policeman arrested them and took
them to Essex Market Court He declares
that when he was about to make out complaint
against them the clerk advised him not to do so,
saying that he would get into trouble If he did
Witkowski. therefore. refrained from doing so.
When he came out of the court he says that
Meyer Schoenfeld urged the strikers on to as
sault him. which they did 1t is certain that
there was a small riot at the place. and that
Witkowski and Cohen were compelled to seek
shelter in a convenient house. Schoenfeld de-
MES that ne was present at the time of the trou-
be and says that he will Witkowski for
slander The police dispersed the crowd
The strikers made trouble at the shop Of Solo
mon Muskowitz. No. 165 Division-st.. and the
daughter of the proprietor was somewhat hurt
At this place Brown was again arrested, and
was put under bonds to keep the peace
The Contractors Association also reported that
they had trouble at their shops at No. 23I
Broome-st.. No. 125 East broadway and Nos.
l3 and Il Rutgers Place where the shops were
entered and garments destroyed and attempts
made to dissuade the talors then at work from
continuing. The contractors admit that In most
instances they closed their shops, but they de-
clare that they will reopen them this morning.
and will be able to protect their employees, who'
they say, were mostly desertsrs fro" the ranks
OF the union men, They expressed themselves
as confident of speedy success.
sCHOENFEID CONFIDENT.
Meyer Schoenfeld. however IS just as con-
fdent that the strikers will win. When asked
for his opinion he said THE action Of the Con-
tractors Association by their resolution on Sat
urday night in deciding to open their shops this
has encouraged the men, and they
elected the committees that were watching the
shops during the day. l told them TO no
violence and to go about their work In as quiet
@ manner possible. There only few
shops working to-day with non-union hands, and
We bound to win.
The Contractors Association was wrong
when il expected the men TO go to work without
first settling with the Brotherhood and it was
only aware of the fact this morning when it
saw how determined the men We're. We are
bound TO win, and the actual struggle only
started to-day"
His official statement for the daY was as fol-
lows The situation to-day is much better than
ever expected after a ten-day strike. and my
men are more determined than since they went
out l am almost positive that the contractors
will realize in few days that If they care TO
run their shops they must settle their differences
with the Brotherhood Of Tailors.'
II seemed Yesterday that the efforts of the
strikers had resulted in inducing about fifteen
hundred nOn-union men, who had intended 10 go
to work for the contractors. to JOIN the union.
it looks doubtful if the contractors
will be able secure operatives II they attempt
TO open their shops to-day.
In the afternoon the strikers held mass-meet-
ing In the Windsor Theatre. at which the speak
ers were Meyer Schoenfeld. Joseph Barondess
and BENJAMIN Schwetzer. The theatre was
crowded and there must have been nearly four
thousand people present Schoente!d asked
those who wished TO keep up the strike 10 rise
and instantly every man in the house was on
his feet There were a dozen policemen IN the
house. but the meeting was quiet one.
AN AGENT ATTACKED.
There was a small riot last evening, caused by
one Of the agents Of the non association con
tractors trying TO get son-e Of the men TO 60 to
work to-day in their shops. After the meeting
at the Windsor Theatre the crowd gathered IN
front OF their headouarters in Walhalla Hall, In
Orchard-st Several of them noticed man 60
ing from one crowd to another and apparently
engaged In earnest conversation with the men.
SNNii
agent OF the Contractors Association. and a
crowd gathered about him They cried scap.
and some one in the crowd threw a stone at
hm This was sign for the Others 10 assauit
the man but he escaped from the crowd which
had gathered in great numbers by this time, and |
ran into one Of the rooms of the hall. There he
KEPT the crowd out by locking the door Police
man m Dooey Of the Eldrdge-st station, came up
oGOr and come out
..',s Dens asked who was the man that started the
o. eSsSStl, St ne pointed out Abraham Cohen. OF NO.
rS., o Nniysce-st Dooey placed Cohen under ar
-, .,s' ana locked him no At the police station
sne agent gave his name as Bernard Mendel-
iat. " oI NO ll5 Henry-st. When Mendelsohn
60. ,e s'ation two policemen were sent 10 ac
,t.-po.'y MN 10 his house. He was folio"eu
.-LOusn Lhe sfraei IL. Ne and SENeral az