The sun., 1896-07-28
TAILORS ATTACK NEW MRN-
FHE STRIKERs BEGIN TO sHoVn
lN0RT SPIRIT.

Ne FroEFesS Made Yesterday Tov.-.
eettio.snt OF the Trouble-Dsnu,,
Scented by the Taiiors In the Pronns..
Close Alliance with tho Contraetos.
Tho leaders of the striking tailors and ~.
contractors appeared TO be playingA gam. =,
| bluff yesterday. Meetings were in session ,n
| day and contradictory sets OF resolutions ne,,
| given out as having been passed AZ th.n
| Several scuffles between union and non.unio,
men, In which no one was seriously hurt CAV.
q little life to the strike. A meeting OF N.
Executive Committee nf tho Brotherhood -,
Tailors was held in the forenoon at which
resolutions were passed which Meyer Scho.n.
field, the strike leader, afterward gave out.
These resolutions were to the effect that es IN.
Contractors Association was not in a pos,tlnn
to control all the contractors involved in IN,
strike the Executive Board of the tailor, wouId
settle with individual contractors 1t wa,
also stated that the Executive Board After
O'Clock would be ready to settle with tho in
dividual contractors whether in or out OF IN,
association. and that n mass meeting would |.
held at 3 o'clock in the afternoon TO explain .
why the settlements could not be made with
the Contractors Association.
When the leaders OF tho Contractors A,.o
citation heard Of this they rushed to schoep.
field and had a talk with him. A conferences
of the committees of the tailors and contrao.
at 200 East Broadway. Max kornfeld Of thu
tailors was Chairman and A. weinste!n. .
contractor. was Vice. e-Chairman. schoent.ld
gave the result OF the meeting follows:
1T has now been agreed that the Brother
hood OF Tailors cannot settle with any indL
vidual contractors. The contractors haye
agreed that all the non.union contractors
must join the association first. Thirty non.
union contractors had made arrangements TO
settle at O'Clock in the afternoon. A com.
mittee of six. three from each side, has been
appointed to address meetings OF the Brother.
hood OF Tailors aud the contractors explaining
the situation and the plan of campaign"
Schoenfeld said that no committee had been
sent to visit the man ufacturers and none
would be. The contractors and tailors wou,i
wait for the manufacturers To act tirs, IL
any manufacturer advanced the price 10 a
contractor the contractor would have 10 OBJ
ton before he could settle with the ta!!ors.
He also said that there were about 800 con
Der OF outside contractors. OF the Iaiter ntn a16
were small fry, or cockroaches," as they are
called, and would not be allowed in the asso.
citation.
A member OF the Executive Board said that
the leaders of the atIors were trying to gam
ers. who have only nominal assoc alton,
forming strong organization, and tigutlax
he said, when the sky had cleared. settle:
ments would be made individually with tie
At the meeting of the tallors in walhal,.
Hall yesterday afternoon Joseph Baronden
was one Of the speakers. Several Socialists
policeman was called In and they were elected.
The trst serimmage OF the day between Union
! 50 suGoik street WitEowsky eiS eHspio2S:
n6oa. nifty tailors, and is NOT member Of tho
with the rest, and he decided 10 try and resume
with uou;union men. Last week. he says, lie
d his district. who told MIN tia, he esf. saG
r9pe!e G Die, he hir would g TO P9ice Headquarters
poke the services of a police nan from The
IldridEe street station. Notwithstanding
Sht Eben HTaqfons. ibs s,, not PonGeman was i:
yesterday morning. knot OF strikers audtheir
y yympathizers had gathered. ana amid shouts
n him. and lie was punched and punmellej
Intn he sought safety in fight.
n!on man and the crowd by this time filled
he block. The newcome. escaped almost un-
hat he got lost in the crowd. A third non.
nicnlst appeared and a rush was made for
i'm too. In The 4, mean time some one had sen.
Don shouts OF Police" arose. Before the
luecoats reached The scene OF the disturbance
uard at the door OF the shop the rest OF the
Henry Appelhaum. a striker living q. 1sa
ssaultinG Isaac Weinstein, another striker
.isned in Essex Market Court and was dpei
Is MtSa d,w wei dS1d paid BY Ses7e,aFy solomon o:
'und afterward that the row had nothing 70 do
ith the strike
/, was announced positively b. Meyer sohoen.
Id in the afternoon that the overcoat and
ck-coat makers 200 in number lad gone
II The Childreu's jacket makers vii! meet
might in Wallaila Hall 10 consider the
rike question. The Wo:nen's Branch No.
!. IS anxious TO be considered IN any agree
ents. II will hold a meeting in WalhslA
all tonight 10 take action IN the matter.
Sout zoo girls belonging to the United Gar
sympathy with the Williamsburgl strikers
Inc leaders OF the strikers are now IN q
iandary. II they force the ou side contractors
join the association they will be hel ping the
ntractors TO form powerful orgauizat.ot. and
become formidable opponents. This seems
have occurred to the tailors at the .ast mo-
ent. and 10 have caused the sudden changes In
cir programme.