The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-11
COULDN'T FOOL THEM
Twenty Girls Prevent Cloak
maker Schapriro from
Skipping to New
York.
HE OWED THEM THEIR WAGES
Indignant Young Women Do Picket
Duty at the Store and Pro-
cure Attachments.
He OWED THEM THEIR WAGES

Twenty indignant young women sur
rounded the tailor shop of Jos. Schapriro,
at No. GA Oakland avenue, this morning
n prevented the proprietor from re-
moving his effects. The two truckmen,
who drove up to the door to cart the
twenty sewing machines and the several
hundred ladies' cloaks, contained in the
building, could do nothing in the face of
the twenty amazons and were forced to
leave without accomplishing their object.
When they were disposed of a commit
tee of ten of the young ladies went to
the office of James McCabe and explained
hat Schapriro wed all his employees
sums ranging from 81 up and that he
was planning to move his goods and chat
tells to New York, to escape paying them
The sum total of the amounts due the
ten young people who appealed to Law
yer McCabe for advice, was $6S.4S. They
all assigned their claims to Mary Rouss,
twenty years old, who was the Oldest
one of their number, and she had an
attachment for that amount issued by
Justice of the Peace Macs.
In the meantime the other ten girls n
also several women who had lone "out-
side work" for ~Schapriro, that is, they
have stitched cloaks at home, were do
ing picket duty at the shop. When the
first ten returned they relieved them, m
the rest swore out a second attachment.
Miss Mamie McCue, who lives away
over In Gutenberg. told a News re-
porter all about the trouble. Schapriro,
she said, started up here three weeks 6
n hired the girls to operate on ladies'
cloaks. l am an experienced hand,
he agreed to pay me three dollars a week
n my carfare to Gutenberg" she
said. HE has never paid me a cent, not
even my c~arfare to Gutenberg, and he
owes me S10.50."
"And he promised us a dollar a week
because we are beginners, and are learn
ing the trade and he's never paid US,
either" chimed in three pretty young
girls all at the same time. They are Ella
Cunningham, Ella Wallace and Loretta
Conroy. Neither of the latter girls is
over sixteen years old.
Mr.. Ribs. the foreman, can tell you
how mean he done u.s." said all four to-
gether.
Mr.. Ribs could not be found, but from
the young aides themselves the details
were finally secured. For three successive
pay days Sehapriro put them off with
girls grew desperate and after holding a
secret conference went in a body TO
Schapriro and demanded satisfaction; to
wit, their wages. He told them they
should all be paid the next day. Yester-
day when he arrived at the shop he said:
well, girls, you can take a half holiday
today as | am going to New York this
afternoon to get 800 that's owing to me"
They demurred, but he promised faith
fully that they hould be paid this morn
ing. When they arrived this morning
they learned hat he had moved part of
his property and tina he intended to
move the rest this morning. They then
surrounded the building and stationed
pickets at all points to prevent any such
action. The girls say that no one has
been paid a cent for a since the shop
opened and declare that in the three
weeks nearly $500 worth of work ha been
turned out by them. While the girls were
seeking the attachment Constable Locke
arrived with a similar paper secured by
the landlord of the premises, Schaprire
having failed to pay his rent.