Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-17
STRIKE OF 1AILoRS.
An 0utburSt Of Sudden Mental d.
ransemsnt Among LlboreTS.
fHREATs TO KILL THE OFFICERS.
Hundreds of People Gather During the
Nigh! and Clam For In
creased Wages.

New YORK, May 1.-THE decision
OF the tailors to strike today was not
arrived at by the ordinary processes OF
sentiment which culminate in an
overw belming and resistless desire to
order the strike at once. By come.
thing like mental telegraphy,
apparently, this idea spread all
over the east side like u fl ish, for In
the darkness just before two o'clouk In
tho morning thronss Of excited people
poured into Orchard street from all
points OF the compass shouting,
"Strike, strike, strike, Monday" No
more waiting. A cheer which eweiled
Into rohr 40 the eurging masses OF
humanity swayed III front Of new
Washington Hall calling Tor the ex-
ecutive committee to come dow
followed tho shouts. In ten minutes
nil the streets leading toward Orchard
street were black with people. VIM.
Cohen, the new leader OF the brotner-
hood OF tailors, who 10 alao the head OF
the executive committee opened a
window above In the room where the
comrnittes met and asked tho people
what was wrong. "S Strike, strike;
order q strike; we're siarving;" was
the reply from the hundreds Of
throats.
"Would you strike Dow?" said Co.
hen. swat until all the trades ca
strike together. You have no demands
prepared"
a yell, mingled with excavations,
followed and some OF those in the
crowd declared that II the executive
board did not order strike they would
break the doors down. The crowd for
awhile seemed bereit OF reason. Cohen
had a delegation OF the executive COM
mittee which came out to reason with
the tailots. Each member was moobsa
ns he came out. Dozens o, fisls were
shaken In their aces. "Lynch them
II they don't order u strike" shouted
several hoarss voices.
Eyes" shouted hundreds OF others.
"lyuch them. KIN them II they
upn' !"
Men began to weep and plead cay.
log; "Oh have pity on ds and order
strike. We're earning starvation
wages now"
A singular feature Of the extraor-
oinary scene was that the people were
81 implicitly tent upon ,he idea oi
having leaders that though tney could
have gone on strikes themselves, they
would not do sn without iicial orders.
They were usteImiued TO force the
executive committee to oruer them to
strike. COhen expostulated al such
bDste hut his speech was drowned wlth
one word uttered heIceIy by the
tbousands OF voices. the command,
"itrIR,l"
haf Hl..It
tened lack into the meeting room
und formally ordered a general strike
OF the brotherhood OF tailors fro m the
metropolitan district.
Az the children's jacket ms ers and
the progressive tailors' unions had de.
cldeu to act with the brotherhood, IL is
certain they will stnke. There are
about 700 shops in which these tailors
work. The average wages the men are
now getting Ia s. week. They Will
demaud from 50 To Sl2.
NO EXCITEMENT TODAY.
There was no excitement ma nitested
touay at the headquarters Of the
striking tailors. VIM. Conn, business
agent of the Brotherhood OF tailors
saiu: In this city and Newark $4,000
men and women are on u strike. Tue
strike affects the entire clothing
manufacturing trade. The reason o.
the .trike is the failure OF the con.
tractors 10 live up 10 the agreement
made more than year ago."
Cobn said the Progressive Tailors'
union No. II, which Will meet tonight
will probably order strike. This
union numbers abuut 20, 600 men who
make better Ieady-made garmenta.
hn ha
ganiEation, will soon be forced into
idlenses.
Conductors mt San Francisco,
BAN FRANcIsCo, May 17.-Three
hundred or more railroad conductors
arrived in the city last evening and
fully 200 Of the number sought shelter
at the Russ house. Rain was falling at
Los Angeles when the Conductors lett
The land OF oranges and showers of
rain greeted them GA their arrival IN
San Frau @ SEQ. The Chicago special
consisting Of $50 visitors from railroads
centaring in Chicago and the Atlanta
spec ial, carrying 100 represeD iatives OF
southern roads were consolidated at
Los Angelica and came through AZ ono
ttain.
EXPERT BOUNTY FOR fARmERs.
Benartor Cannon VIII Offer an Amend.
ment 10 the Tariff D,II.
WASHINGTON, May 17.-Tho Silver
Repubiica. members OF the Senate
anu House met Senator PettigIew's
house last night anu decined TO sup
port the proposition prov ding Tor IN
expert bounty on agricultural prouucts.
They take the position that by this
system only can ihe farmer secure
benefit TO compensate him for the i'm
Import on other articles. Senator
Cannon will offer an amendment TO
The inrin bill providing for such
bounty.
kentuehy's Two senRtss.
FRANKFORT, KY, May 1.-THE
ngnt over the Stephenson fusion bill
was rsEswed In the senate today, the
silver Democratic insisting that Lieu.
tenant Governor WoTtbington vacate
The CHAIR pendiDg an appeal from his
decision on the question OF "indictipg
members who are present but refuse 10
vote" Worthipglon refused to yacate
the chair Senator Goehei, president
lro temore, who was presiding pend-
ipg an appeal from Worthingion's de.
eisiop, demanded the chair, The
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