El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-10
THE STRIKING TAILORS.
Mr. Runners Answer.

ITO the Editor of the HERALD: Ia
answer TO the article which appeared
in the columns of tue HERALD last
afternoon, | would like 10 say a few
words on my side OF the question 10
show how the thing stands.
During the year OF 1890 there was a
tailor working for me WHO Was making
cheaper garment than the regular
price. The other tailCrs didn't like IL
and took up .the matter, and had the
row among themselves. had soihlr z
whstever TO do with it. The matter
was not 40 cents as stated by them but
was really 30 cents and the same re-
duction was made in ali the union
shops in town.
lin 1893 [ made a request OF the
headquarters of the tailors' union 10
give me a reduction OF 10 per cent a.
the times were hard, and they allowed
it. l didn't enforce that reduction out
lelS il with the option OF the JaiIors
They said it WIS albright and accepted
it
I'm regard to the sweat shop which
they say | WIS running in JuareZ,
will say that [ never started tlaJ shop.
only bought out the BlumentLal
stock and after the purchase L was IN
able 10 bring the stock TO this side OF
the river, so started tailoring shop II
which | had purchased. The Jsiior=
whom l employed ia this shop received
higher wages than were ever paid 10
JusrGz either before or since, d / can
substantiate by one of the tai!Or5 who
is now out on the strike.
Concerning the statement in regard
to the firemen's uniforms, | will say
took that contract from the depart
ment to furnish those uniforms st S25
per suit. Al the time | took the con-
tract it was between the two seasons
and the times were dull. l figured
with Kansas City tailoring establish
ment for the makiog of these uniforms
and | found that they would make
them FOR ST apiece. I tod the tsi!ors
the result OF the correspondence with
the Kansas City people and told them
If they wanted TO make the uniforms
that l would give them SO TO make
each, If they wanted to do ii for that
amount. l left the matter entirely
with them and they agreed 10 take the
work without any urging on my part
whatever. Formerly these suit con
tracts had been taken by clothing
houses here in Ell Paso and the suits
made in the east, and the tsilOrs of
this city were not given a chance TO do
the work at all. / left them the same
option in the matter OF the uniforms
for the Mexican Central railway con
ductors, and on these suits [ had 10 bid
in Mexican money.
About asking for A reduction in
their prices, | did ask them for = re
duction in their prices as times were
hard, and | waited about three months
for an answer: l waited one month
for an answer and they didn't seem 70
nave paid any attention TO the request,
50 after waiting the month ! add PesseC
them another communication, also
calling 10 their attention the fact that
they had not answered the first re-
quest, and to this last communication
| received an answer stating that they
had had to write to the National Tail
ors' Union in New Nork and they
would need eight days; | waited 81
month, still did not getosuy answer.
In the meantime I made them prOpO-
sition, which was that l would pay
them the regular prices on all suits
that took TO make At
the regular prices, but having quite
@ large stock of laid over