New-York tribune., 1902-05-12
BIG KOSHER BOYCOTT.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED BUTCH
ERS DECIDE NOT TO BUY
HOPE TO FORCE THE WHOLESALERS TO
CUT PRICES BY STOPPING BUSI-
NESS TWO DAYS.

There will be no kosher meat on sale in any
of the East Side butcher shops to-day and to-
morrow. A boycott declared yesterday by
more than fifteen hundred retail dealers at
meeting held in New Irving Hall The meeting
had been called to form a plan of action to force
the wholesale kosher butchers TO lower the price
of meat. Many plans were discussed before 1t
was finally unanimously decided to declare a
boycott Every one of the fifteen hundred re-
tailers agreed not to buy ounce of meat from
the wholesale dealers, and not TO place any on
sale for at least txo days. By that ume' IL Is
thought the boycott will have proved so dlsas-
trous for the wholesalers that they will be Will
Ing to terms
Rx the action of the retail kosher butchers
In declaring d boycott thousands OF East Sloe
Hebrews will suffer, but they ali seem TO be in
sympathy with the retailers, and are Wiling 10
put UP with the inconvenience of going without
meat so long as the exceedingly high rates are
charged.
1t was explained at the meeting that the price
of meat was 50 high that the poor OF the t-ast
Side could not afford to buy any The re'ali
butchers are compelled to pay such exorpllalt
prices for kosher meat that they cannot sell IL
at reasonable prices unless at a loss
The determination of the retail dealers TO carry
out the boycott was apparent from the aetloh ol
a number of them after the meeting Many
selected their meat for the week. and. as was
customary after making their selections, had
placed tags on the stock which was 10 pe ue
livered them this morning When 1he ma a.
decision was reached yesterday every one ol
the butchers who had ordered his meat lor sns
week rushed to the wholesalers and resclnoed
his orders They even went so far as 10 tear
the tags from the meat, after giving eAplcl'
orders that the meat should not be oeliNeleu.
They explained that if it We're sent to thein III II
would be sent back Immediately, adding that
they intended buy meat until the price WAS
lowered.
win he held tomorrow night at New Irving
Hall, when it will be decided how long the boy
colt shall be continued. The kosher butchers hers
declared that they would not give IN ana Indt
they Were ready stop the sale of meat until
the wholesale dealers lowered the prices
NOISY MEETING AT NIGHT.
The executive committee of the kosher
Butchers Association to hold meeting IN
New Suffolk Hall No 81 Suffok-st- in the
evening but one thousand Jammed themselves
into hall built to hold about six hundred, ana
the committee could not meet Instead, the
association held another meeting. The men
shouted standing most of the time on benches
chairs A.
Mr.. Goldman presided, and he introduced the
president of the Brooklyn Kosher Butchers AS
sociation He stated that the Brooklyn butchers
had received notification too late that the Nv
York butchers would not sell the whoiesaIets .s
meats to-day, or they would have taken the
same course A meeting viii be called in BROOK
lyn for 10 a. m to-day to take action
There were cries Of Down with the Whole-
salersro and Down with the Beef Trust
A committee headed by Goldman was ap-
pointed to buy all the meat that mac been pui
chased by the butchers and to @ hana II iiisG n IL
into sausages at out Of town factofles' So IL
would not be sold here. This determined acuon
was loudly cheered- There were more cheers
when it was announced that the kosher pulcn-
ers would sell only chickens ana poultry 'o-odS
and tomorrow. . .,..
It was decided that a committee of thirty
rx-;-h
chairman 10 wait on the wholesale dealers ana
learn what they intended TO do Henry Schu-
macher, a salesman for SehWaTzschId q 5i. suz
berger. members Of the so-calied Beer Irusl.
wanted to speak There were cries asalflst
him. but he was finally permitted TO TAX, ana
he said:
TRUST FIRM CONCILIAToRY.
--,,essrs schwarzschiid & sulzberger did not
get any notification OF the intention Of the
butchers until after they had killed the usual
amount of cattle to-day They were surprised
then to find that no one called to purchase their
meat When Mr. Sulzberger learned what had
banpened he asked me to tell you that if a COM
r1ittee were sent to him he, for the hrm would
grant all reasonable demands
There was good deal of mumbling and some
cheering but the excitement was GueIled long
enough to let those present listen to Louis
Rose salesman for H Rothman. the large
veal dealer He said he wanted to apologize
for attempting to sell calves yesterday morn
ing He said he had not known what action
the butchers intended taking, and hao klllea
seventy calves yesterday and sold them. but II
he had known the intentions of the butchers ne
would rather have cut off his arm than injured
them by selling the meat 10 butchers who might
sell il TO the people.
The committee Of thirty was told TO ask
Wholesalers not sell meats to any new
butcher till after the fight A few butchers pro-
tested that it would be ridiculous to ask those
against whom they We're fighting not to lnJure
them hut the resolution asking the committee
to make the request was carried
The meeting broke up noislly