New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-24
KOSHER BUTCHERS OPEN.
HALF BREAK AGREEMENT.
WOmen Customers Sist-Trust
Packers Reduce Meat Price.

Fully half the kosher butchers on the East Side
| yesterday violated their agreement of Sunday, 10
| abstain from buying meat for a week The bulk
Of those still loyal are waverins and is confident
! y predicted that to-day VIII single
| closed kosher store on the East Side
The women. who virtually control the kosher
| situation. they controlled the situation at the
time of the troubles two years ago. yesterday
exercised their prerogatves. and changed" their
minds to not buying meat. Thereby they forced
their particular butcher. who had been faithful to
his agreement. to open shop. lest he his trade
| slip away the hands OF a rival
On Monday the women had declared that, largely
with view 20 injure the so-caled meat trust they
would buy meat on the morrow and the koshor
dealer might well close up shop. Some of the
kosNer took them at their word. Some OF
them didn't Accordingly. the dawn yesterday
surprised many Of the Kosher stores viii open for
business. and many shut down
Then The woman interviewed, She visited the pro-
prietor of her favorite store and demanded meat,
The proprietor protested that only the day before
she had disclaimed any intention to buy. Maybe
she announced calmly. The store across the way
was open was her point.
In most this enough for the kosher
man. Spurred by the threat of transfer Of custom
elsewhere. quickly bought, and returning
promptly. opened shop. The back of the agreement
was broken. All day long other dealers followed
suit
Some Of the uptown stores especially those in
tho neghborhood of the forties. where the
union plants are. remained closed. fearing violence
lice escort and afront the public. The major
ity. however. remained open.
Another contributory factor In the reopening yes
terday the sale by the non-union houses at
several cents less than the independents Schwartz
schild 81 Sulzberger. for instance. selling
from 10 Sis cents pound. while independents.
according to the kosher dealers were charging ~
cents more pound. Many dealers, however. COM
planned that the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger sup
ply was soon exhausted. and those who came late
had 10 pay more elsew here. Again the dealers de-
clared that non-unioa houses present prices were
only temporary. and that buying from them. in
certain instances meant the police escort once
These instances occurred mostly when heavy pur-
chases had been made and the company had to !
send its own wagons. Some of the kosher men
who bought at 10 sIa cents yesterday were selling
ar Il cents but others charged 10 cents the same
price asked of the public by those dealers who
10 buy at 9l@ TO 20 cents.
Meat prices generally were still relatively low
yesterday retailers in Washington Market reduc-
ing porterhouse. roasts and sirIoins from TO
3 cents a pound. Still the public is shv." said
George Alexander, Of the market. They were
scared by the newspaper accounts when the trou-
BILE began. and have almost learned to DO with
out meat"
The schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company yes
terday substituted for scows moored along the
river the steamboat {. II. Northam. in which the |
two hundred negroes employed in the places of tho
striking union men Will be sheltered. The Northam
was formerly in regular passenger service In the |
Sound. but was last used 10 house the men en- |
played by the New-Eaven Railroad to replace its |
striking boilermakers in the yards at New Haven
The steamboat is off East Forty-sixth-st Nearly |
a thousand men can be accommodated on her IL |
necessary. The several hundred staerooms on her |
decks still in place The United Dressed Beet /
Company also will have steamboat. it is said. |
The strikers tubant. they believe that the |
considerable expense % the now accommodations |
VIII weaken the resistance OF the packers
The last Of the wagons by the Schwarz- !
scnild * SulZbcTgeT Company 10 deliver meat re- |
turned to The plant last night. having gone s far
IS East One-hUndred and thirty -fourth-st. The |
meat refused unexplained reason
The last wagon by the United Dressed
Beef Company went far West One-hundreti-
thirty-fourth-st. It also brought back much
meat as ii carried out.