New-York tribune., 1904-08-18
CRY OF "SC4Br TOO MUCH.
-Four Butchers LeaUG S. & s., They
Sag, When They Hear 1t.


Trouble among the beef strikers began early
again yesterday. At q a. M. strike breaker
was assaulted by strikers. He was not injured
badly. but said he had had enough and would
not return work.
The man was Isaac Cohen. OF No. 80 Clinton
St, who had left the abattor OF the Sehwarz-
schild & Sulzberger Company, having worked on
the night shift \ crowd of strike sympathizers
him, and 1t is alleged that James Alien
n driver for the Schwarzschild & Sulzberser
Company now strike, living at No o91 First
ave, knocked him down. The strikers klcheu
him about at VIII.
Patrolman I,eischnan. of the West One-hun-
dred-and-twenty- -ffth-st. station. heard Cohen's
shouts, and arrested Allen. Allen and Ielsch-
were followed to the East Fifty-hrst-st
station by mob, but no violence was attempted
Cohen able to go home.
Later Allen held in $500 bail for trial on a
charge Of assault. He was recognized in
court as a man who was arraigned on similar
Prge last Thursday.
In the afternoon four butchers from Balti-
more. who arrived here on Monday 10 work for
the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company, went
TO the strike headquarters and told their story.
The men were Fred" Huff Edward Norwood,
James Clark and William Gross. HUFF was the
spokesman, and said:
Last Sunday a man. who represented himself
the Chicago representative of Schwarzschlld
d SulZberger named Wilson, came to US ana
said there had been strike in New-York. but
the firm was unable 10 get enough men TO NIL
all the old places He offered So day and
double pay for overtime. saying We ought to
make $50 a week each.
We came here on Monday. and at Jersey City
met six other butchers, all told. We were taken
to the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger place at :
o'clock yesterday morning.
/ out in front to-day for n minute and
heard men shout 'Scab" | got my friends, and
we soon understood the situation, and went at
to strike headquarters. We have had all
the whiskey. tobacco and cigars we wanted, ana
our meals have been paid for all the time When
we told the officials were going TO leave
thew paid us Tor our time and gave 81 each
extra 10 go back to Baltimore. where we are
The conditions in the abattoIrs very bad.
There are only two skilled butchers on the
floor. Eleven other butchers We're brought there
this morning from somewhere but they are not
skilled.
William Kano, chairman Of the press COM
mittee of the strikers, when he heard tho story
said it was case for Mr. Jerome. He would
tell tho District Attorneys office about the
case.
After the days work was over Nlce-presloent
Joseph, of the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
Company said that at its plant there had been
two hundred head OF heavy cattle killed. Most
OF the beef slaughtered by this concern as we'll
as by the others was for kosher butchers. who
needed a supply badly. Mr.. Joseph declared that
the strike breakers were improving in their work
TO such an extent that tho plant could run on
full time by Saturday.
This statement was poohpoohed by II. l.,
Eichelberger, the general organizer. He said.
The concern has about thirty men on the floor.
and only two Of these are skilled butchers. The
rest are butchers" ira the slang accsptatton OF
the woro. We perfectly content 20 let them
60 on killing cattle at this rate, FOR we know
what money they must be losing by thu pro-
cedurs.
Mr. Joseph asked II he would take back the
old men II they applied. declared:
would surely give the preference 20 the men
who have stood hy us. They are doing good
work. We have 10 refuse telegram after tele-
gram from the country OF people who want 10
work for us.
President BuGnenthal Of the United Dressed
Beef Company made a similar statement.
More deliveries OF beef were being made yes
tsrday, It declared. than on any day since
the strike began Each wagon was guarded by
two mounted patrolmen. and there little
disturbance
Many small independent dealers were in trou-
BILE, for they could get no cold air for 4er
refrigerators The Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
company said II hadn't a sufficient supply for
itself
cerning whom the striking butchers had issued
warnings 70 the immigration authorities arrived
yesterday on the Armenian, when IL dis
covered that they not strike breakers at
all, but simply returning cattlemen. The immi-
grafton authorities say that they would discover
any contract laborers coming 10 this country.
even though in some way they had obtained
cattlemens certificates.