New-York tribune., 1905-08-10
POLICE CLUB STRIKERS.
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the deserting of the headquarters. 1t had Oeeil
announced that request had been sent 10 ths
International Union in Chicago for the calilhs
out of the iourneyrnen and the Engllsn-speahiiis
bakers. It was not expected that there "ouiU
be any word received from Chicago untii to-uNS ,
Reports that the bosses were attempting 10
man their shops with non-union iaoor leu u 'lI0
sending out of pickets from the sur'Ae Aeu
quarters in punches OF ten and tWeNe' AHe'
not onlv permeated the East Side, out aiso pene
trated to Harlem and The Bronx. with oroers 10
stop all work.
Plots all over the East Side were the chief
characteristic of the strike yesterday Strong
arm men" the employers say. have been
brought here from outside by the strikers TO
start the riots The strikers assert that thugs
have been engaged by the employers
THE BREAD FAMINE ACUTE
Meantime. the kosher bread famine had be-
come acute Lunchrooms lay idle and the He
brew grocers could not get any bread to sell.
as it was unsafe to receive any. The strike
leaders evident intention to starve out the
people in the hope OF bringing matters to a
climax. The bread famine principally con-
fined TO the district between Hester and Hous-
ton SITS as far as Avenue C. Rye bread. which
was selling before the strike at two and one
half cents pound, was eight cents pound, and
hard to get at the money.
At Pyocken Polskis union restaurant. at No.
81 Attorney-st., there was no bread and there
was no business done all day Groceries were
in the plight and biscuits which were on
the shelves for months went off like hot cakes
The most serious riot of the afternoon took
place at the bakery of Joseph Book. No 15o
Orchard-st Book. who is treasurer of the boss
bakers association. away at the time and
biS dsd he MI
ers tried to the cellars in order to get the
employees on strike, but Patrolman Sofsky. of
the Eldridge-st. station, came along on a run
and captured a ringeader, using his club freely.
BY this time the street was blocked with peo-
pie. among whom were number of women
Sofsky had TO fight his way to the station and
once was borne down by the crowd A number
of reserves then arrived under Captain Murtha,
welding their clubs, and a furious fight took
place before the crowd was dispersed PATROL
man Benjamin Stern received an ugly cut on the
head from a flying piece OF rock Three men
in all were arrested and discharged with repri-
mand in Essex Market court later. Magistrate
Moss considering the evidence not sufficient to
justify fine.
Another fight took place at Abraham Waldo
strcken's bakery No. $50 Allen-st-. where a
number of strikers dragged out barrels of flour
and scattered their contents in the street
An attempt made by the Jersey Model
Bakery of Hoboken to deliver bread at a shop
in Clinton-st When two wagons hlled with
the bread appeared a crowd seemed to rise out
OF the ground, assailing the wagons with bricks
and other missiles. A number of police charged
the crowd and took the wagons to the police
station Israel Reisler. grocer, of No 1OS
Clinton-st.. had his place besieged with an
angry throng of strikers when an attempt was
n
place is nearly opposite Great Central Palace.
the headquarters of the strikers. out OF which
the strikers poured in hundreds. They cut the
harness of the horses. but reserves from the
Union Market and Deancey-st. stations ap-
peared and scattered the rioters.
WOMEN IN THE MoBs.
There was a disposition on the part Of the
strikers to get women into the mobs. with the
object of working public sentiment If women
were dubbed. The police. seeing this. were
careful not to make too indiscriminate a use of
their sticks.
Five women upset pushcart loaded with
| bread at Orchard and Stanton SITS. trampling
the loaves into the mud. number of women
also snatched a basket from a man who was
delivering bread at Stanton and Ridge SITS.
The strikers sent committees around on every
nretext One committee was sent to Phila-
deIphia to prevent kosher bread from being sent
| from that city to New-York. Another commit
| tee was sent to Jersey City and Hoboken with
| the same object.
| meeting of the Hebrew Boss Bakers As
ISOLATION which has been formed since the strike
began. was held yesterday afternoon at No. %
Broome-st and the boss bakers had a noisy
| time The meeting behind closed doors
| but the wrangling could be heard outside. \
schedule of demands from the strikers had been
| submitted, based recognition OF the union
After the meeting the following statement was
made:
I'VE are ready to pay the wages demanded
| but will account recognize the union OF
sign any agreement. Further. consider
no negotiations with walking delegates or the
strike leader. Samuel Kurtz. Our bakeries are
closed. We get men. but they afraid
\ TO go to work. and we are not asking men
| who did not strike to work for fear OF provoking
| riots"
| The employers also said that Kurtz came
| from Providence and never appeared except wher
| there a strike They made a number OF
| vague charges against strike leaders but were
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