New-York tribune., 1905-08-16
STRIKERS RANKS BREAK.
kurta Loses Contradictions
FOrm-Bakers' Troubles Ending.

The greater New-York executive board of the
bakers unions formally took charge of the now
last eobing Hebrew bakers strike yesterday at
d meeting in Jefferson Hall, No 80 Columbia
81 The sympathetic strike. of unions Nos 163
ana 3o5 of Brooklyn and No. 40 of Manhattan
We're declared off. and the strikers in these
unions Will apply for reinstatemen to-day.
For several days these unions had been rest
we and when 1t decided to order no general
strike they showed an inclination to break ranks.
There was alternative between declaring
their strikes off and an irregular stampede of
their members to work. anyway. There
good deal of friction among the strike leaders
Yesterday afternoon. Samuel Kurtz was the
original strike leader, but he deposed by
the international organizer, Hentz and two fac
tons arose among the strikers yesterday even
ing' one favoring Hentz as leader and the other
favoring Kurtz
The settlement committee of the strikers had
printed forms, ready for such bosses as wanted
to sign contracts individually. The terms were
recognition of the union, the ten-hour workday.
and $50 SIS SO and 13 week for first second.
third and fourth hands respectively. The in
dividual boss bakers came in very slowly. Last
evening twenty three Of them had signed in
dividual contracts.
The leaders made a virtue of necessity in de-
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delegate of the Newark branch. who is on the
strike committee, made the following statement:
We do not believe it would do any good to de-
prlVe all the people of bread. starvation
policy is not a good one. 1t might be considered
aitruistic for the strikers to starve themselves
for a principle, but they have no right to starve
all the workingmen on the East Side who
not in the quarrel.
There was plenty of bread the East Side
yesterday Most of the bakeries with the ex-
ception of the larger ones were open and
all were guarded by policemen. Police Inspec-
tor Schmittberger had talk with the officers of
the Hebrew Boss Bakers Association and told
them that any baker who desired to open his
shop had only to apply TO him and he would
have protection.
Inspector Schmttberger. according to Kurtz.
also sent for him and told him that the strikers
would also be protected. 1t was learned that
Kurtz told that if there was anv violence
on the part of the strikers he would be held re-
sponsible Several uniformed policemen and a
number Of plainclothes men were in the neigh
porhood or strike headquarters all dav Some
OF them could talk Yiddish and were prepared
10 make arrests If any in1ammatory speeches
were made. Before Kurtz was summoned 70
inspector Schmittberger's office there had baan
some hot speeches at strike beadouar+ers
hurtz advised the strikers to stick together and
IOiil dh INDEPENDENT union, as the nterpa tiopoI
union had refused to sanction general strike
Jacob Book. president of the Hebrew Ross
Bakers Association, stated yesterday that 90
per cent OF the shops were open under police
Protectlon. A good many appeared to be doing
business and each shop had a policeman on
guard
meeting of the association was held in the
evening at No. 232 Broome- st after which il
was announced by Chairman Book that the large
bakers began to open up. beginning at o'clock
D. m. These boss bakers all had three or four
shops each, and nearly all OF them about a
dozen In number. opened up last night No dis
turbences of any moment occurred The meet
ing was kept i'll session until late hour tn hear
reports from the boss bakers. 1t was decided m
hold general meeting Friday to make ar
rangements for opening labor bureau in con-
nection with The association. Among the large
bakers who opened their shops were Jacob Held
No 3oS East Houston-st., and NJ Genberg No
124 Ludlow-st. O
Twenty-Five of the bakers had signed an
agreement with the unions up to late last night
Chairman Book, of the employers declared en-
phaucally that every of the twenty-nine
was expelled from the association by the very
act or signing the agreement
Kurtz. as soon as the bakers signed an agree
ment, let them have some men to go to work
Tor them. He sent men from the local union of
bakers and they willingly went back to work
II was said that thirty-fve bakeries were
making bread last night IN the strike district