New-York tribune., 1906-12-12
gO>HER NEAT RIOTS.
pp0U'NSVILLE HOTBED.
,-.,,cp Thr07c Kerosene on Stock
and Force Closure of Shops.

-.. attempts of dealers in kosher meats. both
EAST Side and in the Brownsville district
e' e'r,z-n. to fcht the high prices charged by
.r--,er~ met with both success and failure
LAY IS the case might be In the Browns
5st,ict conditions were reversed and
many shops. possibly a hundred all told,
eighty closed not even favored friends
ma ~ buy am ounce Of meat In some
.e-oas where the proprietors did not close.
..,ne,. more Of the stock on hand. and the
Us ~ taey could demand than the sentiment
s,5snerdeucs. angry housewives compelled
10 shut UP In several cases stores We're
.-ke3 or. al least. much of the stock was
..,.s bv Kerosene being thrown on it, and the
-. had y busy day keeping order. settling
,.s-,,,es ard making arrests Of ringleaders.
-,s trouble over the kosher meats has been
t-r II, tls Jewish districts for weeks. Some
sr, trsre were small riots on the East
60 over the azorbitant prices that were being
L-re5 and some Of the shops We're closed the
~r-,s-7~s saving that they would not open
- -sss-rar bio prices could be charged. This
- -o rresIz -aa back NJ the so-called Trusts
svss s-~eaE ra the Brownsville district and
..s,lrs5 ar Monday night in mass meetings.
-,.ro II was voted thar the shops must be
closed
seven arrests were made in the Brownsville
district during the day. They were made dur
., riot fr The afternoon some were for riot
- and others on charges Of assault The
--op5le began ~ early dawn. when housewives.
,r .ber efforts 20 close all the kosher shops. met
n rs-on-s 5- the neiShborhood. The largest
crowds gathered along Belmont avenue, in the
hear af .Ht district one of the first places
,,,-5 10 l.a open was at No 20 Osborne street.
Tie rrrr-5s-1r had thought II wise 10 sell his
s,,ck 81 possible. before closing for an in
5ssr..- rerirG and his curtains were up and
ao,r open Women gathered in angry crowds
arout The place. and finally one Went in, pre-
s-~7abv ~ purchase some meat As she hag
sad over tra price another crept in and
.p-irk.az . quantity Of kerosene over some Of
rio meat Seeing his stock being destroyed,
.hs proprietor rushed from the place shouting
fr The police. He was gone long enough TO al
lou -ae au-lsl 10 wreck the store, his own
meat oIeaEs-s being used No arrests were
made DID -l.s case, as the police could not tell
aba the -E-ea-ers We're
There .ere possibly cwoscore shops open in
tb- neigh .1r.1od al this time bur when the
news travelled OF what had happened at the
Osborn street place, and il travels rapidly IN
that neigh .rL0aC. the prOprieJOrs almost 10
man thought discretion The better part of valor,
snd closed ----e1iaJely-
Another sign ot victory IN Brownsville vas
that ole ~ the largest wholesale shops, that Of
! Davis G son. OF No. H. ThatfOrd avenue,
also closed. This closing was considered a de-
cded victory for the women, and was cheered
Justify when discovered
Tie women. after the first effort Of the early
r1orrir- went 70 their homes for rest. but dur
ing tle afternoon were around as much as be-
fore. watching Tor the slightest sign Of an at
tempt u open shop
Last utEl- mass meetings We're held II sew
era halls where the victorious housewives, put
ting their husbands in the background for the
tine made l-upass-Oned speeches. urging a con-
tiuuauce OF the fight These meetings viii be
held nightly u is said, and every effort VIII be
made 10 force the Meat Trust TO make prices
which are much more in keeping with those
fOrmer.v charged.
II was noticeable all through the Brownsville
district yesterday, in comparison with the East
Side Of Manhattan that the women did all OF the
work and caused all the excitement. once II a
while lCUE leWLISkereG W OebegCne man would
appear ID the crowds but he SO far Outnunl-
hered THAI he faded away into obscurity. Prices
been iu years. IL is said. and the strikers be-
ieve there IS Uo legitimate excuse for them.
ALywher- from i 10 n cents pound was
charged Tor beel. and FL some instances -
cents was the price asked Ordinarily the
prices are from II 10 20 cents n pound for meat
equally good
The housewives have formed d committee
every one being or TIE committeeman have Sc
ecte5 TghaoEs Hall. al Thatford and Pitkin
avenues. as LeaC0CarteTS- PlcketS have been
sent OUT. who VIII be relieved with the clock
Work o- rre military. and relays Of women VIII
always ce hand 10 fight the stOrekeepers.
Reserves have been sent TO the Brownsville po-
Ice station under Captain COndon, and VIII he
OF duty al Gil -twes until the trouble is finally
s5ated