The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-31
RENT STRIKERS
APPEAL TO
UNIONS
Claim That One Landlord Is
Ready to Grant Part Of
Demands.

All the labor unions in Newark are
to be appealed to by the Anti-High
Rent Association for aid in the wal
the tenants in the Hill section are
waging against the landlords. It will
be especially asked that the members
be restrained from renting quarters in
any property on which a rent strike
has been declared. They are still or
ganizing houses, and the officers de-
clare that they are ready for the crisis
that should begin tomorrow when
many owners will demand rents.
The owners, at a meeting yesterday
afternoon, reaffirmed the decision of
Sunday to grant no quarter to the ten
ants and to stand upon their legal
rights. As Don as an occupant or
apartments refuses to pay at present
prices the courts will be asked to evict
him. The Newark Independent Land
lords Association Is to be incorpor-
ated at once.
The first victory is being claimed by
the strikers. They say that one land
lord has made advances to them. offer
ing to grant a reduction of $3.50 in
rooms. The offer has not been ac-
cepted. They win not divulge the name
of the owner, but declare that he has
thirty-two tenants and Is a member
of the Landlords Association. The
strikers are asking a reduction of 81
on each set of rooms.
President Bernstein, of the Landlords
Association, informed a reporter this
morning that the first eviction would be
made today, unless the tenant recon-
sidered his former decision to refu 80
payment. This is the case Of M. LIP
shitz, at 10 Prince street, where the
papers have been served and the period
of legal notice expired. He stated that
the eviction was now merely a matter
of convenience with the c~onstables.
Edward Sehoen, attorney for tho
landlords, made the following an
nouncement this morning:
I'VE have decided to pursue legal
remedies against any enant who re-
fuses to pay his rent. There will be
no attempt at violence or anything IL
legal. We do not consider present ionts
unreasonable. Reductions cannot be-
made and allow us a fair return on cur
investments. The people who are now
striking for lower rents are the ones
who have benefited most by the pros
porous conditions of the last few years,
/ dilQ llIOuBA ibtli VI Sohf1NNhOA@ -
HANGED the cost of construction. Laws
providing better ventilation and better.
sanitary improvements, placing addi-
tional burdens on investors, have been
for their good. None of the landlords
have advanced their rents during the
past year or attempted to do so.
Property on the Hill has increased
in value. just as all Newark real es-
tate has gone up. The increase has
been governed by conditions similar to
those that have governed other prop
erty. Speculation has played no inn
portant role. Tax assessments have
been made for the present year under
prevailing price of rentals, and to re-
duce such will mean big losses to the
landlords. 1t is not merely what Is
lost in collections, but the depreciation
in values which win come that Will
hurt most. For instance: Suppose a
reduction of 81 a month is made in a
thirty-tenant tenement That means
$50 a month. or 1920 a year, or the in
] come on an investment of $1,000. The
property would decrease that much in
value. A general reduction Of 81 a
month will mean a depreciation In The
affected area of hundreds of thou
sands"