New-York tribune., 1909-05-03
RIOTS ON EAST SIDE
B4KERiS WIFE DIES OF
\ SHOCK FROM RAID.
NAM Pitched Battles Disturb Sun
day Quiet-StTikers Let off.
eCith Small Fines.

For the first time since the beginning of the
bakers strike there was violence yesterday. A
number Of arrests We're made by the police, and
It is believed that one death was the result or
a raid made by strikers.
The death was that of Mrs. Meyer Belford, OF
No 2S4 Division street, whose husbands bake
shop was raided by a number of strikers early
yesterday morning. Mrs. Belford I'll up
stairs at the time, and it is believed that the
citement caused her death. for she passed away
shortly afterward
Eight arrests were made during the day, sew
; eral of the prisoners being fined 50, while the
others were taxed IS, when arraigned in court
on the charge of disorderly conduct.
In several Of the bakeries there was a hand
to-hand fight which the police were powerless
10 stop until the arrival OF the reserves from
the nearest station house. BY the time they had
arrived there were many black eyes and bruised
bodies. and the bakeshops were wrecks.
One Of the smaller committees of striking
bakers, endeavoring to obtain recruits to their
ranks. entered Meyer BeIford's shop. in Division
street, and demanded that the workers in the
place which Is open shop. stop work
There was much excitement in the place until
the arrival OF several detectives. Bedford, who
was attending his sick wife, ran downstairs and
left her
In the excitement she died. and the police
made four prisoners there. They were all ar
ralgned in the Essex Market court and fined So
each by Magistrate Hermann Captain Handy
Of the Delaney street station, tried TO have
them held for conspiracy, but the magistrate
would not allow il.
Another committee visited the bakery Of Mrs.
Sarah Bagall. at No COS East 11th street early
yesterday morning and roughly handled the
non-union men. The strikers were arrested and
when arraigned in court said that they had gone
IN TO collect bill from one of the men, but
the excuse did not avail. Several OF the other
bakers complained that their places had been
entered by gangs Of men, and in some instances
large patches OF bread were destroyed Among
those that suffered in this way were the Held
Bakery, at No. 800 East Houston street: the
Rinsler bakery. at No. - Rivington street and
the bakery of N. Cohn, at No 152 East Hous-
ton street.
Meantime the otiler side not idle About
s o'clock yesterday morning the strikers camp
al No. 127 Delaney street was invaded by a
gang Of about twenty-five men, who said that
Z number OF non-Union bakers were being held
there against their viii. They said that the
,nen were the employees Of David Messing, of
No So Allen street, and Morris Bruberg. who
has four bakeshops around the city, and they
had been spirited away by the strikers.
The union men resented the invasion of the
q
Lamps were shattered and furniture was broken.
until the arrival or & number OF detectives. For
q time they. too were poweTless. but finally
managed to restore order. Some OF the alleged
kidnapped Ineu were found and the invaders
tried to drag them out into the street. but
found. much to their surprise that they were
unwilling to go.
Finally a number Of the non-union men. in
Guiding ore Of the employers. was allowed to
enter the hail and pick out the men al
legged TO have been kidnapped. and ask them II
they were being held against their will All
Of the men picked out said that they had Joined
the strikers Of their own accord. and the affair
had quieted down when a woman's voice was
raised at the entrance: Il want David GOwolhe,
my husband; he is being held by the an
srchists-' She was not satisfied until her bet
ter half ran TO the door and said that he was
staying Of his own accord.
The news of the violence of the strikers
spread throughout the bakery neighborhood.
and II was very hard to get men 10 go to work.
All OF the shops were short handed last night,
but the master bakers were confident Of vic
tory, as were the strikers, who were in a
particularly jubilant mood. On all Of the bak-
cries that have been forced To close because of
the lack OF men notices have appeared that
the strike IS due to the outrageous demands of
the bakers, and that when you do not get your
bread they are TO blame.
The following statement made by d. H
F3rayer. secretary of the East Side Boss Bakers
Association, which met last night at Lands
rnann's Hall No. 232 Broo1ne street. and passed
resolutions not to make an agreement with the
union:
The oldtIme tactics Of the strikers were for 4
mob 70 gather around the bakeries, and while
one or two attracted the attention Of the police
men and were arrested. the others went down
into the bakeries to attack the bakers and do
other damage. This was attempted in the bak-
cry OF one of our members in Broome street
since the present strike began, but the police
we're on the alert and stopped 1t There have
been eight or nine arrests The men In the
bakeries Of two OF our members were pulled out
and beaten and the bread was left 10 burn.
We have been led to believe that there VIII
he trouble tomorrow, but Inspector Herlihy
saws that the police viii be on the watch. IL
the strikers get riotous and the same scenes
take place as took place during the last general
strike we will ask the magistrates TO lnnlct jail
sentences instead of the fines which the unions
slyavs nav The men had absolutely no gr1eV-
snces when they struck and the best element
refused 10 strike.