New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-04
BREAD STRIKE DEADLOCK
Big Bakeries Taking Brunt of
Union Onslaught.
HOTELS SUPPLY LARGER
Broadway Restaurants Fare
Better-Strike Leaders Re
main Confident.

/ Bread was still scarce in parts OF Man
haitian and Brooklyn yesterday owing to
! the strike OF the bakers, but there was
! more OF a dearth in Manhattan, the large
! concerns affected by the strike being very
short OF men According TO the leaders Of
the strike, six hundred French bakers en-
/ ployed in the hotels viii strike to-day.
/ The bakers who struck before in half a
dozen Of the hotels were Germans.
It seemed to be the consensus OF opinion
among the proprietors Of the principal
hotels and restaurants in the Broadway
/ district that the strike OF the bakers would
not affect them appreciably. The great
majority Of these places either bake their
own bread o. buy from outsiders.
At Shanley's restaurant it was said that
all the breadstuffs were bought from in
dependent baker, while at the Hotel Astor
William c. Muschenheina, the proprietor,
said that he employed his own bakers. and
that even # this were not the case bread
and rolls could be brought from Phladel-
! phia, Baltimore or Boston and reach New
York fresh in time for breakfast. None of
the hotel proprietors who was questioned
thought that he would be affected by the
strike
Strike Leaders Outline Demands.
! The strike in Yonkers was reported to be
practically won yesterday, and Charles
/ Inland general organizer Of the Journey
/ men Bakers and Confectioners' Interna-
! tional Union, who was looking after the
| strike there, came to the city TO assist
August Gamer, the New York strike leader
Organizer Ifland and Herman Kintlein. of
the executive committee Of the union. made
| a joint statement in which they said:
&c 70+ IA Tr "a a
/ r7In the business of the master bakers.
/ The men want the union recognized, as the
4 best way Of getting fair wages and good
working conditions"
The strike committee said that the
kosher bread firms, whose bakers were not
on strike. were supplying thousands Of
Ioaves and rolls to hotels and restaurants,
and that the Philadelphia master bakers
we're also sending bread here The amount
they supplied however, was not enough to
relieve the scarcity.
Police Guard Bakeries.
The representatives. Of FIeischmann's
and Cushuan's bakeries admitted that new
men were difficult TO get. A representative
OF the Fleischmann company said that.
while matters were improving. there was
still a shortage in the restaurants they
supplied with bread To guard against
trouble there were policemen at all the
doors Of the bakery and police near each
corner. Ten new men were brought TO
work from Philadelphia, and were taken TO
the factory in the evening under guard.
The firm, II was stated, has now something
over thirty men working
We will get all the men we need event
ualy,' said a representative Of the firm,
but in a case Of this kind it is slow work
baI
except for the gathering OF crowds around
the factory after dark. The mischief
makers, for the most part, however, are
not strikers, but either sympathizers or
boys"
Alleged Striker Stabbed.
| One strike incident yesterday was d stab
/ bling and a number OF small fights. The
stabbing took place near the headquarters
! OF the strikers, in the Labor Temple, where
It was reported that three men were
stabbed: but names were not given and
the police knew Of only one. An alleged
strikebreaker named John Koboc was near
/ ing his aouse, No. 81 West End avenue,
after working in the Cushman bakery. at
/ No. 5O7 West 18th street, when he was held
! I'D by the pickets and asked not to go to
| work again. Koboc refused TO agree TO
this, and one Of the pickets, John Por-
schalk Of No. 36 Amsterdam avenue, held
\ him. There was a scrimmage. and il is
charged that koboc drew a small pen
knife and stabbed Porschalk. making his
escape in the confusion. A comrade named
Brooke took Porschalk TO Roosevelt Hos
pital, where his wounds were dressed.
Some time later Koboc was arrested near
his home on the charge Of felonious as
sault Koboc made charge Of assault at
| the police station against Brooke.
| Just after the strikers attended a meet
ing ar their headquarters, in the Labor
Temple, they saw George Stsmz, OF No
5S1 East l35th street. driving a wagon Of
/ bread from Eglers bakery, 62d street and
! "a est End avenue. A mob Of several hun
| dred surrounded the wagon. Some Of the
| mob held the horse while others clambered
| on the wagon and tossed the loaVes to the
/ street, where they were trampled and
! kicked around. Policeman Herbert. Of the
! East ssth street station, heard the noise
and when be saw what was going on tele-
/ phoned TO the station for help. number
/ Of reserves came IN a patrol wagon from
the station and the crowd scattered. The