The sun., 1910-05-03
SLAPS TLEISCHNANNS PACE.
woman EealOus n ne Bakers STRIKE
-Pollee GuAFd OVeas.

Police Guard OVeas.
A woman slapped the face Of Otto
Fleischmann whOn he emerged from his
ofiice at ths main Flslschmann bakery
Eigkty-trst street and East End avenue.
yesterday forenoon. She was Mrs. JO-
hanna Roller Of tOI East EiRhty-fourth
street. whose husband and Aon-in-law
are involved in the bakers strike and
who had worked herself into a rage.
She was arrested ana fined so in the
Harlem court
Police guarded the big bakeries in Man
haitian yesterday. There we're no dis
turbances Of importance. The strike
was supposed TO b. for 81 a week more
paw and the nine hour wOrkday. but the
strike committee raised the wage demand
Yesterday. The bench hands, who re-
ceive si2 and ti3 a week. now want SO a
week and 20 cents an hour overtime
The ovenmen were getting SIS and SO a
week and want si9 a week and 50 cents
an hour overtime. The helpers. who were
paid - and so a week. now want sl3 a
week and N cents an hour overtime
several strike breakers were driven -
the Fleischmann bakery in automobiles
They we're few in number compared with
the men who left 4 representative Of
the company said last evening
IL IN true that We have not enough
mon 10 supply our restaurants with bread
vet. hut We will have plenty to-morrow
or next day and we certainly will not
yield To the union
The proprietors Of largo bakeries say
they will hold out. Some ~ the small
bakers have given in The strike has been
effective in Hoboken Jersey CitylRnd
Nonkers where Il 10 harder to get men
than in New York
Strike Leader Gamer said: II is non
sense 10 say that the big bakery propri-
etors can fill Our places easily. They are
pressing pastry cooks and others into
line a. bread bakers No one who has not
studied the subject can realize the enor-
nous consumption of bread in New York
The Fleischmann bakery usually turns
out about t0.OOO lOaves Of bread a day
Il L. not turning out 1000 a day At pres
ent-
A lot Of dough was left 20 spoil in the
bakery OF J. Schmalz A Co. in HObOken
by men who quit work because. accord
ing 10 the leaders. the Arm was doing
work for the Fleischmann company.
The Cuhman Baking Company felt
the strike in all ita bakeries, but accord
ing 20 the prOpriotoru Of the big bakeries
in Brooklyn the strike made less headway
in that borough than had been expected.
The strike IN Brooklyn was conducted
from the headquarters Of the Journey
men Bakers Union, No. ,. in Williams
burg About 500 men went on strike in
the morning. AZ a meeting Of the union
in the afternoon Gustav RiddeF. the bust
ness agent. said that Of the zoo union
bakeries involved In the strike the pro-
prietOrs of 40 had signed the agreement
In AriOn Hall. where the boss bakers
have their headquarters. IL was said last !
evening that many Of the bosses con- |
slider the demand Of the strikers exor-
bitant and have no intention Of signing |
The agreement
The big hotels report that they are
baking all the bread they need In their /.
own ovens
One slice Of bread per man was the !
order IN the commons 90 Columbia Uni |
yersity last night The university has its /
own bakeshOp hut the baker quit as soon I
as he discovered that 10 could get more
money for day work in one Of the down. /
town bakeries.