The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-13
new KOSHER SHOP
does BIC BUSINESS
Crowds of Ghetto Folk Surround
Place and Clamor for Meat at
Reduced Prices.

Hundreds Of Ghetto folk swarmed
about the cooperative" kosher meat
market or Abraham Bordeloff. at No
y 1872 Diyision-st., from daybreak, Fri
day. until nearly noon, when the last
scrap or meat, az 10, IL and Ia cents
per pound. was sold out IL was q
peaceable. but decidedly disorderls
crowd. The women, chatting under the
restraint OF four policemen, who strug'
gled I'm vain TO make them form an
orderly line, and await their turn TO
enter the shop in groups OF i've, insist
ed on forcing their way 10 the shop
door, regardless OF priority. The shop.
IN the center Of the block. was the
vortex OF a regular mob. during the
early hours. The women, protesting
every step. were finally forced by the
police to form In two lines. approach
ing the shop In both directions. Five
were admitted at time, and until
they were all out, no one else was al
lowed TO enter. One OF the windows,
beside the doorway, was broken In
the struggle OF the women. Mean
while, scores OF men stood compla'
Gently by. figuratively patting one an
other on the backs over the victory
over the butchers.
Bordeloff estimated that more than
1900 pounds OF meat was sold during
the morning. He said that he couldn't
tell until Saturday, whether his ven
ture had been a success, or whether
ne had lost money.
At the cost OF great effort, and tire
less scouting" Bordeloff obtained
lk.NA a 60 ha Are
days business of the strike-breaking
butcher shop. He would not tell
where he got the cattle. Bordelof
and the members OF the strikers
committee, headed by Mrs. Harry
Posner. all insist that the regular
kosher butchers made desperate, and
almost successful attempts to put the
new shop out OF business before 1t
started. by getting the wholesalers
refusal to sell Bordeloff any cattle,
BUrdeioff says that he 10 now at his
wits end to know where to get more
cattle, but he insists that the shop
will open Saturday night, at the close
OF the Jewish Sabbath, and that he
Will have meat to sell.
Meanwhile, the regular kosher
butchers along Hastings-st.. are doing
no business. Joe Ratkovsky's shop.
at No. 462 Hastings-st., was open. and
Ratkovsky was there, but he sold no
meat Several persons entered the
place while a Times reporter was
talking to Ratkovsky. Some, he said,
were his good customers. They asked
for meat. Ratkovsky shook his head.
Then, after they had left. he opened
his Ice box, and displayed seven fronts
OF cattle, butchered Thursday.
Tomorrow night, all or the butchers
will open their shops for business as
usual" said Ratkovsky. To-day, we
all stay closed, as far as selling meat
Is concerned. We want everybody,
poor customers and good customers,
TO buy their meat at the strikers shop
today. We want them to see what
kind Of meat they are getting for 10.
~ and IA cents a pound. 1t Is the
meat OF old mich cows. the kind that
is usually used only for sausage Those
cows cost as low as five cents a pound
on the hoof Dressed and slaughtered.
they can be bought from seven to nine
cents a pound. II Is not good meat.
We couldn't sell IL at any price, ex-
cept In sausage. But the strikers
are buying II now as chuck, flank and
shoulder steak, and are satisfied be-
cause they are getting 1t for 10. IL and
IA cents. as they demand We are
satisfied to have them sell all Of that
that they want to. We will open Sat
urday night, and sell steer beef at
the old prices. Bordeloff can't sell
mteer beef at his prices"
Bordeloff admitted that he was sell
ing COWS. He said that the meat cost
him 8 1-2 cents a pound. The calves
that he purchased cost him about
1912 cents, and he figured the aver
age cost OF his meat at 10 cents a
pound.
The boycotted butchers declare that
even by selling milch-cow beef at 10
TO IA cents. Bordeloff is going to lose
money. Bordelon says that he won.
be able to tell, until after he figures
up the days receipts.
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