The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-10
MEAT BOYCOTT IN THE
GHETTO MAY END TONIGHT
tcon,,nued from rass one,

warrant But the badly frightened
man, surrounded on every side by a
| quarreling. snarling mob, shook his
head and walked awag, The ring
! leader of the striking women, short.
! siocky woman I'm a black silk coat,
walked back into the shoe shop and
/ sat down. with 2 sneer. The OTHER
two mingled with the crowd.
Socialists Is Prominent
A shifty-eyed. unshaven young man
/ known TO the crowd - tho name OF
/ II Malino and apparently sort OF
( bashful field marshal. was always TO
/ be- found In the thick OF every argu-
mcnt and every mixup. He admitted
/ that he is a Socialist. He denied tina
} be was one OF the men sent out by the
: Socialists TO stir up the striking wo-
men. He said the Socialists had sent
no one out. but that the people didn't
! know how 10 get their rights. and he
was there help them.
Malino has an inexhaustible supply
/ OF oratory. which poured forth at
every opportunity. He harangued the
| crowds on freedom. high meat and
trusts not In speech making style.
Z bat I'm "culet" talks TO little groups
, that pleased him immensely by clus-
tering about him Here Is a sample
OF his oratory.
We got eighty millions people in
America. and bet me something they
most OF us don't know what they got.
They don't know what II is liberty
and rights OF people. They don't know
vat II Is de Ret. Vite. Blue.
Aren't you stirring up this striker
Maine was asked
Me? No" he replied. shiftily. DE
butchers is doing H. Dey calls lots
crowds out In front. and then start
trouble so dey can rob people on high
meat"
Harvest For Fish Peddlers.
The shrewd fish peddlers took al
vantage OF the situation Tuesday and
the street fairly swarmed with fish
wagons which did a landoffice bust.
ness. Sheepheads are the Favored
fish
Mrs A. Hendn. wife OF the butcher
at No. 474 Hastings-st. was almost
mobbed. Tuesday. and her husband
was patrolling the street with chip
on his shoulder as result Mrs.
Hendin was unwlse enough 10 laugh
at the rawlings OF some OF the more
fanatical women, who were rehears'
ing what they had heard Mr.. Maline,
on the corner. spouting about the
Ret wife and Blue and Freedom
All, She laughs while our hood Is
being spilled on the streets" said one
OF the women. and there was rush
at Mrs Hendin, who sought sherter
in the shop.
Only the prompt interference of the
police prevented Mr.. Hendin from
punching the head of dudish looking
young man who tried 70 sic" the
fghting women on Mrs Hendin, later
in the morning.
The merchants. peddlers and other
members OF the colony who were
brought mp here. or have been here
for years. declare that the whole
trouble is confined to Russian Jews.
who have been in this country only
short time, and who are being stirred
up by a few Russian Socialists.
You'll not find an American lew
mixed mp in any Of these brawls,'
said one eSome OF the American
Jews are boycotting the meat mar
kets, but they are not fighting about
it, These Russian Jews come over
here. and three months after they ar
rive they want TO run the country lr
they don't want to pay the prices for
meat. they insist that nobody else
Will be allowed to. These women
who are leading these fights live In
homes that are filthy. but instead OF
doing their housework they are here
on the streets causing trouble for
others
Bread Prices Drop.
Anticipating the action OF the
kosher meat strikers, who threatened
to turn their attentions TO the bakers
after bringing the kosher butchers TO
time. all bakers who supply bread to
the Ghetto reduced the price one cent
per loaf, Monday. The former eight
cent bread is now being sold for seven
cents. but the meat strikers still
maintain an ominous attitude, ard
point out that the same loaves we've
selling for five and six cents only a
short time ago. They declare that
the bakers arbitrarily raised the
price of bread as the meat prices
scared skyward, and they insist that
with -four cheaper instead of dearer
the bakers are making too much
money.
The police guard. maintained on
Hastings-st all day and all OF Mon
cay evening. prevented any further
disturbances, though the street was
still picketed. and excitement ran
high among the groups on the street
II. Goldberg's restaurant. No. 393
Hastings ST. was visited by a delcga
ton or striking women who learned
that the boycotted kosher meat was
being sold in the restaurant. Gold
berg agreed TO buy no more meat to
Ieplenish his supply after he has sold
what he has in stock The butchers
along the street are making no effort
TO do any business. and the strikers
are jubilant over promises by the
rabiEas. or the authorized slaughter
ers of kosher meat, that no more cat.
tie will be killed until the strike Is
settled.
Fireworks Contract Awarded