Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-06-25
BARBER SHOPS
ARE HARD HIT
Union Men
Leave Today Demand Short
or Hours at Once.
SHAVES AT A PREMIUM
Believe Settlement Will Soon
be Effected. Terra Gotta
Situation Unchanged.
SHAVES AT A PREMIUM

Shaves and hair-cuts are at pre-
MUM today as the result of general
strike among journeymen BARRIERS in
this city. All members of the jour
neymen BARRIERS union went out this
morning in demand for a shorter
working day. The object of the
strike is one half hour. The bosses
acceded to all other demands, inclu-
ding a shorter day to the extent of
one hour. The seven leading terra
Gotta plants in this district continue
to be tied up as a result Of the gen
eral strike caused yesterday. Some
disorder was shown during lockout
at the plant of the New Jersey Terra
Gotta Company this morning and Of
ficials had difficulty in reaching the
works in some instances.
Journeyman BARRIERS are not seek
ing an increase in pay at this time.
Their demands for a full holiday on
Christmas day, provided 1t does not
fall on a Saturday or Monday, for a
day off every two weeks and for an
hour and a half off for lunch and
supper time, were granted. In event
Christmas falls on Saturday or
Monday the shops will be open until
noon. Boss BARRIERS are agreed on
the proposition of granted shorter
hours, SO that men will begin work
at 7.30 o'clock in the morning anu
quit at $40 o'clock in the evening
and to quit at 8 O'Clock nights after
October /, next.
The bosses claim that their en-
ployes are now working from
o'clock or a little later in the morn
| ing until $40 o'clock at night. The
strikers say the present hours are
from 7 to 8 o'clock. They desire
| shorter hours Immediately according
| to their demands and because the
| bosses said they did not care to grant
the full demand in that respect unit
| October /, so as to have time to no
tify their customers, the strike was
declared early this morning. II
started at State and Centre streets
A delegation went from shop to shoI
south on State street and then west
on Smith street, pulling out journey
| men from the various shops. Every
union man quit on demand Of the
delegation, and even f. son strucl
| from employment of his father il
one instance. The number out |:
estimated at twenty-five. The strike
effects every shop with one or tive
exceptions where non-union men are
| employed. When the striking dele
| cation attempted to pull out two ot
| these men at 142 Smith street thi'
morning and the men refused to go
| because they declared they were sat
isfied, the proprietors of the place
summoned the police. Patrolmar
Reager was detailed. The striker!
| desisted and the men remained a.
| work.
| AS means of recompensing The
bosses for what might be lost by
| granting the shorter hours, the unioI
| men advocate fixed and uniform
price Of fifteen cents for every shave
and twenty-five cents for every hair
cut, to become effective about October
| 1.
Leaders in the Brick, Tile and
Terra Gotta Workers Alliance dis
claim having anything to do witt
| locking out the laborers Of the New
Jersey terra Gotta workers who re
ceived an increase of a cent and ;
half an hour and returned to worl
yesterday.
AS a means of protecting propert!
at the local plants of the Atlantic
Terra Gotta Company, Sheriff Alber
Bollschweiler swore in seven deputie.
| this morning. They are working pri
vately for the terra Gotta compan!
and exclusively on its property.