Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-11
SUNDAY CLOSING
LAW TO Be ASKED
BY BOSS BARRIERS
Will Request Council to Change
Present Ordinance to Include
TOnsorial Shops.
VIOLATIONS TO ENTAIL $40
FINE FOR EACH OFFENSE
Bill Framed to Cover Amend.
ment Will Accompany Pet
ton to City SoIons.

Determined to force a settlement
of the labor troubles between the
Journeymen BARRIERS and the shop
owners, the bosses have framed a
petition providing for the closing of
all barber shops on Sunday, which
Will be presented to the members of
the Common Council at the regular
meeting tonight
Accompanying the petition will be
a bill which practically covers the
provisions of the petition and makes
the opening of barber shops on Sum
day punishable by fine of $40 for
each offense.
The ordinance was redrawn by AS
sistant City Attorney Charles
M. Myers. of the city law depart
ment, and will be presented by Alder
man Mark f. Phillips, OF the First
ward. who will also move for sus-
pension of rules in order to give the
members of the executive committee
o fthe Boss Barbres' Protective AS
sociation an opportunity TO place
their views on the matter before the
council.
The amended ordinance will be as
fellows:
BE 1t ordained by the mayor and
Common Council of the city of New
ark as follows
Section 1. That section 444 of the
Revised Ordinances of the City OF
Newark, Revision of 1902, approved
January 3, 1902, be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 444. No person or persons
shall on the first day of the week.
commonly called Sunday, SELL dispose
| of or offer or expose for SALE or cause
or permit to be sold, disposed of or
| offered or exposed for sale, any cigars
oysters or confectionery, or cause or
permit any store, shop or other place
in the city of Newark by him or them
occupied as a barber shop to be open
| for the purpose of conducting therein
the business of a barber shop, under
the, penalty of ten dollars $50 fol
Leach ,offhnse
| Section 2. All ordinances and parts
of ordinances inconsistent herewith
are hereby repealed
Section 3. This ordinance shall
| take effect Immediately"
| The bosses say the petition was
framed to force an issue between the
employers and the journeymen.
"A large number of the bosses who
had signed the. agreement to close on
Sunday several weeks ago became
| disgusted at the way the union men
were acting one of the bosses said
| today. ',and opened up their shops,
thus breaking the agreement.
| I'VE held a meeting and it was
| Unted IN aelf tho Cor1r1ot, Co1,pcfi IN,
pass an amendment to the Sunday
| closing ordinance which would pre-
vent the opening of all barber shops
in this city on Sunday.
Every one present favored this
method of settling the controversy
and upwards of 500 signatures have
been secured out of possible 62s.
the number of shops in the city"
The journeymen, their representa-
tives today said, will make no at
tempt to oppose the passing of the
bill by the council. They are in fa-
vor of Sunday closing, but now
want half holiday during the week
as well as all day Sunday off. It is
| this last demand to which the bosses
object.
The shop owners take the stand
that If the additional half holiday
were granted the employees would
be receiving six days wages for five
and one-half days work.
The bosses have been served with
the ultimatum of the journeymen de-
manding a favorable settlement of
labor troubles before Tuesday night
under penalty of a general strike of
all the union BARRIERS in the city.
To consider this question the mem
bers of the two master BARRIERS or
ganizations in this city will hold a
special meeting Monday night. when
a committee will be appointed to at
tend the meeting of the journeymen
on the following evening.
The bosses claim they will not
grant the extra half-holiday and the
journeymen are just as determined
that they shall get 1t, and declare
they will call a general strike If II
is not granted.
Many of the union men regard the
action of the bosses in seeking to have
a Sunday-closing ordinance passed as
a partial victory for their cause. and
are greatly encouraged. The bosses.
however, declare they are taking the
initiative in the matter voluntarily.
1t is said that no attempt will be
made to enforce the closing of other
stores mentioned in the ordinance to
be amended.