New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
BIG UNIONS LEVY
S25O,OO0 TO AID
INDICTED CHIEFS
Assess East Side Worker
for Defence of Men Who
Hired Strike GangsterS.
MORE INDICTMENTS
EXPECTED soon
Dopey Benny Tells Own story
of Beating Up at Behest CT
East Side Labor Leaders.


The story Of "Dopey Kenny" Fem on
which eleven other gangsters and
twertv-three local labor union princ'-
pals were indicted Tuesday, eight for
murder and the others for assault and
cxtortion. has greater sensations IN II
than the first days chapters promised.
Il shows that but FOR "Dopeys
warn, .vmpathv for the workngman
tho violence that marked every one OF
the local clothing makers strlkes
would have been too inconsideraoie lo'
rolice attention. and 1t reveals 'he
strange methods used BY union leaders
unable 10 get gangsters 10 undertake
the work, 20 cripple recalcltrSn's Nn0
could not be persuaded D. tax or eA-
ample. ,...
Or men have been arrested. SIX were
taken Tuesday and three yesterday
More indictments are expected.
FeiD was IN touch with every cor
,ec.ive" effort that the union leaders
made and his story from which AS
sistant District Attorney Luclan >
breckenridge lifted the names IN as
closing Il yesterday-is so duI or de-
tai that the cases Of az least score
~ other labor men must be under con-
ST Grafton by the grand jury.
Union to Defend Leaders.
To defend the indicted men the
I,i.ed Hebrew Trades Union is raising
fund Of s95O.O00. So far half OF TINS
,mouDt has been collected some
,,on+bs ago. when the District AttoT-
news Investigation was beglnhing 10
create a warm and troub!ous a'mos-
rbere around the gang and labor group
sn assessment OF seven cents WteA
Tor defence was levied on most o. lnc
$4,000 members OF the union. heCe" "a
lv that assessment was increased 10 ~
cents And a. "a defiance 20 the au-
,kor;,ies Solomon Net, at .he time
Under Indictment. was recently e!e0 y"
Tres,dcr, Of the United Hebrew Trades
trior
II there : anything about the w'rA
in which be was engaged that 'Dopey
Rr-ry" does not understand II Is not
h.ra,.e he failed 20 give his years 20
II. lie is about Twenty-Five now Al
tho are Of ten he enlisted IN CT 4He a.
package th.ei, ana siAUI"''H a., 49,.
L,~.clf through efficiency IN pocket
picking. ".tch-uP' work ana g eneISa.
thleVery. 20 an elevation 'hd' ~
Inn into prominence among me ny"
VINO believed they needed nm III ms
criminal operations ne was r.5' 49,
enough 10 warrant p@'Io"ase co ID
ing enough 20 attract gahEslsrs as ANY
es he but his inferior IN leadership
And he spent ms none! "pP@' ~ "
,eckcssly. but, in truth Wise4y; ms
generosity worked out his plan OF cam
palcn succesSlu!'E. nv 'oH -''' - Toe
Of the ablost gangsters; most OF Joe
the Greasers. following ueseitFtu ~
him. and, when he had gAlheItu 49,.
picked men be went acN't'! M d"
business thai brought MN lH ~ 'e"S'
$4,000 a year
He did his WORK so Wei tnat one SCI
Of employers offered hlm N42''yO u ne
would contract not 20 WORK lot nv
union then involved IN stree. hey
did not ask that he WORK for men,
Tbev would have been satisfied 20 have
him keen his hands strictly out OF me
labor conflict. Blu; he refused, saying
he sincerely believed IN the WORKING
mans cause. and would be oohtehI 10
aid them without pay. But rs long As
there was money IN II ne wanted 10
get il.
Led in Strike Work.
V,.U "Rig Jack" Zelig was killed
~ IA not attain his size in the gang
uorld With ZehC's death "Dopey
Rennv" stepped up as leader Of the
outlaw groups that have really run
the clothing strikes here OF receht
years. lie as 'V.eu 'He 5s!s.-;c.s DC.
OF trouble ana 10 ny ~ ~, No. +"
tIgned' among o."e AZ E;sbor and the
"Porkie iaher'{i Ap1e i n,e!o~s '1 and
heads OF 1ne iUu'O" '''
Gopner gang too.,,roa ~ tho
mere were some 4tH'r a.orS;ro ~
WORK he WouId ho' s sTu' 49, go ' iaF. ~
Mr.. breckenridge lhese VIZ 49,
the union men; ~ fneeuns' taho
aolnj o0afu Oh w ,,bo rrotested
trades mon Ii'i - - ec,fon were
hgd'h5' PiOPV'su - Tbo roors Of
the lOlpf board at one time were VII
within stood 3 fair chance or recover