Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-17
STRIKE CAUSES
FUR PLANT To
CLOSE DOWN
HolIapder & Son Shuts Down,
After Paying Off Strike
breakers.
ATTACK ON MEN SAID
TO HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE
Firm Members Will Go on Va
cation Trip to
Bermuda

Following conferences between
members of the firm of A. Hollander
& Son, fur dyers and dressers at 14S
East Kinney street, and representa-
tives of the men who have been on
strike at the plant for the past two
weeks, the firm decided today to
close the shop indefinitely.
No amicable agreement could be
arrived at between the employers and
the men. and in statement issued
today, the. firm sets forth that II
might be a public menace to con-
tinue to operate the plant until some
settlement is reached.
The 400 odd strike breakers en-
ployed at the plant were all paid off
yesterday afternoon, and the factory
was practically deserted today.
The statement of the firm, issued
today through its counsel, Samuel F..
Leber, is as follows:
HolIander's Statement.
'Adolph Hollander has, after much
deliberation, CLOSED his shop for an
indefinite period of time. 1t was dis
tasteful to him to send from his en-
ployment the hundreds of working
men who were in his employ since
the commencement of the strike. Mr..
Hollander was, however, of the opin-
ion that the operation Of his factory
during the strike would become, to
some degree, a public menace, and
might result in serious bodily harm
to his workingmen and to others.
by closing the shop his former en-
nInUao will ~ 49,
their leaders to do picket duty. and
so will have time to seek employment
elsewhere. Mr.. HolIander agrees with
the view that every man has an alb
soiute right TO better his condition,
and he hopes that his former em-
ployes who are now on strike may be
able to better their conditions else
where. ~
For the last few days Mr.. Leber
and several members of the firm have
been In conference with Mr.. Miller,
Mr.. Stiglitz. Mr.. Wenneiss and Mr..
Korman, representatives of the
strikers. These conferences were ar
ranged through the friendly media
ton of Rev. DIR. Leo Mannheiiner,
connected with the Jewish Commu
nifty of New York
Mr.. Menuf1eirner presided at the
conferences, and the situation was
discussed openly and candidIy. We
placed before them the facts and cir
cumstances surrounding the condi-
tions of our factory. We have re-
ceived a list of the demands from
them, and after considerable discus
sion we found that it was impos-
sible to accede To their demands.
Mr.. Hollander contends that the
tro1 1nvt7 NIB 1,ox
strike are ignorant of the conditions
prevailing in this shop. His employees
are fully cognizant of the conditions.
Therefore, whenever his employees
have settled down to calm reasoning
and care to meet him personally he
will be only too happy to do so and
discuss with them, man to man, any
grievances they may have against
him."
Mr.. Leber supplemented the above
statement by adding that the firm
had accepted the first offer of the
men, which was for recognition OF
their organization as a union and
the payment of union wages. The
first demand of the strikers, accord
ing to Mr.. Leber, was that the men
receive SIS, $3.50 and $12 for A, B
and G class labor respectively. The
firm, Mr.. Leber said, were agreeable
to this proposition, but would not
consent to take back, at these wages,
the most inefficient of the former en-
ployes, who, according to counsel,
could not be classed even as class c
iaborers. The firm was also opposed
to the admission of dyers on an equal
footing with the dressers, as the dye
ing is said to require but very little
skill.
Say Mems Demands Unfair.
After the first conference, the law
yer declared, the strikers submitted
second wage scale, which was grad
uated according to the kind of work
done by the men. In this, Mr.. Leber
declared, 81 per day was demanded
for machine f1eshers, while SO and 81
was asked fer the other employees.
This proposition was considered to-
tally unfair by the firm, and 1t was
then that the plan of closing the fac
tory was considered.
THE men will now submit another
offer to DR.. Mannheimer," said Mr..
Leber. "and the latter will, in turn,
submit it to me. From present in
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