The sun., 1919-05-29
WOMEN SEIZED FOR
MOBBING LANDLORDS
Police Called to Quell Attacks
on "Schleppers" in Browns
vile District.

After upsetting two "schleppers" as
! they were toting furniture of three
evicted families from a four story tene-
ment at 3S7 Williams avenue, Browns
VILE, Brooklyn. last evening. a mob Of
fat, shrieking women tenants, all on
strike, cleaned up the landlord and the
prospective landlord. They chased the
pair around the block, mussed I'D the
former and pulled his whiskers.
Then they turned their attention to
his companion in misery, smashed his
eyeglasses, ripped Off his coat and pulled
out his shirt tail. Both victims agreed
after the excitement was over that 1t is
worth every cent fellow gets out Of It
to own paying real estate In Brownsville
Policemen arrested two women ten
ants and nearly lost them several times
In the rush of the maddened rent pay
ers. who resented any interference with
their plans to show the landlord where
he got off.
Twenty families In the house have
been on Strike for three weeks. They
demanded a reduction OF 10 per cent. on
their rents after the figures had been
lacked up from s14 to $22 and from sl6
to $2S. The strike has been conducted
under the auspices of the Brooklyn Ten
ants League under the able leadership
of The Big Three" consisting of Abram
Shiplacoff. former Assemblyman Charles
Solomon. Assemblyman. and Barney
Wolff, Alderman. All three are Social
lists and glad OF It,
Lftwfn to Succeed Shapiro.
According 10 the general belief of the
tenants the present landlord Is one Jacob
shapiro. short, stout and bewhiskered.
There exists a further belief, the tenants
confess, that Jacob Litwin OF 146 Troy
avenue is going to be the new landlord
next week
Three families were booked for evic-
ton yesterday because they wouldn't
pay their rents. 1t isn't ethical In a
Brownsville tenement house to pay rent
when league strike Is on. Louis Ras-
KIN and his family were among those
against whom municipal court dispos-
sess warrant was issued
Because Yiddish "schleppers" are on
strike too II was found necessary to i'm
press one negro and five GentiIes into
service to put out the three families
refer N carroll. also Gentle, was the
city marshal in charge Of the works.
The furniture belonging to Able Dru-
ker and Louis Schneider was scheduled
to go on the sidewalk with the belong
ings of Baskin. Most of 1t went. Some
OF It didn't
AS jim Johnson, negro "schlepper"
was staggering under a load of pots and
kettles and other bric-a-brac on the TON
OF the front stoop a woman shot out her
FOOT and johnson pitched down the steps.
his head struck other an "schepper'..
In the middle of the back and both fell
in heap.
Landlord Litwin had taken refuge In n
grocery store in Williams avenue TO see
now things were progressing and some
OF the women spotted them. There was
swish of petticoats toward the dug
out and both men scooted for their
lives. Shapiro was captured about half
way around the block and roughly
handled
Litwin. too, was grabbed, and he
managed TO wriggle out of his coat af-
ter MS eyeglasses were splintered. He
ran around the block to the front of the
house with Beckie Siegel, 20, Of 32S
Hinsdale street. in close pursuit.
Two Women Nabbed by Cops,
Policemen Charlie White arrested Mrs
Siegel on charge of wallopping Litwin
on the nose and then Policeman Peter
Graft nabbed Lena Craft (no relation
to Peter) for trying TO rescue Mrs.
Siegel.
In the meantime a crowd OF angry
folks told Craft mot to be a bad lew
and let the lady go. The cops and their
prisoners as paired, got separated in
the rush and when a flying squadron
with a motor patrol reached the block.
Crafts prisoner was missing. She was
subsequently found hiding in her apart
ment and retaken. Mrs Craft ia the
mother of children
Mrs. Siegel was booked for assault and
Mrs Craft for interfering with an on
Ger. Both were released in $500 bail
After the fracas 1t was found that
Baskin's piano was standing in his
apartment. and this fact was construed
legally to mean that inasmuch as n
piece OF furniture still remained. there
had been no official eviction and Baskin
lawfully was in possession. So all hands
pitched In and carried all the BaskIn
furniture back In order not TO show
any Partially the striking tenants rem
dered the same service for the other
evicted ones
This was made possible because the
negro "schlepper" and the five Gentiles
disappeared when the women were chas-
ing the landlord and the prospective
landlord.