New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02
1928 Families
Rent Strikers
La 2 Districts
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Sackman Street, Park Place, st. Marks
Avenue, Christopher Avenue and
Howard Avenue.
A strike in Williamsburg is at 92s,
$50, 932 and 934 Myrtle Avenue.
In the latter places, all of which
are tenement houses, the tenants went
on strike after Judge Furgeson, in the
Gates Avenue Municipal Court, had
authorized the landlord to raise the
rents because the landlord proved that
he was making a profit of not more
than S20l.20 on an investment Of $780,
600. he increase allowed would give
the landlord profit of 5h per cen
on his investment.
The increase also had the approval
of the Mayors Committee on Rent
Protiteering and the backing of the
Greater New York Taxpayers Associ-
alton. formed of landlords controlling
$4,000 properties in greater New York.
Despite the action of the court, how
ever, and the willingness OF the land
lords to make considerable improve
ments, members of the Tenants League
OF Brooklyn refused to pay the rent
yesterday.
AS result, eight or nine of the fami-
lies involved will be evicted tomorrow
morning as an example to the rest of
the strikers.
Mayer Assails Strikers
Mr.. Mayer, in assailng any and all
efforts at rent strikes, said:
Tenants have nothing to gain by
rent strikes. Those who have griev.
ances can present them either as in
NIVlH;nFS in
be amply protected by the Mayors Com
mittee and by the courts. We will not
tolerate anything that smacks of vic.
lence or disorder. Those persons who
resort to mischievous destruction OF
another mans property will be rigor
ously dealt with"
There were no evictions Yesterday
Mr.. Mayer said, the policy of city Of.
| tlclals being never to carry ont evic-
tons on Saturdays. Beginning to-mor-
row, however, there will be hundreds OF
ev1ctlons, particularly in Brownsville
I and East New York, ordered after due
process of law and on orders of the
courts for various reasons.
Mr.. Mayer said David Goldberg, City
Marshal, whose Office is at 1853 Stone
Avenue, has seven hundred eviction
warrants on hand in the two afore.
mentioned districts. These eviction.
will take place this week. The East
Side will be quiet and hardly any evic
ton warrants against tenants living ir
that section have been issued.
The total number of evctions ir
Greater New York will be between / ,5Ot
and 1000, judging by the number il
brownsville and East New York, ane
By the fact that in addition to Mr.
Goldberg there are siXty-four othe,
marshals in the city.
$4,000 Tenants Move
The total number of tenants wht
moved yesterday was estimated at %
600, the number in Brooklyn alone be.
ing estimated at 10000 by officials OF
moving van companies. 1t was said b,
several companies that the bulk of The
tenants were moving out of town The
van owners look for the real MOVING
congestion on October /, vhen mos
leases expire.
j. J. MeKenna, business manager o
the Van Transfers Union. Local 273
international Brotherhood of Teamsters
the $500 members of which threatened
to strike, said an arrangement ha,
been reached with the Van Owners
Association, giving the men an increas
of S. a week. A strike of the val
drivers would tie up all the storag
warehouses in the city, McKenna said
and would seriously inconvenience
thousands of residents during the NOV
ing season.
An action in which the new rent lay
@ pleaded for the first time in tn
eupreme Court was filed yesterday b,
the Palermo Investment Corporation
which owns the Prince Humbert apart
ment house at 22O Cathedral Parkway
against Jacob Katz. Katz has a leas
made in October, 1919, and extending K
September, 1921, at rental of $4,000
year Mr.. Katz paid the rent unit
April and then refused to make fur
Their payment of $191.66, the amour
of the monthly rental. Claiming it wa
excessive.
The Palermo company sued on tn,