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| Female tailors on strike, New York City, 1910. |
SWEATSHOPS
MUST GO.
Tailors Confident of Winning Their Strike.
CONTRACTORS COMING TO TERMS.
The Action
of the Latter In Arraying Themselves on the Side of the Strikers Causes the Men
to Feel Hopeful of Success.
NEW YORK, July 27.—An all day meeting was
held by the striking tailors of this city in Walhalla hall. Addresses were made
by a number of leaders and the situation was generally discussed.
The substance of the remarks made by the various
speakers was that since a strike had been deemed necessary and advisable, no
compromise should be made; the strikers must stand firm and accept nothing but
victory.
The fact that the contractors, who had in
the past combated the tailors, have now joined issues with them, is regarded by
the leaders as significant, and is taken as an omen of success for the tailors
in their conflict for the entire abolition of the sweatshop system; the increase
of the weekly scale of wages and for a fixed weekly toil standard not to exceed
59 hours.
The strikers in Brooklyn, Williamsburg and
Brownsville remain firm, but no meetings of importance were held in those
cities.
It is estimated that fully 20,000 hands are
now idle on account of the strike in New York city, Brooklyn, Brownsville and
Williamsburg.
Commissioner Charles L. Phipps, chairman of
the state board of arbitration, has visited the principal men in the manufacturers'
association and in the Tailors' organization and talked over the situation. He
says the manufacturers hold the key to the situation and will be the main
factors in any settlement of the strike that may be made. He tried to bring out
a conference between representatives of all three sides, but the time was not
considered ripe for it, as the manufacturers have not received any demands and
probably will not receive any until today. Other members of the state board
will be here today.
One of the manufacturers said:
"After much suffering the strikers may
have a few brisk weeks owing to their shortening of the season, then all will
be over. The dull season will be back. I pity them from my heart, but for the present
state of trade neither the manufacturers nor contractors are to blame. It is an
abnormally dull season."
The leaders of the tailors say that the
strike is bound to come every year unless there is some radical change, and
they propose to inaugurate that change before the present strike is settled.
That the contractors have already shown a
disposition to yield was proven by the appearance of 50 contractors, employing
2,000 operators, before the executive board of the Brotherhood of Tailors in
Walhalla hall and asking that they be permitted to make the required cash
deposits as a guarantee of good faith preparatory to signing the articles of
agreement as well as the demands of the strikers formulated by the Brotherhood
of Tailors.
The strikers refused to accept the
propositions of the contractors pending the final disposition of the
Contractors' association toward the tailors, which will be made known today
after the stringent clauses and specific provisions contained in the agreement
are submitted for approval or rejection. Should the contractors decide against
the acceptance of any or all of the required conditions, the Brotherhood of
Tailors will instantly ignore the alliance of the Contractors' association and
will at once enter into negotiations with individual contractors not affiliated
with the Contractors' fraternity.
Cleveland
Strike to Be Settled.
CLEVELAND, July 27.—It is believed by the
leaders of the strike at the Brown Hoisting works that terms of settlement between
the men and company will be agreed upon within a day or two and that work will
be resumed before the end of the week. Propositions have been made which are
likely to be accepted, but the locked out men refuse to give the terms of the
settlement.
Good
News For Iron Workers.
PITTSBURG, July 27.—Today will occur the
beginning of a resumption of iron mills, putting at least 10,000 idle men to
work. The success of the Amalgamated association in making the wage settlements
it has effected means too that the men employed in nonunion mills will get an
advance in their wages, and that their employers will sign agreements to pay them
the union prices. This comes as near a recognition of the union as the men are
contending for at the present time. Ten thousand men are interested in the
settlement of the wage scale.
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| Macedonian revolutionaries, July, 1896. |
DAY'S DOINGS ABROAD.
Further
Fighting Reported In Macedonia.
FRESH
MASSACRES IN ARMENIA.
Hostilities
on the Island of Crete Continue.
ATHENS, July 27.—A fresh fight is reported
to have occurred at Kosani, Macedonia, since the Greek insurgents invaded
Macedonia, and made the attack on Turkish troops at Karah-Teari, near Moussa, which
was reported on Sunday.
The inroads by Greek insurgents into Macedonia
are undoubtedly stimulated by the condition of affairs in Crete, where the
Christian insurgents have as much sympathy from the Greeks as have the Cuban
insurgents from the people of the United States. It does not seem probable that
the present Macedonian disturbance is connected with the outbreaks of last year,
which occurred along the Bulgarian frontier and were thought to be incited by the
Macedonian central committee at Sophia, though this central committee has also
been active this year, having issued a manifesto in June stating that
"reform (in Macedonia) by peaceful means is no longer to be reckoned on,
and the committee will concentrate all their energies to obtain real political
autonomy."
The southern tracts of Macedonia are mainly
inhabited by Greeks. A prominent diplomat, said to be well versed in the
affairs of Eastern Europe, and a long resident in the Balkan peninsula, was recently
quoted as saying:
"It is hard to believe that combined action
for the furtherance of a certain object could be undertaken by the inhabitants of
that region, which we call Macedonia. Doubtless in various neighborhoods insurrectionary
movements of more or less magnitude would gain adherence, but such risings will
always remain of mere local importance for the reason that it is impossible to
imagine a combined Macedonian insurrection. Such movements must invariably take
place under Bulgarian, Serbian, Albanian or Greek auspices. They will not be so
much directed against Turkey, but rather will take the form of one nationality
rising against another or a number of others."
It remains to be seen whether the
insurrectionary movement under Bulgarian auspices will make common cause with that
under Greek auspices, which the Greek minister of war, in response to a
representation by the powers, has promised to take measures to suppress.
Cretan
Rebellion Spreading.
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 27.—It is announced
that the porte has decided to maintain a defensive attitude in Crete, leaving
to the powers the task of inducing the insurgent Cretans to accept the
concessions already promised them by the Turkish government.
According to news received from Canea, in
the island of Crete, two vessels have landed arms and ammunition at Candia,
near the center of the north coast, for the insurgents, showing that the
rebellion is extending toward the eastern portion of the island, which has
hitherto remained tranquil.
BREVITIES.
—New advertisements to-day are—Coe Chemical
Co., eczema cure, page 3.
—The case of Phlllips against Winter is on trial
before Justice T. H. Dowd to- day.
—The Sunday-school of Grace Episcopal church
will picnic at the park on Wednesday.
—The Universalist Sunday-school will picnic
upon the land of Mr. E. Mudge, 5 River-st. on Friday of this week.
—Mr. Edwin M. Hulbert lost a horse from
colic Saturday. This was the last one of a span that Mr. Hulbert had had for
some time.
—A private party of considerable size is
planning for a supper at the pavilion at the park to-morrow evening. Beaudry is
to furnish the supper.
—The special excursion train under the auspices
of the M. E. churches of Cortland to Cascade leaves the Lehigh Valley station
at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning and returning will arrive at Cortland at 6
o'clock P. M.
—The locomotive, I. H. Palmer, which has been
standing on the track of the Erie & Central New York R. R.,
was taken Saturday to the Adirondack mountains, where it will be used as a
passenger engine between Saranac Lake and Fulton Chain.
—The Orient wheel club of Brooklyn has just
been organized with twenty charter members, among whom are Melvin A. Rice and
Charles L. Viele, both former residents of Cortland. In effecting the organization
Mr. Rice was elected president and Mr. Viele, lieutenant.
—The first annual reunion of the Stafford
family will be held at the home of Timothy Stafford three miles south of Blodgett
Mills, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 1896. A committee of arrangements has been appointed
and preparations are being made to make this first general reunion of the
family a very pleasant occasion. All members and friends of the family are invited
to be present.
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| Cortland Hospital on N. Main Street. |
Graduating
Exercises.
The graduating exercises of the class of '96
at the Cortland hospital will occur at the hospital on Friday evening, July 31,
at 8 o'clock. There are two graduates in this class; Misses Grace Elizabeth
Lynch and Katherine Leah Gaffney. The program of exercises is not yet
completed. Owing to the fact that there are patients in the hospital, the
exercises cannot be thrown open to the public at large, but a limited number of
invitations will be issued, and the guests will include only the physicians, the
advisory committees, the clergymen and a few others who have been more or less
directly connected with the hospital during the period of its existence.
TRUXTON.
TRUXTON, July 27.—Nearly all the farmers in
this vicinity have finished haying. The average crop is much heavier than last
year. The oat crop promises to be the best in years. The so much talked of army
worm has arrived here but as yet no damage is reported from them. The apple
crop bids fair to be a large one.
Mr. W. R. Woodward returned Thursday from a
trip to New York, Philadelphia and Boston in the interest of the Truxton Last
company.
Saturday afternoon the hills and valley of
this vicinity resounded with the yell of "Razzle, dazzle, zip, boom, bah, Truxton,
Truxton, rah, rah, rah. Are we in it? Well I should smile. We are in it all the
while." It was the Truxton baseball [team] on their return from East Homer
where they played the East Homer nine. A large number of people witnessed the game
which was easily won by the Truxton "invincible" battery. Weigand and
Whitmarsh did extra well and for five innings the East Homers failed to score, and
but for a few costly errors in the sixth inning, the East Homer boys would have
been shut out. The score by innings was:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Truxton: 9 8 0 7 0 4 *—28
E Homer: 0
0 0 0 6 2 0—8
Umpire, Frank Henry; Scorer, Oscar Smith.
This was the Truxton team's first game and the result proves that Truxton
people may well be proud of our team which is composed of the following players:
Wiegand, pitcher; Whitmarsh, catcher; Kinney, 1st base; Cool Beattie, 2d base;
Beattie, 3d base; Hartnett, short stop; R. Connors, rf; Beard,cf; P. Connors,
lf; substitutes John Comerfort, George Henry and John Curtis. Mr. Wiegand, who
pitches for the home team, is a wonder and his superb pitching in Saturday's game,
plainly proves that his remarkable curves are very puzzling. Paul Whitmarsh of
Cuyler has been engaged to catch for the team the remainder of the season.
Whitmarsh is a good all-round player and behind the bat he has no equal. With
practice the Truxton
team will be as good as any in the county and some good games will be played
here this fall. It is expected the East Homer team will play a return game here
next Thursday. The [Truxton] team are also trying to arrange games with the following
teams: Pompey,Tully, McGrawville, Homer, Willet, Cortland, Normals and other
clubs. Mr. Cooledge F. Beattie is the captain of the Truxton team. An effort is
to be made by the team to raise money to defray the expenses of visiting teams
and a paper is to be circulated and every one given a chance to help the boys.
Several of our business men have expressed their desire to help them.
CRAZY PAT.
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