LANDLORD CHASED BY WOMEN.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1208, 19 November 1919, Page 2

LANDLORD CHASED BY WOMEN.

UNITED STATES TENANTS REVOLT. .New York'is developing a very short way with' rent profiteers, says a. correspondent of the 'Weekly Dispatch.' The housing situation in the city has been growing steadily worse as a result of- the landlords; taking advantage of the shortage of hdus.es and apartmentsto,; f oreo - of.'"eases r tlie tenants havo been turned out at short notice- 1 following ultimaitunis from landlords ;'oii : /tbo expiry -of leases," to quit or pay •increased rent 3. It has become'quito common to see in; the windows Qi' apartment houses cards.bearing.the wor/ls 'This hbuso is on rent strike,-' meaning that the tenant is on 0 of those who have banded together to'refuse, to pay the increased rents .and to meet "with, force any bailiffs who como to evict them. I'Tot, long ago-two. landlords wero chased through tho streets . Several have been man-handled by. tho crowds : of' women. ■ . ■.-,:■ . -"•'

Recently a fresh method of dealing with rapacious owners who tried" with grout effect. A - few weeks ago the mayor app&inted a .committee to inquire into rent/profiteering..' At tie sittings a landlord^' and Ins son appeared to givo evidence in .their-own defenco against, allegations brought by . the tenants ■:■ of several blocks -of flats; of • jwhieh the /owners. The older Joachim, after several.-times, being called to order for the violent speeches directed against tenants, Area off a. tirado against children. v , ::-'■

.After declaring that, all tenants? wcßifk /iars Joachim -wound up with pcrsonar" to one tenant. The a large man, rose in his wrath and' tanked a right hook on the landlord's left ear, knocking him over two chairs" and a table info a. far corner :of tho room.. This-was tho signal for w general attack. The.audience, which was principally -composed ' of wotuoik mlvanced m mass formation on the, landlord- and his son crying 'KillShem both!.' w For several.:'minutes a wild scrimmage raged in the. committee r.oom. ...

, I.iually thepolico hail to he called in o rescue the two Joachims, who l>y .tnT""^ 111111 I f c " ' co damaged and to restore, order.