Ida Breiman (Іда Брейман) of Rochester, New York, United States died at age 17. Born in Zhytomyr, Zhytomyrshchyna, Ukraine, she was Jewish. She moved from Zhitomyr to Rochester where she became a garment worker.
In Rochester, a citywide strike of garment workers started. The workers went on strike for union recognition, extra pay for overtime and holidays, 10 percent increase in pay and an 8-hour workday.
On February 5, 1913, Breiman was engaged to be married. On the same day, she was one of the strikers who discovered an active workshop owned by tailor Valentine Sauter, then 44, of Rochester.
Around 40 workers were inside Sauter’s shop. The strikers gathered outside the shop in the rear of his residence and tried to persuade the workers to walk off the job.
When the strikers started throwing stones and flowerpots through the windows of the building, Sauter grabbed his shotgun and tried to scare the strikers off. However, the strikers refused to leave and became even more aggressive.
From the window, Sauter fired into the crowd. Breiman was fatally shot and three others were wounded.
Five thousand people attended Breiman’s funeral and walked behind the hearse carrying her body. She was buried in the Waad Hakolel Cemetery in Rochester.
Although Sauter was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, he was not indicted by the grand jury in Rochester. He was released from jail and he remained in Rochester.
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