The workingman's advocate., 1870-04-23
THE CIGAR MAKERS.
omo,., trom Local Unions. Ordered published IL, th
'VH''" WoRKMGNAH's ADVocATK.l
NFw YoRK. April IA. 1879

omo,, rom Local Unions. Ordered published III u
'V"' WoRKHGNAH's ADVOCATED
New YoRK, April IA, 1879.
n Cigarmakers in general:
Van have all by this time been informef
,.o.rds TO the strike that is in progress !
AZ city. One thing be mindful of, do not: d.
t'1 .ending us aid, on account of what tna
..rssr n newspapers, for with single eXtep
,,op thew are Gll trying to irjure our csuseSe
'ronid narticularly caution them as to Ths
NAV appear from time to time in the bosse
org.n namely The Tobacco Leaf" twill
o;Se YOU few oi its misstatements, WAic
sneak for themselves. First comes this Y:
The cigar strike seems to be VirtEall
o,o, manv Of the union men having gone b
.,o,t At he reduced rates. All thst has fteeE
r.ined nv the i'll advised action of the unaon
Az been throwing some very worthy men, ou
Of positions which they had held for years,
a. regards to that, it is all bosh Four
teen men have in eli violated their pledges
vbieb a not many, considering that we Dpm-
hsr over fifteen hundred. Next / come to
4" Nessrs. Straiton, Schnitt L Storm pro
nosed to reduce the wages Of their cigar
makers $S per NJ The union men declinea Il
Iisten TO any reduction, although the hrn
vould have been willing to compromise Oh ~
The result has proved that there are plenty o
com petent hands willing to make cigars q
The latter rate, and some of the Union smeI
have recently accepted it, and are working, un-
derit" 4
This il false. That firm has not been able Il
obtain competent hands, for they adveftis'
daily. as in fact, all the shopes where We have
called our men out. With this elegant ex-
tract, will conclude:
LAZY CIGARNAKERs-Ths men who EAn
wages 50 high that three days work will re-
turn a very comfortable living for the family.
suppose cigarmakers all see the point.
Yours, respectfully,
B. BERLYE,
Cor. Sec. Union NJ. Us.
CHICAGO, April l6, 1870.
To the Officers and Members Of Local UniSus
GEsrLKNKN: Through an error on the;par
Of our Secretary, the name Of Mr.. E. Ultz. Wa'
placed on our circular of the oath Of last
month, for the amount Of a, which had peer
received. THO. SrEIN,
Corresponding Secretary.
CLEVELAND. April is, 1870
To the Officers of the c. N. Union
A man named Phillip Fry, claiming ID bt
direct from Germany, desires tn becoNe I
member Of our union. If you have any charges
against him, please prefer them.
VIZ ]. CANORE, Cor and Rec Sec.
C.M. 0. No. Az. .
Urea, N. Y. April 90, Is7O-In consequence
Of our treasury being in a low state, we ihav'
closed our books against loaning on cards.
A. FEEDER, Cor. Sec.
Box No. a56.
WORcEs1KR, April l6, lsTO.-Any Persol
knowing the whereabouts Of Chas. KnuI4sick
sge, 81 hair red by trade, a cigarntaker
will confer a favor on his brother, whd ha
not seen or heard Of him for the last ten tears
BY sending his address to
JACOB B. SPRKwENBCRG,
No. Edward street, Worcester, M4ss.
BURLINGTON, April Is, ls7O.-Mr. Chris
Fieghart from Fort Madison, Iowa, has mad
application for membership. Any unioT. haV
ing charges against him, will please notift thi
uuiOn within twenty days.
Z. A. WEMKRr,
Cor. Sec, Box llAl.
PATERSON March IA, 1s70.-Thomas Nc
DoWell, Hamil, On Flent, Martin Priker, jsme
A. Jscobus, Chas. L. Bush, Randolph Bedford
john s. Jaeobus, ard Abrsm Csdmus, bAilin
from Caldwell, n. J., have applied for mem
bership. Unions having any charges aSains
the above named men, will please notifS in
mediAtely BY order Of G. N. q. No. 40.
A. MAgvKT,
Cor. Sec, Box No. ss4
OTTAWA, April Is, lST0-Mike EgVn hs
made application to become q member Of thi
unon. He claims to have been in busine'
for himself for the past FIVE years, u th
town. Any union having charges against hin
Nill notify the undersigned within thirty dal
from date JAMES W. PArERsoN,l
Cor and Fin. Sec, Union No; 80.
CINCINNATI, April is, 1870.
To the officers and Members of Local Ufnioni
As the former Corresponding Secretary
Union No has left the city of Cin4inna
without making settlement with said unio
we hereby request Of the unions that have 70
warded money to l. H. Earis, for strike
otherwise, since the 1st day of JanuarJ1, 1877
10 inform our present Secretary how nut
money they have forwarded, and for what pu
poses also, whether they hold receiptsfor Il
same Unions are earnestly requested to r,
spond previous to the 18th day Of May, in {
der to enable the Secretary OfNo. 4 to make
complete report, and give the propst cred
where il 10 due.
VAL HoEHOUsK5
Cor. Sec. Union No. 4, Box ,2oz9.
LEAvENwoRTH, April l6, $40.
To The Officers and Members OF G. NJ. iJniOni
Henry Volz, hailing from Chicago, an, al
F. Klineman, from st. Louis, Mo-, bAve a
piled for membership in this union. Phil
Schuster has been expelled from this hnion,
being impossible TO collect monies endorsed {
his card. The following persons are indebt
By loan: Chas Ii. FarT, SIS; Peter Wall
IS Chas. Sigerman, s.; Julius LoWefthal 8
Barnett Michaels, IS Albert Lewis, a5 Jol
Kelly, 81. Officers oil unions are requested
enforce the law relative to borrowed none
By order of C. NJ. Union No. Sc.
JAMES SHFH,
Cor. Sec, BS1 21s.
HARRIsBURe, April ~ 1870
To Local Unions:
At a regular meeting Of the CigsrmAke
Onion No. ll6, held Thursday evening, Ap
8, 1870, the following named persons twere
elared unfair men, and fire of f2s pie
were placed on the first two named inen, a
$lO on each one Of the others: Wn. Rec
Frank Trumbaugh, Abraham Grova, Jo
Keigart, Samuel Wyant, James Ehrnian, 10
otahl, VIM. Martin, John PetersS Char
Pane, John B. Miller, John II. SholIey, W
lllig, Herman Eshler, Israel Reabsn 7
following desire to become union men
Jos harquet, hailing from LebaHonj Pa, a
isaac Harris, hailings from Allentown, Pa,
New York city. Uni6ns having claihs sgai
either Of these men will make the same kno
within fifteen days from date. Adj iress, /
No. 22S. Yours fraternally,
d. B. MCDONNELL,
Cor. Sec. Union 70. ll6
TOLEDO, Ohio, April Is, 1s7O.-A ran BY
name OF GeOrgeadN eidler, haiIing from
York city, wishes to become a memSer of I
union. Any union having charges against
man, will please notify this union within thi
uaJs from date. RoBTRT RA4TRAY,
Cor. Sec. G. M. u No.
PostOfice drawer 70.
SLATE DRESSING MAcHINERYl-A !
3hlne has been invented at Port Madoc,
wales, designed to cut both enAs of rt
mg-slates at one and the same time, or
'1t one end Immediately after the 9th
also to cut both sides Of the roding- -sls
AZ one and the same time, or 10 cut
flde Immediately after the otp Ter.
tnese means the inventor COMPLETES
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