The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-04-02
THE CIGAR MAKERS

THE CIGAR MAKERS.
fo@cIal fFcm the President Of the C.MTu,
Please give the following correspondents.
place 10 your paper. Yours respectfully.
FRED. BLExD
COLUMBUS, March %, ls7O
10 the Editor Of the woRKmoMAx's ADvocAru.
DEAR SIR: In the last issue Of TEX Aovo
CATE, find an article written byMK CoS
smith, President Of the Cigarmakers' Union N.
| 80, OF New Haven, Conn.,, concerning mv,.N
The article 10 written 10 such q manner th,t !,
necessarily demands a reply from me. NV
writer wishes to interrogate me, through A.
columns Of your paper. He wishes % knor
why / neglect to publish q full account Of
monies received by the International Secretarv
in accordance with Article VII, Section 4 a
the International Constitution, for The beneHtd
the strikers at Cincinnati and CovinTtOn. r.
also says: II must say it ia great negligence
on his part to leave as in Obscurity about tes.
strikes not to utter syllable whether thew
are advancing towards a victory-G victor
that would exhibit our strength to the view n
these tyrsnnical employers"
! The writer of the above article, think, "a
little excited, and tries to question the duties
of others, and mt tie same time tries to have %
much publicity about the matter a. bis N.
genuity can devise. The gentleman In his
article SAYS: "Mr President il IL your duty q
publish weekly In TEE ADVOCATE, al monies
received BY the international Secretary" ID
accordance with che above named articles,
will here give the reader the benefit Of the zee.
ton referred to.
Article VII, Section OF the Internation.l
Constitution:
| Section 4. The Executive Board Of the II.
ternational Union shall be empowered to im-
mediately call upon local rnions for Eve bur.
bred dollars Of the striking funds now 10 the
possession OF local unions, 70 be placed In The
International Treasury to be used In case Of
any difficulty arising Ia any local union, and ID
case any Of the above funds are taken fFru
the International Treasury, the Executive
Board shall have power 70 make q call upon
local uniona for such amounts "a required 70 ~
place the amount taken therefrom BY the
Executive Board, for the benefit Of local
unions. while on q strike, and at no time shall
there be less than five hundred dollars. o.
more than six hundred dollars Of said striking
fund in the hands of the international Treas
urer.
The gentleman must certainly place q very
odd construction upon this aecssan ar onr Lana
or else he is trying to have my ofacial actions
governed according to his extended vieWL
BE is certainly trying TO make il appear beior
the eyes Of the public, that through Willh
negligence on my part, | failed TO comply with
our laws, in not publishing a weekly report
and he refers to the above section to bear him
our IN his assertion, thea condescends % pub
licly censure me for neglect Of duty. For he
benefit Of Mr.. Goldsmith and the general road
ers ofTHE ADVOCATE, will say, when NJ. Ia
vine and myself were at Cincinnati, we mads
arrangements so that we would receive weekly
reports from that union from the Secretar
thereof, but on account Of pressure Of bssaaee'
the Secretary has only been able 10 subnk
two reports Of monies received, which have
published.
In the last issue, in concluding nv report
said, II possible, would give a complete re-
port in the next ISSUE, but | am sorry 70 be
compelled to say that up to present writing, te
reports have NOT reached me. The strike han been
brought to q successful termination, ard our
organization gained one Of the greatest vie
tories known in the history of the cIgarmakend
this country, and hope TO make q complete
and favorable report at an early day.
| Now, a few more words to the genteman
from New Haven-then hope to be done win
this and all such articles for all time 10 cone
l certainly had a right to expect : communle+
ton directly from you on this subject becr
censuring me publicly for violation Of entOre'
ing laws, which upon close examination y
yourself, you will find that you have been 70
error, and no laws have been violated.
Yours FTaternally,
FRED. BLEND, Int Press
[0mcIAlI frem LOcn Unions Order cd publIaAsd h DE
WoRKusnAH's ADvocATS.l
| CHICAGO, March "a, lS70.-GESrLnEH:
Messrs Samuel Jelonak from Germany and
Friedrich Heimann, from Chicago, have ~
piled for membership. Any one having
charges against either Of them, will please pr
fer within thirty days.
THO. STEIN, Cor. Seey
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 81, ls7O-Dni
Sir: The Corresponding Secretaries OF The Gr
! ferent Unions will take notice that there Dn
been q change in the Office Of Corresponds
| Secretary of the Columbus Union All iu'u"
correspondence should be addressed 70
ALEX, HEssE, Lock Box S7A
By order Of g. M. o. No. "a.
BURLINGTON, March 20, 1s70.-At pec1ss
meeting Of Cigarmakers' Union No. ~ nsD
March %, 1870, the President was inssTue'eo
not to endorse any money on cards for tnls
months, as We have no money 10 our treasury
nor is there any jobs open here.
G. A. WEISERT,
Cor. Sec'y. Union No. ~, Box il4l'
ST.. Louis. March 20, Is7O.-TO the 0scsf'
and Members or the Cigarmskers' Union; 7! =
cigarmaker by the name Of q. Thie!e, 70" ~ "
travelling card, issued on the 9Th Gay
February, 1870. We declare said caro- ~"
and void
GUSTAV VOLLMER, Cor. Seey
DAYTON, Ohio, March 2s, ls70.-A man
the name of Robert BinE, hailing from y.
adelphia. and one BY the name of Clay Deca.
from this jurisdiction, who says he nas ~.
worked outside, have made application y.
come members of this union. II any union III
charges against either Of these men, INC! M.
please notify US within twenty days from e. a..
They will also please notice the change :" N
Rotary, and address all letters to era
DAVID AMBROSE, Box 90
PAIHEsvnLr, March 81. 1s7O-TO the ~
GERS and Members Of the c. N. w .nd
vile Union No. 81, withdraw all charges n
claims against George Brown and JS~'
Garrett. By order Of c. NJ Q. No "
HIP. GRoss, Cor sew
FoRr WAYNE. Ind, March q, lsiO-A t-ou
by the name Of Joseph Keller, hAilins an
Newark, N. j., has made application iOl I Mr.
bership 20 this union The above nsme In
son says that he carried on business ~ Nj
self for the last six years in NeTar'' hove
Unions hAvirg charges against w nuOn
named person, will please notify tOs
within thirty days from date
+. NJ 0oEE
Cor. Sec'y Union No, -, pc1 ,rs
NV YORK, March 2S, le7O.-UnlJa. frcp
particularly IT quested that loans on c.,.Si.Isy
any Of our unions are collected ilnm...sueiiy,
apd sent Harvard Our demand 10 ne"