The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-07-16
International President.
CRcINNArI, June %, 1870.

? Rl,rd International President and Executive
Board
c,y1,,vyy-Your favor Of June lth ha beer
,ec,iycd. and III reply will state that the mem
bcrs n Union No. did not admire much th'
noiptcd and disencouraSing (the evident rase
olory) tenor OF same.
have no do bt some hard expire sSIoTa arr
n,de against Tbs union by men, Who probably
hear priyatc malice against the officers orSom'
If M members. But ! assure you have, L
some extent tried to sift cut some Of theil
statements. and invariably found them false
hoods or misstatemcnts | could very easily
rpep,ion some such instances, where The mcI
are now sci0urning IN your city, but rclraiI from
doing "a. on account 81 avOiding, as mach a.
posy:ble. 10 become personal
As FOR any rational member Of our craft being
60 much dissatisfied with our conduct, l 5srcc-
IN believe il; nor does eighteen week 5 i1leneS'
IN he dead Of Niutcr With little or no motley to
proc,rc Tie ueccssarits Of life where
With u keen lie. not only within ourselves but
our wives and children Docs this constitute
such great fault
lem enumcratc several cases where tie men
we're compelled 10 sell their furniture and all
ia order 70 sati II their creditors, and u raise
sufficient means 10 enable them to take their
families elsewhere, altho lgh their home were
iol years in this city.
can tell you OF casts tone IL par kculdI)
where men and their families tasted no 3 en- ar.
lcle as meat Tor fully two weeks, theyf being
compelled to subist on -four, which, eth;nk
fortune. thcy had a barrel Of Cigarmakcfs were
not afraid to drive cattle and hogs through the
streets Of Cincinnati at the rate OF ST OF 5 p
pcr day, leaving their share Of money 4 be d.
,idtd amongst others WHO we're nos ic yunate
enough 70 Get such, Or my other, empl4 mcnt.
others again would send their wives to ~ out
lor servants, scamstrcsses, &c, and the v ould
walk out of Town to some other place II ID seek
employment
Did, or do those prominent men you speak OF
consider such gctions as those enumerated above
a sufficient cause to feel dissatisfied with the
members Of No.4? Show me the record Of any
union that has stood out as maufuIly against a
combination Of employers, whose sole object
was mot money! to crush out Of existence the
organization Of the international Cisarmakers'
Uaion.
II was not dollar, nor two, nor three, Int II
was 70 reduce our craft To what il was previous
10 the formation OF any Of our protective unions.
Let any ci.armaker take the trouble and in
VulIt Vi HIS tUplONtT u lHt CliCuldt l7sutu W
the bosses did not exactly imply such action.
The answers they received from abroa were
Prove yourselves successful in crushing the
Cincinnati union (thcreb the lu:crnatl'nal un
lon(, and we will Jim you heart and n 81.
Had we submitted to reduction j tie be
ginning, would not that have been roof en-
ough TO bosses in other cities, that TIE bosses
here, IS combination, were the strongest OF
the two parties.
Again, supposing union men would pave sub
mltted to any bill q prices, the bosses cOud not
have hired them as long as they BELONGED to any
union as such was their Law. Now leave this
to any unpr, JUDGED mind, whether the blow
was not directly struck at the International 10
dy the Cincinnati union merely being the point
first assaied
What the Cincinnati union struggled for they
gained, viz: complete and thorough victory
over the employers. The men Of Cincinnati
have established, beyond a shadow Of doubt the
supremacy Of the International bOdyio that
q the employers Of Cincinnati, and have nc
Doubt the heroic example set by thcss men was
lhc cause Of deicrring others hom iotowlnS u
ne wake Of the Cincinnati employers
Ia the latter put Of 1866 the Till Of price.
VAS as follows Q, ~, Is, II. We hEvc works
Tor these prices until October, 1863, ~h"n a dol
Tar adyanCe Was asked aud obtained. The boss
e then formed their union with v'"w Of des
uoyng ouls, and few weeks before ChEislma
discharged al hands, rot assigning any reason
TOT 20 doing whatever except that they hence
ioIth Will employ 70 man belonging 10 tie I'M
ion. The consequence was that We would wal
gust that lorg until they altered their minds o.
lhls subject, and We did wait. Although Il
weeks eiaJ scd-lS weeks that never will he for
gotten Ivy tie Cigarmakcrs PrOtectiv. union No
OF Cincinnati. We'll, after the men were a
work some tive, the BOSSES individually threat
entd another strike as sOou as their stock wOul,
BE- rcplcn,hCd also, that they wc3Ild impOr
coolies from California. The men, therCupOn
Of their own accord, aud in con Liberation O
the prices N living having been oonsldcrabl
J'du,cd since the war; also, cons'l criug tina
M many other uWous were on suike', conclude
to cs'nhIi,h che till Of PIiccs AZ j" IL, IS, y
tNc srnc h,ll they worked under irinG 1867
1868 and 1859, With the exception II 81 mur
A. present for common Ohio ciGarsl
We hav" every prospect o. hold r. this pric
-s lair onc tluuk for times to bu". Ger
sonaliy Nas rppoScd 10 a r,ducti4n, q ! hay
ailcady informed youl The International a.
ion cxacis certain duties ot the members f
which they, III return, astcc to perform ccrtaI
duties
First, Nov, therefore, claim Fat accordir
20 Article II, section lst, We have full Tig'
10 regulate on own local affairs.
Second, Article 2, section D, assures to ever
member IN sum o. 81 per week as long MS
.rcmslu- idle, ID consequence of resisting az
unjust demands
Third, That our action Was sustained by q
Executive Board
Fourth, Article 2, section ., provides II;
every local union shall have the power to reg
late strikes, Sc,
~ view Of our constitutional rights this uniC
therefore demands q settlement With the Inter
national union at it, earliest oppof .unity.
Some time since I sent ycu luminous tn
VIC were sued for $40, which We re comnclle
70 pay, as We were a chartered orgauizatio
ana We are, therefore, comp lied "A liquidate o.
debts repudiatc 81 cannot Il IL almost in
possible to defer cur creditors uch longer
some OF them are growing very fmpaticnt Al
clSmorous FOR their money, ton DC bills.) La
yers are purchasing them and wi5 soon demaI
payment, aud We cannot see where the mOn'
IS TO come from uul"ss the Excessive Board
S'7' us cat Of cur dilemma. By ihe time our
r'als and cap. tax il collected, and with VIII
We tayc on baud, We will have $500 OF $3.50.
an glad that tie New York difficulties a
at az emil
,HooPeipg to hear from you soen, rcmain,w wi
all due Difference,
Fratcrnaly, 6G
YkL HoNHuUsER.
/. 81 was ordered to snircss the Boa
noEever you can do with this Is you see fit.
CoIuNBus o. July 4, 1870.
10 Officers ard Members Of I,cal unions uut
'he jmi diction Of the CigaTmakcrs' Inter-
iional union:
GLNrLfNEN-Thc following letter was rec,
50 from John j. JUNO, corretgoldiDg secrets
Of union No. s.