The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-10-05
TURNER HALL, ST. LOUIS,

/ To The Officers and members Of the Cigar
makers f,a Union Of America.
GENrLEMEN 1t is with pleasure
welcome You to the Eighth Annual Session
Of the Cigar Makers Int. Union Of America,
and in accordance with the law, | herewith
present to you my annual report with
decisions rendered the past year by my
self and the Executive Board. 1t is my
desire that you examine every one Of these
DECISIONS, | have decided all cases accord
ing to my best Judgement; how well |
have done is for you to say. Errors of
Judgment are not uncommon, and | sup
pose that | am not an exception to the
general rule. l will also herewith give
you condensed report Of all strikes dur
ing the year, that in, as far as | received
them from the different local Unions.
DECISIONS 4
BALrrMoRE, Sept. 80, 1871. John Hay
wood, ESQ, Cor Sec, Of Y. NJ. U. No.
90. Dear Sir :-"You askthe question ::
can your Union allow its M Rbers TO work
in a shop where they use taemonlds, with
girls and boys as filler hseakers, and rats
to wrap the bunches, and your men not To
work with the filler breakers, according to
Act. Xl., Sec Ar 1t canno. lie allowed.
Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres.
John Hayden, lst Vice Pres.
Approved by Peter Cady, 2nd Vice
Pres; Angel Hart, Int. Sec. Joseph
Sterritt, Asst Sec.
BALTIMORE, Oct. II, 1871. Sylvester
Sulzbach, Esq, Cor. Sec, Of Z. nj. I.
NJ. % You ask the question can
practical journeymen cigar makers, mem
beers of the Union IN good standing, work
the muulds III partnership, that Is, one to
break the punches and the other to put
the wrapper ON = My answer is yes |
don't SEE that it conflicts with Sec. 1. Art.
Nj. Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres.
Approved by John h. Hayden, lst Vice
Pres. Peter Cady, 2nd Vice Pres; Angel
Hart, Int. Sec.
OMAHA, Oct. %, lS7l.-l think your
decision is in direct violation of Sec. 4
Art Nj | therefore don't approve of
your decision. JOSEPH STERRITT,
Asst. Sec
The decision Of the President is approx
ed 10y majority oouc;Iring,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres.
BALrINeRE, Dec. q, l81l.-R. II.
Markly, Cor. Sec, Of {. NJ. L. No. 20,
you state thai . young man by the name
nt David Billnirr, learned his trade III
your city, and then drew a card and left
but soon returned and went to scabbing III
your jurisdiction, and then left and scabed
under different Jurisdictions, among them
Dayton, No. 81. lie lately returned to
ia. g..
come a member of tins Unlun, and returned
the card that this Union granted
HIM. We published him according to law.
Day ton mon No. 30 sent ia illl Of Sl2,
$40 tine, and - initiation t,e. And
now We claim that We are entitled to the
- initiation fee, and Dayton, they
claim it. Will you please 10 decide who
is entitled tu it l' My answer is that he is
obhged to pay only the $40 u the Dayton
mon, and then SO to your Union, or
any tine you may place upon him. He is
liable to all the tine under your Union,
that he Is liable to Dayton Union or any
other Union under whose jurisdiction he
may have worked during the time that he
was u scab. EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres.
BALTIMORE, Oct lG, 1871 August T.
AhuTcNSY SOT. sec, VI - w Z. NO I =
You ask the question - Can a boss or
an employer work with filler breakers and
uoulds 4 | cannot see anything in our
laws that will prevent All employer from
working any way he may see proper. Our
laws only govern Journeymen cigarlnakers.
My answer therefore lsyes.
Fraternally yours,
EDWIN JOHNSON. Int Pres
Approved by John H. Hayden, lst
Vice Pres; Peter Cady, End Vice Pres.
Angel Hart, Int. Sec; Joseph Sterritt,
Ass Sec.
Ia the case Of Baltimore Union No. /,
Is Washington Union No. 100, III which
Baltimore Union claimed $40 from Wash
Ington Union, tor admitting Baltimore
sctb without advertising him, and without
charging hun the scab tee, knowing him to
hail from Baltimore, the last convention
Of the International Union referred the
matter to the Executive Board, with the
following result
NV Haven, Nov. %, 1871.-Ln
case Of c. NJ. U. No. l, cs Z. NJ
u. No. IOU, wherein No. claims the
Tee Of Louis Dlllehunt, decide
III favor of q. M. u. No. l.
John ii. Hayden, 1st Vice Pres. Peter
Cady, 2nd Vice Pres; Angel Hart, Int.
Sec; Joseph Sterritt, Asst Sec.
L did not have a voice in the Board in
this case, on account Of being a member Of
Union NJ. 4. EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres
Baltimore, Nov. 22d, 1871. Theodore
Stem, Esq, Cor. Sec. Z. Nj. U. No. ii :-
You state that, Owing to the great ca
Ianity that btiell your city, the greater
number Of your members have been reduc-
ed to the most extreme poverty and that
it will only be with careful economy that
they can exist this winter In considera-
tion Of this sad condition, you were intd
at the last meeting Of your Union,
to request the Executive Board to exempt
your Union from all assessments and dues
during the coming winter" Answer
cannot see where we can exempt Chicago
Union from paying their capitation tax
but | am in favor Of giving them time to
pay their napitation tax until the lst Of
June, 1872; and not to be taxed for
strikes until that time. 1 am aware that
this is contrary to law, but is a hard case,
and we must act extraordinary in this case.
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres t.
NEW HAVEN, Nov. 23d, 1911 approve
Of extending the time OF payment Of all
claims ON Chicago q. M. u, until the 1st
Of June, 1872
JOHN HAYDoS, LIST v. P.
GREEN ISLAND, N. Y, Nov. 25, 1871.-I
In the case Of Chicago approve Of grant
ing them time until June lst, 1871. But
all assessments made during that time,
should be charged to Chicago Union, and
paid thereafter as soon as convenient by
No. IL. PETER CADY, 2nd Vice Pres.
CHARLEsTOwN, Nov. q, l872.-I ap-
prove Of extending the time Of payment of
all claims on Chicago Union, until the lst
of June, 1872. JOSEPH SrERRITT,
Asst Sec.
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 8, 1S71.-I ap-
prove Of extending the time of time Of
ali elnims ON Chicago Union until the lst
r. 1910