The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-06-06

Official.
| HEADqr ,RrERs CIGAR MAKKRs' Int UNIoN % n. A.
CLEVELAND, May 20, 1874.
IT, He OUccrs anil Mcmters ct Ciyar Makers
Usions
GgNTLEMEN You are hereby ordered to
address all communications intended for
Union No /, Of BALTIMORE Md, t. the Cor
responding Secretary Of that Union, Louis +.
Bohner, No. 81 Pine street. The officers Of
Union No. | are follows:
President, Henry Seebo, 50 Lesdenall
street Wee President, Augustus Fleckens-
lein; Recording Secretary, (EngIisn) Edwin
johnson Recording Secretary, (Gernanl
John Wll,lemuth Financial Secretary, Ed
ward l.. Regnardt Treasurer, Thomas Me
Dermott
All candidates certificates Of membership
i. ?. issued by persons other than the above
named officers, and purportlng to emanate
from Union No If Baltimore, are null and
void, and should receive no consideration
from any Union under the jurisdiction Of the
International Union. All members going TO
DaiIIlhpft Shouil utl"slb theil O1ihS WIN Oiio
above named.
BY order Of the Executive Board.
VIM ). CANNON, Int. Pres
deem it my duty to make known To you
the reasons why the Executive Board makes
the above announcements:
In the circular Of last December, ordering
a special assessment to aid Unions No. 4, 10
and -, the Executive Board stated, that
IA consequence Of several other strikes being
then IN progress, and applications for aid
from other Unions being constantly received,
that the striking funds on hand, as per re-
ports, were totally inadequate to the proper
support Of all the Unions, and that in view
81 the unusually depressed condition Of bust
ness at that time, with strikes against reduc-
tons constantly occurring, the Executive
Board taking all these conditions under con.
sieeration were compelled to order a special
levy Of thirty cents per member, weekly. re-
serving the striking funds, which, at that
| time, did not exceed 81 200, for the strikes
then in progress, and Tor other Unions which
might at any time apply for aid. The wis
dom Of this cause will be apparent when l
state that nearly twenty Unions have been
suppo, ted by the international Union since
that time, without further special assessments
resorted to, which would rot have been the
case had the Executive Board called for all
the striking funds to the support Of Unions
4, 10 and q
This is stated by way Of explanation Of
what Is to follow.
| Shortly after the assessment had been
levied i received through the International
Secretary a note from Union No. l, that
Union No. refused TO pay the special assess
ments, the striking funds in their posses
sion were not exhausted. This note was
transmitted to me by the international Secre-
tary, with the statement that this report OF
striking funds for term ending September,
1863. had not been sent to him. consequently
the Executive Board, at the time the assess-
ment was levied, were unable to tell whether
they had striking funds or not. l imme-
diately wrote to Union No. !, stating the
reasons why the assessment was levied.
pointed out to them the fact that they had
made no report Of striking funds, inquired
. why, IL they had striking funds they had
failed TO aid Richmond Union for which they
had been assessed for SIX weeks, but had
only sent aid for one week, and cited cases
and precedentA, where special assessments
had bean levied, under conditions similar,