The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-03-21

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4 Diller was fued $40 for ''scabi ing In our I'm.
[ ION. Henry 7h.els deposited . retiring card.
issued by St. Louis Union. No. 10, dat. d
Feb. IL 1879 ANDRKw Carr,
: Cor. Sec Union 80.
, ST.. Lofts, No. Mar. Is, lS74-The follov.
ing named persons have made application 10
} this Union for membership L. Seelip. VIM
81 A. n. fogt, from Lltfle Rock, Ark Leroua
Pratt Louisville. KY. Chas. Schulz, Wm.
Witthaupt, X. Garrison. Adulf Ehlert,
J'cob VIM. Zipti, John Schatz. John Kotzler,
Jacob kalbell, Fernando Zarza, VIM. Roden
roth and VIM. Metter,, of ST. Louis.
JOHN H. MEEMANN, Cor Sec.
Union Is, box 2543
DANvTLLE, ILL.,, Mar Is, lS74-The well
known Samuel Stapely came here q few wee.
ago without a card, claiming to have his card
at Chicago, and at different other places, but
we could md no Union to clam him a,rd
finally he jumped the town, and all we 1
out of him was lots Of wind He is now
'scabbmg" at Lafayette We warn all Un-
Ion men not to lake any stock in him as Q
is fraud of the first magnitude.
HENRY UFFMAN,
Cor. Sec. Protein
DUNKIRK, n. ", Mar l874-Any person
knowing the whereabouts Of Casper Strobel,
cigar maker, will confer favor by sending
p O. Drawer "a.
OTTAWA, ILL.,, Mar l6, lS74-To the on. |
Gers Of the International Cigar Makers onion.
| Whereas, our Union went on strike and an |
piled to tn international Board for aid was |
instructed to recall the demand for aid and |
give true statement of the affairs existing
IA our Uul1n. Last January the 4th, 1874, |
tue firms Smith, Rising Co., in conjunction
with A. Hess Co, reduced our bill Of prices
wo, three aud four dollars per thousand The
iirm OF A. Hess Co., likewise informed their
shop committee that they wanted entire con
troll OF the apprentice system.
AT our meeting, JaEuary 5. 1874, the re.
spective ship commIt, -es. William Uraub. of
smith, Rising 4 Co. sh p reported the cut
down ON our bill Of prices samuel Marco.
Of A. Hess Co., reported the cur down On
our bill OF prices, aud likewise reported that
his employers determined to rule the app. en-
tIce system
Action Of meeting held January 5-Smith
4 Rising $ men numbering thirteen or four.
teen A Hess numbering nine whereupon
1t was decided to accept the reduction OF
prices and strike against the requirements OF
4. Hess e., ruhug the apprentice system
The members empl .yed by 4 Hess 4 Co
were then declared un strike
On January the d IA, MIR. A. Hess stated to
a committee I'VE and Snith 4 Rising are a
uuIt on the apprentice system /; aud II Nh
Rising wishes To withdraw, | will pay the Old [
mli and allow your Union to govern the ap- ! !
prentice system.
A commit &c Of one from A. Hess l. CO..
SHOP then waited upon MIR, Rising la the pres
ence OF Mr.. Hess the President, James J
Harvey, and Financial ecretary, Henry !
Stelnmeyer, were at work for Smith L Rising 7
the question was then asked Mr. Rising -C
Are you united with Mr.. Hess on the az. {
prentice SYSTEM Mr.. Rising declared that :
they were united on the apprentice system c
and reduction. Nhereupon the President !
James Harvey, notified the members who were !
at work in Smith 4 Rlsings shop to immedi- 9
ately stop work G
Nov for another meeting. January g. the A
following are the actions oT that meeting:
When 1t was reported that Mr. Rising p
would rule the apprentice system the same P
- Nr. Hess ; ON that information. motion 4
was made, seconded and carried, that We sub d
mt to the employers on the apprentice sys- p
em. A
February 10th, 1874 At a regular meet a
ng OF our Union, consisting of the very same
members she had in January during the cut
Town OF bull OF prices, under the head Of
welfare o. the Union, 1t was moved and i
econded by members employed in Smith & y
Using 8 shop, to adhere to the old bill of "a
'rees after considerable debate, the motion
vas amended and laid over until next regular
Meeting tor hnal action carried he
AT our regular meeting of March TO- 1874 | ig
nder the head Of Welfare Of the Union, the :. -
notion to adhere to the old bill of prices
Inch was land over for final action in tn. ca
larch meeting, was taken up. After a o.
sugthy discussion upon the question: it was N
greed not u ask for the old bill. but only "a
ne dollar per Thousand on each Job, which Al
-ould have been a fair bill. and an easy We -,
Dry was anticipated. Consequently. motiun j
whom he had sFd eerrsd t hlgross uuan- '
night, and he had seen Claribel. His pure d
vas ms,ati 'seCaisr III the presence Of this al
nuuSly, to strike for All additional dollar. Nv
Arrangements were, then made to apply e. the ST
Beard tor aid, and committee re
appointed to wait ON the employers TO inform - -
hem Of the new bill Of prices. Tie Commit ii
ee performed their duty, and reported as fol- "A
vws -
That the employers would not pay the adj lie
litIunAl dollar demanded by the Union. lie
That report Of course affected tine majority lie
i our members 50 as to hire James Harvey to Ga
to the International President to IL
lot sus ain the appeal for aid, and then day T
previous to the new bill going In force, a call
or meeting appeared, signed by Ed Limond, .
Henry Stelnmeyer, William Bruck, George
Fisher, Michael Egan, Herman Osterhaus,
Henry Wesler William Urlaub and john
Shlvely Whereupon 1t was advised to recon
slder the strike, SO as to 20 to work the fol-
owing morning 1t was argued that we would
have to wait for aid perhaps a month, and the
employers might not give in after all they said
they would mott Whereupon mollon was
made, seconded and carried, by an entire vote
Df Mr. Rising's men, to reconsider the strike
In A. Hess L Go. shop, where j. w. Lavlne ]
is foreman, the men voted to inaugurate fair
bill of prices, which could have been very n
easily accomplished had Mr.. Rlsings threat
not influenced his men to reconsider.
Mr. James Harvey, who has been out OF
employment for five or six weeks, did, upon 9
what authority we cannot ascertain, telegraph
to you not to sustain our strike or send us aid.
There was no meeting for any such purpose,
nor has he attended any Of our meetings since
January last. The men in A. Hess CO. 3 ,
shop would like to know if Mr.. James Har /
vey Is dictator to well as to the Inter
national officers. But We are willing to abide
by your decision Fraternally, yours,
EDWARD kLUCR,
Rec. and Cor Sec. Union W.
HENRY RoEHR, PIe,t.