The New York herald., 1877-10-24
THE CIGARMARER'S STRIKE.
PROGRESS OF rHE CoNrEsT-DIFFIouLTY ABOUT
UNIFORM SCALE OF PRIcEs-MAN1FEsro
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PROGRESS OF TIE coNrEsT-DrFFIouLTY ABOUT
UNIFORM SCALE OF PRIcEs-MANIFEsro
FROM THE MANUFACTURERS. sE
The coalition between the cgarmakers and The
packers was completed yesterday by agreement 70
stand by each other during inc existing troubles. The
packors nearly all OF them having reinquished work,
have agreed that they will not 80 to work any strk-
ing shop until the striking union men are restored,
tue cigarmakers doing shs BY the packers The
object Of the packers in joining tho cigarmakers
", by united EFFORT to bring sbout = ter
mnation Of the present difficulties speedily as pos.
siblc.
The Executive Committee mado q report to the
Central Board yesterday afternoon, In which thoy
stated that their Efforts TO make uniform tariG OF
prices all the shops attended with great din.
Guilty. perfect equalization was regarded almost
an impossibity, varied wore tho prices heretofore
paid, hardly two shops acting under the Same scale
II proposed 10 classify the different branches Of
the business and regulate it far practicable
that plan. The committee had q schedule to meet
This object making three classes the rates Of which
ehoud be agreed upon By compromise subject to thu
sanction OF the committee. The Char thought they
ought to be able to regulate their wages without
sorting to classification. He was opposed casses
The classes, he said, the more Jealousy After
long discussion 10 German, Bohemian and English, IL
uonier with ine different shops before presenting the
scale. sse at.st.sM
THE TENEMENT HOUSE WORKERS.
1t reported yesterday by delegate from Straiton
& Storm, whose workmen are now OH = strike 10 the
number Of several hundreds, in obedence 10 The de-
cision " the Central Organization, that they
threatened TO nrn out all their tenement house
workers to-day unless they paid their wesk'a
retained from their wages, but now, having NO
work theys have no wages, and consequently ne
money 10 pay their rent They number about nine
an red IN
houses located as lollows-No. 80 Allen street,
Nos 2la, 2l5. zl7, 2l9 ISL 2sS, 2s5 Brooms street.
Nos. POI and 203 Chrystio street. No Is Stanton
street. A proposition that tho strikers should not
work up stock on hand was carried amid tumult Of
Il Was announced that Hirsch & ca. had agreed 10
the OF the strikers, aud their men, to the num-
Der oil ninety, were permitted 10 resume work. Tho
cigar makers agree TO give nfsy each per week
and the bunch makers twenty-five cents In aid Of me
Leopold Cohn, No. 2e9 Bowsry, had signed q paper
conccdiug the demands OF the srksrs and she hands
were the pout ol being allowed 10 resume work
when stated BY delegate that thor proe ist as
advanced high that OF some others before
the strike. The matter tncn referred 70 the Ex.
ecutivs Committoe. s...agA
The c,garmakers in Louis Asch's shop No. II Maiden
lanc, ~ the number Of seventy, struck yesterday.
Il Las been DECIDED 70 hold grand mass meetDg Of
day next week.
Material and to the amount Of SIS was received from
$50 from New Haven. $40 from Troy, N. Y, and lss.
ters assuring the strikers Of substantial sympathy
came IN from Philadelphia, Cincinnat, home N. r.,
and points.
Tho relief store In the basement No 221 East Second
street was IN ul blast yesterday over TWO hundred
families relieved Tho Tor . family Of i've
are:-Per week. Pounas Hour, pounds sugar,
pounds coffee peck poatoes cabbages, soap, farina,
rice, 10 ounce loaf bread daily pounds fresh meat
daily, wine Tor the SICK and physicians attendance.
STATEMENT LARGE MANUFACTURgRa
The long expected statement oil the National Cigar
Manufac turers Association has made It's appearance.
IL Is lengthy document, signed by tnirty-hve nrms.
They complain that they nave becn msrepresented
by their employees and that previous to the strike
in this city, abou. tour-hths OF which made BY
their nrma Their operatives arc divided into
classes-viz, strippors, boys and girs each earning
IRON - TO 50 per week; bookers, s. to $l2; buncn
makers, SO 10 $la; cigar rollers, and women, 50
10 $40; cgarmakers on hand work, $40 20 SIS;
packers SIS TO $3a They acknowledged their wages
20 less than those paid up TO 1878, on account Of
the panic The rcnts IN tenement houses range
sary ior tho manuiscture Of cigars Is delivered at
the houses OF the workmen, thus enabling them 10
DO their work anu attend 10 their household duties
~ the samo time The average wages OF family, con-
s,sting OF u man and wife, they state, from S14
$25 por week. They alcge that The health q cigar
makers who work IN tenement houses 10 better than
that oil those VINO work IN shops The report OF tho
Sanitary superintendent OF the Board OF Health Ior
1874 is quoted 70 confirm this statement The clean-
ness OF these houses Is specially commented. In the
OBJ on oil the association the effort abolish these
tenement houses Is nothing more tnan movements
oil business many women who could not or would NOT
work In tho shops The manufacturers say they st
first acceded 10 advance IN order to til pending
orders even at q loss But in few weeks the en-
ploy es male still lurthsr demands, which the
iacturers could not comply with. In conclusion they
state that tho strike have shown dis
criminalon between the manufacturers who paid
their work most liberal prices and those who
paid me poores. wages, but have asked The same ad
vance for ALL