The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-21
CIGAR MAKERS LOCKED OUT.
THAT rs WHIT THE MINUE C7URERS
SAY AND MEM TO STiND BT,
The STRIKERS, On the other Hand. win not
Budxc nm unch-Aid Received from Ofher
Cite. nnd nious-Tbcir Great Strength.

Tho estimates of the Internal Revenue
Collectors arc alone 10 be relied upon in or
der To realize tie magnitude Of the manu-
facturo Of cigars. In the cole tors on
Of tho Second District. at sS Coiar street
they said that they had under their iuris-
dicton about $50 manufacturers. These em-
ploy from one to one thousand hands. Ten
hat d. Is fair average. This would make
4 500 employees In that district. The Third Dis
trct tho collectors ofllrc being nj Fourteenth
street and Fourth avcnur. is much larger. The
number OF manufactures embraced therein is
about / 400 This would givc 1900 hands. or
n totnl Of 1880 hands in both districte. These
nyures represent only registered cigar makers.
There afe many other workers. such ms young
children who assist the regular workmen The
receipts for stamps In the upper district aver
aged. before the strike. from $4,000 to $4,000
daily. II has now talen of fully rs per cent
The Government Is therefore los Ii; thousands
OF dollars 10y the cessation OF the cigar manufac-
ture In this city.
meeting OF the small cigar manufacturers.
who employ two or three men. was held vcster-
day in Lincoln Hall. NJ East Houston and Allen
streets. The hands of these manufacturers
have not struck. az they pay living wagcs. The
object Of the meeting was TO express sympathy
with the strikers. John Fucius OF 2li East
Houston stree; was chosen President. and Ed
ward Kraft OF 279 East Houston street Secre-
tary. The small manufacturers are bitterly op-
posed to the tenement system. rs i ruins their
! business. They made arrangements Tor large
meeting in the Teutonia Assembly Rooms on
| Wednesday next, and appointed comm itu'e 70
wait on thq 1rkerS central ors@g,DtiSgn org og "a 70
The large manufacturers have no sympathy
FOR the small fry. Ono OF the former said
II the hands had struck aeainst the small
| uauufnrt nrtursrS, we should have aided them
When they struck against the large nanufac-
! turrrs they nlnde great mistake"
The Cuban cigar business is better paid than
the domestic trade. II requires greater SSH
and larger experience in ia, worknrn. In
| maxim: n Culsn cigar no binder is used tho
wrapper alone encloses the filling. The cignr
maker gathers n quantity of th- loose filing in
| his band. and must tell hy feeling when he has
enough. H. rolls this into wnd nnd then en-;
CLOSES II into the wrapper. Tue difficulty Of
regulating the s'za anu shape Of the cigar is
grrnt Ordinary cigar makers can seldom
! mako Cuban cigar until alter long pra'tice
| la addition to this the tobacco is inner. and the
finer the tOlarco the harder II is IN make cignr.
| The regular meeting oi tho delegates OF the
! Central Association was held in Ccncor,ia Hall,
Commuters IRON the small manufacturers
received. \ 'ommitter from +. Debarry's shop
| presented $50. and another committee ot puck
| ers from Bre<ln Bcyles. AMI Levy Bros
factories gave notice that u meet NJ Of p'ps"rs
would BE- held today TO express their sympa-
| tiv " tn thp strikers.
| workman Was allowed live smokers cigars
OF w..k days. and siA ic ninc on SATURDAYS ioi
his private usr. SIN e, the panic ali Ties, old
privileges have boon taken away. On Saturinyth,
men aro given lew scrap cigars Hnd charged
n high price for them, II WIS another old Gus
tom. he said to welcome a travelling cigHr
maker. and permit lin To make for himself d
lew smokers. Now that is forbidden.
The strike has now bo 'ornc lockout
he said. We are prepared for Il Our union
is not counned "a this country. We ars nsso-,i
ated III the unions in England. Belgium. Hol
land. and Garnnny. and mny expect aid iron
them We have nude arPeenIs to eyeTy trad: rad:
that hes ARISEN IN. innss against oppression
and II we should lnii. the work NJ classes Won Il
b. crushed for years. We Will light II We has,
to live on bread and water.
The factory oi liwsrd Frye. which resunet
work upon his grant ng tho striker- & d-mands
have struck aGalu. or rather have bean fore
10 strike Tho manufacturers say THAI h. mere
Is took the hands In 10 compl't" an unhn sheC
Job. a cpmmunl cation WIS received from th,
Custom Tailcrs isnsvolent Association. prom
isins "A contribution Of twenty-five cents pc
week from elch member.
Tomorrow oven ing q special meeting Of IN
Union will be held. The citizens ~ Tie Seven
te"uth Ward intend nlso 10 hod neetiAl
shortly. To-day promises a. be very quiet y
meetings have beer HnuOuuccd.