The New York herald., 1877-12-07
THE CIGARMAkERS.

yoY AMONG THE sTRrKERs-A MANUFACTURER
YIELDS TO THEIR TERMs--A STREET DEMON.
sTRATIoN.
Tho mystery surrounding she operations OF the Con-
tral Of ssking cgarmakers dspclled
yesterday forenoon when II became publicly UNDER
stood that the strikers had made arrangement with
one OF the to have the strikers make
gars with the understanding that the manufacturer
was to sell them on his own accoant This report was
the cause Of great rejocng among the outside work.
ing people, hey consldersdit important
concession on tho part OF prominent employer who
had originally Of their biltercst oppononts
1t appears that NJ. M. Smith, Of No ~ vesey street,
member OF the Cigar Manufaoturers' National Asso
ciaton has argued with himself, his representa-.
tive says he has stuck against tho strtkors
long a. he thought his interest do sOur per.
sonaI interests" be says Are paramount to the
alterations OF connection with tho national
ciation. We have within . few weeks, sccn that
the strike would result In favor Of the strikers and
with that point in Wow determined that our bus-
ness should not suffer- We therefore concluded mn
and sold them ali our hxtures and machinery, and
guaranteed that oil the cigars made by tho
union workers should be disposed OF BY US.
The union Will give az once 800 oil
the bcst skilled cigar makers among the
str,Kng men, and 200 more next week. rhe unlor
scale OF prices win DO adhered to in all cases W.
have orders pouring IN upon rs from all sections;
great many from sources where we have not hereto
fore had any trade To day we received telegraph
order from Wyoming for 100 900 cigars The union
people can make their cigars wherever they choose.
We arc their agents We felt that IN justice to
selves and the trade, ought 20 resume, and have
taken this means oil doing It. Our men have already
started out the r0ues-East, West south and
North-and w expect . very heavy trade The work
mon who come With Us will be selected by the Gen.
trail ORGANIZATION. They will draw an Immediate
benefit from this arrangement From what We under
stand conpromse can be effected with any other
establishment except on the basis OF union prices.
A. Smith, No IL Bowery, said yesterday that the
operative system proposed by the strikers had
been undertaken BEFORE and that there
o general prejudice about goods coming from
cooperative factories throughout the trade. "Theso
men - he said, ''have NO idea OF what II requires
TO carry on the business successfully They have
tried IL several times before and have invariably
failed xNF IA aMf5ea esN saM
srRIKxRs PROGRESSION
About Eve hundred people started from Concofdia
sion through the Bowery other tnorouRhfarea
until they reached No ~ Vesey street. BY this time
the biago bercd some three thousand four
thousand people, many young iadios IN sympathy
with the cause walking upon the sidewalks AT smiths
y halt was made ard the crowd was addressed by
President Strasser Of tho Central Organization; Mr..
Gomperts, OF sue earmakers' Union No la, and BY
NJ NJ. Smith, who said he was GLAD TO welcome his Old
men back. He hoped they would bo faithlul and
hopcsi they had heretofore beoD, and he would be
% TO them. @e @i5
The procession displayed number OF banners ap-
proprias 10 the occasion and was accompanied by
bands OF music 3HtsaNMe1 #t NNH Nes9NsN
A meeting OF the Central Organization was held At
Concordia Assembly Rooms after tho procession,
shs whole affair was pronounced . success. Tho
the work Of securing the rights OF workingmen In al
branches Of mecnanica industry and labor.