The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-26
a Card of ViuGicattOn.

We have endeavOred to avoid cOntrO-
yerSy with the cigar-makers OF Richmond,
and would not now appear IN pubic PRINT
but for the fact that certain members OF the
Cigar-AIaker.' Union are using every effort
TO iujurc our business. They have threat
ened our wOrkmcn with assault, and Or
dered some TO leave the city by given
time or stop working for us. They have
pulled down, defaced, and destroyed our
advertising signs which are posted about
the city: Intimidaied our trade, and forced
some Of our patrons TO take our goods ont
of their showcases and windows, and
warned others not to keep our cigars COM
pelled others TO take down our signs hang
ing in their stores under threats OF having
4 disturbance. They have also published
and circulated scurriIous and malicious arti-
cIes with a view TO antagOniZing the me-
chanlcs and w0rkngmen against us.
Our whole trouble is Il breach Of faith,
violation Of contract, and refusal to work
at their own prices on the part Of certain
cicar-makerS belonging TO said Union. Not
vithStanding their inSubOrdinatiOn and in
termeddIng with our affairs, we were pay
ing these men their tariti.prceS in every
instance. and had employed all the cigar
makers i'm Richmond that we could get to
i'm orr emplOyment; Of whom slXty-five
worked at the bench. We paid them week
! Iy between 500 ana $500, and while they
were getting full prices for their work they
were continually scheming to place us III
their power and in various ways 0bStruct
our business. These men were receiving
from us Sc and - per thousand for class
OF cigars made in many factories North al
| f,n,n II n II h0 thousand.
We received an order in the early part ol
December for 10000 seed-cigarS. The
Union price for this cigar is S6. We were
out OF this brand, and could not 1ll the or
der at the time, as we had only two ol
three hands making that class OF work. We
had forty men making the Imperial cigar al
81 nbe Union price,, and kept those mer
regularly employed, although we had near
" 400. 900 OF that brand on hand. Aitel
waiting a week to fill the above order fol
10000 seed.cigars we found it necessary, IL
order to retain this plrty's patronage, t(
nut more men at work on that brand.
We told four men-members OF th'
Union-whO were on the 81 l0D tue CIR
lcumstanceS regarding this small order fha
was waiting shipment, and Informed then
that we wanted them to make sced'c@ars
ana would pay them full Union prices-S'
uer thou>and-and in few DAYS, when tn
order would be completed. they could g
hack TO work on the 81 job. Th
first man applied to fItIy refused t
make them. and said he would quit
the second man worked three fourths OF
doy and left the third man refused to max
them: the fourth man agreed TO make them
INT complained about the JOB each day o
the week. and yet made more money Iha
week than he did many weeks on the bette
Job. We therefore determined that II W
had 10 invest our money In business, CIV
employment 10 labor, incur the necessar
eypeuSes for conducting the same, stan
the risk OF collecting accounts, ana be cor
tinually annoveS and dictated 10 by elias
of men who refused TO make up our order
when we were willing 10 pay them thel
tariff OF prices, and being in dtnger
! having our business contracts destroyed
: anv time, to stop work and engage oth'
labor, and never employ those men again
long as they were controlled by the sal
, Union.
Many OF the discharged hands left Il
! city. The majority OF those who remaine'
and who live here, informed us they woul
leave the Association II we PAID them u
= former wages. We readily consented, az
1 have put to work every mechanic VINO u
I thus appled-paying them the highest prl'
for cigar labor; nor is there any disposi ito
on our part to reduce the same. we ci
: oroye TO anyone interested III this matt
g that our men are earning more wages thi
!. is paid by any factory in this city, ana IN
e the men are well satisfied in every respe'
g All our workmen are Richmond III
Il chanics, with one or two exceptions.
G There are only few OF our former el
ployes living in this city who are not wor
a ing for us now, and our principal, source
e annoyance is the conduct OF other cigi
r. makers who are trying 10 upset law and {
= der, to excite the public and create a q
We beg to say that we will enter into
5. further controversy on this sublec.' put v
prosecute 10 The fullest extent Of INC u