New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-16
LOCKOUT IMPENDING.
DISAGREEMENT AMONG TRADES UNIONS.
CIGAR MAKERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES AT LOGGER

CIGAR MAKERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES AT Lo'oI"-
BEADs-TRoUBLE ABOUT PAYDAY.
There ia prospect of very serious trouble IN tne
cigar trade 10 this city, and the chances are .as ~
the middle of the week tny o.4oo The dificnity
,s caused primarily by the differences between u
gar-Makers Progressive Union NO. and hs Iugss
which organizations there has for long tme oecn
jealousy. The cigar manufacturing ,s
firm Of otepSerg Bros m,s employ about 'D f95
anca nf the Union. About two weeks
ago the firm changed the day LOT paving .iu as
and shop meeting was called. This meeting was
attended by the members of both unions. IL was
decided that unless the firm went back to the oid
nav ay the men would strike. lhe nrm peIsisteu
m lie conrse and sought to solve the difficulty by
discharging the men who had been most prominent
in the movement. The members OF the fIegtSe .s
vision. and received permission to strike; when
they did. Although the members OF the inee ,i.
national Union, agreed to go QUIZ wIe ssrs 0tsp'
berg Brothers referred the matter to the Uhited
Cigar Manufacturer Association. ana the
association decided that the employers yieio 10 .ne
workingmen On this decision being made known
tn the members of the Progressive Union they re-
fused to 90 to work unless the men VINO had TO-
NAMED at work aud whom they d se!s a IS
scsbs" would be DISCHARGED. On FRIDAY meet th.
ing of the cigar manufacturers was held at tne
Office of Gutenberg Bros and it was decided r 'ea'
the demands of the net Union w
Ths Cigar Manufacturers Association comprises
fifteer OF the largest manufacturers IN tne Guy
p namely frAq Co. M0s s0'ro Ses%srt
Brnsseil & Co. Levy Bros, D. Hirsch & Co.. Bondy
& Lederer, A. Gutenberg & Bro, 5 Jacosy o. Co.,
W. M aedav aa BIC BrI Ts Ca cary these trims
employ 5000 men. According 70 the'i ALL ~.
cles of agreement, in case there IS srke IN tno
shop of one member of the association and aiter IN
vestCation by the association the demands of the
workmen are found to be unjust, all the other irms
must lock out every one OF their emp&ye honnd
nv q penalty of ST. 900 to abide by this agreement,
Adolph Strasser of the international Union;
said Yesterday to Ik b iopos'sdI csty He
thinks that Ottenberg's shop can DO niiea
by members of the International Union
and the lock out averea linton IN could hold
Vincent Woytseck, secretary of the Progressive
Irnion said that this union did not desire 10 pre-
cipitate a struggle with the manufacturers II it
could be avoided, but they would not tolerate
"scabs" and in tins instance the lnterna.i9na A.
men had acted in q way that put them III tnas
category The talk about their not being soie 70
hold out week was all nonsense; they could noio
out long enough to bring the manufacturers , 70
| terms The manufacturers could not anord 70 hoiu
| ont long because their busy season was coming on.
| HIS union would do everything In their power 10
avoid the struggle for III, they in
the city would be no childs play put !. d,u cIne
thew were prepared for it financially and OTHERWISE
/ and he had no DOUBT OF ulllmato SUCCESS.
| Mr. DE Costa vice. president of the International
| Union. who is employed in Gutenberg a. Bros fac
tory denied that his men had acted in any way IN
consistent with their position as trades
| There had been two sho p-meetings held. The mem.
beers of the International Union did not care about
the change of day. but were willing TO- go p Sn'
| with the rest If their union permitted It, Inc fro
Urss,iye Union men applied TO their governing body
| for permission to strike, which was accorded they
requested the same privilege, but the Progressive
| men said: mo, If you don't go out now. you are
| scahs y As they had not secured permission from
| their union they could not stop work.
| Unless some arrangement is reached by Wedncs
dav morning which ut present seems highly I'm
probable all the firms in the association Will loci
| ont their employees at that time.