Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-07
PLUCKY GIRLS.
The Cigarette Makers Show No
Signs Of Weakening.
NEVER, NEVER, WILL THEY GO BACH
Unless They Get Eighty Cents Per
thousand For Rolling the Filthy
Weed-They Join the Union
En- Masse.

NEW YoEK, May GIVE won't 60 BACK
even if they offer us seventy-nine and q
half cents and agree to take the men.
Eighty cents a thousand, for girls and
men alike, is our motto" These were the
sentiments of the bright-eyed women gath
cred in the Germania Assembly Rooms
Saturday afternoon. The strike OF the
Messrs. Kinney's cigarmakers continued.
There was no marked change in the situa'
ten. The strikers were reselute and the
firm inexorable. Before the afternoon
meeting was called to order, the girls dis
triouted themselves about the hall and dis
cussed the state of affairs. -
ATaII, statuesque Blonde Said:
"Fyery day of the strike makes us more
determined. We will fight to the bitter
end. It's all very well for Mr.. Butler 70
show reporters cigarettes which, he says
were made by learners. They may nave
been cigarettes made by us. The men
have stuck to us and we will stuck TO them.
Won't we, girls?"
Eve will! We WILL chorused the
girls.
"It Mr.. Cuppia secretary and treasurer
Of the Kinney Company were not IN Eu'
rope we'd have some show salu DARK
haired girl with red turban.
Yes, indeed. He never cut our wages.
He Was Just Lovely"
said The Others. When the meeting began
Chairman Cohen asked his fair hearers to
dpny the statement Of Mr.. Butler that the
girls would all be back to the factory on
Saturday. will you go back, ladies'" he
asked. y,
replied shrill but not dlscordant chorus
"What. never asked the Chairman
A peal of merry laughter greeted the
original query.
"The firm says that the men will not be
taken back. We woL't return II they send
open barouches after us.
As for Apologies,
7 know that no youns lady here is Low
enough to apologize 10 the firm for strlk-
ing.
"Never, never" cried the girls.
In continuation, the chairman said that
the brand of cigarettes manufactured Dy
Kinney Brothers was becoming scarce, ana
in some shops could not be bought at all.
George and John Benson, employed as cut
ters at Kinney's, were discharged at noon
Yesterday. They say that their dismissal
was caused by the fact OF their sisters be-
ing on q committee which waited upon the
firm on Thursday. The Bensons were
Cheered as they entered the hall.
Michael Simon, being introduced to the
meeting, said:
Ladies' ard gentlemen-I have never at
tended mar meetings, but have worked
as a painter All | have to say is this:
ANYBODY who would make cigarettes for
Kinney for less than eighty cents thous-
and is
Worse Than a Sucker"
Hear, hear shouted the girls.
Isaac Cohen, from Stratton Il Storms,
| factory, said that he had just been engaged
in successful strike. He urged the young
| ladies to hold out as the firm must eyentu'
ally yield. Joe Diamond also addressed
| the meeting. Miss Sarah Harris said that
any girl in need OF aid would receive it
| from the Union.
There was Q short recess while some re-
cruits signed the roll of the Union. \
man with long hair stepped to the Chair
mans desk.
"Ah, there's Oscar Stag his nibs Look
at the golden ringlets,"
Cried the Irrepressible Girls.
| Samuel Grienstone, described by Mr.
| Cohen as ian old timer, with large ex
| perience of strikes, spoke a few words Oi
| hope and cheer. A report that Superin
| tendent Conklin was down stairs created 6
wild tumult. The girls rose in their places
shouting and waving their hankerchiefs.
| Put him outw they cried. LET him in
| Hurrah. He is come at last, but we won
| 90 back for less than eighty cents"
| When it wss discovered that the rumol
was unfounded quiet was restored Al
| $50 the strikers went into executive ses
sion and the reporters left the hail, much
| TO the regret OF the girls.
The Strikers Say
| that many trades unions have promised
| them money to carry on the war. Mr..
Butler, at the factory, said that he had nC
| difficulty in getting plenty of learners. He
discharged the BensOns because there wa:
| no work for them.
Henry Wald, cigarmaker OF No. $50 Eas
| Fourteenth street, has gwen his rollers ar
advence OF 81 and the bUnchmakers of 81
| cents per 1000. The men in Schlosser''
| fsCtory. No - RivingtOn street. have
| struck for an advance of 81 per thoussui