New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-03
EMPLOYERS AND LABORERS.

THE WEIGHERS STRIKE SUCCESSFUL.
THEIR WAGES INCREASED FIVE CENTS AN HOUR
-unDUBLE OF THE CIGARETTE AND CIGAR
MAKERS
The strike in the Weighers' Department OF
the Custom House has ended Yesterday afternoon the
weghers the Surveyor and Collector Robertson met and
discussed the subject The discussion resulted In tee
gram TO Secretary Foger who authorized the Collector
10 pay the men 80 cents hour As soon as the news
OF the advance received the aborers held meet
ing in Furman-st Brooklyn 10 decide whether or not
they would accept 80 cents The first decision arrived
AZ was that they would 90 10 work at less than 40
cents and q committee Of from each district was
appointed inform Captain Bacon in whose district tho
meeting was held. The members OF the committee re-
ported that they had seen Captain Bacon who In
formed them that had had hard work TO get them the
advance of cents. and that II they were not willing
Co accept 1t, he would have to get new
men, II he did, he would see that they
were protected After considerable debate the strikers
decided to accept 80 cents an hour and sQe OF them
were Immediately set to work in the Brooklyn district
In the Hudson district 1t was decided not TO go to
work until five men who discharged for taking
prominent part in the strike were taken on again. 1t
was stated at the meeting that three weghers had died
last year from the exposure necessary In the work.
Tenth-aye between Twenty second and twenty third
sts presented lively appearance yesterday morning
The young women from the Kinney Tobacco COmpany's
shODs. who af9 on Ncio thcio III ioicc' A"'
striking cgarete-makers have secured the Germania
Assembly Rooms at entysixthst. and Seventh-aye,
for their headquarters during the STRIKE ana there were
MANY of them there all the morning. At o'clock a
meeting was held, which was addressed by several
of the strikers. They exhorted the women to
keep their courage UP. The strike IN Lorii-
lard,s factory In 1881 was cited as an instance
3, what could he done when they in earnest Four
of the men who did not quit work Tuesday joined
the ranks OF the srkers yesterday They were only al
lowed to do this, however after making public apo
ogy and tearing up tickets which certified 10 their
going 10 work again Monday. There were several
altercations in the day between the strikers who
ouarded the factory and the employed by the com
.pany John King. of No 50 Grove-sr, age
nineteen was arrested for assauiting one Of
the strikers He taken 10 the Jefferson Market
Police Court and DISCHARGED isaac S 70 .wey
charge OF disordery conduct He was locked up III the
Tgenteth Street Station ali night. 90
The strikers have established branch or the cigar
Makers Progressive Union and many have joined H.
They will present their claims to the Cenira Labor
Company says that no advance VIII he given Inc com
pany has cigarettes enough In store 10 meet any possible
demand which Ray arise for six weeks TO come They
have advertised for women and VIII put sixty learners
W GOOD cigarette makers The women who
not struck 400 in number, reported for work In
thew did nothing. Mr. Butter stated that he did not
intend to take back the men who had struck under any
trouble, aud young women were better ntted ior inc
work. The str1kers say tat Nele hhihstoh' WIZ "t9
mainly nsrun entail in getting the women 10 STRIKE ala
NOT leave work at AL
M Silverthan Is the owner OF two cigar factories one
at Nos 1873 10 34S East Forty si1th-st and the other
al Nos 800 and 81 East Forty sIhst HIS employees.
representing $50 families out on strike Yes
terday committee OF the strikers visited the Forty
xth ST. factory, hut informed tbat the firm had
time 10 confer with them. They were succeeded by
crowd OF the strikers who brought With them quar-
ty of cigar mOulds which they wished 10 return 10 the
owner Mr. Syerthan. They were told that he did not
wish TO receive the mouds Just then night ensucd IN
which Mr.. Silyerthan was knocked down ana roughly
handled Samuel Heibr0nDer, who is employed III the
place says that he would have been assaulted had
he not drawn reyolyers and threatened TO use them
The strikers away and subsequently John Vista,
who il said TO taken part the assault on ir
SyerJhan was arrested and taken TO the iorkville
Police Court. He was followed there by two conpan-
IONS named Matthew Cierka and Joseph O'Soba, who
were recognized court as participants In the disturb
ance and they also put under arrest They we're
committed by Justice Herman Tor examination.