New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-18
A LOCKOUT ORDERED.
TEN THOUSAND MEN TO BE OUT OF WORK.
THE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS PrrTED AGAINST THEIR
wORKMEN-NO SIGNS OF YIELDING.

TEN THOUSAND MEN III BE Jul VI WYNN
rur craAn Sr-rAcruRERs prTTRD AGAINST THEIR
woRKMEN-No SIGNS OF YIELDING.
The Aeht between the cigar manufacturers and
their employees has begun YESTERDAY norn.is sne
renrrsented in the Manufacturers' Union were dis
charged 1t is the duty of the bunch-masers 70 pre-
mare tho filters of the cigars for the mould and they
Generally keep about day and half ahead oil the
cigxr-makcrs proper, who put on the wrsPye eit
Irasmuch 40 the nave nav
busy to-day the services of the bunch-makers were
dispensed with Some of the men, more particu-
lariv thvse who do not belong &c the Progressive
Union. expressed their disgust at being thrown ont
lowing shops will, shut down, o Lichtenste elm
bunch.mskers; Herbs & Spices. employing ], 900;
S. Jacoby & Co, 600; Brown Earl 600 SutEo
Ma SoymslA Co.. 500: James BTassol & Co., 100;
Levy Brothers. 400; Bondy, Lederer Co., S90;
kaufman Brothers. $50; George I; Lies, SVV
Brothers, $50 and ID. Hrsh & Co., 200, making 10
ali 1890 cigar and bunch makers who wi, VIII 90
out 81 sSuoS " paoee Shippers and
others who will have TO be idle while the lock.ous
lasts, bringing tho entire number 81 =" men Goo Sa'
GOOD many of the larger manufacturers have from
half a dozen to dozen tenement, houses where
cigar-makiug Is carried On. In each house there
The Manufacturers Union has appointed com
mittee consisting OF F. Mscoy > JacPoy t tsls
h L.
chsroe If their interests dnrine the lockout The
members Of the committee say that the assoclati3n
i TO- make sa OF the sU Unions They
profess to be willing to 40 anything that Is iai5
toward the workmen, but they have suomittea
until patenco has ceased to be virtue ana rather
than yield in this case they will close their shops
permsnonty. They say that, II they submit 70 enc
nov they may =; h ven MAKE sn ost rus to
practically run the business If they were per
xka nh
and other matters that they assume to regulate
The manufacturers will mako no terms except on
Tns oc. Of the Cigar Progressive Union
IN East Fourth-st was crowded al day yesterday
with cigar-mskeIs who were waiting anxiousiS LOT
nevs coucernirg the impending lockout FRED
erick Holler said that the members OF the union
had undergone no change Of sentiment otoeI t an
that they 9o BRINE shs
fo fArms. aThere is not member OF Progressive
Union No. he said who does not 20 dn'o th snf
We are to succeed in the end. though II may cost US
= great deal Of money and in individual cases. es-
pscaly among men, a thele may hs of long
dmration We anticipate that the trouble will last
possibly two or three months but success assured
When the notice Of the lockout was posted IN the
a,aerent shops the mon employed by Levy Brothers
and Kaufman Brothers 4 Bondy, VINO 40 noS ge-
long to the Progressive Union, lett WORK IN poay:
Fiith-st. where they werc met by Vincent
Woyt,sock secretary of the Progressive Unlop, ana
ARRANGEMENTS were made 10 TAKE sh9m .nto saV
A. No 427 Second ave. in the morning and resolved
20 held out. II ey made the following statements
of their side Of the strlke
think II lust to hear both sides of story, and as
Justice has not done in the various reports
We take the liberty to state
It has been stated IN several puoicsuons Iaat tne
mentioned were unskicd hands and addicted to drink
NOW We think this lame excuse why did the firm 7,
Keep sV%s 81 and why aid not the firm
the rule prohibiting the bringing OF beer INTO te snop
each door shows plainly tina. h the % Sorses
these men wan neS e unon Nearly ali
them are married and fathers OF families Livery oouy
oS,.y We ask Therefore does it condemn
drunkard If he indulges daily in few glasses OF Deer ~
Brothers would not keep in their employ men who
neglect their work We emphancally deny the state
reimbursement Of discharged worxmen
The men state further that their ground for com,
plant against those members Of tho v
most prominent in the movement agaipss tno
change OF payday and promised they would Leave v
work The Progressive Uuion men do not like to
work with such "d0uble-faced" men and con-
tlnuod the strike In consequence. =.
strike in the shop Of Moniles co. was brought
70 successful close by the Progressive Union yes
torday. The men demanded an advance In pay,
which was conceded. and hereafter the shop VIII
The Executive Board of the Cigar-Makers' Pro
gressve Union met iast nlgnt III Lincoiu ilai ~
mously in favor of sticking out against the scaDs
employed by Gutenberg d Brothers, DO tne conse-
quences what they may. Secretary Woytiseck re-
ported that the union had gained soy nen l .'a
since Saturday and that it was in position 10 pay
So a week to the $500 members that Will be
thrown out by the lockout Tor SIX weeks
at least. Situations had been PROMISED prom IN IN
shops that do not strike for LOO o. fuI a6s
in the treasury of tho union, ORGANIZATIONS WIN
which il WAS affiliated had offered $Zo,OUO 10 nelp
on the cause. Ia. shops where there Is no loca
the members of the union have voluntarily offered
ito pay into the treasury OF the union from 10 10 ~
Der cent of their salaries every week. ms VIII
amount to from $1,000 to $1,000 week.
Secretary Woytiseck puts the number d OF me. men
who will be thrown out of work at 5000. all told ;
$500 of this nuinber belong to the Progressive
Union He said Il think the lockout VIII last
men out to- morrow afternoon, and Thursday morn
ing they will ask them to come back. It's game
OF bluff on their part" 70 ~
hbout fifty men employed in the shop OF g. Do
briner & Co, in East Thirty -ninth-st, have been
granted an advance OF 90 cents per thousand and
the sho D has been made Progressive Union shop.
STRIKES IN BROOKLYN.
About sixty 'lougshoremen on strike at
Prentice's stores in Furman-st;. Brooklyn. lney
have been paid 20 cents an hour by CuShman ~ 20,
and wanted 25 cents. Their places were hlied DY
men secured at Castle Garden, who werc protected
by the police. No disturbance has been reported
The strike was Joined in yesterday by about sixty
men working in the Union stores at the loot OF
Sedgwick-sf An effort made to induce all
the men working on the water iront OF no avr
1t was asserted that the experienced men were palu
25 cents and others only 20 cents. The employers
saw that this is fair discrimination, as some men
do nearly twice much as Others having ACQUIRED
the kpack Of working easily. 1t IL not expected
that the strike will cause more than temporary
annoyance. a.