New-York tribune., 1886-01-21
READY FOR ARBITRATION.
ACTION OF THE CIGAR MANUFACTURERS.
EXTENDING A PROPOSITION TO THE woRKMEN-
TIE LOCKnuT AEEECuNG l5.OOO sEOPLE.

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TIE LOCKOUT AFFECTING $4,000 sEoPLE.
The lockout of the cgarmakers has assumed "a
new hase and tine United Cigar Manufacturers Associa
ton has adopted the suggestion made 10y TE TRIBUNE
that the trouble might be settled by arbitration without
causing the gren suffering and loss to business which
must follow the enforcement Of the lockout With that
end in view tho following statement OF their aide OF the
case has been prepared:
Cau this difficulty seitled by arbitration Ia ques
t"n that has been asked ia the editorials OF the daily
pap"rs ~inn che past week ~ commenting @ upon tne
ana their employers. In answer TO this we say yes
Tue public thus far have received their information from
tho reports as printed OF the meetings OF the cigar
makers unions and the facts cD aimed therefrom have
been misleading and could not AMI DO not give the pnoc
trno statement o. The facts. IL has been claimed that
tho new price list offered by the manufacturers means
starvation for the worknguan. TO Illustrate whether
this be fact not the earned by ibe hands In
two factories OF our association last week VIII be SUM-
eeni answer In tho factory Of John W. Love the aen
and employed at making cigars earned an
AVERAGE OF $l4 81 In the factory of Levy Biother In
tho sare time, working three quarters OF day In ehch
working day, the men and women employed earned
TO state that the majority OF all pers0ns employed IN
either OF these factories at this work are women the
under the schedule oi prices as
offered by the United Cigar Manufacturer Association
It has been claimed the part OF the unions that two
offered by the manufacturers OF this association.
While this ia ,rne 1t IL also true that for every cigar tna
these two firms have made at price higher tDan oncred
by the association there are 100 cigars maie othcr
manufacturers outside OF this association 10 tas CITY az
very much lower prices They further quote st. Louis,
Eilnra Springfield Crbana Denver and Toi eka AS pay
ins higher prices than offered by this out
Syracuse, Reading. Cincinnati, Chicago, Ml~aukee,
Ioeao and Phadepa ana many other ptes tss
as offered by this association BY way OF cofparson
fair to say that firm In one OF the cities that we
have named manufactures many cigars In year as
all the manufacturers cowbined in all The cities that tne
unions have named ,
At meeting OF the investigating committee Of this
association with tne strike committee oI the unions at
the office OF Levy Brothers last Friday this association
that the action or this lockout De
until the case OF Levy Brothers could he arhrated ana
settlement reached and to allow Levy Brotherss hands
to continue work at the new price list pending this
settlement. This offer fatty rsfused THIS associa-
on feels this controversy should come to an
end. The 5 900 tope mot 7OOO who out OF ein-
poyment ought to he pr0vtcd tor and with thn emu In
view this association ofeIs the following proposition;
The whoe difficulty to be settled by any fair mode ot
arbitration that may be suggested ana agreed npon
Pending such arbitration We TO open our factories az
schedule prices. and difference between such prices
and those agreed upon to be paid to our worken az the
termination OF this controversy
BY order OF the United Cigar Manufacturers Associa
tOn Of New-YOrk. FRANK MCCOY, Pre'deh''
In explanation Of this document Mr.. Mccoy told a
TRIBUNE reporter that when he said that the Lockout
affects 900 instead OF 1000 workmrn he means that
the shops tenement houses cgarbox factories label
printers and other industries directly connected with
cgarmakng and which will be forced TO suspend II the
lockout lasts any leneth OF me there are fully loooo
Ieople employed He said that some OF Levy Brotherss
who struck against 81 thousand for certain brands
OF cigars working the same goods for 80 80 In
another shop. He denied that the detection OF ID.
HIrsch & Co. was o sign OF weakness That firm was
dissolved January /. It is now the Defiance cigar
Factory with Mr. Hlrsoh manager I ey did not re-
sign the association because the dissolution OF the
firm severed the connection without the necessity OF
resignation.
President strasser, OF the International Union, sald
later In the day: We not opposed to arbitration
on the contrary organic law OF organization was
so altered at the last convention that the general eAecu
tive board step in and effect the settlement OF