Omaha daily bee., 1889-03-17
FAVORlNC HOME INDUSTRY.
Initial Move BY Workingnen to
Purchase Omaha Cigars.
SCAB AND PAUPER LABOR.
a1Vas
Activity i'm Several OF the l,oca
Unions.-Election OF officers
aud the Strike OF
the TaiIors. a.,sf 10
Cigars Madc!in Omaha

Inc omana Slpar Nlaru1aCturerS' aSS0Cia-
ton is now an assured fact, and as one of its
rules is to employ only union labor, it is
meeting with the support Of all labor organ
izations. Its distinguishing label is red
one, and calls for home patronage for home
made article, us against the cheap Chinese
and tencment-made cigar Ten foreign cigars
are smoEed for one of the home made brand,
and if the Omaha cigarmakers received the
patronage they deserved, it would require
700 med instead of seventy to fill the bill.
AT present. the latter number is employed
and turn out about four million cigars per
annum at an average of $40 per Thousand,
which means an expenditure of S400 QUO per
annum for wages. This amount is spent in
Omaha, while not one cent of that forwarded
to the Chinese joints of San Francisco, or
the tenement houses of New York ever
finds its, way back. BY patronizng the
homemade cigar, the amount OF wages
earned and expended in Omaha would be
increased tenfold, and the association is once
more about to ask the workingmen of the
city to use an article made by their fellow
workmen only. The Cigar Manufacturers
association holds It's annual meeting on the
second Tuesday Of each December, and in
the meantime will meet at the call of the
officers. S. Jorgensen Is president, S.
Trostler secretary, and @. L. Fritcher treas
urer The board of directors consists of
the following members: II. Beselin. A. "
Trott, G. l., Fritcher, Joseph Beckman and
/ 5. Troster. 'Saloon-keepers make q mis-
take" said one cigarmaker, '.m buying from
the outside, "for they don't consider the
| amount of money they send away from the
city, or the trade they lose by keeping up
outside, factories when they might
nays them at home Although our pay
bosses have to compete with the Pennsyl-
vania article, made by seab labor at from
500 to 5000 per LOCO, or what is worse
with the stuff turned out by the leprous
Of
| mept houses of New York. If the working
men only gave the matter thought they
would take only homemade cigars, aud then
the retailers would have TO keep them in
stock"
Last Sunday the Pressmeu, Stereotypers
and Electrotypers held their annual meeting
for the election of officers and the following
were chosen:. Ben Flood of the Republican,
president; Ed. Egan, BEE, vice president;
Erred. m. Young, BEE, treasurer;, James
Kane, Republican, recording secretary and
Ed, Berch, of the Rees Printing company,
financial secretary; executive committee,
Messrs. Buckley, Devor, Rainard, Castles
and Wallace. A week from next Wednesday
they will elect delegate to attend the typo
graphical convention at Denver. 1t
South Omaha has applied for admission to
the Central labor union, and will send IN
three delegates. t
Painters expect no difficulty with the con-
tractors this year. They are getting 80 cents
ISl WlIH SOulG cSUTu ROOu men eurulDR
5oc, ana common brush hands 2713c. Paper
hangers will receive $3.50 to "a per day.
Other changes are looked for at the Union
racine shops One foreman has already re-
ceived official notice that his services will be-
dispensed with, end expenses will be cut
down by closing up one OF the paint shops.
Plans are out for a number of heavy Wure-
house buildings. The Homan estate will
| erect block at the southeast corner of
Fourteenth and Howard streets. and also on
Jones street, between Thirteenth and Four
teenth Ground has already been broken on
Howard street, between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth streets, aad "a warehouse suitable for
| heavy hardware erected.
| Local union 93 of the International Cigar.
| makers union, elected officers Wednesday
| nlgnt. u meets IN the Royal Arcanum hall
| on the second and fourth Wednesdays in
| each month For the ensuing year, G. l..
| Newstrom will be president; William Rapps-
ieiger, ylcepresident; j. Booth, secretary,
| and q. Farrar, treasurer. The executive
board will be: William Rappsleger, chair
| man; J. Booth, Dave Prseman. II. w.
, Schneider, j. Black, Frank Brady and ]. B.
| Schupp; finance committee, II. w. Schnei-
| der, Adam Sloap and Charles Vocgel; DELE
| gates to the Central Labor union, II. w.
! Schneider, G. A. Gasser and j. Il. Schupp.
The trouble between the master plumbers
ana tqo journeymen Is now at an end, and
| things are running on as smoothly as before
| the difficulty. One thing has been settled,
llnu tnaU ID IilaJ Lne l'IuInDefB union would,
| II need be, stand by all other laoor Organiza-
| tions. An attempt was made TO have 1t sign
! contract for a year with the proyiso that
while its members should receive the wages
asked for, thoy should stand entirely
aloof from the other organizations In case OF
strike. The proposition was not pushed
and 1T present everything bids fair for
prosperous seafon.
Tomorrow the Western Horseman office
will be opened for business, as union Office
This afternoon meeting of those favora-
Bile to the Brotherhood OF United Labor will
be held In the Shcely block for the purpose
OF organizing branch.
the strike Of the tailors Is apparently no
nearer an eni than at the beginning Of the
trouble, The difficulty is that the while the
master talors are willing TO pay the scale OF
prices re lured, they wish 10 run their own
business. and run "scab" or any other kind
of labor they wish. TO this the strikers OBJ
lect, and in another column will be found q
letter from their secretary giving the reason,
therefor Although both sides have taken 1
fresh hold, there is no doubt that in few
days matters will be amiccby settled.
GubernatOriai Headquarters.
Chicago Tribune: Scan | stay here
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hotel in Charleston, w. Va.
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