The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-19
THE %CIGARMAKERS' STRIKE.
LEADERS HAVE LED THEY TO BE-.
uEyE THEY ARE MARTYRS.
ORIGINAL Demands Forgotten and a large
Number DO Not Know what They Are
striking For -salutary Eject Of iujunc-
,,on.-Th. Industry May BE Driven From city

lions ne tuuhr''F
The strike Of the cig~armakers In Herbs. Vert
helm A SchiIer's factories IN THIS and other
ci,iea /. now ten weeks'o old. The original demands
for which the cigarmakers struck have been
lost 10 sight, and the women. who form a large
mart OF the strikers. appear 10 have settled
down 10 the conclusion that to be on strike Is
the normal condition of cigarmakers Crowds
of them frequent Bohemian National Hall In
East Seventy-third street, where ddhcne and
mass meetings alternate daily
The strike began on March $ In the main fac
tory Of Herbs, Nertheim 4 Schiller at Fifty
fourth street and Second avenue where 40
men and women quit work TO ENFORCE a demand
To be supplied with better "binders Tor the
cigars They said the quality OF TOBACCO sup
Piled for the purpose did not sun Next day
500 more quit work in the same factory, which
brought out nearly the whole force ana from
1000 TO POO Quit work in the two other factories
in the Bowery and in East Seventeen street
All the demands were for better binders, but
as soon as all had struck a demand LOT an ad-
vance Of 10 per cent. IN wages was tackeu on
A large proportion Of the strikers ina not belong
to the union, but the Cigarrnakers international
Union and the local unions OF clgarnlakers TOOK
charge Of the strike, appointed pickets 10 "atch
the shops and a strike committee ana proceeded
TO arrange for collecting money to pay the
strikers for remaining out
Work was slack and the employers We're SUI
ferlng by competition with rrrns in other Cl'les
where wages were not 50 flSh ds III HeW i"h'
On March "a the following firms iound u h"'tsi
sary 10 shut down To- half time untll 'rade sh1uln
brace mp; Mccoy 4 Co. l?S Avenue & iiari
burger. lioman Il Co tlshtleth street ana
Avenue A Hir-chorn 4 Mack 4n Ea., Sixty,
eighth street. NJ Foster 4 Co. SiNty-ihird stree,
and Third av.uue ayy 4 Go. SlNtN-thlrd street
near First avenue, Hllson cigar ,,ompahy.
Thirty-nuth street and First avenue, kaufman
A 60. Thirty-thlrd street and First avenue.
Bondy 4 Iedercr. Seventeen street and Avrnns
A, : Henbers Il Brothers, Twenty-seCohd
street and First avenue, Powell n s,4i'h NlAtEt.
nth street and second avenue, ana S"hWarH a
20. Ninety-eighth street and FIRST avenue.
The l6O employees Of Levy 4 GO. struck a1alllsi,
being reduced 10 half time and We're rec"lN'li
with open arms by tho other striker WHO had
already eetahll shed headquarters az Bohemian
National Hall Later some OF the iirms iound
IT necessary 10 shut down their factories tenn
porarlly for full tlmo. Wages We're 50 hi1h
here that they found II more and moro difi-At
10 Con.petr with manufacturer IN other CITES,
and some of them fear that a larg" proportion
o: the cicarmaklng industry VIII b" driven oH,
Of New York. Ten factories have Already
been established by New York manufacturers
in other C.tl"~.
In the meantime ths union and the picke's
were making things lively for the new en-
ploys%s who took the strikers places ana Tor
the employers Svmpath"tic strikes OF NE
ciearnakor~ Of herbs. Werlh'lm y NChultr
and the plcket> IN New York mad" lie miserable
for tho new hands, especially IN u" man 'actnry
IN Flfty.iovrth street The new elnlIoy'eS'
who were glad 10 set tho work the strikers re.
leCted, w"r" WaNIald ana d'ta'h'd' Hr''l'i
in the Coarsest way both by men and, Sit'N ana
were afraid {" I"ave N" factory AZ nSh' g."
yeated arrests o. pi"kets W"r" mac" l"r aN-H,"-
ing the workers. hut they ,dld not et"p nm
the employees were forced. IN "rder i" nc aue
~ run their business. To secure an Lh.ullt..n
restraining thr union OF the lnrIllo.Io LOU
interfering with the business Of me Nrin ma
ior ia" ir-t nm" The ,hara-Nru N"lk'l- hh's
what peace meant. Inc nINhC'r"h SrdNi'u
hy IllNtLC" Freedman. restraining IN" Gl,un
or the Oficer- from paying IN" Ntrlh"r. Ivy