CIGARMAKERS' LOCAL NO. 88

Being researched

CIGARMAKERS' LOCAL NO. 88. On January 3, 1886 the members of the Cigarmakers Union No. 88 made the following appeal:

      We...appeal to you al all true friends of labor...to call
      for and see that the union label is affixed to all
      packages of cigars...By buying these little blue label
      cigars you will help skilled labor compete with the
      prison labor, the leperous (sp) Coolie and small-
      poxed tenement labor... (1)

In February, 1877, in what was happening nationally, the Dubuque branch of the cigarmakers withdrew fro the KNIGHTS OF LABOR to join the new Cigarmakers' Union. (2)

In July, 1888 at the Knights of Labor Hall on the corner of Main and 7th STREETS, Claus Anders of the Cigarmakers' Union was elected one of the vice presidents of the DUBUQUE TRADES AND LABOR CONGRESS, a city-wide labor organization. (3)

The 1937 Dubuque Consurvey Directory listed the Labor Temple.

The 1939 and 1941 Dubuque City Directory listed 236 W. 9th.

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Source:

1. "The Chinese Must Go," The Dubuque Herald, January 3, 1886, p. 8

2. "Quit the K. of L." The Dubuque Daily Herald, February 8, 1887, p. 1

3. "United Labor," The Dubuque Daily Herald, July 24, 1888, p. 4