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The factory
at Catherine and Grinnell streets was Mr. Hirsch’s largest cigar factory in Key
West. The cigar industry experienced a number of prolonged labor strikes in the
early 1890s that were encouraged by Spanish agents from Cuba in an effort to
disrupt cigar production and donations by Cuban émigré cigar makers to support
Jose Marti’s revolutionary plans. These devastating strikes and disruptions in
production convinced Mr. Hirsch and two Key West manufacturers, Celestino
Palacio and Charles Baker, to consolidate, establishing the Celestino Palacio
Trust. It allowed them to collectively purchase bulk tobacco at a lower price
while consolidating shipping and distribution of cigars. Unfortunately, Mr.
Hirsch died in 1901 and the Trust was dissolved.
Indiana Digital Historic Newspaper Program
The
Indianapolis journal, Volume 54, Number 17, 17 January 1904 https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=IJ19040117.1.23#
“I have but one friend left. He is Michael F. Lyons.”
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| Morton House - Three Structures (center to left) South Side of Union Square Southeast Corner - 14th Street and Broadway |
Morton House. (Date ca. 1895) Photographers Langill &
Bodfish – From the Collections of the Museum of the City of New York
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