Identifying CMIU Locals
A National Cigar Museum Exclusive
© Tony Hyman
The goal of this exhibit is to enable a researcher to match a CMIU Local’s number with its city of origin. Read the entry as Local, City, State, Number of members on January 1, 1903. Canadian Locals are in scarlet; if a local is in bold it means I own paper ephemera or other item from that local. Local numbers were reassigned when a local was dissolved (see 417: Cleveland became Dunkirk, NY in 1903).
The original list was published in the Cigar Makers Official Journal in mid 1903. For unknown reasons, the list did not include the state, only the city. Adding the state was not a problem in most instances, but you will find some states missing, the result of accident, ignorance or uncertainty on my part when multiple towns have the same name. Feel free to give information concerning “stateless” cities when you are certain.
1 Baltimore MD 328
2 Buffalo NY 495
3 Patterson NJ 113
4 Cincinnati OH 566
5 Rochester NY 256
6 Syracuse NY 409
7 Utica NY 116
8 Hoboken NJ 125
9 Troy NY 243
10 Providence RI 58
11 Baltimore MD dissolved
12 Oneida NY 163
13 New York NY 62
14 Chicago IL 1,794
15 Chicago IL 191
16 Binghamton NY 120
17 Cleveland OH 501
18 Brattleboro VT 12
19 Sault Ste. Marie 20
20 Decatur IL 110
21 Marlboro MD 18
22 Detroit MI 535
23 Springfield MO 29
24 Muskegon MI 38
25 Milwaukee WI 372
26 South Norwalk 64
27 Toronto, ON 299
28 Westfield MA 106
29 Jacksonville FL 87
30 Moberly 27
31 Connersville 11
32 Louisville KY 325
33 Indianapolis IN 198
34 Chippewa Falls 25
35 Dayton OH 316
36 Topeka KS 16
37 Fort Wayne IN 155
38 Springfield IL 91
39 New Haven CT 281
40 Biddeford 19
41 Aurora IL 47
42 Hartford CT 250
43 Urbana IL 19
44 St. Louis MO 819
45 Springfield 39
46 Grand Rapids MI 164
47 Quincy IL 75
48 Toledo OH 140
49 Springfield MA 228
50 Terre Haute IN 55
51 Holyoke MA 51
52 Elmira NY 87
53 New Orleans LA 29
54 Evansville IN 127
55 Hamilton, ON 182
56 Leavenworth KS 24
57 Champaign IL 36
58 Montreal, QC 544
59 Brantford, ON 17
60 Keokuk IA 38
61 La Crosse WI 68
62 Richmond VA 30
63 Corry 12
65 Lynn MA 14
66 Lewiston ME 45
67 South Omaha 10
68 Albany NY 278
69 Three Rivers 23
70 Winona 14
71 Elgin IL 48
72 Burlington VT 105
73 Alton IL 54
74 Poughkeepsie NY 67
75 Columbus OH 36
76 Hannibal MO 27
77 Minneapolis MN 246
78 Hornellsville NY 12
79 Sandusky OH 50
80 Danville 37
81 Peekskill NY 42
82 Meadville 24
83 Nashville TN 29
84 Saugerties 19
85 Eau Claire WI 33
86 Mansfield PA 32
87 Brooklyn NY 208
88 Dubuque IA 25
89 Schenectady NY 49
90 New York NY 1,845
91 Allentown PA 30
92 Worcester MA 67
93 Omaha NE 41
94 Pawtucket RI 54
95 St. Joseph MO 54
96 Akron OH 29
97 Boston MA 1,615
98 St. Paul MN 189
99 Ottawa, ON 33
100 Philadelphia PA dissolved
101 Elizabeth NJ 24
102 Kansas City 114
103 Ansonia 17
104 Pottsville 25
105 Maysville 29
106 Ogdensburg NY 17
107 Erie PA 107
108 Lock Haven 42
110 Washington 77
111 Des Moines IA 116
112 Oneonta NY 108
113 Tacoma WA 44
114 Jacksonville FL 123
115 Canton OH 31
116 Cortland NY 28
117 Orange NJ 42
118 Peoria IL 123
119 Dansville 26
120 Muscatine IA 37
121 Ithaca NY 69
122 Warren MI 30
123 Hamilton, ON 49
124 Watertown NY 52
125 Norwich NY 18
126 Ephrata PA 99
127 Mattoon 13
128 El Paso TX 17
129 Denver CO 303
130 Saginaw MI 102
131 Jersey City 51
132 Brooklyn NY 284
133 Richmond VA 47
134 La Porte 26
135 Appleton WI 30
136 Hudson 16
137 Massillon 29
138 Newark NJ 317
139 Long Hill 12
140 St. Catharines, ON 21
141 New York NY 1,622
142 Lockport NY 36
143 Lincoln 34
144 New York NY 1,020
145 Williamsport PA 23
146 New Brunswick MA 39
147 Union Hill 35
148 East Greenville 21
149 Brooklyn NY 215
150 Sioux City IA 84
151 Waltham MA 7
152 Youngstown OH 50
153 Sioux Falls SD 41
154 Lincoln 25
155 Mt. Pleasant 8
156 Suffield 76
157 Belvidere 37
158 Lafayette 16
159 Marion 25
160 Milford 27
161 Denver PA 147
162 Green Bay WI 42
163 Marysville KS 8
165 Philadelphia PA 1,693
166 Defiance OH 13
167 Owosso MI 33
168 Oshkosh WI 70
169 Cambridge MA dissolved
170 Burlington VT 48
172 Davenport 97
173 Zanesville OH 26
174 Joliet IL 53
175 Kingston, ON 25
176 Newark 26
177 Council Bluffs IA 40
178 Olney 33
179 Bangor ME 39
180 Danbury CT 39
181 Fort Madison 17
182 Madison WI 42
183 Mendota 17
184 Bay City MI 66
185 Paducah KY 24
186 Flint MI 51
187 Covington KY 108
188 Seattle WA 65
189 New London CT 13
190 Falls City 9
191 Morris 25
192 Manchester NH 149
193 Jefferson City 11
194 Bradford 15
195 Frankfort KY 6
196 Grand Island 19
197 Warsaw 22
198 Bedford City 31
199 East St. Louis 32
200 Galesburg 38
201 Rock Island IL 38
202 Portland 76
203 Wellsville 17
204 New Albany 97
205 Battle Creek MI 46
206 North Adams 35
207 Carthage 7
208 Kalamazoo MI 217
209 Coldwater 32
210 Rome NY 38
211 Victoria 27
212 West Superior 18
213 New York NY 82
214 Bluffton 24
215 Logansport 66
216 Galveston TX 9
217 South Chicago 37
218 Binghamton NY 215
219 Mobile AL 73
220 New Orleans LA 173
221 South Bend IN 90
222 Peru IN 41
223 Ottumwa IA 20
224 Salt Lake City UT 83
225 Los Angeles CA 125
226 Haverhill MA 7
227 Chicago IL 50
228 San Francisco CA 271
229 Binghamton NY 42
230 Millville 30
231 Amsterdam 47
232 Sellersville est. 100
233 Sedalia 21
234 Guttenberg 12
235 Peru IN 36
236 Reading PA 215
238 Sacramento CA 47
239 Lyons 31
240 Norfolk VA 57
241 Syracuse NY 22
242 York PA 122
243 Chicago Heights 18
244 Harrisburg PA 25
245 Ashland 40
246 Salamanca NY 28
247 Blue Island 21
248 San Francisco CA 9
249 Findlay OH 32
250 Belleville IL 111
251 New York NY 404
252 Mohnsville 38
253 Oakland CA 58
254 Wapakoneta 27
255 Lowell MA 18
256 Boise City 11
257 Lancaster PA 226
258 Streator 21
259 Bloomington 56
260 Piqua 24
261 Knoxville TN 16
262 Dallas TX 69
264 Rutland VT 35
265 Waverly MA 13
266 Memphis TN 61
267 Catlettsburg 11
268 Escanaba MI 33
269 Nashua NH 22
271 Rochester NY 25
272 Lansing MI 44
273 Rockland 10
274 Pekin 28
275 Anderson 18
276 Plattsmouth 25
277 Oskaloosa 62
278 London, ON 203
279 Plattsburgh NY 31
280 Owego NY 20
281 St. Louis MO 25
282 Bridgeport 38
283 Geneva NY 80
284 Detroit MI 20
285 Ft. Worth TX 40
286 Wichita KS 21
287 Marinette 27
289 Albany NY 23
290 Janesville 38
291 San Jose CA 39
292 Brooklyn NY 50
293 Philadelphia PA 67
294 Duluth MN 119
295 Scranton PA 67
296 Wilmington DE 36
297 Canton OH 66
298 Glens Falls NY 28
299 Middleton 12
300 Michigan City 24
301 Akron OH 118
302 Tecumseh 25
303 Stevens 41
304 Racine WI 53
305 Monmouth IL 20
306 Pueblo CO 56
307 Salinas CA 12
308 Muncie IL 21
309 Rothsville 62
310 Manistee 28
311 Auburn NY 54
312 Livingston 18
313 Lima OH 30
314 Jackson 37
315 St. Cloud 47
316 McSherrystown PA 871
317 Wilkes Barre PA 31
318 Chattanooga TN 13
320 Athens GA 22
321 New Britain 30