The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-05
BALTIMORE CORRESPONDENTS.
Difficulty Among tAs Pyi~tas Four Offices SIR

Difficulty Among tA< Pyixirs Fe~r Offices Struck.
.hsao BALrrnoas, May 4, 1885,
There IL considerable excitement among the
Baltimore printers to day, three or four offices be-
ing now arrayed against the society. 1t COM
mencsd on Monday morning in Messrs. sherwood's
Once, these gentlemen refusing to discharge man
who was not 4 member of the society, and who, it
is alleged, applied and was refused admittance.
The society hands accordingly stopped work.
Messrs. Sherwood have q number of steam. presses,
and do the press work of the Arsus, az well az OF
several weekly papers, the type for which are set
in other offices. special meeting of the society
was called last night, and resolutions adopted
that the bands on the Argus would be required to
stop work Il the propreors of that paper persisted
in having their press-work done in Messrs. Sher-
woods establishment. Messrs Richardson and
Turner, OF the Argus refused to be thus dictated to
BY the men in their employ, when all Immediately
stopped work.
This was the first movement this morning; but
MIR. Edmund Boil of the proprietors Of the
Clipper. and Mr.. Mills, of the firm of Sands
Mills, conceiving that the proprctors of the Argus
bad been harshy used, and being both practical
printers proceeded to the Argus office, and, rolling
up their sleeves, went to work to help get the pa
per out, whilst Messrs. Sherwood, with six ap-
prem tees, joined the forces.
u Messrs. Bull and Mills had not been thus at work
long, before information reached them that their
hands had all stopped work on account Of their in
reference in the difficulty with the Argus. Even
Mr.. Holiday, who has been foreman of the Clipper
for ten years past, retired with the rest of the
hands; and Mr.. Mls's Office was also vacated.
The society have recently raised the prices for
both new paper and book printing to rates con-
siderably higher than those prevailing in Phila
delphia. and have adopted many rules and regu-
lations which many of its members openly de-
nounce A. most arbitrary, and which the employers
declare their determination to resist, contending
that they have the right to govern their own Offices
~ best suits themselves, and that the employees
should have power further than to declare the
price At which they are willing to work therein.
The main objection Of the employers Is to a rule
which 6xes the number Of apprentices in book and
Newspaper Offices; declares that only foreman,
assistant foreman. and proof reader shall be en-
pioyed by the week in morning Newspaper Offices,
and that ten hours shall constitute day's work
tn job Offices, except on Saturday, when nine hours
shall be the number. They also contend that
the prices are too high, and say that no more
book rintng can be done in Baltimore while the y
prevail. There certainly are more printers GU. of
work in Baltimore eisoc the advance has been de-
handed than has been the Gaze for many months
before.
Efforts are nov making to secure hands from the
North to take the situations vacated on the Argus
and Clipper. and the probability IL that hat are
called two-thirders in Philadelphia will be intro
duced here to The permanent disadvantage Of the
craft In all these s,rikes the strikers should bear
in mind that the employers have rights well as
the journeymen, and wh'st protecting themselves
they should be careful not to infringe the rights
Of others.
Another meeting Of the Typographical Society
will be held on Saturday night, and it is to be
hoped that some movement will be made for
compromise of the difficulties existing between the
employers and the employed.