New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-20
THE STRIKE"

The journeymcn TIL recently employed in set
ting up the type on which TuE TRIBUNE ispript.
cd, saw fit to quit our employment in body,
one week ago last night. They did it without
notice, at the (for us) most inconvenent hour
possible, when our Daily must very soon 60 10
press, when we had news to put quickly into
type, and when it was too late to put othe. work
men in their places. Though we think the,
treated US mos; unfairly and upjustly, we made
no complaint, but went on with our business as
we best could. All we now ask Of those who
thus deserted us is that they stay away, and not
iniest our premises to annoy us and frighten of
those who have been employed by Us in their
stead. and who are satisfied withOur wages, as We
arc with their work. If the skulking sssassins
who dog the homeward steps Of our new journey
men in the small hours Of the night, in order to
fall upon them unawarcs in some dark corner,
and there deal them stealthy, cowardly blows,
will only mind tLeir own business, if they baye
any, we shall be obliged; if not, they Will be.
That's all.
The men who deserted Us at so critical q
period, expecting TO bring us TO our knees, can
not b. quiet. they are haunted by guilty
CONSCIOUSNESS tlat they have taken position
which nothing can Justify and which nothing
but falsehood can render plausible Hence a
Dir. Holmes, ct tie meeting OF Thursday eve
ming, impudently declared the advertisement Of
The Times for comtositors 20 trick" knowing
better Gil the time. Mr.. Jones, The Times pub
Usher. has already repeatedly stated that there
was no trick in the cass--that he advertised for
compostorS because he wanted them, paid Us
our regular price for the advertisement, and
went his way, utterly unsuspiciouS Of wrong or
offense, as We were. That advertisement went
in regular course TO our composing-roOm, and
was given out there Ike any other copy, when
the compositor who received it read it 70 his
fellows, and they instantly resolved that it
should be suppressed or they would stop work.
Argument, entreaty, remonstiance, were wasted
upon them: they knocked oil and quit the Of
flee, leaving US 70 get On without them as we
might. This We have since done, and intend 70
keep doing. Aud wo only ask of those WHO left
US 80 unjustifsbly, that they keep away.
We have always hitherto acceded promptly to
each "Scsle" adopted by the Printers Union,
and have paid our journeymen accordingly,
though some Of the exactions seemed to us
unreasonably hard on us. When, two weeks
since, Committee Of the Union waited on Us
with the newly revised Scale, We asked time TO
consider it, and duly responded that we thought
it too high, though we were willing to agree to
. fresh advance OF more than ten per cent.
Notwithstanding this, tho new scale was
adopted, and we bad decided and agreed
to try it temporarily under protest Bu:
our journeymen saw fit TO make an issue
with us on another point--one which we
could neither concede nor compromlse-so
We had TO take our stand That stand
we purpose to maintain. We are ready low
and benceforth TO unite with our fcllow-em.
ployerS in appointing committee Of three or
moro persons to meet like committee from the
iourneymen 1--WE mean all the joumeymen in
our city,. andany Scale Of Prices and Office Reg.
ulstions which nav be agreed upon By major