New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-06
LABOR MOVEMENTS.
TIE PRINTERS.
HAVE THE EMPLOYERS YIELDED,
fhs Edifor OF The Tribune

HAVE THE EMPLOYERS YIELDED
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
| SIR According to their own showing. tho
Printers Union strike is failure. In TIE TRRr-yR of
the 9Th they parade the names OF 10 firms dncudng eight
or newspapers which they claim have acceded TO
their With the exception of two publishing houses
mot claiming TO DO printers) and one political printing
concern belonging to the Supervisors OF the County this
list Of 70 amounts nothing Ten Of the given are
those OF gentlemen who have acted with the Employers
the others named refused accept any scale from
the Union" saying that they had been paying for
this Union every name they claim. how does the case
standi The Directory gives the firm names OF three
hundred printing offices. All the Union" claims, after
crowdng In newspapers and many who utterly repudIae
them is Serenynne! and most OF these as they wen
offices Of NewYork. by Thaf right they claim under
these circumstances to represent the bmers OF 19ls
employers feel certain that this strike uhcaed for and
nearly two weeks this Union has been trying by in.
tmidation and misrepresentation TO carry the trade
with them. With what success jhe above facts concu-
Sec Elk. Com. Employing Printers.
WOMEN AS TRINTERs-A COMPoSITORS TRAIN
ING SCHOOL.
The condition of workingwomen, that is of
who compelled to support themselves by their
labor. and the relation between womans work and
mans pay constitute Of the most serious Of socal
problems. In this city there 3ooOOo 10000 girls
and women who their daily bread by honest daily
labor, exclusive OF those who engaged in domestic
service The limited number OF industrial fields in which
they fnd employment CAUSES these lew 10 ne constantly
gagged IN them to tho starvation point The
suiferings OF poor needlewomen have been the
theme OF humanitarians In all modern times hhu
schemes, various as the mental constitutions OF the
problem Of womans labor will doubtless remain partially
uusOlyed for time; hut IL Is certain that some relief
shall he opened to women. in which they fitted TO
successfully compete with men As To what empoynents
than argument. For several years female cOmpostors
have been employed In many printing Offices throughout
efficiency has been contradictory, ana the publlc mas
been left in doubt whether the experiments were 10 prove
"A success failure. one Of the daily papers or ms
city had employed female compostors IN te OF eher-
Gcncy, and had afterward replaced them WIN men rs
serting edoray that at the higher wages the lat
ter were profitable Mcssrs Gray Green irlhtsrs
corner Of Jacob aud Franortsts, advertised m lHE
TRrhrNg Of last week. that hereafter they would pay
fun tourney mans wages to all nrhtcass 1ehale compost
tors and mat few respectable bows and girls would be
taken to learn typesettlng Gray Green do a large
bIncn, NOT lar from 400 hands in nh departments ~
work For several years they have given occupation to
Ross. fine foreman Of the book department, prefers
women NJ tyue-seiers and has employed them Win sue
both at Gray Green's aud previously when mem
her Of the firm OF Ross Il White on BecbmanSt me pay
Of the women has averaged 10 per cent lees than tha OF
men There has seemed 20 be sort Of justice In THIS
much work IN the office required greater strength
than ordinarily possessed OF but Win lew
men each department TO attend 10 thus, there u no
why ms much work viii not br done as u az 1e
hands were Mr. Gray mentioned two sisters IN ms
employ whose earnings average from Sl2 10 i dch Per
week at former rates lie aldcl lhai hhn WIZ uNyl
aged $50 each week ranked r,tclass workman, and
thought NJ To Do taken on ixed salary horWhat
exceeding that amount, and 10 De employed lu positions
OF responsibility The opinion of McS-rs cray pftn
most decidedly expressed. h that TO reason exists why
women Of average intelligence may NOT MAKE as gn1u
compostors as men, and cam a. much none! al 'ho
The training school opened by this firm IS not as has
been supposed. result OF the strike among the book
printers u has been IN contemplation Tor long Time
and the being prepared for II before ne strike
took place The school was opened on rlddy jan ~
ing the employing printers Tor assistance In starting
similar school. the one at Gray a Greene was hlicay
established The plan Of the school suggested by
somewhat similar Institution which these same gentlemen
established some - months ago l.sy iAd D3en re
employed ms feeders OF tho Adams pnnting
90 glrls feeders. and sent them out among the
offices OF the cy since which tine there have been 30
school there now over twenty glrl,, aud about
dozen boys under tue charge OF Two eolnI,lonl MoIh
women, one OF whom has been woman al printing
room for long time. The candidates FOR admission are
1f'"'i yayions Kinds n compcicnt In hi.
respect they set TO work being paid 8 per week
aninE mn p3 ~ I'LL ,iy ,ilI d co,nn,tcpi *
and from 81 10 = day according To their
aptitude for The business In icw days "a expected TO
have accommodations Tor several more pupi-, from
whom applications for positions have already been
Itisa curious fact that when Messrs. Gray & Green
advertised for compo-itors, aud stated The fact OF tie
increase ~ pay 10 women not onoicnth oil the hlpl.
Giants were women but all who did apply were received
imparaly The order of their applications, the same
tI,l1 OF 1ones pehs The Ieter. Them
selves best evidences 81 their characters though
one rather pretty girl In effort 10 make assurance
duubly sure, nCOscd her photograph. Lady wrote "a
beautiful from Boston, stating her caphhiiiy az
10000 ems per week EN-. while an ablcbOded man OF 80
writes from Baltimore offering his services for So yer
week Does this reflect % the cities or the sexes
TIE WORKING MEMS UNION.
The Working Mems Union held regular
scmnonthly meeting at No. 267 Bowery last evening,
Mr VIM. j. Jessup President, occupied the chair,
aud j. W. Browning. acted as Secretary. committee.
Of which Mr. Robert Bhsscrt was Chairman. und MT H.
". Young Secretary, submitted report containing an
addc, and rules for the reorganization OF the Working
mems Union, which accepted and copy ordered Ia
every labor organization connected with the
Union. A committee reported IN favor OF nO action ON
the Bakers question, very considerable complaint
had been made among the iOurncymcn OF thit TRADE.
Communications received reporting tho continued
progrchs strikes among the Slate ROOfcrs, Pasercrs,
aud Painters. The prospects OF the Printers were re
Iorted IL favorable. AFTER considerable routine OF
business the meeting adjourned
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