National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-07

deed, for that matter, we did not "turn out"
our compositors. Thcy left voluntarily,
when we desired that they should remain
with us, and they were willing TO stay, and
would have stayed, but for the edict of tho
Printers Union, which forbade it. The fol-
lowing correspondence will fully explain
the case, and show that the Assembly has
misreprcsonted the facts:
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, July 80 1879.
DIr William II. Hickman Foreman Of Ners.
Room,
DEAR SIR: Tho managers ofTHE NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN have determined that, so long rs
our neghboring city of Baltimore and the
cities of Philadelphia aud New York are not
paying to exceed forty cents per 1000 ems for
composition on the morning papers it is not
consistent with the law Of equivalents aud the
equities involved, that this Office should pay u
price In excess of that paid by other cities
whose papers come in competition with Wash
ington journalism. We therefore feel i'm.
PEELED to notify you that on aud after Wed.
nesday noon Tomorrow this office will pay
but fo.ty cents per thousand ems for compo-
sition.
Holding the present force in tho composition
room in high respect, aud desiring that there
shall be no breach in tho relations between us
that have so pleasantly existed heretofore, in
behalf of tho company represent, desire to
say that any person now engaged as COM
positor in this Office can continue at those
rates Should you decide that IL Is not for
your interest to remain, you will bear with
you the respect of the proprietors and man
ayers of this business and their best wishes
for your future welfare, prosperity aud happi-
ness.
Please inform me at an early period of your
determination. Yours with respect, &C.,
A. NJ. CLAPP
President National Republican Company.
In reply to the above the following was
received:
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN OFFICE,
WAsHINGToN, d. G., July 90 1879.
Hon A. NJ, Clapp, President National Republican
Printing and Publishing Company
DEAR Sin: In answer to your letter Of this
morning will state that all of the employees
| of the news-room, excepting the apprentices,
will vacate their positions tomorrow morning
after the forms go to press. We regret the
necessity of this course but tho action of the
Union has rendered it necessary, and we feel
in honor bound to submit to its mandates.
ln severing our relations with you we desire
to convey to you our heartfelt appreciation of
your treatment of us in the past, and trust
that our action in this matter will be no bar
to friendly relations between us in the future.
Very respectfully. Sc, -
On bohalt of the employees of the ncws-room.
This is our case in part. We felt at lib
crty to determine what we could afford to
pay for composition, being governed by a
desire to do even-handcd justice to our
selves and our employees. We offered the
price named for composition, which is above
the average rate paid in Baltimore, Phila-
delphia, New Yorl1and Boston, and our en-
ployes, as we are informed by them, de-
sired to retain their positions in the Office
ut the rate named, but they were called
"out' by the Union, and we had no alterna-
tive but to stop business or seek compositors
to FIJI the places thus made vacant by the
order of the Printers Union, against our
wish. However, the Office was in no degree
embarrassed by this unjustifiable interfer-
ence with our business, for capable and ac-
of employment--not imported cheap labor
as is charged in the resolutions of the As
sembly, but compositors who were here
waiting to obtain rcmunerative employ
ment--and our business proceeds without
the slightest interruption. We have moi
been inconvenienced, but benefited. by the
change, and have no regrets that it has oc
Cured.
Following this comes the interference OF
the Workingmen's Assembly, with the fol
| l,Nyino nroscrintiva ,nenope.
We call upon oil the workingmen repre-
sented in this Assembly to use every endeavo
= to withhold all patronage from said paper, ant
refuse to deal or trade with our merchants wit
advertise in its columns, and will work to SO
cure the stoppage of all subscribers within ou
reach
The Assembly did not advise the destruc
tion of this Office or the homes of its pro
pretors by confagration, but the spiri
which adopted the resolutions could as wei
have gone to that extreme as to the exten
of counselling the destruction of our busi
ness for the reason that its proprietors ha,
decided to manage it in accordance with tn
dictates of their own judgments, and in til
line of strict right and justice. In this con
nection, we now desire to call the attention
of the Workingmen's Assembly and tn
Prosecuting Attorney Of this District I
the laws which provide against conspii
= acies to injure any citizen in person an
property; that the same may be dul
: presented before the next Grand Jur
of the District of Columbia, and tha
the right Of protection may be thereb
secured to the proprietors of this paper
The conspiracy and its aim to injure us i
) our property is publicly proclaimed in tn
resolutions already published, and we ap
peal to the public authorities to punis
such conspiracy by the due process of law
Those who were prominently identife
with the proceedings of the meeting whc
adopted these resolutions will serve q
proper examples in this case. We think
about time for the administrators of th
laws to settle the question whether or nc
the legitimate business Of any citizen q
company of citizens can be protected agains
conspiraces which make public declaratio
of purpose to inhict injury thereupol
either publicly or privately. 1t is abou
time also to ascertain if legitimate bushes