Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-17
4 STRIKE IN THE GLOBE" OFFICE.

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Between three and four O'Clock Sunday af-
ternoon delegation of compositors from
the GLOBE Office waited upon the proprietor
of this paper with the announcement that
the Pioneer Press had raised the price of
composition, and they wished to know whe-
Their q similar advance would be made in the
GLOBE establishment. They were promptly
informed that the reasons which had been
! given them quite deliberately some weeks ago
for declining an advance still existed, and
consequently the present request could not
be granted.
The previous reasons given were, in brief,
that "business boom" swept through the
country, largely increasing the price of
paper and many other essentials in produc-
ing newspapers, but the GLOBE had neither
advanced its subscription or advertising
rates, and consequently was sufferer in
stead of gamer from the boom. Under
such circumstances there was no just ground
for asking an advance, but if anything, the
reverse.
There were also other reasons for declining
the request made yesterday. 1t is re-
ported that the Pioneer Press has advanced
its rates of composition from 33 Is cts. per
1000 ems to Sc cts. That act, however, does
not extend to the GLOBE office. The GLOBE
has paid SO 1-3 cts. from its inception, and
will continue to do SO, but the mistake of the
compositors was in supposiDg that the Pho.
neer- Press edict had sufficiently wide ju-
risdiction to reach this establishment. The
proprietor of the GLOBE does not allow any
other establishment to regulate the price he
pays for labor, and if the PIP. advance had
and two thirds, the request for an
advance in this Office because that concern
had chosen to advance, would have been per-
emptoriIy refused. The GLOBE is not organ
lied on the plan of being conducted by out
side parties.
Still another reason for declining was 80
cents in the GLOBE Office is as fair pay as So
cents in the Pioneer Press. This the COM
positors know and understand. The differ
euce in type, there being but little waiting
for copy in the GLOBE, while waiting is
chronic in the PR. and various other mat
tiers understood by printers, makes it more
profitable to work in the GLOBE establish
ment at the price we are paying than in the
PiOneer-P Press Office at the advance. This
of itself shows that the demand was based
not on any injustice being done them, but
simply upon the action of another establish
ment. 5,...- -..
Upon receiving the reply declining to
make the advance, the larger portion of the
GLOBE compositors vacated their cases, i'm
agining, probably, that their sudden depar-
ture at an hour, and upon day, when sur
plus printers are not easily attainable,
would bring the proprietor to terms. The
GLOBE, however, will continue to appear
with becoming regularity, and will contain
the news of the day as it does this morning.
This statement is made not to parade the
internal management of the paper before
the public, but because we desire to secure a
force of good printers, and do not wish to
bring printers to the city without their un-
derstanding the situation. Ten or twelve
good compositors can find immediate and
steady employment at the GLOBE office at
3d. cents per 1000 ems