Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-04-23
DE YOUNG AND THE PRINTER'S
UNION

| UNION.
! There are at present grave difficulties exist
ing between the San Francisco Chronicle and
the Typographical Union of the same city.
| The Chronicle has for years past employed
printers at 90 cents per thousand ems, the rul-
ing rate with all newspapers published in Cal
ifornia, and less than the rate paid in Nevada
Some weeks ago De Young, the proprietor Of
the Chronicle, proposed to his employees to
reduce the rates of composition to 40 cents,
heavy, etc 1t was agreed to lay the matter
before the Union, and give De Young an an
swer in ten days When the Union met it
was ascertained that the proprietor of the
Chronicle had already made overtures to ''rat"
printers lying about the city to work in his
Office. This evidence of bad faith was prop
erly rebuked by the Union, and the printers
declined to work reduced wages. In con-
sequence of their refusal, about thirty of them
were discharged on the spot. Eight chose to
remain at reduced wages, although it seems
almost incredible that the hope of gain could
induce men to accept so compromising posi-
ton as " rat " for Charles De Young. The
printers who chose to resign rather than &C
to "rat," were received with cheers by the
people upon the sidewalk. De Young has
made serious mistake in allowing his insati-
able greed to get the better of his common
sense. His career as publisher has been one
of remarkable success. From ragged news
boy he has become the wealthiest newspaper
proprietor on the coast He has ust erected
newspaper Office fully equipped with splendid
presses and machinery at a cost of over $780,
900 He has built this up from the sweat and
toll of his employees, and time and time again
when an outraged populace have threatened to
demolish his building, these faithful servants
have stood ready to risk their lives in his de-
Tense. Now he sallies out and picks up the
ragged and characterless bummers and ssts OF
LeidsdOrtf street, to put in the place of his
skilled labor, dragging the cutters, basement
lunch corners and gin mills, to find material
to supplant men of family and responsibility,
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of composition. At the same time he
nounces himself as the champion of labor, and
hardly day passes that his paper does not con-
tain an editorial in defense of the wrongs of
the poorly paid individuals who work fer a
living. He announced that if the New Con-
stituton passed, there would follow an era of
good times and high wages; and as soon as
down his printers salaries The Topographic
cal Union propose to make public opinion so
warm for the Chronicle that it will be com
PEELED to suspend. 1t is hard to kill paper
like the Chronicle, but if all the trade unions
of San Francisco combine, they could do much
to cripple its influence and business The
only tender spot in De Young's anatomy is his
pocket, and the moment there is any chance
of it's being affected he comes to terms The
men who left the Chronicles employ rather
than tarnish their honor, deserve not only the
sympathy, but the solid support of the pie
of the coast. Already the circulation of the
paper is being affected by the stir the Union
is creating, and the unskilled labor employed
has already begun to manifest itself in the
typographical appearance of the paper. De
Young will find that botch workman is dear
at any price.