Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-17
Some San Francisco Printers
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How Some sam Francisc0 Printers
Il FAtetrfsr.
A|coul III 4eksad J, says the Car
son Nevada 1fppeu4, tramp printer
stoppaak fhiAmAf iaAAAApply for sit
uafOn. He was furnished with tempo
raly employment, which enabled hiNsg
secure few nights lodging and M
to hatch. He was printer who
weeks ago had been one of the eighte(
prdprietors of the Daily Globe, whid
recently suspended in San Franc5 co.
and gave full description of ii 1nlila
workings and management, Under a
pledge of secrecy and a promise that no
usd should be made of the information
until he had reached Salt Lake, where
he bow is.
The journalistic venture was founded
by the printers who refused some months
ag{ to accept reduction of wages on
thd Chronicle. Charles De Young re-
duf PED the wages TOM fifty t0x forty i've
ce4ts per fn6usa16' ems, Ind IN cohse-
quehe &~ndmbef of@pri1tefs left his
employ and started a paper of their own
cap led the Globe. It gave fair promise
of success, and to all outward appear
anfe was a well-manage1 and weli~
edited newspaper. Its Min p6fpdse
wasto kill the Chronicle, and the enc
mibS of the latter paper. ssstood in'''
quite TljbFanywat the Tstsrt. sLet thu
stdeE r; ho..ysr BE old entpe 4entaee
fTWho ran the concernp''
Fl did, for one," said the wandering
print. "Then there was Lynch and
Brooks and Woods, and all the balance.
When the force were all on deck it had
eighteen bosses, beahes the REPORTERS
any sW Se 'sditsdAsJaJsrpt -
81 did-and the rest of the gang. We
allftook a hand. Some man would be
setting up an article and see some friend
given deal. He would walk up to the
Imposing stone and yell out, What in
blazes is this?' Then the boys would all
quit work and colle& aroudK The stone.
Some w6Qld THAR tie man The article
went sftertwaS a per1ectk entleman, and
the rest would think he was an old
sn9ozerg Then we would row over the
mattel haitian hour Cor 81. and pretty
soon a couple would Jeff" to see
wiletherthe item went in or not. Each
day tie edieoss and reppEters gotetheir
indtruetions from eighteen Of their regu-
a&r bosses and their assistants. kept
trick pfthe regulars, but split on the
subs Zach man had apoicy.s mad
two. Some had more. No particular
policy, but p general sliding-scale to fit
any ctr@nmstAnees.' Oil
ibid the Globe roll along pretty wen
at tirst?''
rYes, it svellsd upGHg.s 1 subscrip-
stiops came ii lively, ads were brisk, and
fof b spell the great question was what
to do with so much money. Wetalked
of buying building to move into, Pies
emily, however, the expenses began to
chAw us up. Then it wasn't so much a
question what to do with the money, Int
where to get it. ySpme Of the boys ware
sticking type at the case and zone were
rustling about on the outside. Some
how the outsiders seemed to dress bet
ter and eat at better restaurants than
the insiders. Curious, wasn't itp I
guess we galley slaves at the case didn't
clean over So a week7'T.L ..TE T7i
Did you dabble ip politics?" Il
.Oh, yes; we ran most Of the politics
there for 2 while We had Democrats,
didn't agree for awhile, but compro-
,Kearney platform The Democratic
Central Committee gave US 81, 500 in
political printing ;ard, OWED US $4,000
when we busted. Some of the politicians
offered us $1,000 cash down for the
BB apsR MT stse r e gsG ass s,2S9;
and raised the price 10 .SIO,0O0. Some
of the boys wanted 70 set the pegs up to
800, 600, but were outvoted.s | was one
that wanted to settle on $40 eco. y Have
We got ,chewM tohacoop # bad a
cent Id buy my own. We'll. the 500, 1000
proposition fell through, and then the
Defn6cfatsf Bought the EzanaSser. After
that things went by the board, and : we
: 'began-te lose interest in Pelitiess Then
some Of the typos got sick and we ran
short Of managers; Then we ran short
of coin, and we Were sorter short all
around, Then we shut up shop and
; gave The otherspapers alshow. 8 We had
. lots of fun. though. III walk down to
Reno tonight and see if can't get to
Salt Lake. know a conductor that
knocks down on thev fares, and if he
doesn't pass me III the Pullman Eli
brighten him to death. Next time 1
stsrta paper III do it on borrowed
capital, and don't you let that idea fall
out of your head till see you again.
Cosalng Safah old
JUSTICE ALLEY had hardly been
>t,-eneda to- legal business yesterday
wien q sleigh containing seven or eight
, ,,s.rsons from, beyond the city limits
+. drove up to the door OF q popular