Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-07

have been anticipated from . man with whom
you can never feel safe In any Transaction
whatever.
Our positions have been open 70 us If we
would work side BY side with . "rAt"-but we
wouldn't do it. The air 10 bad near him.
The employment Of two boys where only
one 10 lawful deprives Q printer who has
served . long apprenticeship TO acquire his
trade Of his right 70 the job. But this doesn't
weigh with W. J. Penrose, who will insult this
intelligent community with . botch sheet full
of his own tunrevfsedl copy and the "black.
smith" work Of rate"
Mr.. Penrose says he pays higher wages than
our Union demands. In answer to this false
assertion, we quote the following from our
scale of prices
Clsuse 1. "Compositors shall receive IS
cents per 1000 ems for ordinary matter, the
office to cut the copy and prove the matter
Distribution, 16A cents per ZOO ems"
Clause 8. "Foremen of evening or weekly
papers shall receive $40 per week. minimum
price"
He says fin effect we have no right to abide
by the following section from the Gene raj
Laws of the International typographical
Union of America:
SECTION /. 1.-The practice of loaning and
borrowing matter between morning and even.
ing papers. printed in separate and distinct
establishments, no matter by whom owned. ID
ton, and subordinate Unions are eDjoined "a
put forth every effort consistent with the besl
interests OF such Unions in order that such
practice may be abolished
But that is natural. He dropped into Z
newspaper lately. and he knows it all
But he denies the rafting proposition for
himself and the five honorable trustees
friends of the laboring men). Let us see,
Hearing that proposals had been sent below
to get men to come up here and starve us out.
we wrote to q gentleman of our Union working
in the Sacramento Record Union office to find
out If this was so. The following reply came
SACRAMENTO, Oct. &c, 1888.
FRIEND HUGHES Your letter received yes
terday. You ask me to give you all the in.
formation l possess In regard to the contem.
plated reduction in Eureks.
About ten days ago Mr.. Pope, foreman Of the
Record Union. received . letter from the
Leader firm, asking for two printers. The
letter arrived at night, and l was working.
Mr.. Pope, a. you are probably aware, lie q
very quiet and reserved individual; has moth
ing to say to anyone, even his men, except on
business. He showed the letter to no one, but
simply placed . notice on the bulletin board
in the composing room, which read - follows
"TwO printers wanted I'm Eureka.
Nevada; one to make mn, read proof,
etc., $50 per week; ONE cOmpositOr,
S25 e week"
What other information the letter contained
I am not prepared to state, but / do not think
il contained more than the above in substance.
AS the nOIlCe on Tie DOaTu I9lleO 10 uleutiOu
on which paper in Eureka printers were
wanted, l took 1t upon myself to investigate q
little, which / did. 1 went TO Mr.. Pope and
asked him on which paper in Eureka these
men were wanted. He answered the Leader.
1 then asked him II there was any trouble In
Eureka, and he said he did not know; that the
letter didn't state. l then said that there
must be something wrong. and told him. and
all others within hearing, the scale of prices
IS40 per week for making up, proof reader.
etc, sad $50 per week for compositorl In vogue
in Eureka when l left there, and that they
could not be changed without the sanction of
the Union. And thus 1t ended, leaving the
impression upon the minds Of all that every
thing was not as it sheuld be in Eureka.
A day or two after / was in San Francisco.
and learned that the same information had
been received there But, you bet I spread
| the report that som ething was crooked, and ii
was concurred in by all.
Not q Union man here or In San Francisco, l
am confident, will pay the least attention to
the matter under existing circumstances.
am glad that you wrote SO early. for your
| my own belief in the rottenness Of the Leader
preprietors.
Have any prints arrived in Eureka as yet
| l guess not: not from here or San francisco,
| at least. = Your friend ever,
O. A. Ross.
What is Mr.. Peprose, or Mr.. Wren, or Mr..
Foley, or Mr.. Johnson, or Mr.. Fletcher. or Mr..
Davidson going to say now in denial Of the
charge we lay at their door, that they intended
| to rat" the camp?
By order of the Union
(sEAL.l IVES GEORGE, President.
WV. p. HUGHES, Secretary. d7-1t+