The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-03-06
A CARD TO THE PEOPLE.
ELL AusrIN TrPoenAHIcM UNIoN.

resolved to call on the different labo
organizations of the city. as well a
p the business men and the general pub
Lie, for such cooperative measures ant
: assistance as they may deem just ant
honorable against the action of TIL
STATESMAN management in substi
r tuting, as they did, what, perhaps
may justly be styled Chinese cheal
labor" for men demanding only fall
, pay, and against whose honesty and In
tegrity THE STATESMAN management
have never uttered word. we fee
assured that when it is known IN What
manner these changes were made, al
honorable people, whether la6orlng OF
business men, whether Of the most
humble or exalted positions, will con-
: denim not only the action itself, but
those adopting such means to betray a
body of respectable and honorable
men. The facts are these:
AS officially announced in the
DAILY STATESMAN of February 26
Col. j. l.. Barlow assumed absolute
control. editorial and otherwise, of
said paper. Now, let US see who and
what this new manager is, and his
actions will prove this: On Thurs
day, February 81, it was officially an
bounced to the employees of the
STATESMAN office that this j. L. Bar
tow had assumed control. He gave
the utmost assurance that no changes
would be made in the mechanical de-
paItment of the paper, and that he
desired none but union men in his
employ. Placing confidence in these
assurances, the men went to work as
usual on Tuesday, when kilograms
were received from Dallas and Waco
announcing that this same Barlow
had engaged force of cheap laborers,
who were then en- route to Austin to
take the place of the gentlemen then
! employed.
The force duly arrived on the after
noon train, and were Immediately es-
: corted to THE STATESMAN office and
put to work by this same j. l.. Bar
| tow, thus proving exclusively that
while he was assuring the men EN-
ployed in the office that he would
make no cha.nges, and that he desired
none Dur union men, he was engaged
IN gathering non.union force. Could
anything be more deceitful and hypo-
! critical than this? Is this the action
of an honorable man? This is the
kind of man CD in whom the business
|
called upon to repOSe their confidence,
and give their patronage and support
| VIII they not shrink and think twice
before they support such a man? Can
not some of our best business men
testify already that he has broken
their advertising contracts? If he
would, by deceit and hypocrisy, gain
the confidence of a body of honorable
m on an1 thnc r7i1nIXr hot I-ou thQr11 xunJ1l6
he scruple to suck the life-blood OF a
proprietor or betray the confidence of
the business and general public?
That is the kind of man who is here
after to mould public sentiment and
call upon an honest business commu-.
nifty for patronage, the gentlemen
heretofore employed on the paper, and
the fact of the arrival of a non-union
force, are living monuments of teSti-
mony. He has ruthlessly cast out
good printers and citizens, men who
have homes and families here, and put
in their places parties of very unsav-
DRY character where known. This
action was premeditated and planned,
for not one word or whisper of COM
plant from the management Of the
men or prices paid, was made known;
but on the contrary they were as
sured that all was perfectly satisfac
tory. No request or intimatiOn had
even been made for a reduction in the
price of composition, ard when the
old force was ready for Worf tlGcy
learned that another force had taken
their places in the office.
In view of the foregoing facts and
circumstances in the name of honest
toll in the name of truth in the
name of Justice in the name of hon
esty and fair dealing, we call upon the
laboring masses, we call upon the bu-
sineSs community, yea, we call upon
THE PEOPLE, to withdraw from THE
STATESMAN their patronage-to the
end that this monster of hypocrisy
and double-dealing may be driven
from our community, and that it may
not be said that the honest bone and
sinew and the intelligence of Austin
is supporting a journal exclusively
controlled by a man whose writings
will be as insincere as his every act
since taking control of the paper has
been deceitful and dishonorable.
Let us see how this new manager
| in-chief has succeeded in the past
Why did he fail at Galveston, at
Gainesville, at CoTSicaDa, at Dallas, at
Houston, at Leadville ? Who caused
The suspension of the New Mexican,
at Santa Fe, the most flourishing pa
per in the territory previous
to his connection with it ? Who has
brought the Waco Examiner to the
verge of ruin? The same individual,
who, if allowed to remain in charge
| of the Austin STATESMAN, will cause
its downfall, for we feel assured the
people of Austin will not uphold so
unworthy and unreliable character.
Will the business men ; will the Ia
| boring men; will the democratic pa
| ty of Texas, but especially of this coz,
munity, while such man is at its
head, patronize and accept the STATES
MAN as their organ? Let the work
| ingmen of this community note who
| their friends are in this struggle, and
they should see TO it that they extend
Inc favors, either in their business re-
i latiops or politically, to those furnish
ing aid or sustenance to the common
enemy.
THE COMMITTEE,
| Austin Typographical Union.
The above card needs but little at
tention from the management of THE
STATESMAN and we propose to accord
it little. We will premise by saying
that the paper is run for two purposes
only; for the best interests of the pub
lie, as we understand them and for the
} profit of the company. We have put
our money into the enterprise, assum-
ed all financial and moral responsible
ity and utterly refuse to surrender its
management or any part thereof to
either the typographical union, its
committee or anyone else.
We win answer briefly each point
made by the union, seriatim, and il
! the order is illogical and awkward The
fault is not ours. AS to the Chinese
$ cheap labor" we point to this and thu
e two preceding numbers gotte1
: out by the "Chinese." The contras
d in favor of "old China" is S,
4 marked that it will and does very fore
: IDLY strike even the non-printing por
D ton of the people. The honesty an,
t integrity of the union force latel
+ dismissed from this office has neve
e been called in question, and we refus