The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-01-27
TO THE PUBLIC.
4 Few Words as to the Boycotters
and Boycotting in General.

Yesterday the BAzDo published an abb
strsct of the minutes OF the Western As
ISOLATED Press of one year ago and the
action of the association in reference there
| to at its late session. AS to any denials
thereof by the parties concerned The
BAZOo has nothing to do. The minutes OF
the prior meeting have been printed for
almost q year and were circulated to menu
bers and interested persons, including
these parties. They bear the official seal of
the association IS approved by it in session
and until now they have remained unques-
toned as 10 versciiy. In addition to this
the communication as published is g COR
rect transcript Of the original which also
bears the official seal and signature of the
association, now In the possession of the
BAzoO, and the same will appear in the
proceedings when published.
AS TO THE FIGHT.
The BAzoo as has been heretofore init
mated, proposes TO keep the even tenor of its
way standing entirely upon its own merits
and disdaining to s,oop to answer the con-
tempribIe faisehoods promulgated by q
rsbble whose principle is no principle, and
wbo-e aim is to tread under foot, Law, or
der and right But feeling that the time
hes come aud the painful necessity has
bsen brought about BY their own acts,
when, as CONSERVATION OF truth, justice and
right, and . champion of civil order, the
BAzoo should give 10 The public an expos
ure OF the true inwardness OF this affair
aud what the inevitable consequences of
their unchecked lswlsssness musI lead 20,
il will do lis duty In As few words az pos
sibie, Of the BAzOO as friend 70 honest
labor il seems UNNECESSARY to speak, but il
may not be out of place to say that NJ tbs
Office can be found q complete file Of the
"a. ,er from its first number of fifteen years
40 up TO this date, snd if there is q man,
woman or child In the whole
country who can cone to this Office and
any manner or form, directly or indirectly
attacks or reflects upon honest labor or
laborers, or upon legitImats labor orsani-
nations, either editoriaiy or locally, the
manager would be pleased 10 have them do
90.
The BAzoo claims to be the honest chan
pion of honest enterprise, from the lowest
TO the highest step Of the ladder, and the
advocate Of harmony between capital and
labor and The bitter enemy OF every class
Oh monopoly. NOW ee 10
PLAIN STATEMENT
OF the present troubles. Ever since the
OF what is known 10 the Typo
graphical union In Sedslis il has been an
active and aggressive scent for the estab-
lishment OF one of the most tyrannicsl add
lswless monopolies thIt can be conceived |
Of. 1t has sought to compel publishers to |
discharge every printer in Sed,lia who I
would no, JOIN il. II demards the en- |
ployment of none but members in the |
offices of the city. III the BAzoo should con- |
seut 10 this it would hsye to discharge |
men, who, for hf,e.n years have served I, |
and who are among the best !
,itizen's OF Sedslia. to replace them With |
men without character, staadiag, ability,
DR. means, who are not citizens ADD will not |
'erve their employers interests, nor co..
'erve to the general welfare. This may be /
plain talk but the BAzoo stands ready to \
'ubstanliats il,
THIS TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION,
Is labor organizatiom for the advance
nsnt of the craft is failure:
First, because il requires no moral ac-
or mechanical perfection
rom It's membership.
Second, because il depends on bulldoziug
md coercion TO fill its ranks, instead Of lite !
merits 10 assist and advance their welfare.
Third, because a man can commit DO |
rhine that will lead to or require his .x-
,uision.
THE PRESENT ATTACK
Because the BAzoo has refused to submit
o The foregoing dictums and still keeps
o lis enploye good men who have refused TO
fraternatly in such an institution
o this. Ii has always had the enemity Of
uch members as those designated in o
'revious article in the BAZoo, who have
ought by every mssss TO wage
'ar against il. At the beginning Of
he preseat difficulty these
haraeterless hounds originated al
lot which unfortunately for the uniop,
ecause of It's faulty organization, it was
onpslled 10 abet.
The design was 10 get a sufficient nua.
r of men employed on the paper to agree
D demsnd It's being made q union paper
I'd on refusal to substitute "walk-out"
D be followed by boycott.
There was at the time two uI 100 men
I work in the Office, neither of whom 40
II % huC oAEOO Cau coy Ncfc mauc eN6lc 4 4
the design. The other employee, how.
yer, we're approached BY 10 au well known
, the manager OF this Office and two OF them
ntieed into the affair and made members !,
the Union secretly. These parties iheu
ent TO the other primers and demanded
them that they should join the union end
lot or they would be discharged. Thee ,
,ings c:me 10 the ears o! the manage, he ;
Allied the men up and they admitted tie ,,
nth Of the whole affair and we're dis ,
nsrged. This led TO the other two union ,
len being ordered by the union to with /,
raw. They obeyed and the walk out OF
70 men was followed by the boycott which
ould have been instituted anyhow. II
As TO THE BOYCOTT Q
is for the people to say whether they
ropose to submit TO a principle so sub
srsive of every right guaranteed under