Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-25
DEVOID OF JUSTICE.
rup DEMANDS OF THE PRINTERS BxORBl-
TANT AND UNWARRANTkD'
. ComDarisOr Between the Rates Now PslO III
wheeling and the Price Ruling In O~'r
and Larger Cities.

The compositors of Typographical Oni0"
No. 70, who last week vacated their sl'ua-
tions in the morning newspaper onlce''
have formed themselves into commltleeS'
and are going about the city sonci'ins
business men and others to wlthdra" 'nen
patronage from the papers. In dong 'niS
,,ort the eompositors are careful to mis-
rerres.nt the facts, falsify the
situation. and malign the news
rorer proprietors in q variety
of ways. One of the gross mlsstateRsn1ss
being made, which is given as a snnp4eSoi
the rest, is that the prOprietors have re-
duced or attempted to reduce, the prlceoi
tvne setting. The price Of composition IN
the morning newspaper offices has remaine9
nnobapged since 1880, whenlt wa nxeu
Of q cents per 1000 ems by the union IL
self and the cOmpositors nave SIMPLY
abandoned their situations because ue,
mand for an advance was not II coulu
NOT he acceded to. For several years
nr;or to 1880 the price of composition was
En- cents per 1000 ems, ads set by. the
week and no allowance for standing line
or time in which the printers
have to wait for copy at night Mhe9
Typographical Union No. ~ reorganizeu
in 1850, after its failure to enforce us ue-
mand made in 1873, the newspaper oinces,
willing to pay their workmen the nlshesS
possible wages warranted by the SIZE %
the city and the business TRANSACTED,
agreed to the scale presented, tne result
being an advance in wages OF nifty per
cent The injustice of the further IN
crease now sought to be enforced Is ap-
parent.
fnIlv understand how our men have Deen
faring, as compared with printers IN other
cities of equal or greater pOpula-
tion than Wheeling, we subJoln the lol-
lowing letters from the business managers
and proprietors of union newspaper othceS
in the cities of Columbus, Indianapolis,
cleveland. Toledo, Erie and Reading-clt-
les where the cost of living Is greater ohaH
in Wheeling, and where the volume vi
business is much lagrer. In not one III,
stance is the price paid higher than thaI
ruling in Wheeling offices, and IN se'erai
Instances it is much less. 1t has been sald
nv the striking printers that in those cities,
because of the class of type used, the print
ers can make more money III u
given time than they can on the morn
inc papers in this city. This ciaim
can not be verified except in cities c
the papers are printed in smaller type man
il used ON the REGISTER and InteHtgeRcer,
and that occurs, so far rs we are informed,
only in indianapolis and Columbus, cities
of x 600 OF 100, 600 population, and where
the circulation OF the papers Is proDao!S
from three to four times rs big as IL Is II
Wheeling, with other business correspond
ingly larger. In some of the other cltle'
enumerated, as much money as IS made
ner day or per week on the Wheeling pa
ners cannot be made because, while TN
TYNE is the same size or larger, the price o
composition is less.
With these facts in view, wha
!, fairness can be alleged by. tn
| strikers in their demands OF IN
/ proprietors? Can the newspapers pa,
more. in the face of the depression OF Tn
: past fifteen months?
But to the letters:
81 OFFICE OF THE EXPRESS,
TERRE HAUTE, IND, AuguSt2I, lSoo' }
DEAR SrR:-Your favor Ofthe Goth is at hand
and contents noted. TIL Express IS the only ullo
office i'm this city; pays 80 cents on morning PapTT
and u ON its evening paper. The foreman oil I'll
news room gets S7 per week. Ada set by asSistan
e foreman WHO gets sis per week. Foreman o
e lob office is paid Sl4 per week, ana JOO hauus 81
v Standing time 30 cents per hour. terrc iaau
, has 5000 inhabitants. Trusting this lnlorlhatio
|" will be satisfactory, ! am
. Yours truly,
A GEO. NJ. ALLEN,
Proprietor.