Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-22
ro THE PUBLIC.

The following statement by John B. Car rineton. the president of the Darlington Publishing company, will interest the friends of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 A week ago Thursday the printers em- ployed in the composing room of the JOUR NAL AND COURIER demanded that the price of composition be raised to the union rate, namely forty cents per thousand "ems," that the office be made an office under the union rules" and declared their intention to join Typographical union No. 47. A writ ten copy of these resolutions was handed me, and after they had, been considered the de- mands were granted.
 A day or two after was visited by com mittee from the Typographical union who asked me if we were willing to make the of fee a union office. I replied that we were. The committee then asked me if they might go into the composing room and take the applications of our compositors for membership in the union. They were given the desired permission, and all the compositions but one made applica- tion, and paid the money required. Two or three more interviews with the committee of the union were had, but no progress was made as we could get no suitable informa- tion upon which to act. At the meeting of the Typographical union Friday evening, as we are informed, four of the eleven men em- ployed in our composing room were elected to the union, but only one of these was to be allowed to remain in our employ. A com mittee of the Typographical union called on us Friday evening, after this action, and demanded that the office be turned over to the union at once to deal with as it saw fit. I told this committee that would give them an answer Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. This is the answer that was given:
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 Very respectfully yours,
 JNo. B. CARRINeToN.
 We have done our best to make some ar- rangement with the Typographical union that would be satifactory to them and con- sistent with our own rights and self-respect. We are willing, as we had announced, that the composing room should be run under the rules of the union. We have never been willing to discharge faithful employees without cause and we are not yet willing to do so.
 see that there is talk of boycotting the JOURNAL AND COURIER. There is no just or plausible ground for any such action. This office has until recently been what is called among printers an "open" office and both union and non-union men have worked to- gether here and been paid and treated alike. At present we are paying the full union rates and expect to continue paying them. The offense we are charged with by the Typo marily turn out our faithful employees at the command of "committee. :" Some of these employees need work and wages very much. The wife of ,,o,,osf of them is very sick and there is no -na,, Io. e,:a in that family. Another of the ia at an aoe wbo- children, none of whom .s S' all age when ne o~>>-help earn money for the family. None of tENee- - 1er-os to be idle even for short time a+ 1N- satisfied with their places, their pay a+:1 their treatment. We are satisfied with their work, paying the union rate and have been willing to have them join the union.
 Under these circumstances we would like to know how any attack can be made upon us by honorable workingmen or honorable business men. If we are attacked we shall do our best to defend ourselves.