The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-18
OUR NEW PRINTERS.
BASIS oE THEIR oReANIzATIoN,
Frlsndly Relations and Arbitration the
Corrective of the National Printers
Protective FratsFnity-NO Force Em.
plOysd to Gain POlnt-A Grow.
Ing Body of Labor,

VI "wednesday lAttl Wnen tne N neellnl
newspapers found, contrary to their ex'
pectatIon, that the men up to that time
employed in their composing rooms had
been 80 unRise as to go out, they wsre
confronted with the necessity Of getting
men elsewhere who were willing TO work
for fair wages, By telegraph the Register
and the ISTRLLIdENCER secured from
Cleveland compoaitors who belong to the
National Pdnten' Protective fraternity,
To these have been added men from near
by places in West Virginia and Ohio,
There have never been better printers EN-,
ployed on the Wheeling newspapers, So
far as they have shown themselves, they
are gentlemRnly, quick and willing men
who take an interest in their work and do
1t well. This is all that can be asked ol
anybody in printing Office,
PRINTERS PROTECTIVE FRATERNITY.
The National Printers Protective Fra,
ternIty represents organized labor found,
ed on the principle Of friendly reciprocal
relations between employer and employee,
Carrying out this idea they admit to mem
bership proprlstors and stockholders en-
gagged In the printing or publishing busi'
ness, that the interests Of employer and
employee may move together from the
frat, They also Etmtt all employees In
tho printing business, or who are com.
petsnt workmen in at least one branch OF
department, and any apprentice who
shall have worked at the business for two
years. twill bsseen, therefore, that any
men who may come into the employ OF
the INrELLIGENcRR or the Register eau be
q admitted into the fraternity II they 80 de-
sire. The msmbsrs Of the Fraternity who
have come to aid the Wheeling news
papers have aituations to return to as soou
as the offices here no longer need them
but they will remain as long as their ser
vices are required. They believe that
their fraternity Is founded on correct
principles, and they are interested in
widening Its scope.
WHERE THEY STAND.
An intelligent idea OF the Fundamental
principles Of the fraternity may be had
from tho preamble to their constitution;
"WHEREAs, Parties to contract must
seek o basia OF agreement In order to make
an equitable contract for mutual benefit,
and as employers and employees are par.
ties 10 o contract who must rely upon each
other for the accomplishment OF their
common purposes, so these two parties
should be allied in the effort to find O
correct basis for their contract, for the
better furtherancs OF their mutual inter.
eats and the surer and more perfect ad.
ljustment Of those differences which may
arise between them as contracting par
ties.
"Experience has shown that the organ
ization Of the labor element in this con.
tract promotes the interests OF both par.
ties, insomuch that, II properly organized
and controlled, II furnishes q means fol
the protection OF the workman against
the oppression and wrongs Of unscIupul.
Gus employers, and OF both employe and
employer against the selfsh schemes and
dishonorable practices Of individual work
men.
awe do not believe that the best inter.
ests Of the two parties and true object ol
organized labor have bsen subsefved, but
rather interfered with, by the netnodl
resorted to by the labor organizations o.
the past.
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