Daily Republican., 1889-07-23

New YoRK, July GA strike was in
augurated this afternoon In the Offices o
the World, Times ard Sun by Typograh
ical Union, No. O. The cause of th,
strike, or, as the men call It, the lock
out, was the following notice, which wal
posted to-day in the offices OF the Lews-
papers mentioned:
"The following regulations will go into
effect in this Office at noon to-day: All
cuts belong to the Office. Inset cuts
shall lie charged as straight matter. All
corrections on advertis! ments on time
whether the space is increased or not
No make evens allowed. Over time, &C
cents Ter hour. No extras on fat dis.
play ads. Reading notices shall be paid
for In accordance with the type they are
set 10. All rule and figure work on time,
at the option of the office. Composition
90 cents per 1000 ems. Time hands, q
per day"
The Herald was expected to adopt the
new rules also, and negotiations to thai
end were held, but it Is said that Mr..
| Bennett cabled to keep TO the scale fixed
by the Union, and his paper therefore
withdrew. Among the reasons given for
the Herald's withdrawal were that It used
no cuts, and had few display advertise
ments, 60 it really had only q very slight
grievance to redress, and it didn't wish
to help the other papers fight their battles.
The two sides OF the fight can be briefly
| stated: The World, whose complaint ia
fairly representative OF all, s,ys that
during the past year it has paid to Its
compostorB upwards of 900, which
was not earned, by paying full price for
cuts which, under the rules of the Union,
were charged for at full rates aud for
other matter not fairly chargeable at
the regular thousand scale. Every new
rule adopted was, it was claimed, a
| new exaction on the part of the men, an
additional expense to the office. For the
World the special claim was made that
1t not only paid the highest rates de-
manded by tho Union, but that 1t paid
more money to Its compositors than any
other paper on either Continent.
After consultation the World, Sun and
Times decided to resist the exactions of
the Union, whose scale they say is as
high or higher than during war times,
and go back TO the old scale in force
before the pr &c t one was
adopted, and which they claim is all the
conpositors can frirly ask.
On the part of the man II is claimed
that the prices paid under the pu-
dated sCht dule were not unreasonable,
and that the offices couli we'll afford the
rates which they insured. II they are
correct In their estimate the proposed re-
duction would amount to nearly 20 per
cent, and would reduce the nv, rage earn
!ngs of az ordinary compositor from SIS
to about $50 week
The number Of men who went out
were approximately, 11J from the World,
leo from The Tnca and IS from the Sun,
aud, except In the Sun Office, there we're
practically none 10 take their places
About hal.-past lO there was q rumor
ca tie street that the difficulty would be
patched up," and at II aa order came
itom the Executive Committee ordering
Tic snCn back ! , their .lses.
Tie precise terus upon which the mon
were r1trd lex are foiueH Int un~er.
tain. IL the World Off the notice
signed by ;i.a coiamitiee us 70 TIE e.i.ct
that tie L.eu we've 10 woill Tor week on
sab i-lt!sliy No scaie proposed ly the
81 Y nagegs. Vuia tlcy ro}u el tN 90.
snl the notice VAS torn down, aud til
AIcu began TCgR " Ter the scale In forvc
when '.c s'r'So was orlefd /. Tro whcl.,
nA,lo. is iaiJ orcu, 40 III" foreman au.
uoUroug tic or3 70 return to work fa
Tie l."e7 ucn said, until The regular
inoel!aS O.! ,As ''r.cG II :. Sunday.