New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-23
COMPOSITORS ON STRIKE.
LEAVING THE CASES OF THE SUM- 1.-THE
WORLD AND THE TINES"
PRINTERS RESIST REDUCTION IN wAGEs-A
TEMPORARY SETTLEMENT AT THE OLD
RATEs-EDIToRs GO INTO THE CoMPos-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TRY THEIR
HANDS AT SETTING TYPE

30 the mandates of that powerful organization,
and last night. without warning it ordered on
strike the compositors in the offices of The Sum-
"Thc Times and 90 The World 365 men in all
The cause of the strike was the resolution of
several morning and afternoon papers to combine
for the purpose of mutual benefit and support the
original combination being The Herald" The
World. The Sum- 1.-The Times and " The
Mail and Express At the last moment " The
Herald it is said. refused to stand by the agree
ment to order reduction of 10 per cent in the
wages of their employees, and there was conse-
auently no trouble in that Office.
At precisely / 80 o'clock yesterday afternoon
there was posted in the composing rooms of " The
SUM- "World" and Times the following no.
uce:
The following regulations will into effect IN this
onace at noon to-day: All cuts belong the Once.
Inset shall b, charged straight matter.
All corrections advertising time, whether the
space Is increased
no makc-evens allowed
Overtime. so cents per hour.
No fat display ads.
Reading notices shall be paid for in accordance with
the type they set In.
All rule and figure work on time the option Of the
aniec
Composition, so cents per 1000 ems
Tine hands 81 per day.
KEEPING A SECRET.
that there was no inkE lg of the truth among the
members of Typographical Union No. of the
new departure and the notice came as an exceed
ingly isagrecable surprise. The chairmen of the
various chapels read the notice and ordered the
men out as precautionary measure until the
Executive Board of Typographical Union NO.
could be heard from At p. IN. the men met III
the composing rooms and started to work at their
cases as usual At 1880 o'clock an order was
brought for the men to quit work at once and
leave the Offices The men put on their coats and
went out, gathering in groups in the street In
front of their offices waiting for news
Pckets were set at the different exits OF the
buildings and on corners, and any one who In
Easing glanced curOusly at the newspaper build
ings was looked upon with suspicion, and If he
looked like Il would-be compostor, was shadOwed
until he safely past the door.
MANY RUMoRs AFLoAT
Early in the evening many rumOrs were started
among the crowds of cOmpositorS and their
friends Ono was IN explanation Of :" The
Herald's" withdrawal from the combine
to the effect that james Gordon Bennett
had telegraphed imperative order not to post
the notice of reduction. Another rumOr was that
twenty-thrce non-uniCn men had climbed up the
back fre-escapcs to the cCmposing-rooms of The
World" but investigation showed this to be false
At o D. m. there were only eighteen men at work
there including Colonel John A. Cockerill who
WIS acting AS foreman of the compo>ingrOom, and
e. W. Fisk, the night editor, who became tenn
porary copy chopper Several reporters were
also pressed into service. Little work could be
done by this small force to take the place of the
LIS strikers,
At the office of The Sun it was said at
late hour that sevcnty-eisht non-unlon men were
ala mon nj
strike. although the picllets of Big g. declared
that only forty eight men had been secured oy
that Office As for The Times George Jones
WAS in DESPAIR not a single man being found to
put in type the copy of the day. George Jones'
jr. and George F. Spnuey, Of The Times and
REPRESENTATIVES from The Sun" and The World,
held "a secret conference to decide upon thelr
immediate action but there was hitch Inc
Sun representative wishing uncomprt mislngly TO
hold out, while d" The lines representatives
thought differently.
SCENES IN THE STREETS.
Meanwhile in the streets the excitement among
the strikers grew in proportion as the hour gre"
late. and Park Row and Printing House Square
wore tine appea,ancc of the outside of baseball
ground being thickly dotted with groups oil
xious mon amonr whom wandered officers OF
"Rig G.. exhorting them to stand firm ana WIN
The LIQUOR shops in the neghborhood reapeMu y
harvest and the printers gathered there H'lnv"
in low tones OF the HghV anu c"BV'' "
corners for news. ,roL;o1 Irnion
No President Boseley and the members oi su tne
Executive Board waited calmly for message from
the three papers where the strike was III progress,
and received reports from the aldes on uuS "S
TO the probabilities of settlement. ,, Drone
he Executive Board met nj Nllllam ana puelie
SITS. in their headquarters, ana receVeu W1ds
from the committee representing Inc WoIn or
The Sum and The Times asking Tor com
promise The answer was that there must DC no
compromise, but a surrender, WIN 1n 1
proviso, that at SUNDAY meeting Oh ..T er na1
ecutive Board the new scale would be conSidereI,
but ms an eX-preSident of " Big D" SAID, win
little hope of its being indorsed
COMING TO AN AGREEMENT.
"The Times was the first to yield
and all its old men who were soOer
went back to work. AT The sun once d
brave attempt was made TO stand by the
new men. but this was found to be impossible II
o settlement was to be effected, ana taey w ERE
therefore DISCHARGED. \ squad ~ police from the
Third Precinct Police Station formed me across
Frankfort-st and the nOn-uniOn men went out by
side door, and Immediately started on run, hoo
ston,ing until they were out of sight. An I'M
sncces sful attempt was made to break through the
line of police by the union men to get at te 3'S eSe
NM ~ -. .bom nc tbev disa ppeaPed The
World" chapel was the last to return 10
work for in spite of the permission OF the Excel
live BOARD of Big s. the men were determined
n STAY on strike until they were sure their col
leagues on The Sun" and The Times had re-
,vroed "a work and committee was appointed 10
make a report 1t was just midnight when Inc
world. men filed into the composing rooms ana
took their accustomed places at their cases ,
The Stereotypers Union had expressed It's viii
lineness to cali out its members, but there was
no occasion for this me etrRns primers groh wb
actjon Of the papers on Monday is rife Union
men are also anxiously awaiting the final decision
of the Executive Board on Sunday
A WISCONSIN MAYOR ARRESTS STRIKERS.
TROUBLE FEARED At WEST sUPERIoR-CARPiN-
rERs on STRIKE AT KANSAS CITY.