The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-10
THEY ALL WALKED OUT
Competitors Of the Daily Miner" 90 on
Strike and Tie Up the Paper.
Statement of the Mems Grievances
They Demand the Discharge of
Some Fellow Employes-The
Management Refuses.
By the standards Special Wire.

btl1fa, July w. 4 \. Mall Oh the cO1u-
posters of the Miner walked out of that Of
flee at . o'clock this evening, and as n con-
sequence no paper will be published to-
morrow and probably not for several days.
The difference which resulted i'm the
walkout arose some two weeks ago. II
eliminated this evening when a commit
tee of four waited OH Manager Haig and
handed him the following:
BUTTE. July ..
HssoIrsd, That we demand the resignation
from the Miner. Of Messrs. Hall, .Gawley and
klOnne from their respective positions OF tele-
graph editor, foreman and proof-reader, for
causes obnoxious tothe union.
signed: TuE CHArEi-
The communication was the subject of
a long discussion between Mr.. Haig and
the committee. No agreement was ar
rived at however, and at o'clock the IL
compositors, together with nearly an
equal number Of ''subs'' walked out.
At $50 o'clock il looked as though there
might be settlement, as Messrs. Hall
and Gawley resigned their positions in
order to relieve the office from
compositors had again gone To
work. however, w. A. Clark, the propri-
etor of the paper. appeared at the Office
and efused To accept the designations.
He considered that the union had no
right to interfere with the personnel of
the editorial stall. andif need he he would
shut down the office. for "A week or even n
month. Negotiations were then broken
of.
Manager Haig said tonight: ave will
not publish tomorrow and perhaps not
for three or four days. We will issue n
circular TO our subscribers stating
the reason FOR our non-ap-
pearance and will distribute them
in the morning. ! believe that the inter-
ference of the union with AN editorial
.s.fF l. x,ssh,..s ...a,n.lana nd x.sI not L.
sustained by the union. A meeting Of the
union was held tonight nj the Inter Noun
ain office, and | am told il was n very
stormy session. ! am also told hat Mr..
Peck, president OF the union. does not
sustain the action of the Miner
ena, Anaconda and Denver for men
and also to Mr.. Plank, president
of the International union Ia come on at
once. l am confident that Mr.. Plank will
not sustain the action of the local union,
but / suppose we can do nothing until his
arrival. He is now in indianapolis.
"Mr. Gawley gave me perfect satisfac-
ton as foreman and the committee of the
chapel could assign no definite reason for
demanding his release"
A committee of the Miner chapel called
at the STANDARD office with a request that
their side of the matter he given to the
public. According to the statement of
the committee the present difficulty had
its beginning several weeks ago in a re-
quest sent by the manager of the Miner
To Denver asking that Is compositors be
sent on at once. Before any attention
was paid to the request the Denve union
telegraphed 10 the local union asking
hat the trouble was. A reply was tele-
graphed back that no men were needed
and not to send any. Immediately fol-
lowing this a meeting of the Miner chapel
was held and the matter thoroughly dis
cussed with the conclusion that a de-
mand was made upon the manager
for the discharge of Frank Hall, the fore
man, between whom and the compositors
the best of feeling has not existed for
some time.
A proposition was submitted by Mr..
Haig that Thomas Gawley. telegraph edi-
tor, be allowed To take charge of the COM
posing room, while Hall was to act as sue
cessor TO Gawley for a week or until an
other mar could be secured. The propo-
sition was accepted and the change made.
but contrary Ia promise, so the commit
tee claimed, no attempt was
made to discharge Hall as
agreed. This failure on the part OF
the manager to adhere to his agreement
is one of the causes of the trouble
Another source of dissatisfaction is the
in which the committee claimed
klonne, the proof reader acts. The COM
mittee charged him witt incompetency
and a total disregard for all '~'style.'
biNision Oh Worus. spelling ,etc., making "
impossible for thec~ ompositors of the Of
flee TO follow any STYLE" either as adop-
ted by the Office or general use. These
matters and the action of Gawley-
by the way, a union printer-in
sustaining the manager in his determine
ton to allow Hall TO remain In the employ
of the office after his discharge had been
promised, precipitated to-night's walk
out.
After the chapel had fully decided to
strike, a meeting OF the union was held nj
which President Peck presided. The
the union decided To sustain its action.
While the union was in session a messen-
ger appeared with n note from Mr..
Haig, manager of the Miner, notifying
the union that he had accepted the resig-
nations of Gawley, Klonne and Hall.
Prior to the receipt Of this commun ca
ton the union voted to declare the Miner
an unfair office. and all union men who
consented to work there during the en-
forcement of this resolution as unfair
men.
With the receipt of the communication
the vote declaring the Office unfair was
rcscinded, and the men decided to
return To work. In a few minutes,
however. another communication was
received from Mr.. Haig Withdrawing the
first one, thus allowing the matter to as
sumo its original form. The union then
again passed a resolution declaring the
Office unfair and adjourned.
The committee of the chapel considers
itdoubtful IN Mr.. Plank will ON to Butte
TO act as arbitrator. The committee says
that the telegram TO Mr.. Plank was not