Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-03
A PRINTERS STRIKE.



Onion Men walk Out Of the Job 0mcss q
Neon To-day.
no DISTURBANCE, DUf re rfroaaAra1cAI
ux1ox WILL MAXI arrrla rrour roa TIE XIV
scALR-BossEs TUNx rsAr rHxy Rave ror
BEEN 6AulY xARArRD.
The great majority Of the ',aown-to~n" book
and job printers who went 10 work this morn
ing were excusably lsss attentive 10 their copy
than they havs usually been; they
we're waiting for the arrival Of hieh
noon. Last night Columbia Typoeraphioal
Union held special meeting and came TO the
definite and unaltsrabls ccneluson that The
scale Of pricea ought 10 Be higher than that
which has been in operation here for some
time past and when that dscision had
been arrived ct the union proceeded
to clinch things by ordering all members
whose employers refused 70 acceds 10 the terms
laid down to strike as soon a. the morning
order Of business had been attended 10. In
TN: meeting, II was said, all the motione we're
government printing ONCE employees considsr-
ately refraining from taking any but second
ary position IN the matter.
TIE Mrx wAIk OUT.
High noon arrived precisely at II O'CLOCK "
day, but there was no Wild rush for the street
from Judd Detweiler's composing rooms. A
STAR reporter was in the building when the
two clock hands pointed directly sfyward and
there was nothing extraordinary in the move
dsliberation they took the customary ''wash"
and In painfully slow manner inserted them
selves in their coats. Then they stood around
| in little groups and talked for . minute or two,
wrapped up the old shoes usually worn in the
Office, bade the apprentice boys goodbye and
Not all of them went directly through; many
turned to tho tight into the firms pri-
vate once and there with handshakss rather
than words gave expression 70 their individual
printers art under Judd q Detweiler, had
grown up in their employ. married and raised
families and purchased little homes, but they
vent out with the majority. In all Messrs.
Judd Detweiler lose forty-six men by the
strike, or as the Arm puts it, 'Forty-six men
orHIn HOUSES AFFECTED.
Other houses refusing to pay the new scale
are those Of Rufus Darby, McGi1 d Wallace,
d. J.. Mcqueen, B. Bsreaford and Byron g.
Adams.
1t was expected that Gsdney 4 Roberts would
also refuse, Mr.. Roberts being the secretary Of
the meeting Of the employing book and job
printers which declined to adopt the scale, but
Gedney Roberts men are at work and happy.
At SECRETARY PADoErT's OFFICE.
There was nothing ill-natured or sullen in
the appearance of the printers who were
crowded into Secretary Padsett's Office, at 42s
18th street, between the hours of II and
/ O'Clock. Seventy-seven Of them reported a.
the information they brought with them 1t was
evident that the "walk-out' was thorough.
not . man going back on the dictum
Of the union. The seventy-seven, or a. many
Of them 90 could find seats or places
to stand, talked of the strike as something very
nearly akin to O holiday, and In q hght-hearted
manner discussed the probable duration of the
struggle. while Benjamin Franklin, in oil, and
George W. Chids and Sam Haldeman, in
crayon, looked down from their frames in
amazement.
Union men who are conversant with the
general situation say that outside men-non-
unionists-cannot be persuaded to come here
to work on the terms which have controlled
the printers who are now out on strike.
BITTER FIGHT FOR THE SCALE.
Columbia Union proposes 10 make bitter
fight for the scale and already efforts are
being put forth to squeeze some Of the
objecting firms. President Kennedy said
to a STAR reporter this afternoon that
be could take away very big job from one of
,ue o. xoio P;st 0nees nv" unoeI sns pan:
ta srMe comm..ee OF seven y aoing wnat !!
Terms ss,onoly MoIH; ano proposed
20 nhis as many a. possible OF 5ne union mem
son thp e,sS Suhuesss s,o,e-soncu ~ork
~. .ue nf"s WIZ nave oecioeo 70 pay soe IN
0'eaos'
per cent assessment mas been ordered
IN CotumT'a Cnion, wnicn wn1 u esunaseo,
p!Uauce apous sooo per week. All the strikers
Tn receive ~ per week eacn SO long as the IN
alviouai Is OUT OF emPioymert the strike
tuna Oh @e mternauonM Union oeine
drawn upon Tor tho amount requisite TO
MAKE up me necessary sum: Ihs men VII be
required 70 report AZ secretary PadSsas once
eacn Gay st III am. and pm.
Tho-. =. h,t T..,. -. -; -
0neo'eo onices 'nis ai'erhoon' because the
apprentices arc practically alone, but busi-